The Republican journal., 1907-05-02
THE CHURCHES.

The members of the Unitarian parish and
tnelr friends enjoyed a parish party in
Memorial Hall last Thursday evening.
The Seaside Spiritualist church will hold
services at Seaside Grange hall, Field street.
every Sunday at p. m. weather permit
ing.
The subject of the sermon at the Univer.
salist church next Sunday will be, The Red
Badge of Courage. Sunday school at L
o'clock.
christian Science services are held at j.
+. Fernald's, No. 81 Cedar street, every Sun
day morning at II O'Clock and Wednesday
evening at 7.30, to which all are cordially
welcome.
Ihere will be services in the chapel at
East Northport Sunday, May 9TH, at 1o.3C
a. m. with sermon by the pastor, Rev. G.
Z. Winslow. Services in the Brainard
schoolhouse at 2.3O D. m.
First Parish Church (Unitarian) service
next Sunday morning at 1915 O'Clock, with
sermon by Rev. Adolph Rossbach on "The
Gospel that never failed" Sunday School
at ~ noon; subject of study "Moses and
Pharoah."
The Badtst church of this city extended
a call to Rev. D. L. McQuarrie and last Sun
day Prof. Hugh Ross Hatch of Colby Col
lege, who has been occupying the pulpit
since the resignation of the former pastor,
read Mr.. McQuarrie's letter of acceptance.
he will begin his pastorate here the first
Sunday in July.
The services for the week at the North
Congregational church will be as follow
Junior c. E. meeting Thursday p. m. at
$50; prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7.3O.topic, The Vanity of Riches Ps. 40: 1-20
Knights of King Arthur, Friday. at Z
O'Clock morning worship Sunday at 10. 45 a.
m.; Sunday school at noon; Conservation
meeting of the C. E. Society Sunday at $50,
topic, The Power of Contented Life. Phil.
4: 1920; evening worship at 7.20
The Junior c. E. Society of the North
Church held most successful May basket
sale and "seven entertainment" in the
church vestries last Saturday evening.
There were seven tables for the sale of
May baskets, candy, peanuts and popcorn.
and the entertainment was of seven nnm-
bers, which included several groups of
seven tableaux. The admission was seven
cents, and the society cleared little over
SIS.
Rev. j. ". Hatch has closed his third
year as pastor of the NJ. E. church in this
city and his reappointment here was unani-
mously asked for, but at the conference in
Bar Harbor last week he was appointed
presiding elder of the Bangor district. The
church here has prospered under his care
and Mrs. Hatch has been an efficient aid,
and both will be greatly missed by the
members as well as by many friends. They
have the best wishes of all in their new
field of labor.
Rev. H. W. Norton, formerly in the Sears
port charge, has completed five years pas.
torate of the Methodist church in Dover.
During these years he has baptised 40 per
sons, received 43 on probation and 33 into
full membership Of the church. The fnan-
cial records show that in addition to paying
all current expenses, including. the pastors S
sslary, presiding elders and bishops
claims, some more than $1,000 have been
raised for benevolent and charitable pur-
poses. The church has been painted and
extensive improvements made on the par
sonage. The society would have appreciat-
ed Mr.. Norton's return to this charge He
was assigned to Patten.