The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-12-04
The Churches.

Inc IhurCheS.
The ordinance of baptism was administered
at the Baptist church last Sunday evening
after the regular services.
The Seaside Spiritualist Society hold regular
Sunday services at their place Of meeting on
High street at and p. m.
The morning service at the First Parish
Church (Untarian) is held at 1915 a. M, Sun
day. The Sunday School meets at 1145
The annual business meeting of the First
Baptist church will be held in their vestry
Thursday evening, Dec. 11th, at 73O o'clock
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall. 1877 Main street, Sunday morning at
II o'clock and Wednesday evening at 73C
o'clock, to which all are welcome.
The services next Sunday at Mason's Mills
will be held at 1880 a. M, followed by the
Sunday school. and at Trinity Reformed church
at 2.S0 p. m.. followed by Sunday school.
The services for the week at the Meth
odist church will be as follows: This
Thursday, evening, the prayer meeting; Sun
/ SclOOI
at II M; evening service at Z. p. M
The services at the North church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this, Thursday, even
ing at 7.30 Knights of King Arthur, Friday
evening at Z; morning worship Sunday at 10 As
Sunday school at II M; c. E. Prayer meet
ing at $50 p. M
The services at the Baptist church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this. Thursday, even
ing; morning service Sunday at TO- As a. m.
Sunday school at u O'Clock. All who do no,
attend Sunday school at any other church are
cordially invited. Christian Endeavor at s 80
and evening service at 7.30 p. m.
There was a large attendance at the regular
meeting Of the Mems Forum in the Universa-
Inst church last Sunday noon and much inter-
est taken in the discussion of the History of
the Races that lssi up to the Formation of the
Jewish Nation Next Sunday the life and
times of Abraham will be taken up ALI
men are cordially invited.
The Young Peoples Society of the Universe
Saturday evening. All young people connect
ed with the society. between the ages of IL
and 20 years, cordially invited to attend
and join the society. After adopting the con-
stltution and bylaws social hour was spent
At the meeting next Saturday evening the of
ticers will be elected, and after the business
meeting games will be played.
Sunset Congregational church will be formally
recognized by the Congregational churches of
the county at a recognition and fellowship SER
vice to be held in the church at Sunset, Thurs
day, Dec. 4, 1918. This church was organized
by Rev. H. W. Collins and Sea Coast Mission
ary A. P. Mcdonald in the spring of 1912 A
full afternoon and evening program has been
prepared for this occasion, and among the out
of town speakers will be Missionary Mcdonald
and Supt. Charles Harbutt of Portland.
In another column give, from the Rock
land Opinion, an abstract of a sermon by Rev.
G. E. Edgett of that city, former pastor of
the NJ E. church. Belfast, on 1.-The Problem of
Poverty The Opinion says it prints it and
recommends everybody to read and study it
because we regard the subject and all that is
involved in it the most important and vital
of all questions that engage the tn ughts of
men and women at this time. So long min
listers, editors and those who address the public
will discuss it, we do not care whether or not
they agree with US. Attack the problem from
any side you please, and treat it as you WILL
SO you do it thoroughly and honestly, and we
have no misgivings as to where you will arrive
eventually. Read what Mr.. Edgett says, and
get all the light you can from whatever source
and then think it out for yourself. You will
never know what it is to have mind at rest
and at peace with God and man till v u have
done so.'
AS feature in the celebration of the Gen.
tennial of Baptist missions in Burma. arrange
ments have been made for simultaneous pray-
er meetings to be held in Boston and other
American cities, and in Rangoon, Dec 10th
The meeting in Boston will be in Kingsley
Hall, Ford Building, from to 10 a. M, the
hour preceding the quarterly meeting of the
board of managers of the American Baptist
Foreign Mission Society. AS the difference in
time between Boston and Rangoon is III hours
the evening of Dec. 10th from 8 80 to 9 80 For
all places under Eastern time in the United
States the meetings will be held at the same
hour as in Boston; for places between Buffalo
and Nebraska. from to 9; between Nebraska
and the Rocky Mountains, to s, and along
the Pacific coast from to z. All meetings
will be open the public. Those who cannot
attend are invited to join in prayer at their
homes.
The Way Home. by Basil King, was the
subject last Sunday evening of the third lecture
in the course on good books by Rev. Arthur A.
Blair at the Universalist church. There was
large attendance and the speaker held the un-
divided attention of his audience as he review
ed this new novel, which deals LARGELY with
the church and society problems that exist in
the larger cities. Mr.. Blair's presentation of
the life and character of Charlie Grace. around
whom the story centers. was a sermon in it.
self His early religious training, his entering
college to prepare for the ministry. his break
ing away from all church ties and living a
purely selfish life, and then his. return to The
church. or The Way Home" furnished abun-
dant suggestions for the practical thouehts an.
piled to the existing conditions in church snd
society adverse to life's highest ideals. There
will ~ no lecture next Sunday. but Dec. i1th
the book to be taken up wi l. v. VS. Ewes.