The Portland daily press., 1866-02-03
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9 RELIGIOUS 1NTELLlGENCE.

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The first Methodist Society was founded in
Oxford, England, in 1893 .2a2s s8
Rev. James P. Lane, pastor Of Congrega-
tiona1 church and society in East Weymouth,
Mass, has rendered his resignation because
members of his congregation, some of whom
weresehrrch members, persisted in assisting at
rafles at a fair which was held for the benefit
of the church. The council called upon the
matter sustained his action 10 q : AEHr0.
"A spirited discussion is going on in the
Mirror of this city, ON the question of holding
single public service on the Sabbath The
editor adnonishes his correspondents to con-
duct the discussion with calmness and true
christian respect to all parties concerned. f.f29l
The First Baptist church in Cambridge
por Rev. s. B. Mason, pastor, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on Monday morning, 22d. Loss
about $4,000, ope-half of which was insured.
? 1.-The Boston Transcript learns that still am
other clergyman Of that city-Rev. Henry NJ.
Dexter of the Cougregationalist-h been in
vited to San Francisco, to take the editorial
charge of religious paper called The Pacific.
1t is believed he will accept tine invitation.
/ EGzY- SReysH.T S. Inman, late of Auburn, has
accepted unanimous call from the First Bap-
list Church at Olneyville,i RI, and commence
ed his labors. Correspondents will please adj
dress him at Olneyville, r. I. amt Z
IN. Lacroix, the publisher of Proudhon's
z Commentary on the Bible," is to be prosecut-
ed by the Government for spreading freethink-
ing tendencies in the country, and it is said
that he will be banished from France. ssfssts F
death having made several vacancies Of
late in the Sacred College, the Pope has atithe
hats to dispose of.
| J The Rev. DR.. Eliphalet Mott, President of
Union College, Schenectady, whose death was
prematurely announced several days since, has
finally succumbed tosthe Illness which has for
some time Frustrated him. DR.. Mott had held
the presidency Of this college for 81 years. He
was a man of fine literary and scholastic at
tainments and was also noted for his mechan-
ical genius. He was one of the founders of the
Novelty Works in New York and was the in
ventor of various mechanical improvements
and inventions. He. was also an active pro
/ nioter Of the temperance cause,i and has writ
ten works thereon. .z-.
| The city Of st. Louis has q Catholic church
cS, ~ LutuOldh, 1o 4AGtuOAlSb, IL
Baptist, 6 Episcopal, Christian, Congregar
tional, 1 Unitarian and 1 Universalist. Gfhe
foreg population is in'exeess of the native.
~ The American Reform Tract and Book
Society at Cincinnati has changed its name,
and is hereafter to be known as the Western
Tract and Book Society.
The Nation, in an article upon the sale of
pews in Mr.. Beecher's church, asks, what be-
comes of the poor in churches where the seats
are knocked downTt to the highest bidder, and
where the number of bidders is great enough
to take up all the seats?" I'd 5a9 3
THE Episcopal Bishops of Georgia and
Mississippi have abandoned the idea of South
ern church organization, and give their infiu-
ence to the cause Of Episcopal unity. il'a Z
Rev. O.. B. Bidwen, author of the large
Missionary Maps SO extensively used, is labor
ing now in England in connection with the
Tarkish Aid Society. Though Presbyterian
he has several times been invited to preach in
Episcopal churches. .srauodg
4 Key II. d. Northrup, Young American
minister, has been for some time laboring in
England, and has built up alarge and flourish
ing church at Hackney. He has now left that
pace, and is to labor in connection with the
Congregational Home Missionary Society of
England. fHmmo, % bslsaHq21 ysefal siiAi q
REV. A. L. Stone, of Park Street Church.
Boston, is to sail for California, Feb. 10th. "
Bishop Potter of New York has delivered
asermon severely denouncing operatic singing
in the Episcopal churches of that city. The
whole thing has become a. scandal, and it is
time it was suppressed. .-...
e MIR. BENZ. A. Robe, of the last class gradu-
ated at Bangor, has been, called to the Congre-
gational churches of 'Waterville and South
Berwick G8 - fcf
The cornerstone of a new papal cathedral
was laid in Pekin in May Tits to be of mag
niicent dimensions-tbree hundred feet long
| and one hundred and fifty feet in breadth, to
the extremes Of the transept. It's spires will
oyertopsthe loftiest Of the palaces Of the Impe-
rial city Chinese officials who witnessed the
ceremony of laying the Cornerstone, remark
ed that the religious rites performed on that
occasion had great resemblance to those of
the Budhists. q 9A . DIIRlJ101 -o2eIl
On his recent return to Natal, Bishop Co,
lenso encountered nearly as much opposition
as in England. The wardens protested against
his preaching in the cathedral, and the "Dean's
party" had the organs and pews locked, and the
communion plate removed. The ropes were al
so removed from the BELLS An interdict from
the Supreme Court, however, forbade their
keeping the cathedral doors closed during the
usual hours of service, and at the last moment
they yielded. There was great crowd of peo-
pie present to hear the Bishop. iih'