The Republican journal., 1906-11-15
THE CHURCHES.

No evening preaching services were hel
. in either the Baptist or Congregations
lack of electric lights.
The regular services will be held at tn
Universalist church next Sunday. TIL
subject of the morning sermon will b.
Browning's "Rabbi Ben Ezra"
The December session of the Prospect
Unity Quarterly meeting will be held will
the church in Monroe Center, Dec 1st ant
End. A full attendance is hoped for.
The services at the Methodist church will
be as usual. Sermon at 1O.45 a. m.; Sunday
school at noon; evening service at 7.3o p m
All seats are free and all are welcome.
Miss Margaret n Hazeltine went to Sears
port Sunday to deliver report of the Silver
Bay Conference which she attended this
summer before a Union Young Peoples
Meeting.
Meetings are held at the Union Rescue
Mission, IS High street, every Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday evening at 7.3C
standard time, and Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock, standard.
Rev. Geo. c. Howard of Livermore Falls
will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning. Sunday
school at noon; evening sermon at 7.SO.
Seats free and all welcome.
Prof. Hugh R. Hatch of Colby College
preached in the Baptist church last Sunday
and arrangements have been made with
him to preach during December. Mr.. Hatch
preached his one thousandth sermon Sun
day.
The Unitarian church will be closed dur
| ing the remaining Sundays of this month
and in December. This parish has extend
ed call to Rev. Adolph Rossbaoh of De-
troit, Mich, to become their pastor. He
was ordained in 1901
| Rev. II. B. Haskell, Presiding Elder of
| Bucksport district, will conduct the ser
| vices in the chapel at East NOrthport at
| 1880 Sunday morning, Nov. 18th, and in
the Woods schoolhouse at 2 p. M, followed
! by holy communion. At in the evening
he will hold services in the Brainard school
| house.
| The North church Y. P. S. c. E. held an
interesting meeting in the vestry last Sun
| day evening, in spite OF the storm and lack
of electricity. Two candles produced from
| the pocket of thoughtful member were
cut in two, and these, with the aid of the
| janitor's lantern, proved to be sufficient il
| Elimination. Thirteen members were pres
| ent and the meeting was a helpful and in
| spiriting one.
| 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 10 40 a. m.
| Sunday school at - NJ. C. E. meeting Sun
day at $50 p. H. Subject: My favorite par
able and how it helps me. Ref. Matt Is,
| 1917; Ps. 119, 97-104 (Topic given in hand
book for August 12); evening worship at
7.30 p m.
'Ladies' Night" at the Congregational
| Club will be observed Wednesday evening,
| November 21st. The Club will meet at the
usual hour, 6 so p. M, for business and its
| banquet. At a quarter before eight the
ladies will be received by the reception
committee. The guests of honor will be
| Miss Avis NJ. Morrison, recently returned
from tour of the world, and Mrs. David
| n. Beach, wife of President Beach of Ban
| gor Seminary.
| On Tuesday, Oct. 30th, last, occurred the
installation of Rev. Harry Lutz as pastor Of
the First Parish (Unitarian) church, at
! ID; &c ~,
cluded invocation by Rev. j. Harold Dale,
of the Orthodox church, of Billeriea; Scrip
ture reading by Rev. Chester Fl. Howe, of
the North Billerica Baptist church; sermon
| by Rev. Paul Revere rockingham of BoS-
ton, upon "The Simplicity of the Life and
Teachings of jesus" prayer of installation
by Rev. John Mills Wilson of Lexington
Wallace Fem, of Harvard Divinity School,
who emphasized the helpful influence of a
| joyous spirit blending with the minister s
work, and bade the mininster preach the
gospel of good cheer; right hand of fellow
ship by Rev. Loren B. Mcdonald of Con-
cord, Mass, and address to the people by
Rev. Edgar S. Wiers of Montclair, n. j.,
| ICCCuI pooto1 VI llO l'li4OA iSl SLuA 0A. 1O lo
said the church in the very beautiful cover
design of the Ladies' Home Journal for
November is the old church of the First
Parish of Billerica The parish was
organized in 1868.
Rev. Eugene Sumner Philbrook, who for
the past five years has been pastor OF the
Belfast Baptist church, has accepted a call
from the Baptist church in this place and
will assume his new duties here about
December 1st The church has been with
out settled pastor since Rev. Herbert Til
den went to Fargo, n. D., in July. There
has been preaching at the church, however,
every Sunday and the church is in good
condition. This church is the largest in
this section, while the Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor societies are among the
largest in the State, and the new pastor
will have good and pleasant field of labor.
Mr.. Philbrook was born in North Bradford,
Feb. 1S, 1871, and went with his parents to
Bangor when he was eight years of age.
At the age of 16 he experienced religion
under the minstration OF Rev. George B..
Ilsey, d. d., and at once joined the
Second Baptist church of that, city. He
graduated from the Bangor High school,
| Colby University and Newton Theological
| Institute. After preaching one year in
New Hampshire he accepted a call to the
First Baptist church in Belfast. and was
ordained and installed as pastor Aug. 30,
| 1901. During his five years pastorate there
the church has prospered both spiritually