The Portland daily press., 1895-06-05

A1 AlpIon louf months preaching Was
secured and this year four months
preaching will be held. At Canton, Mr..
| Downey of st. Lawrence University was
hired. Services were arranged at Poland
and West Poland and pastor secured for
| three months Rumford Falls has built
and dedicated it's new church and it is
all paid for. Dixfield proposes improve
ments in its church this year Rev. f.
G. Payne is working towards new church
es at Lisbon and Lisbon Falls Rev. f.
E. Wheeler has been very Fsuccessful at
Dover and Foxcroft. Among the church
| improvements are the new church at
Rumford Falls, changes in the Watervillc
church which cost $250O, and a new pipe
organ in the Guilford church costing
$1400. Last Sunday, June O. at the
| Church of the Messiah in Portland, over
$1,000 was cheerfully raised to make re-
pairs on the church. At Richmond over
$400 has been raised for repairs A 5000
debt which has been hanging over Bath
parish for some time is likely to be paid
in full in few weeks, $500 having al
ready been raised and an active canvass
now in progress will soon dispose of the
$500 still unmet.
Hon. Joseph Farwell of Unity, recently
deceased, generously gave $500 to our
Rockland parish.
The permanent fund has been made
up to $4,000, without disturbing any
other part of the contributors
work. A bequest of $4,000 has
been received from the late Parmelia
P. Byram for the ministrial fund,
and the convention was also re-
membered in the will of Mrs. Mary Mer-
rill of Portland, as residuary legatee.
Rumford Falls and Dexter and Green
parishes have decided new church proper
ty in trust to the convention. The church
property at Yarmouth will also be trans
ferred to the convention as soon as legal
steps can be taken. The committee
makes the following recommendations:
THAT we invite the Womans Mis-
sionary Society, VIC Association, the
Sunday School convention the Y p. c..
| q. to cooperate with us in supporting
our missionary work as during the past
two years, and we recommend that rep
resentatives of these organizations be in
vited to counsel with us at our executive
committee meeting.
2-That the present plans for mission
ary work be continued and our present
missionary be re-engaged on the same
terms as before.
3.-That we assess quotas as hitherto,
and in case any parish chooses to pay
to agents of the general convention, such
parishes shall be credited on these quotas,
with the amounts received by us before
May 1, '96 In case such amounts do not
fully meet the quotas such parishes will
be expected to make up the full amounts
assessed. We recommend that all parish
es paying to the state convention through
the general convention, be asked to see
that all pledges are due before May /,
'96, as otherwise we cannot depend upon
them for our years work.
We recommend that the general 'eenyen-
tion be requested to have its agents who
are getting subscriptions for our state
convention, counsel with us, SO far as this
can be done without interfering with
the work, as such subscriptions are a
mutual interest, and it is necessary for
us in collectingg our quotas to know
what is being done in other directions
I've recommend that all appeals for
financial assistance from parishes or cir
cults coming from this convention, shall
be as far as possible, referred to the ex-
ecutive committee, not debated on the
floor.
s.5-At the request of President H. S..
Whitman we recognize that our pastors
and parishes be cordially requested to
give him hearing and generous re-
sponse, If he carries out his present in
tention to canvas our Zion in the interest
of Westbrook Seminary, and provided his
canvas is completed by October /, 1896
Eve recommend that as the general
convention meets in New England at a
convenient place, that special effort be
made to choose delegates who will at
tend, that Maine may be fittingly repre-
sented in our national organization.
I've recommend that this year Sab
bath school secretary be elected as pro-
vided by the constitution and that he
be requested to report at the next con-
vention.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Mr.. David Lara, the treasurer reports
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