Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-01

| The annual meeting OF The Associatio
of Churches Of God in Maine will be he'll
| at Maple Grove campground. Searspori
commencing Thursday evening. June 2,
and continuing over the following Sun
day.
For the purpose of Bible study durin
| the week. class of eighteen. mostly o
| the younger portion of the communit
who attend the Congrega tional church a
IJonespOrt. has hen organized by the pas
tor Rev. T. b. HIATT.
President Nathaniel Butler Of Cobb,
College. will be among the supplies OF
| DR.. Henson's church in Chicago, dur.
ing his vacation in July and August.
The next session of the Trinity
Christian Endeavor Local Union will bt
| held with the Palermo Center Society
Saturday and Sunday. June 9Th and
| 9th.
The Rev. FIR. J. A. Hayes, recently
| ordained, and for short time sta.
toned at st. Johns, Bangor. will act
| as assistant to the Rev. FIR. Harring.
ton at Orono.
The Maine Unitarian Conference is t
be held in EastpOrt June IL. II and Il
The opening address will be Tuesday eve
| ming BY Rev. Charles +. st. John, secre
tary of the American Unitarian Associa
ton.
Rev. Grace Owen Woodside, OF Bruins
wick. who mas been preaching in Haynes
vile and Weston Free Baptist churches
mas been engaged by the Free Baptist so
preach during the summer. Miss Wood
side is student of Mt HOlyOke college
and Cobb divinity school
1t is stated that the Baptist church
in Vergennes, VT, has called to its
pastorate Rev. Sumner Bangs of Ten
ants HarbOr, as the successor Of Rev.
+. NJ. Bartlett, who has removed to
Brandon.
Sunday-school was organized at
Lambert Lake recently, by II. c. Long
fellow and the following officers were
elected: Supt., II. c. Longfellow: Ii
brarian. Mrs. c. S. Thompson; secre-
tary. Miss Blanch DeGrass: teachers.
Mrs. VIM. Monday. Mrs. Eben De-
Grass. Mrs. F. B. Scribner.
Mr.. Carl Herrick, Colby College, '99,
and now of the senior class at the New
ton Theological Institute has been
called to pastorates at the First Bap-
tist church, Charlestown. Mass; the
Baptist church at South Pennington
Mass; and the Baptist church at Bel
fast, Me. He has declined the last
named offer.
1t Is expected that early next summer,
the present structure of the Central Con-
gregational church, Bangor. will be torn
erected in its place. The new church will
be built largely through the generosity
and labors of Egerton X. Burpee who is
already regarded largely in the light of
the benefactor of the parish 1t was he
who. but short time since presented the
church with its new organ, one of the fin
est in the city. He was also largely re-
sponsible for the erection Of the parish
house.
ON Sunday morning the Rev. w. IL.
Jackson. who for two years has been pas
tor of the Advent Christian church in
Bangor. preached his farewell sermon. He
has not yet decided as to his next To-
cation. although he has received an unan-
imous call TO a church in another part of
the country. He will go from Bangor to
Haverhll. where he will preach on the
first two Sundays in June. thence to Wor-
cester. Mass. for the third Sunday and
to Rochester. y. H.. for the last two Sun
days of that month.
The First Baptist church of Portland,
sends ont pleasing report: For the past
thirteen months urdc- the passionate OF
Rev. Bowley Green, eighty-eight new
class for men. numbering eighty mem
bers, has been organized. the work of the
Sunday school has been greatly enlarged,
and all lines of work strengthened and de-
eanized at Deering Centre. In October
next this church win celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of its organiza-
ton.
| church of Lisbon Falls read his resigna-
ton Sunday. 1t was an entire surprise
and great disappointment to his rastor-
ate. Mr.. Lowe came there from Milton
~ II. This IS his third year in Lisbon
Falls. Since he accepted the call to this
church. the congregation has increased
largely. The church has been painted and
frescoed. and a new carpet is ready TO be
laid A reading room has been opened in
the vestry. and the society was never in
so great a season of financial prosperity
| The resignation is to take effect October
l. The church members are unanimous
| in opposing his resignation.
Ground was broken. this week, for
the foundations of the new church
which Orono Catholics are to erect on
Main street to take the place of their
present house of worship on Mill
street: the work is being done by Davis
& Grady. the Bangor contractors, and
| will be pushed forward as speedily as
possible. 1t is hoped to have the
| church ready for occupancy in Novem-
Der. The edifice will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. 1t will be distinct
| addition to the town of OronO and few
places of it's size boast of church of
equal size and beauty. The building
will be of bluestOne with red granite
| trimmings. the combination being es-
pecially striking and at the same time
| in excellent taste. The plans were
drawn under the supervision Of Rev. j
NJ. Harrington, pastor Of st. Mary's
parish in Orono. and Very Rev. NJ. c
O'Brien. administrator of the diocese
of Portland and are therefore strictly
in keeping with the rules of ecclesiasti-
cal architecture. The church will be
| 12Ox57 feet the body Of the church vii
be capable of holding 500 people while
the basement. which will be unusually
high posted. will have capacity fol
nearly the same number. The church
will have three affairs and when deco
rated will present an interior even more
! attractive than the outside.