Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-13
CONGREGATION CELEBRATES
ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
MEMBERS CONTRIBUTE $4,000 TO
BUILDING FUND
Newman Methodist Church Flock
Plans for New Home to Cost
$4,000 and Began Raising Money
at Service Held Yesterday

Six thousand dollars was raised yes
terday at the tenth anniversary ser
vices at the Newman Methods
church. During the week it is eX
pected that the subscriptions will reacf
| $4,000, which will be applied to the
building fund for a new church. Jubi
lee services were held yesterday which
were attended by large congregations
DR.. A. w. Atkinson, the presiding
elder, preached at the morning ser
vice. Rev. G. e. Foster, the pastor
was prominent in the service ant
proved successful in raising the funds
Rev. Robert Fisher addressed the Ep
worth league rally in the afternoon.
John w. Wilmington, a Well-knowl
insurance man, preached a lay sermon
last evening from the text, John 5, 7-S
when the water is troubled, 1 have
no man to put me into the pool. Jesu:
saith unto him, Arise and walk Mr.
Wilmington said:
The provision of such a pool will
possible curative properties We're, per
haps, similar to our modern minera
springs and We're i'm those days con-
sidered among the mercies of God. To
day, at such resorts, we are apt to lool
for gaiety, the dance with it's frivoli-
ties, forgetting that these are the
places where God often heals and per-
forms His miracles and hence are
among his special mercies.
"This man whom Christ healed in ac-
cordance with the text was suffering
with an awful disease, which sapped
his vitality and left him helpless
His suffering was not the result of he
redity nor had it been caused by his
own sin.
For thirty-eight years he had been
trying to reach this pool when the wa
ters were troubled, but his helplessness
prevented it, and if Christ had not
come to his rescue he would have died
with the awful words upon his lips,
No one cares for me- for when the
waters We're troubled no man helped
me into the pool
Christ saw in this distressed and
wretched man more than a mere shell
and the wasted, destroyed body. He
saw a spark of light-the soul which
to Him was as important as if it had
belonged to king or prince.
1.-THE mission of every child of God
is to help the distressed and the down
trodden and to lift up the unfortunate
and fallen, through the church and
kindred institutions, helping them to
noble purposes and high ideals which
can only come through the power of
our Lord Jesus Christ reigning su-
preme in their hearts and lives.
MANY poor, tired and weary home
less man or woman is dying at our
very side without hope or faith in
Christ-existing in what He calls a
cold, heartless world.-when you and
I should be helping him into the pool,
the church of Christ.
BE a personal worker with Christ
in your home, shop, office. school, or
wherever your daily tasks call you.
Allow no man or associate to say you
did not care for him.
You have in this church a thor
oughly established workshop. 1t is
your church home and here by faith
ful work you will produce preachers,
doctors, nurses professional and busi-
ness men. all of whom shall go forth
to do Gods will, and by and by you
shall hear, Inasmuch as ye did it unto
the least OF these ye did 1t unto me. {"