The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-03
Religious Intelligence,

his resignation of of the pastorate of the First
Parish Church in this city. 1t is reported that
he intends to retire from the ministry.
Rev. e. Y. Hincks, pastor of State Street
Church Orthodoxy in this city, declines the
call OF the Prospect Street Church in Cam
bridge, Mass, Notwithstanding $1,000 more sal
airy was offered him than he receives here.
Rev. DR.. Noble of Pittsburg, Pa, is spend
ing his vacation in this State, and Will preach
next Sunday in State Street church in this city.
The sixty-flrst anniversary of the Cumber-
land Baptist Association will be held with the
Free Street Church in Portland ON the 9th and
18th OF August, 1872, commencing on Tuesday,
at 10 o'clock A. M.
The Baptist Society in Sterling, Mass, have
given Rev. S. b. Macomber of Maine a call,
and he has commenced his duties.
Rev. Roger S. Howard, D. D., formerly rec
tor of st. Stephens Church in this CITY, late
President of Norwich University, has accepted
call to the Episcopal Church of the ReconciI-
iation, Webster, Mass
The good people of Prospect Harbor, Goulds-
boro, intend to have a church soon. About
six or seven hundred dollars have been raised
by subscription, a lot has been purchased and
nearly all the timber for building is upon the
ground.
Rev. Robert Crossette, whose death occurred
June Oath, 1872. at College Hill, near Cincin-
natl, O., will be remembered by many as the
pastor OF the church in Dennysville from 1880
to 1912.
The old Congregational Church in Calais has
been purchased by MIR. w. Pike. who intends
removing it to another lot of land and convert
ing 1t into an opera house.
Rev. I. I. Merry was installed pastor of the
Centre Street Congregational Church in Ma
chias last Wednesday. Sermon by Rev. George
w. Field of Bangor.
Work has commenced on the meeting house
fr,H Gald ,rInr 4,
Wingate, ESQ.,, the contractor.
Rev. John X. Deering, formerly of Minot, is
now at Buchanan, Michigan. I
The new Methodist church in Belgrade is
nearly ready for dedication 1t will be an or
nament to the place, and a great convenience
to the people who have been in want of a suit
able house of worship.
The Methodist churches in Waterville and
Mercer are reported to be in prosperous con-
dition, many persons having been recently bap-
tiled and admitted to membership.
The East Lvermore Camp-meeting will COM
mence Tuesday, August Goth, and close on
Monday following.
The new Congregational Church in Thomas
ton will be dedicated on Thursday of next
bour, of the Bangor Theological Seminary
will preach the dedicatory sermon, and Rev
H. A. Shorey of Camden is expected to preach
in the evening.
Rev. E. F. Cutter, late of Rockland, is spend
ing the summer in Bethel for the benefit of
Mrs. Cutters health.
The Universaist Society at Lewiston have
unanimously invited Mr.. j. Hines, recent
student at the Canton Theological School, to
become their pastor, and he has accepted the
invitation. The salary will be 81 200.
Mr.. John J. Weeks, Universalst of the
Canton School, will preach at New Gloucester
during his vacation.
Rev Prof. Whittlesey from Howard Uni
versity," at Washington, and family are at
Brunswick, and on Sunday morning, July Dist
he occupied Rev. MIR. Byington's pulpit On
last Sunday morning Rev. DIR. G. Z. Adams
from Orange, n. j., preached, and in the eve
ming rev. 4. n. Packard of Evanston, ILL.,,
preached
The animal session of the Maine Central
Yearly Conference.-The Baptist, will be held
with the Free Baptist church in Augusta.
commencing the third of September and con,
tnuing to the fifth
The camp meeting at Kenuebunk will com.
mence this year Aug. 20. 1t will only hold
one week.
The Rev, Charles H. Fowler, D. D., one of
the Methodist Ministers who came near to
being elected bishop, has just been appointed
to the presidency of Syracuse University. He
has not yet signited his acceptance.
DR. Prime, of the New York Observer predicts
that, within the life Of some one now living.
There VIII De union OF all the evangelical
churches in New York. In this opinion the
Protestant ChTchman cordially concurs
DR.: Hodge, Of Princeton, has been interro
gated on the Catholic question by some ardent
no-Popery man and makes a reply, of which
the following is part: 'Inasmuch as the
Roman Catholic Church teaches truth enough
to save the souls of men; inasmuch as it pro-
claims the divine authority of the scriptures,
the obligation of the Decalogue and the retri-
buttons of eternity; and inasmuch as it calls
upon men to worship God, the Father, Son and
Spirit, it is unspeakably better than no church
at ALL And, therefore, when the choice is be- |
tween that and none, it is wise and right to
encourage the establishment of churches un- |
dor the control of Catholic priests
The different branches of Presbyterians in |
this country propose to celebrate November 20. |
the three hundredth anniversary of the forma
ton OF the first English Presbytery at Wands- |
worth, on the Thames, by public exercises in
Philadelphia, at which discourses will be deiiv-
by eminent divines selected for the purpose.
Rev. S. r. Galbraith, who went out last Oc.
tober a. missionary of the Reformed Prssby-
terrain Church, to Latakieh, Syria, has iust died
at Beirut, OF fever. The Iatakieh mission has
AZ communicates and has been in onsration for