Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-25
MAINE NEWS IN BRIEF
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Late Items CT Interest in Maine Reiig
ious Circles.

Teh new Pentecostal church at South
Portland will he ready Ior dedication,
this fall
Extensive improvements and repairs
viii be made on the Main Street free
Baptist church, Saco, this summer.
Rev. A. G. Hill has resigned his pas
torate in Atkinson to accept call from
the Free Baptist church in Garland.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Phinney, of Barring,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Viola H. to Rev. S. r. Bel
yea, Lamoine.
The Congregational church and par
ISL in Boothbay HarbOr have extended
"a call to Rev. i. b. Hyde of Bangor.
He will commence his work there on
July Goth.
Rev. Clarence Emery at Seal Cove,
recently, conferred the rite of baptism
on five candidates. Later the candi-
dates were received into the fremont
Baptist church.
Rev. George G. Bennett of West Win
field. y. Y. has accepted the call from
the Central Congregational church,
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on the first of September.
The annual Sunday-school Mass
Convention will be held at Nobleboro
Campground, Aug. 30 AS it will be
the 25th anniversary of the Association,
special plans on a liberal scale have
been made to celebrate the day.
A philanthropist who Withholds his
name from the public has given 5000
to complete the fund for a water mo-
tor to be attached to the organ at the
Congregational church. Brunswick. An
other 800 has been given to pay for
cleaning the church.
The annual grove meeting of the OK
ford Association of Cniversalists at
Lake Anasaguntcook will be held this
year on Sunday, Aug. 2. The program
includes sermons by Rev. w. j. Tay-
Tor of Lewiston and Rev. ]. M. Paige of
Livermore Falls. and addresses by Rev.
f. f. Barton of Bethel. Rev. j. H. Little
of South Paris, w. w. Blanchard and
others.
Timothy H. Houlihan, of Bangor, was
ordained to the priesthood at the cathe-
dral of Notre Dame in Paris, Sunday.
Patrick Houlihan of 46 Fern street,
Bangor He was educated in the pubic
schools, graduating from the High
school in the class of 1896. He attend
ed Holy Cross College, graduating from
that institution in 1901, and then at
tended the Villa Nova Seminary at
Quebec. He will return to this country
in August.
The new Catholic church at Pleasant
Point, the Passamaquoddy Indian set
Element, is rapidly nearing completion,
the interior work being so far advanced
that service was held there last week,
Rev. J. ]. Ahern of PASSPORT celebrating
mass. The formal dedieatOry services
will take place sometime early in Au-
gust when it is expected that the BlSn-
Cd and several State officials will be
present. Farewell service was held in
the old chapel last week, and the work
Of taking down the long used edilice
has been commenced.
The following will conduct services
during the summer season at Union
church, Northeast Hmbor: July IS,
Rev. Paul Revere rockingham, pastor
of the Arlington street church, Boston;
August 2, Rev. Samuel T.. Herrick, d.
D.. pastor of the Mt. Vernon church.
Boston; August ., Rev. John Carroll
Perkins. pastor Of the First Parish
church, Portland: August is, Rev. Ed
ward c. Moore. ID. d., professor in the
Divinity school, Cambridge
Mass: August 90 Rev. l.. Clarke Seelye.
D. D.. president of Smith college. North
;lmpton Mass; August 30. Rev. Francis
g. Peabody. dean of the Harvard d.
vinity school, Cambridge. Mass: Sep
tember 6. Rev. Lyman Abbott, ID. d.,
editor of the outlook. New York.