The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-11-07
THE CHURCHES.

Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-
sion in the Frye schoOlhouse, Miller street,
every Saturday evening at O'Clock. All
are welcome.
There will be two services at the Unita-
rian church next Sunday, conducted by
Rev. A. II. Spence of Barnstable, Mass
Evening service at 7.3O.
Prayer meeting at the North church this,
Thursday, evening at 7.15; topic, "Telling
all to Christ" Sunday services Sermon by
Sunday school at I'm; C. E. meeting at 6. Is
PM; topic, "God's leading in our lives, :"
Psalm %; lecture by the pastor at 7.15 P.
| NJ.
The services at the Universalist church
next Sunday will be as follows: At 10.45 A.
NJ. regular services, preaching by the pastor !;
at - NJ. Sunday school at 6.15 P. NJ, Young
Peoples meeting topic, prayer; at P.
NJ, the second in the series of Sunday after
noon vespers, with address by the pastor !;
subject, "Marriage." The musical program
will include special music by the choir :;
soprano solo by Miss Marion Wells; bass
solo by Mr.. Elbridge S. Pitcher. All are
cordially invited.
Rev. A. A. Smith began series of after
noon vespers at the Universalist church
last Sunday His subject was "The Re-
ligon of Abraham Lincoln He first re-
ferred to an address to which he once list
ened by r. G. Ingersoll, in which Lincoln
| we tod oil ipf in, ba
liefs. But Mr.. Smith said his reading of
Lincoln's speeches, extracts from letters,
etc, led him to the conclusion that the
martyred President was a man of devout
religious ideas. A solo was sung by Mrs
| Frost
Rev. A B. Lorimer, D. D., of Bangor will
preach at the Baptist church next Sunday
forenoon and evening. Other services will
be as follows weekly prayer meeting
Thursday evening; special meeting for
young men Saturday evening; Sunday
school at - m. Sunday; young mems meet
ing at 8 p. M. c. E. meeting at $50; special
meeting for young women Monday evening
Brotherhood of Andrew & Philip Wednes-
day evening. The special meetings for
young men and women are well attended
and are producing good results. The for
mer are held at O'Clock to give the clerks
and others who work evenings an opportu-
nifty to attend.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Congregational Church held its annual
meeting Sunday evening. Officers were
elected as follows: President, Mrs. H.
M. Prentiss; vice president, Mabel R.
Mathews; recording secretary, Mrs. G. S.
Mills; corresponding secretary, Mrs. c. M.
Craig; treasurer, Harry Prentiss; lookout
committee, Mrs. c. NJ Craig, Maud Steward
Florence Dunton. Evelyn Morrison, Margaret
Harrison prayer meeting committee. Mabel
Mathews, Avis Morrison, Ada Warren, Mrs.
Frank Carter B. L. Davis; social committee,
| Margaret HaZeltine Cordelia Hills, Mrs G.
5. Mills, Louise Ferguson, Mrs. B. L. Davis:
missionary committee, Margaret Dunton,
II. NJ PrentiSS, Clara Steward, Louise
Richards.
The interdenominational commission of
Maine, at its annual meeting in Lewiston,
last Saturday, elected the following officers:
Pres, William Dewitt Hyde of Bowdoin
College; vice pres, Rev. j. M. Frost sec
and treas, Rev. A. L. Dunn; and the above,
with Pres. George c. Chase Of Bates Col
lege, Rev. 5. c.. Cummings and Rev. J.
| Webster, executive committee 1t was
voted that the time has come for one or two
religious denominations to assume the re-
| sponsbility of caring for the moral and re-
| ligious interests of Millinocket, and Rev. A.
T. Dunn, Rev. Charles Harbutt, Rev. S. c.
Whitcomb and Rev. f. H. Boynton were re-
quested to act for the commission in the
matter.
Special services will be held at the Con-
gregational church next week, to continue
over Sunday, Nov. 18th. Rev. E. L. Marsh
of Waterville is to assist the pastor and
will make the address at each service The
public are very cordially invited to attend
these meetings. The program of subjects
and hours follows:
Monday evening, 7.15, Fright Lives upon
| Low Planes"
Tuesday afternoon, 800, "Women's Work
| in the Church"
Tuesday evening, 7.15, ''Two Contrasted
| Views of Life"
Wednesday evening, ,715, ''Lessons from
Thursday afternoon, 800, "Christian Nur-
| ture in the Home.
Thursday evening, 715, ''The Relation of
Character to Temperament in the Religious
| Life
Friday afternoon, 400, talk to children
on "GrOwing''
Friday evening, 715, ''The Awakening of
Moses: or, the Perfect Fruit of the Relig-
ious Life -
Saturday afternoon, 300, "a Child's Deeds
the Mirror of Child's Heart
Sunday morning, TO- As, "The Necessity of
| Religion to Character"
! Sunday evening, 7.15, sslsaah in the Tenn
pie: or Standardization of Soul to God''
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