Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-10
Church and Pastor.

Rev. i. +. Carter has been engage
as pastor of the Baptist church a
IIodgdon for the coming year.
The quarterly meeting of the Churc
Of God will be held in Wellington, il
Weeks schoolhouse. on June %, "A an,
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AT Mars Hill a memorial window vii
be put into the church to perpetuat
the memory of Rev. and Mrs. G.. G
Haynes, who have just closed thei
labors with that church.
Rev. p. l.. Dupont, pastor of St
Joseph's Catholic church, Biddeford
has written from Lourdes that hi.
health is improving and that he is re-
gaining strength rapidly.
The 18th annual and Hist meeting o.
the Cumberland conference of Congre-
gational churches will be held with the
First Congregational church, Falmouth
on Wednesday, June IA
Rev. Burton Minard Of Lewiston, the
well-knoWn Free Baptist evangelist
has become a Baptist and has been re-
ceived into the membership Of the
Court Street Baptist church in Auburn
The Waldo County Sunday-schooI
Association will hold their annual SEES
sion at the Congregational church at
Jackson on Wednesday, June 18th, and
if stormy will be postponed until the
next day.
Rev. +. \. Newcomb Of the Bethany
congregational church, South Portland
has in his church a large painted Their
mometer showing as the extreme range
at the top the church debt of $1,000.
When contributions are made the mer-
curry rises. The plan has just been
started but already the mercury has
risen to 500.
The members Of the Baptist society
at Hudson rejoice that already $500 has
been raised toward the establishment
of a fine church building in the center
of the town. The town Of Hudson was
in 1927 and since that time
has had no church building. religious
services having bcen-held by the differ
ent denominations at odd times III the
schoolhouses throughout the town.
The following Baptist quarterly meet
inSs are announced: South Aroostook
at South Amity, June 1918; Lincoln at
Owls Head June 1914: Waldo at Wins
low, June Ills; Kennebec at Belgrade.
June 1914; Bowdoinham at East Win
throp, June 21-22; oxford at Buckfield,
June 15-16. and North Penobscot at En-
field, June 1918.
The Methodists Of Old Orchard are
raising money to build a new church
and are said to have already got much
pledged TO insure the success Of the
project. 1t is the intention to put up
a building to cost about $4,000 and it will
be located near the entrance to the
on Washington avenue
The work Of building will be started
soon after the summer season closes.
The Baptist church. Buxton Centre.
will celebrate its centennial WedneS-
day, June II. The following is the or
der Of services: go A. NJ, devotional
service, Rev. a. y. Dairy. Sanford; 10
historical address, pastor w. Clements:
l1.15 sermon. Rev. w. s. Ayres, Port
land: T., dinner; 100 =. NJ devotional
Rev. W. =. SUBWAY, Spring
vale; ,, our Indebtedness to the
Fathers Rev. J. *. Wilson, d. D..
Portland: 2.45. THE Relation of the
Denomination to Education" Rev. |. e.
Mower, South Berwick; $50, personal
by former pastors: re-
,eption for the friends of the church in
he evening.
An ecclesiastical council met at Cor
nish, Tuesday, to Ordain Hugh F. era
ham as pastor of the Congregational
church. Rev. T.. NJ. Cousins of Bidde-
ford, was chosen moderator and Rev
{. ;. Wilder Of Limington, scribe. After
an examination of the candidate. the
following programme was carried out:
Invocation and scripture reading by
Rev. 7. {. Chapman of the Methodist
church; sermon by Rev. George Lewis
-. D.; ordaining prayer by Rev. George
\. Lockwood: charge to the pastor,
Rev. Il. NJ. Cousins: right hand of fell
IoWship by Rev. G. A. Mills: concluding
prayer by Rev. Z. {. Drisko; benedic-
ton by the pastor.
The Free Baptist Society of Kingfcld
have completed extensive repairs on the
old Union church. The church has
been repaired at an expense Of over
$500. Four memorial windows have
been put in, one for Mr.. Isaac French
one of the most prominent men in
building the old church: and one for
Rev. G. 3. Southwick, the present pas
tor of the society. and his wife, who
died last October; one for Mrs. Annie
Dudley Bates. Il prominent member Of
the missionary society formerly a mem-
Der of this church, and one for Mrs.
Ada French Winter, lately deceased
Mrs. Winter was organist and leading
soprano singer for all the societies for
many years. The funds for all the
windows We're raised by popular sub
The annual session of the Hancock
County Conference of Unitarian
churches will be held in Lamoine, Au
gust / and 2. There is a large colony
of eminent Unitarian divines in Han
,ock county during thesummer months, |
who are always depended upon to be
present at the conference. These in |
rlude Rev. Samuel A. Eliot Of Boston, |
secretary of the National Unitarian
and Rev. c. f. Dole of ia
maica Plain, Mass. both of whom
spend their summers at Northeast
Harbor. Rev Loren =. Macdonald of
summer resident of La |
moline: Rev. Mr. Hosmer of st. Louis, a
summer resident of Bluehill, and Rev.
Mr.. Hudson of Buffalo. n. ", a sum-
ner resident of Surry. All these are ex
pected to take part in the conference
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