The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-12-10
The Churches.

The services at the Unitarian church next
Sunday will include sermon by the pastor,
Rev. j. NJ. Leighton, at 10 IS a. m, followed
by Sunday school.
Key. G. G. Winslow, Methodist, and Rev.
Geo. S. Mills, Congregationaist, exchanged
pulpits last Sunday forenoon Mr.. Wins
low spoke from John $3.50. and Mr.. Mills
from Gal. 6:2-5
The subject of Rev. Geo. S. Mills sermon
at the North church next Sunday forenoon
will be "Our Church Benevolences. Sun
day school as usual at noon. The Christian
Endeavor Society's topic at o'clock will
be Lessons from Solomons Life and Writ
ings." Lecture at o'clock
The services at the Universalst church
next Sunday will be as follows: Morning
worship with sermon at 1O:45 Subject
Seeking Goodly Pearls" Vesper service
at five O'Clock, special mus C being rendered
at each service. Young peoples meeting at
six in vestry. Subject, "What can do for
Our Home Church ?" Leader, Miss lisa Nc
Cabe
The following services will be held at the
NJ. E. church next Sunday: Sermon at
10 45 by the PASTOR Sunday School at - NJ. ;
Junior League meeting at 9.3O p. m; Ep-
worth League meeting at 6, leader, Mrs.
Lillian l.. Parsons, topic, "Christ present
still in the Sacrament" Luke % 1920; song
and prayer service at 7. The meetings
through the week will be as usual
The first of the series of vesper services
at the Universalist church was held last
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. There was a
large congregation. The services included
hymns by the choir, responses by the pastor
and choir and by pastor and people, prayer,
Scripture reading, and a short address by
the pastor, Rev. G. H. Wells, from Ps. 119 100
81 understand more than the ancients be-
cause keep thy precepts.'
At the Baptist church next Sunday the
pastor will preach morning and evening.
The morning sermon Will be the last of the
"Galatian Series theme being "The Christ
ly Marks Gal. G17. The evening subject
vii be One sdedness of Character" Hos.
I IS. All strangers, and those who have no
regular church home, are cordially invited.
The music by the choir and chorus, under
the direction of MI. E. S. Pitcher, will be
as follows: In the morning, anthem, Light
of the World, by Macy; duett, 'Sng, for
the World Rejoiceth,' by Geibel In the
evening, anthem By the chorus, "Reioice in
the Lord by Elvey; solo by Mrs. Pitcher,
mot Ashamed of Christ" by Danks
An interesting missionary meeting was
held at the North church Sunday evening.
Appropriate hymns We're sung at the open
ing and interspersed between the papers, and
prayer was offered by Miss Charlotte T.
Sibley. The subject was "Woman's Work
for Women" The papers We're carefully
prepared and while each covered its own
particular field as a whole they gave com
prehensive resume of the work of women in
the missionary field in behalf Of the women
OF other lands. The papers were as follows
History of the Woman's Board of Mis-
sions," by Mrs. Edward Sibley "Work in
India" prepared by Mrs. A. P. Mansfield
and read by Miss Cordelia Hills "Medical
Missions for Women" by Mrs. G. A Pills
bury; "Story of Texas Woman" by Miss
Louise Ferguson; "Womau's Work in
SPAIN" by Miss Mabel Weber; "Training
Schools by Miss Nellie Hopkins.