The Portland daily press., 1866-09-29
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R RELIGIOUs,

me Roman Catholics are about to under-
saAo "ie conversion Of the freedmen of tba
ocu'i' ana as they win enter upop the ,vort
"i'n more unity of purpose and economv 30
-''i,S' ana VIII present religion in a form at
s.ao'ive 70 the negro Imagination and fondness
ior splendor, they will have great adyantages
over the Protestant missionaries.
:, !. "a correspondent of the London Church
isesiew proposes the reception of dissenters in
10 'ne English Episcopal church in whole de-
nominations, allowing them to retain their me-
cullarities. He secs no reason why there nav
not be Methodist or Baptist orders in the
church of England, just as there are orders Of
Dominicans, Passionists, &C., in the church of
oI-The American Board of Commissioners
ior Foreign Missions has been in session this
week at Pittsiield, Mass. Rev. DIR. Anderson.
'ne senior Secretary, SO long connected with
'iie Board, retires from his post, on account of
enfeebled health -
-Ine new missionary vessel 'tMornino Star,.
was successfully launched at East Bostor loo.
saturday Appropriate religious services were
held on the occasion. Harf roif ~ =
--isev Mr.. Barron of the Rockland Co,l,ol;o
Church, diedilas Saturday in that city He
had been i'll for some weeks.
Rev Mr.. Law, Methodist Epi scopal cler
gyman of Centreville, Mich, was CONDUCTING
the services in q church at Mosheryille. in that
State, Sunday, and as he knelt to make the
closing prayer suddenly fell forward and ex-
pired. ' "
Rev. Herbert Hosmer, a younger brother of
rev. .. X Hoslner, is supplying the Unitari-
an pulpit Mt Deerfeld, the late pastor having
left to enter upon his professorship in Antioch
college. aa5d .RB as.i'.sf H rl.I ~-
MIR. Aura l.. Gerrish Free Baptist) n MEM
Der OF the last graduating class at Bangor, has
recently been ordained and settled as Pastor of
the Free Baptist churches of Pittsfield and
Newport. ~ Ia ..r,r.. -...
"A conference of the pastors aud delegates
OF American Unitarian churches viii be held
at Syracuse, New York, Oct 9th The cali for
the conference, signed by Rev. Samuel j. MAY
and others, says: "The subjects to be consider
ed at this conference are of the deepest inter
est; the measures that may be adopted are of
the highest moment. It now seems to be Civ
en- TO Unitarian, liberal, rational Christians to
do a great work in our country for true reli-
gion." ia i,aa .,u .i1 ls.lr -....
8 The Catholic Council, to be held in BaIti-
more on the first Sunday of October, will be
the most important meeting that church ever
held in America All States and territories of
the Union are to be represented, and the dele
gates from the Pacific coast are already arriy
ing at New York. The council win consist of
forty-one bishops and one hundred priests. over
whose deliberations Archbishop spauiding has
been delegated by the Pope to preside. Ii is
not impossible that they may privately consid-
ier the hold of the Pope upon Rome, and the
proprety in case he must move, of his coming
to America; but the direct objects of this as
semblage, as announced, are to regulate the
discipline Of the church; also for more sys-
tematic plan for the education Of Catholic
youth. ...s. ,f...., t..,,
i.-7 Rev, 4. e, st. john was installed as pastor
of the Church of the Redeemer, Chicago, on
the evening of September 18th. The sermon
was by Rev. J. w. Hanson, Dubuque, Ia., for
merly of this State; Installation prayer, by
Rev. DIM Reed, Rockford, III Right Hand Of
Fellowship, Rev. w. III. Ryder, ID. d., Chica-
go;Delivery of the Scriptures and Charge by
/ Rev. j. 8. Dennis, Chicago; Address to the So
eietys h5 Ruy: L. NJ. Atwood, ef thisl atty