The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-10-10
The Churches.

The Wisconsin conference Of the Methc-
dist Episcopal church by a vote Of 100 to de-
cided to admit women as delegates to the
general conference.
The Waldo county Congregational Confer
ence was held at jackson Oct. 8th and 9Th
Rev. Geo. s. Mills and wife and others of
the North church society attended.
Miss Charlotte T. Sibley and Mr.. Chas. M.
Craig were appointed delegates from the
North Church Sunday School to the State
Sunday School Convention held in Winthrop
next week.
Services at the Universalist church SUM
day, Oct. 18th: 1915 q. NJ, sermon. s. 5.
IL m. The Triumph Of Gideon. Judges
VII: 1928. Y. P. c. U.,6 p. m. My Belief
as to the Bible. II Tim. III is, II.
The twenty-seventh Maine State Sunday
School convention at Winthrop, October
18th, 18th and 10Th, will commence one day
sooner than previously announced. It prom
ises to be the best convention held for many
years.
Rev. Geo. S. Mills gave the first of Sc
ries Of lectures on "What Christ Thought Of
HIMSELF at the North Church last Sunday
evening. They will be continued as the
completed.
Rev. Geo. E. Tufts will supply the pulpit
of the Baptist church next Sunday morning
and evening. Following is the musical pro-
gram:
Chant, "Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwell
ling Place." Dow
Anthem, "Jubilate Deo,' Sudds
Anthem, "Deus Misereatur in c." banks
Chorus.
Solo, Selected
At the Maine Y. P. G. U. convention in
Gardiner last week 20 out Of the Sc societies
| reported. The following officers were elect
ed: Pres, Rev. G. f. Andrews, Old Town;
Vice Pres, I. III. Branch Waterville; Sec,
Miss Annie Frye, Bethel Treas, l.. III.
Blossom, Turner; Executive Com, Miss
Georgia B. Bradley, Miss Ruth D. Stevens,
Miss Della Lane. 1t was decided to hold
the next annual meeting at Biddeford.
At the 9th annual meeting Of tile Maine
Universalist S. S. convention in Gardiner last
week the following officers We're elected for
the ensuing year: President W. H. Duran,
WestbrOok; vice president A. j. Merrill.
Bangor; secretary, Rev. W. H. Gould. Dex-
ter; treasurer, ]. V. Bradley, Portland; ex-
ecutlve committee, Mrs. A. B. Crockett,
Dexter, Rev John Kimball, Turner, Mrs. J.
F. Rhoades, Biddeford. The delegates de-
cided to hold the next meeting in Biddeford
in October, 1896.
At the Advent Christian Hall next Sunday
there will be preaching at go p. H., and
Sunday school at p. M, to which all chill
dren are invited who do not attend other
Sunday schools. A blackboard talk will be
given at the close. The Young Peoples So
ciety Of Loyal Christian Workers will hold
their meeting at six p. m. This service will
be followed by an evangelistic service at
p. ~. Bible study Wednesday evening at Z.
Church prayer meeting Friday evening at
p. NJ. All invited to attend these services
At the Maine Baptist Convention which
met at Old Town Oct. 1st and Cd, delegates
representing the Young Peoples societies
in the Baptist churches Of Maine met and
voted to organize into a State Society the
Baptist Young people of Maine. The name
of the organization is The Maine Baptist
Young Peoples State Convention. Its OBJ
ject is to extend the Young Peoples work in
Baptist churches,to bring the Baptist Young
Peoples Societies into more intimate rela-
tions with the denominatonal work both at
home and abroad, and especially to assist the
Maine BAPTIST Missionary Convention in its
missionary and evangelistic work 1t in no
way interferes with the organization and ad-
minstration Of the local societies The
membership of the convention comprises the
Presidents of all Baptist Young Peoples So
cieties in the State and two delegates who
are to be elected annually. The annual
meeting is to be held in: October, in connec-
ton with the annual meeting of the Maine
Baptist Missionary Conv ention, the pro
gram to be arranged through consultation
with the officers of the Missionary Conven-
ton. Prof. F. WI Johnson, principal of Co.
burn Classical Institute, Waterville, was
chosen president of the convention; Vice
President, E. ". Porter, Rockland; Core
sponding Secretary, Rev. ". B. Shrmway,
Springfield; Recording Secretary Miss
Maud e. Mathews, Belfast; Treasurer, Rev.
]. E. Cochrane, Hallowell.