The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-11-23
Religious Intelligence


The new Congregational Church in Temple
was dedicated to The worship of God on
Wednesday of last week.
] an The Rocklanl Democrat says Rev, A. r.
Abbott has commenced his third year as pas
tor of the Universalist society in that city.
A large, interesting and growing sabbath
school has sprung up under Mr. AbbotPs care,
and the society is generally prosperous nd be-
coming solidly established. 51q 1isa5 % -
Rev. John Allen of Pennington, known
as Camp meeting john, has erected tent on
his premises, and cordially invites all persons
without distinction Of sex or party, who are
interested in the subject OF ''scriptural Holi-
ness,' and will labor for that object, by seeking
the baptism of the "Holy Ghost" to come in
with HIM Tic first meeting will be on Thanks
giving da,, and other meetings will be notified
as circumstances may require, and if the tent
is not sufficiently large or is not made warm
and comfortable, a room win be furnished
gratutously. '''F'" -
The dedication OF the new church erected
the past season on the Seminary grounds in
Westbrook, will take place Tuesday Dec 3D.,
at 10 IL o'clock A, M.-The sermon win be
given by Rev, E, G. Bolles of this city. A ser
mon will also be preached in the p NJ, by Rev.
NJ. Battles OF Bangor OF Rev. Mr.. Snow of
Auburn,
"A thur NJ. Knapp, a graduate of the Cam
bridge Divinity School in the last class has
accepted call from the First Congrega
(Unitarian) Society, Providence, II. 1.
q The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel the cele-
brated English clergyman. has announced his
intention To retire from the ministry, on &C.
count OF age, next Summer. 1t was in 1849
that Mr.. Noel quitted the Church OF England
and published his reasons for adopting the sen
timents of the Baptist Nom Contormists He
is now in his sixty-ninth year. Mr.. Noel is un-
Gle to the present Earl Of Gainsborough.
All our Methodist exchanges abound in
articles and items on the now absorbing cues
ton in that Communion, Lay Representa-
ton" Most Of the papers and writers favor
the movement to have the laity represented in
the Conferences, and there seems to be little
doubt that it win prevail The General Con-
ference which meets in Chicago next May will
probably take decisive action in the matter,
and in the meantime local conferences are call
ing meetings to exp ress the popular sense of
the denomination. One of these was held at
the fremont Temple in Boston this week, on
which occasion Bishop Simpson and other
prominent men were present, and resolutions
were adopted strongly recommending closer
Union OF the lay and clerical forces.
= -Rev. James F. Clark has commenced his
s :, as Professor at the Cambridge Divinity
~. Dix preached a sermon at st
Luxe cn"rch IN New York, last Sunday, in
special concentration Of the ideas and nro-
ceedings OF young MIR. Tying and III, sn,nort.
ers. He said that by exchano,n,. -, -.
tiers of other denominations thev ,,;....,,,..
saw that ordination is not necessa,r -
preacher OF the gospel. Besides a tree
change of pulpits will soon result in our hav.
ing no settled faith or doctrine. He knew
Episcopal ministers who leaned toward
Calvinsm; others who denied the person
alty of the devil. and the doctrine OF
everlasting punishment; others who were
more or less Pautheists, and q others
again, who denied that special acts OF Provi,
dehcc ever occurred. Suppose, he said, that
these gentlemen are allowed to invite whom
they please to officiate for them, what state
OF things shall we seei Rome is advancing
and she will eontinua her advance SO long as
tins state OF things is permitted Let but the
church laws here be broken with impunify.
ana IN less than fifty years the last vestige of
'1ie frotestant church in this country will be
swept away.