The Portland daily press., 1865-07-22
RELIGIOUS INTELLraHNoE.


The annual session of the Methodist Camp
Meeting at Northport, will commence Monday
evening, August 2s, and continue through the
week
The Gardiner Journal says Rev. John 7. Ma
grath has been engaged to assist Bishop Bur
CESS in his labors in that city. The Bishop not
only has the charge of the Diocese of Maine,
but also officiates as Rector of Christ Church
in Gardiner.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher sometimes uses
grotesque comparisons even in his pulpit. In
a sermon before the American Congregational
Union, recently, he said ut is true that Uni
tarianism has developed itself in Congrega-
tional churches, where there was the most Gull
ture and where there was the most inquisitive-
ness. This fact has been merely symptom of
the growth of those churches Just as the pim-
pies on young mems foreheads indicate that
they are growing and approaching the virile
state"
In the ecclesiastical meetings of all the reli-
gious denominations, one of the chief topics
now up for considerations, how to increase the
number of young men preparing for the minis
try. The war very greatly checked the increase
of students.
The Western Christian ADVOCATE records this
act of munifcence in colored Methodist
church THE Centre Street Church, Louis
ville is an African Church, which by its own
action has left the church South and returned
to the Methodist Episcopal Church. One of
its official members, at late meeting, proposed
do to one of two things, if they would build and
pay for fine new edifce namely, either he
would subscribe $4,000, or he would take the
present building and erect new one, fifty-nine
feet by ninety, all complete except frescoing,
painting, railing, etc., on condition that they
would finish, cushion, carpet, and in every re-
spect completely furnish it. The latter YVES
accepted, and the plan will be carried out next
year,
There are two hundred and eighty-fve Con-
gregational Churches in Connecticut.
A new Hymn Book, with Vesper service.
Litany, Communion and Baptismal services
prefxed, for the use specially of the Universal
list denomination, will soon be issued by the
New England University Publishing House in
Boston. 1t will contain a large collection of
hymns, hundred of which more or less. from
such pens as those of Whittier, Bryant, Tenny-
son, &c, have never appeared in any COL
lection. The Litany and other services will
closely follow the Episcopal Prayer Book,
somewhat abridged, and changed where re-
quired doctrinally. 1T win be got up in good
shape, and soon be ready for delivery. Weun-
derstand that it will be adopted by the Congress
Square Uniyersalist church in this city.
A Volume of Discourses by the late Rev.
Hosea Ballou I'd, D. D., the first President of
Tufts College, is now in process of publica-
ton. ID
Rev. j. Conner was recently installed as pas
tor of the Universalist society in Concord, N.
81. Sermon by Rev. DR.. Fisher, President OF
Theological Institution in St Lawrence coun-
ty, N. j. 81
Rev. DR.. Anderson of the American Board,
just before leaving the Sandwich Islands. on
his late visit received a present of beauti-
full cane with large ivory head. He found
afterward, greatly to his surprise, that the hol-
low in the head was filed with gold pieces and
slips of paper, donations from nine different
persons to the American Board, amounting in
all to 1925, in our paper currency.
In 1890 there were in Connecticut SO Bantist
SANAStiSc3l -s--O AiiChlDoIS, L TO Lilo OF the
population. In 1900, SO churches; 4663 men,
bers, 251 GOO population; or to a. In 1910, 81
churches; 5,149 members; 262,O1 population;
or to So In 1920, 70 churches 4, SOB members
275,202 population or 1 to &c. In 1880, SO chuf.
ches; 9,195 members; 296, 575 population, or to
80. In 1910, 95 churches; II ,01 members; 3O9,-
97S population; or 1 10 %. In 1850, 113 cbur-
ches; 1908 members; $40, 7O2 population; or 1
to % In 1850, 116 churches; 18,S0S members;
460147 population; or l to %
The Anniversary of the Theological Semina-
ryat Bangor OCCURS on Thursday July 9th.
The examination commences on the Tuesday
preceding, and closes on Wednesday noon.
Sermons will be preached by Rev. j. P. Skeele
Of Hartford, Conn, and Rev. George L. Walker
Of Portland. Six of the graduating class are
to be ordained as missionaries to California and
Kansas.
Second Parish church (Unitarian), in Saco
WILDE closed till the first Sunday in Septem-
Der. This step is induced by the reduced state
of the Pastors health.