Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-29
MAINE NEWS IN BRIEF
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Late Items of Interest in Maine Re-
Iigious Circles.

The Methodist society of South Harri-
son, has begun work on new chapel.
Thirteen candidates were baptized at
the Houlton Free Baptist church last
Sunday evening.
Many improvements in the way of adj
ditions of alterations are being made on
st. Saviour's Episcopal church, Bar Har-
Dor.
Rev Horatio Stebbins, for several years
pastor of the First Parish church In
Portland. is seriously ill at his home
Cambridge.
The ladies of St. Dominics Catholic
church. Portland. have presented the
church with a beautiful shrine in honor
of the blessed Virgin.
II has been decided to hold the Summer
Christian Endeavor Training school at
Yarmouth. The school will open July s.
and continue till July %
Rev j. s. HOyle has been called to tn
Methodist passionate at Rumford Falls
for another year. This will be the SIKH
year he has been located there as pastor.
Rev. Sumner Bangs, late pastor of the
Baptist church at Tenants Harbor, mas
accepted cali to the paStorate OF the
Baptist church in Charleston, and has
entered upon his work.
Rev. DR.. c. Morton Stills, formerly dean
of St Lukes Episcopal Cathedral, Port
land, has received a call to the rectorship
of a church at Geneva, n. Y, which he
will undoubtedly accept. This will cut
short his service at Christ church, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Several hundred dollars have been
raised by the Free Will Baptist Society
at South Parsonstield. and committee
of three, consisting of j. +. Bickford,
Charles Moulton and Rufus Burbank,
chosen to expend the money in repairing
the parsonage.
Rev w p Merrill Of the Beacon Street
NJ +. church, Bath, has been unanimous
ly invited n return the fourth wear.
During his paStorate the church has been
| thoroughly renovated and the people very
| properly want their pastor to remain and
| enjoy with them the fruit of his labors.
| Rev. Frank s. Forbes, a native of
| Brooks and a distinguished Congrega-
tional minister, has resigned his position
as pastor of the church at Sante Bar
bara Cal, where he has been stationed
| for seven years He is to take charge OF
the Mckinley Memorial Home for boys in
| Los Angeles.
Rev. z. s. Collins, pastor of the Surry
Baptist church, rendered his resignation
Sunday afternoon, to take effect about
the first of May. Mr.. Collins came to
! Surry about a year and half ago, ana
has labored faithfully, not only at Surry
village but also at East Surry South
Surry, Conaryville and West Ellsworth.
| At the last meeting of the board of Sc
lectmen of Fort Fairfield they appointed
Rev. J. j. Manning superintendent of
schools in Fort Fairfield to succeed c. &.
Harvey, who is first selectman of the
| town Rev FIR. Manning has been in Fort
| Fairfield for eight years being pastor of
the Roman Catholic church there, and
has been on the school board for the past
| two years.
Rev. C. C. Garland, for six years pas
tor of the Arlington Street Methodist
church. Nashua. n. H., son of Police Of
ficer w. R. Garland of Portland, has re-
signed his position to accept call to the
Central Methodist church of Claremont,
subject to the action of the annual con-
ference. The ClaremOnt church has a
membership of about 400 and is one of the
| strongest in the conference.
Rev j. A. Riordan. who for four years
has been curate of st. Marys Catholic
church Bangor has been recalled to his
own diocese of Springfield, Mass. Rev.
FIR. RiOrdan is graduate of Holy Cross
College, and of the Grand Seminary OF
Montreal, and was first stationed in Som
erville, Mass. He was sent to Bangor as
curate to the late Rev. FIR. OBrien four
years ago. and has been singularly sue
cessful there.
The contract for building the new Con-
gregatonal church at Seal Harbor has
been awarded to w. S. Smallidge of that
place. The building is to be erected on
| the west side of the cove. and will cost
$1,000. The building will be of stone up t.
the windows and the rest of wood. The
| outside will be shingled. 1t will be 35xos
feet in size. The seating capacity will be
80. The church will be completed in Au-
| gust but must be in condition for SER
vices by the first of July.
Rev. William B. Fallon of Clinton
! Mass. who for nearly ten years has been
assistant pastor of st. Patrick's Catholic
church, Lewiston, has been recalled to
| Massachusetts by Bishop Beaver of the
Springfield diocese. Rev. Fallon's de-
parture is deeply regretted by Lewiston
people with whom he was very popular.
A Christian Endeavor Society was
formed in the Baptist church, Paris Hill,
on Tuesday evening, March IS. with 2
| active members and several others intend
to join who could not attend the first
| meeting.
1t is now planned to dedicate the new
Methodist church in Newport. May 4, and
to make the occasion memorable one in
the annals of the society. Charles Reed,
d. d., and DIR. Mills of New York, are
expected to be present and take part,
also gentlemen from Cincinnati. At the
time of the dedication it is expected
that the church will be fully completed
except possibly the basement and paint
ing of the exterior. The windows are
beauties and of an expensive character.
The cost of the church will be about $4,000
including the lot. The pews to be intro
duced are of a circular pattern, built of
quartered oak. and have been shipped
from Cleveland where they were manu-
featured.
Episcopal diocese of Maine, has some
plans in view for the Improvement of St
Luke's Cathedral. Portland. He proposes
in the near future and has obtained the
permission of the cathedral chapter to
pun down the house on the cathedral
grounds formerly occupied by Dean Stills.
and erect in its place a fine chapel in
! memory of his father and mother. The
new building will be erected entirely at
the expense of the bishop and presented
to the parish. 1t will probably be built
of stone. When the bishop first came to
| Portland he bought the two houses be-
| tween the Episcopal residence and the
State Street church. He intends to in
| stall the new rector. Rev. Frank l.. Yer
| non, in the westerly house. the one ad-
| joining State Street church.
! MAINE FRATERNlTIES.