The Portland daily press., 1875-12-18
Religious News and Notes.

Religious News and Notes.
Rev. A. Hatch of Naples breaches at South
Harrison once in two weeks. His next meet
ing there will be Dec. 26th
There is lively religious interest manifest
ed at Webb's Mills. Rev. John Pinkham is
preaching to US one half of the time-alternate
Sabbaths.
Rev. Mr.. Burgess, is to retain his residence
in Lewiston. He will be absent from here a
considerable portion of the time in prosecution
of his work of home mission, but his family
will remain in Lewiston.
Rev. S. B. Morson formerly of Machias, has
accepted call from Unitarian society in St.
John, to supply its pulpit.
A lively religious inthrest is reported in
Leeds and throughout the Methodist chare in
Leeds and Greene, under the labor of Elder
Gould, at East Lvermore.
The Journal says that Rev. A. FL. johnson
of Augusta has accepted call to the Congre-
gational church at South Braintee, Mass.
The News sails that huite a revival Is in re-
ligion is now taking place in Stoneham twen-
ty-three pc sons came forward forIprayers one
evening.
The Gospel Banner Learns that Rev. W. W.
Loyejoy is to labor with the Universalist church
at Calais for six months, instead of the church
at Dover, as first stated.
The Reporter says that special religious in
terest is reported in the Christian church at
North Fairfield. Rev. Mr.. Wiggin of Tuften.
boro, N. H., is now laboring as an evangelist
holding series of meetings.
The Piscataquis Association of Corgrega
tienal Ministers will meet with the Rev. H. A.
Loring in Foxcroft, on Wednesday, the 22d
day of December, at o'clock, p. NJ.
A religious revival is going on at Damar
iscotta Mills under the labors of the Rev. A.
8. Townsend. The Rev. j. P Simonton of
Waldoboro baptised four Iconverts on recent
Sunday.
The Rev. L. Given of Woolwich has accepted
a call to the pastorate of the Lisbon Factory
village f. B. church.
There is quite revival interest at the Meth
dist church in Brownsville, under the faithful
labors of Mr. Southard, the preacher in charge.
There have been several conversions.
The famous Convent of Assist is now put 10
excellent use. On the birthday of St. Francis,
Oct 4th, it was set apart as school for the free
education of the children of public teachers.
The Princess of Italy is its patron.
A comical difficulty has come up in the Lis
| bon Custom House, on the tariff duty to be as
| sessed on forty-eight bottles of Lourdes ''holy
water" The ordinary officers cannot decide
under what class it comes, or how it should be
taxed-whether as medicine or as amulet, or as
| chemical compound. The law makes no pro-
vision for this kind of merchandise. The case
| will be referred o the higher tribunal and
there will be legal decision as to the market
value of miraculous water.
| Rev. Mr. Havens of Cambridge City, Ind,
hac resigned his charge. In his farewell ser
mon he informed his flock that, though the
place supported ten saloons, three or four
| not support one minister. 1t had already
starved out three and he would have been
| compelled to walk out of town but for the kind
ness of young man who gave him 80 cents.
The editor of the Montreal Witness, lead
| ing Presbyterian divine of Canada, has created
| quite sensation IN that country by preaching
| a sermon ia which he examined the texts COM
monty construed to teach the doctrinel of end
| less punishment and rather doubted their i'm
port In other words he leaned very strongly
| to the theory of universal salvation.
A Congregational pastor complains in the
Mirror Of the extravagant salaries that the
American Home Missionary Society pays
| $4,000 each year to their secretaries-while
the missionary on the frontier fails to get his
| pittance of $500 year. It's the old thing
over. "Here's quarter for the heather and
four quarters to get it there"
| An English missionary, travelling in eastern
Bengal, ,,has come across a.Christian communi-
| ty heretofore unknown, founded BY Brahmin
| who had undertaken to expound to his coun-
| try men the Bible and Prayer Book, and had
drawn around him a considerable company.
| The movement began independently some
| years ago, and there is no evidence that any
fasto had hafN icit ta1 fha
pany.
The new Episcopal church in Exeter was
consecrated under the name and title of 'The
church of the Holy Trinity" on Tuesday, Dec.
7th, at II o'clock a.. M, by Rt. Rev. Henry A.
| Neely, Bishop of Maine. The regular meeting
of the Episcopal Board of Missions was held in
| connection Herewith. The church is beauti-
| fully flushed and furnished and is complete
| in all its appointments.
Prof. Swing, in his first sermon to his new
congregation, says: "I desire, and fully in
tend, to preach the religion of Christ, but in
the liberty of thought not accorded me in my
former relations Congregationalism will al
| low you and me all the liberty we desire.
| With that sect there is q concentration upon
Christ as sufficient Saviour, and upon the
| idea of rewards and punishments. that leaves
| Christianity pure in its principles and power,
| and leaves the Christian mind Free"
The Church Journal of New York (Episco-
pal) asks this startling question: SIS it Ian ex.
| aggeraton to say that the professed church,
men of city like New York, the people who
kneel at our chancels and commune at our al
tars, spend more on their wine than they
do on their religion?" And the Con-
gregationlist asks this suggestive one
"Query--for the very few whom it may con-
| Germ. What reason is there why Christian
minister should not pay his debts as promptly
and scrupucusly, and as cheerfuly as any 9TH
er man?'
There ars now II periodicals published In
the United States in the interest of Young
Mems Christian Associations. The number of
Association buildings is 56, valued, with build
ing funds, at SO, 600, 900. The religious labors
among the railroad men, are, in some of the
chief cities, under the supervision OF the Chris
tian Associations. Meetings are held by the
Association of New York in the Union depot,
Fourth Avenue and Forty-secnod street, where
Mr.. Vanderbilt has granted the use of room.
An archaeological discovery has just been
made at jerusalem. About $50 yards Forth of
the Damascus gate two rock-cut burial cham
bers have been discovered II feet under ground.
In the larger chamber is a large stone, contain
ing human bones. 1t is suggested that this is
the burial place of Eudocia, who died in Jeru-
salem about 461. The Church of st. Stephen
is supposed to have stood near the spot, if not
over it. Underneath the smaller burial vault
is another excavated to the depth of ten feet
below the first. The digging of cstern led to
this discovery.
Zions Advocate gives the following from
Maine Baptist churches: There is an increas-
ing religious interest in the Free street church,
Portland.--A North Sedgwick, where Rev.
N. c. Everett is laboring, revival work contin-
ues. Nine more profess conversion. Very
interesting aad profitable meetings were held
last week with the church at Fayette, Rev. E.
Nugent pastor. Sermons were preached by
several ministers and the meeting was ad-
journed to East Winthrop, Dec 2sth.-The
receipts of the Baptist Convention for the quar-
ter ending Nov. 3Oth are $27O5.--Bowdoin-
ham Baptist Association will hold two days
meeting with the church in East winthrop,
beginning Tuesday p. m, Dec. 2Sth.
The Congregationalist brings to light a
strange proceeding in the American Tract So
ciety. In 1869 the Treasurer resigned in order
that the office might be filled by man who