The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-27
Pastors and Cnurches.


Conn.,, graduate of Bangor Theological
Seminary in 1877, declines the call to the Old
South Church, Boston.
Rev. VIM. W. Dow, formerly Of Waterford
| has removed from Massachusetts,, and will sup
| ply the church in Kittery He is thus brought
next to relatives in Portsmouth, N. H., who
are, somewhat dependent on his care by the
recent death of sister.
| The Maine Congregational Charitable
Society, organized at Portland Oct. 16. 1928, to
aid the widows and children of deceased minis
ters, has rendered essential help yearly. II
makes lis appeal for increased contributions,
! desi ring each church TO appropriate some
amount to its funds.
Rev. B Tappan, d. d., Of Norridgewock
has given lecture on European iDstitutior4'
! literature, policies, religious customs, agricul
] ture." etc. in comparison with American in
stitutions, etc., illustrated by incidents in his
recent tour in Europe.
Rev. j. X. Mason, d. D., of Fryeburg, gave
lecture in Waterford IN the course before
The Home School of Miss Douglass; a leaf from
his travels in Europe, especially his experience
in the Alps.
| Rev. Smith Baker of Lowell Mass, will ie-
| liver abe annual address before the Rhetorical
Ssciety in the Bangor Theological Seminary
| at its anniversary next June. THIS society had
| its semi-anl.ual exhibition in the chapel Jan
! 23d. II included addresses, readings and
| Gns;c.
| The first service in The new Congregational
| chapel at West ateryille was held on the 23d
nit. Its cost was $4,000.
A new parsonage has been built at Hiram and
is occupied b, Rev. z. Crowell
Deacon n. N Bolster has entered upon his
18Th year as superin tendent of the Sabbath
School in South Paris
Rev. c. E. Andrews, Newcastle declines
the call to Danvers, Mass.
Rev. G. E. Harrington. formerly supplying
at Brewer Village, was installed paster at Du-
bpque, Iowa. 28tb ut.
A Albert Doinel resigns his charge as acting
pastor at Bristol.
Rev. A. W Rogers, Bridgton, enters upon
his atoIs Mt. Pleas. nj, Iowa. in February
Rev. B. Il. Merrill, FIRST church, Searsport,
resigns on account of i'll health
Rev. A. T. Marsh at Pembroke and Perry,
1866, accepts call 10 Neigh, Nebraska.
MIR Daniel Sturer at Sedgwick in 1872 ard
Perry in 1874, is now at Greeley, Col. Rev
DoaDe r. Atkins A lbapy 1904, is at Custer
City, Dakota. Rev. Geo. Kpdley at Prince
ton 1874, now at Nebraska City. Neb. Rev.
Clarence Finster at Princeton, 1875, is at Olive,
Michigan, SUPPLY ing also Robinson and Ottawa
Rev. George e. Freeman, a graduate of Ban
gor Seminary in 1858, and supplying some of
the churches in tie peighborhood, has gone
from Planview, Mich, to California.
Rev. C. E. Stove, late pastor at Saco, was
installed pastor of Windsor Avenue church,
Hartford, Conn, 10Th Inst. Sermon by Rev.
A. Mckenzie, former pastor at Augusta; in
Sailing prayer BY Rev G. Leon Walker,
formerly OF State st Church, land.
Longfellow Memorial Statue.
The schools of Portland had Lougfelow
hour Friday afternoon, Jan. 18th, Oh which &C.
casion very Interesting exercises were held in
all the school rooms, maly of which have
been heretofore reported in the various city
papers. AS a result the association h as real
lied $5l4 20, and small sums are still coming
in from the various schools Memorial dime
cards have been distributed in all the schools
except in the three large Grammar schools
the North the Cumberland Street and the
Smaller schools. and cards will be supplied te
these as soon as they can be printed. These
cards contain a beautifully engraved medal
lion portrait of Longfelow, a facimile OF hi
signature, an appropriate selection from one o.
his poems, and certificate OF contribution in
which The pupils name is written. Besides
these cards small Longfellow leaflet. con
tanning picture of the poet with children, and
an appropriate poem to children, and certi
ficate for the donor, has been bestowed upor
all children giving five cents or less,
The following is tabuated statement of thu
amout contributed in each school in the cit,
, with the number belonging t, each school TO