The Republican journal., 1913-05-29
The Churches.

| Ths Episcopal church will hold services next
Sunday in the North Church vestry at $50 p.
The services at the First Parish Church
a. m. Sunday school at noon.
The Seaside Spiritualist Society hold regular
Sunday services at their place of meeting on
High street at 2.3O and 7.30 p. m.
Baptist Church preached the Memorial sermon
in Monroe last Sunday for E. M. Billings Post
G. A. R.
The services at the Universalist church for
the week will be as follows: K. o. K A., Satur-
day night; preaching service Sunday morning
at 10.45; Sunday school at noon.
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, l27 Main street, Sunday morning at
! IL o'clock and Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock, to which all are welcome
The services next Sunday at Masons Mills
will be held at 1890 a. M, followed by the
Sunday school, and at Trinity Reformed church
at 2.3O p. followed by Sunday school.
Rev. Arthur A. Blair, Universalist, began
last Sunday to hold afternoon services in
Swanville, and in the evening at Stockton
Springs, instead of in the afternoon as during
the winter.
The services at the Baptist church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this. Thursday, even
ing; morning service Sunday at 1045 a. m.;
school Of ubo do
attend Sunday school at any other church are
cordially invited. c. E. society at $50 p. M;
evening service at 7.30 p. m.
Mrs. C. E. johnson, Mrs. A. G. Spencer, Mrs
Geo. W. Frisbee and Mrs. Geo. W. Bartlett,
delegates, and Mrs. Sarah R. Pierce, Mrs. A. A.
Blair, Mrs. Giles G. Abbott and Mrs Fred
Rackliff, alternates, Rev. A. A. Blair and
others of the Belfast Unlversaist Church, will
attend the State Convention in Bangor June
3rd.
The services for the week at the North
church follows: Prayer meeting, Thurs
day at 7.30 p. M; morning worship Sunday at
1045 a. M; Sunday school at IL M; C. E. pray
er meeting at $50 p. m. Visitors in the city,
and all who do not worship elsewhere, will find
a cordial greeting at these services
The services for the week at the First
Methodist church will be as follows: this,
Thursday, evening, the prayer meeting; Sum-
day at 1890, morning worship; Sunday school
at IL m,; Epworth League prayer meeting
Sunday evening at 800 p. M; evening service
at 700 p. m. DR.. W. F. Berry will be the
speaker at the Sunday morning service
Representatives of the Christian Civic
League of Maine will be in the city next Sun
day. In the morning Supt. Wilbur F. Berry,
D. D., will speak at the Methodist Church and
Secretary E. H. Emery will speak at the Con-
gregational Church. In the evening there
will be union service at the Bap ist Church
The people of the city will be most cordially
welcomed at these services
AT the annual convention of the Episcopal
diocese of Maine held in Portland last week,
Bishop Robert Goldman discussed the PROPOSE
tion that the name of the church be changed
from Protestant Episcopal to American Catho-
lie. and while he glowingly and eoquently
spoke of the change, or rather of some change
as certain to come in the end, he advocated
going slowly at this time. The matter was
not debated, but it seems to be generally under
stood in Episcopal circles that the delegates
from Maine to the General Convention to be
held in New York, will follow the lead of the
bishop.
The following account of the ordination of
Rev A. G. Roberts, former pastor of the Bel
fast Baptist church, to the Priesthood of the
Episcopal church was given in the The New
town, N. Y, Register, of May 22nd:
IL. ~ IL
City, Sunday, May 18th, the Rev Arthur
George Roberts. of Corona, was ordained a
priest, together with several others, by the
Right Rev. Frederick G. Burgess, D. D., Bis
hop of Long Island.
The Rev. A G. Roberts had been ordained a
Deacon in June, 1912. Since that time he has
been in charge of Grace Episcopal Church,
Corona, and st. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Ravenswood. He will continue IN charge Of
both churches, permanently. Grace Church,
Corona, is an Archdeaconry Mission.
There were large delegations of the parish
toner's of both churches who made the trip to
Garden City, where they remained most of the
A beautiful surplice and white stole, which
the Rev. A. G.. Roberts wore for the first time
at his ordination, were the gifts of the parish
| toner's of Grace Church, Corona. Thursday
/ evening May 18th, the members of St
Thomas Church presented rector Roberts with
an Individual Communion set.
The Rev. Roy Farrell Dufheld, Arch deacon
Of Queens and Nassau, presented TIE Rev. A.
G. Roberts for Priests Orders.
The Rev. A. G. Roberts was formerly a
Baptist clergyman. He is graduate of the
Newton Theological Seminary at Newton,
Massachusetts. He spent number of years
as clergyman in New England. Four years
ago Mr.. Roberts left . e Baptist Church
and entered the General Theological Seminary,
in Manhattan, where he finished Post
Graduate Course with high honors.
Next Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, the Rev.
A. G. ROBERTS will be the celebrant at his
initial Communion Service, at Grace Church,
Corona.
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