Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-17

MI. 1tOlllnS, on Life in the Navy
with Mr.. George w. Belt, president Of
the brotherhood. as operator Of the
lantern. Much enthusiasm was Gre
ated ut Il previous meeting by a de
bate on practical subject. on Thurs
day evening, Feb. -, Rev. Mr.. Nc
Allistcr of Portland. will give Il lee
turc under the auspices Of the Broth
crhood. There is an increasing inter
est in all lines of church work. ON
Sunday the pastor, Rev. Fred NJ.
Prcblc. preached to Il very large con
EreGation on the theme, The boy. with
4 sling The Sunday school reached
its largest Attendance for a number Of
years. During the last six months
the Y. i. $. 4. +. has made great
gains; meetings are fully attended, the
larger number being young men.
At Kcndusko az. IN Tuesday, REV.
y. +. Colson. lately appointed pastor
Of the J'nivcrsali-t church Of that
place. was installed ~ Rcy. Elmer r.
Pcmbcr of Bangor. in the presence Of
a - rd-Sizcd congregation which in
cludrd a party from this city VINO went
M To- attend the services. At II
o'clock the ceremonies began with a
sermon ny Rev w. II. Gould. Of Dcx-
ter. which was most interesting and
occupied the time until ro when n
fine dinner was served hy the ladies
Of the church. At o'clock Il
special service was held and tho
following Wrll-arran@cd program
was carried out: Organ voluntary:
anthem, choir: responsive service.
hymn; scripture lesson; 500. f. f.
| Harvey: installation. Rev. T.. +. Penn
Der; installation hymn choir. written
ny pastors Wife: installation prayer.
Rev. l.. w. Cnons: address to pastor.
Ecv. W. II. Gould; solo. Mrs. 6. T..
Lund: address I" parish. rev. T.. u.
Pombcr: hymn ana hcnediction, pastor.
In the evening a special service was to
bc held ana addresses We're To De de-
livercd by Rev. l.. w. Coons If Pitts
field and Rev. &. +. Lund of Oronn.
but owing u the severe storm il was
given up.
In spite Of the rain Of Tuesday the
Pcnobscot Valley Missionary confer
cnce Of Baptist churches held two seS-
sious at the old Town Baptist church.
uf which REV. +. a. DOW ~ pastor a
large number If delegates arrived IN
the early morning train and were en-
trltlinrd ny several Of the uarishiOnrrs
Tho forenoon session. commencing ri
| 10 o'clock. was for pastors and workers
only, ANA the speakers down on the
program We're Rev. 4. T.. Kingsley Of
the First BAPTIST church Of Bangor
Evangelist :. NJ Thompson, Rev. O. H.
Ilslcy Of the Columbia Street Baptist
church of Bangor, and Rev. W. H.
Nentres of torinth. all interesting
speakers. In the evening at O'Clock
4 missionary meeting was held with
State Missionary q. T.. Young presid-
ing. AT 80 Roy. e. T.. Whttemore
gave an address on our Place and
Power a. InterccSs RS for the Hasten
ing Of the Kingdom" At s o'clock
Their" was an address by Rev. w. +
Wittcr NJ. -. of Boston. The attend
anc" at the various sessions was very
large. Rev. j. T.. Whitmorc of Lin
coin Centre. and Rev. H. &. Speed Of
Monsoon. Wcr" admitted as members VI
the conferences. At the evening session
500 WAS pledged towards Il possible
$500 tn ~ made III extra outside VI th-
regular giving in the Pcnobscot ASSOC
citation. towards the support of q nciv
missionary " towards the support VI
Or. Bunker in his new field at Lui
kHW. Hurma. y committee 1f five WIS
appointed to have the matter i'll
charge.
The Union church At York Beach
is trying to obtain Il renewal ~ Ecv.
F.Iihu SHOWS p1stpratr for IN indetin-
itc period. Says the Work Transcript.
II tie REV FL. Forrest NJ Iackman.
who is NOW ON his regular miIWintcr
~.
gion. meets with the success which
has attended previous trips of this
sort. there Will ~ 4 little Catholic
church ana schoulhnus, 1T Moose riv-
CT another summer. This is what the
several hundred WoodSmcn who, with
their families, have come there during
the past few years. making n village
in the wilderness scarcely second in
size to GrcenVillc. are praying for: that
is what the two score boys and girls
growing up without the advantages cv-
en- of a primary school education sorcly
need. And for these children. Father
Forrest is going from camp to camp
and asking aid. If ne brings back
$1,000 he will he satisfied; if his cOllec-
tions amount to $1,000 he will be much
pleased. Every Catholic in that
country knows FIR. Forrest and the
work he is doing for them. The
churches at Jackman ana at West
Cove. GreenYille. and the mission at
The Forks. are fruits Of his labor Ev-
cry Protestant knows him. too. and on
many occasions have put a shoulder
to the wheel with him and pushed as
hard as any Protestant citizens in
GrcenVille We're glad to aid. unsolicited
in the building Of the Catholic church
there. and the work outlined at Moose
river will be the more easy because
Messrs. &. y. Shaw and O. A. Dennen
saw to it that a large pile Of boards
were hauled over and left right where
they would be needed. Another year.
the priest hopes to build a mission at
Long pond. over by Brassua lake
where extensive numbering operations
are responsible for quite a settlement
\ very large proportion of woodsmen
are Catholics and it is inevitable that
missions should follow their path
through Maine forests as they always
have the world over. And if there il
any one thing more than another need
ed in growing villages Of this sort it
is the influence Of the church.-Piscat-
aQuiS Observer.