Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-11
Church and Pastor

| Thirteen candidates were baptize1 70.
Gently at the Presque Isle Baptist church.
Rev. T. B. Payne has resigned as pas-
tor Of The tniversalist church. Rumford
| Falls.
| About % candidates were received into
the Bethany church. South Portland,
| April 9Th.
The Anasagunticook Sunday school con-
ference viii i,e held at the Free Baptjst
church, East Hebron May g.
At the South Berwick Baptist church.
Sunday. three persons were baptIznd
aud. with eight Others. received tie hand
of fellowship.
| Portland have organized a praying band
| and win hold open air meetings in dir
| ferent parts of the town.
| Rev Clinton Simonton Of South PORT.
| land. who has been preaching at Var
mouth. viii lea%e. soon. for California
where he will engage in evangellstic
work.
The Baptist churches at Goodwin,s
Mills and LittleheId's Mills, have ex-
tended "A unanimous call TO Rev Charles
l.. Chamberlain of Fairfield, 10 become
their pastor.
Easter Sunday UnlyersaIist church
Was ipaugurated at Caribou with men,
bership OF thirty-five persons. IL is ex-
pected that as. many more Will join In the
near future.
Rev. Mr.. Gray. pastor of the Free Bap-
list church at Montsweag. has resigned.
lie will preach his last sermon MAY 81.
II Is understood that he VIII go to Cor
ham y. II.
A pleasing feature at the CONGREGATION
II Easter concert. Ellsworth was the dis
tributioll OF Hover seeds 10 the Sunday
school from which il is hoped to decorate
The church next Easter.
The last Methodist conference in Lew
iston was in lSs9. al the Park Street
church. Bishop Hurst presided Previous
to that 1t met in the Hammond Street, in
lsSS, with Bishop Foss in the chair.
Evangelist Franklin p. Davis of Texas.
and Of the Gordon Training School Bos-
ton. has been assisting Evangelist Suther-
land 1T Bradley and Great Works during
he past TWO weeks. with good results
The Cumberland Theological Circle
VIII meet in the vestry of Free ST. church.
Portland, on Wednesday. April i. at $50
A. NJ. The exercises will be: Essay
Rev, W. A. Atchley: practical topic. Rev
j. H. barrows sermon plan. Rev. VIM.
Clements.
The Lewiston Hebrews contributed 800.
last year to the maintenance of the
Jewish hospital on Mt. Zion. The society
Of Hebrews OF America about half sup
port the hospital Money is being raised
10 buy land in and about the Holy CITY.
With the ultimate hope of Palestine being
once more the land of the Hebrews.
The annual report of the Methodist
church At South Paris shows that this
,hurch has received during the year "a
IN probation, 10 by letter and 6 on pro
fession of faith, making a total of As.
Dismissed by letter 3; withdrawn .: ad-
Tanced from probation 6; total Il. An
increase for the year of u full members.
and is on probation.
Winfield Macomber of Belfast, while a
in the Congo State Africa.
learned hut
obliged to give up his work there on ac-
cunt of illness. During the past win
.er. Mr. Macomber has been teaching the
'ongo language at a missionary college
N New York. where young men are
tilted for missionary work.
The Franklin County Ministerial Asso-
citation held its regular monthly session.
Monday afternoon, April 6. in the pas
tors parlor of the Old South church.
Rev. w. Il. Duckeshire of
StearEs of New Vineyard. as secretary
The association entertained as its guest
Rev. E. Fl. Abbot of the Andover Theo-
'ogicai seminary. son of Rev. Lyman Alb
preached the day before at New Vine
yard for Rev. f. r. Stearns. who had oc-
2upied the pulpit of Rev. Mr.. Ranney at
Phillips. The programme consisted of
Pennington and sermon by Rev. W
T. Dukeshire of Pennington. Mr..
Smiths review was of Richard T. Ely's
Socialism and Social Reform Mr..
subject was The Past and
Present" a discussion on the mechanical
preparation of a sermon followed parti-
eipated in by George NJ. Stilphen of Far
mington. Rev. J. C. Young of New
sharon. Rev. w. 3. Kennison. of In
dustry. Rev. Il. J. Holway of New
Sharon. and Rev. Messrs. Smith and
Dukeshre. y brief discussion of the new
book by Rev. DIR. Stackpole of Auburn.
a Prophecy, or Speaking for God" was
INDUCED in by all present, and il was de-
cided TO make that book the subject of
the next meeting. when Mr.. Dukeshire
viii present a specially prepared review
If the book.