The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-06
THE CHURCHES.

! Sunday at 10.45 a. m. SUBJECT OF sermon,
"Striking God" Sunday school at II m.
There will be services next Sunday in the
chapel at East Northport at 10 AS a. m Ser
mon by the pastor, Rev. G. G. Winslow
Services in the Woods schOolhouse at 200
| p. IN.
| The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, 127 Main street, every Sunday
morning at II O'Clock and Wednesday even
| ing at 73O O'Clock, to which all are cordially
! weicome.
| First Parish Church (Unitarian.) Ser
vice next Sunday at 1915 A. NJ; subject of
sermon, abraham Lincoln" Sunday
School at II noon; subject of study, "The
Jewish Reformation"
| There will be an afternoon service of the
! Protestant Episcopal church at the North
church vestry on Sunday next, Feb. 9Th, at
$50 p. m. All are welcome. Mir Orlando
Titherington is lay reader.
| There will be service at Trinity Reform
ed church next Sunday at 23O p. N, with
sermon by the pastor, Rev. VIM. Vaughan.
Sunday school Immediately after the ser
| Vice. Ia el ihOOtiAiN eAAi''3 ~ 49,
! ing at so O'Clock. The seats are free and
welcome is extended to all.
The weekly appointments at the Baptist
| church are as follows: regular preaching
services conducted by the pastor, Rev. d.
Ii. MacQuarrie, Sunday morning at 10.45
and Sunday evening at 7.30; Sunday school
at noon; the Brotherhood at 8 80 p. In. !;
| Christian Endeavor at $50 p. m. The
Brotherhood meets at 730 Wednesday
evening; prayer meeting at 7.30 Thursday
| evening.
The Sunday services AT the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will be as follows:
at 10 45 A. Nj. preaching by the pastor, Rev.
! Albert E. Luce; at u O'clock, Bible school,
| F. P. Blodgett, supt. at 3 P. NJ, Junior Ep-
worth League, Miss Lillian Spinney, supt. !;
| at 1902. NJ, evangelistic service conducted
! by the pastor. Good music, chorus, free
seats, and every body welcome. Tuesday,
Feb. 5th, Epworth. League. Thursday,
! Feb. Go, class meeting.
| The five days celebration of the 18th an
niyersary of the First Baptist church, Rock
! land. came to an end last Thursday evening.
w. O. Fuller, .Jr., presided. There were
/ addresses by Rev. DR.. F. L. Wilkins and
t Rev. NJ. j. Twomey, both of Portland. Ihe
! afternoon service was of special interest be-
cause of the presence of Mrs. l.. NJ. n.
Stevens, national president OF the W. Y. L.
| U. Mrs. NJ. {. Reynolds of Boston delivered
An address and Miss Nancy L. Sleeper read
a paper. Mrs r. c. Hall presided.
| The services for the week at the North
| CONGREGATIONAL church will be as follows:
Junior c. E. meeting this, Thursday, after
noon at 500; prayer meeting atI3o; sup-
/ iect. A Tour of the North China Station !;
Knights of King Arthur Friday evening at
Z 100; morning worship Sunday at 0.45, with
sermon by the pastor, Rev. d. L. Wilson; !;
Sunday school at -. m; meeting OF the
! Christian Endeaver Society at $50; topic,
| Ministering to strangers and the sick.
| Matt. % 81. 46; evening worship at 80. A
! cordial invitation is extended to all to at
| tend the services
The annual ''dolar pledge meeting held
in the yestrv of the Methodist church We'd
| nesday evening, Jan. 29th, was very en-
! ioyable affair. The program for the enter
! tainment was as follows: piano solo, Miss
! Elizabeth Chamberlain; chorus, boys choir !;
reading, Miss Ola Wood, song, Miss Rena
Macomber, with violin obligato by Roy
Macomber Mrs. Cleora Haney Read was
the accompanist. After the program ice
cream and candy were sod and then came
the stories of how the dollars were earned,
and which were both Interesting and anus
ing The candy table, in charge of Miss
Alice uussey, assisted by Misses Rena
Macomber and Jessie Tisdale, was very
prettily arranged and draped in the Ep-
worth League colors, red and white.
KNIGHTS OF KING ARTHUR. Castle
North, No. $50, knights of King arthur,
held special open conclave in the North
Congregational church vestries Friday
evening, January 3lst, to which their older
friends were invited. A number accepted
the invitation and were in the seats provid-
ed for them at 80, when the assembly
bugle call was blown by John Parker, and
to a march played by Miss Amy E. Stod
dard the members of Castle North entered,
each with his banner and shield and other
insignia. i he jaStie went through tuelT
impressive opening ritual service, and then
program was given which included songs
by the Castle, declamations by Houston
| Small and Ray Lindgren, a clarinet solo by
| Thomas E. Bowker, and vocal solos by
| Stephen Clement and Arthur Johnson. All
the participants except Mr.. johnson are
members of the Castle, and all acquitted
themselves with great credit. The newly
elected king, Linwood S. Jones, was crown-
ed with impressive ritualstic ceremonies
which were original with the Castle, as the
coronation ritual has not yet been printed.
Three applications for membership were
received, and the evenings program demon
strated the fact that Castle North is in a
most prosperous condition. All those pres
ent ere impressed with the beauty of the
service, and with the great possibilities for
good that the Organization presents. Near.
| ly all of the members of Castle North have
passed from the pages rank to that of
esquire, and, during the evening, two of
the boys, Linwood 5. Jones and Dana
Southworth received a certificate and deco
ration promoting them to the rank of baron,
for satisfactorily finishing the literary
course presented by the order for those
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