Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-09
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Items Of Interest in Maine Ecclesiastical
Circles.

| mouth. is being thoroughly repaired.
New windows have been made
Rev. Hugh McCallom former pastor OF
The congregational church at Bath, has
| accepted Il call To the passionate of Il
| church in Derby. conn.
The Methodist church Of Auburn. Rev
! G. :. cummings. pastor. is prospecting Ia
all lines. Ten new members have been
| added since the annual conference.
| The first Maine State Spiritualist Camn-
meeting Association will hold u two days
| meeting al the c.tmpgruund Busweirs
| Grove. Etna. on Saturday ANA sunday
| June IL ANA Il.
Rev j. Pcardnn recently elected pas
tor Of the Union church AT Grcenvile for
| the second year. has resigned. lie has
| under consideration calls from three
| churches.
! The I'D meeting Of the Washington
| First orthodox Congregational church
Midtown. y. r.. Wednesday ana Thurs
day. June 18th and lith.
! 1t is reported that two new churches
Will be- built in the upper part of Mars
| Hill The town has now three new
| Churvh"S with no pastor in either OF them,
says the Bangor News.
The Methodist society of Newport. is
considering the matter Of replacing
their small church by a new and ele-
giant building.
The Shapleigh and Acton Sunday
school convention will meet with the
Free Baptist church at Milton Mills. y.
| FL. June Il.
| At st. Mary's Catholic church in
Bath. Sunday. twenty-four boys and
twenty-fnur girls received the first
communion.
| Timothy Nancy of Bangor. who for
| some years has been a student in the
Grand Seminary. Montreal. will be or
dained to the catholic priesthood. this
month.
| Ii is rot probable that the Baptist
church Of Ellsworth. will have preaching
services until the month of September
| Sunday-SchoOl will be conducted regular
ly. also the young peoples meetings, and
! pra yermeeting.
| Rev. Burton Mfnard who haS supplied
the pulpit in Bucktield for i number ot
weeks left for Massachusetts this week.
| where he has an engagement until SEP
tember when he will take up the work
| Of an evangelist in Name, possibly III
| oxford county.
The First Univcrsalist church of Bar
Mills. has secured the services Of Mr.
| Willis A. Moore. 4 graduate Of the
class Of 1900 Of Tufts College Divinity
school who preached there last sum-
mer.
The chapel built by the Advent society
at oxford was dedicated Sunday after
| noon The sermon was by Mrs. Clapp.
| Elder J. A. Libby was present and ad-
| r1inistered tn. communion. The chapel
| was decorated with cut flowers and grow
| ing plants. The bills on the chapel are
m paid ana the society Is free from dept.
Rev. Charles II. Cutter. pastor Of the
! First CONGREGATIONAL church in BanSo'
announced sunday. that all but few
cents nf he SinO0 which was raised tor
the purchase of a new organ had been
raised. The organ will probably be placed
| in position during the summer
Rev Alexander Case Il former pastor
in Ch.rrytield. is visiting in that town.
after an absence Of - years IN the West.
In connection with his church work there
he was mainly instrumental IN bulldinS
the meeting house III l'nlonVllle. II i
understood that Mr. case will make East
Machias his home in the future.
Harvey II. Bishop Of WeS5tbrook,, I
volIng Theological student, has been callt 4
Ia the pastorate Of the First BAPTIST
church AZ Paris He entered upon his
passionate last sunday. MI. Blsh4r ~
tended theological seminary IN mn iis.,
ana last summer occupied at times very
Satisfactorily the pulpit OF the Baptist
church of Westbrook.
| The annual York county conference ~
the Free Baptist church Mas helu III ' H
SpringvaIc church. of which Rev r. IN, n.
Trafton is pastor. June ana ne
conference sermon on "Wednesday i9rs-
noon waS delivered by Rev. j. l.. smith
. Kneeland gave an address on indlsi
. Habits of the People ana NGed ~ y 9rh
fnr Them" Mrs. Evelyn NJ. Eurke fGau !
p1per On "The Famine ~ lhdia ATS w
! RESPONSIBILITY to il. Key. Thomas -
Story Of Saco. will preach the sermon "a
Thurs lay afternoon.
Rev. J. r. Berry. q former student Oh
the Bangor Seminary. and now pastor
of the congregational church at ASH
: land. on May p rendered his resiSha-
, ton. but by recent action of the society
HI was voted not to accept ms reSlsid
, tion. an increase in salary was Voted
, hin, and he was urgently requested &c
remain with the charge for another
year. at least.
0 Alta recent meeting Of the members %
: & lanes Episcopal parish. oiu Tow II
: called 10 consider proposition 81
: aishon Goldman relative to the estap
\ fishing of a rector over the church'
= was 4 unanimous vote OF the parish u
4 occant the bishops proposition. M
o oeks the society to raise $500 ahnualiN
ana furnish, the rent free Of the rector!
as compensation for rector hlsnol
Goldman has several men in view ana
l. cxnected that decision VIII ID
II ro,cbad soon and a rector sent,
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