The Republican journal., 1903-03-12
THE CHURCHES.

AT tue I ultdTldu cuuTcu next SuutldS
regular Sunday service at 10.45 A. NJ;
preaching by the pastor, Rev. Harry Lutz.
Sunday school at 10 O'Clock. Bible class at
the parsonage Saturday evening at 7.15
o'clock. All are welcome.
Christian Science services are held at II
O'Clock every Sunday morning at 50 Cedar
street. Rev. II. S. Fiske, tirst-reader. Sub
ject of lesson sermon, Matter" Testi-
monial meetings are held on Wednesday
evenings at 7.3O All are welcome.
The Fathers Care, is the topic for the
prayer and praise service at the Baptist
church this, Thursday, evening at 7.3o.
Preaching services will be held Sunday at
1045 a. m. and sop M; Sunday school at
noon mems meeting at $50 p. m. ;ChrlStlan
EndeavOr meeting at $50 p. N. There Will
be meeting for women. and girls Monday
evening at 80.
At the recent monthly meeting of the Bap-
tiSt Social Union in fremont Temple, BoS-
ton, Rev. A. L. Dunn said of Baptist work
in Maine. "Our 243 Baptist churches
Salu lie, nave enrolled luudI -O,uuo IieH anu
women. We are eXpending about $4,000
annually for our local work. Our denomi-
nation has made a gain IN Maine of 100
members, owing to the timely use of money
and service"
The Prophet Micah is the subject of the
fortnightly Bible study at the North Church
this, Thursday, evening, at l15. Sunday
services: preaching by the pastor at 1915
a. m. subject of sermon, 1.-The Inevitable
ness of the Cross Sunday school al noon
monthly union meeting of the church and
c. E. society at p. M, at which the pastor
will give a lecture upon missionary work in
Japan, illustrated by stereopticon views.
Wednesday evening, March 18th, there will
be a picnic supper for the church and par
ish.
The calendar for Lent is as follows ::
March /, first Sunday in Lent; March /, 6
and I, Ember Days; March s, second Sun
day in Lent; March Is, third Sunday in
Lent; March -, fourth Sunday in Lent :;
March %, Wednesday (Annunciation) !;
March %, fifth Sunday in Lent; April D,
Sunday (ralm) before Easter April 6, Mon
day in Holy Week; April I, Tuesday in
Holy Week; April s, Wednesday in Holy
Week April 9, Maundy Thursday; April
10, Good Friday; April IL, Easter Even !;
April II, Easter Day.
The services at the universalist church
next Sunday will be as follows: AT lO.45
A. NJ, regular service and morning prayer,
with sermon by the pastor; subject, "A
Friend of Publicans, and Sinners; at Il
NJ, Sunday school at 7.30 p. NJ, second in
the series of informal addresses on the
English poets and their work, with read
ings from their representative productions.
Next Sunday evening the subject will be:
civilian Cowper, the Poet of Domestic
Life Mrs +. S. Pitcher will sing at this
service These services are for everyone
and a cordial invitation is extended to all.
Rev. Charles Harbutt of Portland, secre-
tary of the Maine Missionary Society, spoke
recently in the Congregational chapel, Au-
gusta on the work of that society. 1t is now
maintaining seven missionary workers in
the thinly settled and numbering portions
of the State, and assisting in the support of
Is to so established churches. At the meet
ing of the Christian Endeavor Society Mr..
Harbut talked at length on the missionary
work the society is carrying on in the west
ern part of Aroostook county, along the line
of the Ashland branch of the Bangor II
AroOstook Railway.