The Portland daily press., 1867-11-02
Religions intelligence.

Z The Massachusetts Unitarian Conference
has taken the Boston THEATRE for another se-
res of Sunday evening diseourses.
The Cleveland Leader says that city has
forty-three Protestant churches, with an aver
age attendance Of fifteen thousand; seven
Romish churches, with twelve Thousand at
tendance, and two synagogues, with three hun
dred and fifty attendance r faslftsfss
On Sunday evening, Oct 10, Rev. Rowland
Common. late colleague of Dr. Miner of the
iSehool-street Church, Boston, delivered q lee
ture before the Associated Spirtualists" in
Fremont Hall, Chelsea. He frankly defined
his position in regard to Spiritualisn, saying
that he was an investigator, seeker after
truth. He admitted the truth of the funda-
mental principles of the Spiritual Philosophy,
as well as much of the. phenomena. He paid
a merted compliment to the Spiritualists with
whom be had been brought in contact, for their
honesty of purpose aud devotion to the cause
Of truth. He regarded Spiritualism as the
sovereign balm for wounded hearts.
The Episcopal clergymen Of Bishop
Eastburn's diocese have united in letter
of congratulation and welcome to that Bisll-
OPP on his return from the Council at Lam
beth, and have requested him to name
day when he will meet them all to receive
their felicitatons Today, November 2, has
been designated by the Bishop for that pur-'
pose. ~ 'tl'''t 49,, d,
7" During the last year a hundred and eighty
eight persons left Surgeons church TO Join.
land mostly TO form) other churches. He says
in his annual report: SThe net increase is
small; and we trust it always will be :; for our
object is to induce our friends to swarm off in
to new hives, as they have done this year"
~ The Episcopal Society of Augusta have
voted unanimously to extend a call to Rev Mr..
Upjohn, of New London, Conn, to become
rector in place OF Rev. Mr.. johnson. ..
The meeting of Unitarians and Universal
lists at Brunswick was held last week pursuant
to notice. One of its objects was to discuss the
propriety of union Of those orders, but the
project was not received with favor. Each is
attached to its denolninatonal name and char
acteT, and could hardly be expected to resign
them. a... tt.,,1. -
, An important series of meetings, similar to
those held last season in Music Hall, Boston,
by the Unitarians, has just been inaugurated
ia Providence, II. T., by the Universalists of
that place. The meetings are held in the City
Hall, and are attended by dense crowds The
first sermon of the course was preached on
Sunday evening, Oct 20, by Rev. E. c. Bolles of
this city, and is spoken Of as an extremely elo-
quent and effective discourse. - 49, = =
81 AT the recent meeting of the Massachu-
sets Universalist State Convention, the ques-
ton Of extending the hand of fellowship to Rev.
Rowland Connor, constituted one of the most
prominent topics of discussion and occupied
much time. Mr.. Conner restated to the Con-
vention his religious belief and answered ques-
tions put to him. but it app ears that be did not
convince the members of the soundDess- of his
faith as Universalist, his application for fell
lowship being reiectedby vote of ninety-five
to sixteen. lI et ltH
Many good Catholics. all over the world
regard the troubles of the Pope and the ilnmi.
neat danger of the continuance of the Papacy
only as proofs offs nfallibiity and real contin-
uance; for, say they, We're it merely human |
institution it would have long ago succumbed
to outside pressure. ,@tG-NMa
C. I. Wilbur, an agent and eyange-
list" (BaptisD, in Georgia, gives a gloomy ac-
count of the Baptist determination" in that |
state. He endeavors to classify them into |
" Antinomians, Arminians, Spurgeonites, |
Polynomians," and subdivi1es the last class |
into "Landmarkers and Conservatives" The |
Lanunarkers are those who hold ont in faith |
ana practice for Baptist iisages' The Con-
Sei'"'iNes are those who gloss over denolni-
national peculiarities. in order To oo,,o;I;o+o
other religious parties 9R- taaa i
- Inc twenty -htse anniversary of the Amer
lean Missionary Association was held ut IJo-
mer, N. Y, October 10Th and 18th. Rev Dr
Kirk. president, in the chair The sermon
was by the Rev. DIR. Webb OF Boston. From
the report Of the executive committee we ex-
tract the following The cash receipts are
1874, 5s249; expenditures, s342, 1920. The val
ue of clothing, Bibles Sc. sent to the freed
men, not iended in the cash receipts. $50, 443.
curing the year, the association had among
the freedmen 5sS missionaries aud teachers, Of
whom iorty-six are sustained by the Free VIII
bapusis- The reported number of pupils in
day and night schools aps7a The encourage
ments from this field, the neal Of the pnpils.
and Their ready acquisition, has been ali that
could he reasonably hoped. Graded. trainino
aud normal schools have. been established n
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