Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-06
MAINE RELIGIOUS CIRCLES
Matters OF Interest CONCERNING Our
Churches and Pastors

The North Parish CONGREGATIONS,
church at Sanford celebrated it's 12Otb
anniversary Sunday, July 90.
Contractor S. q. Ritterbush has bssa,,
engaged to remodel the church ,t Ma
tinsvile.
Rev. G. w. Fisher, for the past four
years located in Portland. is about to
close ms partorate in that city and
will go to Massachusetts.
Rev. Frank Pearson has rendered b;s
resignation at the Free BAPTIST Church
at Gray to accept a pastorata in Dix.
field.
i;ev. DIR. Mooers, one of the direct
ors of the BAPTIST Association in Maine
recently organized BAPTIST church in
Wellington.
Rev. Herbert Tilden. pastor of the
Sanford Baptist church for the past
Tour years, mas accepted a call to tho
First Baptist church in Fargo, n. d.
At The Harmony Methodist church
last Sunday. eight candidates were
baptized by Rev. Mr.. Marsh Mr.
Marsh will preach every other Sunday
| in the future.
The Rev. DIR. +. f. Clark is nov
making his seventh Christian Endeay-
| or tour in Great Britain and report :
| that he has never before found the
| unions so robust Of the cause af Christ
| ain f.ndeavor SO vigorous.
At a meeting of The official Board Of
| thc North NassalbOro NJ. +. church
| held July %. ii was voted to put in "A
| new entrance to the church. new car
| pet new pcws and a steel ceiling and
| walls.
| Rev {. NJ. Wallace. a former Ridde-
| ford boy, and a graduate of Wesleyan
| University, Delaware, O., is now pas
tor of the Nj. f. church, Iberia, O. He
| has been unanimously requested to re-
| turn for another Year.
I,ev. c. W. Hawksworth. who has
filled The pulpit in the chapel at Sun
set for two summers and who gradu-
| atcd from Bowdoin this year. has ac-
| cepteI a call to the pastorate Of &
! church in Seattle, Wash
Rev. F. 5. Hartley. pastor of the
South Portland Heights Free BAPTIST
| church, has rendered his resignation to
| accept unanimous call TO become
pastor of the Free baptist church.
| Lowell, Mass
Rev. Frank l.. Wilkins. d. D.. pastor
| Of the Portland Free BAPTIST church.
| is To be the directo: of the Bible study
department of III" Maine christian En-
| deaVor summer school which began at
| Charleston, n. C.. July 81. and holds
until August 18th.
| The annual excursion of the Calais
| Congregational Sunday school was held
at Princeton. Wednesday. five passen-
ger coaches being required to convey
the excusionsts. The Union Sunday
school picnicked at Carlow's island
near PASSPORT. on the same date.
| Tho 10Th annual meeting of the Vas
| salboro Universalist Memorial asSocia-
| tinn will be held at Oak Grove. River
side. Sunday Aug. 10. The speakers
will be Rev Carl F. Henry of Hartford
Conn, and Rev. Olof Tandberg of Card
iner.
| Preparations are being made for the
dedication of the new St Mary's Cath
| Ollie church, Orono. which will take
place the middle of August. The
| grounds about the church are being
graded ana a unique wall being put in
| front of the edifice.
| Rev. l.. Crawford has been engaged
to preach az Morrison's Corner. Cliff
ton, and 4 Sunday school has recently
been orsaized there with the following
| officer and teachers: Amos E.ldbridge
superintendent; Miss. Eldridge. Mrs AL
ferda Decker. Miss Clara Jewell Miss
Nellie Leayitt, teachers.
The work of recovering the cupola on
I .s..,n t.a,.E - r....t
Bangor has been completed and the
ldome presents 4 gliSteninS appearance
lin it's new armor. The interior of the
church is also being extensively re-
lpaired, 1900 being laid out in the work
| 1t is expected that the work on tn,
Friends church. Fort Fairfield, under
the care of II. w. Narney, will he com
Melted next month New seats are be
ing put in, n new tower built. the I'M
del pinninG renewed, n steel ceiling put
in place. a VeStry partitioned off. not
air furnace set up. and paint LIBERAL,
lapplied to the building inside and "u
side. This will be a neat, comfortable
land artistic church when the improve
lments are completed.
| Work has been commenced on the
new chapel of the Riverside Cclnettr!
lCompany at Riverside. The chape
has been in contemplation for some
ltime. and when completed will he one
of the finest of it's kind to be found II
THAT section. although it will not be
large nor pretentious building. me
chanel will be of wood, eight-siueu
eighteen feet across. and one story II
height. A broad piazza will eNteho
around it. There will be four gables
tn tho roof. the whole surmounted by
large cross The location VIII De
directly in front of the main entrance
of th,, cemetery i'm the clump OF trees
there. The place is an excellent one
and when completed, and the GROUNDS
nut in shape. the chapel and its sur
lroundings will present very peau'i-
full appearance.
John Keenan,, an employe OF ,n'
| Eatahdin Pulp Il Paper ,oohip'ns
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