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Church News
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NOTICE
Will the ministers or clerks of sessions
please foreward the certificate of their
delegate to Synod to D. Howard Elliott,
207 Darlington Rd., Beaver Falls, Pa. as
soon as possible.
PORTLAND
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Chambers on the birth of
Thomas Parker Chambers,
who arrived
on Mother's Day, May 8, to gladden the
hearts of his parents and three sisters.
Prayer Meeting Topic Cont. from pg 333
ment was against the prince of this
world and gave the Holy Spirit the
means of convincing the world of judg
ment.
Through the centuries the Spirit has
convinced many of judgment and led
them to choose the reproach of Christ
before the pleasure and honor of this
world. To this day He convinces many
more of the blessing of serving Christ
for His rewards, rather than the world
for those which it offers (Matthew 6:
24).
From Recent Books
(Continued from page 329)
world, instead of an ambulance corps,
bringing up the rear as it so often seems
to be, Communism probably would never
have been born.
From THE SECRET OF EFFEC
TIVE PRAYER
by Helen Smith Shoemaker
(Fleming H. Revell Company)
If evil were stronger than God, He
would never have sent His Son to show
us how to overcome it. God in His wis
dom knew that evil could be defeated.
God in the person of His Son faced the
cruel facts of evil and pain and death
unflinchingly for us. The crucifixion was
the seeming triumph of evil, and God
allowed it, but the resurrection was
God's secret weapon and with it He tri
umphed by demonstrating His power to
replace evil, suffering, and death with
the creative force of love and life. The
resurrection tells more about God and
His power to overcome evil than any
other event in history.
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From THE SECRET OF EFFEC
TIVE PRAYER
by Helen Smith Shoemaker
(Fleming H. Revell Company)
The Session of the CAMBRIDGE Con
gregation wishes to place itself on rec
ord as commending the Report of the
Committee to Evaluate The Revised
Standard Version as found on page 114
of the 1954 Minutes of Synod. It de
serves the careful examination of every
one interested in Bible Study. The re
port is signed by Delber H. Elliott, Les
ter E. Kilpatrick, Robert K. Mc
Conaughy.
William S. Ramsey Jr.
Clerk of Session
The death of Mary Kenwill recalls an
episode of sixty years ago. A group of
eleven-year olds in a schoolroom were
discussing the merits of their respective
churches. Mary, whose family belonged
to Central Allegheny, stoutly maintained
the superiority of the Covenanter
Church (she did not call it Reformed
Presbyterian). Mary had something that
lasted. Arthur W. Calhoun, Sterling.
ATTENTION
Those within driving distance of Spar
ta, Illinois, Welcome to our Worship
Services! Daylight Saving Time in ef
fect through September. Old Bethel
Church on Route 154, near Houston.
Sparta Church, 401 N. Vine Street.
Those coming from the west cross the
Mississippi river bridge at Chester. Sab
bath School, Old Bethel, 10:00 A.M.,
Sparta 1:30 p.m. Worship Service, Old
Bethel 11:00 A.M., Sparta 2:30 p.m.
Pastor, Rev. John M. McMillan.
NEW YORK CITY
On May 1 Dr. F. M. Wilson preached
for us in the absense of Rev. Henning
who was assisting communion for the
Mercer Congregation.
May 6 we held the annual congrega
tional meeting. Encouraging reports
were given by all departments of the
church work and the following officers
were elected: W. K. Metcalf, Chairman
of Congregation; Adele Newell, Secre
tary of Congregation; Trustees (3 year
term) Margaret Little, Theo. M. May,
Allen Murphy and Bert Whitehead; Mrs.
W. K. Metcalf, Congregational Reporter;
Miss Lola Weir, Agent for Covenanter
Witness; Bertha Singenwald, Social
Chairman.
ALMONTE, CANADA
A social evening
was enjoyed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bowes on
March 25. The evening was spent play
ing
various games. When refreshments
were served birthday
cakes were pre
sented
to John Morton and Clarence
Bowes.
The March meeting of the W.M.S. was
held at the home of Mrs. James Morton.
New Officers for the year are as fol
lows: President, Mrs. James McGregor;
Vice President, Mrs. F. F. Reads; Sec
retary, Miss Rose Ellen Burns; Treasur
er, Mrs. John Morton.
OAKDALE
My apologies to Rev. C. E. Caskey. He
did not preach for Oakdale but Rev.
Wylie Caskey did.
Dr. A. J. McFarland was with us Sab
bath April 17 and brought the morning
message. That evening a large group
went to Sparta to hear Dr. M. K. Car
son who was assisting Communion at
Sparta and Old Bethel.
The following Sabbath, April 24, Rev.
E. Raymond Hemphill held Communion
services here. All the meetings were
very well attended. The spirit-filled mes
sages were enjoyed and very helpful. A
number from Sparta and Old
Bethel
were present for the Sabbath evening
service.
Mrs. Preston Carson and children
visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Harsh of Sidney, Ohio, and Rev. and
Mrs. T. F. Harsh in Cincinnati.
Rev. Walter Magee was present to
preach for us May 8 and plans to be
with us the following Sabbath also.
TOPEKA
Rev. R. H. Martin supplied our pulpit
April 24 and Mr. A. L. Anderson, mana
ger of The Topeka Bible Store, spoke
to us on behalf of the Gideons in our
morning service, May 1. That evening
Mr. C. E. Thomlison, former police chief
in Hot Springs, N. M., brought us the
message.
Our sympathy is extended to Miss Ma
bel Holmes in the death of her sister,
Elma, who pased away April 20.
Mr. Lloyd McElroy has undergone sur
gery and is making good recovery.
Mr. Knox Carson has been confined to
the hospital, but is now home. He is
quite weak, however.
It was with deep regret that we bid
farewell to Misses Emma and Mary Mc
Farland who have gone to make their
home at the Aged People's Home. Their
prayers, faithful interest and service will
ever be remembered by the congrega
tion. We wish them well in getting set
tled in their new location.
QUINTER
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Faris and children
returned home on April 20, after making
a one week trip to Phoenix, Arizona,
where Rev. Faris helped with Commun
ion Services. They also went through the
Carlsbad Caverns, and other points of
interest.
THE COVENANTER WITNESS