Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-22
MAINE NEWS IN BRIEF
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Late Items Of Interest in Maine Re.
ligious Circles.

hS'SSS
Seven persons were baptized on a re-
cent Sunday at the Rumford Falls Baptist
church.
Rev. A. c. Brown of Parsonsfield has
received a call to the Free Baptist church
at Blaine.
Rev. w. C. Barrows has closed his la
bors with the Baptist church at kenne-
bunkport.
A Christian Endeavor Society has
been organized at Ashland with good
number of active and associate members.
Rev. ]. d. O'Brien, pastor of ST. Jo-
sephs Catholic church in Ellsworth, has
returned from Ireland where he has been
spending several months
The spring session of the North Penob-
scot quarterly meeting will be held with
the Passadumkeag church, Tuesday and
Wednesday, March % and 70.
The Hartland Baptist church has ex-
tended a call to Rev. I. Ernest Ham of
Cambridge to succeed Miss Koch, VIVA
closed her labors there for two weeks
since.
treal and Roxbury are in Portland as the
guests of the Very Rev. Vicar General
Hurley, and are conducting mission at
st. Dominic'S Catholic church.
1t is probable that the Universalist So
cieties of South Paris and Paris Hill will
extend call to Rev. w. w. Hooper to
become their pastor. Rev. Mr.. Hooper is
State missionary of the denomination, but
his term expires in June.
The congregation of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception, Calais, intend
erecting a mortuary chapel in the GENE
terry. Plans are now being drawn and the
work of building will be commenced as
soon as spring opens. 1t is the present
intention to hold services there twice a
week.
Rev. F. V. Norcross occupied the pupi.
at the Congregational church in Union
Sunday. Two were received into the
church by letter and one by confession OF
faith There was baptismal and COM
dressed the w. c. L. U. meeting in the
afternoon.
Rev. w. w. Hooper, Universalist State
missionary, was in Brownfield last week,
trying to establish circuit for meetings
in several towns in South West Oxford
county. Browniield, Hiram. North Frye
burg and Denmark have good church
buildings but no settled minister or reg
ular preaching.
Rev. H. l.. Wood pastor of the Saco
Trinity church, read his resignation Sun
day morning, to take effect Easter Sun
day. At the close of the morning service
a meeting of the parish was held and il
was voted to accept the resignation OF
the pastor. Mrs. Wood and children
who have been visiting in Canada will re-
will sail with Mr.. Wood for England
April LIST.
Rev. j. NJ. Frost was reelected paste,
of Grace Methodist church. Bangor. II
the annual parish meeting recently, fol
the seventh time. Mr.. Frost. before going
to Grace church. was pastor of the Pine
Street Methodist church in Bangor. Al
the expiration of his term OF flve years II
was arranged that he and Rev. Herberl
+. Foss, then pastor of Grace church
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neither clergyman should be lost to Ban
gor. Recently the Maine conference abol
ished the rule which limited the pastor
ates in one church to five years and now
the churches are privileged to nave Z
pastor as long as they wish.
An honorary organization composed Of
large number of Catholic gentlemen Of
Portland, was organized at the OZanan
Club rooms in that city Monday evening
The object of this organization Is 10 en-
| courage the young men of the club IL
| their work by necessary moral and hnan
cal aid. The following officers were
| chosen: First vice president, Frank W
/ Cunningham; second vice president, Ed
Mannix; recording secretary. Jas. f
o Brien; financial secretary and treas
urer, Brian E. McDonough; board of oil
| rectors. Edward Murphy, Michael j. Ian
| ders Edmund j. Young, Andrew ii
] Ward, Michael t. Mulhall.
The Congregational church in Turner i
| rejoicing that the debt on the church i
| at last paid. For several weeks the pas
| tor has been reviving interest in the dep
and securing pledges for its payment. ii
| made a personal canvass of the churci
and in this way secured little over S6Ot
| Friends of the church paid $50 of the de5
last year which left nearly $50 that Wa
| not pledged Sunday morning, instead 0
| preaching sermon, Rev. Mr.. GilmoT
brought the matter before the people AM
| asked that the debt be cleared up at once
| In less than forty minutes the who'll
| amount was raised and the service close
| with a hymn of praise and prayer ant