The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-04
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Letters from Rome say that the creation of
cardinals, which was to take place in December
next, is postponed till Lent 1856. gtE34{54
Bishop Crowther, the black bishop of the
Niger, has lately written home satisfactory &C.
counts eff his operations in the Niger district,
whittier he has taken band of native Chris
tan teachers.
Rev. j. G. Pattee, Universalist clergy
man of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, has returned
to Maine, his native state, for settlement.
Rev. DR.. Storrs of Cincinnatis and RevJ.
Sella Martin are speaking in Great Britain in
behalf Of the southern freedmen. At meet
ing in Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Storrs said the
people of Great Britain had already contribute
ed about $4,000 in gold to this object
"A Universalist conference will be held in
Sumner, Oxford county, On the 9Th and 9th
inst. ffE4
The New Hampshire Baptist Convention
was held at New London, Oct. 18th and 10Th.
The Domestic Missionary receipts were 81, 300.
The thirteen feeble churches aided by the con-
vention were reported in hopeful condition
There is quite revival of religion in the
town of Robbinston, and some thirty or forty
persons have been converted.
"A new Baptist mission chapel has recently
been completed and dedicated in San Francis
CO. California. Il
The U1aiUerseI;st Quarterly for October con-
tains an article on Reconstruction, by Rev. W.
Spaulding of Salem; the substance of the SER
mon he delivered the past summer in Pearl
Street church. 1t contains two articles from
this state, "What entities one to the name of
Christian" by Rev. w. r. French of Turner,
and the "Study of Natural History" by Rev.
s. H. McCollister of Westbrook.
"A report was presented to the Philadelphia
Baptist Association at its recent session, recon-
mending the establishment of Baptist
Home;" l. e., an institution where Baptist min
listers and their widows and so far as consist
ent, members of Baptist churches generally.
may find home when poor and overtaken with
the infirmities of age or sickness. The report
was adopted, land committee was appointed
to devise plan for carrying out the recon-
mendation.
Rev. Levi Ballou, pastor of the Universal
list church in Orange, Mass. died in that town
on the 9th ult. Till within few days of his
death he enjoyed his accustomed degree of
health. He was an estimable man, greatly be-
s. Ballou, died in Princeton ILL., as the AGE of
56yesrs. A brother of the above, Hon. Martin,
Ballou, is the successor of the late Hon. Owen
Lovejoy, in Congress.
The New York Baptist Convention was
held in Palmyra, October 18th, and continued
three days. The Treasurer of the Board an
nounced an increase of $1,000 over the receipts
of last year, and the Secretary reported II
state missionaries in the field. Before closing,
the convention voted to raise $4,000 for imme-
date wants, the Board to fix the method for
raising the said sum. The sum raised last year
was $1,000.
A memoir of Rev. Duncan Dunbar, who
many years ago preached in Nobleboro, as pas
tor of the Baptist church, where he was
exceedingly successful in his ministry, has been
published. m
Rev. James fitzpatrick, formerly pastor of
Baptist church in Topsham, died at Bluehill,
October 18th. sal