Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1899-01-10
church Itens.

Sunday, at a:3o p. m.
Services in St. James Catholic Church.
Charles Town, on the 4th Sunday of
each month. at 1870 a. m.
The Fourth Quarterly Meeting for JEFF
ferson Circuit, NJ. E. Church South, will
be held at Oakland, Feb. 1912; Charles
Town, 1927
On Wednesday night at the Week of
Prayer service in the Presbyterian church
Mr.. Joseph Fulton rendered the solo
. The Holy City, very nicely.
The regular business meeting of the
Charles Town Baptist Church will be
held next Saturday. at IL a. m. The pas
tor will preach at both services Sunday.
The Episcopal Sunday School of ST.
Andrews Chapel ION the mountain) en-
joyed an entertainment of magic lantern
exhibition and CONNECTIONS on Thursday
of holiday week.
The Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday. with preparatory
services Friday and Saturday previous,
and prayer meeting Thursday night.
Rev. DIR. VIM. H. Nelson, who has been
the faithful and beloved rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church, Shepherdstown for the
last seven years > has resigned the rectorship
in consequence of his appointment as mis-
sionary to Cuba by the Church Missionary
Society.
The children of Zion Episcopal Sunday
School were entertained at the Parish
House on Tuesday evening of holiday
week. Santa Claus appeared in all his
glory, and rousing big Jack Homer
pie, from which a vast variety of odd
plums were drawn, delighted all, both
old and young.
The Sunday school of the Presbyterian
Church had its Christmas entertainment
in the Chapel on Wednesday night. 1t
consisted of carols, Rotations, a distri
button of candies and fruit, and an award
of some twenty prizes for proficiency in
committing the Catechism and Bible
verses TO memory and for faithful attend
auce and general goodness-Free Press,
The Baptist Sunday Shoot entertain
mentWednesday evening of holiday weel,
was very pleasant and highly entertain
ing. The school moved in a body from
the Sunday school room to the main body
of the church, where an in teresting
program of singing, rotations, dia-
logues, etc, and distribution of candies,
oranges and prizes made the happiness
of the occasion complete
For the Sunday-school Christmas en-.
tertaiumeut of the n. Il Church, South,
the pulpit place OF the church was pref
tiiy decorated with evergreens-~ou either
side large columns upon which rested an
arch bearing the motto Unto Us Child
is Born, Unto Us Son is Giveu,''
pendant from which was beau.
tiful star. UnderneatIi was Gate
Ajar" and an open Door" On the or
gan, to one side, small Christmas tree,
bearing fruits-stccknes fitl,:I with can
dies nuts, ctn. TIE exercises consisted
of carols by he school and r.ritations
by the iJtla 9eopie They di,I Themselves
much credit Rev. DR.. SmitItson WAS
brief III hi remarks, hut manifested
pleasure ip what lie suw aud heard The
church was crowded with people who APP
Peared highly entertained. The supplies
of candy IN boxes and oranges were am
pie and generously distributed. The Su
perintcndent, Mr. o. NJ. Darlington, in
few words expressed his qualification nj
The success Of The program
Services Of tine week of prayer egan
Sunday night week in the NJ. E. Church,
South, all the evangelical! white church
os of the town participating Brief
addresses were delivered by Rev.
W. L. Gfayalt, Of Zion Episcopal
Church. and Rev. L. p. Milboprne of the
Baptist Church. Other ministers partic.
ipating were Rev4. R. Smithson, A. G
Hopkins, j. Il. Wolff and O. n. Camp
bell. Dr. Veuning also.responded to an
invitation to lead in prayer. The church
wGq well til}ed BY an Interested eongrega
ton. Monday night the SERVICES were in
the Baptist Church. Services Tuesday
afternoon in the Parish House, and
Wednesday night in The Pres hyterian
Church.
The same order as to the different
churches was repeated the remainder of
the week, and lhe closing meeting held
in the Presbyterian church Sunday night
was especially well attended, Ministers
participating were Rev. DR.. A. c. Hop
kins, Rev. DR.. c. N. Campbell, Rev. DR..
Rumsey Smithson, Rev. ]. H Wolff,
Rev. w. L. Gravatt, Rev. Mr.. Shaw,
and Rev. L. r. Milbourne
There is more Catarrh in this section of the
| eOnntr" than all other diseases put together
and untill the last few years was supposed to
be incurahle. For great many years doctors
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