The Portland daily press., 1894-09-19

Maine Free Baptists Association.
The sixth annual meeting of the Maine
Free Baptist Association will be held at the
Free Baptist church in Houlton on Septem-
Der 25, 26, and n. The annual business
meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society
will be held in the vestry on Tuesday,
September %, at 8 a. m. The ministers con-
ference will assemble in the main audience
room at 2.31 p. M. The committee on enter
tainment consists of r. W. Shaw. ESD,
chairman, and Nellie Shaw, secretary. Ap-
plication for free entertainment must be
made to them i've days at least before the
meeting. The fare from Portland to Houl-
tol. and return will be ST. The following
is the programme:
TUESDAY EVENING. SEPT. 25-
7.0O-Prayer service, led by Hon. R. W..
Shaw of Houlton.
7.3GWelcome, Rev r.. L. Duston, pastor.
7.45-Annual sermon, Rev. G. f. Penney,
D. D., of Auburn.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 26.
SO0-Prayer and praise meeting, led by
Brother d. f. Small of West Falmouth.
S.3O-Business neeling: Report OF commit
tee on credentials; roll call; presidents ad-
dress, Rev. G. D. Whltcomb of Pittsheld; !;
reading of records. Deacon E. e. Davis,
secretary of Augusta; report OF executive
= q, ". "A. Il.
responding secretary; report of treasurer,
Deacon Rufus DeeTing of Portland; election
of life and annual members; report of state
missionary, kev. B. d. Newell: appoint
n,ent of committees, business, resolutions,
nomination of officers, nomination of trus--
tees OF Maine Central Institute, nomination
of members of New England association,
nomination of delegates TO other religious
bodies, nomination of visitors to Cobb
Divinity school, Maine Central Institute,
neurology, interdenominat1onaI comfy, an
nIal sermon - . = :
10.30-Report of necrolgy. Rev. T. H.
Stacy of Saco.
= 10. .45-Rece ption of representatives from
ll:3o-Repor of representatives to other
bodies.
Adjournment
4, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. 20,
women's Missionary Society, Mrs. Mary
H. Wade, President.
2.00-Deyotional exercises.
2.15-Report of secretary, MRS. A. b.
Webbel of North Berwick.
2.30-Address of welcome, Mrs. Z. n. Merritt
2.40-Response, Miss Lillian Adlee Tourte-
lotte. Maxield.
3.OO-Address 1.-The Wider Kinship,'' Mrs.
Celestia G. Whrcomb of Pittsfed.
3.2o-"Free Baptist Miss ons,'' Miss L.. G.
Oooms. Ealasorc. India. Collection, singing
God Be With YOU" etc.
ADMINISTRATION business.
4.3O-Adjournment.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Advocate of Fidelity in Christian En-
deavor, Rev. X. l.. Duston, President.
7.00-Praise service.
7.30-Address. "A Great Discovery Rev. @.
S. Frost of Bangor; also addresses by Revs.
r, E, Dawson. o. H. Tracy and Miss Laura
A. DeMeritte oil n. ii.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 27.
S.O0-Prayer meeting, led by Rev. II. C.
Lowden of North Berwick.
83O-Association business: Report of COM
mittees; election OF oiilcsys; @ election OF
alton; delegates to other religious bodies;
committee on neurology preacher of annual
sermon and alternate; interdenomipational
II.00-Address. 1.-The Church CLERK, Prof.
A. W. Anthony of the Divinity school, Lew
iston.
ii5o-Address. H5Adsi iasslo; 1.-THE Pastoral Engage
ment. Rev. G. E. Cate of Portland.
1l.45-DiScusSion.
l2.00-Adjournment.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
2.0o-The educational interests of Maine.
Nichols Latin school. Prof l. r. Frisbie,
Ph. D.. of Lewiston; Maine Central lnst-
tute, Hon. Llewellyn Powers of Houlton;
Lewiston; Cobb Divinity school, Prof. j. A.
Howe, D. D., Lewiston; Pastors Cores
pondence school, Rev. G. N. Summerbell,
245-s'P Prohibition, or the License System.
address, by the Hon. Hiram Knowlton of
Portland.
3.45-Unfinished business.
THURSDAY EVENING
70O-Praise service. led by Rev. B. M.
Osgood of Springvale.
7.sO- Foreign Missions, address. Rev. T.
H. Stacy of Saco.
.3O-Communion service. Rev. O. B.
Cheney, D. D., of Lewiston and Rev. e. G.
Page OF Oakland, officiating. Adjournment
Hymns of the Christian Life will be used
during the convention.