Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-23
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
A Summary Of the Happenings in the
Maine Religious World.


Free Baptist church will take place
about tine middle of December.
The Stockholm Lumber Company
has very generously agreed to light
the church in Stockholm free. if the
societies will pay for the wiring.
Five candidates. three men and
two ladies, recently received the rite
of baptism at the Free Baptist church
IN Houlton.
The ordination of Rev. George l..
Cock. Jr., who has recently been called
to the pastOrate of the First Baptist
church of WATERFORD occurred Nov. IA.
Rev. Jesse Hill of Medina. Ohio. has
accented a call to become pastor of the
Willston church in Portland and will
begin his duties Dec. Is. Mr. Hill has
been pastor of the church at Medina
for the past eight years.
Two beautiful memorial windows.
one the gift of Deacon w. J. Burnham
in memory of his wife and the other by
Mrs. NJ G. Wedgewood. in memory of
her husband the late DR.. NJ. c. Wedge
wood, have been placed in the Pine
street Congregational church in Lewis
ton.
The Warren Baptist church has been
made glad by the gift from the Hon.
Moses r. Mathews of $1,000. the inter-
est only to be used for the support of
tile gospel. The letter comforting the
gift was read on Sunday, Nov. 10. be-
fore a meeting called for the purpose
and it was accepted with many express
SONS of gratitude and appreciation.
A woman's missionary society has
been organized in West Eden with the
following officers: President. G. w.
Mayo: vice-president. Ida Rich: secre-
tary and treasurer. Mrs. Lucia NJ.
Sargent. The first and third quarters
will be devoted to the study of foreign
missions. the second and fourth to
home missions. The society will take
up the study of China this winter
Rev. a. H. Stanton was recently or
dained pastor of the Yarmouth Bap-
fist church. Mr.. Stanton is a gradu
ale of Brown University. and Newton
Theological Seminary and has also
taken postgraduate work at Oxford
University. England. and Harvard
L ulEbTSlly. MI. SldNIOl Is tIc Sou
of a well-known Connecticut family.
and is Il brother to the wife Of Rev. NJ.
Joseph Twomey of Portland.
For the second time in the history of
Phillips mass was celebrated there last
week at the home Of Miss Cornelia Il.
Crosby by Rev. FIR. Desilets of st.
Joscph's church, Pennington, following
hi h 11sv iI.t,, nnr
were about dozen present. many
coming quite a distance in the early
morning. the hour of celebration be-
ing o'clock. 1t was intended to
have held service Nov 5. but the storm
interfered and two members Of the
church who live II miles from Phillips
had driven there in the great storm.
Rev. Edwin G.. Brown of Boston.
formerly of Washington and Colorado.
has oeen unanimously called to be the
pastor of the Unitarian churches of
PresqIe Isle and Fort Fairfield. He
has been preaching in these churches
for the past six weeks. to the great
ction of his hearers. Mr.. Brown
received his theological education at
Meadvillc Theological Seminary. but
has lived the great part of his life
west of the. Mississippi river. He
is an old schoolmate and friend of
Lewis G.. Wilson. secretary of the
American Unitarian Associate
Tie Scarsport Methodist Episcopal
church has been thoroughly repaired
IT Is one of the oldest and most his
torical churches of the State. having
been built in 1876, when the town was
large and prosperous The repairs
were begun at the foundation and ex-
tended throughout the church Brick
aid cement piers were built. and new
were laid in the vestibule and League
rooms. 1t WAS found on examination
that the tower had settled 1t was
raised four inches on the south side
and new truss beams. supports. and
corner posts were added. The audi
torium has been remodeled and COM
pletc1 renovated The organ, which
was in the back of the room, has been
moved to the front left hand corner
In the right hand corner is the pastors
room. The pulpit is in the center
and back OF it is d large oil painting of
Rock of Ages" presented by Capt
Will Goodell, and painted by Baron
Won Reigers, the artist who decorated
the church. Over the organ pulpit
and pastors room are three arches, Civ
ing harmonious outline to the front.
The walls and ceiling. put in and
decorated by the Keighly Metal Co. of
Boston. are beautifully decorated in
pale tirts. the principal color being
green. There is wainscotting of old
ivory and marble finish around the
windows and altar. The organ has
been decorated to harmonic with the
whole. A new carpet has been placed
on the floor and new pews Of dark oak
furnished by the American Seating Co
There are eleven stained glass win
dows.nine of which are memorials. OF
special interest is the large window
of the Good Shepherd in the alcove at
the rear of the church, but facing the
street. in memory Of William McGil-
very and Harriet Hichborn McGilvery.
Another window of interest is in mem
DRY Of Rev. Thomas Tupper, who was
pastor of the church two terms. from
1S6O-1S61. 1883. The window next
the organ is in memory of Mrs. Betsy
Curtis Colcord. mother of the organist.
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