Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-03
PASTORS RETURNING,
AND NEARLY ALL THE CHURCHES WILL OPEN
TO- MORROW.
The Twenty-fih Anniversary Of St. Pauls German
Lutheran Church, Large Number Of
Practitioners to be Admitted Into
the Methodist Churches.
Sullivan Fa7Orits.

The usual vacation allotted to pas
tors during the month of August has
closed and nearly all have returned, the
churches pretty generally re-opening
tomorrow, the first Sunday OF Septem-
Der. Several OF the churches have
been undergoing extensive repairs DUR
ing the vacation season, and now pre-
sent a decidedly attractive appearance.
During the past three days services
have been held in the Fourth Street Nj.
Il. church each evening. These meet
ings are preparatory to the admission
into the church OF large number OF
probauioners, which service will take
place tomorrow. The usual services
will be conducted by the pastor.
The young folks of the Wesley III. 4.
Church have made arrangements for
lawn fete, to be given by them next
Tuesday evening, in the vacant LOT on
Eoff street, between Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-fifth. The affair is for the ben
eft of the church. An interesting pro-
gramme has been prepared for the occa-
sion.
The repairs on the First United Pres
byterian Church are not yet completed.
However, services will be held in the
church tomorrow.
Mr.. J. w. Hull, of Cincinnati, will
address the young mems meeting at the
Y. NJ. G.. A. building at 4 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. Mr.. Hull was, IN
til recently, Secretary Of the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association OF
Cincinnati. All men are invited. Young
mems meeting will be held at 7:45
O'Clock tonight and an interesting meet
ing may be expected.
Rev. C. NJ. Afford, pastor Of the Third
Presbyterian church, has been appoint
ed one of the vice presidents of the COM
pany which is erecting the Hotel En-
deavor, near the Worlds Fair site in
Chicago. The hotel is being erected by
the Y. z. S. c. e. Of the United States
and will be their headquarters during
the Fair.
Rev. C. NJ. Afford will be present at a
flag presentation at the Wheeling Creek
Coal Works to-day, and will make the
address. The flag will be presented by
the Jr. o. U. a. NJ. Of the coal works.
The Third Presbyterian church will
be re-opened tomorrow morning at
1920 o'clock, when there will be special
services conducted by the pastor, Rev.
c. NJ. Afford. His sermon will be upon
the subject, "Why am Presbyter-
lamp" A special song service will be
feature. The Y. p. S. c. e. will have
charge OF the evening service at 1880
o'clock, and they have prepared
special programme. Sabbath school has
been changed to 2 D. m. The cOngrega-
ton has been at considerable expense in
repairing and identifying the church,
and invitations have been printed as
souvenirs OF the opening.
Rev. j. A. Fullerton, pastor Of the
Thomson NJ. E. Church, will deliver a
lecture in the Fulton NJ. Z. Church next
Tuesday evening. The topic Of the
lecture is ireland and the Irish" The
lecturer has just returned from that
country, and no doubt will have a good
audience.
The twenty-ffth anniversary Of the
organization OF St. PauPs German
Lutheran Church will be celebrated to-
morrow. There will be special services.
In the morning and evening sermons
will be delivered by ministers from
Pittsburg, while at 3 o'clock in the az
ternoon q sermon in English will be
preached by Rev. e. II. Dornblaser, OF
this city. The celebration will be
closed by picnic at Archbold's Grove,
on the South Side.
Rev. j. H. Artope, Of Wheeling,
passed through town Wednesday on his
way home from Waynesburg, where he
addressed the colored people at the OK
roast Tuesday. Washington Reporter,
The repairs on the Zane street NJ. Z.
church will be completed in a short
time. The usual services will take
place to morrow.
There will be no services in the Dis
ciples church next Sabbath owing to the
absence of the pastor, Rev. j. A. Hop
kins, and his elders, who are now at
tending the State Convention OF the
church in Charleston. They will not
return to this city until Tuesday next.
The meeting of the ministers OF the
German Lutheran churches in the Pitts
burg Synod will take place in st. Paul's
church, on South Wood street, next
Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
The services at the First Presbyterian
Church tomorrow will be held in the
basement, owing to some unfinished re-
pairs in the main part of the chnrc h.
The pastor, Rev. d. A. Cunningham,
has returned from six weeks vacation
at Chautauqua, and will preach to-mor-
row. The pastor was gladly welcomed
back by the large body OF Pensioners.
Rev. DR.. r. Rush Swope has returned
from his summer vacation, and will oc-
cupy his pulpit as usual in st. Matt
hew's Church tomorrow. In the morn
ing the rite of baptism will be admins
tered to q number of children.
A number of the Methodist Episcopal
churches will admit probationers into
full membership tomorrow.
There will be no preaching in the
Thompson NJ. Z. Church tomorrow
morning, Rev. J. A. Fullerton, the pas
tor, having an engagement TO preach in
the North street NJ. Z. Church.
Of Interest TO Athletes.
James Robinson, the athletic trainer