The Portland daily press., 1866-01-13
nELIo IoUs INTELLIGENCE.

pointment from the American Unitarian AS
ISOLATION as missionary at Augusta, Georgia,
and has commenced his work there
Rev, III. M. Dexter has retired from the
Boston CopgregationaliSt, to devote his time
exclusively to pastoral labor.
Mr.. David Reed has relinquished his inter-
est in the Christian Register, Boston, after for
ty years connection with it, to an association of
gentlemen incorporated for the purpose.
- The richest established church in the
world is that of Mexico One archbishop,
eight bishops, and about ten thousand clergy,
are its officers. Landed property, mortgages
and rents, estimated at one hundred aud fifty
millions of dollars, with massive cathedrals
and church edifices, worth to-day as much as
when they were consecrated, valued at as
much more, tell its riches. ."'A
The Mirror states that an Ecclesiastical
Council which met in the Holmes Chapel in
North Cambridge, January second, advised
against the dismission of Rev. VIM Carruth-
ers from the pastorate of that church. erey
Rev. Mr.. Mariner of Gardiner, has been
invited to the pastorate of a church in Haver-
hill, Mass. $50
"A letter from Berlin to the Boston Journal
says: "We are soon to begin the erection of an
American Church here. The King has grant
ed the land, and $4,000 have been subscribed
for the object. Services are now held regularly
every Sunday in small chapel which is usu-
ally crowded, and good church is much need
ed" iiA tl4a ri4 u s-t
The centenary year of Methodism in
the United States was celebrated on Sunday
last Special services were held in various
parts of the country. In Philadelphia Bishop
Simpson delivered an address in the old church
first occupied by the denomination in that city
in ITO. t .,ue3 5yssA .t a
The members of the Baptist church and
society of Biddeford recently presented their
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Hubbard, with 500, and add
ed 5000 to his salary for the coming year.
The progress of Sunday schools in Germany
on the American plan, is engaging marked at
tention, and is proving successful beyond all
expectation. The employment of ladies as
teachers, which was disliked at first as an in
novation, is now cordially approved. Both in
Germany and Italy great work is in progress
through Sunday schools. $50. q -
The Spiritualists of Massachusetts, will
hold convention at Worcester on the 18th and
10th inst, to organize permanent state con-
vention and appoint state missionary,
There is feud in the Lutheran church at
Chicago, and the two parties kept watch in the
church all LAST Saturday night and Sunday.
and kept the two rival pastors from occupying
the pulpit. =,
In reply to the alleged decay of Method
ism in New England. Zion's Herald says that
from the minutes of the church it appears
that the net increase in the New England con-
ferences alone is 2551-showing, after ALL that
Methodism is, as full of life and vigor as any
where else in this country 0lAt1A-- 1A
-Bev. DR.. Cummings of Concord, N. H.. at
tributes the decrease of about one fifth in the
membership of the Baptist churches of New
Hampshire, since 1910, to the reaction from
Millerism. That delusion filed up the churches
previous to IS40, but with such poor material
that the churches suffered greatly by it. ssr
l. The Friend Of India, in a late issue, says,
| The former state of things is crumbling away
like piece Of rotten wood. Future mission
aries will find the people ready and prepared
to hear them instead of having to battle against
prejudices and obstinate bigotry.q The progress
of missions has been, ON the whole, rapid and
and wonderful, when the character of the peo-
| pleis taken into consideration" EflaX 1roR ~
The Roman Catholic Church has sustain
ed heavy loss in the recent death of Rev. DR..
Jeremiah w. Cummings pastor Of St. Ste
phen's Church. New York. He was man Of
varied accomplishments, a fine linguist and
orator, an able theologian and scholar. He
has published several works, one of which "ItaI-
ian Legends" was issued several years ago;
another Spiritual Progress, !" in 1854 The
Tribune says of him: 1.-THE influence of DIR.
Cummings in his church, and his social stand
ing in this community were very high. He
took leading part in all the Catholic move
ments of his diocese, but at the same time re-
manned on the best of terms in social life with
his Protestant felow-citizens. In this respect,
indeed, he had few, if any equals among the
priests of his church. he was generally re-
| garded as one of the greatest Roman Catholic
scholars of the country sspa o8f .43T1q