Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-02

agent of the Vermont State Temperance So
ciety. The Missionary sermon was preached
in the evening by Rev. J. c. W. Coke. of
of the conference Seminary, at Montpelier
The for;y-second session of the Troy
conference Of the Methodist church begun
at Gloyersville. Thursday, presided over by
Bishop Peck. 1t will be composed Of about
two hundred and fifty members. 1t Is pro
| bable that but few changes will be made at
this meeting Gen. Candy having been
member of the Methodist Church. and Rev.
| DR.. Thomas its book agent at San Francisco
the Preachers Association commemorate
their lives and deaths by suitable resolu-
tions and services.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Work is about to be resumed on the
| church at Fairhaven. which has been sus-
pended for about three years.-The Cath
olics Of Castleton held a four days meeting,
| of four services each. last week. The act
ing clergyman, Bishop Rappe, was 3 years
/ old. having ofhciated in Paris 30 years, and
/ in Cleveland, Ohio, 20 years. lie Is ma
| tive of France. and goes about this country
now holding similar meetings from place 10
place. At the last meeting, two hundred
/ or more pledged themselves to abstain from
| the use Of intoxicating drinks in any form
/ for the term Of two years.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Some startling facts have Just been devel-
oped concerning the proportion Of members
Of evangelical churches to the entire p0pu-
| lation Of the United States, which Is one to.
| eight; in some Of the older states II i one
to five and half; in that portion Of the
country West Of the Rocky Mountains one
TO twenty-eight; in California one to twen-
I r q an
some portions Of California only one 10
sixty in answer TO the false but often
repeated charges that foreign missionaries
accomplish little or nothing, it Is well to
Law some emphasis on the fact that the re
suits in the foreign field for the past ten
years have yielded more converts. in proper
| ton 10 the labor expended. than the home
| field about 800 600 souls have renowned
heathenism during that time. The largest
church in the world. numbering 800 mem
| bers, i in Hilo, on the Island Of Hawaii,
not vet fifty wears removed from the most
! debased savareism. Over 90. 900 FeeEeans
! gather regularly for Sabbath worship. who,
within a score Of years feastcd on human
flesh. In ls6O Madagascar had only few
hundred scattered and prosecuted converts.
Now the Queen and her Prime Minister,
with more than POO 900 Of her subjects, are
adherents to Christianity The island l.
nstive Christian in the FRIENDLY Islands.
NV 70 000 rerrlarlv meet far worship. and
| eI5 600 are yearly Contributed 10 religions
cLiac-. On The western coast If Africa are
f,1nJ over loo orcani-el churches. and
sorne Is 600 converts. In Sierra Leone. 80
600 civilized Africans worship God every
Ssbba+b In China 4oo srati.n- have been
es+oHii-bal 10 oo1 convert. lay-e Joined the
C6ris-ian rbn~cbe. and 400 native pastors
have been rai-ei nm These facts. we re-
neat are vorfb 7r,riba-irin,r- Tic Oldest
fors;,,n ,ns-io1,o,., r,y, living In active ser
yirs = .-ll,r,a.si n Le Rev Holm Eo--. or
The Free tibB-rb If scotland. whose field is
in S1ntb Africa lie e9mpIcte- the fftieth
vear ~ liz work the present month. and
in celebration of the event tie Scotch For
se5j o|t ~ him - 5no Z, enable biz