The Portland daily press., 1895-07-27
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

There are over 1900 children in the
Sunday-schools of Japan.
The eighth annual Universalist grove
meeting at Sebago Friday, Saturday aud
Sunday, August 16, II and IS, will COM
mence on Friday afternoon of the 10th
| continuing over the following SUNDAY.
Saturday will be temperance day.
Seven persons, six young ladies and
one gentlemen, were baptized by Rev.
Mr. George of Gardiner and received by
Rev. Alr. Churchill into membership OF
the Free Baptist church Sunday
Rev. 0. K. Crosby, pastor of the
Unitarian church in Houlton for num-
Der of years, will preach his farewell
sermon there next Sunday. Many warm
friends will regret Mr.. Crosby and fami-
ly's departure from Houlton.
On account of the County Sunday
School Convention, which is TO be held
at Blaine, Aug 7th and Sth, the conven-
ton Of the Aroosteok G. e. Union,
which had been appointed at Island Falls
for the same date, will be postponed one
week.
The Rev. DIR. W. J. Holland, Chan
cellor of the Western University of Penn
sylvania, has the largest private collec-
ton of 1epidoptera in this country and
one Of the largest in the world.
The English Presbyterians have resolved
by a comparatively small majority to
transfer their college to Cambridge, but
the resolution cannot take affect much
sooner than the end of the century.
The maiden name of Mrs Lucretia
Mott, the famous Quaker preacher, was
Coffin, and she was born in Nantucket,
being a lineaI descendant of Sir Isaac
Coffin, an Admiral of the Blue in the
British navy.
The Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Church
has thirteen hospitals and dispensa-ies.
and ministers 30 about 30, 600 women
through it's medical missionaries.
According to the census there are q
million church members in the United
States.
Joseph Cook afirms that nine tenths
of the contributions to missionaries
come from one-tenth of the members of
our churches.
1t is estimated by church authority
that there are now over 300 Am erican
women living in foreign countries as
missionaries.
Rev. o. K. Crosby will preach his last
sermon as pastor of the Unitarian church
of Houlton at the church next Sunday
morning Mr.. Crosby has recently ac-
cepted the pastorate of the church at Var
mouth, in this State, and will shortly
leave for his new field of labor.
The County Convention of the Aroos-
took Christian Endeayor Union which
was appointed at Island Falls Aug 7th
and 8th, has been postponed until abe
18th and 10th on account OF the Sunday
School convention which occurs at
Blaine at the former date.
A council of Congregational churches
will be held in Rockland next Wednes-
day, July 81, in which Rev. ..Charles A.
Moore will be ordained and installed as
pastor of the Rockland church, with the
usual ceremonies The churches at Cam
den, Rockport, Union, Thomaston, War
en-, Waldoboro New Castle, Wiscasset
and Bath have been invited. The ordi-
nation sermon will be preached by Prof.
George +. Moore, d. D., of Andover,
Mass.
The annual NEE ting of the Vassalboro
Memorial Association will..be held at the
Vassalboro grounds Saturday and Sun
day, August II and 12. Following is the
programme: Sunday, a. m., song SER
vice; II, address by Rev e. W. Webber of
Richmond; l. 30 p. M, conference meet
ing; 2, sermon by Rev. G. A. Hayden
of Augusta. The Universalist quartette
of Richmond has been engaged to furnish
music for the occasion.
George L. Mills, graduate of Andover
Theological Seminary, was ordaised and
installed as pastor of the North Congre-
gational church, Bedford, Me-, Wednes-
day night, the sermon being given by
Prof. George Harris of Andoyer.