The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-30
Religions News and Notes.

The new Free Baptist church in Dexter was
dedicated Wednesday. Sept 10.
Androscoggin Sunday school convention will
be held in Pine street Congregational church,
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 10 and 20.
Rev. Mr.. Osgood, of the Congregational
church in Ellsworth, has rendered his resigna.
ton.
AT the regular annual meeting of the Uni.
versalist Society of Bridgton it was voted, 80 to
10, to call the present pastor, Rev. Mr.. Davis,
for another year.
The Sabbath School Association of Dixmont,
Plymouth, Jackson and Newburgh held its
regular quarterly convention at East Dixmont
the 23d INST.
The Bridgton News hears that the Rev. B. N
Stone, the Congregationalist minister at FRYE.
burg is to receive call to the pastorate of the
Swedenborgian church in Portland.
The Methodist ministers of Boston have
voted, 40 to 8, that 1--WE hereby disapproye of
the policy OF holding camp-meetings on the
Mr.. F. E. Clark is to be installed pastor OF
Williston church in this city, October 10Th,
Rev. DR.. Smith, President of Dartmouth Col.
lege, preaching the sermon.
The Piscataquis Conference of Congrega-
tional Churches will meet with the church in
Abbot Village, Tuesday, October 10th, at /
O'Clock p. m. The new church at that place
will be dedicated on the same day.
Rev. W. T. Whitmarsh, for the past two
years and a half pastor Of the Baptist church
in East Winthrop, on Sunday evening last
read to his people his letter of resignation.
The resignation was unexpected, and took his
people by surprise. M Whitmarsh will preach
his farewell sermon Oct. IT, and then will re-
move to Ohio.
1t is stated that very serious difficulty in
the way of arranging for the autonomy of
the Christian provinces of Turkey IS the bitter
antagonism existing between the two rival
Christian churches, the Roman Catholics being
so strongly opposed to the Orthodox party that
they side with the Mohammedans in the present
struggle.
The Universalist Sunday school of Rockland,
with such members of the parish and other
friends as may desire to contribute to the
memorial, are about to purchase and present to
the church handsome communion table,
bearing silver plate suitably inscribed, as a
memorial Of a former beloved pastor of the
Society, Rev. A. r. Abbott.
The First Baptist church of Fairfield Village
numbers fifteen members At the formation
of the Society last week Monday the articles of
faith of the Waterville Society were adopted
A sermon on the Christian Church as estab-
lished at Pentecost was preached by President
81. E Robins of Colby University. The recog-
milton PRAYER was offered Dy Rev. e. A. Saw
telle. ID. D., and the charge to the church and
hand of fellowship were given by S. p Merrill.
Several candidates for baptism will soon go
forward. The Society was formed under favor
able auspices, and will no doubt prove an
effective one for good.
Mr.. Floreuce MCCARTHY prints peculiar
request in the Chicago Tribune. He says: "For
several years was the pastor of one of the
largest churches in the city, and professed and
preached the Christian religion To all appear
ance, I comforted and confirmed multitudes of
Christians. and brought hundreds of unbelievers
into the fold of Christ. But, about 8 tx months
ago, not from impulse, but after mature and
painful deliberatioD, 1 abandoned the pulpit
and publicly renOunced my belief in the Chris
tan religion" 1t strikes him as very strange
that no prayer has ever been offered for his re-
conversion, and he adds: 81 ask to be remem-
bered in the prayers of the Christians at large
who may attend Mr.. Moody's meetings. 1
make this request because, for several months
past. have felt that there was after all,
great truth somewhere in the orthodox Chris
tan religion, though, as yet, 1 cannot define
nor comprehend it,"