The Portland daily press., 1867-03-09
Religious Indifference.

In accordance with a resolution passed at
the State Convention, there will be a conven-
ton of the different evangelical churches of
Sagadahoc County, at the Winter street church
in Bath, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 10Th
and Goth of March, at o'clock, Pm. ~,
The Bates Street universities Society of
Lewiston have completed their arrangements
to introduce what's called "Vesper Service"
as it is now performed by the leading churches
OF the denomination in this and other cities
The third anniversary of the death of Rev.
Thomas Starr King was observed in Boston,
on the third inst, by appropriate services in the
Hollis street church, the scene of his former
labors. The occasion was used for placing in
the church the portrait bust of Mr.. King, late
ly completed in marble by Mr.. Thomas Ball,
and described as an admirable work of art
The memorial stands upon pedestal on the
north side of the pulpit, where space was made
for its reception by the removal of several pews
and where it will be always visible to the great
er portion of the audience
Miss Emma Hardinge, ore of the ablest of
the mediumistic preachers of the faith of the
Spiritualists, is about to proceed to Europe
there to pursue her investigations with refer
enoe to History of Spiritualism which she
has undertaken to write. a
Female evangelists appear to be on the in
crease in England. Recent accounts notice no
less than five ladies who have been preaching
to large audiences in various places
Rev. DR.. Kirk, who has for some time been
i'll, is slowly recovering, though not yet able to
preach. Rev. Stephen Thursten, d. D., secre-
tary of the Maine Missionary Society, is now
supplying his pulpit.
Rev. Rufus P. Stebbins, D. D., has been in
vited to take charge of the Unitarian Society
in Taunton, Mass. 7ta aa aa
Ash Wednesday fell ON the 9Th inst, ush-
erlng in the season of Lent. The day was OBJ
served in our churches by the usual services.
"A late dispatch from Nashville announces
the death of the Rev. Joshua Soule, Bishop OF
the Southern Methodist Church, and senior
Methodist Bishop of the United States, at the
age of SO years. Bishop Soule was born in
Bristol in this State in 1871. He was licensed
to preach in 1898, ordained elder in 1902, and,
in 1904, appointed presiding elder of the Maine
district In 1916 he became editor of the Meth
odist Magazine" Being elected Bishop in
1920 he declined ordination, but accepted when
reelected in 1924. In 1843 he became senior
Bishop of the Church, in consequence of the
death of Bishop Roberts. At the division of the
Church, in 1874, Bishop Soule went with the
Southern portion. He was opposed to seces-
sion, and is said to have remained (pro-slav-
ery) Union man throughout the war; His
Unionism however, did not change his I'M
yielding opposition to the anti-slavery spirit Of
the Northern Methodist Church. fii1
The Jesuits, according to their custom,
have published the annual statistics of their
society. The company reckoned at the close Of
1866, four consistories and twenty provinces
the number of members being S,167, showing
an augmentation of 215 over the year 1865. In
the French province there are 2,422, whereas
in 1765 there were only 1926. Notwithstand-
ing their expulsion from Naples, Sicily, Turin,
Venetia, and the Mexican empire, they are in
cessantly increasing in number.
Late English papers state that the Bishops
have been celebrating on the subject of Ritil-
alism, and having unanimously declared "that
no alterations from aforementioned and usual
ritual ought t0be made in our churches till the
obtained thereto" 5-...- .-
The death of Rev. Asa P. Tenny, for the
past thirty four years pastor of the West Con-
gregational Society of Concord, N H., occur
red on Thursday night, the 18th ult He was
born in Corinth, VT, in 1893, and studied the
ology with President Tyler of Dartmouth Col
lege. In 1829he was ordained to the minis
try. ..t ..F-.f0. 81 ....- i..,s.
REV. Mr.. Robb, missionary of the United
Presbyterian Church, at Old Calabar, has
translated the Old Testament into the Elk
language; the New Testament had been pre-
vlously translated by the Rev. Mr.. Golding, a
brother missionary. The National Bible Soci-
ETY. of Scotland has undertaken to have the
whole stereotyped, printed and bound Great
care has been exercise d in securing accuracy.
From our latest foreign files we learn that
the Cretan Assembly have passed a resolution
outlawing Passios, Archbishop of lambda. for
directing Mustapha Pacha to attack the con-
vent of Arcadi, in which SO many Greeks and
Turks were killed The letter of the Arcbb;sb-
OPP is given in the Athens journals with the
reply of the pacha. The Archbishop is called
by the Cretans "an imitator of Judas Iscariot.
who for few pieces of silver betrayed Jesus
Christ" and is Gin consequence devoted to til
execration of the Hellenic race" ar
The Church Union is the title of weekly
paper published in New York which has now
reached its eighth number. The objects and
principles on which it is conducted are exhib-
tied in this Bond of Union" which appears at
the head of its editorial columns:-"We, the
Undersigned, believers in the doctrines of the
hoiy scriptures as set forth in the Apostles
anu N'oene oreeds, do hereby pledge ourselves
20 secure under God, an open communion, and
'he recognition of one evangelical ministry. by
.he interchange OF pulpits. thus to make vis;.
Die the unity of the Church. And we f,rthor-
more solemnly pledge ourselves to stand Nv
each other in securing these ends"
The Biddeford Journol says the Frso p.
fist Church in that city has decided to hni,d .
new church.
The Methodist society at Biddeford ara
tearing down their present church preparator,,
to erecting larger one which is to be of great
elegance and to cost about $4,000. ID t' -74'