The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-06-14
THE CHURCHES.

Services next Sunday in the Universalist
church at 1O.45 a. m. Sunday school at -
O'Clock.
Rev. }. ". Hatch will preach at Poor's
Mills schoolhouse next Sunday at 215 p. m.,
standard time.
The Waldo Baptist Quarterly Meeting
will hold its annual session with the Morrill,
church Saturday and Sunday, June 10th
and 18th, beginning at 1O.30 a. m. Saturday.
Religious services will be held in the
chapel at East Northport Sunday, June II,
at 1890 a. M, with sermon by the pastor,
Rev. G. G. Winslow; at 11.3O a. M, Sunday
school, at $50 p. m., services at the Brain
ard schoolhouse.
Services at the North church Junior c. E.
Thursday at $50 p. M: prayer meeting
Thursday at 7.3o p. M; morning worship
Sunday at 1O.45 a. m; Sunday school at u
a m. Christian Endeavor at $50 p. m. ;
evening service at 730 p. m.
At the Mission, IS High street, prayer
meeting Sunday morning at O'Clock ;
preaching at go and O'Clock p m. Meet
ings during the week Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday at $50 p. m,
Everybody is invited to attend.
''Some of the Problems Confronting the
Churches in Maine" will be the subject of
the morning sermon at the Methodist church
next Sunday. Sunday school at noon; Ju-
nior league at $50 p. H. ; topic of sermon at
7.3O p. M, "Strange Bedfellows, Seats free.
Morning service at the Unitarian church
next Sunday at 10 As O'Clock. Waldo Lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
will attend in observance of Memorial Day.
Rev. Harry Lutz will deliver the sermon
upon the subject of "Fraternal Ties Sum-
day school at 10 o'clock. All are welcome.
At the Baptist church next Sunday the
services will be conducted by the pastor,
Rev. f. S. Philbrook, at 10:45 a. m. At
noon an illustrated review of the Sunday
school lessons will be given. A young
peoples service will be held at $50 p. M,
and at 7:30 the pastor will give stereop-
ticon lecture on Africa All are invited
The new Congregational church at Matin-
icus, the first church edifce to be erected
on the island of Matinicus, which is 20
miles from the mainland, was dedicated
June 9th. The church was built largely
through the generosity of former residents
of the little island plantation on lot fur
niShed by former residents and is free from
debt. The sermon was preached by Rev.
W. b. Hague of Gorham, in the employ of
the Maine Missionary Society, who was in
strumental in organizing the church.
The Maine Universalist convention, in
session at Rockland June 9th, adopted the
following resolution; "BeHevlng the en-
forcement of all laws on our statutes essen
tial to good government and good citizen
ship, we heartily endorse the position of
our governor in his recent address and
pledge ourselves to support him in Just and
impartial enforcement OF the laws fJr the
suppression of the liquor traffic in our
State" Resolutions We're also passed criti-
cisiug the divorce laws of Maine and ask
ing the Governor to appoint a committee to
secure divorce law uniform with those of
other States. These officers were elected :
President, Morrill, \. Drew, Portland; vice
presidents, Rev. w. II. Gould, Portland, z.
Barton, Bethel; treasurer, A. b. Coolidge,
Portland; trustees, Robert Macarthur,
Bddeford; A. j. Merrill, Bangor; commit
tee on fellowship, Rev. c. r. Tenney, Au-
burn, chairman. 1t was voted to meet next
year at Biddeford. During the afternoon
the anniversary of the woman'S Universe
list missionary society of the State was held,
and the following officers elected: President,
Mrs Ella Nj. standing, Gardiner Secre-
tary, Miss \. NJ. Hill, Auburn; Treasurer.
Mrs NJ. f. Sargent, Portland.