Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-14
Summary of Religious Intelligence

summary OF HeuSious inteIiisehce'
The First Congregational society, Waldo
boro, have raised funds and will soon COM
mence thorough repairs on their church, in
| side and out. The pews are to be altered,
| the floor raised three feet and the steeple
changed into more modern style.
A general religious awakening is prevail
ing in the village of Springvale, among all
classes of its citizens series of meetings
have been held for several weeks and are
still in progress at the Free VIII Baptist
church, which is daily crowded to its utmost.
The friends of the pastor of the Buxton
Baptist church recently visited the parsonage,
and left bundle Of greenbacEs for the bene-
fit of the pastor and family.
The following names Of churches and min
listers in Maine, are separately invited to the
Congregational council in BROOKLYN: Bruins
wick, First church; Portland, Second Parish
church, State Street church; Bath Winter
Street church Bangor, Central church, Rev
VIM. NJ. Barbour, ID. D., Bangor.
The Congregational parish of Gray made
their annual donation visit to the pastor, Mr.
Eastman, March j.h and left 1927 in cash.
Rev. j. j. Abbott of Central church, Var
mouth, and Rev. Geo. A. Perkins of Pownal,
are both recovering from. quite serious i'll
ness.
The revival meetings at IIampden and
Brewer Village are attended with success
Rev. Mr. Fay and Prof. Barbour of Bangor
have been present and spoken at several
meetings at Hampton, within the past two
weeks.
Rev. DR.. Kicker, Secretary Of the Baptist
Missionary Convention, expects to leave in a
few days for Patten and the region round
about.
The Episcopal Mission Service closed at
Rockland this week. The services have been
blessing to all those who have had tie priv
lege of attending them.
The good work commenced on Barter's
island, over year ago, still continues. Up
wards of forty have been added to the Free
Baptist church.
Rev. VIM Wyman, a member of the Maine
conference of the Methodist church, died at
his residence in Pennington, Saturday morn
ing, aged ca.
The Congregationalists of Belfast rated as
the First Parish have purchased fine lot on
High street and will erect a parsonage the
coming season.
Rev. IL. A. Phil6rook of Nashua, \. H.,
formerly of this State has rendered bis res
ignation of the pastorate of the Universalist
society in that city.
Early next month a reyiyalist preacher is
expected to commence labor in connection
with union religious services to be held in
Auburn, under the auspices Of the Y. NJ. c,
Association.
The Free Baptists of Brunsw icl, who now
occupy Lemont Hall, are going to build
church, and the Catholic congregation has
outgrown the small church on Federal stree.
and will need larger building before long.
The installation OF Rev. Mr.. Dickerman,
as pastor of Pine Street Congregational
church in Lewiston, occurred on Thursday
evening.
The receipts Of the Maine Baptist Mission
airy Convention for tie quarter ending Feb
ruary, were Sl709.
DIR. Sheldon has been engaged by the Uni-
tarians at Wateryle for three years, and has
already supplied the pulpit for two Sabbaths.
Plymouth church in Portland has invited
the Rev. Mr.. Dole to become their pastor.
The time-honored pulpit in the Congrega-
tional meeting house in Pennington has been
removed, and one has been substituted of
more modern and beautiful pattern.
Eight persons were admitted to the Con-
gregational church in Bridgton, March lst.
There has been quiet religious interest in
all three OF The CoEgTe gatlonaI churches IN
Brdgton since the week of prayer, resulting
already in n number of conversions.
y Methodist conference has been held the
past week at Winterport, lasting two or three
DAYS.
The religious intercst at Calais continues,
and is almost exclusively confined TO the
Methodist Episcopal church. Some 40 or 80
Joined on probation, gently, ard more will
join soon.
The East Maine Methodist Conference will
be held in Belfast, in May.
Rev W. II. Smaller, d. D., completes on
Sunday his twentieth year of pastoral ser
vice in connection with the First Baptist
church in Portland. 1t is his purpose to
preach sermon reviewing these many years
of Christian labor.
The reformation is still going on at Pish-
on's Ferry and Morrison's Corner, in Gin
ton. 1t is said that more than 100 have been
converted and reclaimed already. Meetings
have been held portion of the time the past
week at Morrison's Corner, and good inter-
est is shown.