The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-01-06
The Churches.

There will be the usual services at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday morning. Com
munion will be observed after the morning
service. Sunday school and Forum at noon,
A union service of the city churches Will be
held in the Opera House next Sunday evening
with special music. Rev. A. E. Wilson, Uni
tartan, will be the speaker.
At the Unitarian church next Sunday morn
ing Rev. A. E. Wilson will take for his subject
"Being Born Again" Mr.. Wilson will preach
the sermon at the Union meeting at the Opera
House next Sunday evening.
The Baptist church and society will give
reception to their new pastor, Rev. J. W.
Richardson and wife, at the church vestry
next Tuesday evening under the direction of
the social committee. The local clergymen
and their wives will be invited. Refreshments
will be served and there will be an orchestra.
At a meeting of the standing committee of
the North church held recently, Rev, Haraden
S Pearl was granted six weeks vacation, dur
ing which time he will take much needed
rest. He will procure substitute to look
after his pastoral duties during his absence
and his many friends and parishioners hope
that he will return to them at the end Of that
time greatly improved in health.
1t is getting to be very interesting ques-
ton in Episcopal circles who will succeed the
late Bishop Goldman as Episcopal bishop OF
Maine, Another attempt to choose bishop
will be made this month, but this week very
well informed layman expressed the opinion
that there will again be no choice because the
two great factions in the church will st1nd Tor
their own candidate. Very Rev. DR.. Frank L.
Vernon, the dean of st. Luke's cathedral, IS
still understood to be the choice of the High
Churchmenz and 2 ~. II n n
sets, of the Low church element. Portland
Cor. Bangor Commercial.
The Methodist churches at North Pownal and
West Durham, which have been without
pastor since the resignation Of Rev. S. Milton
Beckwith the last Sunday in November. are
now in charge of 19-year-od boy, Earl R.
Sleeves of Fairfield, a prominent attn etc at
Colby College, having beenbssigned to the |
pastorate. Mr.. Sleeves for tWFyears has been
one of the varsity pitchers. has also been
connected with the Taconnet fam of Water
Vile and other semiprofessionsteams IN that
section of the State.
Rev. and Mrs. j. W. RichardA arrived last
Saturday from Stamford, Cd, AM have ,
taken rent in the E. S. Pitdr house on ! ,
Northport avenue. Mr.. Richaeo occupied ! {
the pulpit of the Baptist churfas sunday 4
morning, preaching fine serni frora John
IL, 9th verse, "For Jesus SaA)nly Mr.. I,
Harry H. Upton also assisted he service :,
At the evening service Mr.. RI rdsoa took o
for the subject of his sermon, 1.-THE World =,
on the Up Grade or Down Gra" good | -,
audience was present at both sets. -
The Woman's International 4 Class of an
the Baptist Sunday school heldfr annual re
meeting in the vestry last Mod eveninp. si'
The reports of the year were M ncourag- ee
ing The following officers we're d. Presi- wa
dent, Mrs. H J. Morris; vice pr nt. Mrs. tn,
Roy E. Young; secretary, Mrs. CD IL. Rob.
ertson; treasurer, Mrs. Fred H. ~; chair de,
man of visiting committee, M1 alter j. lat
Clifford; chairman social commttSs Rob- Ed
ert P. Coombs, chairman of feption Wa
committee, Mrs. George D. Mahoq zoo
At the Methodist church next morn aho
ing Rev. Horace B. Sellers will "Re- mai
membering Jonah's Whale ard F hg his mar
Message and at 2 p. m. will the ard'
Woods schoolhouse. The church attend SIDE
the union service in the evening #hnior stail
Epworth League will meet In at whit
3 o. m. Sunday. Thursday even 80, and
prayer meeting, and at $50 eiec eele-
gates to the convention, follow be
class. Fri day evening at 7.30 the ass
will meet at the parsonage. Tues hng
at 100, business meeting OF rth Do'