The Portland daily press., 1866-03-10

likely to overspread the South, but that St.
Louis, Louisville and Baltimore will be the
outer line of posts of the denomination. The
fact is, he writes, Unitarianism is looked at not
only as a Northern, but Massachusetts, idea,
and that is enough. Unitarians, he thinks,
have suffered too much from Massachusetts,
ideas. You may get . nitarianism into Charles
ton, if it come from an Englishman, but not if
it come from a New Englander.
The German Methodists of Texas fully
sympathize with their loyal brethren, North,
and intend dissolving their connection with
the Southern church as soon as opportunity of
fers. Houston, in Texas, proposes to erect four
Protestant churches this year. aims w
-Revivals increase and are heard from all
over the country. Western papers say there
has been no such excitement there since 1853.
The Methodists regard this general revival in
terest as being in answer to prayer, which was
offered in all their churches on the Fl st Sab
bath in January for the blessing of God upon
the centenary year. slJalf " .Hs n
Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, s. c.. is lee
turing on the miraculous liquefaction of the
blood of St. Januarius, a miracle which he has
personally witnessed six times and thoroughly
Investigated. NJ, ~. Il. t ~, e.,
1T is reported that Rev. Henry M. Dexter,
of Boston, has declined the call extended to
him to become the editor of religious paper
in San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. Dr., Staley, the English bishop of
Honolulu, left New York on Thursday, in the
steamer Arizona, for Aspinwall, ON his way to
the Sandwich Islands. The exposure which
was made in various journals, of the real bear
ing of the enterprise in which he has been
made the chief agent, and of the interests to
be promoted by it, is said to have materially
hindered his success in procuring American
aid for an undertaking originally designed to
thwart and destroy the proper influence of our
country in that interesting group. l1iaiil} 1
| We learn that Rev. Edward Brooks Hall,
DID,, of Providence, died suddenly in that
| city ON Saturday last He was a graduate of
! Harvard Of the class Of 1920, was ordained over
| the Unitarian church in Northampton in 1926,
but after three years resigned his ministry from
| i'll health. He was finally in 1882 installed as
| pastor Of the church In Providence, where he
remained until his death. s,.5 .i.5s 81 s9i5s
| The Advocate learns that Rev. VIM. Hurlin
has resigned the charge of the church in Chi
ma, his resignation to take effect the last Sab
bath in the present month.
| Rev. G. A. Bradley was installed in Ken
sington, Mass, on Wednesday last, as pastor of
the Universalist parishes OF Kingston and Ken
sington.
DIR. Livingstone recently stated in lee
ture, that no less than forty missionaries sue
| cumbed to the deadly effects of the climate of
Africa before o single conversion took place.
/ The Russian Church, unsuccesssulin its eff
| forts to unite with the English Establishment,
is now turningits attention to this country
| DIR. Pusey's movements just now attract
more than usual attention in consequence of
his having recently spent night in Domini-
can Monastery. Speculation is rife, and it is
said that he is preparing to follow DR.. New
man, and bodily go over to the Papists.