The Portland daily press., 1895-04-06
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

The Millbridge Parish and Christian
church have secured the services of
Rev. W. P. Chase for another year at an
increased salary.
The Universalist State Convention will
be held at Dexter, June 4th, and 9th.
Rev. Myra Kingsbury will deliver the
annual Memorial sermon at the Univer-
salist church at Belfast.
Elder J. W. Bolton has rendered his
resignation, as pastor, of Churches of
God, at Bradford, Troy, Unity and Dix
mont, and has accepted the pastorate of
the Church of Christ in Brockton, Mass
Rev. Mr.. Hills of Clinton has been
holding evening revival meetings in the
sohool-house in District No. 10.
The Baptist church at North Abing-
ton, Mass, has extended call to Rev.
E. L. Richardson of Maine. who has
been supplying the pulpit the past few
weeks.
The Evangelistic Association of
New England held a conference in the
Winslow Church. Taunton, Tuesday af-
ternon, and one Thursday, in the Con-
gregational CLurch, Middleboro.
The Methodist Episcopal church in the
City of Mexico Is growing rapidly, seven
ty-six persons having united with it since
the middle of January.
In St. Mary's Catholic church, in Ban
gor, last Sunday, Vicar General O'Brien
read his annual report Of the condition
Of ho OFF Fai, "a In iob
considering all the circumstances, a very
favorable showing. The receipts in 1S94
amounted to Ss626, expenses sS431 bal
lance to this year, S195.
Rev. James A. Anderson of this city has
begun filing the Congregational pulpit
in Georgetown, Mass, for several Sun
days, and there is prospect that he may
be invited to be the pastor.
A good story is told of two old Machias
ladies, who were talking about the
churches. One said: what is the diff
erence between all these denominations
anyway" "Why," replied the other,
"the Methodists, they go down in the
gutter and pulls them up; the Baptists,
they washes them, and the Congrega-
tionalists, they starches then."
a Scotch elder was asked how the kirk
was getting along. He answered: "A
weel, We had 400 mem bers, then we had
division and there were only 200 left;
then a disruption, and only ten of us
were left; then we had heresy trial,
and now only me and Brother Duncan
are left. and have great doubts of Dun
CAMS orthodoxy"
Some recent Church of England statis-
tics show that the smallest living is that
of Upper Eldon in Hampshire. The an
nual income of the rector of that parish
is only SO year.
The Rev. DR.. j. j. Reed of Newburg, N.
Y, during his sermon Sunday discovered
man reading a newspaper. The preach
er stopped short in his discourse and
called the offender down, remarking that
newspapers were out of order.
At recent session of the Michigan
conference it was calculated. that the
money expended on one of the big city
churches would build 7,400 churches in
the South.
The Civitas club OF New York has been
presented by J. r. Platen, Consul General
of the Netherlands, with handsome
silver mounted gavel, the wood Of which
was a portion Of the threshold of the
church at Deephaven, Holland, in which
the Pilgrim Fathers worshipped before
sailing for America.
Saturday afternoon fire destroyed the
Free baptist church and the farm build
fngs of David Richardson and Lowell
White at Morrison's Corner.
Sunday afternoon mass meeting was
held at the Waterville Baptist church
under the auspices of the Enforcement
league. The meeting was opened by DIR.
Pepper The principal speaker was Rev.
WE. Berry, who reviewed the attitude oi