The Portland daily press., 1871-10-07


Fairfield with their psstor, Rev. G. lPuripton
are recognized az the Aroostook Free Baptist
Quarterly Meeting, and they are authorized to
receive and retain kthe = Quarterly Meeting
rec )rds.
ISev. Mr. Baker the Episcopal minister who
has been laboring for about one year in Sher-
man, has lately removed with his family leav-
ing MS held unoccupied, only as Rev. Mr..
Morse breaches there once in four weeks.
Rev. Joseph Kicker, D. D., pastor of the
First Baptist church in Augusta, auponpced
on the last Sabbath his resignation of his pas
torate, to take effect on the first of January
next, closing the sixth year of his ministry in
that city. DR.. Kicker has accepted the posi-
ton OF Secretary of the Maine Baptist Mission
| ary Convention.
Mr.. H. w. Hopknson, graduate OF Colby
University in the class of 1868, was ordained in
| Bangor, Thursday. He is now under appoint
| ment as a missionary to BasseiD, Burmah.s
| The Maine Methodist Convention will be
held in this city, at the Chestnut street church
| next Tuesday and Wednesday. A great gath
| ering and very interesting, time is antieipa-
ted.
| 1t is limited that at the approaching General
| Methodist Conference, Rev. FL. B. Ridgaway,
D. D., icrmerly of the Chestnut Street church
| in this city, will be candidate for Episcopal
| honors.
There has been some little unpleasantness
between 1.-THE Methodist church of Gardiner
and their pastor Mr.. Brown-and the result is,
MIR. Brown remains there nominaly in charge
and breaches in West Gardiner and Ltchield;
/ Enl1ar 0f Ha11 oil ;rH
ner.
Rev. w. I. Smith, pastor of the Free Bap-
tist church of Brunswick, shas received call
to the Wier ST. f. b. church, Taunton, Mass,
and has accepted the call. He will preach his
| farewell sermon on Sunday next.
Rev. Mr.. Dexter has removed from Kenne-
bunkport to Baldwinvile, Mass. Rev. Mr.. Mel
cher,of North Yarmouth, has become pastor OF
the Baptist church at Kennebunkport.
Rev. w. H. Copeland, has removed from
Shapleigh and taken the pastorate of the Bap-
tist church at Wells. Rev. Rufus Chase for
merly pastor of the Baptist church at North
Alfred, died at Wells, aged 81 years.
The Baptist society at South Berwick. Rev.
u. W.Gile pastor, are expending some $4,000
on the interest of their house of worship
Rev. j. Malvern, late of the Charles street
church, Dover, N. H.s has accepted the unanl-
nous call from the Jefferson street church in
| Biddeford, and commenced his labors there last
Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Bingham, of Hartford, Conn, has
received a unanimous invitation to become
rector of st. John Episcopal society in Ports
mouth, N. H., in place of Rev. Rufus w.
Clark, who has accepted call to, Columbus,
| Ohio.
Rev. E. +. Borehers has been dismissed at
his request from the pastoral care of the Con-
gregational churches at North Bridgton and
Harrison.
The Pope rests his hopes for the future c.
the Romish Church on the Catholics of the
United States.
With all the Pope's poverty, he was able to
give but the other day 900, 900 francs to the
church in Constantinople.
ID. ID. Rolph, Esq, has given toward the
foundation OF new Methodist seminary al
Stamford, N. Y. $50, 600 cash; site for il
! valued at $4,000; and ground for seminary
church, which he proposes to build and fur
nish, at further expense of about $4,000.
The Chicago University (Baptist) is in debt
and It's friends propose to relieve it by little
L
acres in the vicinity OF the city, which they
propose to cut up into building lots and sell
100000 is the sum they expect to make by
the operation.
Mr.. Atistarchus Champion, wealthy and
benevolent Presby yterian of Rochester, who
died at his home on the 18th inst, at the age
of SO years, left $1,000 to his housekeeper, and
divided the remainder of mis- estate, which is
estimated at 100000, equally between the
| American Bible Society and the Presbyterian
Board OF Missions.
The Presbyterian financial budget, Just is
sued, calls for 81, $50, 900 for the coming year.
Ihe amount is thus apportoned; sustentation,
$4,000; board OF publication, $50 900; ministe-
fial relief, 100000; freedmen, 100000; board
OF education, $1,000 church erection, 5000
600; home MISSIONS $500 900; foreign missions
100000 The total number of members is
400, ,37S This will give an average of So. 40 per
member as the amount to be raised to meet
| the estimate of the Dear.
The Cheney case is getting voluminous. The
Chicago Times publishes three columns and
halt of correspondence, of which Bishop Lee
of Iowa, Whipple of Minnesota, and White
house of Illinois, and the Rev. Arthur Sulli-
van are the authors. 1t appears from the cor
respondence that the bishops of Iowa and Min
nesOta used their best offices with Bishop
Whtehouse to induce him to modify his sen
tence against Mr.. Cheney, considering thai it
| was much too severe. This the Bishop, OF
course, refused to do. The two interceding
bishops waited ON Mr.. Cheney, and had very
melting conversation with him. "We were all
of us in tears" says Bishop Whipple, 'during
most of the interview But drops of tears
| availed nothing. The rector could not be
| made to see that he had done wrong, and
| would not promise to behave any differently in
the future. These letters are published, we
suppose, for the benefit of the General Con-
| ventian, soon to be in session,
| The Boston AdUertiser has been studying the
miEu9es of the General Association of the
| Congregational churches of Massachusetts, with
the following results:
This, the largest of the religious denomina-
lions OF our State, is still vigorously holdiug on
| It's. way. Its churches are scattered all over
the Commonwealth, and, except in a few of
the hill towns, are gradually increasing in size
ana liz strength. The gain in membership for
,he past year has been only a little more than
| i've hundred, but for a long time there has
| been steady gain; and it may surprise those
| who, IN the rapid growth of other denomina-
| tuons, have been accustomed to think of Con-
| gregationalism as perhaps on the wane to learn
that during the last forty years there has been
| a net gain OF 155 churches, and in the member
ship gain of more than hundred per cent.
Ia 1880 there were 347 churches, with mem
bership of 37987, nov there are 503 churches
with "a membership of 80,5S3. In Sabbath
schools the increase has been still more mark
ed. While in 1880 there were only 34,787 en-.
rolled as members, the report shows au aggre-
gate OF 9O,S51 Meanwhile there has been but
little gain comparatively from abroad, while
vast multitude have gone out to found new
churches all over the West; so that the record
is, on the whole, a tair one. The number of
ministers reported is 597, and, it would seem,
should furnish tair supply for five hundred
churches.
The benevolent contributions of the four
religious denominations in the United States
are thus represented by the Presbyterian
Beneyolent
Comm unicants Contributions,
Babtist t..............1,4 1,4i9,493 $516,764
Methodist Episcopal Il .298 038 957138
Protestant Episcopal. 176,6S6 242,032
Presbyterian. ........ 455,37s 1,444,3S