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grown!"<br />
Church News<br />
DISAPPOINTED YES.<br />
A few weeks ago I called for volun<br />
teers who were willing to take a dare.<br />
There was some response, but not such<br />
as I had hoped. For one thing I asked<br />
those whose lives had turned a corner<br />
because of some scripture verse. I had<br />
supposed that nine out of ten Christians<br />
could answer that one, and would for<br />
the sake of Him who had given them<br />
that grace. There were some who did<br />
respond; one out of ten Well, if so,<br />
things are looking bad! Either folks<br />
have been deaf to the voice<br />
of the<br />
Spirit, or they are not ready to "speak<br />
a good word for Jesus Christ."<br />
There was a call also for those who at<br />
some time had been challenged by some<br />
word other than a verse from Holy<br />
Writ, for God oftentimes uses the pres<br />
ent day prophets to awaken sleeping<br />
saints. Here again there were signs of<br />
life, but most of the bones didn't even<br />
rattle. Surely at some<br />
time in your<br />
life some word fitly spoken engraved it<br />
self in letters of gold on the silver<br />
screen of your memory. The light-meter<br />
registered, but how feebly!<br />
I called for the pictures of your pre<br />
school children. I meant any child that<br />
had graduated into swaddling clothes,<br />
or more mature garments. At almost<br />
any gathering<br />
where there are parents<br />
whose quiver is filling up with arrows,<br />
one may see parents and grandparents<br />
opening pocket-books filled with snap<br />
shots just back from the photo-finishers,<br />
proudly displaying and comparing the<br />
pictures of yesterday with those of the<br />
day before "Just see how they have<br />
row are worthy<br />
Surely these leaders of tomor<br />
of a picture in the<br />
church paper. The mail was not clogged<br />
as I expected, or was it When thy son<br />
asketh thee in, days to come, "How does<br />
it come that my picture did not appear<br />
in The <strong>Covenanter</strong> <strong>Witness</strong> along with<br />
my contemporaries Were you ashamed<br />
me"<br />
of How are you going to answer<br />
those accusing eyes for your dereliction<br />
in duty Please don't try to shift the<br />
blame on the Editor no longer able to<br />
defend himself with the real facts in<br />
the case. That would be cowardly! I<br />
give you one more chance on all these<br />
and other matters I dared you to do.<br />
We published a testimony last week<br />
that came. We will have room for yours<br />
soon. "As you shall give your account<br />
on that last great day<br />
.<br />
350<br />
.<br />
Editor<br />
MID-WEST PRESBYTERY ORDAINS<br />
AND INSTALS REV. MILTON<br />
HARRINGTON<br />
Midwest Presbytery convened at the<br />
Hebron Church, Idana, Kansas, at 2:00<br />
o'clock on May 17, 1955.<br />
In the absence of the moderator Rev.<br />
Bruce Stewart, Rev. Wiley Caskey or<br />
ganized the court, and was elected mod<br />
erator pro tem.<br />
The action of the moderator and clerk<br />
in calling this special meeting was sus<br />
tained, and the steps were related by<br />
the clerk.<br />
Trial Pieces of Licentiate Milton L.<br />
Harrington were given in a very able<br />
and acceptable manner. The vote on the<br />
Trial pieces and the Examination were<br />
all unanimously sustained. Dr. Paul<br />
Wright was elected traveling fund<br />
agent.<br />
Court took recess with prayer by Rev.<br />
M. L. Dougherty to re-convene at 8<br />
o'clock.<br />
After a bountiful dinner and social<br />
time, the court was called to order and<br />
re-convened with prayer by Rev. Har<br />
old Harrington.<br />
Greetings from friends and former<br />
pastors were read.<br />
The adherence of the congregation to<br />
the call was unanimous, and Mr. Har<br />
rington gave his acceptance.<br />
