Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-09-09
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
General Matters Of Interest to Persons
ReligiouSly Inclined.


ReligiouSly Inclined.
THE REV N. S. THOMAS HAS NOT
YET DECIDED ABOUT HIS CALL
TO PHILADELPHIA - A NEW
CHURCH OF THE ENGLISH
LUTHERAN DENOMINATION TO
BE ESTABLISHED TOPIC S
CHOSEN FOR SABBATH SER
MONS MATTERS OF GENERAL
INTEREST.
Commencing tomorrow, the regular
Sunday night services at ST. Matthews
p E. church will be resumed The Rev.
N. S. Thomas will occupy his pulpit
morning and evening. The rector's
Bible class will hold its first meeting
since the summer vacation at 2:30
o'clock. The other church departments
will enter into the work of the fall and
winter with renewed energy. The rec
tor has reached no definite conclusion
concerning the call he has received from
the Church of the Holy Apostles in
Philadelphia. 1t is expected that Mr..
Thomas will make his decision known
at a meeting of the vestry to be held
within few days.
Rev. P. ]. Hob will, as usual, conduct
the services at lions German Lutheran
church tomorrow morning His
theme will be, Jesus in the house of
Simon, the Pharisee." There will be
no service in the evening. Sunday
school will open at 8 a. m. The Ladies
Auxiliary will meet tomorrow at p.
m. The Benevolent Society will hold
meeting on Wednesday evening.
The services to be held at the Wes-
ley NJ E. church tomorrow will be of
an interesting nature. In the morning
the pastor, Rev. S. P. Crummett, will
preach sermon upon the topic, "Eze-
kiel's Vision of the River of Salvation"
In the evening DR.. Starkey will preach
upon educational matters. Sunday
school at 2 p. m.
At the Chapline Street M E. church,
Rev. Hardness will conduct the SER
vices as usual. The morning subject
will be, Growth" and the evening
theme, when to say no." Sunday
school will convene at the usual hour,
2 p. M.
Rev. Haas will conduct the Sunday
services at st. Pauls German church.
At Wesley NJ. E. Church, class meet
ing at $50 a. m. and $50 p. m. Sun
day school at 2 p. m. Preaching at
10:30 a. m. by the pastor, subject,
"Ezekiel's Vision of the River of Sal
vation." At 7:30 p. m. the Rev. DR..
Starkey, of Minneapolis, Mimi, will
preach on Christian Education.
First Presbyterian Church, the pas
tor, Rev. D. A. Cunningham, D. D.,
will preach at 1890 a. M, and if the
intense heat subsidies, at 1880 p. m. Sab
bath school at 9:15 a. m.
Vance Memorial Church, Sunday
school ait 10 a. M; Christian Endeavor
Gas p. m. Services at II a. m. and
7:30 p. NJ, evening subject, 'Life's
Aims"
At the Fourth Street NJ E. Church,
the pastor, DR.. J. L. Sooy, will preach
at 1920 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morning
subject, Worship" Evening, THE
Devils Gospel
The services of the First English
Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sab
bath will be held at 1920 and 7:30,
and will be conducted by the pastor.
Special preparations are being made by
this congregation for the Harvest
Home service and rally ON September
24th, and for the meeting of the Pitts
burg Synod on October 18th.
The Second English Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Wheeling will soon
be begun under the auspices of the
Pittsburg Synod of the General Synod
in the south end of the city. The first
service will likely be held in the Ar
benz building, corner of Thirty-third
and Jacob streets, on the first Sunday in
October.
First Baptist Church, corner Twelfth
and Byron streets, Rev. Martin w.
Buck pastor. Preaching at 1890 a. m.
by the pastor, subject, Christian Co
operation" At 7:30 p. m. the pastor
will begin a series of Sunday evening
sermons on Elijah the Prophet, under
the general title of "Old Time Lessons
for New Time Needs" Sunday even
ing the subject will be THE Times and
Tendencies, or the Harvest of Sim"
First Christian Church, Rev. C. VI.
Oliphant pastor. Morning, Optimism
Evening, Religion in Common Life"
Sunday school $3.50 a. m; mission
Sunday school, Thirty-first street, 2:30
p. M; Junior c. E. 4 p. M; Y. P. S. G.
f. $50 p. m. sharp, topic, AN Early
Christian Endeayorer." A union meet
ing with the Junior society. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening. The
evening service viii begin at 1880
o'clock, fifteen minutes earlier than be-
fore