The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-01-27
RELIGIOUS NEWS.



mencing at 10 O'Clock, there will be
held in the McCains church a
church extension rally under tho
auspices of the Synod Of Tennessee.
The service will be under the super.
vision of the SynOdical Superin-
tendent. Rev. ]. H. Miller, assisted
by various ministers This rally Is
intended for every Cumberland
Presbyterian congregation in Mdury
county, and is in no wise local
meeting for the McCains congrega
ton. They have kindly rendered
their church house for the service,
and it being so centrally located and
accessible, was selected as the place
for the rally. Who are particularly
inUited to this rdlLy? Every min
lister, elder, deacon and Sunday
school officer in the county belong
ing to the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, and anyone else who may
choose to be present.
Will every superintendent of
Sunday school and pastor read this
notice to their school and cOngrega
ton at the Uery meet appointment,
aud have delegates, as many a. you
please, elected to represent them at
the rally? Pray for this meeting ;
talk it in your homes and places OF
business and then make arrange
ments at once to be present. 1t will
be an all day service and the local
congregation will gladly care for
those who may choose to remain
over night. j. H. MILLER,
Supt. of Church Extension Work
of Tenn. Synod.
At conference held by the pastors
and laymen of the several
congregations at the close of the
noon-day prayer service on Tuesday,
it was decided that series of union
services should be held, commencing
next Sunday night and continuing in.
definitely, in the First Cumberland
Presbyterian church house. 1t was
further decided that the pastors, to
gether with a representative from
each congregation, should be consti
tuted a committee TO invite some
available pastor to come to Columbia
aud preach during the series Of
services, the same COMMITTEES tC
make suitable arrangements for the
conduct of the services. The com
mittee are now in correspondence
with a minister whom they hope will
be able to be present; If they are
disappointed in him, they will seeF
another. The service will begin mex
Sunday night, and continue eact
night whether or not the invited
minister arrives that soon. 1t il
desired that the christian people oil
the community shall give due adver.
tisement to these services and en-
courage and promote all things look
ing to their success.
Rev. p. A. Sowell's sermon at thu
First Methodist Church last Sunday
morning was an unusually stronG
a one. His text was from the 4tt
verse of the 9Th chapter of Luke
,, Put out into the deep, and let dowr
your nets for a draught." He said
, the trouble with the church anC
+ church members of to-day is tina
they are not sinking their plumb o
faith deep enough. That they DE-
not go to God with enough fire.
quency and earnestness. That they
90 not give Him enough of Lhei
time and thought. They were salts
fed with too little; contented to d,
too little; relied too much upoi
t some happy experience in the past
! some bright day of conversion, an,
! made too little effort to keep aliv,
, and bright the love for their Maste
, that was born in them on tha
occasion. He admOnished then
that they should renew daily thei
covenant with their Maker, an(
f draw heavily upon His promises
and endeavor each succeeding day
to live upon higher plane OF chris
tian service and usefulness thar
:. they had done the day before.
The Union service was held in tn,
First Methodist church last Sunday
evening, and Rev. w. A. Provin,
-, preached very interesting sermon
upon the present Necessity" Hi:
remarks were directed mainly t.
8 church members; their duties t.
/. their God, their church, their fellow
t man and themselves; and if tn,
prayerful spirit in which they wer,
uttered, 1t was a sermon calculated
to do much good at any time, bu
y particularly just at this time, whel
a revival of grace and christian use
fulness is the subject Of specia
0 prayer in all the churches, and W,
t hope IN all the homes of all tn,
churches.
] Owing to the indisposition of Rev
I P A. SOwell, who is still confined t.
his room with the grip, DR.. l.. F
n Beatty, assistant editor of the Sun
:. day school Magazine, will occupy
n the pulpit at the First Methods
Church next Sunday morning
! There will be no, services at thi
). church in the evening, this congre
, CATION being all expected to attenC
;. the Union service at the Cumber
y land Presbyterian Church, wher,
o. Rev J. H. Thompson, of the Baptis
: Church, will preach.
g A union prayer service was hell
a in the session room of the First Pres
9 byterian church last WEDNESDAY
i night, conducted by Rev. f. h
i Webb. The subject for the evening
!. was, "Bible Answers to Prayer.
At the close of the meeting it wa
decided to have prayer services a
4 the same place last night and to
k night. Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend.
Rev. w. II. Beasley, OF Williams
port, will preach in the South On
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