The Portland daily press., 1872-03-23
Religious Intelligence.

Brunswick, pamphlet of seventy two pages
has just been printed by Joseph Griffin We
are indebted to the pastor of the church, Rev..
E. H. Byington for copy. 1t contains his
torical sketch of the church, (from the pen of
Rev. A. S. Packard) from the settlement of the
first minister in 1875, down to the present time;
the Confession of Faith and Covenant now
used by the church; the Standing Rules;
Chronological Catalogue of members from the
beginning; and an Alphabetical Catalogue of
present members. The church has had seven
pastors. The longest passionate was that OF DIR.
George E. Adams, now settled in Orange, N.
j. who was installed Dec. 1929 and retired in
August 1S70-his passionate continuing forty
one years. During his pastorate the number
added to the church was 475-109 by letter and
366 by profession. The present number of
members is 244. The whole number of names
ON the cataloge is 1852, of whom 212 were re-
ceived during the ministry of DIR. Adams.
Eight were received previous to DIR. AS settle
ment and twenty-four since the settlement of
Mr.. Byington.
The recent Legislature has incorporated the
Association of the New Jerusalem Church in
the State of Maine. The corporators are Sam'l
f. Dixie, Oliver Gerrish, G. F. Stearns VIM B.
Hayden, VIM. D. Sewell, j. B. Swanton, B.
Kingsbury, Jr., M. B. Hoskins 1. s. Whitman,
G. H. Billings. The association is incorporat-
ed for religious and educational purposes
A series of lectures on the doctrine of the
New Jerusalem church is being given in Lewis
ton by Rev. G. +. Stearns s't''ess
Rev. Geo. A. Putnam, formerly of Var
mouth, has received a call from the first Con-
gregational church, Millbury, Mass, where he
has been supplying the pulpit for the past
year. Salary $1S0O.OO. Accepts ,..,.a...,s
Rev. James Washburn, of Parkman, is about
removing to Chicago.
Rev. r. B.. Andrews has just closed a sue
cessful pastOrate with the Jay Baptist church
in which thirty were added to their number,
twenty-seven of which by baptism. ,...-...-.
The Baptist Year Book for 1872 reports 49,
1877 churches, Il, O13 ministers, and 1, 4SO, 191
members The disparity between the number
of ministers and the number of churches very
marked-6, 1884. e75l- s-s 80 h,'f'ss' l.izass
Mr.. James H. Ecob, of Sidney Plains, N. Y,
now student at Andover Theological Semina-
ry, has received unanimous call from the South
Parish Congregational church and society of
Augusta to become their PASTOR at salary of
$4,000 per annum. Mr. Ecob has preached sew
eral Sabbaths in the Granite Church, and his
pulpit ministrations have been remarkably ac-
ceptable to the people of his parish. se7s
The Marshfield people are moving in the mat
ter of building a church editice A meeting
has been called to organize parish for that
purpose. Mr.. Geo. s. Getchell has given the
land, and they have had offers of liberal assist
ance, as we understand, from abroad.
The State of Maine has 800 Freewill Baptist
churches, with an aggregate membership of IT,
500. In these churches of all ranks, $50 minis
tiers are counted. Many of these are superan-
nuated, or, from other causes, not in active SER
vice. While it is true that many of the church
es have settled PASTORS it is also true that a
much larger number have preaching only part
of the time. Still they have nearly hundred
churches, about one third Of the whole num-
Der, almost entirely destitute of preaching.
