The Republican journal., 1907-04-25
THE CHURCHES.


salist church next Sunday will be, Our Poor
Relations. Sunday school at - O'clock
The Seaside Spirtualist church will hold
services at Seaside Grange hall, Field street,
every Sunday at 2 p. m, weather permit
ing.
Christian Science services are held at j,
F. 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.
Rev. John W. Hatch is attending the East
Maine Conference at Bar Harbor this week.
The church has passed a resolution asking
the conference to reappoint him to this
charge.
There will be services in the chanel at
East Northport Sunday, April 2Sth, at 10 50
a. m. with sermon by the pastor, Rev. G.
u. WnSloW. Services in the Woods school
house at 200 p. IN.
The Congregational Club held an interest
ing meeting, and ladies' night, in the church
veStry Wednesday evening, April II. An en-
Joyao!e musical program was presented, and
the guest of honor, Miss Caroline W. Field
delivered a fine address on Amsterdam
Light refreshments We're served during the
evening.
The services for the week at the North
congregational church will be as follows
Junior c. f. meeting Thursday p. m. at
$50; prayer meeting Thursday evening at
730; topic, The Increase from God; Cor.
3: Z; Knights OF King Arthur, Friday, at 7
O'Clock morning worship Sunday at 10. 45 a.
m.; Sunday school at noon; bi-monthly
business meeting of the c. E. Society at
$50; evening worship at 7.3O
The Maine State Conference of the Con-
gregatlonal Churches of Maine will meet
with the Williston church, Portland, Nav
18th Sth, and 9th. The churches of Portland
offer hospitality of lodging and breakfast to
the pastor and wife, with one delegate from
each church. Persons will furnish their
own dinners and suppers, wherever they
choose The ladies of Williston church will
furnish dinners at their parish house, for 81
cents and suppers for 25 cents. Those who
choose can entertain themselves at various
hotels and boarding hnnSes Persons dasir-
ing entertainment are requested tG send
their names before May 4th to Mrs. A.
Eugene NicherSon % Bramhall street, Port
land.
A familiar figure which will be missed
from the sessions of the East Maine Nj. F.
conference is that of the late Rev, Seth II
Beale of Camden, who entered the con-
N Il
nearly every session since that time His
death made Rev. George g. Winsow of
Northport, who was admitted in 1855, the
oldest living member He is still in the ac-
i've ministry, being the present pastor of
the church at Northpolt There are 10
preachers and nine probationers in this
conference and the present membership
within its limits is $500. Tie membership
has fallen off since 1879, when it reached the
high water mark of l., 722
Rev. Harry c. Hull has resigned his pas
torate with the Islesboro Free Baptist
church and has accepted a call to the Grace
Baptist church at New Hampton, y. H.,
where he will go the first of May An Isles
boro correspondent says: ''lIe has been
here tour years and has done a great work
IN the church, more than doubling its men,
bership and endearing himself to the entire
parish by his pure and upright life and at
tractive personality. He will leave great
many true friends who will gladly welcome
him back should he ever feel to take charge
OF the church here again. lie is an unusu-
ally gifted young man and if he chose could
command much higher salary than the
little church here could pay, and only i'll
he ealth has kept him in this quiet place SO
long"