The Portland daily press., 1871-08-19
Religious Department.

The East Livermore Camp Meeting will
commence August 20, and continue one week.
Camp Meeting commences at East Machias
in Jacksonville, on the. old ground, Monday
August 2Sth. -
The second Quarterly Meeting for the Bridg-
ton and Naples Methodist churches will be
held with the church in Bridgton village Au-
gust 10Th and Goth.
The Universalist society of Dexter have Sc
cured the services of Rev. Mr.. Weston, for
merly of Rockland, for one year. He will
commence his labors as pastor of the society
on the first OF October next.
The Cumberland Association will hold its
sixtieth anniversary with the LIST Baptist
church in Lewiston, commencing Tuesday,
August %. h, 1871 Preachers of Association
al sermon, Rev. S. Estes; alternate, Rev. N.
Melcher; Doctrinal sermon, Rev. Ira Leland.
E. M. Haynes is clerk
Rev. Mr.. Marden has accepted the invitation
of the Congregational church at Pennington
to become their pastor.
The ordinance of baptism was administered
to four young persons on Sunday last by Rev.
Mr. Ford of the 1st Baptist church, Paris.
We learn that the Camp Meeting at Charles.
town, commences on Monday. Sept. 18th, and
closes on the following Saturday.
Five persons were baptized at South Lewis
ton on Sunday, by Rev. d. Libby. Quite a
revival has occurred under the preaching OF
Mr.. A. D. Jones of the Bates Theological
| School.
The LIST Baptist church in Princeton have
extended a unanimous call to Mr.. 1. W. Tur-
| ner, of Durham, Canada East, to become pas
tor, and he enters upon his. labors there early
in September.
The Jefferson street Free Baptist society Of
Biddeford have extended call to Rev. John
Malvern OF Dover, N. H., to become their pas.
tor, and it is expected he will accept.
Last Sabbath Rev. E. S. Tingley, pastor Of
the Congregational churches in Browrfield
and Denmark. administered the ordinance of
baptism to four persons and received them in
| to the church at Denmark.
The Mnthna;s+ Frs"nraI s~niety in Bidde
| ford will dedicate their new chufch on the oor
ner of Pool and Foss streets, on Thursday, th,
31st day of August, at 10 IL o'clock A. M
Sermon aby Rev. H. B. Ridgaway of New
York.
Rev. George M. Adams, of the North Con
gregatiOnal church in Portsmouth, N. H., OF
Sunday declined to recall his resignation, ant
preached his farewell sermon, much to the re
greet of the parish.
The Camp Meeting at Kennebunk this yea
will commence on Tuesday next, August 22d
and continue over the following Sabbath, an,
any person desiring further information re
garding the meeting can address S. P. Adam
or A. f. Wormwoo1.
DR.. Edward Beecher of Galesburg, ILL.,, ha
acceded to the request of portion of his con
gregaton by resigning his pastorship of tn
Congregational church. He is, says the Gold
en- Age, an able divine, and generally conserva
tive; but few years ago he threw bomb
shell into the Orthodox camp, in the shape {
work entitled "The Conflict of Ages" 1t
the fate OF the Beecher family to do things
and whether DR.. Lyman Beecher was the IL
Their of more brains than any man in Americs
or not, he reared more eccentricity and dsser
from the old standard of faith than any Other
and his progeny have made more stir in til
religious world than any family on record.
The Bishop of Iowa declares that the ScriI
lures nowhere confound baptism with reee1
GRAFTON, or assert that it is invariably attende
by the birth of the Spirit. "There fore, in til
baptismal Office, the word degenerate mu
be understood as the language of faith, hop
and charity and not as the language of ce
tainty.
There are now eight ministers or evange
lists connected with different Evangelic,
churches laboring in Rome. Six places
worship have been opened in different parts
the city. In these places of meeting there al
held every week at least twenty services, an
these are attended more or less regularly
from 400 to 500 persons. Hitherto the dffe
ent denominations have labored together ha
moniously. Every Monday morning the mil
listers and evangelists, along with sever
brethren connected with the different churche
meet together to pray for the blessing of Go
and by study of the Word of God to rend,
more solid "the unity of the spirit in the bono
of peace" These meetings are held alternat
ly in the halls belonging to the Baptist, Met
odist, Free, and Waldensian churches.