The Portland daily press., 1866-01-20
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

80 Rev. q. w. Duren rector of Grace Church
in Bath, has received calls to- two important
parishes in Pennsylvania. Whetherhe will ac-i
cept either is not stated. li~ si;drI sGT .2aI1IJ
!, "A Free Baptist Church has recently been
organized at Minot Corner.
!, we are requested to say that quite reviv-
al of religion is in progress in Boothbay, at the
Harbor ana Hodgdons Mills AS many as sixty
have protested religion within few weeks.
The Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore has
distributed throughout the South, without re-
gard toicreed, the $4,000 collected in the Gath
ole churches of Maryland and the District of
Columbiafor the benefit Of those who suffered
during the war; moo ~ lsrc.fniain4 so hnif9d
b The Adcocdte says the Baptists in Boston
have been giving signs Of new denominational
life, which is cheering to many outsiders who
have watched with some soieitude the progress
of the cause in that city, 5afi saiaaraso9 qss9s
| Rev. Nathan Bishop and Rev. l. f. Holton,
are announced as assistant editors Of the Bos.,
ton Recorder. IIssaf -salg ,H0UGa NoTIFUAH
|. Rev. L. H: Morse, Unitarian, of Hayerhill,
has retired from the ministry. n Iq - aa7LI0
Rev. J. E. Bruce, pastor Of the Universal
list Church in Middletown, has resigned, Abel
C. Thomas succeeds him. yi6al-o
Rev. DR.. Adams of Brunswick, has been
settled there as pastor for thirty-six wears.
The Houlton Times saws the Baptist So
ciety in thatplace, intend building new church
the coming season. The estimated cost is
about $4,000. fITGtj 99uGTffc0I ar
Mr.. j. Cooke of PHILADELPHIA makes a do.
nation to the Episcopal Divinity School in land
and money to the amount of 100000 on condi.
tions which will probably he accented 10 Efif
Rev. Silas McKeen. D. b. of Bradford ver..
mont, has resigned his nastorate. Fl. 1nreaaccb-.
ed his first sermon there 52 wears aoo. has haen
twice dismissed and twice recalled. ~,
A correspondent of the Boston Journal states
that Rev. Mr.. Birmingham. a Bantist nreacher
late of Boston. and more recently of New york
has been elected pastor of the American PRO,
testant Church in Paris in place of DIR Sun.
derIand. called home. Mr. Rurtinobau is an
ELOQUENT preacher. and a man Of wide cattoIic
spirit. 1insib sidslEaaYI q lsaus 1sgss 50 go t8,u
i The Russian I1,eatlae and the Moscow Ca
zette have recently received interesting inteli-
gence from the Dobrudia. According to their
account, some eighty thousand Old, Believers
who in former times sought refuge inTTurkeyo
from the oppression of their orthodox country
men, have expressed wish to return to Rus
sia They are prompted not only by the lenity
recently manifested towards Dissenters by the
Gar, but also, and probably more forcibly. by
the colonization Of Circassian emigrants iii their
midst i i4of4 s,gr ,-' -
The Glasgow Herald announces the death
of Bishop Murdoch, the head of the Roman
Catholics of Glasgow.
The Bishop Of London, tits said, will soon
bring to the notice Of Parliament the present
WORKING OF, the huerlcirespectlng the dress of
ministers and the ornamentso OF the Church.
AT the Winthrop Church, Charlestown,
last sunday seven were admitted, two of whom
were deaf mutes Of the Boston Association.
the splr1tual1sts Of Massachusetts,. viii
h Sla, convention at worcester on the 18th
ana 18TH INST, to organizea permanent State
convention and appoint state Missionary"
REV. Dr. 'sunderland the former Chaplain
of the Senate and late pastor of the American
Chapel at Paris, returned to this country few
days since, having resigned his position there
l., - Father Teller, the Superior General of the
Jesuits, died ON Monday in Montreal. He was
on visit to this continent, and had been in
Kingston, Toronto and New York. Adispatch
to the Toronto Globe says that crowds are going
to see the body, with crucifx and beads ii, their
hands. The young are allowed to touch the
body. es,ese. ''H,5 sfs '4lsJ
"A new periodical is to be started in Lon
don entitled "The Scattered Nation" to be edit