The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-08-29
The Churches.

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ing and evening.
The regular services will be resumed at the
Unitarian church next Sunday morning at 10 As
o'clock; Sunday school at H.
The Free Baptist quarterly meeting will be
held with the Halldale church. beginning
Thursday, September 18th, and continuing
over the ensuing Sunday.
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, 127 Main street, Sunday morning
at II o'clock and Wednesday evening at 7.3O
o'clock, to which all are welcome.
The services next Sunday at Mason's Mills
will be held at 1890 a. m.. followed by the
Sunday school, and at Trinity Reformed
church at 23O p. m, followed by Sunday
/ school.
/ After October 1st, the hours of the services
at the Methodist church will be changed The
morning service will begin at 1880 a. M; Ep-
worth League at 6 p. m and the evening SER
vice at p.
Sunday morning, Sept. 1st, the Universalist
church will be opened after six weeks vaca-
ton There will be the usual preaching SER
vice at 10.45 a. m. and Sunday school at noon
1t is hoped there may be a large attendance at
| this first service of the season.
Next Sunday 8 Labor Sunday, and will be
( observed at the Methodist Episcopal church
The labor organizations of the city have been
invited to attend the morning service when an
appropriate sermon will be delivered by Rev.
D. P. Phelan, pastor.
The services for the week at the First
Methodist church will be as follows: this,
Thursday, evening, the prayer meeting: Sum-
day at 10.45 morning worship; Sunday school
at 12 m.; Epworth League praye- meeting
Sunday evening at $50 p. m. Praise and
Evangelistic service at 7.S0 p. m. each Sunday
evening.
! The services at the North church will be re-
sumed next Sunday, and will be as follows:
Morning worship at 1O.45 a. m; Sunday school
at u M; prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7.30 D. m. cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend these services, and pa
rents are requested to remind their children
of the resumption of the Sunday school.
The services at the Baptist church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this, Thursday, even
ing; morning service Sunday at 1O.45 a. m
Sunday school at IL o'clock. All who do not
attend Sunday school at any other church are
cordially invited. Evening service at 73O o. m.
In connection with this Sunday school there is
a Woman's International Bible Class and
hearty invitation is extended to all ladies' to
unite with US for the study of the Bible The
discussions are informal and very helpful We
assure you hearty welcome.
The cornerstone of the new All Souls Con-
gregational church of Bangor was laid, Tues
day af ernoon, August Goth, on the site of the
First Parish church on Broadway, Bangor,
destroyed by the fire of April 80 1911. The
society was formed by the union of Central
and First Parish Societies, the church of the
former also having been destroyed The SER
vice was by Rev. Charles A. Moore, pastor of
the church, with an address by Prof Eugene
W. Lyman of the Bangor Theological Semi
nary.
Sunday, September Sth, after three months
spent in the work of reconstruction. Center
Lncolnville Methodist Episcopal church will
be re- dedicated. About $500 has been spent
in thoroughly remodeling the auditorium and
making it in every way modern and attractive
The pews have been made over the wing pews
and the balcony taken out the walls and CELL
ing repaired and painted delicate green and
decorated by means of stencil in harmonious
colors and all woodwork and pews painted
white. Ten memorial windows were put in. the
roof shingled and the foundation repaired
Great credit is due the pastor, Rev. H. P Tay-
lor. who did all this work alone except the la
bor of painter, IA days, to do the decorating.
The church has only seven members, so with
out the pastor being strong executive with
genius for hard work and fired with enthu-
siasm, the transformation of the interior of
the church could not have been. Mr. Taylor
has been ably assisted by his wife, who has
had charge of raising the finances, and all bills
are paid to date. The service of re-dedication
will be conducted by the district superintend-
ent, Rev. c. N. Garland of Rockland Spec
/ ial music will be rendered by professional
choir and soloist. The service will begin at 2
p. and the public is cordially invited to at
tend.
The installation of Rev. Charles Bulkley
Ames as minister of the First Parish Unitarian
church took place Tuesday August 27th,at 7.45
p. IN. The church was beautifully decorated
with masses of flowers and ferns, the pulpit in
golden glow, white phlox and wood ferns, and
the windows either side of the pulpit bank
ed with ferns and sweet peas. The regular
church choir, Miss katherine C Quimby,
soprano; Mrs. C. W. Wescott, contralto;
Ralph l. Morse, tenor; Leon Beckwith bass;
Mrs. Leon Beckwith. organist, furnished ex-
cellent music, and Miss Wells beautiful voice
was heard in the solo, 80. for Closer Walk
with God" The invocation was by Rev. Harry
Lutz of Newton. Mass, and the responsive
reading was led by Rev. Arthur A. Blair, pas.
tor of the Belfast Universalist church. The
ordination sermon by Rev. Harry Lutz, who
took for his theme, 1.-The Modern Church." was
able and inspiring, and the installation prayer
by Rev. Paul S. Phalen, minister of the First
Parish, Hingham Mass, was fervent and elo-
quent. Rev. Daniel B. Phelan, pastor of the
Methods st church in this city, read the Scrip
lures, and Hon. William B. Swan, chairman of
the parish committee, impressively performed
the act of installation. There was a large at
tendance, including representatives of the
cal churches.
SWANVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Nickerson and son Ker-
NIT went to Hampden Sunday to- spend week
.... Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Applin and daughter
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