The Portland daily press., 1871-01-28
RELIGIOUS DeDartmen

Saturday.
A Ministerial Exchange has been talked of
in this city with an agent for the accommoda-
tions Of parish committees seeking permanent
or temporary pulpit supplies and for preachers
disengaged for longer or shorter period
Such an arrangement has proved very .conven-
lent IN other cities, aud would certainly prove
so here.
UNCONVENTIONAL papers are beginning to ad-
vertise for pastors. One Boston paper SAYS,
"the church in Lyman, Me-, is DESTROYS to OBJ
tain minister. So is the First Church Bidde.
ford, where young man will find good sal
airy, convenient parsonage, rented at four
dollars month, ETC." Such field ought not
to 60 unoccupied long, if these inducements
are what they are represented to be. Box
1926 Boston Post Office, it is also stated, has
proved an open door to many inquisitve COM
mittees.
A Savings Bank is new adjunct of tho
Young Mems Christian Union of Boston and
public meeting has been held to promote eco
nomical habits among its members. Whether
or not Morgan's lecture on "Fast Young Men"
had anythin to do with this reform doth not
appear.
The Y. M. G. A. of Portland kindly grant
the use of-their reading room, Mechanics
Hall, for the use of the Pastors meetings, Mon
days II A. M. to II.
The Rev. Joseph Danielson, formerly Of
Westbrook. Acknowledges the receipt of a
purse of $3.50 from his Pensioners in SAUCER
ties, N. Y.
Rev. Geo. Ii. Hepworth, Unitarian preach
ar ofu viaku
daily as saying ia a recent sermon that upon
the question Of the Deity of Christ his Sym
pathies are closer with other bodies than Uni
tarians'', and that he has "lttle patience with
mer who are unwilling to proclaim their faith
in Christ their Saviour"
The American Tract Society, Boston, have
practically wound up affairs by turning
over to Hurd s. Houghton 1.-the manufacture
and sale ct their publications, so that its rela-
| ton to them is that of an author to a pub
Usher.
Boston has an efficient City Missionary Soci-
ETY. supported by dozen or more churches
which employs twenty missionaries, four male,
| sixteen female, who have made nearly two
| thousand visits each, the past year, granting
pecuniary aid ALA times and giving away $4,000
garments with 1874 bibles and testaments and
about hundred thousand papers and tracts
They have conducted SO funerals, visited the
sick in 62S8 instances, brought 48 children into
public schools, 483 to Sabbath schools and 800
persons to church; 273 furnished with employ
men and 1888 social religious meetings bel d.
Charles G. Nazro, Esq formerly President Of
the Board Of Trade, is President. At the an
nual meeting last Sunday Judge Chamberlain
said that Notwithstanding all the religious,
civil and political influences brought to bear
for the purpose of preventing crime, there has
been an increase of fifty per cent. in the num-
| Der of criminal cases before the court during
the past four years, or since the business of the
Police court was transferred to the the Munich
pal court.
Ex-Detective A. W. Scott, who is lecturing
| in this vicinity upon his experience on the
| Boston Police, states that cut of ia brought
up to court one morning, al were for intoxica-
! ton, and the bulk of these were very young
at one time when he heard the name of the
| criminal called, Mr.. s. started with surprise.
1t being that OF a village belle, one of the hand
soonest, best educated and circumstanced of
the friends Of his early days Common
drunkard, six months at Deer Island" told
the folly and the fate of theonce envied GIRL
Happy Jack" was the street name of
dwelling sot whom he once arrested but in
stead of cousiguiDg him to the Tombs gave
him room inihis own home where the outcast
| for the first time for 10 years, slept in bed.
When sober he signed the pledge and to-day
owns the house he lives in at East Boston
The "Black Maria was named by fallen
woman, clergyman's daughter, who on the
inside of it penciled her sorrowful thoughts.
Three boys between 10 and Is years robbed
father of $40 and were found in "Robber's
Cave" thew had constructed in West Roxbury.
They were armed to the teeth, with knives and
REVIEWERS in their belt, had bottle of whiskey,
aud lot of dime novels, tee reading of which
had led them to actual robbery and to the
preparation they had made for the work Of
highwaymen.
The editor of the Boston Nea0s religious
daily, refuses theatre advertisements but COM
mends the opera of Don Giovanni as unobjec-
tionable to his eye and leaves the question of
going or not to each mans conscience Why
then not advertise the opera in his business
columns?
An exchange gives this week eight excellent
reasons for not wearing costly attire to church,
viz: the rich would escape the temptation to
vanity, the poor to envy; valuable time wasted
every Sabbath would be saved and unfavorable
weather would not then keep SO many at
home; persons of small means would be more
inclined to attend worship if the distinctions
in dress were not SO conspicuous; there would
be more real worship were the attention not
diverted by the display of dry goods; more gen.
erous investments in Christian enterprises
would be made, and the temptations that lead
men and women to barter honesty for display
would be removed. Cut this out for reference.
Otisfeld has solved the question, GLOW can
regular preaching be maintained in thinly set
tied farming towns" by the union of its citi-
zens, of whatever religious belief, in the build
ing of meeting-h house, without any attempt
to organize a church. A place of meeting is
thus provided, where clergymen of all denomi-
nations are welcome, and in support of any
one OF whom all the proprietors of the meeting
house are ready to join, while no denomna.
tional church could be formed with which all
would be in hearty sympathy. The building
thus erected was recently finished and dedi-
Gated. 1t is a wooden structure of plain but
s"'eS'ui CAeohiois auu mouerato slZe. IL was
dedicated on the 18th inst. Sermon by Rev.
Geo. Harris of Auburn. Ministers of five &c.
nominations participated.
A quiet but deep religious interest exists in
the three religious societies of Newcastle and
Damariscotta.
Rev. E. H. Byington declines the call to
Westboro, Mass. and it is believed that he
will without doubt accept the pastorate of the
Congregational church of Brunswick,
The Episcopal church of the United States
begins 1871 with thirty Diocesan and nine
Missionary Bishops, in place of thirty seven
ten years since; 27S0 other clergy for 2O9S; with
2z2,OOO communicates for 139 Gil; and 2O2729
Sunday School children for 1892 The con-
tributions for last year in thirty-seven diocsses
and two missionary dioceses amount to S. O02,- |
721Ss. These were Contributions for mission
airy and church purposes leaving us to imag-
inc the wealth lying behind, out of which this |
was voluntary Offering The ordinations
were 20S; the deaths of the clergy, including
two bishops, were So; the net increase, 40.
Rev. Albert Barnes, in his will, left $500 to |
be applied in yearly sums of $1OO to the use of |
some poor student to be nominated by the fac |
ulty of Princeton Theological Seminary. This,
he says in his will, is done in consideration Of
the aid he received when student there,
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