The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-03-11

ing at 10.45, "Failures That Are Sue
cesses."
METHODIST CHURCH. Peoples Meth
odist Church, Rev. Charles W. Martin,
{ pastor; parsonage, No. 7 Court St; tele-
phone, 213.11. Sunday morning preach
ing, 10.45; Sunday school, IL m. Evening
service at 7.3O Prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening at 7 80
FIRST UNIvERsAL1sT CHURCH. Rev.
George C. Boorn, minister. 1O.45 a. m
morning worship and sermon by the pas
tor. The sermon will be the third in the
series on Universalism and the Needs of
the World. Topic, Our Thought of Christ
the Saviour of the World. Sunday
school will meet at noon. All welcome.
! NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. A. c. Elliott, pastor; parsonage, 26
High street; telephone, 1914. Morning
worship at 1915, with sermon by the
pastor, afteF-which holy communion will
be observed. All members are urged to
be present and new members will be re-
ceived. Church school at noon. Mems
Forum at IL Is p. m. Strangers cor
daily invited. Stereopticon lecture next
Sunday evening at 7.30 Subject of lee
ture, "The Foregleams of Liberty" A
collection will be taken to defray expense
of hiring slides. Everybody welcome
The Freehold Transcript, N. j., gives
an extended and interesting account of
the installation service of Walter T.
Hawthorne as minister of the Presby-
terian Church of Englishtown, N. j.,
Thursday evening, Feb. 26th. The exer-
cises were very impressive and included
greetings from the High street church in
| Newark he has so recently served. At
the close of the service a reception was
given to the pastor and his wife by the
congregation IN the chapel of the church.
Refreshments were served and very
pleasant social hour closed the evening.
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev.
George c. Sauer, pastor; residence, "a
Miller street; telephone, 1854. The Sab
bath services of this church are held at
| TO- As and 7.30; the Bible school IL o'clock
and the Christian Endeavor meeting at
$50. The mid-week service is on Thurs
day at 7.30. and is a popular rallying hour
for the people and church. Pastor Sauer's S
Sabbath sermon themes are as follows:
At 1O.45, Cup and Down the Mountain
Trail;" at 730, eyes and No." scenes in
the Drama of Luke eight. The prelimi-
nary steps toward organizing the Young
Mems Bible Class will be completed at
the noon hour Sunday. This class is un-
der the direction of the pastor and is
alive with interest. Committees have
been appointed for presenting form of
organization and a list of officers The
highest record for enrolment, attendance
and offering is now held by the large or
ganized classes conducted by Mr. Foster
and Mrs. Robertson, each numbering
about 35 members. The young men are
planning to enter a three-cornered con-
test with these classes for points in at
tendance, enrolment and offerings. The
midweek service this evening will be
under the direction of lay leadership.
Laymen have been appointed to present
the program, care for the music, and ad-
vertise the meeting and something inter-
esting and profitable may be expected.
/ The public is invited.
| The fourth quarterly conference of the
Belfast Methodist church was held last
| Friday evening in the church parlors,
with Rev. Albert E. Luce of Bangor, the
District Superintendent, presiding. The
reports of the departments showed the
church and society to be prosperous and
enthusiastic. There was large attend
ance and it was unanimously voted to ex-
| tend an invitation to Rev. Charles W,
Martin to return for the fourth year as
pastor of the church. 1t was also voted
following officers were elected: Trustees,
Messrs. W. A. Macomber, C. E. and Ed
win Frost, Ralph A. Bramhall, E. E. Rod
erick, F. o. Roberts, Mrs. Alice c. Bram-
hall, Mrs. Georgia T. Dow and Mrs. Mary
S. Whitmore; stewards, Mrs Bramhall,
Mrs. Sarah E. Stewart. Mrs. Whitmore,
Mrs. Clarence E. Frost, Mrs. Ellen M.
Cressey, Mrs. Clara E. Cottrell, Mrs.
Ella Whitten. Mrs. Nellie Pierson, Mrs.
Dow, Misses Lena Sanborn, Leverne
Whitten, Annie Going, Lora Maxcy,
Messrs. C. E. and Edwin Frost, George
Curtis and Frank Downs; recording stew
ard, Mrs. Clarence E. Frost; district
steward, Edwin Frost; communion stew
ard, Mrs. Whitmore; custodian of deeds,
C. E. Frost; Sunday school superintend-
ents, C. E. Frost and Miss Going; presi-
dent of Ladies' Aid, Mrs. Whitmore;
president of Dorcas Guild, Miss Bertha
Whitten; members of Laymen's Associa-
ton, Edwin and c. E. Frost and Mrs.
Bramhall; apportioned benevolences. C.
E. Frost. Mrs. Dow and Mrs. Bramhall:
foreign missions, Mrs C. E. Frost. Miss
Ethel M. Frost, Mrs. Evie e. Wright;
home missions, Miss Eva Wight, Miss
Going, Miss Pierson; SUNDAY schools