The Portland daily press., 1867-12-07
II e1igious Intelligence


The services of the installation of Rev. Mr..
Bingham, as pastor of the South Parish
church and society in Augusta have been fix
ed for Thursday, Dec 10Th ID. se.s
THE Frst Baptist Church and Society of
Augusta propose to raise $4,000 for the en-
iargement and repair of their house OF wor-
ship, ,,,.i-.. -. 80.
The new Methodist church at Gardiner
VIII be dedicated on Wednesday of next week,
Dec. 11th, at 10 o'clock A. NJ AT 2 O'Clock
P. NJ, there will be reunion Of the former
pastors and friends, and at 2 o'clock dedica-
ton festival and organ concert. '" l'".o1 ESQ
In Norway, we learn from correspond
ent at that place, the young Mems Christian
Association are putting forth unusual efforts.
plan ofco-operation with the churches Of
other towns has been perfected, and the inter-
est manifested in active Christian effort is very
strong.
REV. MI. Wheelwright was installed as
Pastor Of the Congregational Church, at South
Paris, on Wednesday .G6i5Hi
The New York Journal declares that the
doctrine that the Bible, interpreted by each
individual for himself, is the supreme rule of
faith and practice, is at once impracticable
and destructive. @It has led to the fearful
flood of neology and scepticism, Arianism,
Unitarianism, Universalism, and other protean
forms of error, from which the Protestant bod
les of Germany, Switzerland, France, Poland,
Great Britain, and this country have So
greivously suffered" To whom the Church
journal would have us look as the infalIible
interpreter Of the Bible, if we may not inter
terpret it ourselves, it does not say We had
supposed the claim to do so was one of the es-
sential elements of Professionalism.
AT meeting Of the Boston social science
association, "Wednesday evening, Rev j. L.
Hatch Of Mansfield read an essay in favor of
devoting part of Sunday to recreations He
said the Jewish Sabbath was day of festivi-
ties till the Pharisees perverted it and made it
gloomy and unhappy, Rev. Mr.. Angler of
Boston dissented altogether from Mr., Hatch
and instead of extending amusements to Sum
day, would reduce those of the week. He did
not believe in the new cry for amnsements, /
but would like to have people amuse them
themselves with the catechism nosiFIaa 5ds /
The Presbyterian synod of Virginia, with
unexpected liberality, has refused to indorse
the action of the southern general assembly,
designed to prevent the full ordination cf col
ored men as ministers and elders in the Pres /
byterian church. The synod requests the as
sembly to declare that the ministry is open to
all who love Christ and are qualified, without
respect to color.
The Pittsburg Christian Advocate argues
for the use ofg grape syrup at the communion
table. Why not water? Christ used wine be-
cause it was the common drink then and
there; if we have come to the conclusion that
his example is dangerous one to follow in
the matter of wine, it would be altogether
more respectful to use water than to substi-
tute for wine what is hut poor imitation of
it, and unwholesome at that ...,,-.
The Methodists have bought Holmes chap
el at Cambridge and will organize Metho-
dist church-the third attempt of the kind at
old Cambridge. - 't-t1
"A Protestant minister was lately driven
from Pont Celles, France, by the Catholic
by rather peculiar means. A brass
band in front of the church was first tried, and
That failing, children we're made drunk and
sen. into the church with tin whistles. They
.A"uo such terrible din that the service was
soon closed - y i-7l7tfh
eene,si synod OF the Reformed Dutch
churcn has uecided by vote of 112 to Z, to
drop the Dutch, and its title will now he sstbe
Reformed church in America,, - .,o, -
enough, but in no way distinctive = - -
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