The Portland daily press., 1871-03-21
Religious Departments

Il Religious Departments.
AT the last Preachers meeting ar T..n,,..
Temple 22o baptisms were renorted mo.,I,.
IN Boston and vicinity.
ine boston Times, ajournal never suspect.
Gu o' ascetclsm, records the complaint now
, s'o"ips elamorous that gamblers are permit
: 'eu u 10 ply their trade on railroad cars with
tue connlvance of conductors. II say. tba,
card-playiDg is maze the snare 10 MANI nm
suspseting travellers who are fleeced day after
day. Silva
, %. lTEMs-The Blackboard Is a new
aod very suggestive monthly for s. S. teach
e's containing Illustrative lessons, Diagrams
anu Onaik Sermons which cannot iall 10
awaken an interest in biblical truth amro
uo'n old and young. A. o. VanLennep, 7e3
Ni'th Street, N. Y. city-AlIred Tay,or
says that no special skill i, needed for black.
board delineations. "Be simple, be short
put little on the board rather than a CON.
Iused, overcome mass" Talmadge says that
English Sabbath Schools are greatly inferior
10 American. They are generally only a
1
d. Cummings church was without picture
orpieasant sight and had 81 scholars. Spur
seons school room is sepuchre. The seats
are narrow and without backs, and remind
one OF the Irishman's remark on a fine ceme-
tsry,-'a very healthy place to be buried in.n'-
The March number OF the National Sunday
School Teacher has a good article on the i'm
provement OF country Sabbath Schools, iu
which he advises the need of comfors4sie
and attractive place, clean and tids nth SIM
pte but beauesea1 Svergsees notices, etc:
weekly teachers mO>engs of colloquial
| rather than . preaching character, and def
nitc ~cs'on of the church itself in refer
ence TO forming .ldult classes. An ex-
eellent concert exercise, "Cross and Crown
is given, wholly in Scripture,-a great advance
on the desultory recitations of verses and
poetry nov SO common.
RELieIoUs JOURNALISM. The Catholic
IVoTtd says that here is but one Catholic pa
per In the United States with a list of over
io,o)o paying subscribers. Yet theIe are, ac-
cordlng to the same testimony 6,OOO,0(O Cath
olics in the country and 1000 priests
The Methodist completes its eleventh year
in July and will ther be enlarged beyond the
size OF any journal of the denomination, and
have an entirely new dress.
The Christian Weekly is a new illustrated
paper by the American Tract Society.
The Independent determines to be outdone
BY none in its prizes. For one new name is
sent double set cf engravnss of the Presi-
d Mt and Vice President; for two. names
and five dollars, ''the Authors OF the
United St9tes," large fourteen dollar en-
| craving, and for four names a thirty dollar
picture of Lincoln reading bis Proclamation
OF Emancipation.
The Golden Age, Theodore Tilton's paper,
is well got up and printed, yet car hardly be
said to be religious in its character or tenden-
cy. On the other hand we cannot believe
with an exchange that Mr. T. is seeking to
unset;le Christian faith and undermine the
foundations of society,"" at least designedly so.
The Park Street Pulpit, new dime week.
ly from j. r. Osgeod & Co., issued Mon
days, containing the sermon of Rev W. II.
Murray preached the day previous. The
printing is done ON Saturday, and the pamph
let edition ready for distribution at nine a. m
Monday. The idea~i0 an excellent one, and
the venture the part of the publishers is
| an assured success.
VARIOUS lTEMs.-The habit oil hand shak-
ing is an ancient foru of salutation. Twenty
five centuries ago we read, 2 Kings l015,
that Jehonadab replied 10 Jehu's qnestion."Is
they heart right, as my hear. is with thy
hearth" by saying, at is. II it be give me
thy hand. 1t is a natural one also. In the
contact OF two sensitive and magnetic sur
faces thele is, in more sense than one, an in
tercnange OF Teetlng. onaKe hands.
Rev. w. Ralser leaves Tor Europe in April.
| There is a revival at wilbraham Academy.
Mass.
The remarkable fact was stated at the
opening of the Spring term at Oberlin, Ohio.
tnat Is the INST term during thirty seven
years, or one hundred and eleven terms. that
the President, J. III. Farchild, who is now
travelling IN Palestine, has not bee present
in the capacity either of student, tutor pro g..
lessor or president.
Rev. DIR. Henry Cowles has written, an
the Appletons publish in neat duodecimo
"The Revelation OF john" with critical. exI
planatory and practical notes for pastors and
people. The author is an eminent scholar
graduate Of Yale, and now of Ober,in val,
known by his commentaries on the Ola Tss-
lament. To the Interpretation of This hool
specially interesting in the light of recent his.
tory, he brings the newest contribution, of
SCIENCE as FOR example the collation. of the
sinatle MS, which has not been brought
before. scholars TIL within ten wears His
views on the Millennium and correlated subjects
are iull of interest 10 the critical or general
reader For sale by Bailey & Moves.
THE Congreeationalists of Boston aie dis
casing the expedleney OF erecting in that
city spleudid building which shall give head
quarters to al the soc eties which are distinct
ly Congregational, such as the American
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions
&c and likewise rally ing point Tor the de-
nom nations for discussion, conference and
WORK. 1t is proposed to purchase 10, on
Bca on street al an expense OF $4,000 and
put up a building to cost S150,OOo more Tn
order t. secure the lot $4,000 must he ra;soa
by the first OF May. OF this some s7oooo =
now n the hands of the Congregational Clr,,
and about $4,000 more is pledoed W.
the Lind is purchased contracts ior the bu,ld
ia5 W II be made, provided the work can h,
carried through and leave the epterprise a.
! aeot not more than 100000.