Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-06
nEIaGIous InrELl.lGENCE
BAPTIST

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April Ist.-Rev. Edwin NJ. Haynes, of
Rutland. who has occupied the pulpit Of the
church in Whitehall with great satisfaction
TO the congregation, has been called TO the
passionate Of that church.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. 4. Z. Dascomb has resigned the
passionate of the church at Woodstock, 10
take effect ON the last Sabbath In February
There are twenty-one Congregational
Churches in Boston with an aggregate
membership of 81 900, of whom some l.4OO
are ON the absentee list. There are $500
children in the Sabbath Schools and the
total benevolent contributions, the past
year. was about SOL 500. The valuation
Of church property in the city averages
about $3.50 to each church member
Somebody says that crowds follow Parson
Murray. but REVEALS don't.
EPISCOPAL
Miss Caroline Talmon of New York, has
built. on the corner of Madison Avenue and
Elghty-ninth street, at a cost OF SlOn,O
beautiful little church as memorial TO
her parents. and presented 1t to the Epis-
copal denomination. The stained-giass
windows are dedicated to relatives OF the
donor The reform movement IN the
Episcopal Church is extending into the
| Dominion, reformed Episcopal Church
have been organized at Moncton, New
Brunswick. The church has asked Bishop
Cummins for rector and has provided
| liberal salary for him Clark oil
| Rhode Island, advocates a relaxation IN the
use of the liturgical forms of the Episcopal
prayer book 10 suit the present methods oil
| thought and the state OF society, believing
that such modification would do more than
! az he. oh
The CORQregafiOnalIa has no doubt OF this,
and adds that - the present forms of the
/ church are Objectionable to many Chris
| tians not Episcopalians, but kindly alice
| donated toward that communion, because
/ of certain docirinal implication IN some
places. unfortunate phraseology in other,
4 and the extreme length of the order OF
morning prayer. for instance. b shop
/ Holden, of MOonsonee. Hudson Bay Terri
tory, SAYS his diocese Is fifteen times the
size Of England, and in the whole ot 1t
/ there are only three missiOnarls. The
/ Bishop i one thousand miles away from
any railroad, and can hear from England
only three times q yesr.-Rev. j. /.
| I.attone, rector of St. Matthews Church.
Wheeling, West Virginia. publishes
/ letter To Bishop Jones, Withdrawing from
| the ministry of his church. on accOunt.as ne
/ sol ,
| Episcopalians Mr.. LattOne endorses Bishop
| Cummin movement, although he has
/ not formullV associated herewith. --
Rev. r. H. williamson. rector OF 81.
Stephen : Church at Wilkesbarre, Penn,
/ has resigned his charge and annOLn need his
| allegiance TO the Reformed Episcopal
J Church bishop Cheney'S trustees have
/ stolen q march on the orthodox Episcopal
/ claimants 10 his sanctuary. The church
was TO have been sold at acution Jan. I'D,
/ because Of non-payment of interest on
mortgage of S25 900, held by the chicago
/ PRESBYTERIAN Theological Seminary Tins
occasion was to have been seized by the Op-
ponents of the Reformed Episcopal Church
! 10 gain legal possession of the church, thus
ousting the rebelliOus Cheney. On the
/ Saturday previous, however. the coveted
| church was quietly auctiOned OF 10 repre-
sentative of the Cheney party. TO satisfy
mortgage for 8 800 held bya Ny. Vaughan
! Of Rhode Island, the existence OF which wa
not generally known. Naturally, there l.
much chagrin felt by 1.-THE party OF the
/ other part st this cunning tank-mOye-
ment. which they characterize a one Of
1 fraud and collision. and the end Is not yet.
Rev. DR.. Dix Of Trinity Church, New
I York. took the occasion Of musical festival.
