Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-03
Church and Pastor.

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| throp will have a bell when completed
1t is expected that the new church
| building at North Union will be dedi-
| Gated on Sunday, June II.
| 1t is expected that Rev y. T. Red
| Ion Will preach at the Christian church
Ogunquit. the coming year, beginning
! this month.
The Caribou and Limestone Free
| Baptist churches have united in secur-
| ing the services of Rev. A. L. Bradford
| for the ensuing year.
| Rev. Israel Jordan Of Bethel. has ac-
| cepted a call to Scarboro Beach to the
| church recently left vacant by the re-
| moVal of DIR. Merrill, the former editor
| of the Mirror.
Bishop Healy of Portland, expects to
attend, this month, the commence
| ment exercises of Holy Cross College,
| Worcester, Mass. of which he is the
Oldest living graduate.
The Boston alumni of the Bangor
| Theological Seminary have organized
an association and propose to hold reg
| ular sessions for mutual profit.
Rev. Fl. II. Hoyt recently pastor Of
the Hiram Universalist church, is en-
joying very pleasant pastorate and a
salary of $4,000 at Portland, Oregon
The new pews for the Christian
church at Ogunquit We're bought re-
Gently. The changes and improve
ments made will cost nearly $1,000. of
which amount $500 has been pledged.
Bishop Healey of Portland, admins
tered the sacrament of confirmation
to class of about so members, at St
Josephs Catholic church, Eastport,
last Sunday Monday, class of In
dian children We're confirmed at the
PasSamaquoddy Indian village at
Pleasant Point, by Bishop Healy.
a Sunday school convention will be
held in the Congregational church at
Presque Isle, June 6. for the purpose of
organizing the Sunday schools of
Presque Isle, Easton, Mapleton, Wash
burn. Castle Hill and Ashland into
District Sunday-school Association
auxiliary to Aroostook County Sun
day-school Association.
Father Bradley has accepted the
sketch for the new Catholic church to
be built on the corner of School and
Lisbon streets in Lisbon Falls. and the
plans will be in his hands soon. Then,
as soon as the contractor can be de-
cided on the work will commence and
be hurried through, that the church
may be ready for occupancy in the
early fall The cost of the church will
be about $4,000. and the edifice will be
of wood. so built that in case of a
greatly increased church membership.
the building may be enlarged with no
detriment to the artistic lines of the
original building.
Ten years before Maine became a
State. the Society for Promoting Theo
logical Education was formed by the
clergymen of Bangor and its vicinity.
and that organization which met for
the first time in 1910 was the founda-
ton of the present Bangor Theological
Seminary. Two years after its organi-
zation the society was incorporated
under the laws of Massachusetts, Of
which Maine was then a part. In
February, 1914, papers of incorporation
for the seminary which the society
aimed to establish We're received and in
two years time the school was opened
at Hampden. Bangor was then a small
town but its constant growth both in
size and Importance made it plain to
the officials of the new theological in
Stitution. that the seminary should be
located there rather than at Hampden
which had begun to retrograde rather
than progress,-a condition just the op-
posite to that in Bangor. After three
years of life in Hampden, the seminary
was moved to Bangor and established
in it's present location and the first
class of students was graduated on
August 2. 1920, the same year that
Maine was admitted to the Union One
thousand students have attended the
institution since its establishment so
have graduated. while go more studied
one or more years without graduation.
Among the alumni are some of the
most prominent men in the church
world and all, whether they attained
distinction or not, have been and are
for the majority of the graduates are
living. faithful and successful workers
and men who have reflected honor
upon their venerable Alma Mater
Bangor seminary today attracts not a
few visitors to Bangor and one of the
first places to be pointed out to so
journers and tourists, is the camn11s
with its set of handsome bniIdings
The chapel is the principal feature Of
the group for besides having the recj-
tation rooms and the assembly han If
contains the library which consists of