Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-11-01
Summary OF Religious Intelligence.


Nine persons were baptised in Plymouth,
on Sunday last, into the Advent faith, by Ed
er Durgin.
Rev. Ebenezer Knowlton has concluded the
term of his engagement with the Free Bap-
tist Society Of Rocklsnd, and returns to Mont
vile, his native town, where his family have
remained. The society to which he has min
istcred in Rockland would gladly have re-
tanned him, but for various reasons he decided
to resist their persuasions.
The Maine Wesleyan Seminary at kent's
Hill has been remarkable for its revival in
fluence. During the thirty years of DIR. Tor
sey's connection with il, more than ten thous-
and different pupils have passed through its
halls, and of this number one thousand have
professed conversion while at the seminary,
and large portion of the remainder we're
young disciples when they came to the insti-
tuition, where their religious life was develop
ed and confirmed, and higher objects and aims
given to it. Two hundred of the young men
who graduated there are now or have been in
the ministry, and one hundred of the young
lady students are wives of ministers.
The society of Friends held large and in
teresting meeting at their meeting house in
Portland this week. Friend Eli Jones and
his wife, who are well known ministers Of
the connection, were present and gave good
words of encouragement.
Rev. Al. II. Williams resignation of the
pastorate of Plymouth church in Portland has
been accepted.
Rev. Charles F. Goodwin, pastor of the
Christian Church at York, has been obliged
to relinquish his labor on account of impaired
health. He has been with that society for
twenty years lacking few months.
Rev. A. H. Sweetser, pastor of the Univer
| salist church in Rockland, has again been
Frustrated by sickness, and his society have
granted him a four weeks vacation, that he
may recover his health.
Rev. +. Reed has recently commenced his
| labors as pastor of the Free Baptist church in
Gray. Old divisions seem in process of
| healing, brotherly love is supplanting es-
| arrangements, and a hearty and earnest CO.
operation promises much for the future.
AT South Auburn the church of which Rev.
Mr.. Millett is pastor is greatly blessed.
Forty prisons have been converted and
| united with the church the past season. The
| church has been repaired.
The Methodist District Conference has
| been held the past week in Portland, presided
| over by Rev l. Luce. The meetings were
| very interesting.
The Baptist Church in Washburn have in
| vited Rev. r. A. Patten to labor with them
the coming year, and are having preaching
every Sabbath at their new school house in
the village. All seem well pleased and the
church is encouraged.
| Rev. DIR. Day has this week lectured in
Bangor, the proceeds to be devoted towards
| meeting the expenses of the Essex street
church, incurred in painting their house,
providing new furnaces, etc.
The Rev. w. K. Cross has been installed
pastor OF the Orono Congregational church.
Rev. Henry Shepard, pastor of the Univer
| salist church at Orono, was visited by his
parish one evening last week, and made the
recipient of liberal donation of money and
household supplies.
| Rev. DR.. Butler. formerly of this State,
having been obliged to leave Kansas on ac-
count of the health OF his family, has been
engaged by the Columbia Street Baptist
church of Bangor, TO supply their pulpit for
few weeks. A revival is in progress in the
Advent church in Bangor.
| The Free Baptists of Houlton have real
ICED from tea party the sum of 5000, which
will be devoted towards paying off the indebt-
edness on their church building
| The friends of the Methodist minister in
Arson recently organized pound party,
visited the parsonage, and left their gifts for
the minister, each weighing pound.
| DR.. Robins, President of Colby University,
preached at the Baptist house in Waterville,
Sunday afternoon, to an appreciative audi
ence. His manner Of speaking was pleasing
and attractive, and his analysis especially
clear. The audience appeared very much in
terested and followed the speaker closely
through the entire discourse.
| Rev. VIM. f. Spear, of the last class at
the Theological Seminary in Bangor, was or
dained pastor of the Congregational church
in Dunbarton, N. H., Oct l6.