The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-08-09
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laid the Iounaati0n OF large church in that
town.
The Minutes Of the New School Presby-
terrain Church for 1855 have just beeu issued
The total membership of the body is given as
l43,645, being an increase of 5,571 over the last
year. The number of churches connected with
the body Lis ,479, and the number OF ministers
1884 Contributions last year to domestic
missions, 1914 ,5O7 to foreign missions, $ll2,z96;
to education, S36, 952; to publication cause, $46
3O5; miscellaneous, $50l ,141.
Young men from Hayti are seeking to
procure an education in the Seminary at Gam
bier, Ohio, to prepare themselves for missionary
work among their countrymen.
Seventeen young men graduated on Thurs
day last at Andover Theological Seminary.
The notorious Rev. DIR. Palmer, who has
been at Columbia s. c., filling the place of the
late Rev. Dr.. Thornwell, and who eods going to
lead colony to South America, has finally re-
turned to his old church at New Orleans
The Baptists have three colleges, or uni
versities, in the State of Iowa-the Burlington
University, the Central University at Pella,
and the University of Des Moines, at the cap
ital of the State. a'asa ti-3N
y "A new work on the Holy Land has recent
ly appeared in England, written by William
Hepworth Dixon. 'a 3s or ss Y ses 9al
!. Rev Mr.. Tucker, recently ordained, has
taken charge of the Episcopal parish in Rock
land, and services, says the Gazette, win be reg
ularly held in st. Peters Church hereafter.
The death of Rev. Newton Heston,, of
Brooklyn, is attributed wholly to overworl.-
His parish had just refused him vacation of
six weeks. is E{il &&fHif les 4
lied at Antioch, Cal.
Mr. Charles NJ Mead, Of the Andover class
of 1852, has been appointed professor of He
brew in the seminary, and viii take his chair
after spending another year in Germany.
The New England camp meetings COM
MERGE as fellows: Martha's Vineyard, Thurs
day, 10th; Sterling junction, Monday, Dist;
'Epping, N. H., Monday, 21st; Yarmouth Tues
day, I'D; Hamilton, Monday, 2Sth; Hatfield
and Willimantie, o., same date; Lebanon, N.
H., Sept 18th. y alises .sas s 4sw6g i'.s sla5.
~ "A letter from Tennessee says that the re-
turn of the disloyal ministers Of that State,
who fled South on the advance of our army, is
having most disastrous effect Had they
stood by their posts and not fed as hirelngs,
they might have entertained, by this time, diff
ferent tiewsof secession and the North. They
nave now nearly all come back, not SO much as
Christian ministers as southern men, and in
many cases they are able to influence a large ell
ment in the community. On the other hand,
many thinking men are led to ask, If this be re-
ligion, what, then, is religion worth?
"A Congregational church of twelve mem
bers was formed on July. 18th, at Chilicothe,
No., by Council.
Rev James N. Ellis announces that the
publication Of the Baptist Banner, at Augusta,
Ga, will be resumed. n - Il 81
Y Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio,
graduated nine students at its Commencement
on the 18th uit. ''.i'' = ~ s 5, a,gj 5asltg
There is powerful revival in the congre-
CATION of the first Baptist churchin New Ha-
wen, and already there are about one hundred
converts.
Bishop Colenso has begun an action against
Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Hubbard, as the trus-
ices of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, for the
payment Of his salary. -. eac., - US
"A species of religious fanaticism is pre-
vailing in certain portions Of New Zealand, un-
der the influence of which the victims are .seiz-
ed with disposition to roast and eat foreigners
The Governor dares not venture out it is said
without his body guard, and one Missionary
has actually been roasted and eaten.
II "A CLEAN of religious liberty comes from
Russia 1t has formerly been the case that,
when married persons belonged to the Greek
Orthodox Church, they were obliged by law
to bring up their children as members of the
Russian Church. The government has recent
y removed this intolerant restraint, and per-
mits parents to educate their children in their
own religions faith.
Rev. George A. Perkins and wife, who have
been attached to the Congregational Mission
in Turkey for some years past arrived in Ban.
4 gor on Saturday last having left Constantine.
pie on the 18th of June. They return with
| their little family, to remain until Mr. Perkins
falling health can be recruited. Mr.. p. was
formerly a resident of Farmington-mo re-
Gently of Brewer-[ Wing .a III II
1t is the purpose of the Executive Com
mittee of the U. S. Christian Commission to
publish history of the Commission, and also
collection of authentic and valuable incidents,
Tsuch as will prove worthy Memorial OF
It's work. ~. ,,,,i -. i5 re g. e2as
Referring to the recent Temperance Con-
vention at Saratoga, q correspondent of the
Mirror says THE sessions have been well at
tended, and the discussions conducted with
ability. The feeling is unanimous in favor Of
Prohibition. Important papers on Medical
Practice Temperance and Religion, and a
permanent National Society have been adopt
ed. Prof Palmer, of Michigan, Rev. Dr. New
ell, of N. Y. DIR. Jewett, John Pierpont and
Gerritt Smith have been among the principal
speakers. Nor should we omit to notice two
able examinations of the Maine Law by ex-
Gov. sDutton, and Gen. Neal Dow. DR..
Leonard Bacon has been handled without
gloves. The Moderator, Gov Buckingham. re-
I marked that he thought DR.. B. had made a
mistake, and when convinced of it would cor
rect it," @Si,@ tiat 'e5li q y
Z The Springfield RspabHcdn referring to
the action of the late ecclesiastical Council in
this city ,says: sThe Councilstate in their pub
lished result that Mr., Walton holds generally
the doctrines received by the Congregational
churches but that the objection to him is that
he does notlnow that probation ends with this
life and that he thinks it possible that the pun
ishment of the incorrigibly wicked may be an
utilization. AS the majority of the Council do
infallibly know all about both these matters,
they of course did not feel like installing man
who confessed himself a mere inquirer after
TRUTH a,MY 81 ss IS
The Republican suggests that sthese cases,
which are becoming common, Indicate a pend
ing revolt ofthe Independents against Congre-
gationalism as now administered,
The Missionary Herald for August repre-
SCENTS the financial prospects of the board as not
very encouraging. The amount voted to be
raised at the annual meeting in Worcester last
year was 100000, but it is thought that owing
to the reduced cost of exchange, the expenses
win notbe more than $4,000. In the first ten
months the receipts were but $331 1893, leaving
about 100000 to be raised in July and. August
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