The Portland daily press., 1876-05-06
Religious News and Notes.

The North Star says that an extensive reviv.
al of religion is in progress in Mapleton.
The Mercer Praying Band has been holding a
series of meetings at Madison, which have re-
suited in the conversion of fifty persons.
Prof. r. G. Stanley of Bates College, is to
supply the Congregational pulpit at Durham
the coming season.
The Harrington Free Baptist @. M. Minste.
the Tuesday preceding the second Wednesday
of June, at Weld.
The Congregational church and society in
Lyman have extended call to Rev. George A.
Tukesbury of Gorham, N. H., who will COM
mence his labors with that church the first of
June.
The Methodist ministers of Chicago are dis
cussing this resolution: '"That as means of
evangelizaton our Sabbath schools are fail.
ure'
The Unitarians of Boston are MAXI ng active
preparations for their annual festival, which is
fixed for Thursday June 1. The Hon. E. Rock
wood Hoar will preside.
1t is seated that the litigation over the right
of English Wesleyan ministers to the title of
Reverend" has cost that body the sum of
e3O00
The lions Herald says that at one point in
the Harrington charge, where Rev. Mr.. Ed
ridge has been conducting services every even
ing for few weeks, fifty have expressed de-
sire and purpose to become Christians.
The Emerson Institute, at Mobile, Ala, one
of the schools of the American Missionary AS
ISOLATION, was recently set on fire by an incen.
diary and destroyed 1t was built before the
war as college for whites, and originally cost
100000.
The Baptist Missionary Union during the fis-
cal year which has just closed received $245,9 97
and disbursed $223176 The receipts were
$4026 greater than those of the preceding year.
The deficiency left by the year before of $50, 956
has been reduced to $3O,1S6.
Rev. j. E. Hall has been obliged to resign
his charge of the Congregational church in
Rockland on account of ill health, but his peo-
pie have refused to accept his resignation, and
unanimously voted him vacation of six months
and longer if necessary,
The Mirror says that in view of the invita-
ton to Prof. Barbour to take the Chittenden
Professorship at Yale College, the Junior class
of the Bangor Theological Seminary have sign
ed and presented petition to the Professor,
earnestly requesting him to remain. He thank
ed them for the expression, and assured them
that the petition would have weight in his de-
cision.
The Mirror says that. there are one hundred
and eighty Congregational ministers in Maine,
including forty-one without pastoral charge, as
for example, professors, &c., in our seminaries
and colleges: and 241 Congregational churches.
Eighty-tive churches are aided by the Maine
Missionary Society. Sixty churches are with
out minister. The average length of pastor
ates is seven years.
The anniversary meetings of the Baptist SO
ceties, which are held this year in Buffalo, oc.
cur upon the following days: The Missionary
Union will meet upon May 1924 the Woman's
Foreign Mission Society, May "a; the Educa-
ton Commission upon the afternoon and even
ing of May "a; the Home Mission Society,
May %, and the Publication Society, May 26.
The annual meeting of the American Baptist
Free Mission Society will be held in Jersey
City, May Is.
The lions Advocate says of Maine Baptist
churches: Rev. I. E. Bill, Jr., preached his
farewell sermon to his people in Fort Fairfield
on Sunday, April %. He is still pastor of the
church in Lyndon.--The interest in the Bap-
fist church in Yarmouth is hopeful. Nee tings
are held afternoon and evening.--April 30th
three recent converts were baptized bv Rev. w.
G. Barrows, pastor of the Baptist church in
Biddeford making 26 received since January
Is by baptism, 3 by experience, and by letter
In accordance with the unanimous vote of
the Dover and Foxcroft Baptist church, Rev.
E. A. Van Kleck has Withdrawn his resgna-
ton, and will continue to labor with his people.
There is deep revival interest in Spring
vale.