The Republican journal., 1901-02-21
TEE CHURCHES.

Rev. G. E.. Edgett will preach at Poor's
Mills next Sunday afternoon at 2.3O O'Clock.
The Prospect and Unity Quarterly meet
ing of the Free Baptists will be held in
jackson village March 1st to Sd.
Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-
ion in the Frye school house, Miller street,,
every Saturday evening at O'Clock All
are welcome.
Holiness meetings will be held at So High
street Monday, Wednesday and Friday even
ings and Sunday at 2.30 and 7.15 p M, con-
Quoted by Mrs. A. r. Craig of Boston.
| Morning service at the Unitarian church
next Sunday at 1915 A. M, with sermon by
the pastor, Rev. J. M. Leighton; subject of
discourse, "Christian Democracy Sunday
school at - M; Young Peoples meeting at
O'Clock.
At the call of Secretary Harbutt of the
Maine Missionary Society 20 preachers met
at Brunswick recently to discuss the ques-
ton as to how the spiritual life of the Cong
regational churches might be strengthened.
lkRev. G. E. Edgett's subject at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday will be "Mrs.
! Nation and her Ratchet" In the evening
he will give the third of his series of Sun
day evening lectures subject, "The story
of traitor
The Baptist and North church Christian
Endeavor societies held union meeting at
the Baptist vestry last Sunday evening at
6.15. Highly interesting reports of the re-
cent convention in Portland were given by
Misses Josephine Patterson, Maude E. Math-
ews and Myrtle Pendleton.
President Harper of the University of
Chicago, in recent lecture to his class in
the study of the Old Testament, said that
ministers of the Gospel are not and cannot
be good business men, being too much like
the prophets and thinking chiefly of the life
to come.
At the md-week meeting of the North
church this, Thursday, evening the pastor
will conduct study of Philippians. Chap
ter LIST is assigned for the lesson. The Sun
day services will be as follows: Morning
worship, with sermon by the pastor, at 10:45
A. NJ. Sunday school at IL NJ. conservation
meeting of the Y. P. S. c. E. at 6 10 P. NJ.
The pastor will give the fifth lecture in his
series on 'Great Events in Church History"
at 7:15 P. NJ. Special topic, "The CONVEX
sion of Northwestern Europe"
Services at the Unversalist church next
Sunday will be as follows preaching by the
pastor, Rev. A. A. Smith, lat 10 % A. NJ. sub
ject, Evil speaking" Mr. c. c. Brooks,
baritone. will sing a solo. Sunday school
and Bible class at - NJ. Young Peoples
meeting at 6.15 P. NJ, topic, personal
religion" Lecture by the pastor at 7.15 P.
NJ; subject, popular Amusements the
, Theatre" The music will include volun-
, tary by Bach march in c by Weber; bari
tone solo, so eyes that are weary" by Mr..
C. c. Brooks; and baritone solo by Mr.
John Parker.
Rev. Robert G. Harbutt, the newly called
preacher to the pastorate of the Free Con-
gregational church, Morrills, and the North
Deerlng Congregational church, who resign
ed his pastorate at Searsport, Me-, to accept
the charges here, preached his first sermon
, on Sunday as pastor of these churches. In
the morning Rev. Mr.. Harbutt preached at
the Free church and in the afternoon before
: delivered an able sermon and was listened
with the closest attention. Mr.. Harbutt
during his candidacy here for the vacant
pulpit met with much favor, and with the
moral and spiritual support of his parish
toner's will doubtless be able to build up
these churches into spheres of greater use
fulneSs to the community. Portland Press.
SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONS. A largely
attended missionary meeting was held in
the Methodist vestry last Sunday evening.
The speaker was Miss E. G. Porter, re-
turned missionary from South America
We hear much, she said, about the mission
airy work in China, Japan, India, and other
Eastern countries, but very little about
South America. Africa is called the ozark
Continent but South America should be
called the Neglected Continent There
are but Is Protestant missionaries in Peru.
The religion of the people is either the an
cient sun worship or Roman Catholic. The
people of the interior still hold to the for
J mer, while those on the coast are of the
latter. The Catholics do all they can to i'm
: pede the work of the Protestant mission
l aries, and to prevent the common people
! from attending the schools or reading the
, Bible The speaker gave vivid descrip-
l ton OF the scenes during a revolution she
pdoScu III I'll u, tlu tu6 udUR6TS u
: which missionaries are subjected at such
!, times AS all the political parties there are
opposed to the work of the missionaries,
. the latter are considered rightful prey by
I both sides and must be constantly on their
guard Their only safety during battle
or siege is to barracade themselves in
their houses. The missionaries are often
> imprisoned on false or frivolous charges,
: and in one instance Mr.. Blaine, when Secre-
tary of State, was obliged to interfere for
; their release. The missionaries have many
, difficulties to contend with, and all have
had yellow fever, many have had small pox,
and other diseases prevalent to that country.
! But there, as everywhere, the worst evil is
the drink habit. There are no old men OF
women in Peru. They fall early victims to
the vile liquor they drink from childhood
A mother quiets her child for an afternoon
by getting it drunk. Miss Porter closed
with an earnest appeal to the people to take
more interest in missions in general and in