The Portland daily press., 1867-06-01

The Maine Baptist Missionary Society
will commence its annual session at Rockland
on Tuesday, June 18th, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
, Rev. Mr.. Reed has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Free Baptist Society in Far
mington, and will commence his labors to-mor-
row.
Rev. j. T. Hewes, of the Park Street
church in this city, has engaged to supply the
pulpit of the Liberal Society in Sacearappa ev-
cry Sunday afternoon for the ensuing year.
Mr. Hewes is able to do this without interfer-
ing with his duties to his own society, as his
church is during the afternoons placed at the
service of the Swede1borgian Society whose
place of worship was destroyed by the fire. By
this happy arrangement homeless society is
supplied with house of worship and the new
organization in Saccarappa obtain the services
of q very able and earnest minister.
The .enth and last sermon in the course of
the Suffolk Conference OF Unitarian and other
Christian Churches, at the Boston Theatre
was preached ON Sunday evening last by Rev.
Robert Laird Collier Of Chicago. 1t has been
an extremely interesting series of meetings. A
similar movement has been started in Chicago,
at the Crosby Opera House.
"A convent ion of delegates from the princi-
pal Jewish synagogues of the country has been
in session in Philadelphia. A paper read by
Rev Mr. Lesser claimed that the Fallachiaux
tribes of Abyssinia, and the people of the inte-
rior of China, are the lineal descendants of the
lost tribes. Their manners, customs, and forms
of prayer, show this to be the case. As efforts
are being made to convert them to Christianity,
a messenger is about to be sent out by the Uni
versal Israelitish Alliance cf Paris to counter
act the movement. The business committee
deprecated the system prevalent for so many
years of sending large sums to Palestine, which
was spent in almsgiving, thus affording merely
temporary relief, and causing the sojournerst to
be dependent on the charitable for their hyeli-
hood. They propose to stop this evil system,
and instead, to seLd ont money to be expended
in encouraging the development of agricultur-
al and industrial pursuits, and onering prenni-
pas f,y well directed efforts in this direction.
The plan of the committee was adopted. it
was resolved to cooperate in measures Tor re-
,,oviag the Jews of Servia, Moldavia, Walla-
ob;a Roumania, and the Barbary States 10
Palestine and colonize them there. 1t was al
90 dseided to establish a Jewish College at
Philadelphia.
Rev. Giles Bailey, lately editor of the Bos-
ton Universalist, has accepted a call from the
society of that saith in Belfast,
"A new Free Baptist Church has been or
ganized in Monticello.
Rev Smith Fairfield, a clergyman of the
Free Baptist Church died at New Gloucester
on the 18th inst.
The Church Union, published in New
York, announces in its latest issue that feeling
itself unable to serve at once both God anu
Mammon, it will in future admit no advertlse-
meuts into its columns, and will receive no
money or reward for anything wnich IL may
publish. Its editor says; Inc he''9ioas
press ia a temple to truth, and money-changers
.,a aooIors in wares have no place there any
..,,ro thon they have in the pulpit, or prayer
..;nn We shall continue to take an inter
80. in all ethical or practical questions, but
shall do it because society, the State, and the
Cbu-ch are all within the kingdom of Christ,
hut the profits and losses of the Great Ameri-
can Trade Mart are nowhere in our line"
The Rev. Mr.. Allen of the Church of the
Messiah, Montpelier, has established a Read
ing Club, OF Ground Table" in connection
with his church and society. This Is COM
mendable, giving an opportunity for Doth men
IN, and moral Improvement and we hope the
axamn,e will be followed by other denomi-
nations in other places.