The Portland daily press., 1876-05-20

In tne elgnleen cnurcneS IN the freSOytery OF
New Orleans there is not single candidate for
the ministry.
Twelve persons were received into the First
church in York, (Rev. Mr.. Sewall's) the first
Sabbath in May.
Rev. s. W. Pearson accepts the invitation of
the church in Andover, and will soon enter up
on his duties there.
Private letters from Calais represent that
Rev. Mr.. McCully, just re-settled there, is meet
ing with good success.
Mr.. G. j. Fowler, the evangelist, closes his
labors at Mechanic Falls on Wednesday. His
meetings were we'll attended and the interest
encouraging.
accepted call to settle over the Baptist church
in Pennington, and will occupy the pulpit next
Sabbath.
The Rev. Tbeo. Hill of West Waterville will
preach next Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
church, and in the evening he will give a tenn
perance lecture under the auspices of tae Bel
fast Reform Club.
From the report OF the Librarian of the Bap.
fist Seminary at Chicago, it appears that the
library now contains IA, 49, bound volumes and
pamphlets. All of these, excepting 4508 bound
books, have been received since September,
1875.
The sum of $35O,OOO has been collected to-
ward paying for the new building of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Philadelphia,
and further amount of $135,000 is needed.
The building will not be occupied until its
entire cost is paid.
Rev. U. ". Clark. pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Turner, has resigned, his res
ignation to take effect Immediately. He is
universally esteemed and his departure will be
a loss to the community as well as to his church
and society.
A third English mission is to be planted in
Central Africa. The London Missionary So
ciety intends to found a mission upon Lake
Tapgauyika, with headquarters at Ujij The
sum of $4,000 has been offered to the society to.
wards the purchase of steam launch to be
used upon the lake.
The Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the United States (the Rev.
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, d. d. announces
that he has received from the Archbishop of
Canterbury circular letters addressed to all
Bishops in relation to a sacred Lambeth Con-
ference, or. as it is more frequently styled l.
Pan.Aglican Council.
The New England Christian convention will
hold its annual session with the North Church,
Eastport, June 9th, 1876, commencing Tuesday
at 2 o o'clock T. M. and continue over the fol-
lowing Sabbath. This convention will be the
meeting OF Inc various SOCl6LleS connected With
the Christian denomination. A large gather
ing is expected from all parts of New Eogland
There are in the City of Baltimore, where
the Methodist Episcopal Conference is now in
session, 76 Methodist churches. OF these. 40
belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church
NORTH, to the Methodist Episcopal Church
(Svuth), 8 to the Protestant Methodist, 6 to the
African Methodist Episcopal Church. and the
remaining 5 are independent.
Rev. Henry S. West, for seventeen years
medical missionary at Sivas, Turkey, died there
on April I'd, aged forty-nine. He was au earn
est active worker and had rendered the Ameri.
can Board, under whose directions he labored,
much valuable assistance. DR.. West leaves a
wife who had been faithful partner in all his
labors.
Fourteen members of the middle class in the
| theological Seminary at Bangor were examined
and licensed by the Penobscot Ministerial AS.
ISOLATION Tuesday, and one member of the sem
| ior class, not before licensed by them. The
| license of the middle class extends one year,
| the licenses of the members of the senior class
| were renewed for three years. The examina-
| tons were of marked interest:
In view of the conservation of the New Am.
erican Church of St. Paul in Rome, the Crown
Prince sent for the rector, the Rev. DR.: Nevin,
| to congratulate him in person upon the open
| ing of this house of worship for the people OIL
| the New World, and welcomed it as decided
evidence of the religious liberty which his
family have sought to give to the nation so lons
| oppressed by spiritual desPotism. The service,
| of the conservation were attended by many of
the prominent men of Rome, including goot
| representation of the nobility.
A parliamentary report has just been issued
in England about the additions made to The
British Museum during the year ending Marcel
IL, 1876. Among the rare acquisitions are :
number of Sanskrit works and six copies o
Papal lndulgences printed upon vellum, which
are very valuable. One Indulgence is dated
| 1917, and is one of those granted BY Pope Lee
x in return for contributions towards the cree
ton OF st. Peters in Rome, the sale of whcl
through John Tetzel called forth Luther's frs
remonstrance against the evils of his time.
Major George w. ingalls, has been appointe,
| Superintendent of tho Indian Missions by tn
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Major Ingalls, has been an Indian Agent TO
four years, from which office he retired with al
through the States delivering lectures upon tn
present condition of the Indians as a means O
raising money for his new work. He will
accom- panied on his tour by several Indians
The Baptists have among the Five Tribes
churches with 5000 members.
The Brahmo Somaj was lately said, by one
the evangelical papers, to number only abor
1000 people in all India But, if this is th
case, they had marvellous proportional after
dance at the anniversary in Calcutta, last jar
uary,-5O0 persons, of whom Mr. Dali was tt
| only one not of native race. There were r.
representatives. from 26 Brahmo-somajes, an
Keshub Chunder Sen was chairman. M. l
Conway's Sacred Anthology" was read in th
Bengal service.
The Universities Mission Church of En-
land) to Central Africa is prospecting. A fir
church is now being erected ON the site of tt
old slave market at Zanzibar, and near it a
to be built houses for the clergy and missile
workers, schools, and no pital. At Mbwer