The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-16
REn1aIous 1NrE111aENoE.

Rev. John w. Lloyd, loyal Methodist
minister, sent to Berryville, Va, by the Balti-
more Conference, was prevented from preach
ing there, last Sunday by mob led by Rev.
William Hedges, a Southern Methodist. There
was disgraceful riot in the church, and VIC
lence was threatened. ~sBsBE#
Rev. Henry Ballantine, who has been a
missionary Of the American Board since the
year 1885, among the Mahrattas of Irdia, died
at sea November9. Being in enfeebled health,
he was ON his way to the United States, in hope
of recovery.
Rev. j. B. Cook ! the worthy pastor of the
I'd Congregational church and parish, in Wells,
received very pleasant and gratifying dona-
ton visit from his parish and friends on Tues
day evening 9Th inst. On the same evening
the friends of Rev. Mr.. Baxter, on Maryland
Ridge, in the same town, made their pastor
donation of most gratifying character. as
Says the Mirror, the only Mariners church
in our state is in this city This is all there is
for Names 10000 sailors. ,..,lHa s..r-TE
I'm consequence Of ill health Bishop Bur-
CESS of Gardiner, proposes to spend the winter
in the West Indies. He is Bishop of the Di-
Geese of Maine od4 Qa 3IdJaA 4aUb
Rev j. w. Hanson of Haverhill, M -ss.,
formerly editor of the Gospel Banner, and re-
Gently chaplain of the Massachusetts, Bloody
take the pastoral charge of the Universalist So
ciety in Dubuque. I1wa. aa1l yhasr saa ma
The Advertiser says the Maine Baptist
Missionary Society has been one of the most
efficient instrumentalities in the denomination
during almost its entire history in this state.
The Universalist society in Kendall's Mills
have been repairing and identifying their
church edifce.
The Broadway Tabernacle church in New
York, has given its pastor, Rev. Joseph P.
Thompson, D. D., leave of absence for nine
months, and $25 900 for travelling expenses.
The Baptists of New York number 1904
gathered into s26 churches and TAP ordained
ministers, and 80 icentiates. During the past
year 1881 converts have been baptized. The
denomination in the state is organized into IS
associations. ,.tg
The Methodists in Eastern Kentucky are
coming over by whole congregations and
neighborhoods, from the Methodist church
South to the Methodist church North. 6 qas
The Baptist Home Mission Board are
about opening four schools in different partso of
the South, for the education of colored preach
ers. r~-r@sur~
Rev. A. D. Wheeler, D. D., Unitarian has
resigned the pastoral charge of the Mason
Street church in Brunswick, over which he
has been sett ed for many years. ~ g.
Rev. F. L. Farnham, Baptist, has removed
from Round Pond to South Warren in this
state. -o-
The ladies of the Congregational parish of
Winterport and Frankfort village are to have
levee and bazaar on December 20, for the pur-
pose of procuring an organ for the church.sn
Rev. Joseph H. Shepardson was ordained
as pastor of the Baptist church in Princeton,
this state, ON the 22d ult. ...,-ex
The Union Westinghouse at Newry Cor
ner, is to be dedicated on Wednesday, the 9th
of December. IA
The Green Street Congregational church
of San Francisco has invited Rev. Anson Clark,
native of Westhampton to its pastorate.
Rev. Robert j. Breckenridge D. D. declines
the call lately extended to him, inviting him to
the presidency of Washington and Jefferson
College, Pennsylvania. ess m
"A new French religious paper, lie Noliyeau
Monde, has just been established in New York.
1t is estimated that the French-speaking peo-
pie in that city and vicinity number not less
than 10000. -jl i.s Ill ~ lss,.ai uodtia IL
Rev. George B. Whipple, one of the Ameri-
can Episcopalians sent to reconvert the Sand
witch Islanders, has returned in disgust. He
thinks the natives can do without the Reform.
ed Catholic Church" which the English mis-
sionaries are trying to introduce
Archbishop Manning, in one of his contri-
buttons to the recently published volume of
Roman Catholic essays and reviews, declares
that the temporal soye. eighty of the Pope was
never more secure than at the present time.
"A new sect calling themselves the "Cogi-
tants," has sprung up in Berlin. Some of their
doctrines are that neither theft nor fraud can
be punished with Imprisonment women are to
have partin the church government; only the
lower part of the coffin should be buried in the
earth; all good Cogitants are to have a good
dinner for nothing on Christmas day, Easter
Sunday and Whit-Sunday. ID EnaNtia$a
"A letter from Northern Missouri says that
nine tenths of the Baptist ministers of that
state are rebels, and still larger proportion of
the Methodists; and the irod-clad oath rather
tends to make them more obdurate. .sekr-er
The Congregational churches of Rhode Is
land are only % in number, with membership
of 200.
In California the Presbyterians and Con-
gregationalists are nearly equal in strength, as
the following figures will show: The Presbyte-
rians have 20 churches, 20 ministers. and 1850
members, being an advance of 175 over the pre-
vious year. The Congregationalists have %
churches, SO ministers, and 1921 members an
advance of 148 over last year.
Since the meeting of the National Unita.
rian Convention in New York, last spring,
twenty-nine new Unitarian societies have been
formed in different parts of the country.
Fire in Portsmouth.
10 HORSES BURNT TO DEATH lGV
-4 I'd PORTSMOUTH, Dec. Is, 1866