The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-29
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He'isions Intelligence.

Rev. Rober: Howe was ON rr,'
ordained as pastor over the Frea n .sss
church in North Vassaboro'. ap'iS'
REV. c. Parker, late of Canton, has ~.
ceived and accepted call to the pastorata =,
the church at South Norridgewock.
Rev. George Pearce is the Oldest mission.
ary to India. He has labored there, for the
English Baptists, for forty-three years.
Robert Laird Collier, of Chicago. has ra.
ceived call to the Church Of the Unity In
Boston.
Rev. 4. c. Boles of Brooklyn, N Y, has
accepted the appointment OF Lecturer on
Natural Sciences in the st. Lawrence Univer-
sity.
The new Methodist church in RocklaDd
Will be dedicated on the I'd of February by
Professor Townsend of the Theological Sem
mary in Boston.
The ladies of the Uniyersalist society of
turner held their annual levee in Follett's
HAIL. tuesday evening" January 18th, and a
very successful levee 1t was-receipts S21O.
AT the funeral services of the late Rev.
j. NJ Graves it was stated that he had bap-
tised ohe thousand converts, five hundred of
them in the State of Vermont.
The Young Mems Christian Association
Fair at Boston netted $4,000. They had no
lotteries OF the ordinary sort but sold "votes"
for articles of value, which thus netted sever
al times their cost.
The Methodist meetingh house in Harring-
ton having been blown down in the great
gale of October Sth, religious services are held
each Sunday in the school-house, and James
Pope, Esq, reads sermon.
Rev. James Weston of Standish died on
Thursday of last week, aged seventy-sight
years. He was Congregational minister,
formerly settled in Lebanon, but had retired
from the service, and for many years was
resident of Standish.
British Methodism has contributed S25.-
100000 for foreign evangelization, and the
Wesleyan Society has more communicates in
its mission churches than all other British
missionary societies combined.
The religious interest in the Freewili
Baptist church at Lebanon, Me. is gradually
increasing. Fifteen have been converted
q
sliders reclaimed.
The PresbYterians propose to raise ave
millions of dollars, as thank-offeripg for the
reunion Of their church; AID the generous
responses which are reported indicate that
they will do it.
The Universalists in the United States
have 792 societies, and $50 ministers, connect
ed with 50 associations. Their denomina-
tional chools,-consisting of 8 colleges, 2 the
illogical seminaries, and academies, number
ed last year, 400 students, and have an ag-
gregate endowment of S2,000,000.
The Universalist Centenary work is pro-
crossing rapidly. OF the fifty thousand dol
lars to be raised in Massachusetts, for the
Murray Fund.-" in honor of John Murray,
the first preacher of the doctrine in America,
fifteen thousand have already been secured,
though the centennial year began less than
one month ago.
-Zion's Aduocate says that revival is in
progress at Lincoln Center. 1t adds: "We
are informed the revival in North Kenne-
bunk and Lyman continues with marked
power Bro. Sargent, our State Missionary, Is
laboring faithfully and successfully with the
small churches there; he was assisted a por-
tion of last week by brethren Ferguson, Worth
and Hubbard"
The body generally known as Camp
bellites," who call themselves Disciples of
Christ" number 100000 communicates, all Of
them gathered within the last fifty years. They
have established fifteen colleges, several fe-
male seminaries, and one mammoth univer-
sty, located on the Henry Clay estate, and
embracing within itself six distinct colleges
with 800 students. They publish one guar
terly review, five or six monthlles, six or sew
en- weeklies, two ladies' magazines, and sev
eral Sunday-school papers. The chnrche
number about 1000, and the regular preach
| ers 1000.