The Republican journal., 1897-06-24
The Churches.

At the Unitarian church next Sunday SER
mon by the Pastor at TO- Is. Sunday School
at II.
Special services this, Thursday, evening at
the Universalist church, at which time the
rites OF baptism and confirmation will be
conferred. Holy Communion will also be
administered, the services beginning at 7 30,
large number from Belfast went to
Freedom Tuesday to attend the Waldo
County Conference of Congregational
Churches. Some went by private carriages,
and others by blackboard from the Belfast
Livery Co.
The meeting of the Y. P. S. c. E. will be
held in the Baptist vestry next Sunday
evening at 80 o'clock. Topic, How to get
patience and why Jas. 5: Z 90 Leader, Miss
Lena Fernald. All young people are cor
,, daily invited to attend.
The services at the Universalist church
next Sunday will be as follows: Mo rning
worship with sermon at 1O:45, followed by
Sunday school, Young peoples monthly
conservation meeting in the vestry at six,
led by the president, Topic, profit and
Loss"
The Epworth League held a very pleasant
session at the Methodist parsonage Wednes-
day evening, June 10Th. Several questions
of interest were disposed of and delegates to
the State Convention to be held in Portland
| July 7th, Sth and 9th were elected. Cocoa
| and cake were served.
| The exchange of pastors between the
| Methodist churches of Belfast and Searsport
| was postponed from last Sunday to next
| Sunday on account of the rain. The other
services next Sunday will be as usual. The
subject of the 6.15 Epworth League meet
ing will be "The Danger of Delay" Prov.
q Il leader, Miss Mlly Sanborn. Strangers
and all persons having no church home are
cordially invited to these services.
| The services at the Baptist church next
Sunday will be as follows: Morning worship
with sermon by the PASTOR Subject, ''The
Power of Christ's Teaching" Feel. s. 4.
John Z: 46. Sunday School at II o'clock.
Preaching service at 7.15 p. N. Subject of
| evening sermon, "The Port of Missing
Ships" Matt. Ii: "a and 81. Below is a list
| of music for the day: Morning-Selection
Large are the Mansions |. Emerson: An
them, "Chldren of the Heavenly King
Wilson. Evening-Selection chorus Duet,
selected, Mr.. and Mrs Pitcher.
At 40 this, Thursday, evening there will
be the usual prayer meeting at the Congre-
gat;onal church. Topic, Gods Han diwork
| IN, d. No
will be as follows Morning worship at 10 40
with sermon by the pastor, Rev. George S.
Mills The monthly envelope offering for
home expenses will be received. Sunday
school at II m. c. E. meeting at 6.15 p. m
Topic. How to get patience, and why, Jas
5:7-2O This will be the usual conservation
meeting with roll call. The pastor will lee
ture at 7 10 p IN. in the vestry.
The Conference news of lions Herald
contains the following from Skowhegan
REV. B. c. Wentworth is entering upon his
third year. A good congregation came out
on a very stormy Tuesday evening to hear a
sermon, and the quarterly conference was
largely attended. Seventeen have recently
been baptized The class-meetings are large
and are enthusiastically sustained. The
pastor found some doating debt when he
came to the charge, but he and his official
members are planning vigorous financial
campaign, and they are bound to win
Rev. David l.. Yale of Ellsworth who
preached at the North church last Sunday
in exchange with the pastor, gave an inform
al talk before the Sunday school on "The
New Sunday School, in which he outlined
plan of work which is being adopted quite
generally in some sections. 1t is to have
the Sunday schools graded something after
the plan of the public schools Instead OF
having the whole school studying the same
lesson, as in the International and Blakesle lev
systems, the different classes will be at
work on different parts of the Bible. The
course of study will be so arranged that
| pupils will graduate from class to class, and
teachers will be trained in speciaties For
instance, one teacher Will teach only Old
! Testament history another will teach from
the Prophets; another from the teachings of
| Christ another from the epstles, etc. Those
who have seen the new plan in operation re-
port very favorably of it.