Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-13

A grand rally and chrysanthemum
offering will be held at the Christian
church under the auspices Of the local
Union of Christian Endeavor of the
city, Tuesday evening, November 10th.
The object of the meeting is to have a
rally and for each Endeavorer or
friend, if possible, to bring at least
one chrysanthemum, which will be dis
tributed among the sick and aged Of
the city.
Rev. James B. Smith, pastor of the
First Christian church, of Moundsville,
will preach at the First Christian
church in this city Sunday evening at
1880 o'clock. Everybody is welcome.
The public should not miss this oppor-
tunity of hearing this strong and forci-
BILE speaker. A baptism will follow
the service.
Christian Endeavorers who will join
that part of the Christian Endeavor
Society of the First Christian church
which will form an Endeavor Society
in the Christian church of McMechen,
should meet at the corner of Four
teenth and Main streets Sunday night
at o'clock.
A. Linkletter, State evangelist, will
preach Sunday morning at 10: 40 o'clock
at the First Christian church. He is
well known to the Wheeling public
and should have a full congregation.
The membership contest which has
been in progress at the Y. NJ. c. A. for
month or so past was scheduled to have
closed yesterday, but has been continu-
ed until Thanksgiving, when the result
will be made known. Quite a number
of new members have been secured and
the finish of the contest promises to be
interesting. The winning team will be
banquetted about two weeks after the
contest is over.
A week of prayer commences Sun
day at the Y. M. C. A. The Y M. G. A.
throughout the country will hold spe-
cial prayer meetings for men all next
week, and the custom will likewise be
observed here The meetings will be
conducted by Rev. R. r. Bigger, and
will be in session between eight and
nine o'clock each evening, except We'd
nesday evening, when no service will
be held. The educational and gymnas-
tic classes will change their hours so
as not to conflict with the prayer SER
vices The educational classes will
meet from seven to eight o'clock, the
gymnasium classes from seven till
eight and from nine till ten o'clock
each evening during the meetings. All
men are warmly invited to their
ing and helpful.
Sunday afternoon Rev. S. G. Crum-
nett, pastor of the Wesley M. E.
church, will address the mems meet
ing at the Y. M. c.. A. at o'clock. On
the succeeding Sabbath, Rev. N. S.
Thomas, rector of st. Matthews, will
make the address.
Thanksgiving evening an entertain
ment will be given for the members
of the Association, each member being
privileged to bring friend.
The Thanksgiving offering sacks for
the Children's Home will be distributed
in a few days and will be gathered up
on the Monday following Thanksgiv-
ing, instead of the next day after, as
has been the custom. The people have
always been liberal in their yearly
contributions to this institution, and it
is hoped that the same spirit will pre-
vail this Thanksgiving.
Rev. c. B. Graham will return home
this evening from weeks business
stay at Charleston, and will as
usual occupy the pui7.: of the North
Street M. E. church at both morning
and evening services.
At the Fourth Street M. f. church,
the pastor, DR.. ]. l.. Sooy, will preach
at $50 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Subject
at night, "The Mischievous Pen
knife"
At Simpsons M. E. church, the pas
tor, Rev. j. w. Waters, will preach to-
morrow at II a. m. and 1880 p. m. Ep
worth League at Gas p. m. Sunday
school at p. m.
The entertainment at the parochial
school at the Church of the Immaculate
Conception was repeated Thursday
evening to another large and very APP
preciative audience. A splendid feature
of the affair was a short comedy writ
ten by the pastor of the church, the
Rev. Father Mullen. Next week an
other entertainment will be given in
the school hall by the Catholic Benev-
olent Legion.
The young people of the Benwood NJ.
E. congregation are making prepara-
tons for a series of entertainments for
the purpose Of defraying an indebted
ness which closely approXimates $4,000.
At the evening service at the Zane
Street NJ. E. Church, Col Robert White
will deliver his lecture on 'The Found
ations of Faith Still Stand" a reply to
the attack of Bob Ingersoll upon Chris
tianity.
The North Street NJ E. Sunday
school has reelected the old officers for
the ensuing term. The branch estab-
lished at Gilchrist's mines. above the
city, promises to accomplish a great
deal of good.
The choir of St. Johns German Luth-
eran Church, assisted by the Opera
House Orchestra and number of
prominent local singers, will give con-
cert at the Opera House next Wednes-
day evening in continuation of the cell
ebration of the twenty-ffth anniversary