The Portland daily press., 1876-05-27
Religions News and Notes,

Seventeen were received into the Methodist
church at Topsfield on Sunday, the 18th inst.
| The extensive religious interest continues in
| Mercer without abatement
| There is considerable religious interest in
| Columbia, also in Harrington.
The Unive1salst State Convention will be
| held in this city June q, % and 30,
| Eight persons were admitted to the church at
WinterpoIt Sunday, the 21st.
| Rev. w. r. Cross of Orono accepts his call to
Elm street church, Camden. and will begin his
labors there by the first of June.
| Tue new Free Baptist church in Brunswick
is rapidly approaching completion. Work is
| finished on the exterior.
| More than fifty conversions are reported at
| East Orrington. Sixteen have already joined
| the Congregational church.
| Rev. G.. F. Dole of the plymouth church of
| this city preached at the Unitarian church
Jamaica Plain, Mass, last Sunday morning..
| The Episcopal Diocesan Convention of Cali.
| fornia has just refused women the right t, vote
| for vestrymen, by small majority.
Last Sunday two persons we're baptized and
received into the Baptist church at Houlton,
| and four were taken into the Freewill BAPTIST
| church.
The Yarmouth First Parish Sunday school
| celebrated its ffteth anniversary Sunday, May
| 14th The bell of the church edifice has been
recently re-cast and increased in size.
The English revisers of the New Testament
| held their 59th session April %. The revision
was carried through the 22d verse of the 9Th
| chapter of the Epistl9 to the Ephesans.
Freedom, in this state, has no minister, no
preaching, no Sunday school, but large and
/ namonrotic OIL IT,.
| is hope because of two well attended prayer
| meetings.
The Lewiston Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation at its annual meeting reported that the
| receipts of last year we've $1,697.1O and ex-
pendtures, includiug $775 for City Missionary,
$l,66933 There are about $50 of unpaid bills.
The Christian Union of the United States
will hold its General Council at Providence
chapel, Hancock county, Ohio, May 81. The
Christian Union is on organization which de.
| signs to unite all of the Christian denomina-
| tons in the country.
The American Sunday School Union reports
for the year ending March /, 1876, 1896 new
schools established, 6074 teachers newly enlist
| ed, and 1914 scholars gathered into the
SCHOOLS. It's missionaries have visited 1857
| families.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey will 90 to Chicago
carry Ill June, Wnere tney will open the new
| church which has been built for Mr.. Moodv
| 1t is stated authortatively, that all of Mr..
| Moody's sermons are carefully prepared and
written out bsfore delivery
The leading ministers of the Unitarian Con-
| ference recently held at Philadelphia, advocate
the opening of the exhibition Sundays. If it
is the purpose of religious people to keep thou
| sands out of the beer gardens about the gates
| they cannot do otherwise than advocate that
| policy.
The Gospel Banner cannot have many doubt
ers among its readers respecting the safety of
the cardinal doctrine which the name Univer-
sast implies, judging from the frequency with
| which they call upon the able editor to explain
the new birth" The latest request for ligh t
comes from Limerick, where the Y. M C. A
have Teen holding revival meetings.
The Kenuebec Valley Camp-meeting will
begin on the beautiful grounds of the Associa
ton at Richmond, on Monday, the 7th day of
August, continuing one week.--The State
| Camp-meeting will be held on the camp
grounds at Richmond, beginning on Monday,
the 14th day of August.--The Poland Camp
meeting, in charge Of Rev. E. Martin of
| Augusta, who knows how TO direct such affairs
| will begin on the 22d Of August.
The revival at Gorham, where Mr.. Whittier
| the evangelist is laboring has spread quietly