Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-22

IetN' L II bItt4tN, secretary OF IN
State Home Missionary Society, has re
in his friday-night talk, gave utterance t,
a homely truth when be said that many
persons went into churches a. they woulC
put up in a hotel-withOut expecting I,
see the landlord. but simply to pay fol
v hat they ate and drank.
EPISCOPAL.
At a recent meeting Of the Diocesan Con.
ventlon of tennessee, the Bishop strongly
rebuked the open and fragrant sins of III,
day, and administered some timely advice
to ms brethren IN the ministry. He thought
that the Church should direct it, attention
To the spiritual Interests OF the colored peo-
pie IN the future in a more thorough man
ner than IL ha- done in the past.-Four
wealthy men at Hartford have assumed the
entire debt Of the Christ Church parish in
that city. some 50 OO0-A meeting wa
held recently in London of those favorine
the diSestabllshmen, Of the English Church b.
Prof Goodwin Smith presided In hi al
dress he advocated the application of the
church endowments TO the relief of the
poor ant the promotion Of education.-
An s. 600 EplscOpalian chapel l. about 10
be erected at Ocdenshurg. Some ladies
have the entire matter in charge In one
Of the New York churches called Protest
ant, during Passion week. there wa the
etiiyIng spectacle OF several ministers
travelling the church on their knees, and
solemnly pausing and praying before coarse
chrom0s hung at various intervals on the
wall>-the stations of the cross 49,
The English bishops, majority OF whom
are opposed 10 ritualism, now propose to
call in the aid Of parliamentary enactment
TO scotch this R1mish parasite. The Arch
bishop Of Canterbury has recently brought
forward 4 bill in the House Of Lords to -
alter the existing method of enforcing the
ecclesiastical laws as to render the process
OF Furnishing and reducing to obedience
refractory clergymen easy. cheap and swift.
In support Of his bill the Archbishop made
a curiously interesting speech. lie said he
well remembered the days when in the
churches Of the establishment divine service
vas performed in "a very slOvenly mode.
when the minister was not properly ROBBED.
when the holy table was used for singers,
and the whole arrangements Of the church
were unbec0ming place devoted to the
service Of God" lie was glad to think
that this state Of things had generally
passed away but he promised that if
Parliamen; gave him the power he now
asked fer and he should hear Of any "sloven-
ly' performances be would put a speedy
end to them. But the necessity for his bill
came from another quarter-the pendulum
had swung back to the other end OF the are
and instead of ,loyenly performances
things were now being done in very many
Of the churches which were even more
offensive than sl1venhness. The Arch
bishop said that he had mo fear Of the
people Of England ever again submitting TO
the woke Of Rome, OF that even any great
number of people would be induced TO re-
turn to the Roman faith, or that the ritual
ISIS would be able to generally Substitute
their spurious Romanism for the doctrines
IF the Church of England But il was
time to put a stop TO their attempts 70 d.
this. A. the laws now stand, all these
parsons could be punished and deprived of
heir living but the process was a very
ediOus. slow and expensive one To
ilence one Of these clergymen. Mr.. Ben
lett. cost tll, 0l5 the Purchas case cost
ion was slow-there was no end of means
or delay. and appeal after appeal could be
aiken. The Archbishop's bill would cure all
his.
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
Rev. Eli Ballou. for many wears editor Of
be Christian Repository, now resides at
Juth Woodstock, and breaches alternately
: South Woodstock and Felchville.
METHODIST.
The net profits Of the NJ. t. Book Concern
I New York are over So, 900 for the pas; |
ear The net capital OF the New York Con- |
ern Is So67 ,559 Of. The net capital of the /
' estern Concern i S4sI .9is OF and the I
ct gam for the year Is ST. .52S .s9-The |
'repressible Methodlsts, with malice pre-
ense. it would seem. have set up their
'hool It Rome just opposite the house Of
ne Cardinal Vicar, the P0pe's chief eXecu-
We officer. The poor man can no longer
pen his windows without hearing, at all
ours of the day, the children Of the
lethodist school clarifying the Lord in
asal tone which tortures his Italian ears.
he monotonous chant pursues him every
here-at meals, in his study. in his Oratory.
"A monument to Bishop Calvin Kingsley,
no died at Beyr0ut. Syria, in $50, while
o tour around the world for the Metho-
lst Church, has been completed. and will
ION be shipped 20 the place of his death
II erection over his grave. 1t is Quincy
ranite, and Is twenty-five feet in height.
was made by order of the general con-
renee, which contributed s., 500 for that
statistics of the southern
ethodist Episcopal Church for 1873 have
'peared. They show total of IS annual
1874 travelling and 5, 3ii local
237 superannuated preachers,
s, 677 white. 3,i29 colOred. and 4,779
idian members. making the aggregate of
embers $4,000. The total increase of
embers for the year is - AL. The num-
II of Sunday Schools Is 7,0l9, with 32l.-
, scholars. The total amount of collec-
ms for the WORKOUT preachers fund was
a. 0l3, for missions. S96, ga. The former
lOred members of this church have been
ganized into separate body, known as
{ - Colored Methodist Episcopal Church |
America '-Messrs. Brooks and Baxter
e members of and pewholders in the same
ethodist Church at Little Rock.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
The official organ of Archbishop Purcell.
, Catholic Telegraph, has announced that
the conference of archbishops. held in
it was decided. subject to the =
prevail OF his holiness the Pope, that Bos-
l.. among other places. should be made
Archiepiscopal See. The New England
ties now have six bishops, whose stations
as follows: At Portland. Me-. Burling-
!, Vt, Boston and Springfield, Mass,
evidence. r. l., and Hartford, Conn. The
cese of Portland includes the States of
inc and New Hampshire; Burlington.
State of Vermont Boston, the Eastern
t of Massachusetts,. excepting Bristol.
Unstable. Nantucket and Dukes counties
-ingfeld, the State of Massachusetts, west
Worcester Providence, the State Of
ode Island, and the above mentioned
mites of Mass Hartford, the State of
lnecticut. Boston will doubtless be the
dence of the new Archbishop, and
hop Williams will probably be ap-
nted to the higher Office. At present
New England States are attached
the Archdiocese of New York. -
, inside of the Catholic church at East
ANY is to oe finished off by Hon. E. p. u,
ton, Master of the State Grange.-The
ers of Charity of North America are
ding their fifth quinquennial convocation
It. Joseph's Convent, in Frederick coun- ~
Indiana The inaugural services began :. -.
sunday. some three hundred and fifty
ers being present.-The latest mani
alton of religious intolerance comes from q, S
ladelphia, where ward school board a. a
refused the application of we'll in
Lifted teacher because she is Roman an
April -, the Pope con- ,
ed the young Prince Macmillan of Tour me
Taxis and the Princesses Elizabeth and col
Use. daughters of the Princess Helene of ,
above title, sister of the Empress Of Aus re.
The godfather of the first was the
oeror Francis Joseph. represented BY the
Mt de Paar, Austro- Hungarian Ambas- oei
y to the Holy See; while the god {