Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01


true ofparsonages and pulpts everywhere.
Rev Alexander Maclarlanc of Port Huron,
Mich, has accepted call to the pastorate
Of the Hanson Place Baptist church, Brook
Ign. lie will be installed on the first Of
January.
Mr.. Wright Of Audover theological sem.
mary, supplies the Congregational pulpit Of
Barton Landing next Sabbath, and Mr..
Robinson, of Woodbury., the two following
Sabbaths.
Rev. Wayland Hoyt has terminated his
relations with the Shawmut.avenue Baptist
Church, aud will occupy the pulpit in the
Strong.place Baptist church, Brooklyn,
next Sunday.
The Rev. j. d. Williamson, d. D., the
distinguished Unversaist author and di.
vine, and one Of the fathers of Odd Fellow.
ship in America. died at Cincinnati Sunday
afternoon, aged seventy years.
The Methodist Episcopal church has i'm
creased $4,000 in membership, the past
year, but decreased 10000 in Sunday -school
pupils. The aggregate Of collections falls
100000 below those of 1875.
Rev. j. G. Mott, who was pastor OF the
Methodist church in Pawlet, some three
years since, was in that town last week aud
occupied the desk in the Congregationalst
church on Sabbath morning last.
1t is expected that Miss Smiley will re.
turn to Rutland, from Montreal, next week
Wednesday, and preach a series Of dscourses
in the Congregational church, similar to the
one just concluded at the Methodist church.
"If We are to live after death, why don't
we have some certain knowledge of u" said
n skeptic to clergyman. "Why didn't you
have some knowledge Of this world before
you came into it ?" was the reply.
The Boston Uniyersalst minister last
Monday discussed the propriety of clergy
men participating in scientific discussions.
Next Monday they take hold Of Evolution,
and DIR. Miner will open the discussion.
At the Methodist minister's meeting the
question was "What shall We do to pro.
mote the Spirituality Of the Church" At
the presiding elders meeting "The ltineracy,
its Conditions and Perils," was the topic oil
discussion.
The Baptist ministers after some resoIu.
tons and remarks by DR.. Fulton of Brook
Ign, discussed Docs the second coming Of
| Christ preccde or follow the S:riptual period
commonly termed the Millennium"
A gospel meeting under the direction Of
! G. Il. Putney Of st. Johusbury assisted by
some of the workers from Newport was il
Westfeld last Saturday aud Sunday. There
was good attendance and an increasing in
terest, several expressing desire for a bet
ter lie.
The Fletcher prize of $500 offered by the
trustees of Dartmouth college, for the bes
essay on the BEST means to counterfeit The
worldly influences surrounding Christianity,
has been awarded to Rev. William W. Fari
of the Grace Presbyterian church at Peoria,
Illinois.
The Rev. n. c. Saunders will deliver it
the Baptist church at Newport, on Sabbath
evenings, course Of lectures or sermons OF
the inspiration OF the holy scriptures. lie
hopes by careful study to make them enter.
tanning aud instructive. The course vii
begin next Sabbath evening
Mr.. Sankey and Mr.. Bliss are working
hard during every leisure hour in preparing
a new book Of Hymns and tunes TO be pub
lished in a short time and used at the Boston
meetings. Ebcn Tourec will organize large
choir aud train them for the service, as
basis for the singing Of the great congrega.
ton Of $500 persons
A prominent minister confcsses that there
was one strange omission in his training Us
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again in variety Of terms, and with every
degree of forcibleness in urgency, to be or
thodox, to be scrptural, to be simple, to be
practical TO be personal, but nobody ever
enjoiucd it upon him to be interesting.
On Thursday week an advisory counci
met at High Street Congregational church
Portland, to consider the pastoral resigna
ton OF Rev. Mr.. Fem. After hearing boil
parties the council recommended the contn
uance of Mr.. Fem over the church, aud in
vited the parish to reconsider their action il
the premises and to remove out Of the way
any hindrancc to the efforts Of the paste
which may now exist.
Rev. Geo +. Pentecost of Boston is il
trouble, The publisher Of the Sunda.
Times called on him Tor biographical
sketch Of himself which he sensibly refused
To his establishment one appeared Sunda
morning full Of errors and tulschoOds, pre-
pared as he learned by two Of his minis
terial brethren. 1t caused quite a sensation
in the minister's meeting, and that kind o
biography is not likely to be attempted
again.
In 1873 the Congregational denomination
in this country, with 323,670 members, CAV
S7SI ,925 to missionary work, or S2,42 pc
member the Methodist church of Canad
gave SlS5 ,36S, or 81 so per member; tn
Presbyterian churches North and Sout
$40, 332, or 81 % per member; the Epi,
copal church S333,9l6, or Sl22 per mem
Der the Methodist Episcopal church 1913
0S0, or II cents per member
The story is told of clergymau--is it al
old story ?--tkat after preaching an interest
ing sermon on the Recognition of Friend
in Heaven" he was accosted by hearel
who said: 81 liked that sermon, and | no'
wish you would preach another, on the rec
ogniaing of people in this world | hay
been attending your church three years, an
not five persons in the congregation have 5
much as bowed to mo in all that time
is suspected that there are many congrega
tions where such preaching as the hcarC
asked for would not be out OF place.
; New York City has many fine cburche
and many Of these have very heavy debts
Hero are some Of the figures given; Th
Holy Trinity (Episcopal) has debt Of S2OC
> 900; Church of the Heavenly Rest, $50
900; Memorial Presbyterian church, sl25
600; two other Presbyterian churche
$4,000; two Episcopal churches in llar
lem, 100000 each; a Methodist churct
= $4,000; tweuty.three Of the twenty
5 Baptist churches have debts ranging iroI
$4,000 to $4,000 each. The debts her
referred to make total of about $1,000
600.