Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-19
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Items of Interest Concerning the Maine
Religious World.

Rev. ". l.. Remission has resigned
as pastor Of tibet 1ntcrvalc church ut
Temple.
-Four persons were baptized Sunday,
Aug II, at the Bennett pond, Parkman,
by Rev j. L. Whitmore.
Rev. f. Z. Banks has received call
to become the pastor of the Free
Baptist church in Lcvant.
Rev. Elliot Cudworth of Benton Falls
has accepted a call to the passionate CT
the Solan congregational church.
The 25th annual convention of the
Aroostook Sunday School Association
will be held at Mars Hill. August y
and %, 1907.
The oath annual camp-mccinS at
Verona Park, Rockland will open Aug
9th and continue eight days
Eminent speakers will be present.
The annual Universalist camp-mect-
ing which was postponed from August
4 on account Of the storm, will be hcii
Mt Lake AnaSaSunticoOk, Canton, on
August 25.
Rev. A. H. Ericsson has completed
his passionate of the Advent Christian
church at Dover. after serving that
church for three years. Mr.. Ericsson
went to Dover from Oxford.
The Rev. A. L. Colder has rendered
his resignation as pastor Of the
Pressure Isle Congregational church to
take place September l. Mr.. and Mrs.
Colder expect to locate in oregon.
Rev. f. NJ. Traftnn. pastor Of tic
Fort Fairfield Free Baptist church,
| baptized four candidates Sunday Aug.
| II, in the Aroostook river. rms
church will have another baptism in
| the near future.
The Abbot Union Sunday school,
| was recently organized and the follow
| ing officers were chosen: Supcrln-
| tcn,;cnt. j. g. Grccnl"af; assistant
superintendent. Miss Florence Warren;
| secretary and treasurer, Rcbrcca kirk.
| 4 Sunday school has been organized
| in Scdgcwick with the following
officers and teachers: Superintendent.
| Albert Buttcriicld: assistant supcrin-
tcndcnt, William Robcrtson; secretary,
Hazel Buttcrficld; teachers, VIM.
Robertson. Mrs. Agnes Robinson.
The resignation Of Rev. G. +. Pain",
| pastor Of the North Arson Free
| Baptist church. took effect yesterday
| Rev. {. l.. McCollcy of Madison has
| been called to this pastorat". Mr
| McCollcy j.; graduate Of Park.l
| College and of Cobb Divinity School.
| Rev Edwin Lonely recently read III"
| resignation to the church ut West
| Pennington but the congregation had
| no idea of parting with So able AMI
devoted a pastor if they could help it
| 50 they called 4 meeting at th"ll
monthly conference. They voted by Il
unanimous vote not To accept his
resignation. and they will hold him a.
| long as he will stay.
| Rev. Il. l.. Wall, whose great success
as pastor of the Methodist church &C
| Milbrdgc is causing comment. is going
to Garrett Biblical institute, Evanston.
| III. Mr.. Wall is, in the real sense, a
sclf-nadc man. He worked his %" II
way through the schools, graduating
from Hebron academy as class "r;t "
| in '97. and from Bates college in '02.
He was manager of the baseball team
| in his senior year. He entered t."
| University Of Maine law school and
graduated in '05, as one of the three
| SIttdhtIS 1tIIt9'litillS tIlt law i't't'i u
mcnt. His examination for admission
| to the bar was most satisfactory, but
| instead of beginning the practice Of
law be began to preach Immediately
| and was accepted on trial in the East
Maine conference "f the Methodist
Episcopal church. He did this in
| obedience to long and persistent feel
ing that this was to be his lifewnrk
His success at Pattcn and Milbridgc
| confirms this belief. After graduating
from Garrett very few men will be 50
| thoroughly fitted for life work as Mr.
Wall. His success is Observation-Disclosures
News.