The Republican journal., 1912-12-19
The Churches.

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D. L. Wilson next Monday evening
The services at the First Parish Church
(Unitarian) will be held next Sunday at 1915
a. m. Sunday school at noon.
The Seaside Spiritualist Society hold regular
Sunday services at their place of meeting on
High street at 2.30 and 7s0 p. m.
The Unitarian Sunday school will have their
Christmas tree in the ladies' parlor of the
church Tuesday afternoon from to o'clock.
The services at the Universalist church for
the week will be as follows: K. O. X. A. Satur.
day night; preaching service Sunday morning
at lO.45; SUNDAY school at noon.
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, 127 Main street, Sunday morning
at IL o'clock and Wednesday evening at 73o
O'Clock, to which all are welcome.
The annual fair of the Rockland Methodist
church netted about $500. Admissions to a
unique art gallery, conducted by Mrs Edgett,
wife of the pastor, amounted to a generous
sum.
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 230 p. M, followed by Sunday
school.
AT the North Congregational church next
Sunday the pastor, Rev. D L. Wilson, will preach
a sermon appropriate to the day at the morning
service. In the afternoon at o'clock the chill
dren of the Sunday school will give concert.
At meeting of the Teachers Training
Glass in the Baptist vestry last Tuesday even
ing it was decided to use the text book. "Train-
ing of the Teacher" an interdenomnational
work. The regular meetings will be Sheld on
Tuesday evenings, beginning the first of the
year.
The services at the North church will be as
follows: Junior c. E., Thursday at 345 .. M;
prayer meeting. Thursday at 7.3O p M; Castle
North. X. o. X. A., Friday at p m.; morning
worship Sunday at l0.45 a. m.; Sunday school
Sunday at IL m.; C. E. Society Sunday at
$50 p. m.
The services at the Baptist church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this, Thursday even
ing; morning service Sunday at 1O45 a m;
Sunday school at IL o'clock All who do not
attend Sunday school at any other church are
cordially invited. c. E. society at $50 p. m.
Evening service at 73O p. m.
The services for the week at the First
Methodist church will be as follows: this.
Thursday. evening, the prayer meeting: Sum
day at 1880. morning worship: Sunday school
at IL M; Epworth League praye- meeting
Sunday evening at 600 p. m. Praise and
Evangelistic service at 100 D. M each SUNDAY
evening.
Special Christmas services will be held at
the Methodist chd h next Sunday. Rev. D. B.
Phelan, pastor, will speak on 1.-The March of
the Christ through the Centuries" Mrs. B. N.
Pendleton of Islesboro will assist in the spec
ial music for the services and Miss Alice E,
Simmons will read at the vening service.
Last Sunday the men who meet each Sum-
day at the Universalist church voted to call
their organization The Mems Forum It is to
be place where men may go and express
their thoughts on any subject. 1t is to con-
tinue to discuss the great problems of the day.
The subject of Immigration will be closed next
Sunday. This meeting is at noon and all men
are invited. AS next Sunday is Christmas
Sunday it is hoped there may be large at.
tendance.
The annual meeing of the Baptist Womans
Missionary Society was held last Wednesday
at the home of Mrs S. H. Mathews. Twenty
one were present. The subject for the even
ing was Current Events in Mission Lands, and
Miss Edith Burgess had charge of the pro-
gram. The coming year the text books
"China's New Day" and "Mormonism the Is
lam of America" are to be used The newly
elected officers are: President, Mrs. Warren
Nichols; vice president, Mrs. George Robert
son; secretary, Miss Della Knowton; treasur-
er. Mrs. Charles Rhoades; program committee,
Miss Maude E. Mathews, Mrs. Lewis Cannon
and Mrs. o. E. Frost.
There will be special Christmas service
next Sunday morning at the Universal;st
church, with special music and sermon ap-
propriate for the occasion. The following will
be the musical program:
Rs ssFs Shepherds Asidns shnser
Mr.. Coombs and Mr.. Hammons.
Anthem, "Christ is Born" Lorenz
Choir.
Soprano solo. "Glory to God," Faure
Mrs E. P. Frost.
Anthem, There's Song in the Air." Fearis
Choir.
Postlude, "Hallalujah Chorus" Handel
The choir, Mrs. E. P. Frost, soprano; Miss
Emma Skay. alto; Mr.. Harry Coombs, tenor;
Mr. Luther Hammons, bass.
The annual meeting of the Baptist church
was held Thursday evening, Dec. 18th and the
reports of the officers and committees showed
the church to be in good condition although it
had been without pastor the past year. The
new pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Walter
F. Sturtevant. and their niece, Miss Ethel
Sturtevant united with the church by letters
from Freeport. The following officers were
elected: clerk, Maude E. Mathews; treas;
Chas. H. Twombly; missionary treasurer, Mrs.
Nellie S. Fletcher; auditor, Willis B. Fletcher,
superintendent of Sunday school, Gerald W.
Howard; assistant superintendent, George E.
White; assessors, o. E. Frost, Charles H.
Twombly, Chas. E. Rhoades, w. A. Nichols, L.
F. Cannon.
Following is the program for the morning