The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-04
CHURCHES 5

The fall and winter work has opened
in most of the churches, and nearly
all the pastors who have been absent
on their summer vacations have re-
turned to their charges and resumed
their active duties.
Among the Episcopalians Rev.
Messrs. White. Strong and Scully have
returned during the past week and
will occupy their pulpits at the serv-
Ices to-day. No special services have
been announced. the regular pro-
gramme for the seventeenth Sunday
after Trinity being carried out.
Among the Methodists special serv-
Ices are to begin to-day. At Trinity
there will be revival services tonight
and every night this week. Similar
services will be. held at Grace Church
during the week At Wesley Monu-
mental there will be revival services
tonight. The subject of Rev. H. c.
Christians sermon will be The Lone
illness of Sim
AT the EpwOrth Church there will
be a special sermon to the Sunday
school at the morning hour This
service will be preceded by an old
time love feast, commencing at 10
o'clock. In the afternoon the Sunday
school will be reorganized and the work
for the coming year mapped out At
night the annual Children's Day ex
ercises will be held, a programme con
sisting of readings, dialogues. recita-
tions and musical numbers being rem
dered.
Among the Presbyterians steps are
being taken preparatory to the assem-
bling of the Presbytery in the near
future. Rev. w. A. Nisbet is secretary
of the Presbytery and Rev. J. Y. Fair
is moderator. Each church will be
represented at the assembly by its pas
tor and by a number of lay delegates
The Independent Presbyterian Church
does not belong to the Presbytery and
hence will not be represented by any
lay delegate.
The Lutherans are preparing for the
opening of the regular fall and win
ter work. Preparations are under way
for a choir recital to be given St.
Pauls Lutheran Church on Tuesday,
Oct. 10. Rehearsals are now being
held and a strong musical programme
will be rendered The service is in
the nature of a welcome to the mem
bers of the church who are returning
from their summer vacations.
Rev. DR.. w. c. Schaeffer, pastor of
the Lutheran Church of the Ascension,
is busy organizing the work of the
fall in all departments of the Sunday
school and the church. Dr. Schaeffer
will leave some time within the next
ten days for Charleston, s. c., where
he 70 At he Of
the Inauguration of the new president
of the Lutheran Theological Semi
nary in that city.
The fall work among the Baptists
is now under full Roadway, the or
ganization at the Duffy Street Baptist
Church last Sunday being the final
one of the opening fall services among
this denomination. The regular work
in all departments of the church has
been taken up and is now lin full
swing.
At the First Baptist Church Rev
John D. Jordan, the pastor, will con-
duct baptismal services at the night
service. Rev. DR.. Jordan is also de-
sirous that all members of the church
who have moved to different parts of
the city during the summer should
drop card, containing their present
address, in the collection basket at
the service this morning or tonight.
The Sacred Literature Glass of the
Duffy Street Baptist Church has re-
sumed work, the first session having
been held last Thursday night. The
class has an increased enrolment this
year and greater interest is being taxi
en- in the work. The structure of He
brew poetry will be given special at
tention in the study of the Psalms,
which will occupy the first part of
the class work this year. Any one
interested in this class of work will
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