Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-04-09
:Church and Pastor.

st Mary's church, Bath, is to have ;
new steel ceiling.
Key 5: l.. Mitchell, rector of Chris
hcroh Eastport, has accepted a call t,
81 Jude's church, Carleton N. B.
over one hundred new books have beer
'dded to the st. Paufs Union Sunda,
= hooi library at Dutch Neck
twenty-five dollars worth of new
ppoks mas been added to the Stoningtor
| MethodlSt Sunday school library
ne June session of the Ellsworth quar-.
terly meeting. will be held with the Free
noap'is' church in Clifton June H. Is anG
One uhe lhree Protestant Sunday schools OF
| Di"!io, Methodist, Congregational and
| UEiVefsalist. are arranging a uniuue
| Easter Union concert
| Ilshteeh new converts will connect
| themselves with Warren church. West
| brook, Sunday
KEY. r. Palladino is having the yard
| at the Peoples church. Washington laid
| out IN paths and driveways.
Rev. Stanford Mitchell has been Sc
Gu, cured Tor the coming year as pastor of
| ihe ohiVefsalist church in Caribou
| ~ ls reported that eleven applca tions
nv dlle eauH neen made for the pastor
ute vacated by Rev. MI Credefofd at
l ne iadles OF the Boothbay Harbor Con-
casN-oH clothing to Georgia in one week
recently. N''@ "eNN
me ste OF the new Reformed Baptjst
church al Calais has been selected and
.he ioohdallon is being formed in solid
rock by blasting ''''
heN, =. n. Grey. pastor of the Free
Baptlst church at South Gorham closes
a two years pastorate with that church
the first OF May '' II
AT the Old Town Rantist church Su,
uay evening, Rev. f. A. Davis gave the
rlght hand of fellowship to nine new
members. 9"
A baptism was held at the BAPTIST
vidpel al kumford Falls Sunday after
noon when three candidates were ban
tiZed. "'P
Inc Lisbon Falls ENTERPRISE reports
mat there are to be three new churches
puiit III mat village this season hv the
haptlsts' UniVersaIsts and Catholics.
Mr. Rice, who will preach for several
nloi'ths IN the Union church at Calais is
tht son OF a tniversalist minister stiU
ilVlhs at an advanced age and has three
pfothefs who are Universalist ministers
MI llbbet. student of the Cobb Di-
NlnltA scnool, has accepted a call from
me ffee Baptist church at East Hebron
ana began his duties Sunday
during the recent revival services con-
quoted at Eastport by Evangelist Hainer
between seventy and eighty persons ex-
pressed desire to enter upon the Chris
tian life. -
During one week of revival services
Conducted by Miss Nellie Thompson at
->edlleN corner. Hampden, thirty per-
sons professed conversion
Five new members. four by profession
md one by letter. were received into the
fifst congregational church of Falmouth
last Sunday. Others are to Join soon.
Seven persons were baptized recently
at the West Baldwin Methodist church.
The pastor of this church. Rev. r s
Leard. has received an unanimous call to
return He has been there three years.
ReV, Hamilton Phelps. rector of St.
John episcopal church. Thoma ston the
past Two years and half has resigned
ana VIII settle IN Chesapeake city, Mary
land We wish the rector successful
career.
The Rev. j. S. Moody of Rockland. an
nounced from his pulpit Sunday. that he
mad accepted the archdeaconry of West
Missouri and that the present month
would end his ministry in Rockland
The trustees of Tufts college of SOM
ervillc, Mass, has presented the Cniver-
salst church at Bddeford with a large
picture of the buildings of the college
Rev. n. +. Moulton. the pastor of the
church, is a graduate of the institution.
The Advent society of Brldgton. has
extended Il call to Rev. F. n Johnson of
Ninalharen to occupy their pulpit the
coming year. The same has been accept
ed by him and it is expected that he will
begin his paStorate about the middle of
the present month.
Rev. c. c. Tilley. formerly of the Bates
street Baptist church. Lewiston. now of
BrdStpn. N. j.. has resigned the pastor
ate OF the church at that place to accept
call to Hyde Park. He will commence
his labors at Hyde Park April 18th.
Rev l.. S. Williams, who has been pas
al n ha inf ,.Ii
village for five years. and also of the
church in Pishons Ferry for the past two
years has closed his pastorate IN both
places, his resignation taking effect April
Prof Edwin q. Dexter not yet 80 years
Old, of the state normal school of Cree
ley. Colorado. son of the late Rev. DR..
Dexter. for number of years pastor of
the Baptist church in Calais. has accept
ed invitation to read a paper at the
convention of the National Teachers AS
sociation at Washington. d. c. in July.
Money is now raised for establishing
regular tniverSalist services at Winthrop
| for some time to come. Rev. Asa Brad
ley will preach AT the church al Winthrop
and at Readticld; at the former IN the
forenoon and at the latter in the after
| noon. He Will make his residence at
Winthrop.
In St. Johns Episcopal church. Bangor,
Tuesday night 20 persons were confirmed
of the chGrt h taking part and opening
the service with a beautiful professional
| hymn. I he confirmation was conducted
| by Bishop Neely. Of Portland. Rev Mr..
! Russell Woodman of Bucksport and Rev.
| John McCiaw Foster. rector of St. Johns.
There is talk of having the annual
| meeting of the Maine Bible Society in
| Bangor on the Path of April. The ar
| rangementS are not all made, but this is
| probably to be the case. f. r. Burpee,
| Rev. &. 4. Isey and Rev. Henry l..
| Griffin are the Bangor trustees of the so
| ciety.
| Rev Father Mothon, who left lewiston
| for France, lew months ago. and was
| retained there by the Provincial OF the
| Dominican order of the District of Paris
| of which Lewiston. Fall River. and all of
| Canada is part is to return to Lewiston
| in April
| The Rev Fathers Lynch. Blon, Hogan.
| Hanley. Carberry. Mulhall and iespeline,
| who have been conducting religious eX-
ercises at the Cathedral ana st. Domin-
| ic's chure h. Portland, during the past two
| weeks. brought their labors to a success
iul close ON Sunday evening. Nearly 5000
| people attended the missions. 1t is under
| stood tina, similar exercises will be given
| at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Port
| land. during the latter part OF April.
Mrs. Mercy Brown, for many years a
faithful member of the First Methodist
| church Bangor recently deceased. left