Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-21
Church and Pastor.

Church and Pastor.
Mr.. HarWood of Garland. will be or
dained to the ministry June 18th
The new chapel at Hurricane has a
new altar and has just been papered
Three persons were baptized re-
Gently at the Buckfield Methodist.
church.
The Oxford County Congregational
Conference will meet with the churc!
,, in AndoVer on June and S.
Four members were admitted to the
congregational church at Rockland. at
the last communion.
An Island Falls pastor preached a
sermon last Sunday on the necessity Of
street and front yard cleaning.
The Penobscot County Conference Of
Congregational churches, will he held
in Hampden during the second week in
June.
At the Milo Baptist church. Sunday
May "A father, mother. three sons ana
| daughter only eleven years old were
baptised.
The Cumberland county Sunday
| School association will hold its annu Il
convention at the Baptist church, Var
mouthville. May %.
The Organ Fund Society of the First
Congregational church of Brewer
realized about SO or $50 out of its re-
| cent war concert.
At the communion service Sunday az
| Ellsworth Falls. three were admitted
10 church membership, making 80
since last october.
Rev. l.. NJ. Bosw0rth has resigned his
passionate of the Baptist church at La
| moline and accepted a call from the
| West HarpsWelI Baptist church. He
will commence his labors the first of
| June.
| Rev Scwall Brown, who has been at
| Tenants Harbor for the past five
| years. preached his farewell sermon.
| last Sunday to a large audience. He
has been obliged to give up duties for
| a time on account of i'll health
The Desert Palm Society of Castine,
supports several pupils in heather
countries. Il raised $160 the last year,
and has three hundred and thirty
eight members living in many states
OF the Union.
Communion was observed Sun
day at Newcastle Congregational
church and TWO united with the church
on profession. Also Mr.. Alonzo Gid
den was, by a very impressive service,
con5ecratcd as deacon. to succeed his
uncle of the same name, lately de-
ceased.
Rev W. II. Ramsay. pastor of the
First Unitarian church. Pennington.
is a delegate to the American Unitarian
Associations annual meeting, which
takes place this month in fremont
| Temple. Boston. Mr.. Ramsay will de-
liver an address on Unitarian Mission
AIRY Work.
Rev. S. L. Mitchell. pastor of the
| Episcopal church in Calais during the
past Year will leave soon for Austin,
H.. where he has been called to take
charge of large church. being about
two hundred and fifty COMMITMENTS,
who are now preparing to erect a
| large stone edifice.
Rev. Julian K. Smyth, pastor of the
| New Jerusalem church. in RoXbury
formerly pastor of the New Jerusalem
church of Portland. resigned. Sunday
to accept a call to the New Jerusalem
church in New York city. He will re-
main with the Roxbury church until
| November 1st.
Rev. Mr.. Lockhart of Lowell. who
was invited to succeed Rev. Mr.. Low
don as nastor of the North Berwick
Free BAPTIST church, has written that
he win ba unable to come. as his resig-
nation of the Lowell pastorate was not
Al
has been chosen pastor of the Free
BAPTIST church of Berwick ana Norlh
berwick. and has entered on his duties
Nj. Harry Taylor. evangelist ha~
! been holding meetings at the baptl9'
church in Hodgdon for three "eeh9'
with good results. The Free Baptislf
have opened their Sunday school, Win
Charles Lycett superintendent f.eN
DIR. Barker has returned for another
YEAR at the Methodist church. ReV. L.
=. Carter is to preach the Memoild'
| sermon before Frank Hunter POSI-
The Epworth League at Machlas' y
one of the largest in the state ne,
are So active members, oo assoc ia'-
members and % honorary mem oei .
making A total of 165. The young PEI
ple have held 10 religious services VIZ
an average attendance OF 90 "a
Junior League has mempership ~
so. in the two leagues. we nave 'o.a
membership of 215. These Two $50 ol
ties earned last year the sum Oh F-0''''
for church purposes.
The Union Association met at oou.'
Bridgron. May 4th and 9Th "Possioii
tiles and Limits of Christian re.o
shin" and The Christian Minister
Salf-C.ultura'' were discussed; ALL
pen+ecost. WHAT" was reviewed an'
an address upon the gift of the no..
cnirit was road The evening sessioi