The Portland daily press., 1872-10-14
Maine As.oeiation of rho New Jerusalem
Church

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The annual meeting of this association was
begun OH Saturday at the New Jerusalem
church on High street. A preliminary bust
ness meeting was held for the purpose of Or
! ganizng the Association under charter grant
! ed by the last legislature. The meeting was
called to order by Rev. Sam'l f. Dixie of bath,
who nominated Hon. Benjamin Kingsbury, Jr,
of Portland, for. temporary chairman, and Geo.
f. Stearns was appointed clerk pro tenn. The
act of incorporation of the Association of
the New Jerusalem Church in the State of
Maine was read and accepted, and a number OF
associate corporators elected. Messrs. Oliver
Gerrish, W. ID. Sewall, Rev. w. b. Hayden
and Benz. Kingsbury. Jr., were made COM
mittee to prepare and report a code of bylaws.
The officers of the corporation were instructed
when elected to prepare common seal for the
corporation. The corporation then adjourned
to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, to give place to
meeting of the religious body of the Associa-
ton.
A portion of the Scriptures was read and
prayer offered by Rev. S. F. Dixie. The officers
present were Rev. s. f. Dixie, President; Rev.
G. +. Stearns, Secretary; j. p. Baxter, Cores
ponding Secretary; and Oliver Gerrish Treas
urer. Committee of Ministers, s. f. Dyke, w.
b. Hayden and G.. f. Stearns, Missionary, and
H. B. Hoskins and Benz Kingsbury, Jr, of
the Executive Committee. The list of dele
gates from the societies at Portland, Bath and
Gardiner was read. 1t was voted to invite all
receivers of the Heavenly Doctrines to take
part in the deliberations of the Association.
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Treasurers report; which shows the receiptsto
have been 1891 IA, with small balance remain
ing on hand at the close of the year. The re-
port of the committee to procure an act of in
corporation was accepted. The report of the
Missionary Rev. G. f. Stearns, states as part
of his missionary work. 101 discourses, Is bap-
tisms the administration of the Sacrament
three times seven social meetings, one mar
riage and five burials. The discourses were de-
livered in Gardiner, Leeds, Skowhegan, Rich
mond, Monmouth, North Monmouth, Rock
land, Dresden, Augusta, Lewiston, Auburn,
Saccarappa, North and South Vassalboro, Bel
fast, Portland and Scituate, Springfield, Salem
and East Woburn, Mass. The Missionary has
collected $921.0 during the year, leaving bal
ance of $123H due for the expenses of the mis-
commended the continuance of the missionary
in the work of the Association, and after dis
cussion the recommendation was adopted.
Messrs. Swanton and Stearns were made
committee on the subject of raising funds to
carry on the Missionary work. Reports from
the Gardiner, Portland and Bath societies were
read and placed on file. 1t was voted that the
next meeting of the Association be held at
Bath on the Saturday preceding the first Sun
day of October, 1873 The President and Sec
rotary were made committee on The journal.
On motion of Judge Kingsbury it was
Voted, That the Maine Association approve
of the action of the committee on procuring an
act of incorporation, and accept the act of in
corporation as their legal charter.
The officers of the Association were elected
as follows:
Presdent-Rev. S. f. Dixie, Bath. ,Gs
Lecretary.-Rev. G. f. Stearns, Richmond.
Corresponding Seeretary.-J. p. Baxter,
Portland. I1.t
Treasurer-Oliver Gerrish, Portland.
Ministers and Committee of Ministers-Sam-
uel f. Dixie, Ordaining Minister, Bath; Will
liam b. Hayden, Pastor, Portland; George F.
Stearns, Missionary, Richmond.
Executive Committee.-The President, the
Ministers, the Secretary and the Treasurer, and
the following appointed members:-B. Kings
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B. Hoskins, Gardiner 1. S. Whitman, Bangor;
DIR. J. C. Boynton, Richmond; G. H. Billings,
North Monmouth; and j. III. Morse, Augusta.
Upon motion to change the place of the
next Convention from Bath, adesultory debate
took place. but the Convention refused to re-
consider the vote.
The religious body then adjourned and the
legal body organized in the morning resumed
its session, and made choice of the list of offers
given above. By this action the original body
becomes merged in the new one, with charter
and is now legal corporation.
In the evening fine discourse was preached
by Rev. G. f. Stearns of Richmond.
The association continued its session yester-
day. In the forenoon, Rev. DR.. Dixie of Bath,
preached from the text, "And the city was of
pure gold" The preacher assisted by Rev.
Mr.. Hayden, administered the rite of confir-
nation to two persons. The preachers desk,
the communion table, the tabernacle and the
platform, were made beautiful with bouquets
and emblems formed of the rarest flowers In
the evening Rev. Mr.. Stearns preached again,
but the audience was very small, owing to the
severe storm which prevailed. -