Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-27
PULPIT AND PEW.


The Methodist society OF Winterport
has voted to raise 500. ~ repair TN
| church.
sons in the Andr3yoggin at Auburn. las
The univeraalist chnfSx of Lewistor
has started a nest egg fofthe building OF
a new. church. -.
The income of ali the missionary socie-
ties of the world is stated to be about
sl4. 900 900 "A year
Bishop Healy confirmed class Of 81
persons at the Catholic church at Rum
ford Falls. June q.
The Catholic church at Northeast Har-
Dor which was Icsjlt last season, will be
dedicated in August.
Seven persons were baptized into the
Windsor Baptist church by the pastor.
Rev. p. S. Collins. June 81
Two young ladies' and two young men
we're .ba ptzed at Wayne, June Il, ana
t'unted with the Baptist church.
A branch of the Y. Z. S. G. +. has been
formed at Blanchard. There are IL ae-
tive and seven associate members.
Rev. Il. g. Harbutt completes. this
Week. his tenth year as pastor of the
Congregational church at SearspOrt.
IN, Isaac LaFleur, formerly of Bidde-
fords was ordained TO the ministry at rile
First Baptist church at Marlboro, Mass.
last 'wAak. =.
a eQfiyention of the Wndo county San
CONGREGATIONAL church, Searsport, Tues
day, June ~.
The Lutheran synodt in states adjacen..
to Ohio failed to discover. at it's session II.
or condition. and II a locality. where said
locality is" A day was devoted TO the
effort t~
Rev. George NJ. Stilpbensof Pennington.
tervile Sunday. This makes % that Mr..
Stiiphen has baptized at that place this
spring.
Rev. Father Marsan. who has been pas
tor Of the Catholic church at Caribou. for
several years. will close his iabors with
that parish July 5. He Will go to For;
Kent to take the place of Rev. Father
burgess who has been assigned TO Car
ibou.
The new Catholic church which will be
erected in Portland. this year. will b.
built of brick with red granite trimmings.
II viii be 100 feet in length and 63 feet
wide and will seat between 500 and 1909
people The church will be dedicated to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Rev. b. Minard, the evangelist, has
been engaged TO supply the Free Baptist
mer Recently seven members have beeii
added TO the church by baptism. two of
whom ere prominent business men of the
village.
II is expected that a union society will
be formed of the Young Peoples Chris
tan Union societies of the Cniversalist
churches of Bangor, Orono. Oldtown.
F,ddington and Pittsfield. This will be
done In order that the different societies
may meet in union sessions once in every
three or four months and thus be BEN
Gifted.
Rev. David Bracket of Brooks had a
busy dry, Sunday, June p. In the morn
ing he married a couple. then delivered
a sermon at West Brooks. and baptized
two ca ndidates. In the afternoon he
preached funeral sermon at South
Brooks. and in the evening would have
preached at the Union church. but a
heavy shower prevented the meeting
from being held.
Durh I'M as a remarkable new religious
movement inaugurated by Rev. Frank
". Sanford. graduate of Bates Col
lege, and brilliant Free Baptist preach
, or. who gave up his charge and $500 sal
airy at Great Falls. n. H.. to take up the
me thods of apostolic times for the evan
gelization of the world. Mr.. Sanford
has converted q to his peculiar faith.
some of them belonging to the Quaker
church in that town.