Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Items OF Interest in Maine Ecc,esiasti.
cal Circles.

ooutH rortiand, for Bible study.
Eleven nave been baptized this yea,
the South Brooksville charge. II is
the second year Of the pastorate of G.
B. Morse.
The Dexter churches have decided r.
lold union watch night service. Dec.
Il, under the patronage and for the
benefit OF the American National Red
Cross Society.
Subscriptions for the remodelinp of
the Ellsworth Methodist Episcopal
church are coming in very well. The
pastor has received two .or three
pledges of 500 each and others of SEQ
The painting Holy Road to the
Cross which is now being executed for
St Joseph's Catholic church, Biddeford
will cost about $1,000. They are bas-
relief paintings, and there will be four
teen stations, extending clear around
the interior Of the church.
The first reply to the circular letters
sent out by the CONGREGATIONAL
church of PASSPORT, asking for sub-
scriptions for liquidating the church
debt. was received with an enclosure
Of $50 from a member of the society, a
lady past four score.
Rev. NJ. E. George of the Disciples
church at Lubec. has rendered his
resignation as pastor to take effect
the last of December, having accepted
the passionate of church of $50 mem
bers in Granville Centre, Penn, and
will occupy the pulpit the first Sunday
in January.
At the communion service held Sum-
day evening at the Methodist church.
Westbrook, three joined in full, IS on
probation and II were baptized by the
pastor. The sacrament was admins
tered to large number. Rev. c. C.
Phelan. formerly of this church, as
sisted in the service.
During December, Rev. L. d. Evans
OF the Congregational church, Cam
den, Will give a course of four Sunday
lectures. The lectures will be based
upon topics suggestive of the leading
character. Jean Vatican, of Victor
Hugo's great novel. Les Miserables.
The subject last Sunday evening was
Social Crimes and Public Justice"
Bishop Goldman of the Episcopal
diocese is making arrangements to
have in the future near the cathedral
of st. Luke's, Portland, house where
the children of clergymen of the diocese
may be sent during the school period,
so that those who live in remote
places where there are no good schools,
or none within reach may have the ad-
vantages of an education in the Port
land schools
The dedicatOry exercises of Oak Hill
chapel at Standish, occurred Tuesday,
Nov. 9th. The chapel was built at a
cost of $500 and has a fine audience
room warmed by furnace and lighted
by a chandelier with seven lights The
church is free of debt The program
of the afternoon exercises was as fol-
lows: Invocation; music, choir:
Scripture reading. Rev. c. L. Parker:
prayer, Rev. f. c. Harmon; music,
choir; historical statements, j. f.
Rand; report of building committee. A.
l.. Cousins; dedicatory address. d. F.
Small; dedicatory prayer, Rev. C. w.
Rogers; music, choir. Evening: prayer:
music. choir; lighting of chandelier,
seven girls; presentation of Bible Mr..
Fullam and Sunday school class; re-
Spouse. NJ. F. Cram; music; sermon.
Rev. S. c. Whitcomb; coronation,
congregational singing. Rev. S. c.
Whitcomb was detained in northern
Maine on account of the snow and his
place was acceptably filled by Rev.
c. w. Rogers
Rev. John S. Zelie, late pastor of the
Bolton Avenue Presbyterian church
of Cleveland. o.. has accepted a call to
the pastorate of the First Reformed
church at Schenectady, N. Y. Mr.
Zelie is a native of Bangor, where he
was born So years ago and is a gradu-
ate of Williams College. After re-
ceiving his theological preparation. Mr..
Zelie assumed the pastorate of
church in Plymouth. Conn., Remain
ing there four years he withdrew
from this church on a pressing call to
the Bolton Avenue Presbyterian
church where he has closed a pastorate
of six years. During the past few
months he has received many fatter-
ing calls, one Of them to large
church in Illinois and another to the
chair of assistant professor of Eng
fish at Williams College. which invita-
ton was declined only few weeks
ago. The severing Of his pastoral re-
lations with this church was the cause
Of great surprise and grief, as the ut
most harmony existed between the
preacher and his people. The old First
Reformed church to which Mr.. Zelie
is called is 220 years old and IL the most
prominent in Schenectady.
The members of the congregational
church In Bar Harbor were most hap
PLY surprised last Sunday forenoon
when Mr.. Edward B. Mears announced
that the last dollar of the indebtedness
on the church had been paid. Four Or
five years ago there was debt of
$4,000 This had been reduced from
time to time until last suu,mer it
amounted to but 81, 500. When this be-
came known few OF the summer peo-
pie became convinced that this amount
could be secured and the church there
by become free from debt entirely.
They resolutely set themselves to the
task of raising the $500. In this con-
necttOn special thanks from the society
are due to Rev. Charles Wood, d. D., OF
the End Presbyterian church, Philadel-
phia, Rev. DR.. Schauftler OF New York
and Mr.. Edward Il. Mears, for the
leep interest they have displayed tn the
In addition to having
the burden lifted from or the church