The Republican journal., 1907-07-25
THE CHURCHES.

Services will be held in the Brainard
schoolhouse, Northport. next Sunday after
noon at 2 80 O'Clock.
There will be services at the Universalist
church next Sunday at 1915 a. m. subject
of sermon, "a Spear of Summer Grass"
Two of the churches, the Congregational
and the Universalist, will be closed after
next Sunday until the first Sunday in
September.
Rev. Albert E. Luce, pastor of the Meth
odist church in this city, will speak at
Northport Campground morning and even
ing, Sunday, July 2sth.
Next Monday evening at 7.30 O'Clock,
Presiding Elder Haskell of the Bucksport
District will hold quarterly conference in
the Woods schoolhouse, Northport.
First Parish church (Unitarian) Sc.
vices next Sunday at 1915 a. m. with SER
mon by the pastor. Sunday school at II
noon; subject of study, The Amounting of
Saul.
The services of the week at the North
Congregational church will be as follows:
prayer meeting this, Thursday, evening at
7.3O: topic, The Cross and the Crown, Matt.
16:21-2s Morning worship Sunday at 10. As i;
Sunday school at noon; evening worship
at 73O.
Preaching service at the Baptist church
Sunday at 1915 a. m. and 80 p. m. Sun
day school at noon. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evening at 7.30 Seats are free; all are
welcomed. The pastor, Rev. D. H. Mac
Quarrie, will preach next Sunday. morning
and evening. Morning subject, "Walking
with Cod (Gen. 5, "a, Evening, 'tllunoring
GOD" q Sam. 2, 30).
The services at the Methodist church
next Sunday will be as follows: at 10.45 a. It.
preaching by the Rev. H. B. Haskell, Pre-
siding Elder of the Bucksport District; at
II O'Clock, Bible school; at 7.3o p M, preach
ing in the auditorium by the Presiding Ell
der. Tuesday, July 30th, at 730 p. M. Ep-
worth League subject, "Enriching Others" ;
leader, Miss Lana Pendleton. Thursday.
at 7.3O p. M, class meeting conducted by the
pastor. Saturday, at 7.30 .. M, First Quar-
terly Conference, to be conducted by the
L
The Boston Globe recently published the
following sketch of the First Baptist Church
of this city, in connection with the entering
upon his duties of the present pastor:
Rev. Donald H. MacQuarrie has begun
his labors as the 2Sth regular pastor of the
First Baptist church of Belfast, Me-, in its
history of SO years. Heis of Scotch descent
and was educated in Nova Scotia, having
received his A. NJ. degree in the Acadia uni
versity. For several years he preached in
Baptist churches in that province. and then
took a three years course in Newton theo-
logical institute in Newton Mass, gradua-
ting with the degree of D. B. in June last.
The First Baptist church of Belfast was
organized July IL, 1909, by Elder Isaac Case
of Thomaston, Me-, the meetings being held
in the schoolhouse on the east side of the
harbor. Meetings were irregular and the
John Wagg became pastor.
Two years later the "west meeting house"
was bought Of the town and removed from
its location near the southerly end of High
st. to Bridge ST., between High and Wash
ington streets. 1t was 40 feet square and one
house of worship until 1886, when the
present church edifce was built. The old
meeting house was demolished in 1898. The
original building on the present site was one
story high and there was a small belfry sur
mounted by short, pointed spire.. A small
but fne-toned bell was put i'll the belfry
when built, but it was sold in 1872 and not
replaced.
The house was remodeled in 1S69-7O by
putting story under it, adding steeple
80 feet high and generally rearranging the
interior. Additions have since been built
and modern appliances added, but the steep
lie became unsafe and was taken down in
1885,
The auxiliary societies of the church con-
sst of a Sunday school, ladies' sewing cir:
Gle, Y. P S. c. E., Junior Endeavor and
brotherhood of Andrew and Philip.