Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Items Of Interest Cleaned In the =.
ligious Circles Of Maine.

VIII ODSerVe us IOtn anniversary June
Is. &
Twenty-Five persons united with the
Methodist church at Houlton, Sunday.
May 2. "a
Rev. Mr.. Brown. pastor OF the
Pressure Isle Unitarian church, has re-
signed. his resignation to take effect
June /.
A Christian Endeavor Society has re-
Gently been organized at the Houlton
Congregational church with 20 char.
ter members.
Six young people were recently ad.
mittcd to the Rockport Methodist
church by baptism.
Rev. c. A. Brooks has been assigned
to the Madison Methodist church to
succeed Rev. D. F. Faulkner, who goes
to Sanford.
The Houlton Baptist Sunday school
had the largest attendance Sunday,
May 2. in the history Of the school,
ia being present.
Miss Edwards and Mrs. Allen.
| evangelists, have just completed three
| weeks work at Addison, and much
good has been accomplished.
Rev. J. C. Wahlberg, formerly pas
tor of the Swedish church at Manches-
ter. N. H., began his passionate Of the
Stockholm church, May 2.
Rev. w. B. Eldredge. who has been
pastor of the Cornish Methodist church
for the past three years, has received
an appointment to the church at Eliot.
The Girls intermediate class of the
Brunswick Universalist Sunday school
is rehearsing the play Little Women
to be given in Pythian hall this week.
Rev. FIR. j. w. Houlihan, former
pastor of the Dover Catholic church,
has been assigned to the pastorate OF
church in the Deering district Of
Portland.
Rev. Clarence Emery, pastor Of the
First Baptist church at st. George.
has resigned to accept a call to
Charleston. He will begin his duties
there June 1.
Rev. F. H. Pratt, who for eight
years has been pastor of the Dover
Peoples Baptist church. has rendered
his resignation to take effect the first
Of September.
At recent meeting of representa-
lives of the Kings Daughters circles
of Bangor and Brewer. it was voted
to hold the annual convention in Ban
gor the second week in June.
Rev. David S. Miller, a former pas
tor of the School street Methodist
church, Gorham, but now located in
Concord, N. H., sailed recently for a
trip abroad and expects to remain I'm
til July.
Rev. ]. C. Coon of Houlton has been
rendered the position of rector Of st.
Georges chapel at York Harbor for
three weeks commencing in June. and
has accepted the same, having been
granted three weeks vacation by the
vestry.
The Pleasant Street Free Baptist
church, Sanford. Rev. ]. B. Ranger.
pastor, will entertain the annual ses-
sions of the York County association
of the Beptist churches. to be held In
June. Several prominent speakers will
be present and special music will be
feature of the occasion.
At the meeting of the members Of the
First Parish in Saco recently, the mat
ter of extending a call to Rev. j. M.
Wathen of Claremont. N. H.. to be-
come the pastor Of the Saco church
was taken up and it was voted to ex-
tend a call to Mr.. Wathen. ..y.
Emil Lindstrom, of the senior class
in the Divinity School of the Univer-..
sity of Chicago Swedish Department..
will supply the pulpit of the Scandina-
Wan church. Portland. through the
summer, with the possibility that he
may enter upon the permanent pastor
ate.
Two handsome memorial windows
have been put in the Methodist church
at Cape Porpoise. One bearing the
inscription. Emily S. Nunan, given by
her children and grandchildren. was
presented by Misses Sadie and Eliza
beth Nunan; the other, given by the
Ladies' Aid in memory of the departed
members, was presented by Misses
Olive and Margie Cluff.
Trinity church. Lewiston. will cele-
brate the 55th anniversary of the par
ish and the fifteenth anniversary OF the
rectcrship of Rev. l. c. Forth. Trim
ity Sunday. June Z, and reception
will follow on Monday evening. the
eighth. This was decided at a session
of the vestry Monday night. Delegates
to the 9Oth annual diocesan convention
in Portland, May 10, were chosen as
follows: H. p. Carver, esq, W.. J.
Crawshaw. H. 1. Stephenson. A. Z.
Turgeon and F. I. Wills: alternates.
A. A. Wills, II. F. Hecker, J. H. Booth.
Richard Stewart and Charles d.
Whitehouse. The matter of electing
sexton to succeed the late Isaac
Wood was left in the hands of the
property committee-W. J. Crawshaw'
William Bushby, Arthur Wills. George
Byron.
Rev. Fred X. Gamble. the newly
appointed pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Pressure Isle IS
native of Ohio and a graduate from the
Ohio Wesleyan University from when
he holds the degrees Of A. B. and A. M
He is also a graduate from the the
Divinity school of Boston University
from which he holds the degree OF ..
7. B. Soon after his graduation from
college he had remarkably success
full career as secretary of the Y. NJ Z.
A in Marion Ohio He had held pas