The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-03-14
THE CHURCHES.

Rev. A. T. Dunn, ID. D., of Waterville
will occupy the Baptist pulpit next Sunday.
The Methodists are preparing to organize
q society called the brotherhood of David
and Jonathan"
At the Unitarian church next Sunday the
pastor, Rev. j. M. Leighton, will preach at
1045 A. M. Sunday School at I'm.
Gospel meetings are held at No. IS High
street Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings at 715 o'clock, and Sundays at 2. 30
and 7.15.
Meetings will be held at the Peoples Mis-
sion in the Frye school house, Miller street,
every Saturday evening at O'Clock. All
are welcome.
Services at the Methodist church next
Sunday will be as usual. The pastor, Rev.
G. E. Edgett, will give the last of his series
OF lectures to the young; subject, 'The
Age of the LIAR
| Mr.. A. d. Cox of Br0okline, Mass,
preached at the Baptist church last Sunday
very acceptably. He is member of the
First Baptist church Of Cambridge, grad
uate of Hebron Academy and member of
the Sophomore class in Colby College. He
is one OF the representatives of Colby in
the intercollegiate debates.
The services at the Universalist church
next Sunday will be as follows: Preaching
| by the pastor, Rev. Ashley A. Smith, at
| 1915 A. M. Sunday school at noon; Young
| Peoples meeting at 615 and Vesper service
at 7.3O P. M. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all. The address will be by Hon. Geo.
| E. johnson, Judge of the Probate Court :;
] subject, ''The Law as profession for
young men and women
| At the mid-week meeting at the North
church this, Thursday, evening several
missionary topics of interest will be dis
cussed; among them, ''The Case of the
American Board VS.. Mark Twain" The
Sunday services will be as follows; Sermon
by the pastor at 1915 A. NJ; Sunday school
at u NJ. c. E. meeting at 615 P. M; topic,
'Christ our High PRIEST Heb. Z: 24-2S.
AT 7.15 P. NJ. the pastor will give the seventh
lecture in the series on Great Events in
Church History; subject, "John Huss and
the Council of Constance
The evening vespers under the auspices
of the Young Mems Society of the Univer-
Salist church will begin next Sunday. The
addresses will be about Is minutes each, and
there will be special music at each meeting.
The addresses will be carefully prepared
and delivered from manuscript The COM
mittee on Hospitality" will be cordial,
with a word of welcome. In fact, every
thing will be done to make these Vesper
Services interesting and helpful to young
and old. The services will begin promptly
at 1880. An offering will be made each
evening for the work of the church The
dates, subjects and speakers will be as fol
| lows:
March II. Law-As Profession for
Young Men and Women. George E. John
SOB, Judge of Probate Court.
March "a. Medcine-AS profession for
Young Men and Women John Stevens, NJ.
D., City Physician.
March 81 Journalism-As a Profession
for Young Men and Women. Charles A.
Pilsbury. Editor of The Republican Jour
nal.
April 7. As this is Easter Sunday, no
Vesper Service will be held-but Concert
will be given by the children of the Sunday
School at the same hour.
April "A. Teaching-As Profession for
Young Men and Women. John r. Dunton,
Superintendent of Schools.
April 81. Good Citizenship-A Duty of
Young Men. Hon. W. P Thompson.
April %. The Ministry-As "a Profession
for Young Men and Women. Rev. j. M.
Leighton, Pastor, Unitarian Church.
May s. Good Literature-Its choice a
Duty of Young Men and Women. Miss f.
NJ. Pond, Librarian, Belfast Public Library
Miss E. M. Croucher, returned mission
airy from China, spoke in the Methodist
church last Friday evening. She was To-
Gated in the North OF China, and attended
the North China Conference in May last
height. She gave vivid account of the
dangers and difficulties encountered by the
missionaries and native Christians during
those fearful days, and the courage they
displayed. The missionaries returned tt
their fields of labor from the conference
through country swarming with hostile
warriors, who were specially severe against
the Christians, both native and foreign
The chapelS and homes of the Christians
were burned, and men, women and children
| murdered by the Boxers. The war yell o.
the Boxer warriors is even more bloodhound
ling than those of the American Indians
. Miss Croucher's description of the scene!
in the city during the bombardment, witt
shells screaming through the air, bursting
in the streets, and sometimes in the houses
was realistic. In addition to the shell.
there was an almost incessant rain of bull
let's At one time starvation stared them il
the face, but was averted by an English mer
chant, who opened his warehouses to the
besieged Christians. At just the critica
point Russia came to their aid, and in con
junction with the forces of the United
States and England brought relief TIT
passage down the river, past the places
where the Russians made such havoc among
the Chinese, was thrillingly portrayed. Tit
speaker frequently spoke of the courage
and faith of the native Chinese Christians
many of whom went to their deaths with
heroism worthy of the famous martyrs Of
the earlier ages. The most severe tortures
failed to make them retract. The foreign
missionaries were no less courageous, anG
not one of them left his post of duty until
the danger was past The speaker closed
with an appeal for aid for Chinese missions
| in which tho mnSt faar1occ ap1 faithful onp