The Portland daily press., 1876-06-10

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opon June lG Plus TX, completes the 31.h
year OF his pontifcate, having been raised 20
the Papal throne June 16, 1876. He is now in
the 85th year Of his age '-
In Augusta Sunday, June 4tb. six nersons
were baptized by Rev. @. f. PENNEY. and fonr
BY Rev. Mr.. Tilden. Since September tbi,,v.
church. " 'ne D"p'is'
A Methodist preachers meeting has been or.
ganized in Portland, to meet each Thursday
forenoon at Pine street church. All the Meth
odlst ministers in Maine are invited to paltici
pete IN the meetings.
sixteen persons were baptized by the pastor
OF the NJ E. church in Richmond, June 4th by
immersion, and six by sprinkling. Rev. Mr.
Sherwood of the Free Baptist church baptized
i've persons at the same time and place.
On Sunday Rev. T. G. Lyons, of Bryants
pond, baptized eight converts in the neigbbor-
ing town of Greenwood. In Shapleigh, MAY 2S.
twelve were ADDED to the First Baptist church
by baptism
The First Congregational church of Chicago
has just celebrated its quarter centennial 1t
was organized in 1851 with forty-eight members
who seeded from the Presbyterians on &C.
count OF their pro-slaverv attitude. The church
now numbers 10l1.
The Boston school board has come to the de-
clsion that the morning exercises of all tie
schools shall begin with the reading by fhe
teacher OF portion of Scripture, without note
or comment; and that no other religious exer-
clses shall be permitted in tho schools.
The North Carolina ministers do not receive
much peouniary assistance from those who are
matrimonialy inclined, judging from state.
mi in tha
that minister of the gospel has in the mast
seven years officiated at the marriage of eipbty.
hVe couples, and has been the recipient Of less
than fifty dollars
There was union baptism in Lewiston at
the river Sunday, the 4th inst. Rev. Mr.. Boil
ton, Methodist, baptized twenty persons, and
Rev. Mr., Chase, Baptist, six. Two hundred
aud ten persoHs have been received into the
First Baptist church the last two years. Rev
Mr.. Mariner of the Free Baptist church, Au-'
burn, baptized eighteen converts the same day
Our hennebunkport correspondent writes
that Rev. Chas. H. Gates, of the Congrega-
tional chutch, baptized Sunday, 4tb inst,
twelve adults,-eight by immersion, and four
by sprinkling, Nine were received by the
First Parish church, and three by the south
church. Rev. Mr.. Rounds of the village Ban
tist church immersed eight who were taken
into his church in addition to two others re-
ceived by letter.
The New Orleans District conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church south, has passed
series of resolutions condemning church fairs,
on several grounds. First, that they ignore the
duty of the church congregation to pay church
debts as other debts are paid; second, that some
OF the methods of raising money resorted to at
fairs are of doubtful morality; third, that fairs
frequently create dSSensions in the church and
fourth, that as matter of financial policy,
they are not the best means of raising money
The American Unitarian Association held its
annual meeting in Boston, May 80. Mr.. Hen
ry P. Kidder was reelected President In the
board of directors are two ladies. The receipts
for the year were $S5, ,10S, which, with the bal
ance at the beginning of the year, will make
total OF S98, 9O3. OF the entire receipts S25.693
were in donations. The expenditures were $685.
92O Thirty one feeble societies in New Epg-
land received aid from the funds.
Rev. Mr.. Wheeler, Missionary in Turkey.
now visiting this country, is making efforts to
raise funds to endow a college in that land. 1t
is understood that the Portland Congregational
churches are pledged to raise $4,000 to establish
a"PaysoD professorship," and the churches in
Bangor and vicinity will raise similar sum
for "Poud professoiship" The Conpre0a
tionalists in the Kennebec valley will try 10 en-
dow "Tappan professorship."
On Sunday, the 4th inst, the recent converts,
to the number of 80, were baptized by Revs.
Mr. Bryant o; the Baptist and Blake of the
Free Baptist churches at Springvale, the acces-
sions to these churches being about equal i
number. The service was held at the usual
hour of the morning session, and was complet-
ed at II O. clock. Messrs. Shaw, Bailey and
Mckenney of the Y. NJ. G. A. were present to
witness this wonderful result of their lab re-
during the winter.
lions Advocate says of Maine Baptist
churches: Rev. F. T. HazelwooI, of Bangor
baptized three persons last Sabbath At the
Free ST. Baptist church at Portland last Sab
bath morning, Rev. Mr.. McWhinnie baptized
three candidates. The pastor of So. Dover
baptized two converts April 49, and the last
Sabbath in May baptized seven more. On Sum-
day evening, Rev DIR. Shaier of Portland bap-
tlzed five candidates. and on the Sabbath gave
the hand of fellowship to ten new members.
A Michigan paper gives an accoun. of
church in that state which may be said to be
of its own persuasion" 1t was built and il
owned by German. Back of the pulpit is a
tablet of wood whereon is this inscription, mo
man will be allowed to preach in this church
who breaches from manuscript, who does not
kneel while praying, who belongs to any secret
society, or who has his life insured in any
way" AS may naturally be supposed, the
pulpit CT this church is not filed very often.
The following members of the senior class of
the Bangor Theological Seminary have receiv-
ed calls to the places named below: Mr. Fred
DeBos will labor as a missionary among the
Catholic French Of Massachusetts,; Mr.. W f.
Bickfoid d has been called to the Congregational
church in Winthrop; Mr. j. S. Dickenson will
preach in Massachusetts; Mr. Jonathan Ed
wards has been called to the Congregational
church in East Orrington D. 5. Jones has
been called TO the church in South Freeport;
Mr. O. w. Rogers will preach in Pennington;
Mr. George III. Wilson will labor in Massachu-
sets.