Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-12
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
TENS OF Interest in Maine eccIes;,e,;c., =,
Circles.


hev' Thos. b. HIATT of East Madison
mas accepted the call of the Machias
CONGREGATIONAL church. and will begin
his lapors on or before April first.
| flIteen persons We're received into
the Williston church (Congreea,ionan
Portland. last Sunday, upon confes.
sion of faith.
ReV. Howard p. Tilden. having "a.
slsheo the pastorate of the Baptist
ci III foxcroft. has accepted n cali
~ 81" "taht pastorate at Waldoboro,
anu mas aready entered upon his
work.
| Inc ceremony Of the benediction of
the IA new stations of the cross in ST
Joseph's Catholic church. Biddeford.
| took place last week, and was attend
eo py large numbers of the parishion-
ers ana others. Rev. FIR. p. f. Dupont.
! pastor of the parish. officated.
Rev. F. H. Morgan. a former pastor
OF the Nj. F.. church in Orono. and
| mrs. Morgan have returned to the
| United states after several years ser =
| wee as missionary at Singapore. ana
are now in Lawrence. Mass. Ii is
| understood that Rev and Mrs. Nor
| gan VIII speak in several places in the
| interests of their work.
a Junior League was organized re-
| Gently at the Methodist church. in
North Woolwich. Harry NJ. Stinson
was chosen president: Jennie Main
| first vice-president. Eva Main
second: Ethel Crocker third: Harry
| Hayward. fourth; John H. Trott.
treasurer: Marcia NJ. Stinson. secro-
| tory. The league was organized with
| ~ charter members.
When Rev. G. ]. Palmer went to
| f'rownville last spring as pastor of the
Methodist church. he at once proceed
| ed to raise the necessary funds for q
parsonage. Work on the cellar was
| begun Sept. l.. and work on the build
| ing was begun Oct. 1o and Mr. Palmer
| moved in Nov. 2S. The building covers
| 1856 feet of ground and is valued
when finished. at from $1,000 to S15GO.
The meeting of the Cumberland
Theological Circle for Jan IS. will be
| omitted. The next meeting of thi cir
Gle will be on Wednesday. Feb. 20.
This is in response to a general re-
quest from members of the circle who
will be engaged with special meetings
during the month of January The
January appointments will go over for
February. and the February appoint
mentS for March.
Rev. p. Fl. Penwarden rendered his
resignation as pastor of Casco Union
church on Sunday to take effect IAN.
2ith. Mr.. Penwarden has been in Cas-
co nearly two years, preaching at the
Union church in Casco and the Otis
field Congregational church. He has
made many friends who will regret to
have him go away. He is a member of
the senior class at Cobb Divinity
School from which he expects to grad
uate next May.
The Congregational church, Gorham.
held its annual church meeting in the
chapel Jan. 1st. The reports from the
different benevolent societies We're
most encouraging. Over S100 has been
raised during the past year for mis-
sionary work. Ten new members
have been added to the church and one
young man will unite at the next COM
munion. The pastor reported that the
attendance at the Sunday evening
services have been much larger than
any other year during his pastorate of
thirteen years.
Rev. James Ramage. for nearly eight
years pastor of the Second Congrega-
tional church at South Brewer. has
rendered his resignation to accept Il
call to a pastOrate in Vermont. Mr..
Ramage came from Royalston. VT. III
July, 1893, to attend the Bangor
Theological Seminary. The pulpit of
the South Brewer church was vacant
ct that time, and he preached there for
the first time on Aug. I. of that year.
He continued to supply during the
summer, which resulted in his accept
ing the permanent pastorate.
Rev. DR.. Smith Baker of the Willis
ton church (CongregationaD Portland,
recently announced the following sub
jectS for his Sunday evening lectures
for the next three months Jan.
G-The Young Man Who Went Out All
Alone: Jan. 13-The Young Woman
Who Found a Home; Jan. 20-The
Young Man Who Stood in His Dig
nifty: Jan. 27-The Patriotic Young
Woman: Feb. 1O-The Born Leader
Feb. 1.-THE Leaders Sister; Feb. "a
The Man Who Was Splendid Failure;
March 3-The Woman Who Led:
March 10-The Man to Whom the Time
Seemed Short; March 1.-THE Brilliant
Woman; March 24-The Man Who
Created Himself: March 31-The Most
Honored of Women.
| In the chapel of the convent of the
Sisters of Mercy. Portland, last week.
six young ladies who had prepared
| themselves to make a profession of
their vows of poverty, chastity and
obedience received the black veil from
the hands of Very Reverend Father Nj.
| G. O. Brien of Bangor. Some 80 per-
| sons were present and included a
large number of priests from various
parts of the State and relatives ana
friends of the young ladies. The SER
| vices attending the receiving OF the
| black veil are among the most I'M
pressve Of the Roman Catholic church
The names of the young women, VINO
will from this time. devote their lives
to God are: Miss Edith Wright OF
| Quebec. called in religion. Sister Mil
dred Magdalen: Miss Elizabeth OCal-
lahn of Lewiston, Sister Mary Berna-