The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-19
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Baptist Church, Brunswick, closes his labors
with that society, the present month, and will
remove to Bluehill, hoping by relaxation and
rest to regain his health. aata We said9 rs as
The Presbytery. of Dalzotah, at recent meet
ing, licensed Mr.. John B. Renville, full
blooded Dakotah Indian, as preacher of the
Gospel, with view to his laboring among his
ownpeople. Mr.. Renville was the first convert
baptized by the missionaries, has been stead
fast and active Christian, and is adapted to the
work. He addressed the Assembly in his ma
tive language, interpreted by Rev. S. R. Riggs.
II Montreal Witness, Aia 8sfkW QNs1t
Some idea of the magnitude of the Sunday
School interest in Manchester, Eng, may be
formed from the fact that in Whitsun week
as many as 1872 schools took advantage of the
railway facilities for trips into the country, the
number of scholars "on the books being above
$4,000, with over 5000 teachers
j. The Methodist Episcopal Church South in
Missouri, at recent meeting, resolved to
maintain their separate and distinct ecclesias-
teal organization. They say that the question
upon which the church divided was not
whether the institution of slavery was right
or wrong, per Sc, +" but whether it was a
legitimate subject Of ecclesiastical iegisla-
| ton"
M. Guizot the veteran and able advocate of
vital protestant Christianity in France, in his
recently published work ON the Essence Of
Christianity" says IT have passed, thirty-ive
years of my life in struggling, on busting
arena, for the establishment Of political liberty
and maintenance of order as established by
law. L have learnt in the labors and trials of
this struggle, the real worth of Christian Faith,
and Christian Liberty. God permits me, in
the repose Of my retreat, to consecrate to their
cause what remains to me of life and strength.
1t is the most salutary favor and the greatest
honor that can receive from his goodness"
M. Quiet isSnow Is years of age having been
born at Mines, in the south of France, in
1881. ritz ssn,sgss3 rrct FC-g
The total membership of the Wesleyan
Msthodists in Great Britain is 33O,730. The
body known as Primitive Methodists comes
next in point of numbers. The Primitive
Methodistsin Great Britain report 1875 local
preachers, S68 travelling preachers, and total
membership of 149,106. .HaH ~ sgnF
At the commencement at Amherst College
last week, the degree of d. d. was conferred
on Rev. zephaniah M. Humphrey of Chicago,
Ill, and Rev. Henry Newman Hall of London,
Eng.
A council Of neighboring Congregational
Churches met at North Waterford, June 10,
and by unanimous vote, organized and re-
ceiyed into fellowship a nese church to be
known as the North Waterford Congregational
Church
Rev. John H. Garmon has removeda from
Lebanon Centre to North Orange, Mass
The Penobscot Ministerial Association has
licensed twenty four of the students of the
Bangor Theological Seminary, Of the Senior
and Middle classes, as preachers of the Gospel.
An ecclesiastical council met on Tuesday
last, and organized a Congregational Church
ORTHODOXY in the village of Waver1y, Mass
consisting of fifteen members.
Ayoung American has won this year, at Ok
ford, an honor second to none. Francis Ais
ton Claiming, son of Rev. William Henry
Charming, gained the aChancellor's Prize" for
the best English Essay. This prize is open for
competition to all students in. the university
and, as test of talent and accomplishments
the winning it places young man in the first
rank of Oxford scholars.
The prominent Jews In the city of New
York are discussing the subject of Jewish
Theological Seminary, and the prospect is that
such an institution will be organized I'll
Elder Knapp, formerly so well known in New
England, is now living on farm near Rockland
Ill, spending his summers in agriculture, and
his winters in preaching. 1R-afa91ah
Rev. G. e. Steele, A. NJ, of Fitchburg, Mass.
has been elected president of Lawrence Uni
versity Msthodist) at Appleton, Wis 4sfN
Rev. DR.. Hetherington, author of the Ellis
tory of the Church of Scotland" published in
1S43, died recently at Glasgow, where he held
the professorship of Systematic Theology in
the Free Church College.
DR.. Sprague is still publishing in the columns
of the New York Observer his series of articles
entitled American College Presidents" Hay
ing completed some weeks since the list of Har-
ward College, he is now engaged on those of
Yale College, and his article the present week
is upon Timothy Dwight, D, D., the seventh
president of Yale" bao sssi4
The Baptist church at Springyale, York
county, have thoroughly repaired their meet
ing house, built horse-sheds, bought cabinet
organ, and paid liberal salary for preaching
As would be expected from such endeavors
the congregation is larger than ever before, and
their meetings highly interesting. At Acton
the congregation has become larger than for
many years. They have purchased land near
the church and are erecting parsonage buildings
at an expense of $4,000, besides other outlaws
for comfort and convenience. va
Rev. f. D. Maurice writes letter to the
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