Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-10-20
Religious Intelligence.

4 Flock WHhoW G Shepherd- Episco-
pal Church of our Saviour, situated on Reed
Street, between Seventh and Egth, First
Ward, is now without Pastor, the Rector,
Henry W. Woods, having rendered his resig-
nation very unexpectedly Oh Saturday even
ing. This church building was erected four
or five years since, and before it was finished,
was struck by lightning. The congregation
was small in number, but big III heart and
devotion to the cause of religion. Fhe FIRST
preacher. it appears from all that we can
learn, did not give entire satisfaction, although
a good sound expounder Of Evangelism, yet
the congregation did not seem to increase in
number. He resigned, and the Rev. Henry
| w. Woods was called ppon, FROM the Twen
| ty-fourth Ward, to fill the vacancy His sal
ary was fixed at one Thousand dollars per
year, which the congregation cheerfully gave
and paid promptly. In a few rYontiIs the
Rev. gentleman informed the vestry, and
through this medium the congregation, that
T he could not live on this salary, and dcslrcl!
10 have it raised. A meeting was held on She
subject, and the congregation not wishing to
part with the preacher did the best they could
and raised the yearly stipend, two hundred
dollars. The rector, finally came to the COLI
:
lie performed his duty to the satisfaction OF
the congregation, but some of them thought
,, there was a restlessness about him which they
could not acconnt for. On Saturday evening
last his resignation was sent to the vestry very
unexpectedly, and without any satisfactory
explanation Fhis flock is therefore without
" Shepherd the Rev. Mr.. Woods has LETT it
in the wilderness; but we presume there ;tre
many excellent and really pious ministers,
who have faith IN the heart. rs well as faith
IN the head, who will not let the wanderers
roam along in she wilds of sinful world,
without some one IT, lead them. Twelve hun-
dred dollars per annun TO- preach the Gospel
to a small congregation, Is IA very clever pre-
MUM. Some members Of the congregation
are rather indignant at the recent action OF
the Rev Mr.. Woo Is. The case will proba-
bly, be explained.
The Rev. FATHER CnIMouY denies the
report that he has entered the Comma ion Of
the Episcopal Church with has little iock Of
converts from Rome. In lester dated the
oath of Sept, he says:
81 have not been little surprised to see
in some religious papers of the East that had
UliIeu tiEt IIplSCtpdi Will
verted brethren of St. Anne. ] certainly en-
tertain the greatest respect for that branch of
the Church OF Christ The many true Chris
tian virtues, the admirable and noble charity
| have found in many memb of the Epis-
copal Church, have told we more than all the
dry arguments of theology, that the Episco-
pal Church is certainly ~ Ewing branch Of the
living Tree of Life, which Christ has planted
and called His Church. But it has been quite
impossible to me, til4 now, to de,errine
whether | could conscientiously Join that
branch to the exclusion of the other denomi-
nations of Evangelical Christians. The ter
rible bates which had to fight, day and
night, these last three years, against the giant
power of Rome to break our chains have So
much absorbed my time that it has been i'm
possible to make the necessary inquiries,
which in honor and conscience must make
before taking such step
For several weeks past, the largest portion
of the pews n the Methodist Church at the
head of Acushnet, near New Bedford, Mass,
have been nailed up to prevent them being
occupied, owing to a DIFF ,ulty between She
committee who built the church, and the
congregation. There are SO pews in The
house and AZ of them are "boarded" Servi-
ces are regularly held in t e church ON the
Sabbath, the congregation occupying the II
slips not nailed up and the aises and other
standing places.
EXTRAORDINARY REvIvAL.-The Ronney
(Val Intelligencer says: "a revival of reli-
gion unprecedented in all the annals of this
VILLAGE extendinu throroh both the churches