Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-11

Six persons were received into the
Dover Baptist church. Sunday.
Two persons were received by letter
into the Baptist church. Saco, Sunday.
The Waldo county union of the y. Z.
$. c. f.. will he held in Morrill,, june
.
Five people were received into the
Second Bangor Baptist church last
Sunday.
The Baptists in Iowa have now 453
churches. with a membership Of near
y 80, 900.
The First c ngregationai parish OF
Deering. has not had regular pastor
for e years.
An Advent church was organized al
Gushing. April 3. A number of per
sons were baptized.
The Cumberland conference of Free
Baptist churches will be held at Port
land. May 26 and q.
The Universalist church at Orland
has engaged Rev. f. S. Walker as pas
tor for three months.
Four candidates We're received into
membership at the Belfast congrcga-
tional church. Sunday.
Rev. William Jones has resigned the
pastorate of the church at Cutler anG
will return to England.
The hand of fellowship was given t,
nine new members. Sunday. at tn,
Camden Baptist church.
Rev. r. NJ. Osgood of the Free Zap
fist church. Springvale. has resigned
and expects to go to Pennsylvania the
first of June.
Rev. f. A. Mason has resigncA tn,
pastorate of the Baptist church al
Ellsworth. the resignation to take eff
feet. June |.
Bishop Nicely of the Maine Episcopal
diocese confirmed two candidates at
Bangor. one at Milford and two al
Old Town. Sunday.
The church at East Madison has en-
gagged Rev. l.. II. Copeland for the
coming season. Mr.. Copeland will be
gin his services May II.
Portland has eight Congregations
churcnes with nearly 1000 members,
and with those in the vicinity l. ali
told. with $500 members.
Seven persons were added to the
membership of the FoXcroft and Do
Yer Congregational church, Sunday
five on profession of faith and two by
letter.
A branch church of the First Baptist
church at st. George is to be formed
at Clark's Island. Forty have. Offered
themselves to the church and many
more are to follow.
Edwin d. Dolan of Hudson. stu
dent at Newton Theological Seminary
has accepted a call to the South Wat
erboro Baptist church. He will begil
his pastorate in June.
Rev. Charles f. Allen. d. D.. o.
Portland. will supply the pulpit of the
Methodist Episcopal church in ALFRED
| during the absence in Europe of the
pastor. Rev w. S. Jones.
Rev John b. Curtis, who has beer
| pastor of the Congregational church
| at Center Lebanon. for nearly three
years. has resigned. having accepted
call to Hopkinton, N. H.
Rev. ]. j. Ahern, pastor of the Cath
Ole church at Whitefield, has been APP
poiHteu PASTOR VI tie SdtHoic tHui -
| at PASSPORT, in place of Rev. Fr
| O'Dowd who is to take charge of tn,
| new church at Portland
| Hiram is having its first revival il
eight years, and as a result 3S mem
| bers have been added to the Congrega
| tional church. The revival meetings
are conducted by Mr.. George p Mer
| rift. student of Moody, the evang
elist.
The Maine Association of Liberia
Ministers held an interesting meetin.
| at Portland. April 5. Hon. George +
Emery read paper on Thoughts OF
Evolution and Deductions Therefrom
| An interesting discussion followed tn,
reading of the paper.