The Republican journal., 1897-06-10
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The Churches.

Kew Thomas StrattOn OF ROCkport will
preach at the Universalist Church next Sun
day forenoon. Other services at the church
will be as usual.
The Freewill Baptist quarterly meeting
was held at Monroe Centre Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday, June 4th, 5tl4 and 9Th.
There good attendance and interest.
The meeting of the Y. P. S. G. E will be
held in the Baptist vestry next Sunday even
ing at o'clock. Topic, The best way to
study the Bible. Leader, Mr. r. l.. Isley
All young people are cordially invited to at
tend,
On account Of the sickness and death of
the brother of the Pastor, the Unitarian
Church has been closed for two sundays
Services will be resumed next Sunday,
Sermon at 10 10; Sunday school at12 o clock.
full attendance of pupils il requested.
The Maine branch of the Womans Board of
Missions will hold its annual meeting in
Bangor to-day, June 10 There will be ses
sons morning, afternoon aud evening at the
Central church, and addresses will be made
10y Mrs, Fem Of Portland, Miss Child Of
Boston and others
The younger generation of Methodists and
their friends preparing for what it is
conceded will be the greatest gathering Of
Methodists the world has ever known, at
Toronto, Canada, july IBIS, when the In
ternational Epworth League Convention
years old but already numbers 100000
members.
Rev. j. W. Wyman Of Augusta will
preach at the Baptist Church next Sunday
in exchange with the pastor, Rev John F.
Tilton. The music will be as follows:
Mornlng-Chorale, II Would Love Thee,
God and Father" ar. BY A. W. Keene; An
them, "Ms Shepherd is the Living God,
Thayer. Evening-Seection Chorus; Solo,
Selected, Mrs. Pitcher.
Fifteen delegates from the Belfast church
are attending the Universalist State Conven-
ton in Rockland, as follows: Rev. G. II.
Wells, Mrs b. Kelley, Mrs w. B. Rankin,
Miss A. A. Hicks, Mrs. Albert Gammans,
Mrs. v A. Mitchell, Mrs. Sarah E. Pierce,
Mrs, Henrietta l.. Walker, Mrs. G. E. John
5 ~, Mrs. j. y Cottrell, Mrs. S. G. Cottrell,
Miss Sarah r. Gardner, Miss Ida Roberts,
Miss Annabel Walker Mrs. Olive Cooper.
Services at the Methodist Episcopal
Church next Sunday will be as follows
Morning, sermon by the pastor. Sunday
school at II III. Junior League meeting at
80 .. N. Epworth League meeting at 80;
leader, Mr. Luther Mason topic, Reelection
for the Department of Finance Prov IT, S;
2S So. Song aud Prayer service at 80,
Prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 80
Glass meeting Thursday evening at 80,
The Tuesday evening session of the Maine
State [ nitarap Conference promises TO he
one of great interest. The preacher an
nounced for Tuesday evening, Rev, John
Perkins Forbes Of Taunton, Mass, is very
forcible and eloquent speaker, and the other
speakers named III the program are men of
marked ability in their profession. The resi-
dent ministers and general public are cor
daily invited 10 attend these meetings.
Rev. Geo. S. Mills will preach the bac-
calaur cate sermon for the Belfast High
Success in Life" The music sswill in
clude the following selections How
sweet, how calm Gould, by the quartette;
tie .Deum in B fiat, Shucy, and the
Gloria, from Dudley Buck by the chorus
Song, "Grass and Roses" Bartlett Miss
Sally Durham. In observance of Child
ren's Day" there will be special ser
vice IN the evening. Instead of the
usual concert the Sunday school lessons
of the past six months will be
viewed and illustrated with the stereopticon,
Miss Charlotte Sibley speaking of the pic
lures, some forty or more in number, as
they are shown. The first part of the even
ing service will be devoted to short praise
service led by the chorus and ten minutes
talk by the pastor, Mr.. Mills. The topic of
the prayer meeting this, Thursday, evening,
will be THE Testimony of the Spirit, Rom.
SO IS; John Il 1927.
The SD annual meeting Of the Maine Con
ference of Unitarian churches will be held
with the First Parish church, Belfast, Rev.
j. NJ. Leighton, pastor, June Is, IL and II,
1897. Following is the program:
TUESDAY, June =.
30 p. M. Sermon, Rev. J P. Forbes,
Taunton, Mass
WEDNESDAY.
200 a. N. Devotional Meeting led by Rev.
W H Ramsay, Pennington.
10 90. Business,
II Is. Papers, The Future of Unitarian
ism" Mr.. Geo, w. Stone, Treas. A. Y A,
Address, Rev. ID. NJ. Wilson, n. E. Supt,
1880. COLLATION..
Tomen's Allaace Neetiag, Mrs.. s. =. Han,il-
ton, Pres.
90 p NJ, Opening Service. Secretary and
Treasurer's Reports; Reports from the
Branches A Paper on the Beauty of the
Psalms" Mrs. NJ, l.. Carver of Augusta;
The Post Office Mission Work, Miss Marga-
ret E. Fox, Portland Post Office Mission
Mrs. George I. Jackson, Bangor.
PLATFORM Meeting.
730. Four fifteen minute speeches upon
"Our Gospel and its demands" L. What our
Gospel demands of the Preacher, Rev. S. c.
Beach, Bangor; 2, What our Gospel de-
mands of the Church. Rev. j. L. Marsh,
Saco; 3, What our Gospel demands of the
Young People, Rev. W. r. Hunt, Ellsworth
4, What our Gospel demands of the Laity,
Rev. E. E. Newbert, Augusta.
THURSDAY.
900 a. III. Service of Communion, conduct
ed by Rev. W. T. Phelan, Portland.
10 90. Business.
LIS. Paper, "The New Bible" Rev j A. |