The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-01
Religious Intelligence.

The Episcopal church of st. Mary's in
Boston was copsecrated few days ago 1t is
free church for sailors.
Rev. Mr.. Barber, Congregationalist Of
New Hampshire, a one-armed soldier and q
| graduate of Andover, has been appointed
Chaplain at the Soldiers Asylum at Togus.
| The Rev. G. G. Carpenter, formerly pastor
of the Congregational church in Brookline,
Mass, and more recently of the church in
Birmingham, has lately Joined the Unitarian
body.
One Of the African NJ. E churches in
Kentucky sent to conference for an educated
minister. The Bishop in reply called on them
for fifty dollars to help educate ministers.
The Protestant church of St. Thomas. in
Strasbourg, with its elaborate group of statu-
airy OF Marshal SAKE and other mastery works
of art, has been already destroyed in the bonn
bardment of the town.
The Montreal Witness publishes declara-
ton of secession from the Church of Rome
signed by upwards of one hundred persons. as
necessary means to free them from the liabil-
lty to tithes, which the priests can otherwise
impose by law in Lower Canada.
&-The village Of Oregon, ILL.,, has a Catholic
church, but no resident priest. The child of a
catholic having died, Protestant minister, in
the absence of priest was requested to offici-
ate in the Catholic church, and consented.
The Episcopal Church in Missouri con.
trlbuted this year to objects other than salary
one hundred thous and dollars, nearly three
ulmes the sum reported last year. The COM
municants number thirty-one hundred, being
an ADDITION OF more than twenty-five per
cent
The Chestnut street Baptist Society in
Camden have extended a call to Rev. e, F..
Strickland of Michigan, who has accepted and
is expected about the first week in October.
The question of erecting a Unitarian
church in Bucksport is being agitated, and the
project will undoubtedly succeed.
With the end of his pastoral year. Rev
VIM. A. Merrill closes his labors with the Con-
gregational Church in Lyman. His health is
fully restored.
-Rev. Thomas N. Lord has removed from
kennebunkport and resumed the charge of The
Congregational Church in Limerick.
"A correspondent relates that there is
religious revival in progress in Leeds. under
the preaching of Rev. Henry "A. Libby; and
SH~e :" SSoiO VI youHS converts are REJOICING in
Jesus.
The new Methodist Church that il heinz
erected in Biddeford, is prospecting rapidly
The exterior of the building will be completed
before cold weather.
The Congregational Socity in Alfred con.
template erecting parsonage in place of the
one recently destroyed by fire.
The Sunday morning services the present
season at the Shaker Village in Alfred, are
largely attended. The discourses delivered by
Elder John Vance are listened to with mnch
interest.
There is a very interesting religious revival
~ progress at Monmouth in connection with
the labors of the Winthrop Young Mems
christian Association in that place. About
thirty- eight conversions have thus far occur
red. 5--
Ane teachers of the Sunday School in
np',nsneld' Mass, over which DR.. j. G. Hol-
iaho IF superintendent, have perfected a nlan
ior missionary work in their parish Tho
ward is divided into districts and a committees
is to complete religious census. Thew wers
specially charged not to proselyte nor to proc
but simply to- invite to the Sunday school and
church such.children as they find do not at.
tend any other similar means of grace.