The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-09-17
THE CHURCHES.

/ There will be preaching at the Woods school
house, Northport, next Sunday afternoon at 2
O'Clock.
Rev. Ashley A. Smith will speak at the
Swanville Union church, Sunday, Sept. 10th, at
2.3O p m. All are cordially invited.
Services in the chapel at East Northport
Sunday, Sept. 10th, at 10.45 a. m. Sermon by
the pastor, Rev. G. G. Winslow, followed by
Sunday school.
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, 127 Main street, every Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock and Wednesday evening at
7.SO o'clock, to which all are cordially welcome.
The Seaside Spiritual church will hold meet
ings in their rooms High street every
Thursday evening at 73O o'clock and Sunday
afternoon at 2.3O, to which the public are cor
daily invited
Services will be as usual next Sunday at
1O.45 a. m. at the First Parish Unitarian
church, with sermon by the pastor, Rev.
Adolph Rossbach. Sunday school at IL noon;
subject of study, John the Baptist.
services Will De as USUAL at tie OAiSeASohASe
church next Sunday at 1915 a. m. The subject
of the sermon by the pastor, Rev. A. A. Smith,
will be 1.-THE Foundation That is Laid" Sun
day school at noon.
There will be an afternoon service of the
Protestant Episcopal church in the North
church vestry on Sunday, September Goth,
Evensong at 4 o'clock, Mr.. Orlando Tithering-
ton, lay reader. All are welcome.
There will be service at Trinity Reformed
church next Sunday at 2.3O p. M, with sermon
by the Rev William Vaughan. Sunday school
Immediately after the sermon. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening at 730 o'clock.
Miss Ethel Slavery, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. N. Slavery, is acting as organist and pianist
of the Trinity Reformed church during the
absence of Miss Clair Vaughan in New York,
and is giving excellent satisfaction.
A most enjoyable supper was served at the
Methodist vestry last Friday evening AS
usual the daintly spread tables were laden
with all kinds of good things to eat, and every
one did them full justice, The Belfast clergy
men and their wives were the guests of the
society on this pleasant occasion
The services for the week at the North Con-
gregational church will be as follows: Prayer
meeting this, Thursday, evening at 7.30 topic,
The power of the Cross. John 12:31-36. Morning
service Sunday morning at 1915, with sermon
by the pastor, Rev. d. L. Wilson; Sunday school
at II noon; meeting of the Christian Endeavor
Society at $50; topic, Commencing our Society
H. BY supplying church workers Tim. 81, 2;
Prov 22:6; evening worship at 7.30. A cordial
welcome is extended to all to attend these ser
vices.
In the First Methodist Episcopal church
next Sunday at 10.45 M, the pastor, Rev.
Albert E Luce will continue his series of
sermons on "The Lords Prayer. The subject
for next Sunday will be, "Hallowed be thy
Name" Bible school at IL O'Clock, conducted
by F. P Bodgett, Supt. At $50 p. m the
Junior Epworth League in charge of Miss
Lillian Spinney, Supt.; at 7.3O p. M, the Ep-
worth League devotional service; at 80 p M,
Thursday, the mid-week Gospel service under
the direction of the pastor at 7 p. m Friday,
conclave of the Knights of King Arthur. The
seats are all free and large attendance is
desired. A welcome for all.
The Maine State Sunday School association
is arranging for series of county conventions,
and following is the schedule for the MONTH
Lincoln county at Waldoboro, September 18th
and 18th; Knox county at Thomaston, Septem-
Der 18th and 18th; Sagadahoc county at Bath,
September goth and 21st; Waldo county at Bel
fast, September 22nd and 23rd; Penobscot
county at Dexter, September 23d and oath;
Androscoggin county at Auburn, September
oath and 25th; Franklin county at Pennington,
September 25th and 26th. At each convention
addresses will be delivered by General Secre
tary, H. E. Lufkin and Charles D. Meigs of
Indianapolis, Ind, Sunday school specialist.
Trinity Reformed church recently received
two handsome tables for the chancel. One is
for flowers and is the gift of the Mems Bible
class in the South Bergen church in Jersey
City, the first charge that Rev. William
Vaughan, pastor of Trinity, had more than Is
wears ago and the other table is to stand be-
side the pastors chair to hold the hymnal and
liturgy and is the gift of Maurice Towle of the
Saturday a bee was held at the church and
good deal of grading done, and Frank Strout
built flight of steps for the back door. Emery
O. Pendleton contributed to the church cord
of fitted wood The people of East Belfast are
proud of their handsome little church and have
reason to be- and manifest their interest in it
in many ways.
The report of the corresponding secretary of
the Maine State C. E. Union presented at the
annual meetingin Augusta last week states that
there are now upon the records 429 Senior and
"a Junior societies. The Senior societies are dis
trbuted as follows: Androscoggin, II; Ar
oostook, %; Cumberland, 81; Franklin, %;
Hancock, 40; Kennebec, 30; Knox, 13; Lincoln,
49, Oxford, %; Penobscot, So; Piscataquis, IA;
Sagadahoc II Somerset, 10; Waldo, 10; Wash
ington, AZ; York, As. Forty-one societies are
reported as for some reason discontinued. The
loss by counties is as follows: Androscoggin,
one Aroostook a; Cumberland, 6; Hancock, 8;
Kennebec 6; Knox, /; Lincoln, l; Oxford, 3;
Penobscot, L. Piscataquis, 3; Somerset, l;
Washington, 1 !; York, 4. This loss is partially
recompensed by the new societies organized.
The new societies are distributed as follows:
Androscoggin, Aroostook, a; Cumberland, 2;
Franklin 4; Hancock, 6 ; Kennebec 4 Lincoln,