The Republican journal., 1899-09-28
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The Churches.

Rev Charles Harbutt of Pressure Isle il
attending the International Council in Bos
ton.
At the First Parish church, Unitarian.
next Sunday there will be sermon by the
pastor, Rev. j. M. Leighton, at 10 45 a. N
Sunday school at II m.
The 18th annual meeting of the Maine Free
Baptist Association will be held at the Free
Baptist church at Fort Fairfield, Oct. 3. 4
and 5
The subject of the G. E. meeting at the
North church next Sunday evening will be
Dwight l., Moody and his work" Services
for the day and week will be as usual
Services at the Universalst church next
Sunday viii be as follows: 1915 a. m, reg
ular services, preaching by the pastor - ~,
Sunday School; :15 p. H., Young Peoples
Meeting.
Mrs. Jennie Benson of New York will
hold meetings at the Peoples Mission, So
High street, every Tuesday, Thursday, Sat-
urday and Sunday evening at o'clock also
Sunday at 80 p. M. All are welcome
Rev. G. E. Edgett gave the first of series
of sermons at the Methodist church last Sum
day, on "Why do men not go to church"
The topic was "The faults Of the church"
The topic next Sunday will be "The faults
of the men" The Epworth League topic
next Sunday will be "Our own church, a
meeting for discussion of UNCONVENTIONAL
work, led by the pastor. The Epworth
League will hold meeting tomorrow, Fri
day, evening, for the reception of new mem
bers and graduation from the Junior League
to the Epworth League.
Following are the Baptist church notices
Thursday evening, the mid-week prayer
meeting; Friday, at 7 80 P. M. the monthly
church covenant meeting. This week the
teachers meeting will meet on Saturday
evening. Sunday evening the preaching
service Will begin for the winter. The pas
tor will preach series of sermons entitled
"Glimpses of Jesus, the Christ" The quar-
tette and chorus will assist in the worship
Next week the Baptist State Convention
will hold it's annual meeting in Cherryfeld
win any who think of going please hand
their names to the pastor.
The Maine Congregational Conference was
to have been held this year IN Augusta, but
the church there, after the resignation of its
pastor, felt unable to prepare for it, and the
meeting will be held in the High street
church, Auburn, Oct. 30-Noy. 2. The ser
mon Monday evening will probably be
preached by Rev. c. A. Moore of Rockland.
The general theme will be Present Day Prob
blems, and it is intended to have more time
than usual devoted to discussions and as far
as possible to keep merely routine business
in the background. One evening will be
given to Temperance and the work of the
Civic League.
The first in ternational Congregational
council to be held III the United States and
the second to be held in the world, be-
gan its sessions in fremont Temple Boston,
about two O'Clock Wednesday afternoon,
Sept. Goth. The first international council
of Congregationalism was held in London in
July, 1891 The full number of possible
delegates is 600 and it is anticipated that
more than two-thirds will be in attendance.
About thirty of the delegates are women,
and it is the first national or International
Congregational council of which women
have been members and three Of them are
assigned for addresses bearing on woman's
| religious and missionary work.