Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-21
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Late Items of Interest in Maine Relig
ious Circles.

Late Items Of Interest in Maine Relig.
ious Circles.
1t Is reported that new Methodist
church will be constructed soon in East
Deering.
About $3.50 has been raised towards
the repairs on the old union meeting
house at Cranberry Isle.
The Bridgton Methodist church has
received from an unknown donor, the
gift of $140O pipe organ.
BY the will of Mrs. Sarah Douglass
recently deceased, the Universalist So
ciety of Guilford has received 5000.
A Current Topics club has beer
formed among the young men Of the
Hammond street church, Bangor. The
club will be under the leadership OF
Prof. H. w. Hubert of the seminary.
The annual Catholic census of Calais
just taken by Rev. Father Koran shows
that there are connected with the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
1856 families, a total of about 1000 mem.
bers.
Rev. E. w. Churchill has Withdrawn
his resignation of the pastorate of the
Acton Free Baptist church. which was
to take effect April 1st and accepted a
unanimous call from the church and
society to remain another year.
Rev. George E. Kneeland refuses tc
withdraw his resignation as pastor OF
the North Lebanon Free Baptis,
church. He has accepted call to
Gambia, N. H., and will enter upon his
pastorate there the first of April.
DR.. Dwight, one of the faculty of
Harvard University, has been engaged
to address the members of the Catholc
Union of the Diocese of Maine in the
Maine room at the Falmouth hotel on
Monday evening. April Is.
The Portland Congregational Club
met at Riverton on Monday evening,
March 16. The address was by Rev.
DR.. E. M. Moves Of Newton Centre,
Mass; topic, 1.-The Coming Race" He
was followed by remarks from the
president Of the club. DR.. Smith Baker.
Rev. William Forsyth, for thirty
years pastor of the Elm street Congre-
gational church, Bucksport, has tender
ed his resignation to take effect as soon
as a successor can be secured. He will
retire from the ministry at the con-
Bucksport church.
Desiring to benefit the boys connect
ed with Sunday-school Of the Congre-
gational church. Presque Isle, the pas
tor, Rev. Dorrall Lee, has organized a
boys brigade, consisting of over 80
members. from to 16 years Of age.
The boys will be under military in
struction and discipline. One Of the OBJ
legations of membership in this Or
ganiZation is regular attendance in a
body at the morning church service.
The pastorate Of Rev. Charles w.
Bradlee at the Foss street Methodist
April and he will be assigned to some
other position by the conference. Mr..
Bradlee has seen longer service in Bid
deford than any other Protestant min
lister except Rev. H. F. Moulton Of the
Universalist church. There is a strong
prospect that Mr.. Bradlee will be ap-
pointed to take the place of Presiding
Elder Thayer, whose term also runs out
this year.
The dedication of the Methodist
church at Peaks Island, on March 81,
promises to be an occasion of very
great interest. Bishop Andrews who
preached the funeral sermon Of the late
President, will leave New York in time
to arrive at Portland at II. He will
proceed at once to the Island, where he
will formally open the church and
make an extended address. He will
then return to Boston by boat and
train, beginning, at Brookline, on April
/, the New England conference, over
which he is to preside, during session
of one week. This Island church was
built in 1860. and in the past year has
been enlarged, and put in complete re-
pair, at an expenditure of about $500.
The members of the High street Con-
gregational church Of Auburn have ex-
tended a call to Rev. G. Walter Fiske,
pastor of the South Hadley Falls,
Mass, Congregational church, to come
to Auburn and officiate as pastor of
their church. Mr.. Fiske is young
man. His pastoral abilities are con-
sidered excellent and he delivers able
sermons. After graduating from Am
herst College and Hartford Theological
school, he became pastor of the Hunt
ington, Mass. Congregational church,
a position he resigned to accept his
present pastorate. Lately the Boston
Congregational publishing house has
offered him great inducements to be-
come editor Of Congregational paper
At present he is undecided whether to
enter the profession of journalism or
remain in the ministry. Should he de-
eide on the latter course, undoubtedly
he will come to Auburn.