The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-15

The New York Observer has a short arti-
tcle, entitled "Our State Religion-Is it Ro-
man Catholic? iu which the writer states
that the New York legislature in the distribu-
ton of money for religious and charitable pur-
poses has given nineteen twentieths of the
whole to Catholic institutions.
The American Bible Society has recently
set in operation four new printing presses, but
is not able to meet the increasing demands
for its issues 1t will soon add two more.
"A new Roman Catholic cathedral, the
largest in New England, is to be built at New
Haven, Connecticut.
The visit of the Archbishop of Paris to
Rome has occasoned rumors that there will
shortly be another Frenchmen in the Sacred
College.
Bishop futile, recently chosen to the See Of
Montana, Idaho and Utah, is at Omaha, en-
route for Salt Lake with small company of
missionaries and teachers to establish mission
school in that city. Reports from missiona-
ries already there are very encouraging. They
are receiving kind treatment and mu III con-
sidreration from heads and members of the
Mormon Church. The Bishop has letter
from Secretary Stanton who is deeply interest
ed in the work
I'm Bangor on Sunday last, Rev. Mr. Gould
of the Methodist Society and Rev. Mr.. Ever
EFT of the Unitarian exchanged pulpits.
DIR. Jacoby writes to the Methodist Mission
Rooms in Boston that arrangements have
been made for a weekly class meeting in the
English language in the city of Berlin, Prus-
STA, designed for the benefit of resident Ameri-
cans.
The Governor of Idaho Territory has veto
ed bill of the Legislature appropriating $780,
900 for the benefit of Catholic schools in the
Territory. The Council overruled the veto,
but the Lower House sustained it, thus effec-
tually defeating the measure.
The Primitive Methodists in Canada are
agitating, through their organ, the Christian
Journal, the proprety of establishing a Theo-
logical Institution for training their young
ministers, and from the spirit with which the
subject is taken up, the prospect of ultimate
success appears encouraging.
In his Annual Address to the Diocesan
Convention OF Ohio, delivered ON the 9Th inst,
Bishop McIlvaine adverts to and indorses the
'''lon OF the twenty eight Bishops upon the
asreement of the Bishops who met at New
hoiA uurlhg last year, as called for by the ex.
cessi'e rituahstic craving and practice which
has ootalhed in certain quarters in the
church. 1t was a very unusual nrocaed;no
and significant of the need felt bv tb. .;aners
If any reason for it was found in it's r.oan,;.,,
in certain quarters, reception almost
OF contempt, the great body of the church hail
ed with qualification that action of twenty
eight Bishops. 1t helped our brethren in Enp-
land in their struggle The difference in this
country and England, in ritualism, was only
in the development and boldness. 1t is the
same error met and combatted as "Tractarian-
ism," thirty years ago. The Bishop continued
at some length, denouncing Tractarianism and
Rtualism as unmitgated idolatry, and con-
cluded with the hope that his diocese NAV long
be spared from its ravages.
The Covenant announces that Miss jose
phine Lapha IN of Woodstock, Ohio, has been
licensed to preach by the Winchester Associ-
aton (Universalist) of that State. She is
graduate Of Antioch College and was class
mate of Olympia Brown.
Inc rev l.. S. Trip, of North Sedgwick,
has accepted unanimous call to the pastorate
Vi 'he naptst courch at Lunenbureb. YER
mont.
-heV' G' M. Atkins was installed pastor of
the First Baptist church in Brunswick rTor-
est church,, on Thursday. Rev. r 7 r
House preached the ordination sermon.
Rev. o. p. Tuckerman's essay on the f.
nancial condition of the church, read at the
New England Christian Convention at New
Bedford last Thursday, is to be published.