The Portland daily press., 1866-02-24
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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE;

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"A council called to consider the affairs of
the Congregational Church in Winterport,
have advised that the pastoral relation between
Rev. G. @. Wilson and that church be dissolv-
ed. ..s.,.s ..s go ~ siA9' .5a.
Rev T. j. Thurston, son of one Of the early
missionaries in the Sandwich Islands, having
recently completed his education in this coun-
try, has gone back to the islands to labor in
the Christian ministry.
| Our missionaries among the HISTORIANS in
Persia have long been annoyed and seriously
hindered in their work by the MOslem superin-
tendent of HISTORIAN affairs. This man has
now been removed through the efforts Of the
! man has taken his place. sloL
| The Congregational Quarterly for Janua-
~, recently issued, contains the Congregation
al statistics for the present year. There are in
the United States, according to these tables,
| 2,723 Orthodox Congregational churches, 2,761
ministers and total membership of 263296. z
The Unitarian Society in San Francisco, at
the recent renting of their pews, realized pre-
MUM of S8OO0in gold. i94 ~. a7i
Some articles, written by Henry A. Du
Bots, M. D., LII. D., critically examining the
theories of Darwin, Huxley and Lyell in re-
gard to the origin and antiquity of Man, and
first published in the American Quarterly
Church Review, have now been republished
and issued in apamphlet of "a pages. ~
The conservation of the Right Rev. John
civilians, formerly Vicar General, late Co
adjutor Bishop and now Bishop elect of the
Catholic Diocese of Boston, will take place on
Sunday, March IL, being the Fourth Sunday
in Lent, in the church of st. James, his own
church, corner of Albany and Harvard streets.
The Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey will be
the consecrator. s,re.s.-. o.sslr
"A letter from Kehl mentions as proof of
the good feeling which prevails among the diff
ferent religious communities in the duchy of
Baden, that on the occasion of Jewish festi-
val, a few days back, at Muggen trum, near
Rastadt, the synagogue was voluntarily deco
rated by q number of Christian fellow-towns-
men, and during the service a Catholic priest,
besides other persons of divers religious forms
of worship, was present. H-aEU
The Methodist Church in Brunswick has
been sold to the Catholics who will thoroughly
church. The Freewill Baptists will also erect
a new church during the next season.
DIR. Huntington estimates that two-thirds
of the Episcopal ministers in this country for
merly belonged to other communions
The Rev. Elisha Lord Cleveland, D. D., for
SO years pastor of the Sd Congregational
Church in New Haven, died in that city last
week. He was a man of varied attainments and
of eminently Christian character.
- There is Congregational spirit among
the freedmen. Says writer in the CO1agregd-
tiona1ist &c In each of five Southern cities,
there is a company of Christian men and wo-
bondage, who are asking, why cannot we
have a Church, and govern ourselves, not Bap-
fist, not Methodist, not Presbyterian, for we
have been slaves in all of these"
Rev. z. Thompson has closed his labors in
what he calls "Mount Zion Circuit
-Zion's Herald, speaking of the detection Of
Rev. R. L. Collier from Methodism, and his ac-
ceptance of Unitarian parish in Chicago, says |
it is ga step which takes few by surprise, who |
have been familiar with his course for year
past" 1t is understood that Mr.. Collier ac- |
CoPIS au opeu puiplI, W preach SUCH uOcCrlne5
as his Judgment or his taste may dictate. OF |
course he no longer acknowledges his RESPONSE |
bility to the Church with which he has hereto
fore been identified. ~ ~ II .4-l.s.
The Christian Era is afraid the Baptists |
will be left behind in good works. 1t says,
Here are the Methodists and Congregational
lists taking vigorous measures for extending
their UNCONVENTIONAL influence, but what are |
we doing?"
The proposition to procure colleague for
Henry Ward Beecher has been abandoned, he /
having stated that he neither needed nor desir-
ed one. l-.rr,-r, -s7- $50
There is a proposition in Virginia for a un-
ion between the Disciples or "Campbellites"
and the Baptists; meeting with reference to
it will be held in April or May next, in Rich
mond. s' & HJdl ..il= e 500 'oa
The Universalist Society of Lebanon, N.
H., decline to accept the resignation of their
pastor, Rev. G. w. Bailey. s,.iJ III.
The Hon. Caleb Gushing has contribute
ed $4,000 towards the erection of three Episco-
pal Chapels in Washington. - M d