The Republican journal., 1900-03-15
Anniversary Meetings.
FRANCES E. WILLARD COMMEMORATIVE SER.
VICE.

perance Union, which was twice postponed
on account of the weather, was held at the
home of Mrs E. P. Alexander, at the corner
of Court and Park streets, Thursday after
noon, March Sth. Mrs. Mary A. Staples,
vice president, who is acting president dur.
ing the illness of Mrs. A. E. Clark, presided
at the meeting. Prayer was offered by Miss
Milett and appropriate hymns were sung by
the Union and one by Mrs. Helen A. Carter.
Mrs. Alexander read an article on Neal
Dow. and Mrs. Staples, Mrs. Edwin Frost,
Mrs S. 6, Bicknel and Mrs. Eli Cook read
papers on the life, character and labors of
Miss Willard. Miss Millett related her ex.
i'll Cuba Remarks We're made by Mrs. R. S.
Smart Mrs ]. V Cottrell and others.
A O L. w MEMORIAL SERVICE.
The annual memorial service of Enter
prise Lodge, A. o. L. W. was held in the
Universallst church Sunday forenoon, March
1lth, after two postponements on account of
storms. The lodge met in knights OF Pyth-
las Hail and marched to the church, wearing
regaia and Jewels, with NJ. W. Welch as
Marshal, and took seats reserved for them
in front. The opening exercises consisted of
organ voluntary, the Lords prayer, reading
responslvely the 9th Psalm, Scripture read
ing and prayer. The sermon by the pastor,
Rev. Ashley A. Smith. was from the text Isa-
iah ii 8. They helped every one his neigh
Dor aud every one said to his brother, Be of
good courage" The subject Was mutual help
fullness. and the discourse throughout dealt
with the duties We owe to each other All
are workmen, and all are mutually depend
ent. The watchwords of the order of United
Workmen. Charity, Hope and Protection,
We're woven into the thread of the discourse
in skillful manner, and brief but touching
reference was made to the two brothers in
whose memory the service was held, j. Wat
son Knowlton and Frank A. Gilkey. The
music was by the Universalist church choir,
and included duett By Mrs. Webber and
Mr.. Mosher.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR ANNIVERSARY.
The tenth anniversary of the Baptist
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor was celebrated in the Baptist church
last Friday evening The services opened
at 7,30 o'clock in the audience room, and
there good attendance. The organ
voluntary was followed by the hymn "Coro-
nation" by the audience, Scripture reading
Nuke X and prayer by the pastor, Rev.
Randall I. Capen. Mrs. f. P. Frost sang a
solo, after which Miss Eva Thurston read a
history of the ten years existence OF the
society, from which we make the following
extracts:
AT young peoples prayer meeting in
March, 1890, our Endeavor Society started
on lis mission with thirteen charter mem
hers. The officers and committees consisted
of president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, lookout prayer meeting, social
and relief committees, each committee hav-
ing three members. That the members went
to work at once can be seen from the fact
that at the first meeting IN april the society
numbered twenty three active and five
socate members. In May the attendance
had Increased so much that they Were Obliged
to leave the little vestry where so many
PRAYER meetings had been held and seek the
larger one. At the end of the first year the
society numbered twenty eight active and
thirteen associate hIem berS. During the
time our church was without a pastor, after
Mr.. Tufts left, the Society dld what 1t could
to help the general pray yer meeting and for IA
time the prayer meeting committee appoint
ed the leaders Tor the church meetings. AS
the society added to its members, III order
that ali might have a part in the work two
more members were added to each commit
tee BY and by new branches began to show
themselves upon the growing tree, and the
Sunday school, temperance, floral and junior
committees were added. In the winter of
1891 new voices were heard III our prayer
meetings and several OF our members united
with the church. In March, 1892, the Junior
Society was formed, some OF the younger
Endeavorers going into that society. The
relief committee was changed to missi on
AIRY commlttee, and in June, 1895, the infor-
nation committee was added Later. the
members became so Interested in the Sun
day school that a committee was not needed,
and the Sunday school committee was
dropped and its work combined with that
of the prayer meeting committee. THIS So
ciety has kept in touch with the Endeavor
world by county unions and delegates to
State and national conventions. Many
times we have been helped by union meet
ings with the sister society of the North
church. In 1886 the Society united with the
North church society and the Epworth
League in holding meetings in the Brick
school house on the East Side. In company
with the North church society we organized
an Endeavor Society on the East Side. Dur
ing the summer of 1897 and 9S the Sociey y
took up floating work, our committee unit
Ing with one from the North church in visit
ing vessels in the harbor, distri buting good
literature and interesting the men to come
to the church services. Our committee also
had a church calendar printed and hung in
the botels. In ten years the society has
paid out 81 519,40 for society expenses, con-
ventions, etc, SIG 81; for repairs on the
church, the piano, carpets, etc, So9S 81
paid into the church treasury, S3O7 30; for
missions, S196 81. One active and two asso-
ciate members have been removed by death.
There have been 115 active and So asso-
ciate members in our Society in the ten
years; 26 associate members have been
transferred to the active list; 80 members
have been baptized and joined the church ;
and 6 have united with the church by ex-
perence. We have now upon our list the
names of 43 active and 80 associate MEN,
bers. Removal from Belfast has taken
many of the Is charter mem bers, and some
think that even less than ten years has made
quite difference IN their ages. so that to-
night only 9 of the original 13 remain with
us. Surely God has richly blessed us in
these ten years, and we stand looking
back may we not learn lesson of willing
ness to be made useful in the future?
Mrs. E. S. Pitcher sang a solo, after which
the pastor read some notes from Rev. Geo.
K. Tufts, who was pastor when the Christian
Endeavor Society was organized, stating
among other things that the thermometer
was below zero during the day, but that the
church meetings and the Young Mems