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this"price."pleasure."devil."(Matt. 13:27, 28). "All sin is of thePeter's rebuking of Christ andhis denials of Christ and all the sins ofsaints and servants of God recorded inscripture were of the devil. And all therighteous things done by any.person areof God. The fruit of the Spirit is thework of God just as much as the fruitsof an orchard are the work of God. "Being confident of this very thing, that hewhich hath begun a good work in you willChrist."perfect it until the day of Jesus"It is God which worketh in you both towill and to do of his goodW. M. S. DepartmentMrs. Ross Latimer. Editor,Prayer Hour, 1:00 P.M. MondayW.M.S. TOPIC FOR NOVEMBERrich""The Blessing of the Lord makethProv. 10:22.1. God, the Giver of gifts: James 1:172. God's Blessing on Fruitfulness : Psalm92:13, 143. Eternal riches: 1 Timothy 6:17 to 19."We are not our own, we are boughtwith a Every sincere Christianacknowledges this. If then we are Christ's,all that we have is also His. God givestime, talents, energy, material possessions, opportunities, ability to get wealthand eternal life. God has placed the material things of this world in our handsthat we may use them to build the spiritual. Man attaches great value to the material,God places great value on thespiritual. We are stewards of all our gifts,not for our own selfish purposes but forthe building of Christian character."There is that maketh himself rich, yethath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor yet hath great riches."We are to invest our lives, our time,our talents, our material possession inthe Master's service. If we do we will beenlarging our own lives and character aswell as of others. What spiritual gifts webestow on others does not take from,but rather adds to what we already haveand increases our capacityto receivemore. In the exact proportion that weenjoy the Christian life here, likewise weshall enjoy the life that is to come. Weare developing our soul life here forthe hereafter. God will bless all the efforts we make to speak or write for Him,also our artistic and business talents thatare used in His work. He will bless us bygivingus the consciousness that we arereally living; we, will have the JOY OFLIVING.The world looks on the external, Godlooks on the eternal. He has promisedeternal riches. We leave our earthly possessions behind us and go to enjoy theNews BriefsALMONTE: Rev. and Mrs. F. F.Reade spent their holiday with theirdaughter and son-in-law, Rev. and Mrs.T. Wilson of White Lake. The Wilsonsreturned to Almonte with them for ashort visit.SANTA ANA: September 4 Mr. AlexBarnes was surprised on his 88th birthday, when his former neighbors ofOrange, came with their picnic lunch andgifts. They had a merry time on thebeautiful lawn, in the shade of a largewalnut tree, the birthdayinence.cake in promCOLLEGE HILL: Dr. and Mrs.Charles M. Lee enjoyed a brief visit withhis sister, Miss Louise Lee, lately returned from India where she has been amissionary for many years. We were gladto have her say a few words in our prayermeeting.ALMONTE: Miss Oreta Everett hasarrived in Canada and has secured aposition in Ottawa.CLARINDA, IOWA: William JohnMorrow was baptized at Clarinda at theSabbath morning service September 12.His brother, Robert stood upfor the baptism.with himALMONTE: A social was held onOctober 1and Edna Scott.at the home of Miss LillianDENISON: All members of the fiveJunior classes were present on PromotionDay, September 26 to participate in thedemonstration of their class work. Smallawards were given. Teachers of theseclasses are: Mrs. Merlin Wing, Mrs.Clarence Wing, Miss Annetta Knowles,Mrs. M. W. Dougherty. Copies of a comprehensive plan of memorywork fromAge 3 through the Ninth Grade were given to parents and teachers to be usedbeginningOctober 1.SANTA ANA: The Rev. Jas. Carsonwas our guest preacher August 22.treasures we have laid up."For what do you live?GetFor what you get,Or what you give?you must,If you would give;Giveyou must,If you would live;For getting without giving;Is existing, not living;Then GET and GIVE and LIVE."KATHERINE M. CARSONAll orders for WITNESS COMMITTEE TRACTS should now be sent to:David M. CarsonGenevaCollegeBeaver Falls, Pa.ALMONTE: The weekly ball gameswhich are held at the home of Mrs. S. J.Burns R.R. 1Carleton Place during thesummer months were brought to a close -on the evening of Labor Day, September6 with a weiner roast held at the Traverse Coates' cottage on Mississippi Lake.GENEVA:Promotion Day for ourSabbath School was held October 3. TheBeginners Class, which includes all thosewho are not in school, recited their versesand Bible questions besides singing threepsalms with motions. Seven of thesechildren were promoted to the Primarydepartment. They included Billie Hemphill, John McNaughton, George Householder, Jeffry Metheny, John Metheny,Jimmy Dunlap, and Libbie Fallon.Catechism questions were the order of theday for the rest of the classes and theywere well recited. Going from Class Ito Class II in the Primary Departmentwere Rachael Fallon, Richard Piper,Ruth McCready, Roberta McNaughton,Barbara Dana and Gregg Metheny. Promoted to the Junior Department wereElaine Bell and Freddie Lathom. Twofrom the Junior Department were promoted to the Junior High Class, DavidWillson, Jimmie Resinger and MarilynHemphill. We might add here that theselast three classes are divided by gradesin school. Class I students are in 1st and2nd grade. Class II in 3rd and 4th and theJunior class is grades 5 and 6. The JuniorHigh group is grades 7, 8 and 9. Read onfurther to find out about our system ofawards.ALMONTE: Visitors at the W. R.White home during August were MissBierer of Greenberg, Pa., Mr. and Mrs.John Mitchell ofMahoningDavid Bruce of Detroit.and Mr.COLLEGE HILL: Mrs. A. A. Wylieprobably takes the prize for long rangevacationing this year, having traveled toAlaska and back with Mrs. J. S. Tibby.Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wagoner take theprize when it comes to dinner parties.During the month of September they entertained the Men's Club, and RedpathMissionary Society and the Dodds BibleClass with supper meetings at their lovely country home. It is not much wonderthey took another week of vacation inCanada the latter part of the month.254COVENANTER WITNESS