The Portland daily press., 1871-01-14
RELIGIOUS Department.

B-Items Of Intelligence from The churches, Sun.
day schools and missionary enterprises OF Maine will
be welcomed from clergymen and Others and in
serted in an abbreviated form in this column evely
Saturday.
hev. y. j. Carruthers D. D., pastor of the
Second Parish of this city is to be the respon-
sible editor of the new religious paper Good
Seed He will be aided by numerous contrib
utors belonging to various evangelical demon.
nations.
Prof. Stanley of Bates College is supplying
Yarmouth First Church for the present.
The Second Church Falmouth, have intro
duced fine Burdett organ in their place of
worship.
Rev. G. R. Nichols between five or six years
pastor Of the Congregational church, Pownal.
resigns his charge on account of insufficency
ofpecuniary support.
Rev. A. L. Parks society at Gardiner now
make his salary $1,000, double the amount it
when he was settled in 1864.
Rev. Dr. Balkham received during his 16
years pastorate at Lewiston 421 to the church,
married 211 couple and make 5000 pastoral
calls.
Rev. f. Bean of Gray had a house-warming
-SSSS An"ASu"yt Ny AuuCIOuS dPpTCCtdtlVc par
isioners.
The "Questicn Drawer" exercise in the re.
cent County Conference in this city was some
thing of a novelty, but the interest it elected
will secure repetition of it at the next session
doubtless, which is to te held in June at New
Gloucester.
The whole number of Baptist churches in
Maine is 265 with 1881 members, or 1877 less
than in 1869. There are 172 ordained preach
ers and three home missioners. Missionary
contributions IS 1894, total for benevolent pur-
poses $13.236
Mr.. Needham the Irish revivalist is laboring
in Georgia and other Southern States, and
Rev. Mr.. Hammond in Brooklyn.
The edifce known as the Payson Memorial
Church, an ornament to Portland and fit
monument to the memory of the honored pas
tor of this ancient and parent church, will cost
when completed at least $4,000. OF this, $43,-
600 have been paid, two-thirds by the congre-
CATION worshipping there. although 65 families
were burned out by the great fire of 1886 and
impoverished thereby. Having done thus no.
bly, they are now about to send out circulars to
Congregational Churches, inviting their aid in
which will require $20,O It may seem an
expensive undertaking, but it is believed that
cheap ediice for the purposes indicated, in
the city and on the site where it is reared
would very soon be inadequate in its accom-
modatiOns as surely as it would b. incougruous
in its appearance.
The Y. M. G.. A. courteously invite the pas
tors to occupy quarters with them in Mechan-
les Hall.
How to preach the doctrine of Future Retri-
button, was discussed by the Pastors Meeting
last Monday. What is found in the Bible, it
was said, needs neither apology nor diution,
nor dminution on the part of the preacher.
Still, he should avoid imaginative excursions
beyond the letter of inspiration, as are found
in the wo.ks of Baxter, Bunyan and Hall, and
still more carefully should be avoid an austere
or vindictive tone in discussing truths that
need to be told weeping" after the manner
of Paul. Like an alarm-bell to awake to &C.
tion, or like subsoil plow to prepare for deep
sowing, the menaces Of truth should be follow
cd at the same time by its merciful counter
parts.
The average salary of Methodist preachers
in Rhode Island has increased the past twenty
years from $3.50 to $1,015.
The Missionary Committee of the M. E.
Church Apr opriated in 1869 for home work,
$436. $40 and for foreign 1924 1913.
The powerful revival at Mountfort street
A. NJ. E. Church has resulted in an addition of
about twenty-five members thus far. Also he
financial affairs have been greatly improved
and a safe investment been made towards the
next payment on the property. The extra
meetings will be resumed in few days with
additional help.
A college professor writes US from Bruins
wick:
A revival has been in progress for some
weeks in the Methodist church, and has spread
from that to the other churches. Some fifty
or more hopeful conversions have been report
ed. All the churches are holding extra meet
ings which are pervaded by deep solemnity,
without excitement
The Congregational church and parish have
united in calling Rev. E. h. Byington, former
~ Of Windsor, VT, to succeed DR.. Adams
Salary $4,000. The call is very hearty and
unanimous. Mr.. Byington has greatly inter-
ested all classes and having entered cordially
into the labors of the present religious interest
has already endeared himself to many. He
will be a valuable acquisition to the ministry
of the State if he comes among us.
The college term began Thursday 9Th inst.
About one-third Of the students have return
ed. Many are still out teaching. 1t is hoped
that the prevailing religious interest will enter
the college, and there are already some indca-
t1ons that it has,
DR.. L. T. Spear having accepted the editor
| ship of the N. Y. Independent, has resigned
the pastorate of the South Presbyterian church
| in Brooklyn.
A new Methodist house of worship is about
being built at North Gorham. Rev. Mr.. Pat
| tison pastor. A twelve hundred dollar organ
is building for Rev. Mr.. Collins society by
Stevens of Cambridgepors.
The Mirror last week printed an account of
Home Missionary who made four visits to a
man who was worth over $25.0OO which cost
sixteen miles hard riding and the breaking of
his wagon springs. Three quarters of day
was consumed in one funeral visit and yet this
wealthy church member refused his pastor
grain enough to feed his horse, saying he had
''none to spare," although at that time an addi-
tional grainery was building to store his large
crop. Nothing was offered for the services he
had been sent for to perform, although ply
sician he met there was at the same time paid
$50 for one short CALL One is reminded of the
Methodist minister's reply to the remark of
penurious man, "You should work for soulsr'
Eyes, but can't eat them,. and if I did,
should soon depopulate this district" Extern
pore preaching may be all very well, but uni
form necessity of preaching without notes. in
ones pocket book is not favorable either to
the comfort of the preacher or benefit of the
hearers.
SECULAR JOURNALISM The recent address
of Rev. r. Y. Hincks Of this city on Irreligious
Literature was marked with candor and mod
GRAFTON. The most effectual antidote to pernic-
ieus literature he thought was, not violent de-
nunciation, but the presentation of purer type
OF reading, no less attractive to intelligent
readers, but more substantial and improving
Hon. James Haskell in an address at West.
brook one evening last week expressed his sat-
islaction at the attention the PRESS had paid