Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1886-01-21


Select Reading, Miss Laura Slick.
Vocal Solo, NJ lss Flora Gil s,
Address, Rev. II. Wisslcr.
Quartcttc, The Unseen City,
Defamation, Rev. Stoncr.
Miss Eta Anlers presided ct the organ
and also rendered in admirable style % clos
ing solo.
Brief sketch Of our Society.
The following sketch of the society by
Miss Firor is furnished MS io' publication
through the kindness of the pastor Of the
church.
Nothing comes by chance but ctfr IS,
follow causes with absolute certainty, even
in the lesser a!Tlirs of life. The pcriou OF
belief in chance has passed away or only cx-
lists in untrlorcd minds. CHRISTIANS nc
knowledge the over ruling power o! God in
all things others unwiingly reaiiz' it, sker-
tics and inhlcs seek to establish natural
causes for al! effects, thereby proving that
faith in chance is decreasing
Tonight we bow to our audience in the
first anniversary services Of trc Ladies Aid
Society of Trinity Reformed church, and al
though We are Of late origin, snd only claim
u place among the humble l"lngs of life, we
urc not here by chance.
During the evening of ID c. 81, 1879, nc
cordlng to previous notice -j2cn at the in
stigation of Mrs. H. WisSlo;, the members
Of this church met ut the parsonage to con-
slider the cXpcdicncy Of org .nlzing a society
for the general benefit of the congregation
and the special benefit of THIS church.
Ga motion Rev. H. Wisser was called TO
preside with ID $ Firor rs Secretary. On
motion committee Of ipl'r W., Rev II.
Wisslcr, }. r. Firor, Mrs. IL. Wise(cr and NJ
g. Fror was appo,ntcl by the people to
draft a constitution and by Inv, for the gov
eynmrnt of the association which We rcsJly-
ell to enter into.
On the eth Of JanuHry 1850 another meet
ing WAS held at the plrsonagr, when a for
nal organization with constitution and b.
laws WAS established, with Rev, II. Wisslcr,
Pres; Mrs. II. Wisslcr, Ncc-lres; Mrs
Jas Macklcy, Treas; NJ. b. Fl;ur, sec; and
y. :. Firor, Mrs VIM. Ljdir AMI Miss ,Icn
ME Gcrnani on the Standing committee
Our society then consisted of seventeen
members. At the expiration of six months
oar society numbered forty-two, Al the
end of the year ~e had made gain of TWEEN
ty-ninc members, had paid ont e'g't EN- dol
lars for libraries besides some MONIES for the
in the treasury. T. somc these statements
may Seem too small to he mentioned, but
they verify m, asset ton that We arc humble
Neycr!u rrsB We have the consciousness of
Knowing In" "WiADw's Nit" o3,,inel tie
blessing Lrtely oar society las revived in
interest Tlrr is u commcn1a lie desire to
make e. ch meet ny more attractive, conse
Qucn,y the literary exercises are qUNc
pleasing and entertaining
During the last SIX months we have al-
del twelve new members which is encour
giDg. Since our organization "c have en-
rolled scyrn,y.thrco members but change of
residence has caused some names to be
erased and lhtls We lose their support. But
this docs not discourage us, as changes, for
better or worse occur in c7rry undcrEak-
ing.
For one thing however we a." thankful,
Culy one OF our number has We called to
cxrhang" an earthly for II heavenly home
~ / ~ "a ~,
mts,ivr to the Divine clirt.
Six years have cyccd rolnd snd joined
the long caravan of by gone age since We
began to exist as a society. By consulting
the Trea,urcr's bool; We lind that in this
line more than one hundred aud fifty dol
lars have been collecte bv this method of
saving the nickcls every month. OF this
amo mt more than one hundred aud twenty
dollars have been expended fer ) s. Librar-
les, church debt and many Ote"r church pur-
poses Now though these + gNrcs may ne
only as a drop in the bucHot' financially,
yet they dare not he dcsp,ted for little
DROPS of water make the mighty ocean -
We have done what we coa!t and from
small beginnings grow largr r"su!ts often
times However we will be satisfied if the
future maintain the prescrt -tandard.
Then another advantage g,nod by being
united in society is the social spirit that
arises from the unity of purpose. Nothing
draws individuals so closely toy' thcr as hay
ing hopes cent,rcd in the same project.
The motto of our beloved United States of
America "E Plurihus Unum' from
many-should he ours. ct us have one
desire, the good of our society and church,
though our names and dispositions are
many. Let us be united in endeav0rlng to
make our society a benefit to our church, to
our companions in the work and to our
selves. I'm unity alone is strength" "Unl-
ted we stand and divided we far was the
exclamation of John Adams when about to
sign the Articles of the Declaration of indie
pendence for the thirteen co!onle, mt the be-
ginning Of the Revolutionary stfu gle
| They remained stcadiust and true to each
other and to-day the proud boast is ours that
no other land is 50 free and fair az our own.
We may do much good here in quiet
way BY concentrate ed effort and though 9th
err may ytnile, perhaps dcrlsiveri At our al