Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-30

Over 500 have been added to the nj. r
church at Carthage, Mo-, as result of the
recent revival.
Prof. Robertson Smith is soon TO reside
at Cambridge, England, where be is
professor of Arabic.
The Free Baptist church st, Johnsbury,
has voted to call Rev. A. P. Tracy, Of
North Danville.
Pres. M. H. Buckham has been secured
to deliver an address at the Hartford Gen
theological seminary.
Cambridgeport and Athens NJ. E.churct
is supplied this year by Rev. A. B. Riggs,
formerly of Ludlow.
10. Wood of New York, designs and
executes the Garfield monument at cost
not exceeding $4,000.
Elizabeth city, New Jersey, has an
assessed valuation of Sl2,O0O,000 and q
debt of 100000.
j. M. Buckley, D. D., and "Jennie
June" speak at Lasell seminary commenc-
ment this summer.
Rev. j. M. King was ordained and
installed as pastor over the Mt. Holly
Baptist church, May 10Th.
Rev. B. NJ. Tillotson of St. Johnsb bury
is to supply for the present the Universal.
list church at West Burke.
Rev. S. H. Emery of the Bellows Falls
Baptist church has received and accepted
call to Leominster, Mass.
Seventy young men gave themselves to
the foreign mission work as the result OF
Mr.. Moody's visit to Belfast.
Mrs. Charles Butler has given 100000
for the erection of an Episcopal church in
Stockbridge, Mass, her native town.
Brown university receives 100000 and
Dartmouth college $4,000, from the
estate of the late George F. Wilson.
Hanson Place church, Brooklyn. has a
membership of 1900. DR.. J. o. Peck,
converted in Vermont, is the pastor.
Tho St Johnsbury Lndep mentions the
disappointment of Rev. c. II. Farnsworth
to Marshfie!d as ''very acceptable to the
people,"
The New York conference of the M. E.
church has S3.000,000 worth of church
property, $4,000 members and $4,000
teachers and scholars.
John B. Cough, having nearly recover.
ed his health, delivered lecture in DR.. J
P. Newman's church a short time since
with all his old time vigor.
Houghton, Mif1lin & Co. are soon to
publish an autobiography of Thurlow
Weed. That story of struggle and triumph
will be well worth reading.
James Freeman Clarke has written n
second book on Ten Great Religions"
this volume showing their comparison
with the Christian religion.
The w. +. M. society have secured a
Sl.lOO site for a hospital in Foochow.
nearly or quite the whole amount being
subscribed by the natives.
The celebrated DR.. William A. HAM
mond, surgeon general of the United
States army, has written treatise on
insanity in its medical relations.
England sends one in 5000 of her
population to Oxford and Cambridge,
while Scotland sends one in 6l5 of her
population to various universities.
Previous to his departure from Rutland
to settle as pastor of Baptist church in
East Boston Rev. J. X. Richardson was
given an elegant gold watch by his parish.
toner's.
While in some Of the leading denomina-
tiCns in America there is scarcity of
ministers there is large surplus in
England and the question now u.s. how
can they be employed.
Rev. A. d. Barber, having been for six
years the able and efficient editor of the
Vermont Chronicle, has resigned. We
hope that our esteemed confere will find
congenial work elsewhere.
An example of the errors into which
foreign editors are sure TO fall is seen in
DR.. Dewart's making DR.. McCosh, in the
last issue of the Guardian, the president
of Yale instead of Princeton college.
The receipts of the American Congre.
tional union "a church building society," J
for the past year have been $lOO,S12.42.
Rev. DIR. L. II. Cobb, formerly of Spring.
field of this state, is the able secretary.
Rev. E. j. Ranslow, pastor of the
of the Wells River Congregational church,
has received 80 into full membership
since March and expects to greatly
augment this number at the next com.
munion.
Hon. William A. Russell has given the
Bellows Falls Congregational church q
new organ. The repairs of that church,
to cost $4,000, commence at once, the
society worshpping in the NJ. Z. church
during their progress.
The SALISBURY coffee house of Toronto
has a daily average attendance of $50,
and the St. Lawrence coffee house, of the
same city, has daily average attendance
of $50. This shows one way in which
the rum power may be successfully COM