Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-12-25
Summary OF Religious Intelligence.

Rev Mr.. Brastow Of Sherman, has this past
summer done enough work to cause some of the
city pastors to feel tired to think OF. Besides
preaching every Sunday in that place, he has held
services every alternate Sunday at Patten and Is
land Falls, in the afternoon, riding ten miles be-
tween services. Also when he went to Island
Falls he held service at the school house on Gold
en- Ridge. Every Sunday he has preached three
sermons, and besides preparing these during the
week he has taken charge of Sunday School bi-
BILE class which he met Tuesday evenings, prepar-
ing the lessons making maps etc.
Rev. James McWhinnie of Lansingburg, n. Y,
has accepted the call extended to him by the Free
street Baptist church Of Portland.
Rev. J. w. Day, pastor, Of the NJ. f. church in
Camden, gave the right hand oil fellowship to thir-
teen persons last Sabbath; all of whom joined BY
profession. Eight Of the number are heads of
families.
Rev John Spinney closed his labors with the
Free Baptist church in Starks last Sunday.
At q meeting of the Union Congregational
church the resignation Of Rev. Mr.. Parsons WAS
accepted.
The Congregational church in Albany, has re-
Gently received legacy of $500 from Mrs. Sarah
A. Holt of Andover, Mass.
Rev. lothian Sewall, son of the late pastor of the
Congregational church, and great-grand son Of
Father lothian Sewall, has received and accept
ed call to preach one year, to the Congregation
al church in Limerick.
A meeting of the Western Maine Baptist Social
Union will be held next Monday evening, at
O'Clock, in parlors and of the Falmouth Hotel.
Papers will be read topic Of general interest
and it is expected that the meeting will be of more
than usual interest.
The second of the series Of sermons at the Allen
Mission in Portland, was preached Wednesday
| evening by Rev. Mr.. Hincks Of State street
| church. Text-"Believe ON the Lord Jesus Christ
| and thou shalt be saved" 1t was eloquent and
powerful. Several persons rose for prayers at the
close.
"Camp.meeting" John Allen one Sunday al
Phillips opened the Bible and read "The work.
of His hands are variety" and he went on ant
preached sermon on the variety of Gods work
On reaching home he looked ut the text once
more, and exclaimed; "Wife, what have done
Our God is a God of revity. The works of hi
hands are verify, and called it raray."
SuNNYsIDE-The friends of the Rev. L. p
Quincy, Baptist, of East Corinth made him do
nation visit Wednesday night pleasant evening
and excellent sleighing brought out . large mum
ber and all were enthusiastic in their praise of thu
fine singing, and good, social evening they en-
ioyed If it is more blessed to give than to re
ceive, the friends must be doubly blest who lief
with the reverend gentleman and his cxcellen
lady between ninety and hundred dollars.-Th'
friends of Rev. Horace Graves of Dover, recent.
made him donation visit.-Rev II. B. Sawyer o
Albion, recently had donation of $50.
Maine Manufacturing News.
TN. Egery of Bangor, and NJ. Z. Rice o
Rridoevster, contemplate bringing the steam say
mill machinery from New Sweden and start mil
of that kind at Bridgewater. These same gentle
men contemplate erecting large starch factor
there also. Mr.. Rice was formerly Of Stetson i
Peuobscot County, where he was largely engage
in agricultural operations. He has erected sew
eral mills in Bridgewater.
Last week the hop-growers of Farmers' Hill
Andoyer, delivered their hops to N. l.. Marsha
for IS cents per h., bringing over i've thousan
sand bushels Of potatoes drawn to the starch mi
for 80 cents per bushel, is quite IN item for on
small neighborhocd.
The new Lockwood mill at Waterville, the eree
ton Of which was recently completed, is q yer
stately edifce, Eve stories high 1872 by " with
three stories 1876 feet long. The boiler house
50 by A.. The work was performed by the cor
tractors, Messrs. Norton & Leavitt. under diret
ton Of their foreman Mr.. o. NJ. Maxwell. tn
steam stack, OF chimney, contains about one hus
dred thousand brick.
The Hinckly & Egery Iron Company Of Bange