The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-08
RELIGIOUS.

Rev. DR.. Graham administered the rite of
Raptism to three converts last Saturday even
ing at O'Clock, at tho foot of Hanover street.
The Universalist denomination of Pitts
field have extended an invitation to Rev. j. NJ
H. Smith, of Guilford, to become their pastor.
1t is thought that he will accept the call
Rev. Abram Maxwell, q graduate of Ban
gor Theological Seminary, has received and
accepted a call to settle with the first Congre-
gational Church and Society in Sumner, and a
council met at that place to ordain him as its
pastor, ON Wednesday, Aug 20.
The Maine Baptist Association convened
in Bath, Tuesday. There was good attend
ance.
Rev. NJ. j. Kelley has accepted an invita-
ton to take charge of the 1st Baptist church,
nNobleboro', and entered upon his labors.
The annual campmeeting of the East
Maine Methodist Conference has been held
this week at Northport. The weather was fine,
the preaching above average, and the attend
ance the largest ever known.
"A new Jewish temple, for the use of the
Congregation "Adas Joshurun," in New York,
one OF the most reformed congregations of the
Jews in the United States, was consecrated to
the service of the Most High, on Tuesday last
The services were of deeply interesting char
acter. At
The Boston Recorder, in calling attention
to the card published in its columns, of Rev.
DIR. Carruthers, soliciting aid for the erection
of the "Payson Memorial Church" thus refers
to the Second Parish Church organization:
1t originated in secession from the First
Parish, which had become Unitarian, in 1887
Rev. Elijah kellogg was its first pastor Dr.
Payson its second, Dr. Tyler its third DR.. Vail,
now of Somers, its fourth, Dr. Condit, of Au-
burn Theological Seminary, its fifth, and DIR.
Carruthers, who was installed in 1646 its sixth
In 1925 the Third church was organized from
it; in 1881 it dismissed fifty-one members to
form the High Street church; subsequently, its
colored members were formed into the Abysin-
ian church; in 1852 the State Street church
was formed from this and the other two; and
since then the Bethel, the St Lawrence Street,
and the West churches have been organized
Rev. Robert Wallace, delegate from the
Irish Conference to the Methodists of the Uni
ted States, died at Cincinnati, of cholera, on
Sunday morning, after few hours illness, aged
81 years. He landed at New York on the 22d.
Rev. j. N. Sykes, late pastor of the First
Baptist church in Newburyport, has been ap-
pointed New England Secretary of the Amer
lean Baptist Publication Society.
Six Congregational church edifices have
been recently erected in Oregon There are
now nine churches of this order in the terrific
ry, with total of 800 members and ten minis
ters.
The new church recently erected in Wa
terville by DR.. Sheldon's Society, (Unitarian)
was dedicated on Tuesday.
Mgr. Ranza, a diocesan bishop of Italy,
has been sentenced to a years imprisonment
and heavy fine for refusing communion i,,
e1tremts and Christian burial to DELINQUENT
friar.
Tile Vaudois churches of Piedmont are
making strong efforts to evangelige Italy. They
have twenty-three stations in Piedmont. Ligu-
ria, Lombardy, Tuscany, Sicily, etc.. without
including those little communities which have
not yet received regular organization.
Two wealthy Protestant gentlemen of
Cincinnati, have lately purchased the United
States Marine Hospital for $7O,5OO, and pre-
sented it in fee simple to the Sisters of Chari-
ty of that city. The building cost the govern
ment about 100000. The conditions of the
conveyance are, the institution shall be open
to the poor and sick, without distinction Of re-
ligion, language or birthplace preference being
given to women and children.