Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-29
Church and Pastor.

At R0ckland Sunday nine were bap-
tized into membership with the FIRST
Baptist church.
Rev. F. e. Rogers. formerly of Port
land, has been rcappointcd 10 his
church in Lawrence, Mass.
rev. b. S. Tidrout has been engaged
to preach at the church in Norway
Center for the summer.
y Christian Endravor society was
organized at New Limerick recently
With IL active members ANA seven aS-
5ociate members.
Mrs. Kate Wight Of South Paris, who
died recently, Willod 5000 to the VI. T..
church at North Paris as permanent
fund for church purposes.
There will be 4 Sunday-school con
vention in Bath May 70. 1t viii be an
all day and evening session. Rev. &.
F. Parsons of Bath is president of the
District Sunday School Convention.
The bell used On the old schooner
Nulato recently stripped. has been
sold to the East Maine Campmeeting
Association and will be hung on the
chapel on their grounds at Jackson
vile.
Two persons We're received into full
membership at the Camden Methodist
church. recently, one was baptized ana
two We're taken on probation. During
the three years pastorate of Rev. T.
$. Ross - have been received in full.
nine are on probation and II others
have been converted who have not yet
joined the church.
Rev. w. p. Merrill. who has been
assigned as pastor of the Beacon street
NJ f.. church. Bath 70 succeed Rev G.
+. Parsons. formerly resided in that
city. He became a member Of the Yves
ley NJ. +. church. Bath, while Rev. j.
X. Day was pastor and afterwards
joined the Maine Conference and has
held several appointments in the Port
land District.
Work is being rushed upon the neW
church and school building which TIE
Sandfordites are erecting at Shiloh
near Lewiston. Forty-three carpenters
are ut work upon it now The building
is to be- 600 feet long ana it is being
built in sections Of 50 feet each. one Of
the sections is nearly completed and all
ready to be plastered. The building is
to b. circular in form. ON one side of
it is grove where seats are to be
placed for outdoor meetings during the
summer.
The pretty little chapel which has
been built this winter at Hancock Point
by several of the summer visitors is
about finished and will he ready for
use early in June. Last summer the
Hancock Point chapel association was
organized and the work Of raising the
necessary funds commenced. y sub
sCription paper was circulated which
met with generous response from
many of the non-residents. Several
entertainments We're given by the
young people ana lot Of land for the
site donated by Mrs. Mcfarland. The
association is entirely undenomina-
tional and the pulpit will be occupied
by the summer residents among whom |
are President Hyde Of BoWdoin. Prof /
&. II. J. Ropes Of Bangor Theological |
Seminary and Rev. Mr. HaZeton.
Rev. b. F, Pickett, pastor of Phillips |
Methodist church, gives the following |
statistics with regard to the work thai
mas been accomplished llie past year.
There have been paid out for repairs
$143. which included painting the
church. placing book racks on each of
the pews and furnishing two hymnals |
for each rack. During the year 80 PEG
pie have been converted ana reclaimed:
% have been baptized; IS received on
probation: one received in full. TWO
members have died. four have with |
drawn and three have removed by |
certificate. The church now has s. |
members in full and q probationers. |
The Junior League has been re-organ
lied and a charter procured. Children |
have been taught to kneel in prayer |
and Is have been converted. The Ep- |
worth League has been organized and |
has "A active members and seven asso-
ciate members.