The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29
Religious News and Notes.

The Friends quarterly meeting at Dover
| just closed, was one of deep interest.
There is room for 11.395,542 to sit down il
62,552 churches in the United States.
The Methodists of Pennington are talkin!
of building new church in that village.
Rev. j. M. Steadman baptised one on Sun
day, April I'd, in Sullivan. 1t was the frs
baptism in that town for fifteen years.
A revival of religion IS in progress in Maple
| ton. On Sunday last seven were baptised ant
| others are expected to be soon.
Friend Charles G. Varney of the Friend
| society expects to move back from New Yorl
this week, and reside during the summer
months in Portland.
There has been quite revival in the M. E
Church at West Waterville and North Sidney
Mr.. Clifford reports some over thirty persons
received on probation.
The Congregational church and society o.
East Orrlngton extended call to Mr. j. Ed
wards of the Bangor Theological Seminary tt
commence to LABOR among them in June.
The preachers at Cornell University this veal
will be Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, President
Porter, Rev. DR.. Chaplin and Rev. DR.. Peabody
of Harvard College.
1t is found in the work of gathering the New
Hppodrome converts within the churches, that
many of them are reluctant to join any church
and there is a movement for a Gospel half
fer their future spiritual nurture.
At the annual meeting of the First Congrega
tional Parish in York, holden on the 10th inst,
the right of suffrage was granted to the wo-
men of the parish, giving them the right to
vote in parish affairs
Three of the four pulpits in Camden are va
cant, viz: The Congregational, recently occu.
pied by Rev. E. Bean; the Methodist, by Rev.
G. 81. Knowles, and the Episcopal vacated by
Rev. G. M. Stanley.
just now there is a revival going on
among the colered people in and about Ra.
leigh, N. G. Scores of persons are Converted"
each day. and every Sunday hundreds of them
are baptized.
Congregational council called by the Win
throp church on the 18th inst, voted to recon-
mend the dismissal of the pastor, Rev. r. W.
Jenkins, who is recommended to other
churches.
During 1875, 700 men were employed upon
the restoration and completion of the Cathe-
dral at Cologne. The main work was on the
towers, a number of which were completed
up to the point at which the spires will be built
upon them. The Cathedral was begun IN 1850.
Some ten or dozen Congregational churches
in Massachusetts have recently discontinued
the afternoon preaching service. Some of these
have preaching in the evening. The old fash.
Toned afternoon preaching service getting to
be exceptional.
Mr.. Murray says that "Heaven is not pcpu.
lated with singing thieves or palm-bearing
bankrupts, who settle with their creditors at Is
cents on the dollar Wednesday, and ride to
church the next Sabbath in $1,000 coach with
man in livery on the box"
The First Congregational church and parish
Of Bridgton, at meetings held last week, voted
to extend a call to Rev. Henry Carpenter to
become their pastor Mr.. Carpenter has sup
piled the pulpit of the society for several
weeks, to the great acceptance of his hearers
An exchange says: Difficulty meetings" are
now becoming popular among Sunday School
teachers. Written statements of difficult les
met with in the work may be prepared before.
hand or at the moment. These are handed in
anonymously, and the whole company proceeds
to solve the difficulties.
The annual meeting of the Brunswick Bible
Society was held Sunday evening, April 3d.
The report of the officers showed that the soci-
ETY. is free from debt, owns its stock of bibles,
and had as the result of canvass, supplied all
destitute families in town with bibles.
The Secretary of the Maine Missionary So
ciety Congregational announces that the treas.
ury is overdrawn $1,000, and that the liabilities
of the society from April to June 30 will be
about $5000 He appeals to all the people in
the churches to raise as a thank Offering for the
success OF the year in the missionary field.
Rev. DR.. Anderson says the Ba ptists during
the last century have raised over $50, 100000 for
the following objects: Houses of worship $780,
229,221; home missions $4,000, 900; general and
ministerial education 81, ZOO, 900: Sunday
Schools $10,000,000; Publication Society $685.
057; foreign missions $6,000,000; Bible Society
$2O00,0OO.
At the recent Electoral Convention of the
Northern New York Conference (Methodist
Episcopan, lady appeared as delegate, duly
elected. Bishop Andrews being consulted upon
the question of her eligibility, decided that she
was "layman in the meaning of the provis-
ion of the Discipline directing the appointment
of delegates"
The lions Herald says of Maine NJ. E.
churches: There is revival in the Thomaston
church.-A good interest exists at Newport
Detroit and Palmyra. twenty-five
conversions occurred during the recent series
Of meetings at Dexter-Center aud South
Orrington church is blessed with revival
spirit.
An International Temperance Convention of
women, under the direction of the Woman's
National Christian Temperance Union, is to be
held at Philadelphia June 1912. Invitations
to the convention, and statements of the work
of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
in the United States, have been sent to every
country in Europe, to the Sandwich Islands and
to Japan
The American Baptist Missionary Union has
just closed its fiscal year with the following
very hopeful exhibit, Notwithstanding the
severity of the times on all benevolent work
Total receipts, $245, %; current expendi-
lures, $22,176,6S, leaving balance in favor Of
the treasury of $22, 820.55. The deficiency of
the last year was S52956.72, which is now re-
duced to $50, 136.17.
The Liberal Christian describes Curious GUS
tom which still survives in certain parts of
Wales: At a funeral a hireling "who lives by
such services, has handed over to him loaf Of
bread, maple bowl full of beer or milk and a
sixpence, in consideration of which he takes
upon himself all the sins of the defunct, and
frees him or her from walking after death"
The scapegoat is called 'Sin-eater"
At the Centennial Sunday School Convention
which is to be held at Ocean Grove, New Jer
sey, July 22-30, all of the Evangelical denomi-
nations will be represented. The object of the
convention is to strengthen the union between
the Sunday School workers of these denomina-
tions. Among those expected to att end are the
Rev. j. H. Vincent, d. D., the Rev. G. A. Pet
ty, the Rev Warren Randolph. d. D., and the
Rev. j. S. Ostrander.
Boston confines to give memorable proofs of
unsectarian Christianity. A. the laying of the
corner stone of the new Presbyterian church at
the corner of Berkeley street and Columbus av-
enue (the Rev. Mr.. Dunn's) the Presbyterian
pastors had the cooperation of the Rev. Phil
lips Brooks, Protestant. Episcopal; the Rev.
Mr.. Cook, Methodist Episcopal; DR.. Lorimer,
Baptist; the Rev. W. e. Fl. Murray, Congre