/ given hy the united choirs Of Trinity parish,
/ 10 expre~s his sentiments regarding church
music After paying q tribute % it, high
mission in lifting the soul out OF it, crusty
! sphere. be noticed the glaring lncongrultleS
often found between the music and the
circumstance under which II was rendered.
giving some pointed illustrations. Others
have doubtless witnessed what he has, that
where the music sung al q funeral should
be impressIyely appropriate. II is sometime
lust the reverse lie himself had listened,
at the burial OF dear friend, 70 a single
soprano whose trills, roulade~ and vocal
gymnastics were painful 10 hear tie also
objected 10 hearing that superb hymn Of
Christianity. Jesus. Saviour OF my Soul,
sung 10 the same tune with that sentimen
Ia love canticle, when the swallows
Homeward Fly
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
Rev Clarence Fowler has resigned the
Passionate OF the | nItarian Society AZ Lsco-
nia-U nitsrianIsn l. usually associated
with aristOcratic procliyities. cultivated and
literary exclusiyeness. sush as prevail. for
instance. IN the rarehed atmosphere Of BOs-
ton. 4 correspondent of the Liberal CArls-
Ian, however, has found IN the little VII
lage Of Padiham. England. veritable work
ingmen : Unitarian Church. The members.
who are mostly seeding Methodists. are
mechanics ana labJrIng men Of the most
humble description. The pride which these
sons Of toll took. the writer says, Al show
ing me their new church, in process Of
building, wa very touching. They showed
me where their young men, after their hard
days work. had Voluntarily met in the
evenings 10 exoAvate about 6J0 cubic yards
Of soil and carted bricks. and did other
work - the amount Of over $500 how
another young and intelligent mechanic
drew the plan Voluntarily and thus saved
another $500. The whole cost of the church
viii be $40 600, of which these poor people
have themselves subscribed $ 900 and have
personally begged ST. OOO.-Rey. Il. +.
Ballou Of Wilmington, Vt, has ministered
to a deal Of the woe and bliss of this world.
having preached l 400 funeral sermons and
tied the knot at nearly coo weddings.-
Rev. Henry Powers, pastor of the Church Of
the Messiah, New York, (Uniiarian) and
successor TO DR.. Hepworth. has resigned.
giving a. has reason the conviction that the
church will soon cease 10 exist unless the
society can agree to dispose Of it. present
house Of worship. inasmueh a. the effort 20
retain II must continue 10 necessitate IN the
future, Is II has done in the past, such q
fierce and all-absorDlns struggle for bare
existence simply. that IN the mean time the
chief purpose and work of church organi-
cation will be steadily and almost entirely
lost sight of-Rev W. T. Ross, formerly
Of Castleton. and now pastor of the Uniyer-
salist Society. at jefferson, " isconsln, has
been appointed Professor OF Rhetoric and
ElOcutiou in the Liberal Institute in that
village
METHODIST.
An extensive revival l. IN progress. IN T.
connection with the church III Ogdenshlrg
The lecture room of the new church AT
Port Henry was dedicated Jan. 2sih. with /
appropriate services. The dedicatory ser
mon was preached by Rev. Joseph f. King.
ID. D., principal of Fort Edward Literary
Institute. Ii was an able, powerful and 4
eloquent discourse on church edifces, their
appropriate uses and their conservation
DR.. hing i one of the sblesi and most elo-
quent preacher in the Troy Conference ,anc
one OF the most distinguished educators in
the country, and i prominently spoken 10
Ill the vacancy in the presidency of We
leyan University. The church was in debt
about s. 800. and at the close of the sermon
: 100 was raised towards its payment. At
the evening service an appropriate and ex-
cellent sermon was delivered by Rev 7. A
Grifhn, presiding elder Of the Plaftsburgh
district of the Troy Conference. The bal
ance OF the money was provided 10 extin-
guish the claims for the building OF the
church. The exercises were solemn and ap-
Dropriate throughout. and were attended
bv large aGdienceS MIR Van Colt. the
reyivalist. has found her way To the Pa
rife coast. and commenced one of
her most vigorous campaigns among
the sinner of San Francisco. =
During the dedication of the Hanson place
Methodist Church. in Brooklyn. on Sun
lay. Jan. ith, and Just after 1almadge had
one of his characteristic addresses.
a man arose in the gallery and said loud