The Republican journal., 1907-07-04
THE CHURCHES.

Rev. A. E. Luce will preach at Poor's
Mills next Sunday at 2.30 p. m.
Rev. A. A. Smith will preach at the U nj
versalist church next Sunday morning as
usual.
Services in St. Francis Assists Catholic
church will be at 10 a. NJ, next Sunday, the
first Sunday of July.
The meetings of the North Church Chris
tian Endeavor Society will be suspended, as
usual, through the months of July and Au-
gust.
First Parish Church (Unitarian.) Service
next Sunday at 10.45 a. NJ, sermon by the
pastor. Sunday school at IL noon. Special
flower service.
A hall has been opened at So Court street
for mission meetings. Meeting will be held
there Wednesdays at 7.30 p. H., and Sun
days at $50 p. M. Come in. All are well
come
The Christian Scientists hold services
in their hall 127 Main street every Sunday
morning at II O'clock and Wednesday even
ing at 7.30 O'Clock, to which ell are cordially
welcome.
There were no services at the Universalist
church last sunday morning, the pastor,
Rev. A. A. Smith and those of his congrega-
ton who had assembled adjourning to the
Methodist church to attend the Odd Fellow
Memorial services
The services of the week at the North
Congregational church will be as follows
prayer meeting tor. orrow, Friday, evening,
at $50. topic, A Patriotic Evening morning
worship Sunday at 1915; Sunday school at
noon; evening worship at 100
Services will be held in the auditorium at
the Northport Camp Ground next Sunday
and Will be continued during the summer.
There will be no services at the East North
port chapel or the Wood schoolhouse, but
ard schoolhouse, beginning July 14th.
A neat tablet has been erected near the
entrance to the Christian Science rooms,
giving in gilt letters on black background
evening services, and the announcement
that the reading room will be open on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday afternoons
from 2 to O'Clock.
Next Sunday Rev. D. Ii. Mcquarrie begins
his pastorate at the Baptist Church, where
Rev. Hugh X. Hatch of Colby College has
supplied since Rev. E. S. Philbrook resign
ed to accept a call to Sanford. MIR Nc
quarrie is a native of Scotland, has been
preaching for twenty years, and graduated
last month at Newton Theological Semin-
airy. He has wife and one child.
The services at the Methodist Church for
Sunday, July 9TH, will be as follows at 10 As
a. M, preaching by the pastor, Rev. Albert
E. Luce, subject, New Revelations; at 10
O'Clock, Bible school; at $50 p. M. Junior
League; leader, Miss Abbie Maffitt, Supt
at 7.30 p H., union service in the audi
forum. At this service the Rev. Charles l..
Woodwork of Portland, who read so effec-
lively at the North Church last Sunday, will
again read Scripture Mr.. Woodwork was
for II years teacher of elocution in John
Hopkins University and needs no further
introduction. The public is generally and
cordially invited to be present Thursday,
July 4, Glass meeting.
The ordination of the pastor of the Con-
gregational Church at Bucksport took place
last Thursday afternoon at o'clock, when
the Rev. Frederic Brown, graduate of the
Bangor Theological seminary, was formally
Installed. The church was very prettily
decorated and although few changes were
noted in the absence Of three distinguished
clergymen the occasion was one very pleas
Ing to the large number present. The pro-
gram was carried out as at first arranged
with the exception that the Rev. Warren
Morse OF Brewer took the place of Rev.
William Shaw, who was unable to attend
and Rev. j. Chris Williams of South Brewer
III place of Rev. K. B. Mathews of Els
worth: In the absence of Rev. j. w. Price,
Prof. E. A. Cooper represented the Metho-
dist Church.
The North Church was filled last Sun
day evening when union service of the
churches of the city was held. The Rev.
Chas. L. Woodwork of Portland read the
Scriptures to a delighted and greatly helped
audience. His splendid voice, the express
sion he put into it made the Bible passages
read glow with new meaning There was
pathos and love there was scorn and mercy,
there was hope; all finely expressed in the
readers voice. The rendering of the 18th
Chap. of list Corinthians, with its message
of love; the story of the Prodigal Son, and
especially the heartlessness of the elder
brother, these were rendered splendidly.
Many thought the dramatic rendering of
the story of Jacob and Esau was the finest
work of the evening. 1t was an evening
when the Bible came home with new mean
ing to many people. The audience warmly
appreciated Mr.. Woodworth's work and al
so the fact that he gave his services free,
never receiving any remuneration for read.
ing the Scriptures. Special music was ar
ranged for this service, including solos by
Mrs. Clarence E. Read and Mr.. John Par
ker.. Miss Amy f. Stoddard was the Or
ganist.
U. S. Ships Coming to Maine.