The Republican journal., 1913-12-18
for q two weeks vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Smith, Church street.

for a two weeks vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Smith. Church street.
Capt Ansel Ausplund, who has been At the
Carney hospital in Boston for medical treat
ment, is recovering rapidly from the operation
he underwent. He arrived home Tuesday.
Capt Theo. P. Colcord, who was in Chicago
on his way from New York to San Francisco,
was called home by telegram Tuesday by the
sudden and serious illness of his sister, Miss
Hannah C. Colcorc.
Capt c. N. Meyers, who has been at his
| home in this town for q few days, has joined
his barkentine, Mabel l. Meyers, in Boston,
where she is loading lumber for Rosario, South
America.
Steamer Seaconnet, Capt. Carter, arrived
Saturday from Newport News with 8. 700 tons
| of coal to the Penobscot Coal & Wharf Co. at
Mack's Point She finished discharging Tues
| day and sailed for Norfolk.
| Mrs. Harold E. Mari left last Saturday for
Boston to join Lieut. MARI, who has been
stationed in the West for several months,
| since their arrival from Manila. They will
| visit in Searsport and Pennington before
| leaving for whatever fort Lieut.. MARI may be
assigned to.
| Mrs ]. Clifford Nickels had the misfortune
| to fall at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. D.
Carver, in Brooklyn, N. Y. last week, dislocat
ing her hip and breaking her ankle. Mrs.
| Nickels is 80 years of age and has the sympa-
| thy of her many friends in Searsport for her
unfortunate accident.
The annual mid winter sale and entertain
ment of the Methodist Aid, held Dec. 18th,
was largely attended In the afternoon the
| sale was held in the vestry, with the following
| ladies in attendance: candy, Mrs. H. G. Barn
ard, Mrs. E. W. Gilkey: food, Mrs. W. R. Gilkey,
Mrs. Lavonia Williams Mrs. Cora Dow; aprons,
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, Mrs. R. N. Porter; fancy
work, Mrs. c. N. Meyers. Mrs. H. L. Perry;
mystery table. Mrs. William Rich; ice cream
+! Mrs. Henry Coson and Mrs Charles Closson.
In the evening delightful entertainment
was given, with Miss Agnes Jersey, the talen-
ted reader, as the central figure. This was
Miss Hersey's third appearance in Searsport
but she read an entirely new line of selections
and the enthusiasm with which she was re-
ceived was very fattering. On some of her
! selections she was recalled three and four times
and she very kindly responded to each encore.
Among the selections greatly enjoyed were
| The Spirit of Mary, Knee Deep June, Pie
| Crust for Adam, and The Butler. During her
stay in Searsport Miss Hersey was entertained
| by Mr.. c. N. Meyers. She has made many
frier,js during her visit here ard will always
/ fra a warm welcome awaiting ner whenever
| she comes to Searsport. 1ntelspersed with
i her readings were solos by Miss Bernice Dun
| ming, vohnist; Mrs. W. H. Goodell, whistler;
Mrs. H. L. Perry. Ralph Porter and Miss Violet
| Meyers, vocalists. Miss Hannah Cocord pre-
sided at the piano in her usual sympathetic
manner.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES. Sunday,
Dec. 14th. MIR. Mckinney spoke upon the
Universally of Christ's Kingdom" The
scripture reading was from the second chapter
of Acts and the text Acts 1915. Creeds differ,
yet there is one Father and one hope of i'm
mortality. And the day is coming when all
nations and all tribes shall become one King
dom hot Eipu6nro Christie Tho hrfb
place of universal salvation was Bethlehem.
Jesus Christ the child of humble parents, sur
rounded during his youth by poverty, becomes
a carpenter by trade. Suddenly he leaves this
quiet life and talks of world wide plans the
fultllment of the hopes of the prophets. To
the twelve men most 18th Him, He makes
known His mission. The command go We
into all the world is not too severe test of
their devotion. With the simple story of a
sinless life and glorious resurrection they are
ready to challenge martyrdom. Almost the
first lesson of their training prayer. In
prayer in all else, Christ to be the
worlds guide, and the prayer that He taught
was to become universal. 1t was to express
the need of every human soul of a Divine
Friend upon whom to lean; to acknowledge
weakness; to petition forgiveness Jealousy,
war, hate and sin are universal Mans first
step toward salvation is the sense of his sin.
If then this sense is common to all, so also
out of self and give new life. Forth from lit :
tie Bethlehem came the Christian religion to
eform the world. Christ touched earth,