Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-06-05

and church helping The parish OF Park
Street Church, Boston. confirmed the action
OF the church IN giving Rev. Adirondack
Murray vacation and an associate pastor
by vote OF 81 to 81, though not without a
sharp debate Two Jealous missionaries,
to supply the place of the assassinated Mr..
Stephens, are to be sent to Mexico by the
American board 10 convert the blood-thirsty
Catholics of that regiOn.--Rev- W. W.
Winchester resigns the passionate of the
church at Bridport.--Returns from 50
New England Congregational churches. Of
the revival irult gathered IN on the May
communion Sunday show that 96i members
were received, 75S Of them by profession.
EPISCOPAL.
The Annual Convention Of the Diocese Of
New Hampshire was held at Manchester
last week. The following delegates were
elected to the general convention to be held
in New York in October next Clerical,
Rev DR. Hubbard OF Claremont. Rev ii.
\ Co.t of Concord. Rev Dr. NJ \. Her
rich OF Hilton, Rev. James llaughton OF
Hanover; Lay Deleg ties, William p.
Wheeler of keene, \. r. Hatch OF Ports
mouth. William l.. Foster OF Concord. Asa
7. Cate Of Iilton. In the course OF his an
nual sermon Bishop Niles alluded to the
Cummins movement and the progress Of
rituali>,n in q few of the churches in other
States, and said that the churches belong
ing - the diocese under his charge were
harmonious and entirely free from all dis
turbIng elements The Bishop also referred
to the deaths of Bishops Randall, Armitage
and Auer, and paid warm tribute 70 their
memory. The prospects OF the churches IN
the diocese were described "a encouraging,
Z t~. 4 Il :
confirmed during the year.-Ihe Reformed
Episcopal Church at their recent council at
New YORK, deliberately displayed their
energies in amending the phra>eol0gy OF the
pray sticking AT the words -'des-
cended to hell, and still more at the sub
stltuted place OF departed spirits. a. the
Cornerstone Of OF the doctrine OF purEa-
tory rebelling against the word "shall
for It, peremptorines, discussing whether
Amen should be put in capitals or Italics
and adding 10 the rubric certain new sen
fences Tor Advent. Christmas and several
other holidays They adopted the litany.
the psalIer OF l7c5. with additions, anu
nearly al. the rubric. some OF 1t temporarily,
some with notifications. Tie communion
service was amended in several points the
invitation u read Our feilOwChr!stians
Of other parishes. and all who love our
divine Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in sin
cerity, are afectlonateiy invited 10 the
Lords table" The Offering OF the sacra-
ment was changed by leaving out the inno-
cent-lOUking prOnoun when whose re-
tentIon would have afforded, in the REFORM
err minds, refuge tor the real presence
and by emitting from the exhortatiou the
implication OF condemnation 10 those who
should unworthlly partake Of the sacra-
ment. BY Il votes 20 Is, they IN
>tructed the minister never to turn
his back to the people; and then they de
cIded that child brought to baptism must,
II Its parents be not communicates. be ac-
companled by parties who are. In such
tlthes Oi mint, anl>e and cummin do the Re
formed EpiscOpalians spend their time
Bishop Bi>sell recently confirmed seven per-
sons at Calvary Church. East Berkshire.
DR.. Brown, OF keene. Y. H.. Is
called by 81. Johns Church. East Boston.
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
Rev L. ). Hebard has rendered his resig-
nation a. pastor of the UniverSalist Society
in South Strafford, and accepted a call from
the Uniyersalist Society at Portsmouth, y.
H. at salary of <, O00.-Rev. j. T.
Powers, recently pastor OF the UniverSalIst
Church at Ludlow, i supplying the church
at Hartford, Conn, for few weeks. He i
l. one Of the ablest and most efficient clergy
men In the denomination. During his pas
tOrate the church at Ludlow increased in
numbers and influence more than for many
years previous.-The Western Conference /
Of Unitarian Churches recently in session at
81. Louis. the secretary's report showing |
an average increase of 80 per cent OF |
churches in the past two years the whole |
number Of families reported by 81 societies |
Is 999, the sum OF average atten dance, /
1. 7j3 number OF Sunday School teachers, /
1888, and Of papils 1917.
METHODIST.
The society at MJrrisyille have obtained /
500 towards building a new chapel on
their parsona -e lot The corner stone Of
the new church at Brandon was laid May
90th with appropriate ceremonies, Rev. o.
Gregg. pre-iiinz elder of the Burlington
District. conducting the service. Be
tween tx and seven thousand dollars have
been rai~td Cor the purpose of building a
new church ;.t Barton Landing.
EoEAS CATHOLIC.
Bishop De Goe>briand was in Rutland
sunday and administered the rite Of
affirmation at St. Peters Church.-
The new Catholic Church At Fairhaven
: nearly completed. 1t is one of the most
magnificent houses Of worship in Vermont
The ireSco painting alone Is said to have
'ost S3.5O0.--Ihe colored Catholic of
louisville, Ky, have sent their priest to
epresent them in the American pilgrim age
0 the shrines of the old world. entrustj.7g
I'm with gold-headed cane to present to
he Pope. beart to be left at the shrine of
'aray-le Monial. and crown for the Vir-
in at LOurdes.--rhe TABLET thus epito-
llzes the relations of the Pope to the
'lble, and also 10 the dogma OF lnfalli- 7
llIty: The Pope l. to the Bible, much
he same as the judge i to the statutes, the
uardlan and Interpreter of them, save
hat, 10y Divine Providence. the Pope can
OF err where to err would be to c0nvulse the
eligious faith of the Christian world. -
he United States are divided into seven
'athollc provinces, each ruled by an Arch
ishop, namely, the province of Baltimore,
archbishop Bayley; Cincinnati. Arch
ishop Purcell; New Orleans, Archbishop
'erche; New York, Archbishop Purcell,
'regon, Archbishop Blanchet; St. LOUIS. ;
.rchbishOp kenrick; and San Francisco, Q
IrchbishOp Alemany. All of these prelates S
re natives ofthe United States There are !
. bishops and vicars-apostolic, each $
nth a district of his own. There are S
fA%N'N7s f.cDS bt-lutN ion ~
theirs in course of erection l,4l5 chapels, !
,259 schools. IL ecclesiastical institutions i
Ir the education of priests. 500 converts of I
len and women, 500 seminaries and col
,ges, IS hospitals and 1863 asylums. The :
oman Catholic population of the United
tates. according to the statistics from
-hieh We are quoting, is S,l20. OO0.-
he Pope does not, this year. send his
olden rose to anv royal lady celebrated for
er piety and fidelity to the church. His
st two were sent to the Empress Eugene
nd Isabella of Spain, respectively; neither
OF luck from the gift--The daughters of
Tree leading Albany merchants have con-
uded to renOunce the outside world, and
repare to receive the black veil, at the
onvent of the Sacred Heart, kenwood.
II of the young ladies are intelligent.
sautiful and accomplished, and one is
cent convert to the Catholic faith.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The arrangements are com oleted for hold
ig next October a confereI ce of the Do
inion branch of the Evang elical Alliance
. Montreal. The leading clergymen and
ymen of the Provinces and the United
tates are invited "A cotOred minister
As graduated from the Yale Theological
,hool. John W. Morris is the first Of his
ice Who has entered the ministry through
,.t da,r The onpual <k.sslnn of the ,