The Topeka state journal., 1901-06-29


soon be out The directory win in re-
ality be a year book as it Will contain
besides the names of the congregation,
a full report Of the work done by the
various departments in the church dur
ing the year. The book will contain
from 20 to 80 pages and will be distrib-
uted among the members OF the con-
gregation. 1t will contain nearly 1,2OO
names.
The First Congregational church will
be thoroughly overhauled and repaired
this summer The audience room is IN
need of renovat ton and the seats Will
be taken up, and there Will be liberal
application of paint, new carpets ana
other things which go to make a
church beautiful. Rev. Dr. FISK, the
pastor, will leave Topeka on his vaca-
ton on July 5, and during his absence
there will be no services. accom-
panied by Mrs. Fisk and their daugh-
ter Agnes he viii go to Napoleon,
Mich. where he has a cottage on a
beautiful little lake. He calls his cot
tage "Oberlachen,' and here the fam
lily viii spend six weeks. DR.. Fisk viii
then return to Topeka, and MIS- FISK
and her daughters, Agnes and Mrs.
Moore, of Toledo, will then go east and
visit the Buffalo exposition and other
places in New York and Pennsylvania.
DR.. FiSk'S first church after he LETT
college work was at Jackson, Mich,
and he will preach four sermons to his
old congregation before he returns.
Jackson is not far from Napoleon, 50
his vacation will not be interfered with
and his old friends will be pleased. Dr.
Fisk and his family have four boats
at their cottage, one of them a sail
boat, and great part Of the time Will
be spent on the water. The First Con
gregational church will be reopened the
third Sunday in August.
Rev. Chas. NJ. Sheldon, pastor of the
Central Congregational church, viii
preach the last sermon before his sum-
mer vacation, tomorrow. The first
week of July will be spent by Mr.. Shell
don at the Christian Endeavor conven-
tion at Cincinnati Following the con-
vention Mr.. Sheldon viii spend three
weeks at the South Congregational
church at Chicago.
Rev. F. w. Emerson, pastor of the
First Christian church, will remain IN
Topeka this sum mer. He has just re-
turned from being in attendance at the
progress for over a month at Fort
Scott, and as Mr.. Emerson took quite
an extensive vacation last year he has
decided to remain here during the
summer.
Rev. Mr.. Cross, rector of the Epis-
copal church at Atchison, has been here
today.
Rev. F. e. Mallory. of the Third
Christian church, is camping on the
Wakarusa-
The Womans Missionary society of
the First Presbyterian church met
Friday afternoon in the church parlorS.
The current events subject was Latin
America" and the. home missionary T
topic was Alaska Quite a large at
tendance was out The following was
the programme:
Devotional go rninutes). Mrs. z. w.
Tweeddale-
Business.
Missionary letters, Mrs. w. w. Mills:
Current events on Latin America, >"
ten minutes.
Talk. Alaska" Mrs. +. F. Brown.
Mission study. Awakening. and Be-
ginnings." keynote, THE blood OF
the martyrs is the seed of the church" !"
Ca) Paper, Christian Friedrich
Schwartz, the Morning Star of a Mis-
Cb] Paper, 'swiniam Carey, the
Father of Foreign Missionary soci-
eties," Mrs w. A. Johnston.
(cl Paper, "Adoniram Judson and the
Haystack Band" Mrs. S. Cope
cd Paper, Henry Martyrn. the
Scholar Missionary" Mrs J. A Mich
(e) Paper, John Williams. Martyr Of
Erromanga,'' Mrs. r. B. Wallace. :.
(f) Paper, 1.-The Martyrs of Uganda"
(g) Talk, ''The Martyrs of China, !"
Mrs. J. B. Larimer.
Prayer.
Hymn.
Last years Flag Day. was 50 thor