The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-30
Religious Intelligence.

The Baptists Of Illinois have 4, 600 teachers
and $4,000 scholars in their Sunday School.
The Rev. f. E. Fellows, of Bridgton, was
installed pastor of the Congregational Church
in Sutton on Tuesday.
The Bucksoort Congregational Church
have invited the Rev. f. E. Sturgis of Show
hogan to become their pastor.
Thus far the Methodist ministerial vote
has been 3,342 in favor Of, to COG against lay
delegation. This gives the requisite three
fourths, with 13l votes to spare
Some OF the religious papers are secondipe
the movement Of the Salem clergy for the abo-
lition OF Fast Day. They regard the day as a
useless piece of "decayed Journalism" Sc
The Rev. Dr. Spraeue, the well-known Al
bany clergyman, after q pastorate of forty
years, has been pensioned off with $4,000 a
year by his congregation. M
The venerable Robert Moffat. the life-lonp
missionary in South Africa, proposes to visit
MS native country once more, to attend the
May meeting in London.
The Rev. e. w. Coffin, for two years pas.
tor of the Unver salst Society at Bryant's
Pond is to leave at once for his new charge at
Orange, Mass.
Bishop Ames recently said that he was not
born in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His
gaandfathers were both ministers Zone Episco-
pal, the other Congregatonal), while he, alb
sorbing the essence of both, came out Meth
olist.
The New York Evening Post says the Rev
Mr.. HepwOrth, the new pastor of the Chu: oh
OF the Messiah, is attracting considerable at
tention, and his church was largely filled on
Sunday last by attendants from other congre-
cations.
The missionary work in Madagascar in
creases SO largely that the London Missionary
Society proposes to send out five additional
missionaries in the spring There are now
one hundred and forty congregations, many o
them attended by thousand hearers every
Sunday.
The New York Independent says:-''Two re
markable cases in which men have oversteppeG
UNCONVENTIONAL lines in bestowing their bene
factions have lately occurred in the history O
Bates and Dartmouth colleges. 1t was general
ly published that Hon. Benjamin e. Bates, O
Boston, a COngregationalist, has given 500,
900 to the Free Baptist College in Lewiston
Maine, of which he has paid $25 900, and sub
scribed $4,000 cohdtionally. The other cas-,
is that of the late Judge Richard Fletcher o
Boston, Baptist, by whose bequest Dart
mouth College has lately received $4,000"
Whether the Free Baptist Theological
School is TO b. located at Lewiston is not vel
settled. At the late Anniversaries Buffalo
N. Y, offered $500, 900 for it, and Hillsdale
Mich, $40 ,00O in money, lands and buildings
The denomination now comprises 1877,
churches, and 66,691 commandments, an in
crease of 81 churches and H47 commun
cants during the past year.
Here is funny paragraph from late
English paper: "rhe Rev. Thomas Hugo, the
rector of West Hackney, applied at the Wor
ship street police court for a summons against
an open lair preacher. Mr.. Hugo said that he
and other inhabitants of the parish wished
steps to be taken to put an end to great nui.
sance. A number Of open-air preachers were
in the habit of assembling CD piece of waste
ground near the parish church, where they
shouted out their opinions on religious sub
jects Placards of an infammatory tendency
were also exhibited, and statements made re-
fecting upon himself and one of his curates,
lending to provoke breach of the peace. Mr..
Newton asked in what way. Mr.. Hugo said
tnat his men had suggested punching Of the
preachers heads, and really he thought that il
the nuisance went on much Dneer he should
not hinder them from carrying the suggestion
into effect. The summons asked for was
granted"