The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-10-28

10 OI bue COukTeSdblOudl CuuICu III
died in Beverly Mass. Oct. 9th, at the age of
"a years. Rev. DR.. Fiske of Bath, attended
the funeral in Beverly; and Rev. Mr.. Bell de.
livered discourse in reference to the event.
Sunday last in Phipsburg.
The Universalst society OF Auburn has re-
Gently purchased site for a new church con-
tiguous that of the present, for which they
have paid 81 $780, The present church, though
of good size, elegant and as good as new, will
not nearly supply the calls for pews.
Rev. II. G. Manson, pastor of the Universal
ist society in Turner was ordained to the
work of the ministry ON Wednesday of last
week. Rev. w. E. Gibbs Of Portland preach
ed the sermon.
Rev Mr.. Harlow has been engaged to fill the
pulpit of the Congregational church at Belfast
during the winter.
Rev. II. P. Guilford from Reading, Mass,
has just come to the Baptist church at Bluehill
Village, filling an important vacancy.
Rev. d. w. Hardy, o. Wilton, OF the last
class at the Bangor Theolo.i cal Seminary, has
been engaged to preach at Pressure Isle, ARGOS
took county, and has entered upon his labors
there.
The installation of Rev. Geo. n Ms,den
over the Congregational church and society in
Farmington occurred last Tuesday afternoon
and evening. The order of exercises we're as
follows: introductory, Rev. ]. Burnham; SER
mon, Rev. &. w Field, ID; installing pray
er, Rev. Isaac Rogers; Fellowship of the
church, Rev. III. Toothaker; charge t, the pas
tor, Rev.J D. Emerson; address to the peo-
pie, Rev. George Harris. Jr. concluding pray
er, Rev. Benz Tappan; benediction by the
pastor. Mr.. Marden is the only candidate the
church heard and enters on this work with
aattering prospects.
The Ladies Society at Parkers Head has
raised sum sufficient to paint their meeting
house, and fit it up anew, and still have bal
ance in the bank.
The meeting house at Small Point is under
going thorough repairs with modern improve.
ments, through the efforts Of Rev. Mr.. Field.
A liberal gentleman of Bath has made hand
some contribution for the object.
The Conference of tie Congregational
churches of Kennebec county, held at Water
vile on Tuesday and Wednesday, was one of
unusual interest. Large delegations were in
attendance from Augusta Hsllowell and Gar
diner, including many active business men.
The services were of highly interesting char
acter throughout the session.
The church property of the Christian de-
nomination in York county is $48 600 in round
numbers, $15, 200 being the value of their par
sonage property and $50. 200, value OF houses
of worship; they have also a missionery fund
of several thousand dollars. There have been
organized two new societies during the past
year,-one at Maryland Ridge, and the other
at Berwick Junction. The former have a neat
house of worship, free from debt, and the 9TH
er society will soon build.
The Rev. W. B. Lee has resigned the pas
toral charge of the Genevan Presbyterian
church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Rev. DR.. Prentiss of New York has re-
voked his acceptance of a professorshp in the
Chicago Theological Seminary, and on invita-
ton of his people is to remain as pastor in
New York.
Rev. DR.. William Adams, for 20 years one of
the most popular and successful pastors, has
been elected to the Professorship in Union
Seminary, made vacant through the death of
DR.. Renue. DR.. Adams is now abroad, but it
is thought he win accept the new position.
Rev. j. P. Thompson, Tor &c years pastor of
the Tabernacle Church, New York, has re-
signed on account of an injury sustained while
serving with the army in the late war. His
parish have voted him the sum of $50 900, and
personal subscriptions to that amount will also
be presepsed him by members of his congrega-
ton.
The saptists and the Quakers are the only
religious bodies that have increased in Ireland
darng the last ten years.
Or. Ryder of Chicago was at DR.. Chapin's
'hurch last Sunday, asking for aid for his
church. From small part of the congrega-
ton he received $4,000. Tomorrow another
collection will be taken for the same purpose.
Rev. Frederick rockingham, pastor of the
Buffalo church, kindly remembered the Uni
versalist church in that city in the presenta.
ton of an elegant Bible.
The Central Congregational church in Bos-
ton, which cost $4O0Oo and the debt upon
which few months ago amounted to 5000, 900,
has at length been paid for. There we're FIVE
subscriptions of $40, 600 each, and numerous
others proportonately large from persons of
more moderate means.
The Unitarians are going to drop their pro-
ject Of a new chulch in Washington, and
throw themselves with all their might into
the work of rebuilding Robert Collyer's church
at Chicago. The executive committee of the
Unitarian Association voted, at recent meet
ing, to appropriate $4,000 toward the payment
OF Mr.. Couyer's salary for the coming year,
and sto raise 100000 for the new Unity
Church.
The annual meeting of the Northern Baptist
Education Society was held at South Abipg-
ton, Mass, Tuesday evening. The annual re-
port OF the Treasurer shows that the balance
on hand from last yeer was $27s ,35; receipts of
the year, S6936, IS; amount paid out, S70S6. 20,
leaving balance on hand of 3115.S0. The
par valne of tho permanent fund is s27 900.
and its market value $oO72225 About fifty
churches had contributed to funds of the So
siety during the year the amount of $500 60,
an increase CT $685. over last year. The income
from the permanent fund had somewhat de-
creased from last year owing to the decline in
gold. The amount of the legacies received
was $117347. The amount of $6254 had been
appropriated to needy students, an increase of
$500 over last year.
DR.. De Witt, who is the senior pastor of the
Church in New York, and an octo-
genarian. remembers standing, when a boy, |
upon the banks Of the Hudson, near his ma
i've place, to see the first steamboat 90 by. |
ne mas been in the ministry fifty years, forty
York. SP'' III INC"
Ana' true Broad Church position taken by
H. A'o'''ihser may be understood from the