Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-19
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cl,siyely for such work and continued
four months holding meetings in Rock
land. Gardiner. Dover, Steep faliS'
Dicksfield. Topsham, Blaine They Ia
bored earnestly and faithfully and did
considerable work which brought fruit.
We had the help Of other good work
ers. Fl. c. Holfstead at Kingfield and
Sprague's Mills; Gale and Hatch in
some of our Aroostook churches; w. j.
rozens in Pittsfie!d; Miss Donaldson at
Bangor; Miss Adams at West ana East
Portland; benjamin c. Bubar in some
Of our northern churches; Otho Il.
Hatch. our singing evangelist. assisted
most effectively some or our chuioli'S
in revival work during the past year
Some churches have Deeh di7IiS
blessed with revivais by pastors 81
tvangC listic gift working IN Speclai
fort with their people alone. litSultS
have been very gratifying where earn
est endcavor has been made. Many Oh
orr churches have realized large auul-
lions in the year just closing
IN the cities, villages ana Where litlo
is a fair Show Of permanent population
our churches generally are decldeuiy
paining ir numbers and real strength
Such gain is to a considerable degree
offset by losses III sections OF the State
with Il declining population. as IN LIS
worth Springfield, Prospect ana ollty
Quarterly meetings and portions Oh
some. Of our other conferences. 1nere
We suffer inevitable loss and now ana
then one of these dying churches mas L"
he dropprd from the roll. We nave
stiIl some SucL churches in the extreme
rural districts fron which the people
have pretty much gone. and some 81
them are approaching extinction. Ana
Vet. it has been demonstrated that all
hop, for some of these churchtS mas
not fed 'rh. little church, in Haynes
lille. Il settlement: in the woods up
north had Il Young man. l.. l.. I\lmbalI,
Of fervcnt spirit with them for summer
sIp,ly. TIL. Lord has blessed his Ia
bor5 ana the state Agent has just t""n
NJ there, ana baptized four and re-
ccivcd them into the church. Others
viii be baptized there. The !itt!'
church has taken on new life. y few
wears ago the Clifton church out III d
sparsclv settled region had four ncm-
hers and no preaching except onr" or
twice year by ~" stat" Agent. Tht|
had Sunday-Schuol ard social ~. "tln1S
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four were received by baptism, i've
otherwise, and IL few weeks ago the
state Agent visited them baptizln%
seven and receiving eight into the
church, making their membership row
q. A faithful fcrvent young man. ".
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in III" weeks IuSt post ANA th'r" VIII
probably y" y baptism TINS month.
Many interests sometimes much ms
c"uraged are at TINS tim" worthy ol
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