Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-08
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Hens Of Interest IN Maine Religion, Circle.

Items Of Interest IN Maine Religious Circle.
Extensive repairs are being made nm
the Congregational church at Roothb az -
IIarbor '"oay
The June session Of the Free Baptist
North Gushing church June H. ''c
church. Bddeford. haye %ppro n,yersal's t
sum of money for repaising the church
and vestry.
nn,d their annual camp meeting at River.
side, Robinson's Mills, Commencing tho
nrst week In August. '"e
IN, Nineteen RECEIVED the hand of fellow
church. Bath. at the close of tho sermon
Sunday morning.
AT st. Mary's Catholic church. Biddc.
| ford. FRIDAY morning, fourteen bOvs and
girls received their first holy communion
kcv. \. J. Barry ofiiciated and ceicbratei
il high mass.
| At the Baptist church In Damariscotta
! the two Sundays, June 2 and June Q. are
S s,,mG. to home life; The subject last
Sunday II will be The Office and Power
| of the Child"
| The tniversalist Society at D:x;icld ar,
making an effort to erect a new church
t t~,,.e e. an early i date al cost of be-
1 ID.
| townsend is pastor.
49, Mr.. George Il. Wood. well known In Old
| Town. graduated on Memorial day from
Nashatah University at Nashatah, Wis,
and Sunday. June >, was ordained
Rev. Mr.. Allison from St Lawrence
| University. n. ". preached in the Uni
vcrsalist church at Mattawamkeag. Sun
there.
Bishop Goldman has appointed Rev. II.
| Is. Pulslfcr to the of Christ
| church, BiddcfOrd for the present, owing
to the illness of the regular cura,c. Rev
W. Taylor Walker.
Under the mana cement of Rev. George
l.. Perrin. Sunday. there was twentieth
! century thank offering at the Congress
! Square church, Portland. at which
pledges and cash were, received to the
amount of $ll35.
On Wednesday, June 10Th the United
UNCONVENTIONAL Sunday-school convcn-
ton will be held at the Center church.
Ihorndike All townspeople have been
ers Will be present.
Rev. W. w. Hayden has received a call
to the Free Baptist church in Milo and
will move to that place soon. Mr.. Hay
fist church at Madison and is supcrinten-
dent of the public schools.
Lady members of the Wil,iston church.
Portland are making preparations to Sc
pastors of the church. The church al
ready has a fine likeness of DIR. Clarke
and the plan now is. to obtain those OF
| the other three pastors.
| Rev. +. II. Pratt. formerly pastor of the
Baptist church in Turner. but who has
spent the past year in special study at
Grocer Theological Seminary. has accept
and Foxcroft Bantist church. and will en-
er upon his labOrs June IL.
Rev. FIR. Hayes of Quincy. Mass. will
ASSIST key: J. u. O'Brien, pastor of the
summer. This parish includes Bar Har-
Dor. and the duties during the summer
are arduous. FIR. O'Brien will devote
r'"ch of his time to the Bar Harbor
church. while FIR. Hayes, will remain in
1 r.Ii>worth. tr. havos served there in the
same capacity last year.
Special missionary services are being
Rev. Father Dodd. Redemptorist mis-
| sonary from Boston. The services will
terminate with a high mass next Sunday
Corpus Christi in which members of ST.
Johns Society. Society of the Holy Name
and the children from the Catholic school
i will take part.
meeting in ortland in October the Rev.
DIR. Jenkins has yielded to the earnest
solicitations of the church and will con-
tinue his pastoral relations with the State
street church until the end of October
mis- meeting. winch is the triennial coun-
Gil of the Congregational churches. Will
bring oVu delegates TO the city IL Will
open on SATURDAY, Oct. l., in State street
church.
Rev. W. 4. Sparks. who is In charge OF
st: Johns Episcopal church in Pressure
Isle. was ordained on Sunday last the
dral. Portland. Rev. Mr.. Sparks was pre-
scented by his father: Rev: J. w W., Sparks n1ks
S%s r., Hyer mew hs Ver who Reasr
HAYES and Rev: James W; Sparks joined
with the Right Reverend Robert Codman;
bishop of Maine. in the laying on of
hands. The day was pleasant and large
congregation attended. twenty-seven OF
Rev. J. w. Sparks former pensioners
from Biddeford being in attendance.
Sixteen years ago small stone church
called St Marys By-the-Sea. was erected
at Northeast Harbor. by members of the
Episcopal church: From time to time al,
beauty and architecture were destroyed
over a year ago it was decided to replace
the original building with Larger ano
more imposing structure Last .aagt season -,
chancel was built costing $!Wo In tht
latter part of December work was besu'
on the church and by July II Is expecte,
| to be ready for use. The estimated COST
of the building is $35,Vo
The appointment of the Rt.- Rev. VIM
H. O'COnnelI. ID. D.. formerly rector OF
the american College; Rome, as n,sn1p ,h W.
high mass on Trinity Sunday by the Rev
d. J. O'Brien. rector Of the cathedral
at Portland. Father ~ BTien Saiu uhe
morning mail brought the good new;
from Vicar General O'Brien of Bangor
the very reverend administrator OF tn'
diocese Bishop OConnell was consecrat
ed in Rome May 10. In speaking OF the
bishop he remarked that the successor I,
nreiate who enjoyed the confidence of the
highest disnitarics in Rome and whom a, a.
acknowledge to be man emihent,y ny
known when he will arrive In Portland
The above announcement came on the an
niyersary Of the late Bishop Healy's con
secretion. which occurred 70 years ago
Hume :. 1870