The Republican journal., 1899-05-18

Services at the Universalist church next
Sunday at the usual hours. Topic of the
Young Peoples meeting, "The Heroes of Our
Faith"
The services at the Unita ran church uext
Sunday will be as usual. Preaching b. the
pastor Rev. j. NJ. Leighton, at 10 Is, and
Sunday school at 70 o'clock.
Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-
sion, IS High street, every Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday and Sunday evenings at T
o'clock. All are welcome.
Rev E. II. Boynton, Presiding Elder of
the Bangor district OF the East Maine Con
ference, was in Belfast Monday on business
with his Methodist brethren.
Rev. A. d. Thbadeau otficiated at South
| Deer Isle and at Sunset Sunday. verv
| favorable impression vas made ON his hear.
erS. general class meeting is appointed
for Thursday evening. Deer Isle NJ essen
ger.
Following are the services at NJ E.
Church for Sunday, May 81: Preaching
at 10 40; subject, The coming End Epvorth
League at 6 80 lecture at 80, subject, The
Anatomy of an Ideal Church Come to all
these services, AMI invite your friends who
do not worship elsew here
The topic of the weekly prayer meeting at
the North church this, Thursday evening
will be "Mistaking the Spirits Teaching"
| The subject of The sermon by the pastor,
Rev Geo. S. Mi Is, next Sunday morning.
will be The Doctrine of Strenuous Life"
Sunday school Al y IN. The topic Of the G.
E, Meeting at 6 80 viii be Patient continu-
ance in well doing" Rom .: iii The pas
tor will continue lis evening lectures on
'The religious side of some great men, 4" his
subject being "Tennyson"
Following are the Baptist church notices
for the week: Thursday evening, prayer
meeting; Friday evening, teachers meet
ing. This meeting is not restricted to the
! teachers of tne Sunday school, all are well
come, and especially any member of the
Home Department. Sunday morning wor-
ship at 10 A. Sunday school at y m. Y. P.
| S. G. E. at $50 p m. and evening worship
at 7 80. Tie following music will be given:
Morning-anthem, Return my soul and
sweetly rest" Tours; response, Grant US,
dear Lord, Noyes. Evening-chorus, "Hark
bark, my soul" ladies' voices; solo, selected.
The Gardiner Independent of May 18th
has a cut Of the First Baptist church of that
city and half tone portrait of the pastor,
Rev A. T. Rngold. In an accompanying
sketch the Independent says:
Mr.. Ringold was born in Clarksdale, Hi
nOis, but When small child his parents re-
moved tC Nodaway county, Missouri, where
/ he spent his boyhoods days. He attended
the town schools and fitted for College at
| Amity Fitting School, College Springs,
| Iowa, entering William Jewell College,
Liberty Missouri, graduating in the class of
! IS, Alter graduation he engaged in mis-
sionary work for some time, and served
/ pastor over the church in Princeton, Mis-
souri, two years. He afterwards entered tile
! Newton Theological Institution at Newton
| Centre, Mass, graduating in 1898, commence
ing his labors in the Gardiner church i'll
| Novem Der, 1898. Success has crowned his
/ labOrS aud the church is prosperous both
| from a spiritual and tnantial standpoint. dr.
/ Ringold was united in marriage Dec. 25th,
! 1896, W til Miss Harriet E. Robbins OF Bel
fast, who for number of years was a
cessful teacher in the Rockland schools, and
she is valuable assistant in the parish
| work. She is superintendent of the Junior
| Endeavor Society, in which she takes great
| interest. There have been about seventy
We additions to the church during Mr..
| kingold's pastorate, and 3S5 have joined
since the church organization,
PASTOR AND FAMILY W Welcomed. The
reception given at the Methodist vestry
Wednesday evening, May 10th, to the new
pastor, Rev. G. E. Edgett, and his family
was a very pleasant occasion The vestry
was we'll tilled with members of the society
and their friends and the new corners were
given most hearty welcome. The vestry
| was very neatly decorated and given a
home-like appearance, and air of cordial
ity and sociability pervaded the place.
Addresses of welcome were given: In
behalf of the church by M. c. Hill, for the
Epw orth League by Miss Lillian Spinney
and for the Junior League by Miss Florence
Hill.
A piano solo, the reverie "Song of tile
Swallow" by Carl Bohn, was played by
J Miss Cleora Haney.
The various city clergymen Rev. G. g.
Winslow, retiring pastor of the Methodist
church; Revs. J. NJ. Leighton, Unitarian; A.
A. Smith, Universaist Geo. s. Mills Con
gregatonalist; and K. I, Capen, Baptist,
We're present. They showed both by word
and act that fratecnal relations of the most
cordial nature exist among the pastors of
the various churches, and each and all ex-
tended to the new pastor hearty welc ONE.
MI. Edgett responded briefly and feelingly.
Four vocal solos We're then given fol
lows:
Grade Song" Brahms
Mr. Emery White.
"The Way of Peace" Lloyd
Mrs E. S. Pitcher.
"Out of the Deep Lohr
Mr.. e. S. Pitcher.
Flower Song,
Miss Ethel Slavery.
Mrs. W. B. Fletcher was accompanst, and
Miss Slavery at the close of her song pre-
sented Mrs. Edgett with large basket of
handsome and fragrant flowers.
After the music ice cream and cake were
served and each person present was give
small bouquet of volets. An hour or more
was spent socially and the company separat-
ed after making the new pastor and his fam
lily feel that their lot has fallen among those
who extend to them hearty welcome.