The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-06-27
THE CHURCHES.

Rev. H. l. Holt will preach at Poors Mills
next Sunday at 2.30 m.
Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-
sion in the Frye schoolhouse, Miller street,
every Saturday evening at O'Clock. All
| are welcome.
| At the Methodist church next SUNDAY
| Rev. A. A Smith of the Universalist church
will preach in the forenoon in exchange
| with the pastor. Other services for the day
and week will be as usual
The services at the Universalist Church
next Sunday will be as follows: At 1O.45 a.
m. regular service preaching by Rev. G. F.
Edgett, in exchange with the pastor; at 10
m, Sunday school; at $50 p. m, Young
peoples meeting topic: National Religion. =
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
The subject of the prayer meeting at the
North church this, Thursday, evening will
be Culture and Religion The pastor.
Rev. Geo. ). Mills, will preach next Sunday
at lo,i5 IA. M, and the Sunday school will
meet at II m. The subject of the C. E.
meeting at $50 will be Whatever; ;" John
II; 40 and Matt. 2S:lS-2C. At 7.3O the pas
tor will give the second of his series on the
''lymns of the Church.
Last Sunday was observed as children's
day at the Universalist church. The pulpit
was very prettily decorated with daisies,
ferns and smilaX against a groundwork
OF white. The music and other exercises
werein keeping with the spirit of children's
day observance. Rev. Ashley A. Smith
gave brief talk to the children and per-
formed the rite of christening 1.-TWO young
Misses, Nathalie Maude Pottle and Dorothy
Smith. An appropriate song was sung by
Misses Louise bennett, Floy French, Maude
Curtis and Louise Read.
The personally conducted excursion from
Maine to the Christian Endeavor Conven-
tion at Cincinnati and the Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo will leave Portland
Thursday morning, July 4, at $50 O'Clock,
via the White Mountains and Montreal.
Accommodations en- route and at Buffalo
have been engaged for about 40 and nearly
that number have registered. Mr. E. W.
Packard of Lewiston will conduct the tour
throughout, giving four days at Cincinnati,
four at Buffalo, one at Niagara Falls and
stop-otf privilege at Montreal. The trans
portation department of the Maine Christian.
Endeavor Union has issued anew itinerary
circular which will be mailed upon appica-
tion to Mr., Packard.
The tifty-third annual meeting of the Waldo
county conference of Congl. churches was
held with the church at Searsport, Wednes-
day, June 18th. Addresses were made by
Mrs. Ida Nose Woodbury., Field Sec'y of
the American Missionary Association, and
Rev. Charles Harbutt, Sec'y of the Maine
Missionary Society. Rev. I. Z. Williams
of Searsport discussed the topic, "Have we
Place for the Evangelstic Revival - and
Rev. q. G. Mills of Belfast the topic. what
Shall We do for the Young NAM" Rev. w
\. Richmond of Freedom spoke upon The
Idea and Methods of Catechetics'" The
sermon was preached by Rev F. W. Barker
of Brooks. The reports from the churche,
were mostly very encouraging. The con-
ference was organized with the election of
Rev. q, :. Mills as Moderator and Rev. T.
p. Williams as Scribe Rev. ". \. Rich
mond was elected visitor to Bangor Semi
nary. and Rev. &. : Mills delegate to the
National Council at Portland in October.
The next meeting of the Waldo Conference
will be held with the church at Frankfort in
the fall.
The Waldo County c. f. Union will hold
It's llth annual convention at the Free Bap-
tist church, South Montville, Tuesday, July
End, with the following program:
Afternoon--l.3 devotional service: l. A.
business; reading of minutes; report of
secretary and treasurer, reports from soci-
etles appointment of committees; 23O, ad-
dress, The Basis of Covenants In the Bible :;
IN Society; in Common Sense, Rev. 7. P
Williams, searsport; ?. 40. papers, Our Chris
tian Endeavor Covenant; (a) What 1t Means
for the Inner Life, Mrs. Benjamin Robert
son. Belfast; % What 1t Means for the
society, Mrs. II. NJ. Prentiss, Belfast: (c)
What 1t Means for the Church, Rev. E. A.
Dinslow, South Montville; 3.15 topic, Bet
ter Church Work, (a) Better Work in the
anG Church r,ray Prayer meeting, Rev. ". A; Rich
Church, Mrs G. S. Mills, Belfast: 400.
paper, Win One, Mr.. P. W. Keene, Belfast !:
40, address, Mistakes in Teaching Chill
dren, Rev: C.: D. Crane, Yarmouth; 4.3O,
election OF officers. Evening-.7oo, praise
service; 7.l5, address, Answering the Crit
les, Rev. G. D. Crane, Yarmouth, President
of State c. F. union 745, a resolution ser
vice topic, From Better to Best; In Whose
Strength, for Whose Sake? Picnic dinner
and supper will be served, so bring we'll
filled lunch baskets,
The ninth annual convention of the Waldo
County Sunday School Association was held
in the Baptist church, East Thorndike,
June 18th. The attendance was smaller
than usual, but those present expressed a
determination to carry the work forward.
The services were interesting, the discus
sions keen. The visiting delegates were
| royalty entertained by the friends at Thorn
dixie. In the absence of the regular speak
ers the different topics were ably treated by
Rev. W. A. Luce, Rev. w. A. Richmond,
Miss Millett, and others. The reports from
different schools showed progress. There
are at present about so schools in the coun
ty, large per cent. of which are open all
the year. Nearly every town in the county
has school, some three OF four 1t is
| hoped before another year, to have the
county divided into several districts, each
| district to have its own association, and
| new interest created The following officers
were elected President, F. L. Robertson.
Belfast; vice president. n. E. Keene, Bel
fast; secretary and treasurer, Rev. w. A..
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