The Portland daily press., 1871-02-11

by w. ii. Neal, ESQ.,, a church bell when the
remaining debt, about $4,000, is paid, and they
are at work to secure this double good. A fes-
ii 7al is held nextweek to raise fund.-. The Con-
gregational meeting house, inadequate for the |
present wants of the society, is talked of as |
suitable building for future town house.
The second largest Presbyterian church IN
America is at Biughampton, N. Y, and was
the outgrowth of pray er-m meeting begun by
woman, sixty eight years ago and continued
half century regularly.
A Boston daily published last week ser
mon en- "Church Music" of an able preacher
in that neighborhood, in which the following
points were made. Church music should not
be mainly instrumental; should not be merely
artistic and operate, but should be chaste and
devouty simple; with tunes mostly familiar
to the people, that they may Join with the
leaders and that the quickening power of as
ISOLATION may awaken religious emotion. He
anticipates the time when singing shall be as
common as reading, and church music the
spiritual joy and help God intended it to be.
"Oxford" writes to the Mirror, with weak
wit and weaker logic, endorsing the action of
the Locating Committee of the Maine CLASH
cal School, yet admitting that the thing is "as
dead as door nail"
The articles on the Bondage of the Pulpit"
have produced wonderful stir in religious
circles, and whether so intended or not, have
served to give Scribner's Monthly not a little
of free advertising throughout the country.
Rev. DR.. Patton of New Haven has written
brief but learned treatise on the "Laws of
Fermentation and Bible Wines" which the
National Temperance Society publish for
three dimes. 1t is fresh and entertaining.
DR.. Dio Lewis breaches sermon in one of
our religious exchanges on female foppery,
shown in wasp-like waists, hideous Jumps of
hair or bark, birds tails, paddings, ETC., and
says that these overdressed women disgust
men and spoil their own chances of marriage.
"You have no power, no magnetism! know
you gigge freely and use big adjectives, 'splen-
did, awful but we see through it all. You
are superficial, affected, silly. My dear girls,
you must, if you would get husbands and de-
cent ones, dress in plain, neat, becoming gar
ments, and talk like sensible sisters" Rev.
Mr.. Burrell of Madura recently expressed sur
prise at the silly custom he finds, as he re-
turns to America, of piercing the ears of
christian women for ornaments, copying the
example of the negro and savage; custom
which DIR. Naphey says has repeatedly occas-
Toned bad tumors and even death.
Writing from ore of our centres of fashion,
clergyman says, "the belle of the season
wears dress valued at the amount of my
salary for two years, and a set of diamonds
equal in value to the cost of comfortable
mission church, with organ included"
The Unitarian Association pay for $50 cop
les each of the Register, the Magazine and
"Liberal Christian" to libraries, associations
and institutions, a good example for other
sects to follow.
bers, the Episcopal 100000 and 1.-THE Methodist
of the United States, 100000.
Sunday School Sensationalisms" are prop
er shown up in the National S. S. Teacher, a
monthly worth double its price $1.50, to any
live teacher. The rs. S. Scholar" and the
"Little Folks" are also helpful juvenile papers.
Adams, Blackman & Lyon, Chicago.
The Banner of Light, an organ of Spiritual
ism, says that if in another world disembod-
led spirit wishes to indulge in smoking, there
will be chance given. An older and better
authority than the Banner of Light has some
thing about smoke that "ascendeth forever"
from certain quarters.
Rev. D. Peabody, in az article on the Bible
in schools, in the current number of the Re-
llgious Magazine, says, "The Bible has been
civilized mans chief educator. Heaven forbid
that under foreign dictation, and against the
sound judgement of our people, we should
take the retrograde steps now demanded of
US toward the barbarism from which the Bible
alone has rescued u.s."
The busy character of a pastors life is illus
trated by paragraph in sermon last week
preached by Rev. D. c. Eddy, D. D., of Bos-
ton, who said that for the past twenty-five
years he had preached 1881 times, attended
S67 funerals, 1862 weddings and made 10000
pastoral calls.
The Revivaist Knapp is expected to COM
mence meetings in Boston, shortly.
Rev. DR.. Parkers society in Gorham, hav-
lag at considerable expense improved the out
side OF their church edifce, propose to paint
and fresco the inside and make some improve
ments about the pulpit. The ladies are prime
movers in the enterprise and neck-tie festi-
val last Wednesday evening, largely attended,
was delightful adjunct. Another gathering
at Col. Cousens' is expected on the 18th.
Rufus Sewall in his S4th year has prepared
and Stephen Berry of this city has printed
pamphlet history of the Congregational
church, Edgecomb, gathered almost a century
ago. Rev. Joseph Loring has been acting pas
tor the past six years.
Wall Street broker, five years ago penni-
less, now worth several millions, has built and
presented The Baptsts of Elizabeth, N. j.,
handsome church edifice.
The 1st African church in Richmond has
30 deacons and over 5000 resident members.
VARIOUS ITEMs.-Rev. DR.. Alonzo Hill, of
Worcester, an eminent Unitarian divine, died
in that city last week. Rev. e. E. Hale made
at the funeral a touching address.-Rev. DR..
Francis Vinton and family of Brooklyn are
in Havana.-Rev. DR.. F. Ell. Skinner, 20 years
Professor in Union Seminary, New York,
died last week of an illness contracted while
attending Albert Barnes's funeral.-Eight
hundred attedned Methodist prayer meeting
in the Boston Music Hall last Sabbath even
ing.-At the new parsonage at South Wey-
mouth, Mass, there is an apartment seating
100, which is called the Conference Room,
fitted up for social gatherings.-Rev. A. G..
Beman, formerly of this city, is now iaboring
with the colored church at Pittsfeld, Mass
Eighty conversions are reported at Damars- |
Gotta and New Castle.-E. S. Tingley of Ban |
gor Seminary was ordained Feb. 1, at Brown
field.-It is estimated that there are now a |
million teachers and six million scholars in |
the Sabbath schools of this country. In 1928 |
there were 350,000-The myth that the Pill. |
grim "Mayfower" became SLAYER at Guinea
is spoiled by the records of the lawsuit which |
the latter occasioned The burthen was testified /
to be $50 tons, while that of the ship of Ply |
mouth fame was but 1S0.-There are about /
one third Of the Presbyterian clergy of this
country settled pastors. The same is sub
stantially true of Congregational minister's
There were 10000 volumes and 10000 MSS. |
destroyed in the burning of Strasburg libra
ry.-The Day of Prayer,for Colleges, observed
by various denominations, occurs February %.
EPISCOPAL-"TheR oard of Misslonsv for