The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-04-01
CHURCH NOTES.

The Ladies' Guild of St. Michael's
church met at the home of Mrs. w. F.
Prosser today.
Regular services will be held at the
Brethren church on Ahtanum avenue
next Sunday. Sunday school at 10 am. !;
preaching at II a. m. and 80 p. m.
Rev. j. Gihring went to Snohomish
yesterday to attend the semi-annual
conference of the Evangelical Lutheran
churches of the northwest. He will be
absent until Saturday.
English confirmation services will be
held by Rev. J. Gihring of the Evangel-
ical Lutheran denomination next Sun
day. Easter and confirmation services
were conducted last Sunday at the
Adventist church on the west side.
George E. Wise will leave here on the
18th of next May for Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania to attend the annual conference
of the Brethren church. He goes from
here as delegate from the northwest
district and will be absent month.
Prof. Kellems of Eugene, Ore, is here
and has begun series of meetings at
the Christian church. Services will be
held every evening this week, and also
on Sunday. Mr.. Kellems is the pro-
lessor of oratory in the Eugene Divinity
school.
Col. c. j. Holt of Chicago will com
mence series of temperance lectures in
the NJ. E. church on Thursday, April 8,
at 80 p. m. He is lecturing under the
auspices of the w. c. r. T., and will be
here several days. Mr. Holt has the
reputation of being an entertaining and
effective lecturer. Admission will be
free, and everybody is invited to attend.
Among the decorations at the M. f..
church Easter Sunday was large
quantity of beautiful snow white car
nations, sent there for the occasion by
Ralph Nichols in memory of his deceased
wife. Mrs. Nichols was a member for
many years of this church and the car
nation being one of her favorite flowers,
Mr.. Nichols has every Easter since her
demise sent carnations to the church-a
most beautiful custom.
The members of the Episcopal church
of this city met yesterday and effected
an organization. Heretofore the church
has been mission, but now it will work
independently and rector will be called
at an early date. The ,vestry elected
consists of Alex Miller, w. L. Steinweg,
H. B. Scudder, Frank Wheeler, Harold
Thompson, G. L. Owen and G. H. Denley.
1t is likely Rev. H. NJ. Bartlett, who has
been here number of years, will be
retained.
Rev. Robert Thomson of the Baptist
church has not vet decided where he
will go when he leaves here on May 1st
He is DESTROYS OF remaining in the
northwest, but if no charge to his liking
is found he will go to Ohio or Kentucky,
his former home state. Mr.. Thomson
does not leave Yakima because he does
not like it, but more on account of his
family's health. On May LIST he will
have been here 10 months, and in that
time he has made many friends who
will regret to see him leave.
The Salvation Army, as a great re-
formative agency, has more than made
its mark. In looking after those OF the
human brotherhood who have fallen by
the wayside the army keeps well in
mind the axiom that prevention is
better than cure" One of its most
valued works of mercy is its newly
erected orphanage at Amity, Col, a
capacious and solidly built structure,