Covenanter Witness Vol. 53 - Rparchives.org

HOPKINTON: On August 1 the BriefCovenant was taken and signed by themembers of the Hopkinton congregation.The pastor had preached a series of sermons on covenanting prior to the meeting of Synod, and it was felt by thesession that the more suitable time tosubscribe to the covenant was at an earlydate. Asi at the Conference at Grinnell, itwas a solemn service.CAMP FERNWOOD: Fernwood washeld as usual this year from July 2 untilthe 9th. Although these dates created ahardship for some of our most faithfulworkers because of the Grinnell Conference following so immediately, we feelthat we truly had a very successful camp.Our theme was "In the beginning,God."based on Genesis 1:1, and centered around the creation of the Universe. This program was quite differentfrom the previous years and provedunique and effectual. Studying God'sinnumerable little creations out-of-doorshelped us realize how great He really is.We had an average attendance of 41for the entire week. The Camp FernwoodCommittee feels that thisi was a veryprofitable year in the spiritual development of all who attended and are lookingforward to an even richer 1955 campseason. Please put our campprayer list.on yourOn Monday evening, August 2nd, Imoderated a call in the Bear Run-Mahoningcongregation. Licentiate MiltonHarrington received every vote on thefirst ballot. The congregation is veryanxious that he will accept this call.R. C. FullertonOn Friday evening, August 6,a callwas moderated for the Topeka congregation which resulted in the election ofRev. Willard McMillan to be their pastor. We are praying for God'si guidancein his decision.D. R. TaggartRecent visitors in PORTLAND havebeen Mr. and Mrs. Paul McEnderfer ofDenver, visitingwith Miss Iris Hutcheson, Mrs. Porter of Philadelphia, in thehome of her daughter, Mrs. Tom Chambers), and Mrs. Mersereau of Cambridge,in the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. D.Carson.ROSE POINT: We had a good delegation to the Grinnell Conference and themembers gave interesting reports on theirreturn. Rev. T. R. Hutcheson and sons,Martin, Harvey and Dean, Mr. and Mrs.Harry McElwain and daughter, Linda,94Misses Beryl Brown, Rose Munnell andMary Jane Wilson.ORLANDO: The July meeting of theSenior W.M.S. was held at the home ofMrs). Calderwood with the President Mrs.E. N. Harsh in charge of the meeting.CENTRAL PITTSBURGH: MaribelMcKelvy entered the Presbyterian Hospital for her internship on the 1st ofJuly and we are thankful for her continuous interest and labor in the Lord'swork.The new address of Rev. J. G. Vos andfamily is 415 31st Street, Beaver Falls,Pa.On July 19 Misa Iris Hutcheson wasreceived into the membership of thePORTLAND CONGREGATION by certificate from the Denver congregation.We welcome her into our fellowship.YOUNGSTOWN wasGrinnell by Louise and Marilyn Marrepresented atshall, David Lathom, Murry Bishop,Charlene Bokesch, Glen, Marilois andLinda George. Also our pastor to be,John Tweed.CENTRAL PITTSBURGH: Centralwas certainly blessed by the Lord thisyear; a total number of 16 were able toattend the Grinnell Conference. The spiritof the Convention was excellent, whichwas evident bythe reports given to thecongregation on the 1st of August, theHoly Spirit was working in response tothe hundreds of prayers that had beenoffered prior to, and during, the daysspent there. There is every reason to believe that this Convention, featuring thesigningof the "Brief Covenant of1954"will mark a new era in the CovenanterChurch.ROSE POINT: We were pleased tosee Rev. Melville Martin andfamilyfrom Seattle, Washington. Rev. Martinpreached on July 25 to a large and appreciative audience. The family madetheir headquarters at the home of Dr.R. A. Blair and Anna while they werehere. On their return to the west coast,they were accompanied by Mrs. BruceMartin.CENTRAL PITTSBURGH: Althoughwe do not hold evening services duringthe months of Julyand August, we wereprivileged last Sabbath, July 25, to conduct an out-of-door service in the WestPark where the various denominations ofthe North Side unite for their eveningsummer meetings. We were extremely enthusiastic with this opportunity to witness to them what Christ meant in ourlives by our praises in singing of thePsalms and the testimonies givenbysome who were newly established in theChristian faith. This climaxed the testimonial morning service that the eldersconducted during the absence of our pastor the week previous, leaving the impressions on the minds of those present,old things must pass away to behold allthings new in Christ.HOPKINTON: The Rev. Kermit Edgar kindly consented to preach for theHopkinton congregation on July 25 whilehe and his family together with Mrs.S. E. Greer were vacationing and visitingat the home of Mr. C. K. Greer. We appreciated his splendid message.GENEVA COLLEGE has appointedWilliam Henry Russell of Eureka, Illinois, as Assistant Professor of History.Though born in Bloomington, Indiana,he received his education in Chicago,Illinois, public schools, the University ofChicago High School and received hisA.B. and M.A. from the University ofChicago. He then went to the Universityof Wisconsin where he was given hisPh.D. degree. While serving in WorldWar II with the Army Air Force he tookaPre-Meteorology course at HaverfordCollege, Haverford, Pennsylvania. A sergeant, he was in service three yearsi andthree months and six months of this timewere served in Korea. Before coming toGeneva he was an instructor in SocialScience, Woodrow Wilson Junior College,Chicago, Teaching Assistant in History,University of Wisconsin, and AssistantProfessor of History, Eureka College,Eureka, Illinois. He is an Elder of theChicago Congregation of the ReformedPresbyterian Church; He is a memberof the Mississippi ValleyHistorical Association. Prof. Russell is our columnistfor Current Events in The CovenanterWitness.PORTLAND: Mrs. Huffsmith recentlyher brothers in Palo Alto, California.returned from a two weeks visit withDuring the latter part of July, MissIsabelle Chambers was in Ashland, Oregon, teaching in a summer workshop atthe Southern Oregon College of Education.CLARINDA: Congratulations to Martha Caskey who was graduated fromGeneva College in June. Her parents,Mr. and Mrs. Howard Caskey and sister Glola attended the commencement exercises.CENTRAL PITTSBURGH: We findquite a few members this month vacationing from our congregation : We wouldassume the Youngs highly recommendVan Bureau, N. Y., for a summer's va-THE COVENANTER WITNESS