The Portland daily press., 1871-09-16

The High street Con gregational society An
burn, has voted to have but one preaching
service on the Sabbath.
Seventeen persons united with the Copgre.
gat'ona'lst church at Whitneyvlle Sunday
Thfee were baptized by immersion.
The Camp Meeting at Lincoln, held last
week, was so productive of good results that it
is proposed to continue TO bold them at the
same place each succeeding year.
The sixth annual convention OF the Y. n. o.
A. of the State of Maine, will be held at Bidde-
ferd, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 18th
and 27th.
Rev. MIR. Harlow, who has filled the Congre-
gational pulpit in Belfast for some mouths,
b IS received call from that society TO. become
tleir settled pastor.
The Maine Conference of Unitarian Church
g, will be held at Pennington Sept. 10Th, 10th,
a I'd Dist Prof. Everett will preach the ser
mon Tuesday evening and DR.. Sheldon
Wednesday evening, when the Lords Supper
will be administered. The final adjournment
will take place at II NJ. Thursday.
Rev. j. NJ. Paine of Gardiner, who has re-
signed the pastorate of the Universalist church
in that city, preached his closing sermon on
Sunday afternoon. We understand that he
will Continue his pastoral relations with the
church in Hallowell.
The Buck field Village Baptist chul Oh has
extended call to Mr.. Harvey Linsley, of
Northiord, Conn.,, recent graduate of Crozer
Theological Institute, Penn. He has accep pied
the CALI and will commence his labors on the
18th inst.
Large delegations from the Sunday schools
of Pittston, Whitefeld, Chelsea and vicinity,
met at the Congregational church in Pittston,
on Wednesday, Tor the purpose of spending the
day in listening TO addresses and consulting
together for the good of their respective Sun
day schools. After an interesting session, dur
ing which exhibitions were made in decama-
tons, recitations and singing by the children
of the several schools, and various subjects for
the benefit of schools were discussed, the meet
ing adjourned, to. hold the next session at
Whitefed.
A Universalist conference meeting is to be
held in Hope, .on the 10th and 21st of this
month.
The law requiring the Bible to be read in the
schools is a dead letter in most.of the Wards
in New York city.
In the Common Prayer Book now used for
the Episcopal Church service, the following
lines occur to the index to the hymns:
My opening eyes with raoture see, Page IS
My Saviour hanging on the tree, 3S
-Four Presbyterian churches report over 1000
COMMITMENTS each: Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn, Or. Cuyler's,) 1,42O; Madison
Square, New York, (Dr. Adams') ,316; Brick,
Rochester, Or. Shaw's, /, 250 and First Ken
sington, Philadelphia, Mr.. Beale's) 1,13S.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle, Rev. 7. De Witt
Talmaee, pastor, enlarged to hold about 400
more people, was rededicated on Sunday last.
Rev.Dr. Stephen H. Tying, Sen. preached in the
morning, and the pastor in she evening. The
crafty ing announcement was made that the
voluntary contribution to the support of the
church had been during the year IS S99.
81, while the expenses had been $17 1856
tue income exceeding the outgo by over
1,5O0. This shows that free church can ard
will be supported.
A midnight prayer meeting has been held il
the Baptist church at StoningtOn, Conn, for
nearly two years. Every Saturday night a
band of Christians, mostly railroad employees
arrival OF the steamboat train, and continue
The meeting until midnight. AS the train
comes at nine o'clock, and leaves about one, it
gives opportunity for Christians to come from
Providence, Westerly, and other places along
the road, to help in the meetings. Several con.
1uctors and other men on the road have been
converted.
Tue New York State Convention of Uniyer-
salists was held in Syracuse, beginning Tues
day, Aug. 10Th, aud closing on Thursday the
1ame week. About 60 min sters and mum
Der OF lay delegates we're in attendance. The
State Centenary Committee reported sub.
Scrlptiops to the amount of $5O,SSS In the
State there are 1874 parishes OF this denomna-
ion, only 50 of which reported These SO
have an aggregate OF 1908 families, with 73
pastors The net gain of families for the year
is 1856 Connected with these parishes are Sc
churches, with an aggregate membership of
$685. The net gain in membership for the
year was 261.