The Republican journal., 1922-06-01


Trinity Reformed church Sunday at Q 80
D. M, with sermon by Rev. William
Vaughan. Sunday school will immedi-
ately follow.
I At the Universalist church next Sun
day morning there will be preaching SER
vice by the pastor, Rev. VIM. Vaughan.
Sunday school at noon. All cordially
invited to these services.
The baccalaureate sermon to the Senior
class of Belfast High school will be given
next Sunday morning at the Methodist
Church by the pastor. Rev. c. w. Martin
The music for this service will be furnish
ed by the Colby College quartet. Every
body welcome.
Rev. William Vaughan, for the past
eighteen months the most popular pastor
of the Universalist Church, astounded
his parish last Sunday by reading his
! resignation. His work as pastor of the
Trinity Reformed Church and other duties
were given as the cause of his act. He
also has been preaching in Swanvile
The Universalist parish voted unanimous
ly to use all it's influence, including an
extension of his summer vacation, to
have him withdraw his resignation. In re-
sponse to inquiry Wednesday it was
learned that Mr.. Vaughan's resienati ion
was not accepted and that he will con
tinue his pastorate.
METHODIST CHURCH. Peoples Meth
odist Church, Rev. Charles w. Martin,
pastor; parsonage, No. 7 Court St.; tele-
phone, 213.1l. Sunday morning service
at 10.45. Sunday school, IL m. Evening
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Thursday, evening at 7.3O
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev.
George c. Sauer. pastor; residence, IS
Cedar. Telephone 123. III. Sabbath SER
vices at 1O:45 and 1850; bible school at
IL; Young Peoples Hour, $50; evening
service, 7:30.
The Ordinance of the Lords Supper
will be administered at conclusion of the
morning worship next Sabbath. Sermon
theme: "The Beautiful Gates of Life. 4"
At the evening service there will be
special music by chorus choir and by
various soloists. The address of the even
ing: "As the Mountains are Round About
jerusalem" will be profusely illustrated
by views of the glorious mountains of the
Holy Land with their wealth of hallowed
memories. The public is cordially invited.
Engagements Monday evening group
meetings of the Boy Scouts and Rangers.
Wednesday, the Lincoln Baptist Associa-
ton meetings at Rockport. Address at
the afternoon meeting by the pastor of
the church, 'rhy Kingdom Come" This
church will report S225O raised for current
} expenses for the year; $3.50 for Sunday
school work; Si039 for missions at home
and abroad; with splendid organizations
for ha ~
people and the boys and girls. The out
look for the ensuing year is encouraging.
Thursday evening mid-week service
'The communion service; what it means
to me-"
The Federated Church: Rev. W. F.
Skerrye, minister; residence, 26 High
street; telephone, 86-4. Please do not
fail to telephone the minister of any case
of illness or distress where his service
may be helpful. Sunday morning SER
vice of worship at 10.45; sermon topic
"a Day in June" A cordial invitation
is extended to all. Here let no man be
stranger. whatsoever thou art that en-
terest this church, leave it not without a
prayer for thyself, for him who ministers
and for those who worship here" We
are all prone to follow the line of least
resistance. That line, in the actual ex
perience of walking, is down hill; so it is
in the actual experience of thinking and
doing There is a certain evasiveness in
US all when the eternal verities are con-
cerned. We wish to turn the channel of
inquiry in another direction. Like naughty
children being rebuked by their parents,
we wish folks would talk about something
else When men ask, SIS the Bible True2''
they are not thinking of the Ten Com
mandments, the noble interpretations of
the law found in Deuteronomy. those
great song sections Of the Psalms, CXIII-
CXVlII and CXX-CXXXVI, known re-
spectively as the Egyptian Hallel and the
Great Hallel. or the Beatitudes and the
Sermon on the Mount; but of Jonah and
the whale, or the Flood, or the Genesis
story of creation. 1t is almost thrilling
to consider what would have become of
the average amateur critic of the Bible
had it not been for Jonah. When men
warmly dispute about the second coming
of Christ, as a strong party in one great
protestant denomination is now doing,
they are fearfully liable to forget that he
came once, and that there are certain
things about that we do know.
The case reminds one of a certain fa-
nous passage in Taine's History of Eng
lish Literature, concerning Charles the
First of England When his enemies ac-
cused Charles of violating his oath as a
king, his friends said that he was kind
husband and a good father; when his ac-
cusers declared that he had betrayed the
interests of the English people, his
friends answered with the counter declar-
alton that he said his prayers every morn.
ing; and when his accusers sought to in
dict him for many overt acts of hiRf
treason against the laws and the people
of England, his friends defended him
with the assertion that his manners were
always those of perfect gentleman.
If man will try to obey such parts OF
the Bible as he knows to be true, he vii
have no time to be troubled about the othel
parts. Similarly, we know nothing abou,
Christs second coming; but we do know
that he lived on earth once and that WI
have the record of that life. Ii we try
to make that life our own rule of thought
and conduct; if we try. as he did, to make
love to God and our neighbor the con
trolling principle of our lives, we shal
probably experience no undue anxiety
about b second coming.