The Portland daily press., 1872-05-18
Religions IntelIieence.

The 46th Annual Meeting of the General
| Conference of the Congregational Churches in
Maine will be held with the Congregational
Church in Skowhegan, commencing on Tues
day. June 18th, at 9 o'clock q. m. The 64th
Anniversary of the Maine Missionary Society
will be held on Wednesday, June Doth, at 9
o'clock a. m. The 54th Anniversary of the
Maine Board of the American Education Soci-
ETY., and the 51st Anniversary of the Maine
Congregational Charitable Society will be held
at the same place during the week. .aN
The SD Anniversary of the Theological Sem
mary at Bangor occurs on Thursday, June 9th
The examination will commence on Tuesday
morning, and close on Wednesday at noon.
The Anniversary of the Rhetorical Society will
be on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday after
noon will be the annual meeting of the Alumni.
On Wednesday evening there will be an adj
dress before the societies, by Rev. e. p. Parker
of Hartford, Conn. The exercises of the ami
versary proper will be on Thursday forenoon.
The Lincoln County Congregational Confer
ence meets at Wiscasset on the second Tuesday
of June. During its session Mr.. w. H. Bolster,
graduate of Bates College and Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary will be ordained and installed
as pastor of the First Congregational church
The statement that Rev. R. B. Andrews, of
Mechanic Falls, had accepted the call of the
Baptist church and society, in Pennington to
become its pastor, was premature. He de-
clines, as he is anticipating an appointment in
the missionary field, of the M. B. M. Conven-
ton. He will supply the pulpit for few
Sabbaths.
A church has just been organized in the
Union Parish in Calais. Twenty five persons
have. already been added to it. There is an
earnest religious interest in the Parish.
The Universalist Society at Mechanic Falls
have made arrangements with the Rev. s. s.
Davis, OF Canton, New York, to return and re-
main with them after juno.
c. 4,
Free Baptist church of Hallowell baptized
twenty-three candidates, most of them men.
The Winthrop Universalist society have
bought the beautiful residence of B. T. Wing
on Green street, Winthrop village, as parson-
age, paying 81, 500 for it. 1a.-'
The Rev. MI. Porter who has been preaching
in the Baptist society at Bangor for the past
eighteen months, announced in his sermon this
week that his pastoral labors would terminate
with this people on the next Sabbath. fr
Rev. e. p. Wilson of Bridgton receives q unan-
imous call to the Philips church WATERFOWL
Mass
The Main street Methodist Society at Lewis
Ton Is enjoying a good degree of prosperity
conversions are occurring every week. The
TSe sea- seat system is proving perfectly successful
salary.
Rev s. L. b. Chase, of Bangor, has received
unanimous invitation from the First Baptist
Church and Society in Rockland to become
their pastor, at salary of $780, Mr.. Chase has
accepted the invitation and will Commences his
pastoral labors at once.
Rev. Ezra N. Smith, of Bangor Seminary.
has received and accepted call from the Con,
gregational Church and Society in Solon He
will be ordained at the County Conference june
18th Ordination sermon by Prof. Barbour, of
Bangor.
Rev. W. S. Knowlton, formerly preceptor of
Foxcroft Academy, was ordained as pastor over
the Baptist Church at Monson last Wednesday.
The next annual session of the Maine Central
Christian Conference will be held with the
Christian Church in Albion, commencing Fri
day, June 18th, at 10 o'clock A. M, and holding
MI. Nehemiah Lincoln was ordained and in
stal ed pastor over the united churches of North
Bridgton and Harrison on Wednesday last.
Sermon by Rev. K. P. Wilson, Of Bridgton;
GInarge to the Pastor by Rev. d. b. Sewail, of
fryeburg; Right hand of Fellowship by Rev.
a. blanchard of South Bridgton; Address to
the People by K. r. Borchers.