Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-01-18
CHURCH NOTES.

Rev. f. O. Taylor, the new pastor of
the Baptist church, occupied the pulpit
for the first time Sunday.
AT St. Marys Roman Catholic church,
Rev. Thomas Shannon, pastor. Mass
will be at 10 80 in the morning and yes
per service at 1 80 in the afternoon of
Sunday.
Rev. f. o. Taylor, pastor, will preach
in the Baptist church at 10 40 a. m. Sun
day. Sunday school will follow the
morning service. Public service at 7
o'clock in the evening. General prayer
meeting led by the pastor at o'clock
Thursday night.
A special program will be carried out
at st. Mary's church next Sunday
day. The choir, under the direction of
j. +. Dionne, will render Leonard
Third Mass in b fiat, accompanied by the
orchestra, and supported by Mrs. c..
Constsntineau, a leading soprano of rare
ability who is now visiting in our town.
The annual meeting of the Labaree
society was held Wednesday afternoon
and the following officers elected Exec
utive committee, Mrs. John Fletcher,
Mrs. Beadel, Mrs. F. A. Bond, Mrs. w.
II. Brewster; treasurer. Mrs. l.. A. Skifi {;
secretary, Mrs. f. p. Cushman. Mem
beers are requested to pay dues for the
new year as soon as convenient.
At the Methodist church Sunday Rev.
+ j. Guernsey, the pastor, will preach
at 40 a. IN. Sunday school and class
meeting from y III. to p. m. The Ep-
worth League will meet at 6 o'clock.
General service at o'clock. On Tue sday
night the pastors class will meet in the
small room at Z o'clock. Regular prayer
meeting in the vestry at o'clock Thurs
day evening.
Rev. Thomas Simms, who has preached
so acceptably in the Congregational
church for several weeks, has consented,
at the earnest solicitation of the commit
tee, to continue with the church for
two Sundays in February. He will
preach at 10 40 a. m. and I p. m. Sunday.
Sunday school will be held in the vestry
at noon. Prayer meeting Thursday
night at o'clock.
Services in st. Stephens church Sun
day: Holy communion at 80 a. m.
choral holy communion and sermon by
the rector, Rev. w. Il. Forsyth, at 10 As
a. M. evening prayer and sermon by the
rector at p. M; Sunday school at 9 40
a, m, with the annual collection for do
nestle missions. Services in the chapel
Friday evening at 80 o'clock, followed
by the adult Bible class.
The Methodist Sunday school have
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: Henry NJ. Seeley, superin-
tendent; +. w. Bacon, first assistant
superintendent; j. NJ. Wright, second
assistant superintendent; Miss Blanche
Moore, secretary; Leon G.. Ieaw, treas
urer; Albert kingslaud, librarian; Rob
ert Pinney, assistant librarian; Miss
Maud Smith, organist; Mrs. Leon G..
Ieaw, chorister
Under the leadership of Rev. L. J.
Guernsey, pastor of the Methodist
church, great progress is being made
toward raising funds for clearing the
society from debt. The amount to be
raised is about $1,000. He already has
pledges from three persons for $1,000 Al
social held in the church parlors Tues
day night, the annual Jug breaking
occurred. One hundred seVenty-two dol
lars was realized from this. There
are "A score or more jugs yet to come iy,
which Will doubtless add II goodly amount
to the above sum.