Covenanter Witness Vol. 55 - Rparchives.org

Beatitudes for a HousewifeBlessed is she whose daily tasks area labor of love, for she transforms dutyinto privilege.Blessed is she who mends socks, andtoys, and broken hearts, for her underis the healing balm for humanstandingity.Blessed is she who serves laughterand smiles at every meal, for she shallbe blessed with goodness.Blessed is she who preserves the sancitityof the Christian HOME, for hersis a sacred trust that crowns her withdignity.Anontude think happy and love thoughtstowards others. Try doing new thingsand finding new friends.START NOW Save your future, Risefrom the inevitable and let GOD buildfor you a great future-even from theruins of and unhappy failure.Instructions for woman in the dark:Take treatment (Psychoanalysis) threetimes a day giving time and carefulthought to each step for gaining light.Increase frequency of steps that helpyou most each day as light filtersaplicationmarvelous light will dawnthrough. By careful and prayerfulintoyour life.Church NewsWOMAN IN THE DARK is a moderndrama in which Liza, brilliant youngheroine with a magnificent career, isgoing to piecesno one knows why.Through psychoanalysis her past is reproduced and all significant experiencesback through her life are brought tolight, and when she sees herself clearly,she is able to work out her life for ahappyEveryand wholesome future.woman in the dark does nothave the money for a psychiatrist toreproduce her cradle days, but everyonecan find light by putting herself whollyin God's care. ,Suggested steps:Pray ask God to give you light andtrust Him to answer.Searchthe Bible for helpful verses.Seek light from these verses.Yearn for God's touch continuallytrusting He is giving you light.Confess your sins to God. If youfeel like confiding your problems, findan understanding friend. This will helpyou relax and feel calm.Holdfast to your faith in God. Hewill help you find your rightful placein life and in service for others.Only Godcan help you. Obey Hiscommands. Build your life on worthwhile activity only busyHAPPY women.Ask Godto helpwomen areyou in every needand thank Him for every blessing.Never give up. You can win no onecomes by happiness and success naturally.Arisefrom the ashes of your selfpity. Learn to distinguish between theunreal dark world of your worries andthe real world that needs you.LAUGHat yourself at least once aday. Long as you can laugh there isHOPE.Yieldbe teachable. Relax your tensions-casting your care on HIM.Study yourself in the light of pastexperiences that have caused youworry, fear, or other unhappy emotionsreaction.Improve yourselfyour appearanceyour habits your thought your atti-July 20, 1955OUR HOMEOn Friday the 17th of June thePerrysville Women's Christian Temperance Union had their annual June meeting at OUR HOME. After the meetinga porch party was held at which punchand cookies were served. Most of ourladymembers attended. It is averydelightful affair each year, and alwaysthe visitors express pleasure at our informalityand charm.That same evening the Juniors ofthe First Beaver Falls congregationentertained our members with songs,scripture reading, and recitation. Theyserved punch, candies and cookies. Howrefreshing to our members to have theseyoung people interested enough to comeso many miles to visit them and entertain them. Do it again, 1st Beaver Falls,for you brought much joy!On Sabbath afternoon at 4 o'clock theReverend Dr. Voss preached at OurHome. A splendid sermon, so much appreciated and enjoyed. Dr. Voss is Headof the Bible Department at Geneva.Dr. and Mrs. Voss had supper with themembers after the services, much to thedelight of the members.The same Sabbath evening Dr. RemoRobb brought to Our Home the StudentTraining Class that have taking a courseat our seminary. These young folks toldof the course, its purposes, and itshopes, and presented Christ to ourmembers. What a blessing to have suchyoungpeople! And from reports fromthe young people (many of whom hadnever been in Our Home before) they,too, received a blessing and went awaywith a larger vision of the work of OurChurch.Manyof our members have been onvacation, some now are, and others willbe. We will tell you about this again,but now: OUR HOME BOARD ISPRAYING, OUR MEMBERS AREPRAYING, ARE YOU PRAYING FORTHE BUILDING COMMITTEE GIVETILL YOU REJOICE.Pittsburgh, 28, Pa.GREELEYSabbath, July 10th, seemed to behomecoming day at Greeley. We werevery happy to have Dr. S. Willson,our former pastor, as our speaker atthe evening service, and to have hisfamily in our midst once more. We alsorejoiced to welcome home the John Edgars of Sharon and Ray Wilcox family ofBeaver Falls. Other summer visitorsfrom many of our Covenanter congregations have been welcome guests. Weinvite visitors to "Colorful Colorado" toworship with us here in Greeley.Mr. and Mrs. Joe McFarland and Billof Sterling have been living here thissummer as Joe attends Colorado StateCollege.Our Pastor and his familyvisited inSyracuse, New York prior to the meeting of Synod. During his absence theRev. Paul White and the Rev. BoydWhite supplied our puplit very acceptably.At our Children's Day Service thisyear, awards were given to the winnersin our "Fishers of Men" Sabbath SchoolContest. Miss Margery Johnson receivedthe individual award, and Miss MarjorieMcClurkin's Class received the classaward; the awards were given for bringing the most visitors. On this occasionour Superintendant, Mr.Philip Kennedy, presented gifts to each of the teachers in the Sabbath School in recognitionof their faithful service over the years.After each class presented its program,our Pastor preached an illustratedsermon.The church bowling team wonthesecond half of the league and the playoffs to take the church league championship.Mrs.John McCloy passed away onFriday, May 13th. The funeral was heldon Monday, May 16th here in Greeley;interment also was local. Our Pastorconducted the services. In the providenceof God, Mrs. McCloy lived a long anduseful life. She was ever faithful to herLord, her Bible,and her church. Wecovet your prayers for Mr. McCloy inthis time of sorrow. "Who can find a45