Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-21

Items Of Interest in Maine Ecclesiastical
Circles.


the Plne street Methodist church. Bangor.
The Cumberland Baptist Association
VIII meet i'll september with the First
bdptlst church, Portland.
\ Sunday school has been organized at
the Ward schoolhouse. Bowdoinham with
Mrs. Eta Patten as superintendent.
chapel is being built at Nuskeae
Point. Brooklyn. toward which summer
visitors have contributed literally.
The oxford Baptist Association will be
held with the North Livermore church
"Wednesday and Thursday, September
and 6.
Rev. Frank Lombard, We'll known in
Cherryield and vicinity. has been APP
pointed to a professorship in Doshisha
University in Japan.
The Kings Daughters Society OF Pc
robscot have purchased handsome STAIN
ed glass windows for the Methodist
church there.
Rev A. \. Dairy Of the Baptist church
in Searsport has resigned owing to i'll
health and Rev. G.. NJ. Stilphen has been
extended call
Rev. W. S. Chaplin on Sunday read his
letter of resignation as pastor of the First
Congregational church of Deer Isle. The
resignation will take effect September J.
Mrs. Mary ]. Gould has presented the
new Union church in East DXmont with
a beautiful pulpit set, consisting of three
quartered oak chairs, upholstered in gar
net plush.
Rev. y. s. Lorimer, Colby IS who has
been at W oonsOcket, r. l.. for the past
SIX years, is spoken of as Dr. George b.
llsley ) successor i'll the Columbia street
Baptist church Bangor.
Ten persons have recently been baptized
by the pastor of the South Paris Metho-
dist church. five by immersion and five by
sprlnkilns- Three persons were received
one week ago by certificate.
Rt. Rev. James Augustine Hcaley bish-
op Of the Catholic diocese of Portland.
was in Bangor last Sunday to administer
the sacrament of confirmation to a class
of several hundred children in ST. Mary 5
church.
street Baptist. the jefferson street Free
Baptist and Second congregational. Will
again, unite in union services during the
vacation season, as was done with SO
much satisfaction year ago.
a series Of midsummer evangelistic
meetings commenced Monday evening IN
the Methodist church at Sanford, Rev.
John W. Lewis. formerly of the Nebraska
conference, conducting the services.
The Rev r. Nelson. pastor Of the Dan
ish Lutheran church in Portland, mas re-
signed TO accept the situation of pastor
OF .nited church at Hartford; Conn.
Mr.. Bruckner of Hartford.
Rev. and Mrs. w. c. Stewart of Grace
church Bath have sailed for a three.
months trip abroad. Mr.. Stewart will
visit his three sisters in Italy. During his
absence the pulpit at Grace church VIII
hc supplied by Rev. Paul and Ralph
| Birdsall Of Albany.
| Rev. G. NJ. Park. pastor Of the f. +.
| church. Blaine administered the rites Of
| baptism to two persons on a recent Sun
| day afternoon. In the evening commun-
| ion services Were held and the hand of
| church fellowship extended. ana eight
members We're added to the roll Of church
membership.
Rev. X. O.. Storli. who for ten years
has been pastor OF the First Lutheran:
church in Portland, preached his farewell
sermon, sunday. lie is going to church
| in Nandt. y. d.. ana will remove t.ere
about July y. lie will be succeeded in
| young man who graduated from the Lu-
therdn Seminary in Minneapolis this year.
Sixteen persons We're baptized. eleven
We're received into the church on proba-
| ton. ana two into fun membership of the
Methodist church in Sheepscot Sunday,
| by Rev. y +. Morris pastor Of the
| church. Twenty-Five more will join this
church at the South Newcastle chapel az
an early date.
Sunday morning Rev. David Yale Of the
| Central church. Bath. stated that capt
| Charles +. Patten had offered to give the
society 81 80 providing an equal amount
| be raised by subscription. for the pur-
| pose OF buiiding Il chapel for the church
| Mr.. Yale started the Subscription W
$3.50 leaving but $1,000 to be raised. and
committee to solicit subscriptions Was
chosen.
Rev. George l.. lisley. u. D.. has closed
his ministry of more than - years dura-
ton with the "a Bangor church. He was
the recipient of tine gold watch from
his people. Other valuable gifts have al
50 been bestowed upon himself and fam
lily as tokens of esteem, which Will be
very highly appreciated. During all his
paStorate DR.. llSleY never lost more than
one Sunday from his pulpit ON account
of i'll health.
Rev. Geo. NJ. Earber, who has been in
the employ OF the Maine Bible Society
for several months as Bible missionary
is taking Il two months vacation from
Bible work and accepted the pastordte of
the Methodist church in Strong for the
months of July and August as supply
for the regular pastor. who is visiting In
England His wife has gone with MIN
and his house on Portland street, BrldS-
ton, Is closed.
If the church treated her ministers gen
erously in the matter of holidays. she
would reap all the gain. For every new
idea which comes to the ministers mind
and every new book he reads, and every
new sight he sees. and every new gal
| lery lie visits during his holidays pass
| into his words and into his life. and the
thoughtfuneSs and generosity OF congrc-
cations would come back to their own
souls with usury of reward.-lan Mac
laren, in the I.lLies Home Journal.
The community of INNER Gloucester