Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-30
PULPIT AND PEW.
A Few of the Happenings in the Maine
Religious World.

The Ladies' Aid of the Gorham Meth
odist church cleared over $40 from their
recent birthday party.
Rev. Roscoe of Westmoreland, y. H.,
has been engaged as pastor of the Ma
chais Universalist church and expects
to begin his duties there in May.
Rev. d. l.. Pettingill has accepted
the call extended to him by the Jack
man CONGREGATIONAL church to labor
with the church for the coming year.
Rev. VIM. C. Curtis, formerly Of
Waldoboro, has accepted the pastorate
of the Bethel Congregational church
and began his labors, Sunday, March
%.
Eight young girls recently received
the ordinance of baptism at the Pres
que Isle Free Baptist church. They
We're all members OF the same class in
the Sunday school.
Rev. r. Z. Mathews of Ellsworth,
will deliver the annual conference SER
mon at the SD annual conference of
the Congregational churches of Maine,
which will be held in Bangor at the
Central Congre gational church, May 5,
and Z.
1t is understood that Bishop Walsh
of Portland will dedicate the basement
story of ST. Peters church in Lewiston
the last of April. Very Rev. FIR. Hage
of Quebec will deliver the sermon. In
the afternoon the bishop will admins
ter confirmation.
The 3Oth anniversary of the found
ing of the Independent Congregational
Unitarian) church i'll Bangor was OBJ
served with appropriate services Sun
day, March 90. The occasion was also
made a Rehabilitation of the newly rem
Ovated church and new organ recent
ly installed. Both services We're well
attended.
Rev. A. P Thompson of Southport
has received from Rev. j. T. Pierce,
presiding elder Of Marysville District
Missouri Conference OF the NJ. e
church an appointment as pastor at
Graham. Nowaway county, Mo. MIR.
Thompson has been pastor in South
port for the past four years and dur
ing that time has built Il modern up
to-date church.
The members of the Universalist
church at Turner Center recently de-
termned to build g. new vestry for
the church and started in to raise the
money for this purpose. One of the
first contributions came from Mrs. S.
+. Kezar and Miss Mary I,eza' of San
Francisco in the form of a $500 check.
Mrs. kcZar is a sister to the late Bart
lett Doe of that city. who left by his
will the sum of $4,000 to Bates College
I, oh h1C tic. a
her daughter inherited large portion
of his great wealth and are equally
generous in the use of it. Since re-
cciving this generous gift from the San
Francisco ladies other donations have
been coming into the Turner church
SO the new building is now assured.
Sunday, March %, was a red letter
day with the Congregational church at
West EIinot. At a special service in
the afternoon, nine persons were re-
ceived into the church on confession of
their faith. eight of whom received
baptism. The candidates represented
all the periods of life, from twelve
years to seventy. The acting pastor
of this church is Miss Emeda Sage of
Hartford, Conn, who came to West
Minot last summer, being engaged by.
Secretary Harbutt of the Maine Mis-
sionary Society. Miss Sage is the lirSt
resident pastor the church has had
for many years. She has been untiring
in her efforts, and very successful Rev
Frederick Newport of Oxford. who has
supplied this church for the most part
during the last nineteen years, was
present at the service, preaching q
sermon on THE Church as Christs
Eody," and administered the Sacra-
ment. Miss Sage gave the hand of fell
luWship to the new members. At the
Communion service which followed, a
new individual communion set was
used for the first time, being procm ed
by Miss Hannah Atkinson with money
given ny the late CrOSh@ NoyeS ,.f
Washington, u. c., who was q friend
to this as we'll as other churches. The
set is tittingly inscribed in his memory.
A large and interested audience was
present at the service. and the little
church is very hopeful for the future.