The Portland daily press., 1865-07-08
RELIGIOUS 1NTB1.L1aENcr,


The General Association of Congregational
Ministers and Churches of Kansas closed its
eighth annual meeting at Topeka, May 22d-
Twenty churches were represented by sixteen
ministers and eighteen lay delegates. The re-
ports of the Association show twenty-one min
listers in active service, thirty-two churches
sixteen houses of worship, and seven hundred
and ninety four members. GES 1efs8t
Mr.. Christopher Roberts, of New York, has
supported seven students in the Theological
Seminary at Auburn the. past year, and pro-
poses to support ten the next. William E.
Dodge, of the same city, supports ten students
| at the same institution e e4n4sY TesW
Rev. Jonas Perkins, of Weymouth, Mass,
lately celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his
marriage and Of his settlement as pastor of the
Congregational church. The people presented
to him and his wife wedding cake frosted with
gold dollars. lGs a8.is5 s481ad ssl--.s55aa
Rev 5, W.Avery, Baptist, late of Fayette,
has removed to Lisbon Falls sa6 sria1
The Very Rev. DR.. Christopher Wordsworth,
Archdeacon and Canon Of Westminster of
Trinity College, Cambridge is spoken of as the
successor of DIR. Graham in the bishopric of
Chester. @2Fs1t =
The First Church, Boston, (Rey. Rufus Ellis,
pastor,) has unanimously voted to sell the es-
tate now occupied by the society in Chauncey
street. 1t is proposed to erect new church on
the Back Bay, in the vicinity of Berkely or
Clarendon streets M
Rev. DR.. Haven, Of the Chicago Theological
Seminary, in his address this year to the grad
uating class, had the following beautiful
thoughts ut may not be possible for you to be
star shining in glory in the upper armament
What them? Itmay be yours to be as the qui-
ct little lake, small but very clear, hid away
among the mountains, sheltered from the ruder
winds, surrounded by verdure, and opening its
bosom to the heavens, and rejecting the glory
of that brilliant upper light"
The Methodist Church in Scituate Mass
was set on fire Monday evening and totally
consumed, with all its furniture, bell ETC.,
loss of about 81 900. with no insurance.
The members Of the Shepard Congregational
Church and Society, Of Cambridge, have pre-
sented to their late pastor, Rev. Dr. Albro, a
check for $1,000, and also to the family valua-
BILE gifts, while the Sabbath School presented
to Dr.. Albro q valuable gold watch and chain,
as token of their affection and esteem for his
long and faithful labor. y 5a,T,a glfts 49,
Phe Pastors College, established few years
ago by Mr., Spurgeon, which when opened had
but one pupil, has now 7ninety-one, and is in
creasing. The expenses are all paid by private
subscription. = gieqt. al
:, Rey.N. M. Williams, pastor of the Ellsworth
Baptist Church, preached his farewell sermon
to his congregation on Sunday, the 18th ult.,
as he had accepted the charge Of the Baptist
! Church at South Danvers, Mass. iiss
Rev D. Storrs preached his saith gAnniyersa-
~ Sermon at Braintree, Mass, on Sunday, Ju-
ly2. .jnsgns9Fa beua
& Among those on whom the degree Of Doctor
of Divinity was conferred at the recent Com
mencement of Columbia College, was the Rev.
Samuel r. Ely, of Roslyn, mentioned in d late.
paragraph Of this paper, at the entertainment
of Gen. Rosecrans and his friends. The degree
was conferred, it is to be presumed, as recog-
milton of the long and faithful services of DIR
Ely as a pastor and inrtructor Of youth and the
benevolence of his character. sai9ls ssa sises
/ + The Presbyterian Synods Of New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia are discussing the propriety
of union of their two bodies.
A Roman Catholic Church has been opened
in NagasaH, Japan. u .sae.iI5 as8aabaosis Il
G The oldest version Of the Old and New Tes-
taments belonging to the Christians, is that in
the Vatican, which was written in the fourth OF
fifth century, and Published in the year 1887.
+" A new Congregational church was instituted
in North Waterford recently. Some thirty
members were received at the time, and about
sixty persons will soon unite with them by
profession. The church has raised $500, which
with aid from the Maine Missionary Society,
will secure to them pastor. Is.s i i3stii s.
The Methodist Church, Yorlxville, Canada.
was entered by burglars on Monday night and
tl.e silver eonnrnunion service. valued at 800 or
| 500, stolen. fef saE 3ID
Rev. j.. L. Phillips, a F. W, Baptist mis-
sionary from Maine, arrived at Ceylon ON the
| 18th of May. Ass4Ns