The Portland daily press., 1870-02-12
Religions Intelligence.

-Zion's Herald says that religious reyiyals
are reported in all parts of the country.
"A Universalist conference meeting will lie
held at saccarappa, on Thursday. Feb II.
Rev. s. Boothby OF Lewiston, has resigned
his agency for the American and Foreign BIZ
bic Society.
Rev S. d. Richardson of Fayette reports
a deep religions awakening in his church and
society.
There is a religious revival in NIilbridoe.
Maine, several denominations uniting in the
work.
The Union church at East Machias is en-
deavoriDg to raise funds to procure an organ,
as we learn from the Republican.
Rev. Mr.. Copeland, formerly of Bruns-
wick, has settled on small farm, near Fort
Scott, Kansas.
Kit Burns rat pit in New York is no
longer "bottomless pit" having been dedica-
ted to religion.
Mr.. Revels, the negro Senator from Mis-
sissippi, was formerly minister of the African
Methodist Church.
The religious interest in the First Baptist
church in Sedgwick has been quite encourag-
ing for several weeks.
| The Post Office address of Rev. j. NJ. Fol
lett is Foxcroft, Me. Rev. Asa Perkins, Jr
| has removed from Livermore Falls to Liner
| ick, Me.
| The Piscataquis Baptist Quarterly Con.
| ference will be held at Athens Village, Friday
Feb 18th, at 2o'clock T. M. and continue the
two following days.
The Maine Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will meet at Augusta, May
| 11th, and the East Maine Conference at Rock
land, May 12. Bishop Simpson will preside al
| both conferences.
| "A Sabbath School Convention for Andres
coggin county will be held in the Congrega
tional church at Mechanic Falls, beginning on
| Wednesday, March I'd, at half past 10 o'clock
| A. NJ, and ending on the evening of the next
| day.
The Gardiner District Ministerial Associ-
| alton (Metho odist) met at the Hampshire
| Street NJ. e. Church, Auburn, at 2 o'clock
| Tuesday of last week. The attendance was
not large, owing to the snow-storm which pre-
vailed, but on Wednesday the number present
was increased.
The proposed meeting of the Evangelical
| Alliance in New York next September will be
one of the most important events in the mod
ern ecclesiastical history, and will approach
to the Ecumenical Council in interest. DR..
Philip Schaff of New York who visited New
York last year in the interest of the project re-
ports that European Evangelical denomina.
tions will be largely represented. Rev. Mr.
Spurgeon has expressed desire to be present.
The Rev. Romeo Elton, D. D.. died in Bos-
ton Saturday morning, after a very brief i'll
ness. He graduated at Brown University in
1913, where he was professor of Greek and
Latin from 1926 until 1843, and then went to
England, where he resided in Exeter for sew
enteen years, and on the death of bis second
wife removed to Bath, and afterwards return
ed to this country. Tie was married about two
months since to Miss Margaret Allen of Gardi-
ner, Maine, his third wife,
The Portland District Methodist Minste-
rl Association will meet in the Alfred Street
Methodist Church in Bddefo-d, next Mouday
evening, Feb. 14th. The sermon Monday eve
ming will be by Rev. o. W. Scott The ex-
ercises Tuesday and Wednesday will consist OF
Essays, Reviews, Exegesis and devotional SER
vices Essays may be expected on "Huxley's
Origin of Man." "Cark's Christian Doctrine
of Prayer" Ministerial Habits,' "Duty of
the Church in relation to the social life of the
Young" COLLECTIONS to Swedenborgans,"
"Bush's Theory of Resurrection" and other
themes of interest. The meetings will be open
and it is hoped of sufficient interest to attract
good congregation.