The Portland daily press., 1871-05-20
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1871.
Religious Department.

| The Second Church Sunday School, West
orook, have received second donation of new
books for their library from their late pastor.
aud ne in turn has received vIluable patent
school " '"0
fourteen were baptized and tweotv.one re-.
ceived to the Baptist Church =, ~. I,s.
week. The Sabbath berore two,,,,, 'o,'. -
received to the Eastport churches and sara,aI
| at Antrim.
From advance copies of the North End Mis-.
sion report for the past year we learn that the
lectures and praise meetings OF Dr. Touriee net.
ted S2472 to this noble charity; $8577 were re-
ceived from other sources.
gentleman rapidly walking over a slippe-
ry pavement was hailed by youngster, take
care, sir, fell there" pointing to a place where
the ice was worn bard and smooth. Mss. l..
Il. Worth uses this as text to tell a thrilling
tale OF Smiths saloon" and by the ruin
wrought by rum to point the peril to the tempt
ed youth that come near, and is full of whole
some truth for young aud old.
rrof. Barbour has our thanks for the general
and annual catalogue of the Theological Sem
| lnaiy, Bangor. 1871. Summary in the three
classes 81. This catalogue also contains the
names of all who have pursued sacred studies
at the Seminary. Friends of the Seminary
can receive copies by writing to Rev. Richard
Woodhull. enclosing ten cents. Whole num-
Der Of alumni 500; students not graduated 10;
total 6lO; deceased 146; supposed to be living
AGA.
Rev. Joel +. Bingham, d. D., formerly
Presbyterian and late pastor ct the CoLgrega-
tional church at Augusta, Me-, has Just been
admitted to deacon's orders at Hartford, in the
Episcopal church.
Mr.. L. A. Whittier, an Evangelist from Low
ell, is laboring at Hartland.
The proposition to build in Portland an On
era House by lottery scheme does not meet
with favor. One of our exchanges saws well:
I'VE can hardly think it possible, that after
the disastrous results of similar schemes unon
the morals OF cities organizing them, our own
good city would for moment entertain the
idea OF permitting such corrupt and illegal
projects. The gambling spirit created by the
Chicago Opera House lottery, and the moral
opprobrium entailed upon the projectors of the
San Francisco Mercantile Library swindle
should be sufficient to forbid the Inauguration
OF any such ill-omened plan in our own city,"
The annual meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A, of
Auburn, N. Y, was held April 23d. The assets
of the Association are $500, including S2,SOO
paid towards the erection of building.
The South Church, Cape Elizabeth are tho
roughly repairing the interior OF their house
of worship.
Rev. MIR. Haley, from Andover, is supplying
the pulpit OF the church in Alfred.
Rev. j. w. Savage remains at Kennebunk-
port another year.
Rev. w. McLain of Washington, calls for
aid in behalf Of the American Colonization
Society, and says that q 600 have gone to Libe-
ria since the war, while thousands more desire
to go. This desire, however, appears to be the
result of addresses to them and meetings to
persuade them to leave the home of their birth
for distant land.
The Radical for May has very comely ap.
pearance. The type and paper are clearer than
some of the statements they record; as when
it said that all laws are "the syntheses of the
impossible, as for example, the institution OF
marriage. The possible is gained ''by postu-
lating the impossible" Let us postulate, then.
The new subscription book, Physical Train
ing for Children" is selling well in Portland.
Scribner promises in the June number of his
magazine spirited protest agant Wilki kinson's
Bondage OF the Pulpit 1t will have many
readers.
OF the five churches in Belfast only one has
settled pastor, and he is away on a vacation.
heV. ME- harlow, q former supply at st. Law
renee st. Church, Portland, is supplying the
CoIgregationalist pulpit. The ULiversalsts
have invited Rev. f. s. Bacon of Middletown
Conn.,, to preach for them next Sabbath. They
have fine edifice and are ont of debt.
A new church edifce is to be built at Kite
ry after plans of George NJ. Harding OF Port
land.
The Roman Catholics of Massachusetts have
State temperance meeting on the 30th.
The Rev. j. d. Dunn's sermon, Good Sam
artan, the fourth of the series of the National
Society, contains some hard stories of the in
fuence OF liquor on those of intellect and cuI.
ture. 1--WE have helped to lit out of Boston
cutters statesmen OF no mean fame or talents.
DIR. Albert Day informed me yesterday that
during the last fourteen years over 1000 inebr-
ates have been placed under his care; three
quarters OF that number were men of position,
education and culture, senators, judges, doc
tors of divinity, etc" Mr.. Damn tells of one
clergyman degraded by rum who is NOW COM
mon ostler in Boston livery stable, and has
repeatedly curred for him his horse. Hon. W.
E. Dodge of New York. writes protest against
Rev. DR.. Duryea's sermon on "Expedieucy,'
in total abstinence and shows the dangerous
fallacy OF his reasoning The point at which
DIR. ID. would leave off, "fnding his mind con-
fused, ETC., he proves to be the very point of
almost hopeless slavery, which too often be-
comes permanent and irremediatle.