The Portland daily press., 1868-12-14
RcligiOus Intelligence.

Herald of Peace is the name of sixteen
page quarto, published in Chicago, Ill, ly
members of the Society OF Erieud3. It is de-
voted to the cause of peace and general relig-
'ous Improvement. 1t is an excellent family
paper, thoroughly radical" in religion and
pohties, and is we'll supported by the most IN
telilgent aud active members of tho Society of
Friends, as well as many others.
Though disappointed at the refusal of tho
Patriarch of Constantinople aad several Pro-
testant dignitaries and synods to accept his iu-
vitation to the Gcumenical Council, the Pope
it is said, is sanguine Of being supported by
many influential Protestants both from Amer
lea and England. 1t is certain that favorable
answers have been received from q number or
eccesiastics in those countries, but tho greatest
secrecy is maintained as to their names.
"A letter from Madrid says that the decree
on liberty of worship is not ye. issued, but at
last the requisite forma! authorization for the
purchase OF land and the erection thereon of a
Protestant church in Madrid has been given
by the ministry. Il is addressed to Col. Fitch,
an English resident, who has long tried in
vain to net such a permission, !, anu constitutes,
in fact, the first authorization for building .
Protestant Church in Spain. The ultra Gath
olic papers are frantic over this concession,
The Regeneration says "nJ IN TJr oJn nit
ted such an outrage on tho Spanish peopie AZ
Romero Ortiz, the minister wdo grahIed 1t
Since Spain existed such digrace.ul and sui
cdal act never was committed;" aud il adds:
, 6 NJ. say ii, hat not -hEpoeritIca Is, we shall
make special prayer to God for the s4ivatiOn
OF the soul of this degenerate nau." Other
papers contend that tho Cortes alone has pow
er to grant such liberty. The Protes ant
world is naturally greatly Interested in the
event.
"A paper in the interest of the Methodists is
to be started in Atlanta, Ga.
AT the primary convention of the new
Diocese of Albany, which assembled last week
the Rev. Dr. William Croswel Doane, Rector
of ST. Peters Church in that city, WAS elsotoI
Bishop.
The Rev. G. W. Bicknell has received and
accepted unanimous invitation from tho
Universalist Society in Skowhegan to become
its pastor, at salary of 81 200, with the under.
standing that he is to preach but one sermon
Sunday.
The ecclesiastical authorities of Spain, It.
w Ctil PeuoTdi COuuOll
at Tolsdo, to deliberate ou the new stu ttiou
in which the Ohuroh is plaoel by the rsyo.u-
ton, and by the proposed proclaim Ition OF tue
principles of religious liberty. it is pr1p1saI
that each Bishop should Afterwards com M lt-
cate with his clergy, in a sort of provincial sy-
nod, the decision which may be arrived at.
-Zon's Herali, tho orgIu OF the Msthoi-
lists ill Boston, IL moved tn indignation bo-
cause the press generally have not denounced
the Jews Of Pc lnsylvania who objected TO The
wording of Governor Geary's TnLnksg wing
PROCLAMATION. The Herald says: Here is u
body of men who ref Ise to recognize proc
lamaton that sets forth Christ cruo.isd as the
Savior of men, and the secular press approve
their conduct Are we Christian or a Pan.
theistic nation2" Aud it proceeds to declare
that "it is time that the King of Kings aud
Lord of Lords, by whom all things are made,
should be recognized in the Consultation OF
| the United States
| Tho marriage of the Rev. W. Morley
| Punshon has caused great deal Of comns
| amongst the Wesleyans of England. 1t was
denied that 1t would have any effect upon Mr..
PunshoL's position in his scot. "a Candid
Wesleyan" writes: "The recent marris &c Of
the Rev. w. NJ Punshon did invo've-apd ho
knew beforehand that it would involye-a Sc
rioos change in his status amongst the Wes-
leyans. His wishes had been known for sew
eral years, and on all sides it was agreed that,
should he follow his inclinations he must be
severed from the connection. Nevertheless,
he married his deceased wfe's sister, and now
1t only remains fer the conference, whoa it
next meets, to formally recognize and punish
his contumacy, for he has openly and deliber.
ately broken the law of England"
-Zion's Herald has made the discovery that
Theodore Parker chad no heart" in the 70.
forms he advocated. "They were only taken
up by him as the exigencies of the hour de-
manded."