The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-01-15
The Churches.

The Churches.
Miss Marian Wells will sing at the North
Congregational church through January.
The Seaside Spiritualist Society hold regular
Sunday services at their place Of meeting on
High street at 2 and p. m.
The quarterly meeting of the members OF
the Upiversalist church will be held in the
vestry next Saturday evening at 7.so.
The auxiliary of the North Congregational
church will meet with the Misses Morrison
Wednesday evening. Jan. 2lst, at 7.sO o'clock.
The morning service at the First Parish
Church (Unitarian) is held at 10.45 T. M, SUM-
day. The Sunday school meets at 1l.45.
The Mems forum will meet as usual at the
Universalist church next Sunday at noon. The
theme of discussion is Moses. All men are
cordially invited.
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, 127 Main street, Sunday morning at
IL O'Clock and Wednesday evening at ISo
o'clock, to which all are welcome.
The regular services at the Universa!lst
church next Sunday will be as follows: COM
munion service at 10 o'clock; preaching service
at As o'clock; Sunday school at noon.
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 2SO p. a., followed by Sunday school.
The meeting of the Ladies Aid of the North
Congregational church, to have been held with
Mrs. Frank Wiley. January 14th, was postpon-
ed to Wednesday afternoon, January 21st.
The services for the week at the Meth
odist church will be as follows: This.
Thursday, evening, the prayer meeting; Sum
day, at 1890, morning worship; Sunday school
at IL M; evening service at Z. p. m.
At meeting of the Ladies' Social Aid Of
the Universalist church. held Wednesday, Jan.
7th, Mrs. Ida Weber was elected president;
Mrs Eugene L. Cook. vice president. and Mrs.
Frank G. Mixer, secretary and treasurer.
The services at the North church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this, Thursday, even
ing at 7SO; Knights of King Arthur, Friday
evening at z; morning worship Sunday at l045;
Sunday school at IL M; C. E. Prayer meet
ing at $50 p. m.
At the annual meeting of the Trinity Re-
formed church, East belfast, Jan. 9th, parish
supper was followed by the election of officers.
Peter Olson and Frank Strout were elected
deacons, A. K. Fletcher and Roscoe Black.
elders, and Mrs. Roscoe Black. treasurer.
The services at the Baptist church will be as
follows: Prayer meeting this. Thursday, even
ing; morning service Sunday at 10.45 a. M;
Sunday school at IL o'clock. All who do not
attend Sunday school at any other church are
cordially invited. Christian Endeavor at $50
and evening service at 7.30 p. m.
The Universalist Sunday school will present
in the near future typical old fashioned
country school in the church vestry and the
scholars will do stunts in readin', spellin' and
iggerin' and also show their knowledge in
some of the higher branches. The school,
master will be of Eye old time" style and will
not spare the rod if needed. The committee
will visit the school during the evening and
e xamine the boys and girls in the three Rs
The annual meeting of the Universalist paf-
ish was held last Tuesday evening. A delicious
supper was served by the ladies', and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Moderator, George
E. Johnson; clerk, Charles E. johnson; treas
urer Giles G. Abbott; parish committee. Giles
G. Abbott, Selwyn Thompson, Charles s. Blck-
ford, Frank l. Wilson, William B. Woodbury.;
assessors, W. A. Swift Edmund Wilson; trus-
tees George E. johnson. Charles F. Swift, Fred
W. Pote The annual reports were encourag-
ing. All bills are paid and there is a balance
in the treasury.
Rev. Francis E. Clark, president of the
Worlds Christian Endeavor Union, sailed last
week from Boston on his 18th foreign journey
in the interests of the Christian Endeavor
movement These journeys have involved
more than 100000 miles of travel. Five OF
them have been journeys around the world
and have taken him to Australia, South
America, South Africa and all parts of the
Orient. since Christian Endeavor societies -four
ish in all these countries. Mrs. Clark sails
with him to Italy and will attend Christian
Endeavor conventions in Spain. France and
England,
An interesting illustrated lecture on "The
War; Like Zulus" was given in the North Con-
gregational church last Sunday evening. The
lecture was prepared by DR.. Patten, one OF
the secretaries Of the A. B. C. F. M, and was
read by Rev. D. L. Wilson. The views were
shown by H. M. Prentiss. and the artistic and
beautiful coIoring added not a little to the IN
terest. They were well selected with view
to emphasizing the subject matter OF the lee
ture. The native round huts in their "kraals.
the natives in their fantastic and scanty cos
tunes, the attractive mission stations and
schools, and the contrast between the savage
and the Christianized natives, were all shown
together with fine views of Durham and
and other places in Southern
Africa where the board has. after its 70 years
of work, at present 10000 native Christians,
and about 24O, 900 adherents.
Poilyanna.' The Glad Book, by Eleanor II
Porter. was the subject last Sunday evening
of the last in the series of talks on good books
by Rev. Arthur A. Blair at the Universailst
church. The book breaches the gospel OF
gladness, good cheer and optimism. Polly
anna, the little girl heroine of the story, is the
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