The Portland daily press., 1874-06-13
Religious Intelligence.

Rev. T. G. Lyons has resigned the passionate
of the First Baptist Church in Monmouth.
Rev. F. II. Eveleth, missionary to Burmah,
has recently baptized Burmese official at
Toungoo.
Rev. L. Mayo, of Amity, baptized six con-
verts last week. making twenty that have been
added to the church in that place within few
weeks.
Rev. D. Clubhouse, has recently moved from
Hodgdon to Lyndon.
Thirty-one persons were received into the st.
Lawrence Church in this city last Sabbath.
Rev. b. N. Stone is to be installed Pastor of
the Congregationalist Society in Fryeburg on
Thursday, june 18th. The installation sermon
will be preached by Prof. Barbour, of the Ban
gor Theological Seminary.
The Unversalist society at Hallowell has in
vited Miss Hanes, theological student at Cam
| ton, to become it's pastor. She has accepted
the call and will enter upon the duties of her
new position in July next, soon after her grad
uatiOn at the coming commencement
Mr. John I. Crumrine of Pennsylvania,
member of the Senior class in Andover Theo-
logical Seminary, has received call to the pas
torate of the Congregational church at Water
vile.
A session of the Unity Free Will Baptist
Quarterly meeting, at Thorndike, was held at
the Centre meeting house. called, last week
commencing last Friday afternoon and closing
Sunday.
Rev. Joseph Kalloch has been supplying the
First Baptist church in st. George and an en-
couraging revival has taken place under his
illustrations.
At the Baptist Convention next week Rev.
DR.. Smaller of this city delivers the historical
discourse.
The Congregational Society of Norridgewock
has recently been presented with an organ by
residents of California who formerly lived in
Norridgewock.
The ministers of the Maine Methodist Con-
ference for this year state the number of
churches under the jurisdiction of the Confer
ence to be lis; with membership of 13, 436
Mr.. McGown, of the Bangor Theological
Seminar will praach at RinGman dnrinn thu
summer.
The Friends Quarterly Meeting was held at
East Vassalboro on Friday, the 29th. Fernan-
do Garland and wife were present at the meet
ing.
Mr.. B. B. Merrill of the class graduated last
week from the Theological Seminary in Ban
gor has received call to the pastorate of the
Congregational church at Sandy Point; Mr..
John r. Chalmers has a call from Wilton; Mr..
r. W. Jenkins a call from Winthrop; Mr..
Thos. M. Davies a call from Dexter, and to sup
ply half the time at Garland during the vaca"
ton of several months granted to Rev. P. B.
Thayer; Mr.. Charles N. Sinnett has call from
Lebanon, and Mr.. b. f. Grant is called to Luz
nenburg, VT
The Baptist church at North Alfred has been
without pastor for about year. Last Sab
bath Elder Ebenezer Carey of Alfred supplied
the pulpit There appears to be good prospect
of having the pulpit supplied at least half of
each Sabbath.
Bowdoin Free Baptist Conference was held
in Brunswick, Tuesday.
At the annual meeting of Penobscot Confer
ence of Congregational Churches it was report.
ed that the number of churches in the confer
ence was "A; members 1922 contributions for
the year $4,197.
Much religious interest is manifest through
out the state and churches are having constant
and increasing accessons to their membership