Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-07-02
CHURCH NOTES

The Bible School at Grove CITY Col
lege begins Wednesday evening July
25th and continues till Sunday evening,
August 9Th. For program. list of in
structors, etc, address Rev. l. G. Ket-
Ter, Grove City, Pa.
The annual reunion of the Lutherans
of this section will be held at Conneaut
Lake on Tuesday, July 81. These an
nual gatherings are becoming more pop
ular each year and the coming reunion
will no doubt be one of the largest and
most profitable meetings yet held.
Rev Eakin, the Z. P minister at
Prospect resigned his charge, last Sun
day.
The Junior Y. p. c. U. of the U. P.
church held very pleasant ice-cream
supper Tuesday evening. The proceeds
were added to a fund the Sabbath
School has been collecting to send to
| famine suffers in India.
The eighth convention of the Luther
League of Northwestern Pennsylvania
and Northeastern Ohio was held in
Trinity church, Meadville, July ?, and
| 4, with thirty-one delegates in attend
ance. The Central is composed of 16
leagues, with membership of about
| 1,300. On Monday evening Miss Rose
Bork, of Meadville, delivered the ad-
dress of welcome, and Rev A L. Benze
made remarks of a cordial nature.
Rev. l. O. Baker, of Luther Memorial
church, Erie, responded in a pleasing
manner. The election of officers was
held Tuesday morning and resulted as
| follows; President, Rev. l. O. Baker, OF
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of Erie; recording secretary, Miss Zoe
Belle Hirt, of Erie; corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Jennie Hill, of Greenville
treasurer, Miss Lizzie Semmelmann, OF
Erie. One league was admitted. The
j usual reports were submitted and ap
proved. In absence of president-elect
Rev Gustave A. BepZe, of Erie, accept
ably filled the position. After the elec
| ton two papers were read, one or
| 'HOur Part in Inner Missions, by Miss
Baur, of Erie, and the other on The
| Value of Our Church Literature" by
Louis Sheiring, of Butler. At Tuesday
afternoons session papers were read a:
| follows: Methods" by Miss Lizzie
Blackman, of Erie; Means" and Men
were discussed in general way. How
/ can we best Interest our Men in Church
| Work was the subject assigned the
Warren league, and in the absence Of
delegates the interesting paper which
had been prepared was read by Miss
Thekla Baur, of Erie A paper on The
League and Self Culture" was read by
one of the Venango delegates. This
excellent paper was prepared and read
by Mrs. Peters, who, although over 7C
years of age, takes an active interest in
| league work. In the evening Rev. G..
A. Benze, of Erie, spoke Interestingly on
The Spirit of the Past Solos were
rendered by Misses Emma Benze and
Emma Luetje, of Erie. Refreshment:
were served the delegates and visitors.
At the closing session an excellent paper
on the topic, In Works of Mercy, was
read by Miss Kate Croll, of Greenville,
and Miss Lizzie Lohse, of Erie, contrib
uted an interesting paper on 1.-THE
Special Sphere of the Junior League
The next place of meeting will be de
cided upon by the officers-elect who
will serve as the executive committee.
The various sessions were opened and
closed with devotional exercises. Fare
well words were spoken by Rev. G., A
Benze, of Erie, and his brother, Rev. A.
T, Renze paStOr of the church