Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-02-01
IN plIlPIT Nd PEW.
The News of the Various Churches at Home
and Abroad.

continued throughout this week
The programme for further services
is as follows: Friday night, at Z o'clock.
4 praise and thanksgiving service VIII
be held. Saturday night, same hour,
service preparatory to communion.
At each OF these services opportunity
will be given to any to become
Christians. Sabbath morning at II
O'Clock, the regular quarterly COIL
munion service. At this service all
who desire to unite with the Lutheran
Church will be received. Any who
have not given their names TO the
pastor will do so at earliest conven-
fence. A meeting of the church coun-
ell will be held on Saturday night
immediately after the preparatory
service. Infant baptism will be ad-
ministered Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, and at the preparatory ser
vice. Christian Endeavor consecra-
ton service in the lecture room at
5 as d. LII. instead of 6 o'clock. Special
revival service Sunday evening at
O'Clock. At this service the question
box with questions on all phases Of
the subject OF reyivals and how aud
WHY become Christians, will be open
ed aud answered by the pastor. Any
one is invited to send to the Rev. Z.
H. Hockey any question on the sub
ject they desire to ask. This promises
TO be an interesting service. On
Tuesday night a special meeting OF
all active and associate members OF
the Christian Endeavor Society VIII
be held at the parsonage. Every
member is wanted at this meeting.
PASTOR.
The meetings conducted by Rev.
w. P. Fife, the drummer evangelist,
i'm the court houses at CharIestown,
closed last Friday. The evangelist
caused a great religious awakening,
no less then 325 persons having pro-
fessed conversion The SPIRIT says
that the churches of the town ana
county have been greatly revived
Business places in the town were
closed during the hours ofservice, and
people flocked to the meetings III sucn
numbers that the commodious courr-
room was often insufficient to contain
all who desired admittance. Last
Wednesday night Mr.. Forrest w.
Brown took charge of the meeting for
q time, and raised a purse of over
$500 for Mr.. Fife by collection and
subscription.
The revival meeting in the Southern
Meth odist Church continue with in
creasiug interest. The pastor
breaches every night, and notwith-
standing the unfavorsble weather for
the past few days the house has been
hlled. Up to the present there have
been 116 conversions, and many 9th
| ers are inqulring the way OF life.
The meeting will be continued as long
as the interest justiiies.
The fourth quarterly conference
will be held in the NJ. K. Church in
Shepherdstown on Saturday, FEBRUARY
10th, at p. III. On Sunday at $50 a.
H., love feast; at II a. IN, preaching
by Presiding Elder j. r. Wheeler d.
d., of Cumberland. All are cordially
invited to these services.
There will be service in the Re-
formed Church on Sunday in Shep-
Lerdstown at II a. III. The commuh-
ion of the Lords supper will be ceIe-
brated in the Reformed Church at
Kearneysvile on Sunday at p. Ill.
Preparatory service on Saturday at
3 p. III.
The following are the announce
ments for the NJ. E. Church for Sun
day: II a. IN, preaching, reception OF
members aud communion, in Shep-
hsrdstown; at 3 p IN. sermon and re
ception of members at Mt. Wesley.
There will be meeting ofthe stew
ards of Shepherdstown circuit, Nj. H.
Church South, at the parsonage on
Saturday. February l0th, at 10 o'clock
a. III. Full financial reports for the
conference year will then be made.
There will be preaching in the
Southern Methodist churches on Sun
day as follows: AT Uvilla at II a. Ill. /;
at Bethesda at $50 p. IN; ut Shep-
herdstown at p. H., followed by re-
vival services.
Prof J. K. Bushnell has severed
his connection with KeeMar College
at Hagerstown. He will probably be
come pastor of the Boonsboro-R Rob
rersvile charge of the Lutheran
church.
MANY thanks to the members aud
friends OF Sharpsburg and Mt. Wesley
NJ. E. Churches for nice donations
during Christmas holidays.
J.R. SCHULTZ, Pastor.
Rev. J. w. Lee, who conducted the
meeting in the Southern Methodist
Church here recently, is expected to
hold a meeting in Hagerstown in tue
near future.
Rev. DR.. Julius E. Grammer, well
known here, has accepted a call to
the rectorship OF the Trinity Protest
ant Episcopal church, Baltimore.
AT the morning service in the Pres
bvterian Church last Sunday four
persons were received into church
membership.
Rev. w. l.. Gravatt was installed
rector of Zion Episcopal Church al
Charlestown by Bishop Peterkin yes