Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-04-27


piled. "and sometimes paper-reader comes
along; bat we don't set much store BY them,
no ways Il always End" said the beloved
Payson, shat when any geod 10 done. il in
my e-tsnpors sermons which do It." ''The
best word" said the fascinating Summerfield.
lis the word which suggests itself in the heat
OF the moment"
In 1858, there were in Maine, 1921 Sab
bath School scholars, as follows. viz ;-Bap-
lists 1881 Congregational, 1906; Metho-
dist l4'4sl; Free.will Baptist, 1000; Episco-
pal, $40 all others, (estimated) 1000. AT
the same time there were in the State, 237, IT'S
persona between the ages Of and IL years.
There is much land to be possessed"
In 1929. there were in New Jersey. S. Bap-
tist churches, and about 1000 members; in
1858, there were Iii churches, and IA 900
members. y4.
o" Divine service was performed on Sum-
day. the 10th, for the last time in the North
church at Portsmouth, N H., which for pc
Rod Of one hundred and three years has been
used al house Of Worship
Rev. H. B. Cover has resigned the Pasto-
rate of the Baptist Church.in Sedgewick. and
accepted an appointment as Financial Secreta-
ry of the New England sunday School Union.
NJ Naeh.o.o1 n:.A
Father Bishop" died in Winthrop. the 18th
inst. He had resided in Winthrop from infan-
cy, and was. at the time Of his death, the oldest
man in that town. He is supposed also, to
have been longer connected with the NJ. z.
Church, than any other individual in the state;
having united with the first class that was
formed in the then /" District of Maine" short
Iy subsequent to its organization.
We understand that the society worshiping
in Wesley Church, has effected an exchange
of its Parsonage property o. the east side Of
Washington St., for the premises next south
of, and adjoining the church lot; with the in
tention Of erecting, at an early day, capacioua
NCoSty IA ehS LCok VI tnC CuulCus
Rev. J. G. Onckcr, in his speech at Albany,
remarked of his travels in this country, that
everywhere he had met with evidence that
worldliness is oyerrunning the churches chris
tians being en;ansled again in the yoke of bon
dage." " He that hath an ear to hear, let him
hear" ~
The Episcopal Recorder states, that while in
1851, thirty eight of their clergy went over to
the papacy; during the last year, ;here were
only thirteen.
In is not perhaps generally known that in
Sweden, conversion from the Lutheran faith
is strictly forbidden. Seven ladies' have been
lately prosecuted in Stockholm for joining the
Romish church, and their exile from the king
dom demanded. .h
Rev. Stephen Spochynski. Roman Catholic
Priest of Patterson, n. j., has renowned the
Popish faith.
The Franklin ST. Church, Manchester, have
raised the salary of their Pastor from $1,000 to
$1,000.
LAUNCHED on Saturday, from the yard OF
Messrs. Clark & Sewall, a fine ship Of 1900
tons called q sSasnariten.n She is to be COM
manded BY Capt. Francis Kelly. .-
In Arrowsic, from the ways of E. P. SWEET,
Esq, brig Of $50 tons, named James
Wakefield"
In this city, Tuesday, from the ways OF
Messrs. Bailey g. Reed, ship of 600 tons,
named " Victoria Reed
BOLD ROBBERY about 6 ID O'Clock
Friday morning, man named Winslow, re-
siding at Thomaston, Me-, was knocked down
in Lewis ST., Boston, by a notorious rascal
named Bob Edwards, and robbed Of about
SO. Officers Tarleton and Whitcomb, who
had been on the watch for Edwards all day,
arrested him that evening in den in Lewis
street. The money he had obtained had been
expended for new suit of clothes, which
were taken from him. Edwards has commit
ted several actions of the kind, and has been
an inmate of the State Prison. He was CON-
mitted.
- The Hallowell Gazette states that by
an order of the Supreme Court OF this State,
the daughter of DR.. NJ. c. Richardson Of
Hallowell, was returned to his charge on
Tuesday. This was case where the grand
mother persisted in retaining custody of a
child against the wishes Of the father The
case has been in court four and half years,
and has several times been decided in favor
of the father; but the child has not been re-
turned until this late day.
- The Mirror man is RECALLING his readers
with sketch of the life and public services
Of the renowned DR.. Sangrado.
HOPES Picked IN ALcoHoL.-The Journal
and Messenger quotes the following as one Of
ED. Jacob Knapp's' queer remarks
A ministerial friend whom we met on the
street. informs US, that not long since he was
speaking of those Christian hopes which are
based on old .experienees:sl Some Of you.
said he, addressing hiss-hearers, : have hopes
forty years old, picked in, Alcohol
e. G.: Eveleih, of New Gloucester, Maine,
has sold to company in New York his in
leresi in a patent iron pavement, for the sum OF
one hundred thousand dollars. A few years
ago he was teaching school il winters in order