The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-08-30
RELIGIOUS 1NrRnn1aHNon.

| gears, has resigned his pastoraee 'hoie' " 90
;,ma tbe duties of pastor of Congregational
Church in Waldoboro.
| -Rev 9. g. B. Stockwell, of Cambridge, has
| haan elected unanimously to TIL the vacancy
oooosoned by the resignation of Rev. DIR. Ry-
mn late pastor of the african Baptist Church.
| in Richmond, Virgilia.l T hrr,
s41,he buildings and other property belong!
ing to the Episcopal Theological Seminary in
-Alexandria2 Da e.. which have, been il the
hands of the government during the war, are
aow to be restored, ao.,psiisal sf1gFs,
to--The annual meeting of the American
Board viii thi this year be held at Chicago, com
mencing Tuesday, October g. ,oas ssss sa s9A
= IS Rev. Peter Repe1talk, Of the last graduate
ing class from the seminary of New Brunswick,
was Installed pastor Of the Holland church at
High Prairie, H., on the 9th ult. 1assa IL, 4
---Rev. George PAUL, one of the missionaries
Africa, has fallen ayictim to one of the fevers
of that country. e aeisalraa-si a9is lfilw
3 1.-The camp-meeting season is at its height
East week there were gatherings of Methodists
1t Sterling Junction and at Yarmouth, besides
the one at Epping In each of these places
Che attendance was large, both of the devout
who go to pray, and the sinners who go for
prey. The 5unfavorable weather for a few days
has had rather a chilling effect upon the proz
oeedings yet we find number Of appoint
ments for the same kind of meetings this week.
A--Revg Charles'M Mead has been elected to
the professorships of Hebrew at the Andoyer
theological seminary. n (. VT ,.iiii FIX
Rev. DR.. Claxton of Rochester, N. Y, has,
accepted a professorship in the Episcopal theo-
logical seminary at Philadelphia. 9sh fse4S
1T will be seen by reference toonr advertis-
ing columns Of to-day, that the Kennebunk
Camp is to commence on Monday,
Sept 9Th, and close the Saturday following.
Arrang ements have been made ~ with the
Eastern and Boston g Maine railroads for a
material reduction Of fares to persons wishing
30 attend the meeting; and ample boarding ac-
commod ations have been provided. u, u aa1ig x
1.-THE Christian Mirror of this week contains
a letter from Rev, j, Q, Fiske of Bath, who is
now in Europe. At the time of writing, Aug.
tth, he was in Germany. Y \ .,. 49,
REV. Wellington B. Gross is to be ordained
as Pastor of the Congregational Church in
New Gloucester, Sept, It'll rr a 1sT sshn
"A correspondent of the National Bdptist
Of Philadelphia, who is an old resident Of Nash
vile, asserts .thatrth prospects were never
more favorable than at present for establishing
loyal Baptist churches in that city. blse .5si
asi-Rev. Duncan R. Campbell, LII D., -Presig
dent Of George town, College, Kentucky lBaps
Gdist,) died recently at Coyington.t4o
"A new Episcopal Church has recentlybeen
conseerated in Rutland, Vermont 1t is called
The iGhuroh of the Trinity.s nom,ao1
Rev Peter Bertoidi Of the Catholic Church
Of Sandwich, Mass, has purchased the Metho-
oiist Westinghouse at Wareharn, and it will be
5.s1nodeled for the accommodation of the Cath
bic society of that place. A'.A lia1sz
The Hedding Methodist Gamp-meeting at
lpping, N. H., closed on Saturday. Theat-s
;endance was large estimated to be for the first
! hree days, from 5000 to $780, and ahigh degree
If interest was manifested Bishop Baker of
concord, N. II. was present with other distins
suished elergymen of the denomination :ne9
7, Y Archbishop Kenrick, Of Missouri has I'M
formed the Catholic clergy that they must not
take. the oath prescribed by the. Radical State
Convention.
1.-The Augusta (Ga. } Chronicle and Sentinel
4 $500
in the matter of building q Female College in
the city of Atlanta, which point theyhave Sc
lected on account of its centrally and salubri-
". The Presidency Of the college will doubt
less Be rendered to Rev. W. r Brantly, D. D.,
whose eminent abilities and fervent piety am
ply qualify him to adorn that position -
I'm the Episcopal Diocesan Convention of
Western New York, which lately assembled at
Rochester there was contest between oaserg
natives and radicals on the election of lay del
gates to the general convention The for
npsr triumphsd, and ex- Governor Horatio Sey,s
lnopT was among the lay delegates elected,
though he ran largely behind his ticket.
"A New England Congregationalist, in the
columnsof the Independent, offers to be one of
twenty-five or thirty men to give $4,000 each
for the building ola new ongregational church
in the upper part Of New York city. .ii'ASsaa
Bishop James appeared as the representa-
tive of American Methodists at the recent Bri-I
tish Methodists' Conference held at Birming-'
ham, England. The following are some of the
statistics presented by him with reference to
the Methodist churches in this country: aCom-,
mupicants, 92S2O; itineraD. ministers, 6S91;, To-
cal ministers, 1896; churches, 1915; parson-
ages, 294S; estimated value of churches and par
sonages, $26,S83,076; Sunday schools, Is, 1853;
officers and teachers, 148,475; scholars $50 roo.
We have 161 missionaries in foreign lands, and
1922 church members.1A Is 50 gaiaG
The Springfield Republican says the Re.
formed Presbytsrians (those who uphold the
senets Of the Covenanters of the Scotch refor--
nation) resident in Washington, have been do
& ng much to aid in the elevation of the colored
people in the national capital They have al
ways been truly. loyal They have lately built
alarge chapel and school room and sixteen ten
emsnt houses at Washington for the freedmen.
Rev.J. M. Armour Of Vermont is general SUI
perintendent and pastor, and Miss Charlotte S.
Clongh Of, New Hampshire is the principal lady
teacher. The school opens September II andla
number, of teachers will be engaged.
ocy-They have "a lively little civil war in the
Baptist society at Noank, ct. The friends Of
elder Weaver couldn't agree with the rest of
the congregation, and seeded. The society re-
fused to give them letters of dismissal, and
they declined to be advised to 60 back by a con-
: vention of forty clergynlen. They have COM
meneed bnilding new church, and have dis
covered that the town has laid out highway
right through the site selected. 4 A lawsuit is
the result. slnass1a gasqao9 s5.lso ii 3 egdt
Colchester, the spiritual medium, who was
prosecuted for juggling without license, and
condemned By the jury, is thrown over by the
aS2iritliaiists j Judge Edmonds has published
a letter in lie says that true and intelli-
gent Spiritualists never had any faith in Col
chester, that he himself was solicited to be-
come his counsel, ,but refused on conscientious
grounds. t9h. iA 2
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ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ,4ea
W. The Washington Chronicle says that
Yorkmen will, in a, few days commence pre-
pairing suitable apartments in the White House
for the accommodation of the Executive Bu-