The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-12-17
The Churches.

lhe churches.
Mrs. Clement W. Wescott sang in the Uni
tartan choir last Sunday, substituting for Miss
Katherine C. Quimby, who spent the week
end with friends in Augusta.
The Christian Scientists hold services in
their hall, 127 Main street, Sunday morning at
II o'clock. and Wednesday evening at 7.30
O'Clock, to which all are welcome.
The services for the week at the Baptist
church will be as follows: prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening; morning service, Sunday
at 10 as a. M; Sunday School at noon; Chris
tian Endeavor meeting at CSC and evening
service at Z 80 p. m.
There is still great interest in the meetings
of the Mems Forum which meets at the Univer-
salist church Sundays at noon. The general
theme for discussion is the European war The
subject next Sunday will be, England's Stake
in the War. All men are cordially invited.
At the Baptist church Sunday morning in
place of the regular junior sermon the prizes
for the Junior church attendance and coopera-
ular sermon in the morning will be "Christmas
joy and in the evening "Chrstmas Giving
At 2.30 p. m. Mr.. Sturtevant will preach at
Saturday Cove, Northport, on "A Glad Christ
mas Day."
At the Methodist church next Sunday Rev.
Horace B. Sellers will speak in the morning
on Goods Christmas Gift" and in the evening
on God or Myth" At 2 p. M Mr.. Sellers will
speak in the chapel at East Northport. Friday
evening at o'clock the choir will rehearse
and at o'clock the Bible class will meet. A
cordial invitation is extended to all to attend
these services.
League business meeting was held at the
M. E. church Tuesday evening and it was de-
cided to hold membership contest. lasting
until the first Monday in February. The losing
side will entertain the winning side. Miss La
verne Whitten and Charles Getchell were
elected captains. 1t was also voted to hold
public installation of the League officers some
Sunday evening in January. The League will
provide the program and refreshments for the
hour preceding the watch meeting.
ToHoWiuS 10 ehC ~ oh oA IhS AhASiS W pS
given by the choir at the Christmas services
in the Unitarian church next Sunday morning:
Organ Voluntary, "Romanza," Mozart
Anthem, "Hymn of Nativity" Stewart
Tenor Solo, "If with all your Hearts,"
from "Elijah," Mendelssohn
Mr.. Arthur johnson
Sleeping" Gilbert
Carol. "Silent Night" Gruber
Organ Postlude, professional March" Kinder
The choir, Miss Katherine c. Quimby. sopra-
no; Miss Caroline G. Hatch. contralto; Mr..
Arthur N. johnson, tenor; Mr.. Leon A. Beck
with, bass: Mrs. Leon A. Beckwith, organist.
First Congregational Church. Rev. Haraden
S. Pearl, pastor. Christmas Sunday, services
as follows: 0.45. morning worship and sermon;
subject, "The Dream of The Ages" II, Bible
School; 4 D. M, special Christmas exercises of
the Bible school in the Church, taking the form
of the white Gift Christmas" There will be
special music and exercises, and brief address
by the pastor; subject, 1.-The King of Kings"
The public is cordially invited to this service.
At $50 p. M, the Young Peoples meeting.
Thursday at 730 M, prayer meeting; subject,
1.-THE Advent of The Child" The meetings of
Castle North are deferred until Friday, Jan.
9Th.
The service at the Universalist Church next
Sunday morning will be especially interesting
and appropriate to the season. The pastor
will preach an appropriate sermon for Christ
mas and the choir will render special Christ
mas music. The pastor asks that all interest,"
ed in the church bring Christmas present
tor the church in the form of extra Christmas
offering, This was done last year with good
results and it is the desire ofsthe pastor that
it be done this year. Following is the musical
program:
Voluntary, Hallelujah Chorus, Handel
Carol. Sweetest Music, Softly Stealing, Simper
| Anthem. Wake, o Judean Land, Hall
| Anthem, Glad Angel Voices, Ashford
Response, He Shall Feed His Flock, Wilson
Christmas Postlude in A, Thomas
Mrs. K. P. Frost, Soprano; Miss Emma Skay.
| Alto; Mr.. Luther Hammons, Bass; Mrs. II. A.
Drinkwater, Organist.
| The Woman's Missionary Society of the Bap-
tist church held their annual meeting Dec. 9th
with Mrs. Walter J. Clifford. Officers and
committees for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: President, Miss Maude E. Mathews;
vice president, Miss Grace H. Hayes; secre-
tary, Miss Carrie M. Greenlaw; treasurer. Mrs.
Charles E. Rhoades; program committee, Miss
Mathews, Miss Frances A. Sargent, Mrs. War
rem A. Nichols; membership committee, Mrs.
Walter F. Sturtevant, Mr.. N. A. Sanborn,
Mrs. George Holt and MIS-. George D. Ma
honey. The book. 1.-The New America" read
during the year, was finished and the reading
was followed by an interesting discussion.
Later in the evening the hostess served pine
apple whip, waters and cocoa. Miss Grace d.
Hayes acted as secretarytpro tenn in the abb
sence of Miss Carrie M. GreenlaW.
| The annual meeting. of the Baptist church
| Thursday evening, Dec. 10th, was well attend
| ed. Rev. Walter F. Sturtevant presided
and the reports Of the various officers
and committees we're read and accepted. Each
was most encouraging and showed continual
growth and increase in oil departments Of the
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