The Republican journal., 1900-12-20
THE CHURCHES.

| Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-,
sion in the Frye school house, Miller street
every Saturday evening at Z o'clock. All
| are welcome.
The Methodist Sunday school will have a
Christmas tree at the vestry next Monday
evening.
There will be Christmas tree for the
children of the Sunday school in the vestry
of the North church on the afternoon of
Christmas day, from to O'Clock.
Friday at p M. there will be a social
gathering in the vestry Of the Baptist church
to afford an opportunity to meet the pastor
before he goes abroad. All the church, So
ciety and friends are cordially invited
The Baptist Christian Endeavor. Society
has elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Hosea W. Rhoades; Vice President,
Fred Pendleton Secretary, Miss Margaret
Keene; Treasurer, Benz. Robertson
The services at the NJ E. Church next
Sunday will be appropriate to the Christ
mas season, with special music by the choir
and sermon by the pastor. The subject of
the morning sermon will be "Beholding
Christ's Glory
At the North church this evening the
study of the book of Ephesians will be
continued, Chap. 4th and the 5th to verse
Is. Sunday morning the sermon and music
will be appropriate to Christmas. Other
services will be as usual. The evening
cub ot bo Groaf Rafn of
18th Century,
Last Sunday was a gala day in the history
of Pratt's Memorial Methodist Episcopal
church of Rockand. The church has been
recently remodelled and thoroughly repair
ed and the opening exercises were held dur
ing the day and evening. A number of
former pastors were present; also Rev. J.
E. C. Sawyer, d. D., Of Syracuse, N. Y,
who delivered the sermon at both morning
and evening services.
The program for Christmas Sunday at
the Universalist Church is as follows: SO
Happy Bells of Christmas" carol, Pflueger ;
SO Come Ali Faithful anthem, Schenec-
ker ''Brightest and Best Bracket; Christ
mas sermon, by the pastor, Rev. Ashley A.
Smith. Sunday School at - o'clock young
peoples meeting at 6:15, p. m. topic: ''The
Christ Child" A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all.
The Baptist Sunday school will have
Christmas concert next Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, and a Christmas tree for the
children, Monday evening. Thursday even
ing, Dec. Goth, the annual church business
meeting at P. NJ. The weekly prayer
meeting will be omitted. Sunday morn
ing and evening worship as usual These
are the pastors last services before he goes
abroad. The Y. P. S. c.. f. meeting will be
omitted. There will be special Christmas
music by the choir, Mrs. F. P. Frost, Mr.
| and Mrs. Z. S. Pitcher and Nh Geo. White
There will be special Christmas services
at the Unitarian church next Sunday morn
ing, with sermon BY the pastor, Rev. j.
NJ. Leighton, on the subject ''The Sgnifi-
canoe to Humanity of the Life of Christ
and the following Christmas music by the
choir:
Christmas Anthem, ''The Babe of Light and
Glory Dressler
Christmas Anthem, "Brightest and Best of
the Sons of the Morning. Whitby
Gloria Patri, Shuey
Response, ''Hymn of the Nativity" Stewart
Christmas Carol, ''Softly the Night is Steal
ing" Gilbert
Miss Sullivan, soprano; Miss Robertson,
contralto; Mr.. White, tenor; Mr., Pettengill,
bass.
The following resolutions Were adopted
by the First Baptist church of this city on
po+i nf +Jof,
T. Capen
In complying with his wish and accepting
as final the resignation of our pas tor, Rev.
+. L. Capen, we, as a church, are grateful
for the two and one-half years of his minis
try, and wish to express our high esteem
for him. We gladly record our grateful ap-
probation of his untlrin@ devotion to all
interests of our church, his kind and unset
fish spirit at all times that have won for
him our sincere confidence and love. His
CHEEKY presence and sympathetic spirit will
be greatly missed, not only by our own
church and congregation but by many. in
the community to whom he has endeared
sorrow and need. We have been deeply
impressed by his true Christian manhood
ana his sincere consecraton. to his Masters
work. He has tried to eXemplify in his own
life the high ideals which he has constantly
set before his people and has sought to pro-
HloGC 1llc ulSlesI Spll lludl Welldle VI tIloSe
to whom he has ministered. His enthusi-
asm has been felt in every department of
the church work, and the churcn has grown
and prospered. ''In his pastoral leadership
he has ever sought for things that make for
peace. His conclatory spirit, tender and
strong, has held the church in the bond Of a
true and deep spiritual unity We would
gratefully mention his work among the young
men in which he has been exceptionally sue
| cessful. In his Bible class on Sunday,
and in the Brotherhood meetings. he has
| sought to win them to the knowledge Of the
Son of God, unto d perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fullness of
| Christ. and God only can measure the
| results of this work
| While we consent to his departure from
us with the deepest regret on our own ac-
count. we congratulate him most heartily
that God has blessed him in opening the
way for his proposed trip and assure him of
our united prayers that his travels may fit
him for larger usefulness in his chosen
| work
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