Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-05
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
A Brief Summary Of What is Happen.
ing in the Religious World.

Rev. ii. +, Huse of Skow hogan has
received call from the Springva:e
Baptist church.
Rev. Il. S. Phiibrook has received IA
unanimous call to become the pastor
OF The Baptist church at Sanford
The North ArOOstoOk Pastors Con-
ference will meet at the Congregations
al church, Fort Fairfield, Tuesday,
Nov. G.
The York County Conference Of Free
Baptist churches will hold its next ses-
sion. Nov. 9Th. and 9Th with the church
at North Lebanon
The Richmond Free Baptist church.
which has been closed for several
months undergoing repairs, has again
been opened and was rc-dedicated On
Oct. q.
Rev. II. S. Whitman, for the past six
years pastor Of the Brunswick Univer
salist church, has closed his pastorate
and with his wife will go South for
the winter.
A Sunday school institute under the
auspices of the Maine State Sunday
school association will be held at tt.e
Baptist church in Sedgwick on Thurs
day, Nov. s.
Rev. NJ. X. Mabry. living ut North
Turner bridge and for several years
pastor Of the Methodist church in
Buckfield celebrated his SIND BIRTH
day the 18th inst.
A. J. HanscOm has been supcrinten-
dent of the NJ. +. Sunday school at
Jacksonville for i2 years continuously
with the exception of one year. He has
been singing in the choir for so years.
Rev. w. F. Small who is now pleas
antly located at Santa Paula. Califor-
MIA, was former pastor of North An
son Universalist church and he married
Miss Alice Dinsmore, also of North
Arson.
Rev. r. =. Mathews for II years pas
tor Of the Congregational church at
Newcastle. has rendered his resigna-
ton. 1t is understood that he will ac-
cept q call to a church in Ellsworth.
Mr.. Mathews is Il former Augusta boy.
The beautiful new church of st.
Mary's of the Assumption was solemn
ly dedicated to the service of the Cath
Ollie church at OrOnO Thursday fore
noon Oct. %. in the presence Of a bril-
liant assembly of church and civic
digntarles.
Rev. A. c. Furbush, recently Of the
Wilton Congregational church. has ac-
cepted call to the Gilbert memorial
church of Georgetown. Conn. Mr. Fur
bush resigned from Wilton to go into
newspaper work near New Haven.
He now returns to the ministry.
An Urbana. Ill.,, paper says: Rev. d.
A. BOatwrIght of Bangor. Me, promi-
nent minister of the Christian church.
has located in Urbana. corner Slough
ton and Lincoln streets and has been
enrolled as Il student of the University.
lie will preach half of his time at
Prairie Hope and Meline churches.
Rev Francis B. kn6wlt1n. who died
recently ut AthOl. Mass. was native
Of Maine, having been born in Farm
ington in 1888 He was Il graduate of
Bowdoin College and of the Bangor
Theological Seminary. His first pas
torate was at South Paris. He went
from that place to Alstead N. H.. and
from there to oxford. N. H., where he
remained for IL years. He retired at
the age of so and went to Athol to live.
During the past summer the Bethel
Mission Association of cape JelilSon
has erected building especially de-
signed for the needs of the work when
it carries on. The building IS TWO
stories high with Il basement. The Cd
tect Of this association is the spiritual
intellectual and social welfare OF sailors
workmen and their families. who are
called to that place by the great Ter
minal of the Bangor < Aroostook X Il
The officers are DIR. J. II. Baker OF
Wintcrport, president: .. G. Farnhan1
Of Brewer. vice president: J. l.. Corson
of Stockton Springs general superm-
tendent.