The Portland daily press., 1871-07-01
DAILY PRESS.
ND.
SATURDAY, JULY /, 1871.
Religious Department..

In the great fire OF 1866 there were eight
houses of worship destroyed in this city, viz.
The Second, the Third and the Bethel, Con-
gregational; the First Baptist; the New Je-
rusalem; the First Universalst; st. Ste
phens, Episcopal and the Roman Catholic
chapel. The following is list of the esti-
mated cost OF rebuilding, as furnished us.
The Second church and the India street
church are not completed and cost of rebuild
ing the Bethel does not indicate the present
value of the property. The Romish church
property includes the residence of the Bishop,
and ST. PauPs, the rectory: New Jerusalem,
$4,000; First Baptist, $4,000; Payson Me-
mortal, $4,000; India Street, $4,000; st.
Paul's, $4,000; Cathedral property, $3.50, 900;
Bethel, $1,000; total, $569,2OO. The Third
Parish church was not rebuilt. The above
figures are said to be within rather than be-
yond the actual bounds.
The festival of the st. Lawrence street
church last Wednesday was a success The
society is growing under the labors of the
new pastor and steadily gaining in elements
of permanent prosperity.
Hammond Street Church, Bangor, have in
press new Manual of members, 800 Of whom
have been received since its organization in
1888. There are now about 1926 belonging to
that church.
-Four persons were baptised by Immersion
Sunday, by Rev. c. j. Clark of the Park St.
M. E. Church, of Lewiston.
Rev VIM. Fl. Clark, pastor of the Raptist
church in Mt. Vernon, administered the Or
dinance Of baptism to six persons on Sunday
last. Eighteen more have recently received
the rite at Lubec, Gardiner and Monson.
Rev. Mr.. Pierce on June II received nine
to the Baptist Church at Skowhegan, and
Rev. Mr.. Smith baptised four, and Rev. Mr..
Mcmillan "a on the same Sabbath.
Kent's Hill Seminary has had in all 14.OOO
students, 1000 of whom have there been con-
verted, 900 become ministers, and 300 minis
ier's wives So it was stated at the State
Conference last Thursday.
Rev. DR.. Patton, in his address at Bath said
that his paper, the Aduaace, had circula-
tion of 20 600.
saThe S. S. Blackboard is published once in
two months at 78 East Ninth st. Philadel-
phia, one dollar per annum. July number is
full of attractive diagrams for teachers use
The Little Folks is another of the helps in H.
Illustrative teaching which schools will well
come.
The sixth Report OF the National Temper
ance Society states that 27,OO0OOO pages of
been publications have published the past
year and $40, 917 received exclusive of dona-
tions Hon. W. E. Dodge of New York is
President and j. N. Stearns Secretary and
Publishing Agent.
The National S. S. Teacher for july
has concert exercise for children's meetings
on "Gates Ajar," poetic and scriptural des-
cription of Heaven.
A Religious State Temperance Convention
is to be beld as soon as ARRANGEMENTS can be
perfected among the committees of the vari-
GUS religious bodies.
There aie 13,40O church members in the
Maine Conference of the Methodist church
and aboutl the same number in the East
Maine.
The report of the Executivei iCommittee on
the Classical School, the other day stated that
"Bowdoin College must go up or 60 under"
II Gen. Chamberlain, as it is hoped he will,
should take the Presidency, there is little
doubt as to the prosperity of Bowdoin, what
ever may be the action of the committee on
the classical school,
Rev. E. B, Pike of Stowe, is soliciting dona-
tions towards the payment of the last bills on
the new sanctuary for Stowe and Chatham
parish. Five hundred dollars are needed at
once and no more worthy claim for aid can be
put forth by any parties. The people have
| taxed themselves to the EXTREMIST limit and
deserve the aid of individuals and churches
| outside
The IVatchmdn says of Eoery Saturday
and Horpers Weekly, speaking of their pub
fishing Reade's story, that "Some upright law
yers, finding that cases which they supposed
to be sound were completely rotten, have pub
i lcly refused to continue to advocate them
/ 1t would be an act of equal moral sublimity If
two great publishing houses should break off
in the midst of novel by a popular author
because OF its revolving coarseness. We
know that such literature "sells," but it will
require vast sum of money to make good
| the loss OF selfrespect occasioned by wound
ing, if not alternating, the best class of read
ers who will forego the abest editorials and
the finest illustrationf, rather than have the
minds of their children contaminated by vile
| suggestions.
Chambers Journal well says that "of all
the ways of trying to settle dispute war is
the very stupidest."
The next "Triennial Catalogue of Dart
mouth College" is to be printed in English
Instead of Latin. Let physicians take notice
/ of this.