Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-12
Maine Items OF Interest.
IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES.

1t was voted in parish meeting last
week to give Mr.. Field of Charleston,
VINO supplied the pulpit at Brooklin
| two weeks ago, a call to become the
pastor of that church.
Rev Howard Lincoln of Portland has
| accepted q call to the Congregational
church at Southwest Harbor.
| AT Ii fair held recently by the church
i circle at Catnage, a patchwork quilt
| made by Mrs. Esther Brown of Greene
| who is 81 years old. could have been
| sold many times: also a sofa pillow
| made by Mrs. Emily Brown of Weld,
who is past Is. Over Sal was taken.
AT a meeting of the State Y. NJ. c.
A at Auburn last week a gift of s20.
900 TO the Rockland Association was
announced. The reports of the sew
eral State and other officers present
| were very gratifying, as the associa
ton work has been progressing most
satisfactorily. The urgent need of con-
tribLtions for a further development
I OF the work was made public and it is
hoped that better showing will be
| made during the coming year.
Rev Mr.. Sanderson of Connecticut.
who preached at the Baptist church at
| Sedgwick a short time ago, has ac-
ceptcd the call to become pastor of
the church and will begin his work the
| first Sunday in January.
A call to tke pastorate of the Pratt
| Memorial NJ. f. church at Rocklard
has been accepted by Rev. Bertrand
p. JudtN Of Boston, district secretary
| for Boston and northern New England
for the International Reform Bureau
| the past two years. He will begin his
duties next Sunday, succeeding Rev.
Robert Sutclffe. who moved to Ore
gOn.
Bishop Robert Goldman. of the Epis
| copal Diocese of Maine, was in Bangor
Sunday and III the morning spoke very
interestingly in st. Johns church. He
| also administered confirmation to a
| class of eight. In the afternoon Bish-
| op Goldman went to the University of
| Maine, where he addressed the stu
| dents.
The Pleasant Street Christian church
| of Corinna. celebrated the 25th ami
versary OF the building of its house of
| worship, Sunday, Nov. 29. OF the char
ter members of the church. organized
| Al years ago, only four are living, and
three of the four We're present at the
| morning service. At the dedication, 25
years ago. Elder Daniel P. Pike of
New buryport, Mass. preached the ser
| mon and Elder David Stewart, then
| in his S7th year, offered the prayer.
| Arthur S. Beale. son of Rev. Charles
| Heale. of Boothbay Harbor, has recent
| ~ been installed as pastor of the Con-
eregational church in Stoneham. Mass.
| Rev John B. Jordan. for some years
pastor of the Cults Avenue Free Bap-
| tist church of SGco. who will finish his
dutiee Jan. 1st on account of impaired
health. was given a reception at the
| church Wednesday night. The fare
well social event was attended by the
clergymen Of Biddeford and Saco and
Elany parishioners. Mr.. Jordan has
bought a farm on the shores Of
| Lake Auburn, about four miles from
| the city of Auburn. He is one of
| the mHst popular pastors that ever
| preached AT the Cults Avenue church.
Rev. g Leavens Eldridge. who has
| been pastor Of a church in Lakewood,
| f.. l.. has accepted a call to the Cher
| ryfield Baptist church and began his
! duties last Sunday.
The Second congregational church at
Biddelord recently held Il two-days
fair at which the sum of SIG vas net
| tod
| The Hammond Street Congregational
| church. Bangor observed its 18th ami
| versary Sunday. Dec. s. Rev. G. w.
| Collier delivered an interesting histori-
cAl sermon.