Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-20
RELIGIOUS uNTELLIGENCE.



BAPTIST.
Rev. Mr.. Hall. pastor of the Free Will
Baptist Church, at Enosburgh Falls, has
accepted call from Iowa at salary OF
81 900, and will leave there about March
ls;
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. H. Clay Trumbull, Of Hartford,
Conn, has written an article on " the evils
of Sunday School Oratory," aimed especial
ly at Sunday School superintendent lie
says: "Some men are excellent superin-
tendents in everything else save In the |
habit Of long-winded addresses-addresses
on which they pride themselves. They have
good schools in spite Of their speeches.
They would have better schools without
them Other superintendent have poor
schools because of their lectures. They
would have good schools if they talked less
4 superintendent is in danger OF taking
time for an address which the teachers
could use to better advantage with their
classes. There is again danger that his adj
dress will tend to dissipate rather than to
enforce impressions made in the class This
is assuredly the case where he talks about
ANYTHING else than the lesson of the day
and many superintendent does this
For the past fifteen years the sale of the
pews in Plymouth Church has astonished
the community. During this period, just
before the sale. there has been some kind OF
excitement in Plymouth Church. People
have invariably predicted that these ex-
elements would tell on the revenue of the
church. if it did not spoil the sale of pcws.
But such prophets have failed in their pre-
dictions. The revenue has gone steadily up
from year to year. Plymouth Church has
never been large enough to hold the people
who desire to hear Mr.. Bceeher preach.
The two congregations on Sunday are rs
unlike as il they were IN different town
The morning congregation Is the regular
| Plymouth people 1t Is made up OF people
who come from a circuit of from ten to iit-
teen miles; from Harlem, IIoboken, Jersey
! CITY, Staten Island and from all parts OF
BROOKLYN, from Fort Hamilton 10 Green
point. and from Fulton Ferry 10 East New
/ York. Many of the wealthiest pewholders
/ live in New York, and the Becchcr boat go
/ ing and coming. always attracts attention.
] These people come but once day. In the
/ evening the house is filed with strangers
with the young people of both cities with
members who do not wish to leave their
own churches on Sunday morning. While
the singing is the same at both services the
audiences and the preaching both differ.
Mr.. Beecher is ireer, less restrained and
utters more of his unreportable sayings at
night than at any other service. The rev
enue of Plymouth Church this year will
reach the round sum of 800 ,0OO.--Rev
A. B. DascOmb has been formally dismissed
by council from the pastorate of the Con-
gregational Church in Woodstock.
EPISCOPAL.
The latest cause for pious horror
among low = church Episcopalians is
this sentence from paper of direc-
tions printed for the use of high
church congregation: ''lf any OF the
blessed sacrament remains on the altar.
during the singing OF Gloria an ETrslsiS,
the faithful bow reyerently at the words.
1--WE worship thee bishop Clark of
Rhode Island. advocates a relaxation in the
use of the liturgical forms of the Prayer
Book to suit the present methods of thought
and the state of society. believing that such
modification would do more than anything
else to set the church forward.
the sixteen years of it. existence, the society
for the increase Of the ministry has aided
$50 clergymen now in holy orders. Fifty
four OF the 100 clergy ordained last year
were aided by the society An American
Episcopal Church has Just been organized
in Nice assuming the name of the Church
! 80, h.. -. Ia ~ a
Webb, formerly of New York city. was
chosen Warden.
METHODIST.
The Mih0disf is disposed to believe that
the denomination has too few bishops II
particularly notes that the conspicuous
feature of the ROmish administration i
the incesSent increase of bishops, and that
the Roman church. as well a. the Church OF
England. has been in the habit OF founding
sees as fast as missions 1--WE do not say,
1t adds. THAT this is an example for MethO-
dism but what We DO say Is, that the null
duplication of episcopal supervisor, and
laborers, even in the most inauspicuou'
fields of church work, is found TO be a
means of strength and progress. Ii gives
Importance, and dignity, and local influence
to the struggling church, and counsel and
trust, comfort and hopefulneSs, to all it.
subordinate laborcrs. The jealous ambition
of so many of our Western fields for the
mere residence of our new bishops wa-
founded in the logic of their good common
sense. Though the services of these bishops
were TO he general, yet the localities con
cerned knew that the home of 4 bishop
among them would be of ineStimable adyan-
tage to their churches. = The ne"
church at Enosburgh Falls, which has been
in process of construction the past year will
soon be completed. and will probably ht
dedicated early next summer. Ii l. u be
tasteful.y upholstered and carpcted.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
\ requiem mass was sung at the pro
cathedral in Boston, on Friday, in memo
ram of the lamented Bishop Fitzpatrick
MISCELLANEOUS.
The English exploration party in Plles
tine have come upon SarcophagI, contain
ing inscriptions on the Mount of Olives, no
far from the site of Bethany. They contain
the bones of Christian Jews. and among
the names given are those of Simon Martha
Lazarus The English Evangelical Al
lance proposes universal exchange q
pulpits of both services en- the second Sab
bath of every year but it leaves the subject
of discourse to individual tastes, suggest
ing only that the sermons should aim ut thu
salvation of souls-The American Boart
of Missions regards with peculiar satiStac
ton its work in Turkey. Ii has established
there 222 common schools, founded a
churches. educated 10 pastors and teachers
opened 200 preaching stations. founded
theological colleges. organized II girls
schools, and around these various institu
tons gathered Protestant population o
over 20 900 persons. 1t has circulated