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Joe, Armour and Robert MacFarland,
cousins of the bride, sang "I Love you
Truly,"
90th Psalm.
"Bless This Hou.se,"
and the
Members of the bridal party were
Mrs. Howard Mann of Wichita, sister
of the bride, Matron of Honor; Miss
Maralee Towse, Hutchinson, brides
maid; and Miss Melody McFarland,
junior bridesmaid. Messers Dick Miller,
Robert Brook and Gene Saxton attend
ed the groom. Ervin Young, and John
McFarland and Robert McFarland,
served as ushers. Taper lighters were
Masters David Young, and Marlin Mc
Farland.
At the reception in the church base
ment Mrs. A. J. McFarland, Mrs. Er
vin Young
and Miss Ruth McFarland
of Wichita presided at the serving table.
Following a wedding trip to New
Orleans, the Marshalls are now at home
in Sylvia, where Allen is a mechanic.
Nancy, who is a graduate nurse, com
mutes thirty miles each day to Hutch
inson Grace Hospital where she works
in surgery.
FRESNO
The Pacific Conference Dates
are changed now to July 16 to
23. We hope and pray that many of
our people will plan their vacation to
coincide with these dates.
Our pastor went to a good bit of work
in preparing the 1955 calendar for every
home of the congregation. All import
ant meetings for the year are to be
found on the page of each month's cal
endar.
We are enjoying the Book of Ephes
ians this month, reading it every day,
and hearing it expounded from the pul
pit on the Lord's Day morning.
Mrs. Martha Margaret McNeil
The Los Angeles Congregation has suf
fered the loss of one of its members in
the passing of Mrs. Martha Margaret
Chambers McNeil, who died on Novem
ber 26, 1954, in the Hamilton Sanatarium,
Los Angeles. Her husband,
James Renwick McNeil, preceded her in
death in February, 1936. Mrs. McNeil
was born at
Morning Sun, Iowa, and at
an early age united with the Reformed
Presbyterian church and remained a
faithful and devoted member until her
death. After her marriage Mrs. McNeil
husband lived near Morning
Sun, later moved to Hopkinton, Iowa,
then to Regina, Canada, and in 1924
and her
moved to Los Angeles, California. Left
to morn her loss are three sisters, Mrs.
S. F. McElhinney, Burlington, Iowa;
Mrs. F. B. Tibbitts, Hopkinton; Mrs.
C. T Death, Vancouver, Canada; two
br^.itre, Jonn S. Chambers, of Van
couver, Washington, and T. George
Chambers, Glendale, California, and
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many nieces, nephews and friends. Mrs.
McNeil was always faithful and devoted
to her Lord, her church, her family and
friends; she loved her Bible and was
faithful in her attendance at the church
services whenever health permitted.
Dr. E. G. Russell was in charge of
the services and interment was in Val
Hall cemetery,
Burbank.
MISS MARY JANE PATTERSON, a
member of the OLD BETHEL congrega
tion for 78 years, answered the heavenly
call on Sabbath evening, January 9,
1955, at the age of 92. Miss Patterson
was active in all work of the church and
was a faithful Sabbath school teacher
until her death. She was greatly inter
ested in temperance work and served
as local and county president of the
W.C.T.U. for a long period of time. For
six years she worked in the Jewish
Mission in Cincinnati, Ohio. She will be
missed by her relatives and a host of
friends. Two brothers survive,
Edwin
Patterson of the Old Bethel congrega
tion and Dr. Harvey G.
Morning Sun, Iowa.
Patterson of
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Discussion:
(Continued from page 77)
1. How may we increase our faith
2. What causes men to lose the faith
which they
once had
3. Is faith an exercise on man's part,
or is it a gift from God
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That we may
faith.
all grow in the life of
That as a church we may have faith
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