The Portland daily press., 1866-10-20
K ELIGIOUs.

The Unitarian Conference at Syracuse
".Vourned on the 11th. Propositions were con-
'ieu during the session for a more perfect
Sahization of the sect, and il was proposed TO
iu 'ne conference annually. The question of
"o" 70 procure greater supply of ministers
was ~keh up and discussed The motter in
oiuued variety of minor issues and dpr;nc
'ne proceedings the sum of S3OOOO was nIede.
eo ior the use of the Meadyille Thaoloo;col
| school, the whole process occupying NOT mora
than ~ minutes, fact which spealSs voh,me,
iT the earhestness and unanimty of the meet
ing. Ihere were votes of respect for the Cam
bridge Theological School and its professors.
recommending to the churches to raise for de-
nominational purposes, annually the sum of
SlOOOOO; approving and promising cooperation
in the temperance movement; extending fra.
ternity to the UniversalIsts, &C. In the coursa
OF the session public meeting was held at
which the state of the country was considarad
Pungent and very radical resolutions ,vere in
trodueed and adopted, after eloquent speak;n,
by the Rev. Drs. Clark. Elliot, Collier NAV
and many others.
The session of the Plenary Council of the
roman Oathohc Church in Baltimore still con-
tinues. Only occasionally are the proceeeinOs
public One of the public acts in the Cathe-
dral was the celebration by the Bishop of Ore
gon OF solemn requiem mass for the reDose
OF the souls of the deceased prelates of the
Church. On Sunday there was a public nro-
cesson with candles and crosses and mjtres
and chants, and great array of costly vesture.
Two Latin letters from the Papal See to the
American Roman Catholic Rishop. signed Inv
Cardinal Barnabo, Prefect of the Propaganda.
have been laid before the Council. In the first
are contained instructions concerning cbnrcb
government in America, the last of which ia
translated as follows:
VIII. FINALLY it is the wish of the Sacrad
Congregation that the Bishops of the IniteJ
states, IN tulhlment of the charge which has
s,l sseh entrusted to them Of feeding the Lords
flock, should consult together respecting some
uniform method of providing for the salvation
and Christian education of the emancinated
blacks. This question has been brought nm
anu is one OF the first necessity; and unless
they speedily take action ON it. and gather tbis
great harvest into the Lords granary, this peo-
pie viii suffer irreparable injury from the wiles
and cupidity of the enemy.
In the second letter the Cardinal saws:
Since wrote you about the business to be
transacted i'll the approaching council il has
pee peeh told to tins Sacred Congregation that in
are SO few German priests that it is impossible
for them to provide for the spiritual wants of
the Catholics OF their nation, whose number is
DAILY increasing. SO, likewise, we have been
informed by trustworthy person. who has ra
sided in Montana, that that region is as desti
tute OF religious and moral gifts as il is rich in
physical resources. There is o large number
OF Catholics in that state, especially in and
near virginia City, who have neither church
nor pastor, and are rarely visited by a priest
On the other hand it is said that there is no
want OF means for the support Of priests; and
the holy See has been earnestly requested
70 erect q new Episcopal see in that
region. Wherefore have also written on the
matter to the vicar apostle of Nebraska. You
Will accordingly treat in the council of this
affair, as'well as of the other things which
mentioned in my former letter, and make such
provision as is fitting, lest through the absence
of shepherds the Christian flock should be ex-
posed to the incursions of mercenaries and
the ravages of wolves.
The statement recently published by us, on
the authority of the Congregationalist that
Rev. q. A Putnam of Yarmouth, Me-, had re-
ceived a call from the Congregational church
in St Stephen, N. B., is pronounced incorrect
by the ST. Stephen Courier.
Rev. Mr.. Murray, pastor of the Epis copal
church in Calais has received a call fro m the
Episcopal society in Eastport to become pastor
~--S-t SA'NASAA1
ry than he is now receiving He has not vet
accented the call
The Main Street Baptst suriesy in I.ewis-
ton propose to erect new honse of worship.
Rev. Dr. Traiu, late professor in the New
ton Theological Institution, has gone again in
to the ministry at the Baptist Church in Fra
mingham, where his father. (Rev. Charles
Train) was for many years settled.
The Methodists of Skowhegan are build
ing fine church, which will be finished an
other season. 1t has two spires, one IS feet
high and the other 1877. A correspondent Of
the Star says it is one of the most imposing
churches in the interior of the State 1t was
designed and built by c. F. Douglass, of Nor
ridgewock, the same gentleman who built the
Eaton Academy at tNorridgewock.
Rev. E. w. Allen of South Berwick has
received and accepted unanimous call to the
pastorate of the West Church in Hayerin.
Mass.
DIR Pusey is about to follow up his "Eiren-
icon" by another volume, which will shortly
appear, entitled, "Cannot Rome give Authori-
tative Explanations which the English Church
can Accept?"