Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

Project of Missionary Transportation isbeginning to come in.BELLE CENTER,OHIO: Those whoattended the Grinnell conference fromour congregation were: Dr. and Mrs. M.K. Carson, Mrs. J. M. Coleman, James,Alice Templeton; Misses Ruth Shaw andRoberta Rambo; Arthur McClure, Mr.and Mrs. W.Ann and Jacele.J. Keys and daughtersMORNING SUN: House guests ofMrs. Elizabeth Baird were the Rev. andMrs. D. Howard Elliott and girls; theRev. and Mrs. D. H. Elliott, also Mr.and Mrs. William Walkinshaw and MissSadie Baird of Superior, Nebraska, whowere called here by the death of Mrs.Mabel Baird. The congregation waspleased to have them worshipAugust 1..with usBELLE CENTER, OHIO: Our oldestmember, Mr. D. C. Wickerham celebrated his 97th birthday August 4.WALTON: Rev. and Mrs. SamuelBoyle, Scott, Margaret, Patricia, andGladys are visiting Mrs. Boyle's mother,Mrs. Orlena Robb. Rev. Boyle is tospeak at the Union service on August15.BELLE CENTER, OHIO: On August11 after prayer-meeting a social washeld on the church lawn. It was in theform of a "Hamburg Fry." Rather coolweather for this time of year, but wasenjoyed by all present.MORNING SUN: Miss Cora NettieSamson of Washington, Iowa, suffereda stroke Saturday and died the following Tuesday, August 3. She taught inrural schools and cared for her parents. She was a life-long member ofthe Covenanter Church in Washingtonand MorningSun Congregations. Shewas interested in the causes of temperance and reform and had a greatlove for children.BELLE CENTER, OHIO: Dr. andMrs. M. C. Mitchell of Providence, R.I.,and Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Ross of Urbana,Illinois, visited a few days in the homeof Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Keys. Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs Keys and Mrs. Ross aresisters.TOPEKA: While the Rev. J. E. McElroy and family were vacationing herewith other members of the J. J. McElroy family, he was called home toMorning Sun by the unexpected deathof Elder Zenas McMurtry. Mr. McMurtry was apparently recovering satisfactorily from a surgical operation (doublehernia), but a blood clot brought theend on August 16. Many of you will remember Mr. McMurtry as the elderfrom the Morning Sun congregation atthe Grinnell MeetingAugust 25, 1954of Synod.BELLE CENTER, OHIO: Rev. andMrs. M. W. Martin and daughters andMrs. D. B. Martin of Seattle, Washington, stopped over night July 28 ontheir way west in the home of Mr. andMrs. R. H. Reed. Mrs. Martin is aniece of Mr. Reed.WALTON: We are glad to have Rev.and Mrs. Hill and children with us againafter threeweeks'absence.BELLE CENTER, OHIO: We arehappy to have Mrs. M. K. Carson backhome again after spending a few weeksin the home of her son Rev. and Mrs..James Carson. Our prayers are for acomplete recoveryson's health.of Mrs. James CarWALTON: A very successful community Vacation Bible School was heldin Walton this year, July 12-23. Theenrollment was 301with an averageattendance of 239. This was the largestVacation Bible School ever held in ourtown. Two members of our congregationwere teachers.BELLE CENTER, OHIO: Mr.EdwinForsythe of Ft. Worth, Texas, wascalled to Belle Center, Ohio, for thefuneral of his mother, Mrs. J. B. Forsythe.MORNING SUN: Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hutcheson, and daughters Harriet Ann and Connie and Mr. and Mrs.Walter Hutcheson spent a few days on atrip to Glenwood Minnesota where theyvisited relatives.BELLE CENTER OHIO: Mrs. Robt.D. Edgar and sons of Philadelphia, Pa.,were guests at the parsonage recently.They are visitingrelatives and friendsenroute to the conference at Grinnell,Iowa.YOU ARE INVITEDThe Editor wishes to give public acknowledgement to a letter from Rev.David T. Lauderdale, minister of theAssociate Reformed PresbyterianChurch of Lexington, Virginia. Mr.Lauderdale's letters are always welcome;first of all because of their warmfriendly expression of love for ourchurchand our paper and for thePsalms which he uses exclusively inhis own church and promotes influencein their favor everywhere he goes. Mr.Lauderdale's letters are always welcome;because he sends an invitation to thewhole Covenanter Church to visit intheir Church any time we are travelingin his direction and the route on whichhe lives is not onlyof historical interest but is the beautiful valley of Virginia,an additional attraction to theopportunity to visit Mr.Church.Lauderdale'sMr.Lauderdale's letters are of interest too because he encloses $10.00for the subscriptions for himself and histhree minister sons: W. C. Lauderdale,George S. Lauderdale and David T.Lauderdale, Jr. and for his son-in-law,Jack F. Heinsohn. This kind of letterwe like to get from outside the churchand especiallythat comes alongwith the commendationwith it. Anotherreason we like this letter from Mr.Lauderdale is that he sends us a number of his church bulletins from whichwe glean such things as the following:"A great and glorious day given by ourLord to our Church; 348 people attended our Sabbath School and 427 attended our morning worshipon the lastLord's Day. A letter to the boys andgirls: 213 of them trained by the 28teachers in our Daily Vacation BibleSchool, gave an inspiring All Bible Service, Bible recitations and Bible songs,the Psalms. Then follows the number ofyoung people who recited perfectly the,Church Catechism and others who recited the Child's Catechism. Six newmembers were added to the Church onthat day. 11 Children baptized in thelast 12 Sabbaths. Two couples marriedon one day, June 19. This makes 2,142persons who have honored our pastorby choosing him to perform their weddings. That from one bulletin. In anotherbulletin he mentions 3 funerals from hismembership and this makes 1,119funerals our pastor has conducted. Thisadvice follows "What a vast multitude!our friends and loved ones who oncelived in our communityand now aregone! We all will leave this earth andmeet God, whatever you expect to dofor Him and give to Him you must doit now or never."I must work theworks of Him that sent me while itis day, the night cometh when no mancan work. John 9:14.Thank you Mr. Lauderdale and wewill be very glad to accept the invitationif at all possible and we hopeit will be possible for our folks to meetyou.SOCIAL PROBLEMAsserting that liquor consumption isthe greatest social problem in Americatoday, far graver than communism, theRev. John W. Keogh of Philadelphia,president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America,declared tothe group's eighty-first annual convention: "Communism in America is yetonly a threat to our life, liberty, andpursuit of happiness, but the drink problem isnot something threatening toundermine our social status and life. Itis a tremendous, active, eternal, visibleforce causing havoc and chaos."125