The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-25
Religious Intelligence.

The Catholic church at Skowhegan. which
has been entirely renovated and has new be H.,
will be cogsecrated with appropriate services
Sunday
The Journal says that a deep and incleasin 9
religious interest prevails at the Sixth street
chapel in Auburn. Fifteen or twenty CONVEX
sions have recently occurred, and the prospect
is for large and stropg church. in that growing
section of Auburn.
Rev. j. L. Pratt, of Stroug, is Supplying the
pulpit OF the Congregational church for an in
definite time.
There is an increasing revival interest in The
Methodist church, Saco. Meetings. were held
every evening last week.
September 16 church was organized at Au-
burn under peculiar circumstances A number
of persons, members of Congregational
churches mostly, and few Free Baptists, have
built a chapel, and desiring to organize a church
called council composed of representatives of
Congregational and Free Baptist churches A
creed for an evangelical church was presented
aud after long discussion, in which the Free
Baptist ministers advised that the church be
subject to Congregational authority, it was
finally voted to recommend the formation of
church under the creed and covenant presented
and 10 recommend that it associate with Con.
eregational body. Mr.. Reynolds and Mr. Eme-
rich, student in Bates, were ordained as Evan
CYCLISTS.
There is gooily religious interest in Bux-
ton. Upwards of 80 attend the Sabbath eve
ming prayer meetings Three prayer meetings
are we'll sustained during the week.
At a Council held at Wilton on Tuesday of
last week, Rev. J. R. Chalmers of the Congre-
gatiOnal church was dismissed as PASTOR to the
regret Of his people, He enters upon his new
pastorate over the Pavilion church, Biddeford,
the first Sunday in October.
The annual Hancock Co. Baptist Association
will be held at Saisbury's Cove, Eden, COM
mencing Sept 28th inst.
Congregational church to cost 50, 500 is to
be built at Abbott next summer; III 800 of the
amount will be raised al Abbott, and the re-
maipder elsewhere. Rev. Amos Redlon is pas
tor of the society.
The Biddeford Journal says that last Sunday
afternoon Rev. Mr.. Rowell OF the Free Baptist
church baptized three ladies and one gentleman
at the river from Springs Island. Ninety-sIx
persons have been added t. the Free Baptist
church within one year and half.
Rev. d. G. Bixby has resigned the pastorate
of the Baptist church in Rock port in order to
devote himself to evangeiistie labors among our
pastorless churches in Maine.
Rev. W. HI. Clark, pastor of the Baptist
church 10 South Norrdgewock, baptized five
converts on Sunday. the 10th inst, one the head
OF family, two graduates of the Normal
School at Harrington, and al members of the
Sunday school.
The Advocate reports an increasing religious
interest in Hebron.
The Universalst Sunday School Convention
of Maine will be held at Auburn Oct. Is and
IA.
The Society of Friends have had important
revival meetings at Durham and West Gardiner
within few days; also at Vassalboro' meeting
House. Rev. D. Douglass of Ohio and j. b,
Daniels of Massachusetts are the active leaders
in this revival work. Other ministers from the
West have been laboring meanwhile in Thorn
dixie and its vicinity, and the end of the present
week series of meetings will be started in
China. The spirit of that invincible revvalst,
George Fox, seems to be visiting the Friends
Society just now.
Mr.. f B. Haskell, late of Newton Theologi-
cal Institution, commenced his labors as paste r
of the Cedar street Baptist church, of Bidde-
ford, last Sunday.
The Free Baptist church of Rockland recent.
ly extended a call to Rev. VIM. A. Yeoman to
become Its pastor, whicbihe has accepted aud
will begin his labors on the first Sunday in Oc-
tober.
The Congregational Society of Skowhegan
has raised money to build a new vestry, and
the work will begin at once.