Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-20
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Items Of Interest In Maine Ecclesiasnca
Circles.

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| Circles.
| Rev. II. F. Day has resigned the pas
torate of the Baptist church In Frank
! lin on account of i'll health.
| Between 20 and 80 persons have beer
received into the Methodist church al
Dexter this month.
| Nine persons were received recent!
| into the membership of the Old Towr
Episcopal church by baptism.
Rev. n. NJ. Bailey has closed his pas
| torate Of the First church in Wells and
will locate in Eastern Maine.
| The Elm street NJ. +. church, Var
mouth, has pledged itself to raise 500
on the church debt within the next six
months.
| The Congregational church at Will
ton. has extended a unanimous call &c
Rev. Herbert Tilden to become it,
pastor.
The late Mrs. Hulda NJ. Gammans
| of Belfast by her will. gives to the
| North church of that city the sum OF
| $500.
| SEVEN Ntit lttN'NN' -
| Gently into the Congregational church
| at Princeton. Five on profession of
| faith and two by letter.
| Rev. T. p. Linehan. pastor of St
| Mary's Catholic church. Biddeford
| will leave this month. on two
months trip to Europe.
The Methodist society Of Damaris-
Gotta is planning to build new
| church Thus far about one-thrd the
necessary amount has been pledged.
Rev. +. II. Colby of Gorham. we'll
known and prominent retired Metho-
dist minister, passed his S9th birthday
at his home this week. Mr.. Colby en-
joys excellent health.
The Mechanic Falls Ledger an
nounces that Rev. f. W. Weber has
rendered his resignation as pastor Of
the tniversalist church at that place.
much against the wishes of the parish.
The Baptist church in old Town has
received an individual communion ser
vice with 60 glasses. from Mrs. Hannah
w. Sawyer in memory Of her late hus
band. Allen J. Sawyer: also an OAK
communion table.
Rev. +. l.. Cook will occupy the pull
pit at the Free Baptist church at Small
Point for the season. An Easter ser
vice was held sunday. at the close OF
which a Sunday school was organized
with Dea. l.. Il. Wallace as superin-
tendent. Mrs. J. u. Holland librarian.
Rev. w. f. Skerrye of the Biddeford
Unitarian church. has announced that
L.,
tor thus accepting the urgent call OF
the people to remain with them. He
had received a f,attering offer to go to
Milwaukee as candidate and had re
ceived a similar offer from Massa-
chuse:ts church.
1t is reported that Rev. Mr.. Chapelle
| of Holyoke. Mass. who recently filled
the Unitarian pulpit at Presque Isle.
for two Sundays, has accepted call
to become the regular pastor of that
church, and is expected to arrive there
with his family sometime in the early
part of May.
Plans are being drawn by three diff
ferent architects. and from the num-
Der selection will be made for the
new Methodist church in Newport. The
CT iidit IoA, py tHN sp'iNNS
and located opposite the Shaw House.
is mentioned as fine one for the new
structure. ]. cost s., 900. and the church
structure, exclusive of the foundation.
will probably cost about $1,000.
Millinocket now has a church edifice
| that would do credit to villages much
| older in years and of a much larger
resident population. The Church of St.
| Martin of Tours, for that is the ma ms
| given his handsome chapel. by Rev.
Martin +. Cleary, Millinockets first
Catholic pastor. is situated at Main
| and Colby streets on a slight
| elevation overlooking the whole town
and on site that is easy of access
| from all sides. Work on the structure
was begun on June II. and was has
tened so that it was ready for occu-
pancy in January. The two lots on
| which the church stands were donated
| to FIR. Cleary soon after his going to
Millinocket by the Great Northern
Paper Co. The parish of St. Martin of
Tours. consists. at present, of - fam
lilies, while the average congregation
numbers about 400. The number of at
tendants is increasing steadily and be-
fore long will be sufficient to fill the
church to its capacity.