The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-07-15
THE CHURCHES

At st. Margaret's Episcopal chane,
next Sunday there will be a morn;n -
prayer and sermon at 10.45 a, HI. nv Rev
ID. NJ. Brookman, D. D., priest in charoe
Services at Mason's Mills church will
be held Sunday at 1890 a. m. with
preaching, followed by the Sunday school
At the Trinity Reformed church there
will be preaching at 2.S0 p. m, followed
by the Sunday school. Rev. William
Vaughan, pastor. Tel. 221.21,
METHODIST CHURCH. Peoples Meth
odist Church, Rev. Charles w, Martin.
pastor; parsonage, No. 7 Court St: tele,
phone, 2l3.11. Sunday morning preach
ing, TO- Sunday school, IL M Evening
service at 7.3O. Prayer meeting this.
Thursday, evening at 730.
Pieter Johannes Vivier, native Boer
and student at Yale College, who is
canvassing in this city, spoke at the Bap-
tlst church Sunday on the English-Boer
War and present day conditions in South
Africa. He says he plans. after COM
pleting his education here, to return to
his native country.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev,
George Z. Sauer, pastor; residence, 13
Cedar; telephone, 1911. Services con-
tinued throughout the summer at the
usual hours: Sunday 1915 a. m. and 7.3O
p. M; with Bible school at IL o'clock and
Christian Endeavor at 63O Mid-week
service on Thursday at 730.
The pastor is the preacher on Sunday
and day of interest is planned ''The
Unapproachable Rainbow Brought Near"
will be the morning theme. In the even
ing Or. Charles M. Sheldon's present day
allegory, "The Devil and the Man." will
be given. Splendid music. An orchestra
leads the singing in the evening. The
public is cordially invited to these ser
vices. Service at Saturday Cove at 2. 30
O'Clock.
Waldo Lodge, l. o. o. F., and Aurora
Rebekah Lodge were special guests at the
Baptist church last Sunday morning in
observance of Odd Fellows Memorial
Day. The pulpit was prettily decorated
with ferns, syringa, and lilies, with pam
sizes massed at the top and their banner
and flag were hung back of the pulpit.
The pastor, Rev. George c. Sauer, well
coined the fraternities, telling what the
Orders stood for, their ideals and the
good work they had accomplished, COM
pairing it with that done by the church.
He delivered an inspiring address on "The
Miracle of Friendship" taken from the
Bible Lessons of David and Jonathan ard
the story of The Good Samaritan At the
close he read the names of the members
of the lodges who had died during the
year. There was large delegation pres
ent.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. A. c. Elliott, pastor; parsonage, 26
High street; telephone, 1874 Morning
worship al 1045 Church school at noon
Evening service at 7 80. Mid week ser
vice Thursday at 7.3O The service at
this church last Sunday morning was
well attended. Quite number of visit
ors were present, some from far-aWay
Montana, Utah and Texas, as we'll as a
contingent from Augusta and friends
from Vermont. The pastors theme was
"The Law of Compassion" 1t was
handled in Mr.. Elliott's usual forceful
style and grpped the hearts, fired the i'm
aginatlon and stirred the deepest emo
tons OF the congregation. 1t was pow
erful utterance and is not likely to be
soon forgotten by those who had the
privilege of hearing it. For those who
enjoy strong, virile preaching, North
Church is the place to 60 Mr.. Elliott
ls d lllouClH lJdI Will HlSSSdSc lOI
these stirring days. He has passion
for humanity and goes right to the heart
of things. He is in vital touch with the
great movements of the present age. He
understands and sympathizes with the
spiritual aspirations of the multitude.
His sermons are strong, forceful, vital
izing and compel the respect of thought
full men and women. Visitors in Belfast
and vicinity will do we'll to attend his
services. They will find in them some
thing that braces man up and sends
him out into the common life of the
world with deep longing in the heart to
"play the game" remembering that "We
live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not
breaths, in feelings, not in figures on a
dial; we should count time by heart
throbs: he most lives who thinks most,
feels the nobest, acts the best"