Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-08-27
ANON q THE CHURCHES.
CONGREGATIONAL.

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The ladies of the Congreg ational
church meet for work "Wednesday after
noon at 2 O'Clock with Mrs. L. E. Day. i.
At 8 o'clock the quarterly business
meeting of the society will be held. All
the ladies of the church and congregation
are cordially invited.
The annual meeting of the Young
Ladies Church Aid Society of the Con-
gregational church will be held on Friday
afternoon at 8 o'clock, with Mrs. G. E.
Wright. Reports will be given and
officers elected for the ensuing year.
Plans of work will be discussed. A full
attendance is desired.
= PRESBYTERIAN.
Sabbath morning was Harvest Home
observation. A goodly presentation of
grains, vegetables. fruits and flowers
graced the pulpit and alter rail. Appro-
PIRATE hymns were sung by choir and
congregation. Mrs. A. Campbell at the
organ. The sermon was on the theme
Lessons from the Emblems." without
special text. The morning lesson was
from II Chron. 80. 21.27 and Pisa. los,
32.45. The sermon lessons were: First
''The Hidden Witnesses. Second
"Our Heavenly Fathers Manifold Atten.
tons set forth in one Object of Nature"
Third-"A full, rounded, complete life"
Fourth-"Not the market value, but the
representative value"
The emblems were allowed to remain
in the church for the evening service.
Ram iDterfered with this service; not.
withstanding s goodly number were
present. The sermon was by Rev, A. L.
Hutchinson, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Lansing, Iowa. The text was:
'Thy Kingdom is not of this world. The
kingdomis: First-A kingdom Of power.
Second-A kingdom of grace. Third
A kingdom of glory.
The Presbyterians of Austin held their
August sociable and festival with ice
cream and coffee lunch on Tuesday even
ing of this week,
The merry cricket. which attended
the decorative services in the Presby-
terrain church. monopolized part of the
time Of the evening service.
| OAKLAND
| The people here have their own way
of doing things. A harvest service had
been arranged for and an array Of en-
blems was expected. But as the day
was the pastors fifteenth wedding ami
versary the congregation would not let
it pass. They therefore decided that
the pastor should take away what was
brought. There was a beautiful harvest
motto wrought in straw and kernels of
grain fastened upon the wall IN rear of
pulpit. Besides some flowers and grain
and abundance of fruit of orchard and
beehive, there was fine bag of prairie
Chickens and full set of glassware to
represent the crystal features of the oc-
casion. After the sermon the pastors
wife was called out and the contents of
the table and decorated portion of the
room was presented to her in a neat
speech by Mrs. A. Newell. It was a
happy surprise and made the pastor and
the congregation smile audibly. 1t com.
PEELED the pastor to make an extra trip
Monday to fulfill the conditions of the
service.
| Rev. A. L. Hutchinson, friend of Rev.
Groscup's, spent last week and a part of
this in Oakland and vicinity on his an
nual vacation hunt and outing. He
stopped with Mr.. P. E. Pace and had
good success and glorious time. he
expects to return to this place again next
year with his family. He preached for
Rev. Groscup in the Austin church on
the evening of the Gath and occupied the
time of the school at Oakland in the
afternoon in general presentation of
the Sunday School lesson. He is
pleasing and forciblc speaker and has
won many friends.