The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-23
The Churches.

The Churches.
The Unitarian and Universalist societies
will unite in the regular morning service next
Sunday in the Universalist church. Rev. A.
E. Wilson will preach; subject. "The Reality
of the Unseen"
Congregational Church: Morning worship
and sermon Sunday at 10.45, subject of SER
mon. IA Serious Adventure" Bible school at
noon. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
ogy." Rally day of the Bible school will be
held Sunday, Oct. 3rd
Next Sunday morning at the Baptist church,
preceding the sermon, there will be short
service for the Juniors and the junior quartet
will sing and Mr.. W. N Lower play clarinet
solo. Rev. W, F.Sturtevant will preach the last
sermon before his departure to his new
charge. His subject will be "Friendship," In
the evening there will be fellowship service,
to which all the churches are invited, and in
which all the pastors of the city will take
part
The Baraca class of the M E. Sunday school
held their annual meeting Monday evening,
Sept. Goth, with their teacher, Rev. Horace B.
Sellers, at the Methodist parsonage Clarence
F, Hall was elected president; Harry A, Glenn
ents, vice president; Byron Salter, secretary
and treasurer; Fred Seward, membership COM
mittee; Charles Getchell, social committee;
Samuel Durost, visiting committee; Frank
Roberts, practical work committee. 1t was
voted to use money in their treasury for re-
pairs in their room in the vestry and to Coop
crate in the fund for ge neral church work and
parsonage repairs.
At the Methodist cnurcn next Sunday morn
ing Rev. Horace B. Sellers will speak on
"Great Small Things" Services will be held at
the Woods schoolhouse at 2 80 p. m. In the
evening there will be Union Fellowship ser
vice at the Baptist church. Thursday even
ing at 73O the regular prayer meeting and at
8 80 the probationers' class will meet. Friday
evening at 73O there will be meeting of all
boys over IL years of age who are interested
in the formation of Boy Scouts Troop,
Monday evening at $50 there will be an i'm
portant meeting of the official board.
Services were held in St. Margaret's Epis-
copal chapel for the first time at 4 p. m. Sum-
day, Sept. 18th, when an even song was con-
Quoted by Rev. Henry Jones of Camden. The
organ, loaned for the occasion, was presided
over by Miss Clara Palm of Brookline, Mass
and there was congregational singing. The
only permanent furnishing in position was the
altar and altar rail, which are of oak to blend
with the chapel finish. They were the gift of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Cross johnson. Seats
were loaned from the Opera House but it was
necessary to bring in plumber of chairs to &C.
commodate the Unexpectedly large attendance.
Among those present from out of town were
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Plummer and Mrs. Palmer
Cobb Of Philadelphia, summer residents OF
Camden. R. w. Porter of Boston and Port
Clyde. who designed the chapel. has been call
ed to the Chair Of Architecture in the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. If the
weather permits a service will be held next
ing.
Rev. ]. F. Johonnett. pastor of the First I'm
iversalist church. Auburn. recently celebrated
his 29th anniversary as q minister. In these
20 yearf Mr.. Johonnett has never missed one
of his services on account of sickness. Mr..
Johonn ett is great friend of the boys. One
day he met little chap and entered into con-
versation with him. He asked the boy what
his name was. The boy, Yankee fashion, re.
turned "what's yourn?" The minister re-
piled, "My name is Johonnett." The boy
thinking he was being guyed, replied, "Mine's
Joe Bumblebee.''
At largely attended meeting of the Win.
throp street (Augusta) Baptist church and
parish held Wednesday evening, Sept. 18th, q
unanimous invitation was extended to Rev.
E. S. Philbrook of Sanford to the pastorate ol
the church. MIR. Philbrook is AZ ears of age
and is now serving his eighth year in Sanford
pulpit. Previous to his Sanford pastorate, he
was for eight years pastor of a Belfast
church. Mrs. Philbrook is a very active church
worker and is especially fortunate in her gifts
of personality and capability which make hel
always very successful in working with chill
dren.--Kennebec Journal.
Mr.. Phibrook has accepted the call'and will
enter upon his new pastorate Nov. LIST.