The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-05
Religions News and Notes.

Religious News and Notes.
The late Nathaniel Fales bequeathed $3.50 tC
the Methodist society of Nhomaston, the in.
come to be applied towards the support of the
pastor and charge.
There has been quite an interest in religion
the past few days in Winthrop. There has
been some thirty or forty converts. In East
Winthrop, also, there is lively interest in re.
ligion.
There is very powerful revival of religion
in progress in South Dover.
Quite "a degree of religious interest exists in
the Pe7ryville and Gowell districts ia Auburn
where Rev. Mr.. Mariner and others are labor
ing.
The Baptist society of Cambridge, Me-, have
voted to extend call to Rev. Henry c. Libby
to become their pastor, which, it is understood,
he will accept.
At recent donation in the eastern part of
Oswego county, New York, brother sent a
dollar to his pastor with note SAYING: "Here
is dollar in addition to the three shillings'
worth of strawberries 1 sent you last summer. "
Henry Clay Dean, known as the apostle OF
dirt, and one of the most eloquent speakers
now living in the United States, seems to be
working his way back to the pulpit He re-
Methodist church at Oskoloosa, Ia, one of
which was upon "The Great Question of Causa
tiOn," in which he affirmed that God by a di-
rect act, created the heavens and the earth, and
at the end OF the service decided revival inf1u-
ence was felt.
The Methodist says: "We have wondered
how Christian teachers could to such an extent
overlook the fact that Christianity was founded
by Jews. The Twelve, Paul, the aggressive
Centre of the early churCh-all Jews. Indeed,
the claim of Christianity is that it is the essen
tial Jewish faith"
Attention has been lately called to the dis.
tinction between the two branches of the jew
ish race in Europe, the German, or Ashkena-
zim, and the Portuguese, or Sephardm. The
latter were the first 70 settle in England, and
their aristocratic temper led them to frown up
on their German brethren, who were not allow
ed to have synagogue until 1872, but who now
outnumber the Sephardim The English Pre-
mier Disraeli is specimen of Sephardim and
Baron Rothschild of the Ashkenazim. In this
country the German element seems greatly to
preponderate among the Jews, and their lead
ing congregations are accepting modern ideas,
especially as to society, literature and art.
The Third Unitarian church in Chicago has
of parents who attend the morning worship and
who must stay at home or leave their children
to the care of servants unless some such ar
rangement IS made. The teacher is accom-
plIshed in the work, and takes charge of all
children between the ages of three and seven
from 10 As to IL 45 o'clock, until the parents
can meetthem in the church parlors.
Allegheny City, Pa, is now an Episcopal See
in the Roman Catholic church. and the Rev.
DR.. Domenec has been transferred thither from
Pittsburgh, and made first bishop of Allies hany
City, while the Rev. John TwIgg has become
the new bishop of Pittsburgh.
The voters of the Unitarian church in Wash
ington have asked for $50, 900 of the VIM fund
with the promise of adding an equal amount to
it, in order to provide for the erection of new
edifce in keeping with the wants and position
of the congregation.
The discussion among the Baptists of New
York upon retaining the principle and policy
OF close communion, and of refusing the hos
pitality of the communion table to all persons
who have not been baptized by immersion after
personal nrofession of faith, seems to continue
with vehemence. The exclusive doctrine evil
IDENTIFY triumphs, yet not without earnest and
apparently increasing protest on behalf of more
comprehensive fellowship 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that what is called close com.
munion does not necessarily limit the Christian
name to Baptists, but only compes them to re-
fuse external fellowship to others who accept
baptism by effusion and the baptism of chill
dren.