The Portland daily press., 1871-09-30
HIGHGATE, Vt. Sept. 1871
ReIigiOus News,

Religious News.
Rev. Henry 7. Arnold, now preaching for
| the Congregationalist church in Lyman, was
| ordained as an Evangelist the 9th instant
| Sermon by Rev. Albert Cole of Cornish.
| Rev. c. Fuller of Hallowell is to supply the
pulpit OF the NJ. E. church in Gardiner for the
| prese nt
| Rev. Mr.. Harding has left Machias and gone
to Ha lowell, te reside.
Rev. A. M. Knapp was installed pastor of
the Independent (Unitarian) Congregational
church in Bangor last Tuesday. Sermon by
Rev. George L.. CLANCY of Boston.
We learn that on Sunday last seven persons
Wiuterport, Rev. Albert Church, pastor
The South Aroostook Baptist Quarterly
Conference will hold its next meeting at Pat
ten, commencing Friday, October 9th, at 10
o'clock A. Nj. 1t is expected that Mr. Van
leek will be ordained pastor of the church in
Patten sometime during the season.
The Congregationalists of Thomaston COM
meEced the building OF their new meeting
house this week.
Knox County Union Sabbath School Con-
veution will meet with the Baptist church in
Warren, Tuesday Oct. Sd, at 9 o'clock in the
forenoon.
Rev. David n. Utter, Of New Antioch, Ohio,
has received call for one year from the Uni
tartan church of Belfast, and will commence
his ministrations at once.
The Oxford Association 7 of Universalists
which had adjourned to meet during the last
week in September, in this year, will be held
instead, on account of necessary delay in i'm
provement of meeting house, at Mechanic
Falls, on Wednesday and Thurday. October
18Th and 10Th, 1871. Rev. q. Thompson will
preach the occasional sermon.
There will be a Spirtualisti Cony ention at
Ellsworth on Saturday and Sunday, the 18th
and 9Th of October. The meeting will proba-
bly, be beld in Hancock Hail.
The CongIe gational Society in Alfred. has
extended an invitation to Rev. Mr.. Kyle to be-
come their pastor. This society is erecting
near their church ediice building 24Y36 feet,
for vestry or lecture room, it being donation
from VIM. G. Conant, Esq, of that place. The
parsonage erected by this society the present
season on Saco street, is nearly completed.
The Methodist Society in Alfred is now
erecting parsonage on Court street. This
society is greatly prospecting under the minis
tratons of Its efficient and popular pastor, Rev.
Charles Munger.
We have obtained from Mr.. G. E. Bisbee.
Bible Distributor for the Kennebec County
Bible Society, who has thoroughly canvassed
Augusta, some valuable statistics gathered in
bis work. He has performed his work faithful
ly, and the figures which we give NAV be re-
lied upon. The whole number of families Wis
tah mas u. 6
Irish, German, English, 10 French and col
Ored; III of these report as attending church,
662 as not; 1126 persons report as being con-
nected with the Sunday schools in the city, yet
542 children have no Sunday school instruc-
ton. 100 families were found without a COM
pete copy of the Bible, 20 of wnom have been
supplied, the remainder, mostly Catholics, de- |
clining to receive it. About $50 copies of the |
Bible and Testament were sold; 80 families
were supplied gratuitously. q families who |
were without a complete copy of the Bible had |
Iestaments, and 20 Catholic families were
found supplied with the Dousa version of the
SCRIPTURES. The families are divided among
Tue various rehgious denominations as follows:
10 families are Episcopal, 1o4 Baptist, 112 Uni.
versallsts, 100 Congregationalist, 222 Methodist
Episcopal, 12S Free Baptist, 80 Unitarian 10
Advent and 76 Catholic. Mr.. Bisbee has re
ceived contributions for the Society he repre-
,ehts from churches and individuals
An exchange says: "The new Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral in Portland is not very
arge, but it carries good many guns-a bish-
'p, dean, and two eanons!'
The Central church in Boston. which came
o near passing into history as "The Church of
he Holy Mortgage" has made provision for
he payment of its whole debt, which but a few
weeks ago amounted to $4,000.
i, Confessions are heard regularly at nine
,o S'n H. nightly, at st. Adams, Bolborn, Lon
'o". me confessionals'' are somewhat novel. ,
"e4 n;1 VI violet stuff fixed in position in the
CIV sue aiSie' on one side of which is a chair q
OF ane priest" and on the other kneeler for
lis "penitent." Aneeier ior y