70 President Chamberlain of Bowdoin College
has commenced at Sabbath evening prayers to
read portions of Scripture and to give familiar
explanations of the same; these exercises will
be continued. The President also gives weekly
receptions to the students which prove very
pleasant occasions. On the occasion of the
late fast for colleges, Prot. Packard delivered
very interesting discourse to the students in
the chapel at II A NJ. He stated that he had
seen ffty-eight classes go out since his connec-
ton with the institution. sff5.S .sztss e. s4IfE
The Rev. Henry c. Riley, D. D., of the Amer
lean and Foreign Christian Union, recently ad-
ministered the Lords Supper in Mexican ex-
papal church., to 400 communicates, converts
from Romanism; and was assisted in the ordi-
nance by four converted Romish priests. 49,
Miss Wilson has been admitted to the Office
of Deaconess, for the term Of three years, at the
Church of the Emanuel in Brooklyn, Wy.
Bishop Littlejohnpr preached the sermon
+ The Roman Catholics of New York have
star preacher in the person of Father Burke,
an Irish priest, forty-t years of age, learned,
eloquent, and popular, who is attracting crowds
OF hearers just as Beecher does at Brooklyn,
and as Father Hyacinthe once did at Paris.
The Catholic papers speak warmly in his praise
and the daily press is publishing his sermons.
1t is not improbable that he will visit Boston
before he returns to his home in Dublin.
The Independent says one of our Baptist con-
temporaries is agitated by a "clercal trick"
which is said to have been played by Metho-
dist minister, down in Pennsylvania, upon
three ladies who desired to be baptized by i'm
mersion.s This request the clerical offender
readily granted Taking the candidates one by
one down into the water, he Immersed them
without speaking a word; but upon raising
them to their feet, he took water in his hand
and sprinkled their heads, saying: s"I baptize
you in the name of the Father and the Son,
and the Holy Ghost" The trick was doubtless
very mean one; but it raises. a nice piece of
ecclesiastical casuistry. The complaint is not
that these candidates We're not baptized enough,
but that they We're baptized too much The
slight sprinkling which they received after sub
mersion served wholly to invalidate the efficacy
of the plunge! Or, perhaps it was the pronun-
citation of the formula after, rather than before.
the major balneation which constitutes the her.
esy. .,. sF --.s,,,....rs "a I..,..ss .....s..5.,
The manner in which many of the Catholics
accept the dogma Of infallibility is vigorously
stated by one of them, a Ffenchman: 1T sub
nit as Catholic; but devil take me if I believe
word of it, .stoisi-tt
The TAMMANY THIEVES The Times has
discovered the places of refuge of many of the
Tammany thieyes,-the trusted tools of Tweed,
Sweeney & Co., who ran away when public at
tention was first concentrated upon greater
criminals These are in st. GATHERINGS, Onta-
rio, and ST. John, N. B. At the latter place
are about forty. Their headquarters is, at the
Victoria Hotel, generally under assumed names
with the prefix of general colonel or captain
and spending money lavfshly. They are be-
coming notorious. One sx-foot fellow with a
heavy seal and watch-chain and with gold
mounted cane, rejoices in the name of General
Peg Smith Rumor says that he cleared $780,
900 out of the carpet furnishing contract. "A
society has been formed by them, and hall
furnished in King street, where orgies are held
nightly. The members are taxed for its SUM-
port. About $4,000 were expended upon the
walls and furniture. A bust of Fisk stands
upon pedestal in one corner of the club room.
The floors are richly carpeted and lace curtains
depend from the heavy gilt cornice A billiard
room with four wire-cushoned tables adioips
the main hail. aud is supplied with excellent
cues and balls, Two colored walters are en-
ployed to tend upon the rooms, one mixing
drinks and cutting sandwiches, while the other
waits on the billiard room. Brandy and wine
are as free as water, and boxes of Havanas are
scattered about the room promiscuously, A
number of the party have been in the country
drained by the st. John River for the past few
weeks moose hunting. Most have large ac-
counts at the various banks and fully one-half
million dollars of the United States .bonds is
deposited with them for safe keeping. Peter
b. Sweeney paid the set visit few weeks
ago, and was received with the most touching
expression of esteem. The finest coach in the
city was procured, with livered outriders and
rendered him for his use while in the city. His
stay lasted q week. He visited the objects of