The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-31
RELIGIOUS INTELLIaENCE.

The revival interest in all quarters contin-
ues undated 4ot
One of the chief features of the late meet
ing of the Kentucky conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church wa, the admission of five
colored preachers, who were taken in on trial
for full membership by unanimous consent
They are to be organized into a district under
a white presiding elder, and may ultimately be
the members of conferenceof colored preach.
ers. ,i.. lii-,, --, ., ,l-,lf Ie,r.e.s 81. -5!u,,
AT Natal, South Africa, there are five SER
vices now in the cathedral every Sunday, three
by the dean and two by DR.. Colenso. The only
Clergyman who adheres to Dr. Colenso is Dane
named Tonnesen. i'''-f
Rev. G. r. Now, of Cambridgeport, has
accepted the call of the First Universalist So
ciety of Augusta to become their pastor. ID
A Baptist church at Raleigh, N. c., where
arevival is in progress il. holding meetings each
morning at sunrise. iof u. 9Ai ~ JiisliJi
The Mirror states that about twenty mark
ed cases of conversion have resulted from the
religious meetings held at Casco Street church
-Rey. Walter e. Darling was installed pas
tor of the Union Church in Kennebunk on the
10th inst -siti.f a8i lB bHg .ld2uoh TO-.
...f.-Zion's Herald reports that Prof A. w.
Smith, LII. D., formerly President of the Wes-
leyan University, died last week, of pneumo-
mia, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mary
land. M ID; Goa il 'i Z ola l,fusA. s.uiiar. =1d
40 Rev. A. L. Long, missionary of the M. E..
Church at Constantinople, is to return in May
or June to this country, at the request of the
American Bible Society, for the purpose of SUI
pervising the stereotyping and printing of
new and complete edition of the Bulgarian
Scriptures. 4" lai ~ "it- thl's l ''
"A new Congregational Church was organ
lied in New York March 10th, with the name
The New England Church" a III ii
r The Unitarian Ministerial Union of Boston
has appointed a committee to investigate the
quarrel between Rev. Mr. Hatch and the Uni
tartan parish at Concord, N. III. sd hsm pG
The Universalsts of Portland, Mich, have
woman Tor their pastor, Miss A. J. Chaplin. or
i, Inc New England M. L. Conference has
Deen hoidlng its sixty,seventh annual session
at Chicopee, Mass, during the past week.
Bishop Matthew Simpson presided and the ut.
tendance has been large Full REPORTS Of tho
proceedings have not yet come to hand. Init We
perceive that as matter, which though out of
the regular order of business, yet required ex-
petition, seven coRred preachers were elected
to the deacon's orders and appointed to work in
the vicinity of Charleston, s. G. f'"'
"A correspondent of the New York Evening
Post, writing from Paris, says -" Certain phe-
nomena in the European world are regarded by
some as indicative of the decline and fall of
Christianity; in England, for instance, the pub
LEGATION and popularity of Essays and Re-
views" the triumph Of Bishop Colenso, and the
organization of society in London, consisting
Of the most eminent menof science, for the Civ
ing of lay sermons on Sundays; in France the
publication of Remains Life of Jesus and the
dissensions not alone in the Catholic body. \