The Republican journal., 1920-03-18
THE CHURCHES

Prof. Frederick R. Sweetser of Sears
port will be the organ list at the Unitarian
church next Sunday.
UNITARIAN CHURCH. First Parish,
Minister, Rev. A. E. Wilson. Preaching
service at 10.45 a. M; church school at
noon. Sermon subject next Sunday morn
ing, "Observing Lent" All cordially
invited.
METHODIST CHURCH. Peoples Meth
odist Church, Rev. Charles w. Martin,
pastor; parsonage, No. 7 Court St.; tele-
phone, 213.1l. Sunday morning preach
ing, 1o.45; Sunday school, IL m. Evening
service at 7.30. Prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening at 73O.
FIRST UNIvERSALIsT CHURCH. Rev.
George G. Boorn, minister. 1915 a. m.
morning worship with sermon by the
minister. Topic: Our Thought of the
Bible; fourth in the series on Our Uni
versalist Thought. IL m. Sunday school,
Mr.. Walter Lyons, superintendent.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev.
George c. Sauer, pastor; residence, "a
Miller street; telephone, 145-4. Sabbath
services of worship, 1915 and 7.30; Bible
school at IL o'clock; Christian Endeavor
meeting at $50. Mid-week service
Thursday at 80. Pastor Sauer's Sab
bath sermon themes are as follows: morn
ing, "Olivet, Few Steps from Jerusa-
lem;" evening, Jealousy; Tragedy of
Offended Love-" At the services on
Sunday there will be several 4 minute
talks on the New World movement by
appointed minute men and women. This
church invites strangers in the city and
those without church home to its vari-
GUS services and solicits their cooperation
in its manifold ministry of service. The
Parish Forward Movement Supper will
be held on Friday evening, March 26 at
$50 in the vestry. This will be "Get
Together" occasion and everyone con-
nected with the church in any way is
heartily invited to be present. Covers
will be laid for $50 guests. A nominal
charge is made of Is cents for adults and
10 cents for children, so that everyone in
the family may come without incurring
too great expense. Those not otherwise
solicited may bring bread, cake or pastry.
At the post-prandial exercises there will
be series of rapid fire talks by men
from abroad and by several leading citi-
zens, regarding things vital to our homes,
schools, churches and the world at large.
Easter Vesper Service: Palestine Com
mandery, No. IA, X. T., will attend Eas-
ter services at the church on Sunday af-
ternoon, April 4th, to which all branches
of the fraternity and the public in general
are cordially invited.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. A. c. Elliott, pastor; parsonage, 26
High street; telephone, 1914 Morning
worship at 10.45, with sermon by the
pastor, subject: ''The Disciples Re-
quest" Church school at noon. Mems
Forum at IL. Is p. m. Strangers cor iial-
ly invited.
The stereopticon lecture on ''Fore-
CLEANS of Liberty at the North Church
last Sunday evening was well attended,
the church parlor being filled with an in
terested and appreciative audience. Many
of the pictures shown were very beauti-
full, but their chief attraction lay in their
historic value. Pictures of the great
leaders of the Reformation in Germany,
England, Scotland, Switzerland, France
and Holland were shown and the out
standing facts of their lives were related.
These men were the spiritual forerunners
of the Pilgrim Fathers and some knowl-
edge of their lives a nd work is necessary
10 proper understanding of the move
ment in Europe which eliminated in the
sailing of the Mayflower and the landing
of the Pilgrims on these shores. Next
Sunday evening at 7.3U the second lecture
of the series will be given, subject: THE
Pioneers of Congregationalism." Beau
tiful pictures will be shown dealing with
some of the most momentous events in
modern history. Collection to defray
expenses. Everybody welcome.
Last Sunday morning at the North
Church the topic of discussion in the
Mems Forum" was "The League of Ma
tlons." The subject was introduced bv