The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-11-09
The Churches.

Rev. David L. Wilson will speak at Poor's
Mills next Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Rev. c. R. Joy will occupy the pulpit of the
Unitarian church next Sunday as candidate
Rev. l. B. Mower of Waterville will occupy
the Baptist pulpit next Sunday morning and
evening.
The Belfast Spiritualists hold regular Sunday
services at their hall ON High street, at 2 p m.
and Z p. m.
At the Methodist church last Sunday Miss
Gladys Marshall awarded gold pin for
four years attendance at the Sunday school
without missing single Sunday.
The Christian Scientists hold services IN
their hall, 1877 Main street. Sunday morning
at II o'clock and Wednesday evening at 73O
o'clock, to which all are welcome.
The regular services will be held at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday, with sermon by
the pastor, Rev. Arthur A. Blair. Sunday
school at the close of the morning service.
There was large attendance at the Uni
tartan church last Sunday to listen to Rev. R.
The soloists were Mrs. c. ". Wescott and Miss
Katherine c. Quimby, who also sang duet
The services for the week at the Baptist
church will be as follows: this Thursday, even
ing the prayer meeting; Sunday. at l0.45,
morning worship, Sunday school at noon;
mems meeting at $50 p. M; evening service
at $50 p. m.
The union Thanksgiving services will be
held in the Methodist auditorium at 7.30
o'clock Thanksgiving evening. Rev. Arthur
A. Blair of the Universalist church will give
the address and the remainder of the program
will be announced later.
The services in the church at North Belfast
will be as follows every Sunday until further
notice: Morning service at 1880 q. m. with
sermon by the pastor, Rev. c. E. Walsh; Sum
day school at As a. m; preaching service in
the evening at o'clock.
The services for the week at the Methodist
church will be as follows: this, Thursday even
ing the prayer meeting; Sunday, at 1915,
morning worship, with sermon by the pastor;
Sunday school at II m; Junior League at 3.50
p. n,. evening service at $50 2. m.; Tuesday
at 7.3o p. M, the Epworth League meeting.
The services at the North church Will be as
folows:ths, Thursday, afternoon at $50 p. m. the
Junior C. E. meeting; at 7.30 p. m. the prayer
meeting Castle North, K. 0. K. A. Friday at
o'clock; morning worship Sunday at 10.45 a
m; Sunday school at u NJ; C. E. prayer at
$50 p M; a cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend these services.
Friends of Rev. F. ]. Hayward formerly
presiding elder of the East Maine Methodist
conference, will be interested to learn that he
left the State last Tuesday for Fond du Lac
Wisconsin, where he has accepted a call. Mr..
Hayward's resignation pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Skowhegan was accepted at
parish meeting November 9Th.
MAINE FROM SEVERAL STANDPoINTs. One
of the speakers at the recent Congregational
council in Worcester, Mass. was Rev. Charles
Harbutt, and The Telegram of that city said of
his address:
Mr.. Harbutt referred to his trip West as a
delegate to a great conference of the Pacific
States, but while the tri p ops ned his eyes to
the progress being made there, when he got
back to Aroostook county he made up his mind
that he had never seen anything to match it in
his travels, nothing grand or stately, al
though there is still much missionary work to
be done there.
He refuted the statement that figures cannot
lie and pointed out that the statistics in regard
to the Maine license vote are wrong. He re-
ported the greatest growth in church member
ship in the past three years in the history of
Maine, although the Sunday school member
Sbi in has caI ic cfJIJ oh &ba
level, the number of families connected with
the church taken into consideration. He sup
posed that the overgrowth of the past few
years might have been due to the Chapman
Alexander evangelical campaign.
He referred to the men and religion move
ment in d not overenthusiastic strain. One
minister, he said, said that 80 per cent of all
the boys of his city were enrolled in the Prot
estant Sunday schools. He was Immediately
challenged for his statement. and when CEN
sus was taken it was discovered that there was
only 20 per cent. large proportion going to
the Catholic Sunday school. Men have taken
hold, however, and there is a hopeful outlook,
he said
! He was not so enthusiastic about the ap-
portionment plan. Only 81 churches in the
State have any sentiment regarding it and
only 26 churches have adopted it. He thought
/ it might be valuable to train clerks and treas
urers of churches.
Maine is the only State which reports an in
crease in benevolences, and there is a very
wide outlook along the lines of federation.
Mr.. Harbutt told of churches in small places
which are trying to unite; two churches in
Bath, where he was told he n ust not speak too
loudly about it, as; there is Iothing definitely
settled.
1.-The Bangor fire has done what we have
been trying to do for along tirne.' he continued
at has brought two churches together. One
man said it took the Lord to do it. Iquestion-
ed very much whether the Lord had anything
to do with it, rather few contrabandists set
ting fire to shed, brought these denomina-
tions together"
He said that the federated churches, the
grange and the schools, should work together
for the good of the community.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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