The Republican journal., 1894-10-11

| MEETINGS HELD IN PORTLANDIA~T WEEK
| The Maine Baptist anniversaries bega
at Portland Monday night Oct. 1st, will
! preliminary meeting. at which the princi
PAL exercises was a sermon by Rev. A. s
Gumbart Of Boston. The Maine Baptist
Missionary convention met Tuesday morn
ing in tile First Baptist church at .
Q clock. The devotional service was lee
by Rev. G. w. lInckley. The address D
welcome by Rev. W. $. Ayers was de
llghttul Introduction to the service. The
annual sermon was delivered w Rev. Il
;. Samson and was a very strong presen-
tation Of the truth based upon the para
Die Of the talents. The remainder Of tile
morning session was devoted to reports
greetings from Christian bodies and al
excellent address by President VIM De
W. Hyde on the Observation-Disclosures
Commission Of Maine.
Of tile Maine Baptist Missionary CON
vcntion. Judge Percival Bonney of Port
land is president and RAY. ii. M. Burragt
Of Portland il secretary. Rev. A. T.
Dunn Of Watervile is corresponding sec
retary and principal agent ot the society
The society Has an invested permanent
fund Of over So, 600. holds real estate il
Portland tu the Nane III @2o. ntM AND
holds III tru>t with contingent reversiol
other property. mostly rhnrch I,nnertv
1t aSsi~rS I'M bHi1dine neW cnurehes III
supporting pastorS. and .apports seyera
home missionaries, HI This StItr.
Ihe ltlou III tBp trea.t,rcr N m
Morse. Showed Hiatt tl,e arnnInt recciye,
from churches WAS NJ. 49, M; donations
~5~~. n1. totaI rerpillts frem Nil ..I,rr,.
~. IS. 81: eXpenttitIt}es tor .Iillcb worl,
iii lile state. III .t,4.Y,: Salaries Hill ..<
penscs -.,.i-U.5~. Tbp ronyentinn WIN. wv
vested funds. $50. zt, rs in a sl,r,.ial finn,
III Which tle convention lscs tIc Interest
-l- ,A"0: Special trrlst funI. @lsyll... -4
permanent fund. $40, AZ
st thu afternoon Session Dr Dunn pre-
sentetI tie report III lille trustees. showiila
that G6 cllnrchcs have received help ant
tile general wslk ,lole INN aided ,lt
groNth of churehes iii different Section.
Of the State. Rev q. A. Towne read til,
report Nj thc Committee on the state N
religion from replics received from all H.
sociations in INC State. SHOW ine that there
" encouraging pfogreSs Hi fhis RESPECT
There have been ~ baptisnls. L cain .
l-:i. Eev l.. a. Wiittemole gave IN AL
dress Oh groupn. IF churches for work.
Rev. \. y. Darv gave an address nl
cNangHllatlG service. Ile believed I'LL fht
employment III evanaelists II they WI,
good ones. Key. {. +. Young spoke a,
missionary service, particularly III tht
Work in Aronstnnk coilnty Dne hunlre,
members had been added to the >oatl
Aroostuok churches. Dr. ~arnent told III
missionary WORK Wears ayu.
At night the Maine Charitable societ,
lad Tie annual meeting Aha elected AZ III
licers. President. REV. b. +. Lawrence.
Buckteld, vice president. Rev. H. f.
Young, IoultUn: secretary. Key Is II.
Wedge. Paris; treasurer Eev. 4. Ii. Uul,-
bard. Bangor; auditor. Moses (iieldin.s.
Bangor. executive committee. nun. Il. u,
ll>ley, Bangor, Arod THOMPSON. Bangor.
liev A. H. Kingsley. Bangor Rex. VIII
liam -AshmDir, h. n, WI >watpw. Ghna.
was tie speaker of the evening and tod
ot The work iii Asia
'Ihc convention 81 ihp Naime Bajti~t
Missionary Society closed t,et. Ut. The
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