The Portland daily press., 1872-07-06
Religious Intelligence.

OF the sum Of fifty thousand dollars, required
for the endowment Of the Classical School Tor
thodox Congregational at Hallowell, all bu
abot five thousand dollars has been secured
There have been over hundred hopeful con
versions in Marshfield, Mortified, Whitney
vile and Princeton nj
Rev: Mr.. Bowen, paster of the Main stree
Free Baptist church, Lewiston, is spending
vacation. of six weeks in Rhode Island Rev
Mr.. Ford, pastor of the Pine street Congrega
tional church, is also taking four weeksliya
cation. ... -.f.H
Rev. Mr.. Clemens baptized seventeen per
sons, and lev: Mr. Page three persons in the
Cobbossee pond at Richmond Corner last Sun.
day.
The annual Methodist camp-meetine. Al
Wesleyan Grove, Northport viii commence
Monday; August 18th, and continue through
the week.
Rev L. L. Hanscom is to leave Camden for a
new field Of labor at Searsport.
Rev. DR.. Sheldon closed his labors with the
Unitarian church in Watervillc last Sabbath.
The Camp-meetng at East Livermore will
commence Tuesday, August the 10th, and close
Monday, August the 26th.
An old gentleman, II years of age, and a
young lad OF II, were baptized in West Philips
IN,
Sabbath ten persons were baptized on King
neld Circuit. Several were admitted to the
Church in full connection. Rev. E. Gerry bap-
tlzed number of persons, some eight or ten,
in Temple, last Sabbath.
AT the recent session of the East Maine Con-
ference at Bucksport, as Bishop Haven came
in front OF the church on Sunday evening. he
little crowd Of people down by the railroad.
The moment his quick ear caught the sound,
he proposed to go and hold q meeting Several
joined him, and they were promptly on the
spot. Quite crowd soon gathered. Bishop
Haven opened the services with appropriate re-
marks, and then introduced Chaplain Tribou,
of the navy, Rev. A. 8. Townsend, and Rev.
Mr.. Knox, from Kansas all of whom made ex-
cellent remarks. While Bishop Andrews was
pleading for missions in the Church. Bishop
Haven was doing missionary work in the
streets
from the West Philadelphia Divinity school
ttiEpiscopalian,) all Of whom were ordained to
inc deaconate. Five others at the same time
received priests orders
The Congregationalists and Methodists in
auckland, Mass, have temporarily coalesced.
The Congregationalists furnish the meeting
house and the Sunday School teachers, while
e. Sno lle1noulss contribute minister and a
Sunday school superintendent.
Ihe receipts from donations for the first nine
months OF the financial year Of the American
Board fall 1913, 1887 below those of the corresl
bonding period last year, and one half of this
falling off has been within the past two
months.
The Vermont Association assembled few
days since at Brattleboro. There are POI
churches in the State, of which 161 are supplied
with ministers. The salaries Of 132 ministers
amount to $l26,000, an average of $500. The
.rnhY 49, 49, OH mn
,nteen churches report revivals. The churches
nave received l ,051 members during the year;
il8 of them by profession of faith. The whole
number of members in the churches are about
1880.
Rev. J. B. Jeter, D. D., of Richmond Va,
1as been appointed by the Southern Baptist
Foreign Missionary Board to visit Rome, for
he purpose OF attending to the erection of a
louse of worship in that city.