Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-09

10 make Il creditable showing, in ma
.eiiai prosperity, in benevolence, i'm
neipiiig TO save the unsaved and in edi-
lying the church, for which we thank
| God and our faithful preachers and
people.
PASTORAL SUPPLY.
AT the last conference Bucksport Dis
| trict was given thirty-seven pastors
and supplies and six charges We're left
10 be provided for. Rev. Il. o. Hart
| man supplied Cutler the first half of
the year and s. NJ. Bowles-our pastor
! at Jacksonville-has rendered service
there during the latter part. Morrill,
| was carried awhile by Miss Nellie
| Thompson, Evangelist. After she was
| stricken down, Rev. William Berkeley
was asked to complete the year.
Rev. ]. w. Trip undertook North
port, but felt obliged to leave the work
in July and no regular preaching has
| been possible at that point until two
| months ago, when Rev. r. L. Mather-
| son from Springfield, Mass, was placed
| there to complete the conference year.
| We placed Rev. Joseph Jackson, an
| old acquaintance from South New Eng
| land, at Swans Island and by camp
meeting time he had raised it from q
5000 to a $500 charge. We then secured
]. e. Aldrich from New Hampshire for
| Swans Island and put Joseph jackson
at Stonington to lift debt and resur-
rect dead church. both of which he
| has been able to do. About the same
time with these changes we invited
Rev. r. ]. DcinStadt-a supernumerary
| OF the New Brunswick conference.-the
| assume charge of our work at MILL
bridge. He has had quite a revival!
They are raying him quite an in
creased salary and the people hope to
retain his services for another year.
On week after conference Rev. j. II.
Irvine LEFT his work at Castine, accept
ing a call to Lowell. and Castine had
only occasional services up to Septem-
Der when we secured Rev. Thomas
lessenden from Iowa for them. it
seems to have been of God. The WORT.
is expanding. The salary has been in
creased to $1,000 and is paid. Bishop
presiding elder conference claimants,
general conference claim and every APP
pointmcnt for benevolences will be met
in full.
I;ut we are obliged to chronicle sad
der breaks in our ranks. In December,
Rev. F. d. Handy, always reliable,
faithful and kind, heard the Fathers
call. Come up higher" and went sud
denly out. leaving PASSPORT Methodist
pulpit vacant. He wrought well for
PASSPORT and PASSPORT people Lowell
him. We all loved him. May we all
finish our course in like triumphant
faith.
\ stranger, Rev. ]. II. Traumer, took
work among us at our last conference
session and was stationed at Lubec.
During the same week of Rev. +. d.
IIandy's death. Brother Trainers be
loved companion. mother Of his sove0
children, succumbed to an attack of
pneumonia and departed this life, leav
ing the parsonage at Lubec lonely in
deed.
Only n few days later, the sweet
singer and faithful wife and mother in
our parsonage at Bar Harbor. yielded
to the same dread disease, and went
ont in the same sudden way. leaving
husband and four sons greatly be-
reaved. We We're privileged to license
the fourth and last son to preach at
our fourth quarterly conference at Bar
IIarbor. This mother of four preachers
ests from her labors. but surely hey
works will follow her.
Hesdes these from the regular
ranks. Brother O. Fl. Fernald. super
annuate. Of South West Harbor. has
passed away during the year, also Will
liam Reed. local preacher of South
Brewer, from the local ranks.
CHURCH PROPERTY, REPAIRS.
Our church at Brewer has undertaken
to build what will be when completed,
ono of the finest churches in New Eng
land. Some $1,000 has already been col
lected and paid over upon this enter
Prise. Some $1,000 have been expended
in eniarging and transforming our
Knight Memorial church at Calais. ThH
improvements include n fine large pipe
organ. Columbia Falls church has
been nearly built over new at q cost OF
$500. Prospect Harbor has expended
| $40 on the new chapel and provided
lone for our Sunday-school III summer
| or winter.
Orrington Centre has expended SEQ In
church renairs. including new
| furnace Three hundred and twenty
dollars has been laid out on our prop
| orty at Belfast. Surry has built n
| barn and made other outlay, amounting
to soG5 Calais First church has bet
tered its property $3.50, and East Frank
| lin. s175. Other churches eXpendinG
from $50 to s1G0 are South West Har-
Dor. Castine, Bar Harbor. Ellsworth.
| Gouldsboro, Eddngton. Lubec, west
fremont and Searsmont.
| BESIDES the above mentioned I'M
| -rovcments debts have been paid on
! orr church property as follows: Ston-
| ington. $500: Ellsworth, $50: West
| fremont. 5000: Brooksville 500; South
West Harbor. $50: Eddington. $50;
Swans Island. $50: Surry, SIS.
INSURANCE.
Last year we added nearly $4,000 Z"
inc amount of Insurance carried on me
church property Of the 'li:trict. 'his
wear We have placed the splenGid sum
of ss0.a75.
| INCREASE OF PASTOR CLAIMS.
The cost of living is increasing. The
-oro Of ,pnct ClaScoS is increasing TO