Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-30
Church and Pastor.

The Univcrsaiist society of Winthrop
has raised 5000 for church expenses.
The financial deficit in the Methodist
church, Winthrop, has been made up,
Three members have been recently adj
ed 10 the Baptist church i'll NorridgeWock
hy letter.
MIR Kelley Of Kennebunk. is conducting
revival meetings in the Methodist church
at Ogunquit.
Rev. William NJ Davis Of Topsham
baptized ten converts by immersion i'll
the river, recently.
y mission church is soon to be organ
lied at Wells Depot. with Rev. Mr.. Clark
of Deering as pastor.
Rev w H. Van Hoesen has given pub
lie notice that he has severed his C0nncc-
tons with the Forward Movement.
The Free Street Baptist church, Port
land. has extended . unanimous call to
DR.. ]. *. Wilson Of Melrose. Mass.
The spire on the Essex street Free Bap-
list church, Bangor. will be taken down
and "a tower with an ornamental dome
substituted.
Admission under the charge Of Rev.
Fathers Krutz and Cook of Baltimore. is
in progress at The church of the Sacred
Heart, Portland.
Tie committee having charge of the
matter have assurances of $500 of the
$4,000 for the new niVerSaliSt church at
Pittstield, and there is no doubt but that
work will begin on the structure IN May
1t is rumored that Rev. II. Lockhart Of
Lowell Mass. who preached in the North
Berwick Free Baptist church. sunday, is
to he engaged permanently to take charge
of that church.
Rev J. S Moody pastor Of the ST. Pc
ter's Episcopal church, Rockland.
preached his farewell sermon sunday
During the several years that Mr.. Moody
has been in Rockland he has made mum
bers of friends; who are very sorry to
have him leave. Aside from the church
work to which he has devoted every en-
ersv he was the founder of the House Of
the Good Shepherd which has grown TO
he a grand institution.
In his farewell sermon at the Phillips
Methodist church, Rev. w. a. Nottdse
reviewed his five years passionate ana
gave the following statistics; RcctlNed
into the church. fly" by letter: from pro-
baton. ten: and thirty-ninc upon proba-
ton. There have been six deaths anu
four were dismissed by letter to unite
with other churches. There has been a
gain of fifteen in membership Of the
churt h. The present membership IS
ninety-eight and twenty on probation CIV
ing Il total of lis. Mr.. Nottage solemhized
. wed iings and otficiated at 1856 funerals
The students of the Bangor Theological
Seminary are receiving their appoint u
ments for the summer. The following are
the appointments thus far made: IL q;
Bassler. Masardjs:. }. II. Cone. Nc; ana N,
y
POM. G. NJ. Jones. Isle au Haul; Z. w.
Moore. Burlington; j. II. Peard"n; Ma =,
tinicus: W F. Shade. Jackman ". !.
Sparhawk. No. Ellsworth; r. W. DAVIS
outer Long island; c. w. HoWkils'
Veazie. ". II. McF,wen. Northfield W. A.
Richmond. Blanchard: Richard Peters. r.
ana No. Bangor: Mr.. McAlister of Ando-
yer Seminary. w Dresden: MI Beaui 's.
Sunset; K. H. McPherson Upton. Al Ani i',l,
thp students who have received Calls arr
d. r. Putnam to Bakersfield, Vt; J. !;
Berry to Ashland. where be viii sncct tF,.
Mir. Parker Who becomes 1nisSiDliaiH ~
ial,arn Maine in June: G.. y. French TO
Rroolsville: sherman Goodwin to fttS-
dom: c. p. Marshall to Erankiori, Tao n
for one year. Rev. Mr.. Waters mas p Seh
invited to supply at lsopplhSloh am
Beach for three months
Al thc SSth meeting of the Maine
Rible Society held at Bangor recen'is :;
Rev. Gowen c. Wilson. superintendent 10 u,
the society in his report, said tiia' '"'