The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-24
Religious Department.


Last Sabbath there were four baptized and
SIX received to full membership to Congress
street and Chestnut street churches, respect
lively.
Rev. H. B. Mitchell of Saccarappa is una
BILE to continue his labors on account of fee
BILE health, and his parish have engaged Rev.
]. c. Perry to supply the pulpit during the
pastors absence for some weeks.
The wife of A. II. Wright of this city will
spend July.and August with relatives at Mont
pelier, VT, hoping to regain her health.
The wife of Rev. F. Gardiner of Bridgton
has recently deceased.
Rev. N. c. Clifford, who is for the present
supplying the Harpswell charge, states that
the religious interest in that parish and vicin-
ity is largely on the increase. A number have
been recently baptized, and the indications
of revival are cheering: Camp Meeting
John Allen has gone to Salt Lake City to at
tend camp meeting
lions Advocate reports additions 20 the
Baptist churches in Limerick and Searsmont,
In York county Is Sabbath Schools report
- oS"ShSAo oiiu 20 SOuVcTSlOuS.
Rev. E. Sanborn of Freeport reports some
religious interest in his congregation.
Rev. II. P. Blood writes to lions Herald.
"The past two years have been laden with
blessings to Weston charge. The member
ship has more than doubled in that time. We
have begun to build a parsonage, and have a
church in contemplation, to be built within
the next two years.
The new Methodist Church in Livermore
was dedicated to the service of God, Saturday
June g. The sermon was preached by Rev.
q. Weber, d. D., Presiding Elder of the Gar
diner District. The services throughout were
highly interesting and impressive The hous.,
is neat and commOdious structure, in good
taste, and we'll finished. The new pastor.
Rev. I. Hllman, has entered upon his labors
with good prospect of success.
At Wilton and Fryeburg there are encour
aging signs of religious interest. Also at Ok
ford, Phillips and Strong.
The Universalist parish at Pittsield have
voted $4,000 to remodel their church ediice
A friend of Mr.. Denton writes to the
Springfield Republican saying civilian Den
ton has never, to my knowledge, advertised
himself as professor that is an American
handle his name has received, not by his con-
sent" He further says that Mrs. Hoakby in
the essay which that journal called ''nasty'
did not advocate promiscuous intercourse,
but methods of regulating the social evil.
jim Fisk's friends are exceedingly enraged
at the influence welded by the ministers in
preventing the military parade last Sunday.
Says New York Sunday paper: cat present
the clergy of America are simply held in con-
tempt by the more intelligent of the masses.
Let this contempt be changed to wrath-a re-
suit which such acts will be certain to effect
an d the thousands of ministerial excresences
who now disgrace our land and breed moral
pestilence among the people, will be swept in
to the grave which already holds the corpses
OF the Inquisition, and the stake.
AT recent meeting of the clergymen in
Boston and vicinity it was voted to have SER
mons preached on the Sabbath question, pre-
senting the physiological as well as ethical
features of the subject. The "Pastor and
People,, published by B. B. Russell, with a
circulation of $4,000, has begun series of
articles on the claims of the Sabbath.