Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-21

Portland the past two years. is to return
TO his old diocese at Hartford, Conn.
The Danish Lutheran church on Elm
street, Portland. has become too small
Tor the congregation, and it will be
raised one story and otherwise enlarged
and improved.
The Central Congregational church at
| bangor has assumed support of DIR. NJ
L.. Gordan in Japan and the Sunday
school has offered to provide a native
Evangelist.
The late Dea. Albert Richardson OF East
Jefferson, bequeathed $500 to the FRS,
Baptist church Of Jefferson. and $lM
each to the Baptist Home and Foreign
| Missionary societies.
Rev. A. II. Mulnix of Hyannis. Mass.
mas received ana accepted call from tne
congregational church at East Milton
Mass. and enters upon his duties the
first of February. Mr.. 4..ulnix is a Port
land boy.
The Holy Name Society connected with
ST. Dominic'S Catholic church. Portland
has the names Of 100 young men on its
membership lists. At recent meeting
! five applications for membership were re-
ceived.
Mr.. Graham recently graduated from
Bowdoin College and Bangor Theological
school, commenced his labors with tn.
congregational church i'm Cornish as its
minister with the new year.
Rev. ]. Luce of the South Berwick
MttHOulSl cuuFc0, mas received IL INTO
iuil membership during the last quarter
The Epworth League connected with the
church has voted to attend genera! class
meeting in a body.
Rev. Daniel Evans of East Weymouth.
Mass. IA graduate of Bangor TheolOpicai
Seminary, has accepted call to the
North Avenue Congregational churcn.
Cambridge, Mass, and will begin his pas
toral duties the first Sunday in Febru-
larry.
MI
dained pastor of the Free Baptist church
at West Buxton. has been pastor of the
church for several months and has there
fore been very successful. Much interest
is manifested and several conversions
are reported.
Rev. Father Summa of Lewiston. who
established the Roman Catholic parish of
ST Catherine at South Paris, says there
are ;t about twenty-five families in the par,
lsh; and that there are from one hundred
and twenty-five persons to one hundred
and nifty persons. in. the church.
Rev. George w. Woodward of Prince
ton has accepted the call extended to him
by the congregational society of South
Freeport and will begin his pastora, e
there March LIST. In the meantime the
pulpit will be occupied Sunday afternoons
by Rev. f. G. Brown of Freeport Corner
On January l.. 1874. Rev George Lewis
was installed pastor of the Congrega-
tiOnal church in South Berwick and on
Monday evening. January IL. 1899. his
parish rendered DIR. Lewis and his wife
a reception In honor of his having COM
pieted twenty-five years of successful
pastorate with them.
The churches of Bangor will unite in a
Christian Workers week of child study
as applied to the home, the day school
meetings will be held from Sunday 10
Thursday. Jan. - TO %. inclusive. George
T. Archibald. general secretary of the
Maine State Sunday School Association.
VIII nave charge of tlp mpptipOS
The principal movable feasts of 1899
come as follows: Ash Wednesday, Feb.
-. and last year it was Feb. %: Passion
Sunday March 10. last year March q:
Palm Sunday, March 26, last year April 8:
Good Friday. March 81 last year. April s:
Easter. April =, last year April 10: Assem-
sion day. May II. last year May ~: Whit
sunday. May q, last year May %: Trim
ity Sunday May Is. last year June 5: Ad-
vent Sunday, Dec. 3. last year Nov 81
Al the 65th annual meeting of the Ham
mond Street congregational church. Ban
gor, these officers were elected: A. z.
". 5. Heller. c. I. Halves and F. r.
DEMO. standing committee. The treas
urers report showed that the total
$59i2 Roland Place, the scribe. reported
that there is at present a membership of
424. At the meeting it was voted to sup
port a missionary in the foreign field.
AS a result of letter sent out by Rev.
ii. r. Moulton of the Biddeford Univer-
salist church. in which it was suggested
that this would be an excellent time tor
those who were able to do what they felt
justified in doing for the church. the pas
tor received nearly $1,000 in cash and rel-
able pledges. This makes the permanent
fund of the church about $4,000 Several
sold in the spring, which will make the
total about $1,000. These lots, with the
parsonage. We're donated by the late
James a. Graham. Robert Macarthur,
agent of the Pepperell and Laconia mills
of Biddeford, was the largest giver, his
being about 5000.