Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-25
CHURCH AND SOCIETY

On Tuesday evening. March - at 7:3C,
a special Lenten preaching service will be
held in the Universalist church.
The monthly meeting Of the Woman 5
Foreign Missionary society Of the Method
| st church will be held al the parsonage,
81 High street on Friday, April !, al 8
| p. M.
The second annual meeting of the Won
an club will be held at the home Of Mrs.
| o. j. Pratt on Highs treet al 80 o'clock
next Thursday evening Officers for the
coming year will be elected.
First Unitarian church, Rev. I. Q. S.
Osgood, pastor: Services every Sunday al
| 1880 A. NJ: Sunday school al II :4j A. NJ.
Next Sunday, March -, Mr.. Osgood will
take as his theme. DAILY Strength for
! Daily needs All are cordially welcome.
Services in St. Michaels church on the
fifth Sunday in Lent. March -. $50 and
1890 A. a.. .. Nj. Sunday school and
catechisnc. 1l:4j a. ST. Week dav ser
vices on Monday aud Friday al 10 a. NJ. .
| Friday evening az 100 o'clock: Saturday.
4 J.. b.
The third degree was worked al a spe-
clal meeting OF BratteDoro lodge Tuesday
night. and refreshments were served after
the work. Columbian lodge will hold a
special meeting for work this evening.
The last OF the social assemblies of the
season will be held at Masonic hall next
Tuesday evening.
Morning worship at the Universalst
church next Sunday al the usual hour
with preaching by the pastor: theme "The
Supremacy OF the Spirit" II 4. NJ, sun
day school and pastors Bible class. 5:4j
p. M, Young Peoples Christian union:
: =. NJ, vesper service with an address on
THE Polychrome Bible" All are cor
daily invited.
The union meeting of the Congrega-
tional and Baptist Christian Endeavor so
cleties 81 the Congregational church Tues
day evening was well attended. the rainy
weather being taken into consideration.
(. G. Osgood of Bellows Falls, president Of
the State Christian Endeavor union was
present and gave an interesting informal
talk, which was followed by sugar eat
and sociable
Rev. {. o. Day will speak at the Centre
church next Sunday morning upon ''Say-
ing Men, Practical Business, with Spe-
clal Reference TO Local Needs" The sub
lect OF the evening address will be "War."
An invitation 10 attend informally is ey-
tended TO the members of military organi-
cations, active and veteran Special music
at the evening service by Sewall Morse. the
male quartet and the regular choir.
The Fessenden Helping Hand society
will give al entertainment at the Congre-
gatlonal chapel next Monday evening. he
ginning at o'clock 1t will take the form
OF prize poem contest, the poems being
written by local people. There will be q
sale OF aprons and home made candies from
10 ;, and the entertainment will begin al
the latter hour. There will be musical Sc
lections IN addition TO the reading of the
poems.
AT the Advent church next Sunday there
Will be services as follows At 1880. PRAYER
meeting, followed by Sunday school: al
Z:5O the pastors subject will be, THE
Ihlef on the Cross, illustrated by a large
painting; al ! p. NJ, temperance sermon.
illustrated by the stereopticon. RihIa
reading Wednesday evening at Mrs Wei
nan S, subject, The Sabbath" Thurs
day evening a short sermon will be followad
by social meeting. All are welcome
The Murray club held a meeting of
special interest IN the vestry of the Uni |
Versaiist church las. Monday night Prin !
clpal Patterson of Hinsdale. n, II. pavaa
patterson was close student of Dickens |
and he set forth the characteristics of the |
novelist III strikingly vivid manner |
MI. PATTERSON possesses considerable ahi- |
lty as an actor as well as a speaker which |
allowed him to give some realistic iIlustra-
lions OF Dickens's dramatic tendencies.
The mothers meeting" by the W. @
7. L. will be held in the parlors of the
Centre church next Wednesday afternoon
at 2:3U o clock. Mrs. Whitman will read
paper upon the topic The Mother y
Mrs, u. L. Davidson of Neyfane is ev-
pected to be present TO give TO us some
d Inc ferpleXities of the Mother W.
are anticipating very tiue treat at this
-he third mothers meeting. which iron,
me attendance has seemed TO prove such
success. Still other good things are in
store for subsequent meetings
Five members of Fort Dummer cho,.o-
u bratlleboro attended the annual Co.
Iocatlon OF the Royal Arch Masons of tba
lith Masonic district at Ludlow last r.
Jay afternoon and evening. A large nun
Der were present, including NJ. Z. Eugena
). Weston of New Haven, grand 6jgb
priest; Charles K, Montague of WoosS
LOCK, grand lecturer; c. W. Whitcomb &c
,roctorsVllle, grand treasurer and q W
Jaley OF White River Junction distrio,
leputy grand high priest During the Of,
ernoon the Mark Master degree was work-
a py FORT hummer chapter, Fred II Hol-
zen hlgn priest. A banquet was served Of
he Ludlow Housa oftar a.. -, ~ -