The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-10-22
The Republican Journal TIA; day Morning, October g. 1896
The Churches.

Rev. Geo. S. Mills will begin, at the North
lectures on Isaiah. The subject of his first
discourse will be "The Call of Isaiah"
At the Unita rian church next Sunday the
pastors subject will be Shadows" Services
will begin at 10 Is a. III. Mis-. Isabelle CHM
will sing solo at the morning service.
Rev. C. H. Wells, Mrs. Velzora Mitchell,
Mrs. Therese II. Greeley and Miss Frances
A. Hodsdon are attending the New England
| Conference of Universalst churches in Port
| land
| The fall SEES sion Of the Rockland District
| Ministerial Association and the Epworth
League convention was held in Rockport
this week. beginning Monday and closing
yesterday.
Services at the Universalist church next
Sunday as follows; Morning worship, with
sermon, at 10 As. Subject, "a Message from
the Conference" Young Peoples meeting
at 6 151 Topic, "Borrowing;' leader, Miss
Eva Crowley.
X. n. Basmajian, an Armenian, lectured
at the Baptist church last Sunday evening
on Armenia and her prosecuted people,
and gave a lecture, illustrated with the
stereopticon, last evening, on Turkey and
| Constantinople'
The third discourse in the Catalan series
at the Baptist church will be given by the
pastor Sunday morning on "The Galatian
Folly" Gal. 8: is. The subject of the even
ing sermon will be THE Secret of Prefer
ment," Dan. 6: 3. The musical selections
will be as follows:
Anthem, Come, said Jesus sacred voice.
Holden.
| Selection, "The Homelight,' Macy
Chorus, The Evergreen Mountains of Life, :"
Loud.
| Trio, Selected,
There will be Good Time sociable for
the members of the Universalst Sunday
| School and their friends tomorrow, Friday
evening, beginning at o'clock. Admission
| five cents for all whose names are on the
books; for Others ten cents. Games will be
played, refreshments served and a general
good time enjoyed.
The recent Free Baptist State convention
in Bath adopted the following resolutions;
| Whereas, Free Baptists have never been
backward in their loyalty to the cause of
| temperance and other mora issues therefore,
Resolved, LIST, That believe in a strict
and impartial enforcement of the law.
>, That We depiore the inetficiercy of our
prohihitory law and its enforcement and re-
quest of our next legislature the repeal of
Ina, l,1 I'll ,lt
prisonment IS left to the option of the Judge.
b That, i'll harmony with the action of the
last conference of the Congregationalists of
Maine, we recommend
4, That the moderator of this conference
appoint a committee of three to cooperate
with the churches of other denominations of
this State for the purpose of organizing a
civic league, looking to the enforcement of
law and higher standard of civic righteous
ness.
The annual convention of the Maine State
Sunday School Association began Tuesday
afternoon, Oct 18th, in the Main street Bap-
fist church, Saco. An address of welcome
was delivered by DR.. Samuel j. Bassford of
Biddeford, and responded TO by Rev. DR.. A.
T. Dunn of Waterville. The address of the
afternoon was by Rev. A. Trueblood of
Winthrop on "What Do We Lack" Illus
tratlon of primary work was conducted by
Mrs. W. j. Knowlton of Portland. In the
evening, Rev. DR.. Smith Baker of Boston,
the conductor of the convention, delivered
an address. Wednesday forenoon's session
| opened with devotional exercises, followed
by three minute talks by superintendent
and teachers on the subject "How can the
Sunday school be made more effective 2"
President B. c. Jordan of Alfred gave an
address. The report OF the secretary, Rev.
B. 2. Snow of Yarmouth, showed that the
outlook is promising for the organization.
He said that the total Sunday school mem
lership in Maine is 1o6, 900, including Catho-
| lie Sunday schools He specially compli-
mented the thoroughness of the system of
teaching in Catholic Sunday schools. Of
the total population of Maine he said less
than one person Ill every six attends Sun
day schools. Rev. I. F. Milett of Gorham
gave his report field worker. Addresses
| by Treasurer E. S. Everett and others fol-
lowed. Rev. DR.. Smith Baker delivered an
address in the afternoon. n. S. Greet of
| SOmervllle, Mass, gave an illustrated adj
| dress. Graduating exercises of the Normal
| class followed with address by Rev DIR. G. W.
| Gallagher, president of the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary. The evening services were held
in the Pavilion church. Blackboard exer-
cises were shown by N. S. Greet of Somer-
| vile, and an address was delivered by Rev.
DR.. SIN it'll Baker of Boston. The convention
closed Tn ursday noon. These officers were
eecte d: President, B. c. Jordan, Alfred
secret AIRY, W. J. Knowlton, Portland; treas
urer, Osman Adams, Portland; executive
committee, Rev. A. T. Dunn, Waterville,
Charles l. Bailey, Winthrop, L. R. Cook,
Yarmou tn, Rev. T. II. Stacy, Saco, Allen c.
Moulton, York Corner, 1. N Halliday, Port
land. The presidents of the county unions