Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-05
Church and Pastor.

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| Church and Pastor.
Nlne persons Joined the Bridgton Meth
ouiSe churcn on a recent Sunday.
| The Methodist society of South Paris
- preparing NO erect new parsonage
| seven persons recently united with the
congregational church at New Portland
The National Fibre Company has pre-
| not.
A collection of s125O is to be made to paw
| Bangor.
A number of memorial windows will
soon be placed in the Machias Congre-
! gationa1 church.
Rev. John d. Waldron of Springvale
has accepted a call to the Free Baptist
church, at North Danville, vt.
,.At THE recent dedication of the Metho-
dist church at Alton, 500 was raised TO
clear the church from debt.
Rev. F. E. White, pastor of Pratt
Memorial Methodist church, Rockland
baptized four candidates recently
The congregational church at Andover
mas extended call ITO Rev. J. A. Water
worth OF Limerick. to become its pastor.
| Rev. Mr. Cook of the First Baptist
church, Nobleboro, baptized four candi-
| dates in Pemaqud pond recently
Miss Linnie Alfreeda Brewster, the pas
tor of the Friendship Advent church, is
taxing her hrst regular vacation during
pastorate of four years.
| Work on the Andover Universalist
church, on the church lot on Spring
street, will be begun at once as enough
means has been secured to build a fine
| house.
Ten persons were received into the
Hammond street Methodist church. Lew
i lston, Sunday evening-three from proba-
| tion and seven in full membership, three
| of the latter by letter.
| AT a recent service at the Pittsfield
| Baptist church. three persons We're bap-
tlzed and four received into church men,
| bership.
| Elder Brewster of Rockland, has been
| holding meetings at the Advent chapel at
| Searsport, of late. Recently two persons
We're baptized as a result of these meet
| ingS.
Rev: H. A. Markley, who had call to
FoXcroft, has decided to remain with the
| BridgtOn society till the end of his min
| isterial year, August 1899.
BY the win of the late Mary A. Cliff
| ford of Biddeford. the Second Congrega-
| tional church of that CITY, will receive a
| bequeSt of $500.
There will probably be services every
| second Sunday during the winter at st.
| Sylvia's Catholic church. Bar Harbor
Rev. James o Brien of Ellsworth, will Of
| flciate
On All Saints Day at the Rumford
| Falls Catholic church. IA children re-
ceived their first Holy Communion Mass
was celebrated by the pastor, Rev. Faith
| er Horan.
Rev. George A. Downev who has re-
Gently closed his pastorate with the par
ish at West Buxton, has moved his fam
! lily to Lyndon Center, VT, where he has
accepted a CALL
| new and large bell is to be placed in
the tower of the Palermo Methodist chap
| ell, the money for which is raised. Revi-
| Ull a hAi haI ct
| sisted by F. II. Jones.
| Rev. j. G. Dutton of kittery, sewers his
| connections with the Second Christian
church December l. During his pastorate
of seven years he has rebuilt the church
| and largely increased its membership.
Rev. Matt S. Hughes, formerly of Port
land has been called ITO Kansas City,
Mo- ,,ne and Is likely k y, ITO accept as the brac-
| for his children.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry McGilvray OF
! Portland, left, recently, for Newark n.
| j., where Mr.. McGilvray has accepted a
| call to the paStOrate of the Presbyterian
| church.
There is a possibility that a new Ad-
| vent church may be built ait Dexter next
year. 1T is understood that the subject is
| being agitated and the society already
| has a lot on High street on which 10
| build.
During the past few days FIR. Cullen of
| Boston, has been in Lewiston in the in
| tereStS of the Catholic young men. He
| spoke to them Sunday evening in st. Jo-
| seph's church, and Tuesday night at their
| hall on Lisbon street.
| When the new Quaker meeting house Is
| completed there will be seven churches
| in Winthrop. The census of 80 gives the
population of Winthrop as Pill, so there
will be church for every 30l Ali inhabi-
| tants.
| During THE past two years seven beau
tiful memorial windows have been placed
in the Congregational church ait Bruins
| wick. But one of the old windows now
remains, and that will probably soon be
| replaced
The pastors and some of the laymen of
the churches of Pscataqus Baptist Asso-
| citation are to meet, for consideration of
| state work, with the Dover and IoXcroft
church, on Monday, Nov. Ii.
Rev. e. II. Doane, pastor Of the Baptist
church in Sebec village, oD Sunday, Oct.
80 closed his third year Of service with
that church During this time the num-
Der of services held was 400; number of
miles travelled in getting to and from
regular appointments, 1888.
| lions Herald published recently a SYM
| postum occupying several pages of the
plans and purposes of representative min
isters of the Methodist denomination for
the autumn and winter, and one purpose
gusta is: ITO keep myself on the best
possible terms with God, and so have a
right to expect the requisite wisdom and
power from on high
"A Deduluui ClICuldT WluuoW
is soon to be placed in the church at
North Chesterville, a magnificent bust of
Christ taken from Hoffman's celebrated
painting in the Munich gallery to contain
the following inscription: I'm memory
of Rev. Jotham Sewall." The window Is
ordered 10y Miss Nettie NJ. Sewall, and IS
in memory of the Sewalls grandfather
and great grandfather
Here is the record of some of the big
contributions raised by Rev. A. B. Simp-
son for the Christian and Missionary Al
liance: Aug. Is, 1894, Old Orchard camp,
Me-, $4,000; Oct. Is, 1895. American thea
ter, 1000; Aug, 10, 1886, Old orchard
camp, $101 ,324; Oct. 13, 1896, Carnegie hall,
$1l2,000; Aug. Is. 1897, Old Orchard camp
s65, 900; Sept. 13, 1897, for the training insti-
ter, $4,000: Aug. %, 1885, Old Orchard, $780,
0O0 Oct. 16, Gospel Tabernacle and Car
negie hall 000
Tine Solemn blessing OF tne new sra-
tions of the cross aJtthe Church of the Sa-
cred Heart, Portland, took place,
Wednesday evening, and was witnessed
by an immense congregation. Prior ITO
the blessing of THE stations a powerful
sermon on our duty to the departed was
preached by the Rev. r. F. Lee of ST.
Dominic's church. Portland. Then fol-