Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-06-07

dolpb. The eit;z,ns were out in force, and
all seemed to enter into the services of the
day with an earnest spirit.
| RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE
Notes from Vernon, Pastors and
| Churches.
| CONGREGATIONAL GENERAL CONVENTION.
The General Convention of Congrega-
tional ministers and churches Of Vermont
will be held at Rutland, June Ilth, I2th
and 18th, 1873. The following is the pro-
| gramme OF the exercises Tuesday. at two
O'Clock p. m, business session report of
the committee on resolutions on terminal
ing church membership" Rev. q. S. Smith;
Rov. Il. l.. Walker, D. d. Wednesday
morning, anniversary CT Vermont Domestic
Missionary Society report of tho Secretary,
Rev. L. ). Smith; Wednesday afternoon,
report OF the Corresponding Secretary of the
Convention, Rev. 2. 5. Pratt essay, "The
lnfrequeEcy OF the Pastoral Relation-its
esilsa remedies. " by Rev. e. Van Nordon;
Wednesday evening. anniversary OF tho
Vermont Education Society addresses by
| Representatives OF the cooperative beneyo-
lent societies. The meeting OF tho Wo-
mans Board of Missions will be held
Wednesday afternoon. Thursday morn
ing, discussion, The Lessons to be
Learned from Reyigals and Reyvalists," :"
by Rev. +. q. Read and Rev. +. j. Rams
low Thursday afternoon, Sacrament OF the
LoTa'5 Supper. The eighty-third annual
meeting of the Vermont Domestic Mission
ary society will be held during the conven.
ton, to hear the reports of the secretary
and treasurer, elect officers for the year ell
suing and to transact any other necessary
business. ID. Nj. Canp. OF Newport. Is the
president Of the convention.
THE RLvIvAL AT vsRGENNEs.
The religious ms msetinGs so auspiciously
begun at Vergennes by Mrs Hammond,
some weeks since. still continue with in
creased interest. Meetings are held after
noon and evenings, and are fully attended
At recent evening meeting some two hun
dred persons testified for Christ, and so
great was the feeling manifested that the
meeting continued until lear IL. The
permOnier says OF MR.. Hammond: Her
work has bosn greatly blessed, and many
redeemed souls will date their release from
the thraldom OF sin to the meetings held
under her auspices in Vergennes. Efforts
arc being made to induce Mrs. Hammond
to labor in Middlobury and Bridport, before
leaving Vermont.
General Notes.
An Episcopal church has recently been
organized at Grand Isle, with DR.. A. ii.
W. jackson, DR.. Abraham Harding and
Frederick Z. Mooney as vestrymen; A. IL.
W. jackson, senior warden and treas asurer,
and +. q. Mooney, junior warden and clerk.
A. Ii. W. jackson is the delegate To the
diocesan convention, and the Rev. Charles
Fay, ID. D., is rectJr of the church
Fifteen persons were recently received
into the Methodist church at Chelsea six
into the Baptist church at North Benning-
ton, four into that at Rutland. and twenty
into that at Ira.
Rev. l.. Sargent, Of Waterbury, has ac-
copied call from the Freesill Baptist
church of Morristown.-Mr. }. j. Monroe,
of Union Theological Seminary, New
York, has been engaged to preach
in East Calais for one year. Suth-
orlind Falls, although without any
church a. Yet, has preaching nearly every
Sabbath. the neighhoring Congregational
pastors. Rev. K. 4. Hall. of Pittsforj. and
Rev. j X. Williams. OF West Rutland. sup
plying. President nulbnrt, of Mid
debury. has al-1 Supplied them
Tho Rev. William K. Warner was
recently installed ~ pastor OF the Baptist
church ct Ira.
An increasing interest is gathering about
the young peoples meeting connected with
the church i'll Waiiinsiori. The pastor,
Rev. Z. ). lluntre~s, has arranged Tor these
meetings topics iur tarea months, and the
young people have selected topics which
they will consent to speak upOn. Tho
Dandy church has adopted the envelope
plan OF raising funds tor pastors salary and
church expenses. One-halt OF tho Receipts
seem to come from those " ho gave nothing
before. The prospect Is favorable l1r
larger contributions than ever.
The r. Rev. Bishop DtG1esbriand con-
firmod nifty young people at CastletIn, the
other day.
EARL RUSSELL, whose death lin his S6th
year) il Just announced, was the third son
of the sixth Duke of Bedford; and as all
sons % dukes are lords by courtesy, he be-
came known as Lord John Gnssell, by which
title he was known down to lS6l. Educated at
Edinburgh University, he entered the House
of Commons as soon as he wa5 uf age. In
1915 he published a life Of his best known
ancestor, William Lord Russell, and some
six years later he published work on the
British Constitution. His History OF the
Affairs of Europe since the Peace OF
Utrecht which came out IN lS24, IL
work cf research and ability, and ,entltles
him To rank with the historians Of this his
toIy-writing century. la Parliament, OF
posed the harsh measures 10 which the LIy-
erpool Ministrg sometimes rGsorted and he
began his remarkable advocacy of Parlia-
mentary reform nt the close OF 1919. lie
also supported Catholic emancipation, and
had some part, in ls2S-9, in those proceed
ings through which that measure was car
ried. At the close of 1880, the Wellington
Ministry was beaten On II question concern
ip, the civil list in the Commons, and re-
signed. The Melbourne Ministry was turn
ed out by the King in November, 1884, and
4 l.. l,a.t,r Of tho in
in the House of Commons. but in
few months the ejected Ministry was
restored, with some changes. Lord John
took the post of Secretary Of State
for the Home Department. Later. he
exchanged into the office OF Colonial Secre-
tary. lie was generally regarded as the
chief man in the Government. The Wings
lost Office in 1871, and Lord John remained
in opposition five years. In lSi2-b he pub
lshed. in three octave volumes, the "Corres-
pondence of John. Fourth Duke OF Bed
ford ,'-Junius' Duke ol Bedford. To tins
correspondence he contributed valuable m
PRODUCTION When the Coalition Minis
trv" was formed, at the close oi lS52. he
took the office of Secretary OF State for For
eign Affairs, under the Earl OF Aberdeen.
who was Premier This office he soon gave
up, and was appointed Lord President OF
the Council When the British public be
came disgusted because of the bad condition
of the army in the Crimea, he retired from
the Aberdeen Cabinet. In the first Palmer
ston Ministry he WAS Secretary OF State Tor
the Colonies. lie was subsequently forced
to retire from the Ministry. and remained
out of office until the summer oi
1859, when he was included in the
second Palmerston Ministry. In that Minis
try he took the place OF Foreign Secretary,
which he held more than six years, or until
the death of Lord Pilmcrston, in October,