The Republican journal., 1902-10-30
THE CHURCHES.

parish at the parsonage on FRIDAY evening
Oct 31st, from to 10 O'Clock.
The Maine Universalist Sunday School
convention at Mechanic Falls closed Oct
23rd with addresses by Rev. Manley Town
send of Dixfield and State Missionary Rev
w. w. Hooper of Portland.
Services at the Universalist church next
Sunday will be as usual The subject of
The morning sermon will be "The Cry from
the Depths,' and of the evening address,
"Self Control The seats are free and all
are invited.
Sunday will be as usual The subject of
the forenoon sermon by the pastor, Rev. G..
Il. Edgett, will be ''The Ascent of the Soul. -
The music in the evening will include a
violin solo by c. f. Davis and a cornet solo
by NJ. F. Crockett
Rev. G. f. Edgett attended the meeting of
the Ministerial Association in Milbridge
Tuesday, and spoke on the subject of the
time limit to pastorates. The limit had
! been extended to five years and was abol-
ished wholly four years ago. The question
of restoring limit in now under discus
sion.
At the Unitarian church, Rev. Harry
Lutz, pastor, there will be morning services
next Sunday at 1915 O'Clock with preaching
by the pastor. The subject of the sermon
will be 'The Church and the Modern
World" Special music will be rendered by
the choir, with a duet by the Misses Sulli
van and Poor, and solo by MI. Thorndike.
All are most cordially invited. The
Sunday school will meet at - o clock.
There will be a missionary meeting at the
North church this, Thursday, evening at
715; subject, emissions in North China. "
Sunday services will be as follows: Sermon
by the pastor at 1o.45 a. m.; subject, "The
Prince and Perfecter of Faith The sac
rament of the Lords Supper will be admin
istered, Sunday school at noon; annual
meeting of the Y. p. S. Z. E. at 81 p. m );
address by the pastor at 7.15 p. M; subject,
''The Value of Sentiment
These officers were elected at the State
Advent Sunday School convention in Bath,
Oct 22nd: President, Rev j. F. Clothey,
Bddeford; vice presidents, Rev. t. j. Cool
broth of Dover, Rev. Benjamin Corliss of
| Mi(ltoWn, Rev. A. II. Ericsson Of Oxford :;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Flora Ham,
! Bridgton. The executive committee was
empowered to appoint and sustain a field
/ secretary. There were about 30 delegates
present Several papers and addresses
were read.
At the recent annual meeting of the North
church parish the following officers were
! elected moderator, f. f. Dunton; clerk,
| James IattDa; collector, II. VI. PrentisS ;
| assistant collectors, Miss Bessie NJ. Pond,
Miss Annie V. Field treasurer, {. p. Hazel
, tine; standing committee nr \. O. Stod-
dard, II. NJ. Prentiss, c. Nj. Craig; music
committee, c, O. Poor, c. NJ. Craig. John
! Parker; agent for care of parsonage. Ed
ward Sibley; agent for care of church edi-
! fee, nr. \. O. Stoddard.
At the Baptist church next Sunday the
subject Of the forenoon sermon by the pas
tor, Rev. +. S. Philbrool, Will be AN
| Abundant Entrance and Of the evening
discourse, "The supreme Inquiry" Other
Sunday services will be as follows Sunday
school at 70 III. mems meeting at $50 p, m. ;
| c. +. meeting at $50 p. M. Meeting for
| girls and young women at 7.30 p. H., Mon
day; meeting for young men at 80 p. IN,
! Wednesday. The pastor is giving a series
! Of familiar talks on astronomy and DR.. G.
| C. kilgore on physiology at the young
mems meetings.
| Sixty delegates, representing 80 churches,
atte9ued the opening of the Maine Advent
convention in Bath, Oct. end, Rev. f. p.
| Woodward of Portland presiding. The as
sociation is free of debt. Rev. A. L. Hill of
| Bangor was among the speakers. Oct. 24th
the ordination and license committees re-
commended the ordination of j. NJ. Kelley
of Gardiner, and the license as a layman of
A. II. Marshall of Port Clyde. These
oft GERS were elected: President, Rev. E.
| P. Woodward Portland vice president,
! Rev A. II. Kearney, Westbrook secretary
and treasurer, Rev T. j. Coolbroth, Dover.
| The 14th annual convention of the Maine
i Young Peoples Christian Unions convened
at Mechanic Falls Oct. sd for a two
days meeting. A feature was the ''model
/ )us ness meeting," conducted by Fred S.
Rand of Portland. Papers We're read and
addresses made. Oct. 24th these officers
were elected: President, Fred S. Rand,
t Portland; vice president, Miss Angela S.
Graves, Rockland; secretary, Miss Elsie
Jones, Augusta treasurer, Harry L. Samp-
son, Portland executive board, Miss Agnes
Danforth, Bangor Miss II. Gertrude Reed,
Portland; Miss Blanche W. Withee, Pitts
field. 1t was recommended that the next
convention be held at Westbrook.
The convention of the Maine Sunday
School Association opened Oct. 22d in the
Old South Congregational church, Farming
ton, with a devotional service led by Rev,
W. p. Lord, pastor of the Pennington Meth
odist church. Rev. A. 7. Sally, d. d., Lew
iston, spoke on ''Teaching Gods word" and
Rev. f. S. Dollitf, Island Falls, on "Decis-
ion Day. In the evening there was a vel
come service, and the delegates were adj
dressed by Rev. f. r. Smith of the loca
congregational church and Rev. Smith
Baker, ID. D., Portland. Treasurer, l.. r
Cook of Yarmouth exhibited stereopticon
views Rev Smith Baker, d. D., of Port