Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-08
Church and Pastor.

Rev. S. H. Atkins of Winter Harbor
has resigned.
| Rev. H. Farrar, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Albany, has resigned. x
Rev. E. L. Houghtcn of Fairfield has
declined call to the Universalist church
at Deering.
Rev. H. A. Perea of Yarmouth has
been unable to preach for several months
on account of illness.
| The pewholders of the Palmyra free
| meeting house at their annual meeting
raised $500 to repair and remodel the
building. This house was built 81 years
ago.
The new Universalist church at Rum
| ford Falls will be dedicated the last Sun
day in May or the first of June. Th,
parish has voted to deed its property to
| the convention.
Rev. Father O'Conner has been ap-
| pointed curate of st. JOseph's church,
Ellsworth, and has assumed the duties OF
pastor during the illness of the Rev.
James d. O'Brien.
The first Congregational society of East
port unanimously voted at q recent meet
ing to invite Rev. H. d. Catlin to contin-
ue as pastor for the ensuing year, and ht
has accepted the invitation.
Rev. F. W. Ryder, formerly pastor o..
the Baptist church at Belfast. and nov
of the first Baptist church in Lawrence
Mass, has been enjoying a religious re-
vival in his church. Nearly 100 converts
are reported.
The Baptist church organized last fall
at Smithfield faspurchased a beautiful site
in the village near North Pond, and will
erect during the summer a cosy church
edifice. They will receive help from thu
Maine Baptist convention.
Rev. Henry Basom Ridgoway, for
mer pastor of the Chestnut street church
Portland, of late president of the Garret
Biblical Institute of Evanston, ILL.,, died
at his home there recently, after linger-
ing illness at the age of IS years.
Rev. f. H. Hadlock, formerly of the
Methodist church in Waldoboro, who
graduates from Boston University School
of Theology this spring, has received a
unanimous call to serve the Union Metho-
dist church of Gardiner, Mass, another
year.
Rev. +. f. Pember, pastor of tho Uni
versalist church, Bangor completed five
years pastorate, March 81. During the
five years he has preached over 400 scr
mons, besides giving large number OF
lectures and special addresses. He has
attended 313 funerals and solemnized los
marriages..
Rev. George Lewis, d. d., pastor of the
Congregational church of South Berwick
who has been seriously i'll during a larg,
part of the winter and has not occupied
his pulpit since the middle of October has
returned home from a short vacation trip
and Is so far recovered as to be able tt
resume his pastoral duties.
Presid ent Whitman of Colby Univer-
sity will deliver the address at the Goth
anniversary of the Lewiston Y NJ C. A.
which will occur on Sunday, April 2Sth.
On the same date in the evening, will &C.
cur the recognition services for Rev. w.
N. Thomas of the Bates street Baptist
church. and President Whitman will de-
liver the address for that also.
An event of considerable interest to
parishioners of the Saco Methodist church
is being arranged for Wednesday evening
April II. Life size crayon portraits of
former pastors and prominent workers in
the society have been prescn ted to the
church. The pictures received are those of
Rev. G. G. Mason Rev. G. J. Clark, Rev.
Ezekiel Morton, Rev. A. W. Pottle, Mr..
Joseph Richards and Mr. Charles Bryant.
Eight members of the society have contri-
buted portrait of the present pastor,
Rev. A. A. Lewis and the Kings Dauph-