Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-06
Church and Pastor.

Eleven persons were baptized at the
Essex street Baptist church, Bangor,
Sunday.
The Universalist society of Machias. is
making arrangements for the erection OF
a church edlflce.
Bethany Congregational church at
South Portland.
Rev. A. l.. Chase baptized two and re-
ceived five into the Congregational
church, Dover. Sunday.
Willis Hume, a graduate of Mt. Her
man, has been called to the pastorate OF
the Union Congregational church at Sc
bago.
A handsome brass lectern in memory
of Mr.. and Mrs. George E, b. jackson has
been placed in the chapel of st. Luke
Cathedral at Portland.
Rev. William S. A. Miller. who grad
uated last month from the Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary. has accepted the call TO
the pastorate of the Hooksett Congrega-
tional church at Suncook. N. H.
The members of the Peoples church.
South Portland, "A recently paid their
long standing debt and are now entirely
free. The event will be celebrated in an
appropriate way, July ! and 2.
The Baptist church at Lubec has ex-
tended a unanimous call to Henry c.
Todd, of Calais. to become pastor for five
months, beginning June /. Mr., Todd will
preach in the new church at the Ridge.
A Christian Endeavor Society of %
members has been organized in the First
BAPTIST church, St. George. Rev. George
f.. Jenkins of this church. will speak at
the Young Peoples convention, on July
2, in Warren.
The following appointments nave been
made by Rt. Rev. Bishop Healy in the
diocese of Portland: Rev. j. J. Ahern,
from Whitefield to Eastport; Rev. J.
O'Dowd. from PASSPORT to Portland; Rev.
A. Klauder. from Portland to Whitefield.
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Pittsfield, recently organized a society
which they called The willing Work
ers'' They meet once in two weeks and
sew for the poor people OF the parish.
They organized for sociability and help
ing the poor and there is a membership
of nearly 100 now.
The bodies of Rev. and Mrs. Stanley
S. Harvey Of Parkman, missionaries to
Matela on their returning voyage to
America have been recovered and
inferred on the banks of the Congo river
in Africa. Funeral services will be held
In Boston by the Advent society and a
monument erected in his memory
The ladies of one of the Manchester.
N. H., churches have set an example
which, the Lewiston Journal thinks. is
worthy of the consideration of Maine
church women. Cutting away from Gus
tom they have 'resolved' against church
supper and agreed to tax themselves to
raise money needed and will no longer
seek II tIlfOuSu TIE idDOi NUS HuclIOu Vi
church entertainments. In other words
they've grown tired of spending $25 for
decorations and incidentals and $50 worth
of time for the sake of netting the church
$3.
The Cumberland Conference of Free
Baptist churches held it's quarterly meet
ing at the Plymouth church in Portland,
Wednesday and Thursday. The report of
the clerk showed that there were is
churches represented in the conference.
and seven ordained ministers. During
the year 65 new members were added. in
GLIDING 16 from this city. Forty-nine
We're by baptism. The conference lost Is
by death. The present membership is
1911. There were IS Sunday schools that
were kept up all the year, including 1929
40 per cent. The next meeting will be
held in August with the Windham
church.