The Republican journal., 1909-11-04
The Churches.

The meeting at Mason's Mills next Sunday
Will be held in Mason's store at 10 o'clock a. M
The Spiritualist Society will hold services at
o'clock next Sunday afternoon in Knowlton's
hall on High street.
The Knights of King Arthur, Lincoln Castle,
will meet in the Universalist vestry next Sat
urday evening.
There will be services in the chapel at East
Northport Sunday, November 7th, at 10. AS a. m,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. G. Winslow,
followed by the Sunday school.
The Christian Scientists hold services in their
hall, 127 Main street, Sunday morning at II
o'clock, subject, Adam and Fallen Man. and
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock, to which
all are cordially welcome.
First Parish (Unitarian) church. Service
next Sunday at 1045 a. M, with sermon by
the pastor. Sunday school at noon. Castle
Charming K. O. X. A, meets Friday even
ing at 7o'clock.
The services at the Universalist church next
Sunday will be as follows: preaching service
at 10.45 a. M, with sermon by the pastor, Rev.
A. A. Smith; Sunday school at IL o'clock The
public is cordially invited to attend. K.O.K
A. will meet Saturday evening.
! The services for the week at the Baptist
church will be as follows: Covenant meeting
this, Thursday, evening at 7.30 o'clock; Sunday
at 10:45, morning worship with sermon and
service of the Lords Supper; Sunday school at
noon; evening worship and sermon at 730
o'clock.
Rev. Edwin M. Slocombe of Augusta occu-
pied the Unitarian church last Sunday, in ex-
change with Rev. Adolph Rossbach. Mr.. Slo-
combe took for his text Matt. 16:lS-Thou art
Peter and upon this rock l will build my
church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it. His discourse showed research
original thought and knowledge of human ma
ture, and was helpful sermon.
The services for the week at the Congrega-
tional church will be as follows: Junior C. E
Thursday, at $50 p. m; prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening at 7.30 o'clock; Castle North
K. o. X. A, Friday at 700 p. m.; Sunday morn
ing service at 10.45, with sermon by the pastor;
theme, Preparation for Service, Sunday school
at noon; Y. P. S. C. E. prayer meeting at $50, and
evening service at 7.50.
A meeting of the Maine Historical society
/ for the purpose of commemorating the Tooth
anniv versary of the birth of George Burgess the
first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Maine,
was held at 1.30 p. M, October 31st in Christ
! Church, Gardiner, of which the bishop was
rector for several years. There was a good
attendance and interesting exercises. A poem
written by Bishop Burgess some years previous
| to his coming to Maine was read by Rev. Thom-
as Burgess of Saco, grandson of Bishop Alex
ander Burgess
The services at the Methodist church next
Sunday will be as follows; At 10.45 a. m
preaching by the pastor, Rev. Albert E. Luce,
subject "A Gift to You;' at noon Bible school,
F. P Blodgett, Supt at 7.30 p. M, evangelistic
service when the new song books will be used
Tuesday at 7.30 p. m, Epworth League devo-
tional service. Thursday, at 730 p M, mid
week prayer meeting. Friday, at 7 p. n., the
Knights of King Arthur will meet Friday, at
7.45 p. m., Haywood Queen Esther Circle will
meet at the home of Miss Bertha Whitten on
High street.
The autumnal meeting of the Western Min
isteria association of the Bucksport District,
Methodist Episc opal church, was held at South
Orrington, October 25th and 26th. 1t was one
OF LIlS 1uOSl Interesting SESSIONS uelu ny CnlS
association. The reception of the members
by the church and community was most cordial.
/ Papers were read, sermons preached and there
was much deliberation and discussion. Among
the topics treated were the following; Revi-
walls, Religion of Tennyson, Some Difficulties
Confronting Our Rural Pastors and How to
Meet Them, The Minister'S Greatest Work,
The Necessity and Value of Public Worship to
the Community.
L Of
agents of the New England Home for Little
Wanderers, Boston, spoke at the Methodist
church last Sunday morning in the interest of
that institution, taking for his subject Saving
the Children" In the evening he gave a vestry
talk at the Baptist church, giving brief his
tory of the Home, which established by a
doctor about 45 years ago and has started in
life 1900 homeless children. The remarkable
success of former members of the Home has
encouraged all connected with it for renewed
endeavors Collections were taken for the
work.
At the annual meeting of the North Church
Y. P. S c. f. last Sunday the following officers
and committees were elected: President Thom-
as E. Bowker; vice president, Mabel A. Craig;
secretary Hazel M: McTaggart: treasurer, H.
NJ. Prentiss; prayer meeting committee, Hazel
| M. McTaggart, Florence E. Dunton, William
F. Dunton, Harlie F, Godfrey, Marjorie Shaw;
LOOKOUT colnr1lttee, RuJn hlInDdl, H. M. fren-
tiss, Alfredo Sylvester, Harry Bowker, Milton
Stephenson; missionary committee, Mabel A.
Craig, Margaret N. Hazeltine, Alice Parker,
Ray Iindgren, Dana B. Southworth; social
committee, Stephen Clement, Rev. d. L. Will
son, Hester Brown, Mrs. D. L. Wilson, Harold
S. Jones; music committee, Alice Parker, Amy
E. Stoddard, Florence Shaw, Earl Hubbard.
Next Sunday will be observed at the Univer-
salist Church as Centenary Sunday, it being,
according to Williamsons History, pne hundred
years ago that the first Universalist sermon
was preached in Belfast. The subject of the
address by Rev. Ashley A. Smith will be A
Century's Retrospect. The musical program
will be as follows:
Organ Voluntary-Allegretto Pastorale Jordan
Mrs. Herbert F. Drinkwater, Organist.
Acknowledgment, Treadwell
Universalist Church Choir
Soprano, Mrs. E. P. Frost,
| Contralto, Miss Emma Skay:
Tenor, Mr.. Ralph I. Morse,
Bass, Mr.. Luther Hammons.
Anthem-If with all your Hearts, Ashford
Universalist Church Choir.
Soprano Solo--The Lord is my Light, Allitson
Mrs. E. P. Frost.
Postude- March, Reed
Mrs. Herbert F. Drinkwater, Organist,
The general public is cordially invited to this
service.
Rev. Adolph Rossbach, paster of the Belfast
Unitarian church, occupied the pulpit of the
| AupuSta Unitarian church SUNDAY morning in