Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-04-05

Phillips Brooks prays cxtemporc in
prayers at Harvard college.
The Church of the Incarnation (Episco-
pal) at New York was burned last Friday
loss, $4,000.
The degree of LII, d. has been confer
red by Aberdeen university upon Prof.
Robertson Smith Of heresy fame.
Over one-third of the population of
Glasgow. Scotland, average to attend
church. Better than any American city.
The Baltimore conference Of the NJ. L.
church reports u decrease of one thousand
in regular members and an increase of
one thousand probationers.
Burlington. Iowa, is having IL great
revival. Nearly or quite two hundred
have been converted. The interest is
spreading all over the city and bids fair to
equal the great work at Cincinnati.
Rev. Tbaddeus Salters, the first colored
man ever admitted to the ministry of the
Protestant Episcopal church in South
Carolina, was ordained as q priest in St.
Marks church, Charleston, recently.
Rev. DR.. j. NJ. l.. Curry says that there
are two millions of children in the south.
ern states who have not proper school ad.
vantages. 1t is very evident that there i.
yet work for our church in the south.
A new effort is being put forth by some
of tho members Of the Church of England
10 secure revision of the prayer book in
order that it may be brought into harmo
ny with occasional special services. As it
now is it is very inconvenient, there being
no prayer forms suitable to missionary
and other special meetings.
One thousand dollars has recently been
bequeathed to tho woman's home mission
airy society Of tho Methodist Episcopa,
church. Mrs. Ex.President HAYES is
president of this society. and Mrs. DR.
Rust secretary. They already. though
only about two years old, have eleven
missionaries in needy portions of tho soutl
and west.
New Jersey has law against bias
pheming God, Christ. the holy Spirit OIL
the Bible, making the penalty a fine no
exceeding two hundred dollars, or i'm
prisonment at hard labor not exceeding
twelve mouths, or both. An arrest foj
violation of this law has recently beer
made. and the moral sense of the state I.
thereby being quickened.
The Boston Journal says AN enviou:
New Yorker-probably victim of Wal
street-sent letter last week to Rev. DR.
Newman, who ministers to the spiritua
wants of General Grant, Jay Gould, Rus
soil Sage and several other millionaires
asking him to preach a rafting, orlho
dox, old-fashoned, hell's.lire sermon fol
the benefit of his chief parishoners, VIII,
couldn't get to Heaven anyhow"
Rev. J. w. Hamilton writes that he il
hoping to complete tho Peoples churci
the present spring. When completed il
will have the largest audience room o.
any church in Boston. Bro. Hamilton ha,
been doing noble work, andwe are claG
to know that his people appreciate tina
fact, and that he has received SO much ai(
outside. Though in small sums ever,
little has helped, and thus the work zoe,
on. He very much needs u few Thousand
dollars now to finish tho structure, as tn,
vestry. although holding seven hundred
has long been crowded.
Rev. Dr. Henry M. Suudder of tn,
Center Congregational church, BROOKLYN
is man of vast knowledge. Born il
Ceylon, he and his wife often converse i,
Hindoo in order to keep up their knowl
edge of the language. He reads French
Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Tamil and even
Sanscrlt His concordance ana Bible ar,
in the Greek language, and he uses them
constantly. Though a great student Of
the natural sciences and familiar with
almost every branch of knowledge, hi.
style OF preaching is plain, simple, earn.
est aud sympathetic. lie has been success
full in every sense OF the word.
Mis-. Harriet B. Marvin, wife of the late
Bishop Marvin Of the NJ. +. church. sou,b