The Portland daily press., 1895-04-13
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

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Tkesirst Orthodox Russian church in
Connecticut has been organized in
Bridgeport.
The Protestant Episcopal church of St.
Mary the Virgin in West Forty fifth
street, New York of which the Rev. DR..
Thomas Mex. Brown is the rector, is de-
cidedly High Church in it's services.
Mass is celebrated on Sundays and week
days, and confessions are heard in the
church on Fridays and Saturdays. In
cense and holy water are used, and red
light is kept burning constantly before
the altar to signify the presence of the
blessed sacrament. Over the doorway
there is white statue of the Virgin
Mary, the patron saint of the church. In
the parish house next door to the church
10 published the Arrow. The March
number of this paper contains remark
able article urging the revival of the Ave
Maria, or Hail Mary, the prayer SO COM
monty used in the Roman Catholic
church. The article has aroused no
end of com ment among the Episco-
palians.
Miss Sarah Treworgy, having finished
her stipulated course of special meetings
at the Methodist church Southwest Har-
| Dor, accepted the invitation of Rev. j.
E. Bowman to hold special services for
| week at Bass Harbor, where considera-
BILE interest in religion has been mani
| tested throughout the winter.
| A series of meetings have been held at
the Universalist Church, Chelsea, Mass.
every evening this week, in commemor-
alton of the holy days. Among the
speakers and subjects are: Rev. g. W.
Bicknell. d. D., of Cambridge, "A bid
ing Under the Shadow of the Almighty"
Rev. VIM. E. Gibbs, d. D., of Lawrence.
"Our Church Duties"
The pewholders of the Palmyra free
meeting house at ther annual meeting
raised 5000 to repair and remodel the
ago.
| The new Universalist church at Rum
ford Falls will be dedicated the last Sun
day in May or the first Of June. The
parish has voted to deed its property
to the convention.
| Rev. E. F. Pember, pastor of the Uni
versalist church, Bangor. completed a
five years. passionate, March 81. During
the five years he has preached over 400
sermons, besides giving large number
of lectures and special addresses. He
has attended 313 funerals and solemnized
1903 marriages.
Rev. James Albert Libby, of Green
wood, Maine, was at Hebron i'll 1857, and
gave the toast after the planting of the
trees in the AGA lemy yard. He is good
verse writer, and is represented in Poets
of America.
| There was baptism at the Congrega-
| tional church at Green's Landing, Sun
| day, March 81. Eighteen were taken
| into the church.
There is a fourishing Young Woman's
Christian Association in Calcutta, In
| dia.
| Arrangements are already being made
for the next Baptist Congress, which will
be held in Providence, r. T., Novemb Der
12.14.
The Rev. A. B. Earle, the evangelist,
who died in Boston a week ago, is said
to have saved 10000 souls during the
sixty years of his evangelistic work.
The Rev. DR.. William H. De Puy, as
sistant editor of the Christian Advocate,
| will retire the LIST of May to dev ote HIM
self to literary work in which he is in
terested.
j The Board of Home Missions of the
Presbyterian Church reports the total
receipts for the last ten months to be
s57l, $50. OF this S2O5, 500 is the gift of
the woman's societies.
The Rev. William Cleveland. the Pres
byteIian minister at Watertown, N. Y,
and brother of President Cleveland, has
been requested to resign by vote of %