Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-03
Religious Miscellany.

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| MONTREAL minister publicly announces that
hereafter he shall read printed sermon at one
Of his Sunday services
TuE annual meeting of the New England Con-
erence of the Methodist Episcopal church will be
| held in Boston, March Dist, Bishop Andrews
presiding,
LONDON publisher ia selling complete edi-
ton of the New Testament, with maps and illus
trations, at the extremely low price OF one penny
= copy, and makes profit upon the sales even at
that pri e.
REV. DIR. J. b. JErER, one Of the editors OF the
Religious Herald, the organ Of the Baptist church
| n Virginia, died at Richmond last week at the
| age OF saventy-eight years. He entered the min
stry in 1922
THE English and American Bible revision COM
nittees are said to have decided to print the re-
vised Bible in paragraphs, according to the sense,
rather than in chapters and verses, and the poetic
parts in poetic measure
CANON FARRAR recently preached In West
minister Abbey sermon on the eight hundred
and fourteenth anniversary OF its founding, and
made touching illusions to the distinguished per-
sous inferred within its walls,
The South Carolina Methodist Conference in
structed It's delegates to the General Conference
:" to inform that body that we do not desire sepa-
rate work on the ground OF color in connection
with our church in this state "
THE Canada Conference of the English PRINT
tive Methodist church will celebrate this year the
sem-centennial OF the planting OF the church In
Canada by special services and the raising OF
money for missionary operations, etc.
The death OF Rev F. NJ. Kennedy, d D., editor
ot the Southern Christian Adrocate, an official
organ of the Methodist church south, which oc-
CURED February 15.h in Macon Georgia, will be
deeply regretted by the Christian public of all
denominations,
The most prominent question that will come be-
fore the Methodist General Conference which
meets in Cincinnati in May will be as To whether
the itinerary shall be modified so as to allow the
ministry to serve the same congregation longer
than three in six years.
Tux following meetings have been arranged for
Old Orchard, Maine for the coming season:
Faith convention, July 29,h to August 9th. Port
land district meeting, Angus, Och to 18th General
Methodist eamp-ineeting August 18th TO oath.
National temperance meeting. August cath to 3lst
The ages OF the Methodist Episcopal bishops are
As follows Bishop Scott is seventy eight; Bishop
Peck, sixty-nine; Bishop simpson, sixty-nine;
Bishop Bowman, sixty-three; Bishop Harris,
'xty-three; Bishop Foster, sixty; Bishop Wiley,
fifty FIVE; Bishop Merrill, fity-fve and Bishop
andrews, filty-fye.
REV. EDWARD CowLEy. superintendent OF the
" Shepherds Fold" refuge for homeless chill
lren in New York city, has been convicted OF
cruelty to the children under his charge in not
providing proper food, clothing and medical at
tendance and sentenced TO one years imprison-
ment in the penitentiAry and to pay fine OF $3.50
the extreme penalty of the law.
The work Of Mr. Moody, the evangelist, begins
tn produce results in St. Louis as elsewhere.
leading business man went home from an even.
ing meeting and was sleepless all night so also
the second and third nights The following day
he sent back $3.50, principal and interest, to a
neighbor whom he had wroDged, and that night
he could hardly sleep for joy. Mr. Moody has
been suffering from severe attack OF hoarseness
and he has not conducted revival meetiags for
several days.