The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-10-04
THE CHURCHES.

| There will be the regular services at the
Methodist church next Sunday.
| Regular morning service at the Unitarian
Church next Sunday. Rev. Adolph Ross
back of Detroit, Mich, will occupy the pull
pit.
1t will be Rally Sunday at the Universal
| list Church next Sunday. The subject of
the sermon will be sThe Modern Church
and its Message"
| The Maine Baptist Education Society
holds its State convention in Dover on Oc-
tober End, 3rd and 4th. Mrs. Mary j. Ran
dell and Mrs. Idella Rich are the delegates
from the Belfast Baptist church.
Rev. f. S. Philbrook went to Waterville
| Monday to visit Frank b. Condor, Colby
os, and to visit Coburn Classical Institute
! to prepare a report on the condition of that
school to present at the State convention.
| There will be services in the chapel at
East Northport next Sunday at 1890 a. H.,
with preaching by the pastor, Rev G. G.
Winslow. Sunday school at 1.30 a. m. At
| go p. m. there will be services in the
Brainard schoolhouse.
The services for the week at the North
Congregational church will be as follows:
Junior c. E. meeting Thursday at $50 p.
M. morning worship Sunday at 1915 a. m. :;
Sunday school at - m. c. <. meeting Sun
day at $50 p. m. evening worship Sunday
at 73O p. m.
At the Baptist church next Sunday there
will be a preaching service at 1915 a. NJ :;
Sunday school at noon; mems meeting at
5. 30 D. IN. Christian Endeavor conservation
service at $50; Gospel praise service at 100
| The seats are free, and an invitation is ex-
tended to ALL
The 91st year of the Bangor theological
seminary opened Sept Goth with chapel SER
vice conducted by President David Nelson
Beach and address by DR.. Calvin M. Clark.
The total enrolment of students will be
about 45, the largest for some years. Seven
teen students are registered in the first
years work
The report of the secretary of the Maine
Congregational conference showed net
gain of 1900 families in the conference over
a year ago. The actual gain in church
membership is AZ. Young peoples societies
have gained 226. The sum of S446,311 has
been given in benevolences by the church
during the year.
The Maine conference of Congregational
churches at their recent session in Lewiston
adopted resolutions against divorce. which
sthreatens the stability of the American
home" and asking that ministers in the
| State use their influence and authority tic
correct this great and growing evil.'' The
resolution cautioned the ministers to use
great care before solemniZing marriages
and stated ''It is crime to marry divorced
persons unless the certificate OF divorce is
produced and reasonable time has clap
sed.' The ministers are urged to make il
inst as difficult as possible for guilty di
vorced people to remarry. A resolution
also was adopted strongly condemning the
LIQUOR saloon, but the matter of resubmis
sion was not taken up.
The recent council at Winterport for the
dismission of the Rev. j. F. Schneider from
the pastorate of the Congregational church
in that place listened to the complaint that
a small opposition, gradually growing larg-
er. was responsible for Mr.. SchneIder's go.
ing and to the reJOlnuer LlldG tAoSe WIN udu
the money were against him and that. If he
had been peacemaker, it would have been
different. The complainants replied to the
latter statement by saying that, had he not
heen a peacemaker, he would not have
stayed SO long Mr.. Schneider stated that
he did not wish, on personal grounds, to
saw anything, but that the people and the
children of the Sunday school were like
sheep scattered abroad because Of the dom
ination of a small minority, and he wished
that the council would offer some advice by
7 which it might not be so any longer. Aftel
3 deliberation, the council, as requested by
, the ietter-missive, approved the dissolution
Of the pastoral relation, commended strong
) " the work done by Mr.. Schneider and the
members of his family amidst great perpex
tiles and difficulties and expressed the hope
that work under suitable condiditions nigh
soon open in some other church for Mr.
Schneider. Regarding the charges and re
joinders, the council said that it did not 81
as Judge, but that it felt that a pastoratt
full of promise, of large success, had beer
made only partly successful, ana IS nov
p ending amidst many heartaches because q
} an opposition, beginning at a very small
point, which steadily and relentlessiy hat
) operated against the pastor, credltaol'
neither to human nature nor to the Chris
t;on nrnfossion The council advised tina