The prescribed Queries were pro<br />
pounded by the clerk.<br />
Rev. Paul E. Faris gave the Ordina<br />
tion Sermon from John 15:16 "Ye have<br />
not chosen Me, but I have chosen you."<br />
The ordination prayer was offered by<br />
Dr. Frank Stewart.<br />
Rev. Milton Harrington was wel<br />
comed to the Midwest Presbytery, and<br />
the terms of communion were signed<br />
by him.<br />
The address to the pastor was given<br />
by Rev. M. W. Dougherty and the one<br />
to the people by Rev. R. W. Caskey.<br />
In the receiving line of welcome for<br />
the new pastor were his parents Mr.<br />
and Mrs. Hugh Harrington of Johannes<br />
burg, Michigan, his brothers Rev. Har<br />
old Harrington of New Castle and Gor<br />
don Harrington, recently<br />
Korea, his brother-in-law Lie. Don Fel<br />
ker and his cousin Glen McFarland, en<br />
returned from<br />
route to California soon to be installed<br />
as minister at Santa Ana; these were<br />
greeted by members of the congregation<br />
and a large number of friends and sev<br />
eral ministers from local churches were<br />
present to extend greetings.<br />
Paul Wright, in be-half of the Pres<br />
bytery, thanked the Hebron congrega<br />
tion for their generous hospitality.<br />
After adjournment of the court, the<br />
newly installed pastor pronounced the<br />
benediction, and a coffee hour followed<br />
for those who were leaving for their<br />
homes at a distance.<br />
GENEVA COLLEGE<br />
The Reformed Presbyterian Synod to<br />
be held at Geneva College, beginning<br />
June 8, comes at the conclusion of sev<br />
eral weeks of intense activity at the col<br />
lege.<br />
Starting with final examinations May<br />
27, the campus will be host to a whirl<br />
wind of events. Highlight of the usual<br />
before-graduation flurry is the Alumni<br />
Association's Diamond Jubilee, week<br />
end, June 4-7.<br />
The association has a gala program<br />
scheduled to celebrate the 75th anni<br />
versary of its founding. The event will<br />
begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, with<br />
registration in Old Main. At 1:30 p.m.<br />
meetings of reunion and honor classes<br />
will be held in Old Main. Honor classes<br />
are 1895, 1905, and 1930. Reunion class<br />
es are 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1909, 1910,<br />
1911, 1912, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1947, 1948,<br />
1949, and 1950.<br />
The day's activities will continue with<br />
the association's annual business meet<br />
ing in the Old Main chapel at 3 p.m.<br />
Alumni President Howard C. Emrick<br />
and Dr. Charles M. Lee, president of<br />
the college, and their wives, will hold a<br />
reception for alumni, students, and<br />
friends in McCartney library beginning<br />
at 4 p.m.<br />
The climax of the busy day will be<br />
the Diamond Jubilee dinner in the Hotel<br />
Brodhead ballroom at 6:15 p.m. Con<br />
gressman Robert J. Corbett will be the<br />
principal speaker. Presentation of the<br />
Life<br />
"G"<br />
Awards will be made.<br />
and Distinguished Service<br />
Special alumni services will be con<br />
ducted at 11 a.m. Sabbath morning. The<br />
annual Baccalaureate service will be<br />
given in the college chapel at 8 p.m.<br />
Sabbath evening. Dr. A. J. McFarland,<br />
Sterling, Kans., class of 1924, will deliv<br />
er the sermon.<br />
Rev. McFarland's subject will be:<br />
"The Price of an Ideal."<br />
Alumni will hold a reception for the<br />
graduating class of 1955 at 8 p.m., Mon<br />
day.<br />
Commencement exercises will be held<br />
in Reeves field at 10 a.m. Tuesday.<br />
Charles Lee Austin, president of Jones<br />
and Laughlin Steel corporation, will<br />
give the commencement address. Hon<br />
orary degrees and prizes will be award<br />
ed.<br />
THE COVENANTER WITNESS
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