The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-06
SERVICES AT
The CHURCHES
Yesterday

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churches were not held hecause the
pastors are on sgaeati ions. The au,Eiis
iartes OF the churches many i'm.
stances have adjourned for this.
month.
& Christ Church.
ey. M !. AL Barnes returned from his
vacation which he spent at Yater-
bury, Connacticu Rev. Barnes
preached in the morning and evening.
Rev. Britting CHAM, Of Wheeling, will
occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
MethodIst Protestant Temple.
Rev Q. @. Broomhe1d who isfspend.
ing his vacation upon the Cheatsriyer.
returned to the city in order to con.
duct the regular Sunday service Dur.
ing the evening services; Miss Min
ME Fleming sang an excellent solo.
M. e. Church, south.
Good sized audiences greeted the.
pastor at both the morning and the
evening services. Sermon was preach
ed In the morning by the pastor and
in the evening a talk was given upon
the subject. The Bible in the Sunday.
SCHOOL, The regular prayer services
will be held Wednesday, evening and
will be led by Mr.. w. D. Straight,
There will be no Services next Sum
day, except the Sunday school, which
will be held as usual. The pulpit will
be vacant next Sunday, for the pastor.
Rev. Webb, is compelled to take q
vacation. He win be gone ten days,
and will go up the Cheat river. be-
yond Morgantown, where with ches5
ney Ramage. the preacher viii trough
it'' in a cabin which has been built
along the banks Of that beautiful rty-
er.
FIRST M. e. Church.
Excellent services and sermons
were given at both the morning and
evening sessions at the church yester-
day. The last quarterly meeting was
announced for Friday evening Of this
week. This meeting is exceedingly
Important audit is hoped that a large
number will be present The meet
ling will open at 1880.
Presbyterian Church.
In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
stoetzerl the great and inspiring tenn
Eperance orator, Rev. NJ. ]. Tanning,
t1ectured at both the morning and ev-
tenfng services. His discourses were
filed with the usual blow-from-the-
shoulder arguments which go to de-
.nounce the liquor traffic as one of the
greatest moral, social and political
questions in this country, The pas
tor, Rev. Stoetzer, Is with his family
at Terra Alta.
Central Christian Church,
An excellent song service was held
last evening at the Christian church.
Il was something out of the ordinary
and was entered into heartily by the
audience. Good sized audiences were
present at both the morning and the
evening services. On Tuesday eyen+
ing at $500, the regular monthly meet
ing of the church board will be held.
Next Sunday morning the sermon will
be preached by State Evangelist Geo.
F. Critics. He, is from Ohio, but Is
spending six months in West Virginia
working among the churches in this
state. He is an excellent tallrer. and
a treat is in store for all those who
will hear him.
The pastor Of the church. Rev.
Bates, has tnaugurated an Innovation
which attracted great amount Of at
tentfon for a few Sundays, but it has
all worn of now. The pastor has been
preaching In a white shirt waist. It
was something very unusual for q
preacher to appear IN the pulpit with.
out coat on; but the strangeness
has all worn on now. and the mem.
bers OF the church all agree with the
pastor that it is a wise and excellent
thing to do. 1t is argued that It Is
folly for a preacher toimperil health
fnorder to crafty only the custom
of the age. This is no age6of penance,
and comfort should be secured when
ever possible. provided all the other
rules OF society are rtgidly oheyed.
The same privilege ia extended to the
men Of the audience, many Of whom
take advantage of it and appear with
out coats; the ladies often wear no