The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-11-11
The Churches.

Inc (nufcneS.
The Spiritualist Society will hold services a
o'clock next Sunday afternoon in Knowlton'
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 Eas
Northport Sunday, November 14th, at 10.45 am.
conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. G. Winslow
followed by the Sunday school.
The Christian Scientists hold services in thei
hall, 127 Main street, Sunday morning at Il
O'clock subject, Mortals and Immortals, ane
Wednesday evening at 7.3O o'clock, to which
all are cordially welcome.
First Parish (Unitarian) church. Service
next Sunday at 10.45 a. M, with sermon by
the pastor. Sunday school at noon. Castle
Charming, K. O. X. A., meets Friday even.
ing at 7oclock.
There will be an afternoon service of the
Protestant Episcopal church at the North
church vestry next Sunday. Evensong at 3.3(
o'clock, Orlando Titherington lay reader All are
welcome.
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 25th annual meeting of the Maine Con
ference Woman's Home Missionary society was
opened November Sd at Clark Memorial Meth
odst church, Woodfords Mrs. B. c. Went
worth presided at the general session in the
forenoon which was devoted to routine bust
ness. The conference was in session until
Thursday afternoon.
There will be no preaching services next
Sunday at Trinity Reformed Church, or at
Mason's Mills. The pastor, Rev. William
Vaughan, is spending two weeks vacation in
in Knox Memorial Church, his former charge.
The Sunday school will be held at Mason's Mills
at 1880 a. m. and at Trinity Reformed Church
at 2.30 p. m.
North Congregational church has elected the
following officers: President Miss Margaret
Craig; vice president, Miss Helen Kittredge;
treasurer, Miss Marguerite Owen secretary,
Miss Annette Holt; chairman lookout commit
tee, Miss katherine Kittredge; chairman social
committee, Miss Doris Roberts; chairman music
committee, Miss Marguerite Owen.
The services for the week at the Baptist
church will be as follows: prayer meeting
this, Thursday, evening at 7.3O o'clock; Sunday
at 10:45, morning worship with sermon by the
pastor; Sunday school at noon evening wor-
ship, with sermon, at 730. The Junior Chris
tian Endeavor will meet tonight after school
in the vestry, subject, A Roll of Heroes; Bible
lesson, Heb. II, 52-4O; leader, Miss Charlotte
Carter.
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 730 o'clock; Castle North
X. o. K. A, Friday at 700 p. m. Sunday morn
ing service at 10.45, with sermon by the pastor;
theme, The Moral Leadership of the Church
and its Call to All Who Would Uplift the
World; Sunday school at noon; Y. P. S. C. E.
prayer meeting at $50, and evening service at
7.30.
The services at the Methodist church next
preaching by the pastor, Rev. Albert E. Luce,
at noon, Bible school F. P. Blodgett, Supt.; at
7.30 p. m. gospel, service, conducted by the
pastor with chorus singing. Tuesday, at 7.3O
p M, Epworth League devotional service.
Thursday. at 7.30 p. M, mid-week prayer meet
ing. Friday, at p. M, the Knights of King
Arthur will meet. Strangers are cordially in
vited to all the public services of the church.
The services at the Universalist church last
Sunday were of unusual interest The pastor,
Rev. Ashley.A. Smith, took for his text line
in Hon. Joseph Williamson's History of Bel
fast: "The first Unversalist sermon was
preached in Belfast in 1909" The sermon was
by an itinerant missionary and the service was,
held in the house of BENZ. Joy on High street
later known as Cunningham's hotel. In 1924
the society was organized at the Academy
under the name of Christian Society of Univer-
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the First Universalist Society in Belfast. 1t
met with bitter opposition and was denied the
use of the town hall and had to resort to legal
action to obtain it. Their first pastor was Will
liam A. Drew of Augusta, who was here two
years. He was also editor of the Christian
Visitant, monthly published by the Eastern
Association of Universalists. The present
church was organized in 1886 and the building
erected in 1889 Mr.. Smiths discourse was
very interesting and received the closest atten-
tion throughout.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
The recently elected officers OF Phoenix