The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-11-01
Resigns His Passionate

The pulpit at the First B 4ptist Church,
last Sunday morning, was occupied by
R Y. George Merriam In exchange with
the pastor, Rv. Fl. F. Huse, who
preached at the Bethany Baptist Church.
Some of the congregation had know n
church IN Springvale, Me-, so that it
was not an entire surprise when Mr..
Merriam, at the close OF the service read
The following resignation;
Skowhegan, Maine, Oct 18th, 1906.
10 THE mentors e De Fiya Bapfin Chnyel,
Sto5ohegan, liz.
Brothers and Sisters IN Christi
After prayerful consideration | feel that
the time has come for me to resign my pas
torate among you in order that ! may take
up the work of the Master in another field
1t IS not easy for me to do this because a
great many Of the associations Of this church
and Skowhegan are very precious to me. In
June 1899, | came to you from the Semi
nary, inexperienced in the ministry and all
untrIed in the work Of a pastor. In this
church was ordained to the Christian min
istry. The soemnity and the JOY Of that &C.
casion and the eagerness with which | en-
tered upon the duties of my first pastorate
are abiding recolectons with m. To this
beautiful town brought my wife and here
we have spent the first happy days of our
married life. For the many considerations
kindnesses and expressions of your love, Mrs
Huse joins me in thanking you.
In our work together during the past seven
years no one is more conscious than myself
of how far short we have come from accom-
plishing the greater things for which we had
hoped-and yet God has graciously blessed
US at many times and in many ways, and tc
His dear name be the praise. There have
been conversions-would that there had beer
more. There have been received into tht
church 36-would that there had been more
There have been baptized 26-would thai
there had been more. Statistics however
can never measure the influence Of church
trust the net result of our ministry has beer
| for good | trust the church is stronger to
day than it was seven years ago. To Mrs
Steward and to the choir, to every faithful
one in the church, the Sunday School ano
Christian Endeavor, l wish to express N,
sincere appreciation and gratitude for thu
co operation and support that have mad,
possible whatever has been done. Service il
unto the Lord, from Him cometh our reward
We cannot alter the past but we can and
pray that we may dedicate ourselves to The
| future with renewed devotion to the cause o
Christ
May the baptism of the Holy Spirit com,
upon you.
present herewith my resignation with tht
request that it take effect Dec. Ist, Loo6.
Though the ties which unite us as paste
and people may be severed, let us rejoice
that the ties which unite us as fellow-follow
ers of the Christ and fellow-heirs of His heav
| emily inheritance endure.
The grace of our Lor and Saviour Jesu.
Christ and the divine blessing abide with you
Yours in our Redeemers name,
HENRY +. HUsE
Rev. Fl. F. ause has received a call tt
the past0rate OF the Baptist church o
| Sprirgvsle, Me-, and will undoubtedly
forward his acceptance 10 the near fu
ture. Springvale Is community o
about the siz4 of Fairfield, situated il
the town of Sanford, York county
n bout 80 miles from Portland, on tn
line of the Portland & r chester divi
sion of the Maine Central Railroad
The village of Sanford is two miles dis
tant and the two communities are col
nected by the Atlantic Shore Line Elec
trio railroad, which continues on to tn,
coast at Cape Porpoise, distance o
hirty miles. The parish with which
Mr.. Huse purposes to unite his labor
| has a church membership of 2l9 |
WAS established In lS43