The Portland daily press., 1871-05-15

evening at the spacious and beautiful vestry
the church This school was commenced o.
May IA, 1917, but the records were not preserv
ed until 1929, when more formal organization
nd was adopted. 1t was only the third in point I
d. establishment in New England. After devo
De tional exercises Mr.. w. II. Hobbs read som
"reminiscences of the past, which called TO min
as the services and names of many faithful work
ers now deceased, such as Reuben Mitchell
Nathl Dana, Royal Lincoln, VIM. w. Wood
bury, N. j. Gilman, and others. Deacon v. M
Brooks, the Superintendent then read his re
port, from which we gather the following iac's
There are 30 teachers, $50 scholars; largest
number present 2l7; average attehoahce ioo
s276 76 have been received from contributions
of which $40 So have been appropriated to the
building fund of the church. leaving only $36 AZ
for Sunday School purposes. A class of adults
has also been formed during the past winter
The report of the Treasurer, Miss Harriet L.
Little, was presented, which gave the items Of
the receipts and expenditures The Librarian
Mr.. George Gwynn, reported that the number
OF books in the library was 425 and that all flu
ture contributions would be needed to replen-
ish the library. Several pieces of music were
well sung, and interesting addresses were made
by Capt. Cyrus Sturdivant, Superintendent of
the Allen Mission, and Rev. E. w. Hutchn-
son, Superintendent of the State Reform
School. Rev. DIR. Carruthers gave brief but
very apostolic address, and after collection
was taken up, the pleasant occasion ended
, with benedction.
PINE STREET CHURCH.-Rev. ID. Fl. Hanna
burgh, the newly appointed pastor of this
church, commenced his labors yesterday morn
ing. He is young man of great ability and
fine talents, and bids fair to be valuable &C.
QUESTION to our city clergy. His sermon in the
morning was upon the duty of every inquring
mind to seek for itself the truths contained in
the word of God, and not trust to any other in
depreciation. The discourse gave much salts
faction to the congregation, and displayed
great depth of thought and felicity of express
| ion. 7.-+
l. We understand that very pleasant recep-
ton was given to the new pastor on Saturday
evening, at the residence of Mr. b. M. East
man. on High street.
At Congress Square church yesterday morn
ing Rev. Mr.. Gibbs preached very animated
discourse suggested by the sermon of Rev.
George Harris of Auburn, delivered in this
city last Tuesday, before the Cumberland AS
ISOLATION of Ministers, as reported in our issue
| of Wednesday. The text was taken from I'd
Corinthians, 5: II, Therefore, if any man be
| in Christ he is a new creature; old things have
passed away, behold all things have become
new $50
At State Street Church Rev. E. Y Hincks,
the pastor, preached powerful discourse upon
the better observance of the Sabbath He
urged his hearers to discountenance all the
efforts which are being made to desecrate the
Holy day, and to keep it sacred as did our
fathers His text was, "The Sabbath was made
for man." and the subject was treated in an
admirable manner.
AFRICAN M. e. CHUReH-Rev. P. L. Stan.
ford, pastor of the african M. E. Church of
Mountfort street, baptized seven candidates by |
immersion at the foot OF Franklin street at |
o'clock Sunday morning. There was a very
large concourse of people present, who were
hushed to stiffness by the solemn service. At |
II o'clock there was preaching by the pastor |
and in the afternoon thirteen were admitted to
the church. In the evening the sacrament of |
the Lords Supper was administered. The /
pastor was assisted in portion of the days /
service by brother preacher. This evening at
7.45 Love Feast will be held, to which all |
Christians are invited.
y The rite of confirmation was administered to
twelve candidates at St. Paurs church last
evening by Bishop Nicely. The Bishop also
preached very interesting discourse. The
same rite was administered to quite number
. of persons at st. Stephens Church in the at
ternoon.
The Allen Mission Chapel was well filled
last evening and the audience listened with
profound attention to Mr.. Salmon of Boston
an earnest lay preacher-and the hope is ex-
pressed that he will ere long come to our city
again.
CRY HALL.-Rev. MIR. Vibbert of Rockport,
Mass, preached at City Hall last evening
discourse upon Christianity and Politics, TAX
ing for HE text the 18th verse of The 10Th chap
ter of Proverbs. He contended it was the duty
of the Christian minister to preach politics.
that is to apply moral principles to political
affairs. How can man nominate and vote
for a candidate for Office, whom he would not
admit into his family or would not trust 10
business affairs. He urged Christians to act
in the nominating caucus and at the polls
upon the principles laid down in the Bible
The Old Testament was full of politics, aud all |
the teachings Of the New Testament, of the
Saviour and his Apostles, authorized ministers
to preach upon politics. The discourse was
quite long, the preacher being over an hour in
its delivery. He hit right and left upon send
ing men to Congress and electing men to 9TH
er Offices who were absolutely druDkards, and
mentioned some names. He praised the old
Anti-Slavery party, and said the names of
Garrison, Phillips and others would he remem-
bered when those Of Webster and others who
turned infdels to their early teachings and
convictions, would be forgotten. He closed by |
urging that the right OF voting be extended to |
females, and said if neither of the two great |
political parties adopted this theory new par |
ty would be formed for that purpose.
SPIRITUAL PAINTINa.-Brown's Hall was
crowded yesterday to witness the spiritual
painting by Mrs. Blair After being closely
blindfoded the lady commenced her operations
and in about half an hour turned out beaut.
full painting offlwoers which was handed round
among the audience and was admired by ALL
In the evening, at the dwelling house of Asa
Hanson, Esq, corner of Congress and Oak
street, we witnessed the skill of the lady. She
was blindfOlded so that not a ray OF light could
penetrate to her eyes, and, in that condition,
in thirty five minutes, painted a beautiful clus.
| ter of roses which it would have taken an ex-
| perienced artist some hours to have done. Had
we not seen it painted we would have not be-
lieved it possible for any person to have pro-
duced, with wide open eyes such fine picture
| in so very short space Of time. A wreath WV
| idly painted by Mrs. B. is exhibited at Mr..
Hanson's among her other productions.
Mrs. Blair is of Indian origin and processes
to paint under spiritualstc guidance Her
productions evince taste as well as skill, and
the manner in which she produces them is, to
| say the least, wonderful. She will remain
few days and our citizens can view her speci-
mems and witness her skill by calling at Mr.
| Hanson's.
TRIAL TRIr.-The trial trip of the Steamer
New York, of the International line, took
place Saturday morning. The steamer has
been thoroughly overhauled, repaired and re-.
fitted, SO that she looks as good as new, as in
deed she must be. Since the New York has
been put upon this line, she has been newly re-
built SO that she is one of the staunchest
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