The Press., 1907-10-23
The social at the Congregational

cess A large attendance is hoped for.
We understand there is to be a game
Of the attractive Chinese fan ball.
! The quaint little Moose Meadow
school. house, for which many people
have an affection, has been repaired
without and within, and made COM
Portable for the school now in session
there.
| Much sympathy is felt for Frank
Cartier, who is in the hospital for
treatment for one of his eyes. which
was injured some years ago and which
has caused him much pain and trouble
ever since.
Matthias 10th has sold the old
BHgbee farm to a Mr. Zovishlam of
Colorado, who, with his family, will
soon take possession. The people in
THAT part of the town are sorry to lose
the 10th family, with their seven
| interesting children. -#
Among some valuable old documents
we have found a leaflet containing
the Articles of Faith and Church
Covenant adopted by the Baptist
church in Wilmington, December 18,
1925 On the third page is a hymn
or a poem, "Ohurch Fellowship,
the authors name not given. This
was evidently printed for the recogui.
| tion service, and for the use of the first
members.
The Wilmington Baptists have taken
much interest in the restoring of the
stolen funds of the state convention,
partly for the reason that the father
of the defaulter, Rev. O. W. Walker,
was long the beloved pastor here, and
the culprit himself passed his boyhood
here Now that the fund has been
restored, they are gratified that the
last thirty five hundred dollars of the
fiftyfi thousand came from Willing
ton, in addition to the large amount
from the same family given previous
ly. 1t is good to be able to do gr rand
and generous deeds, but 1t Is better to
Whittier said: "For the innumer-
able dead is my soul disquieted. - The
home mission sentiment of America
is: "For the innumerable unborn is
my soul disquieted Into what con-
dition shall they be born, under what
laws shall they live, what civilization
shall be theirs? That is the big,
overpowering fact that every American
statesman and every American teach
er of religion and morality is facing.
Not a problem of nationalism. but a
problem of internationalism' - Yet
there are people who will tell ycu
tag know nothing of home missions
- xa that they are not interested.
@The birthday social at Baptist
ladies' parlor Friday evening was
we'll attended and unusually lively
The supper was said to excel even the
usual fine repasts served by the So
ciety. One feature was a beautiful
cake, frosted in white and lettered
and dated with chocolate in truly
artistic fashion, the work and contri-
button of Mrs. Nathan Ward. Every
body present had a slice of this de-
licious confeotion, and the pres; dent
has the generous remainder. She re-
turns thanks for the pleasant thought
of her pleasant friend and sister in
the church. There were reoitations
by Charlie Lyon and Alice Ward,
reading by Mr.. Cohglove. song by
Mrs. Ward, and the Chinese ball game
took up the rest of the evening with
out waning in interest.
Henry Holt & Co., New York, have
brought out in book form, 81. so, the
novel, "The Helpmate,' concluded
in October Atlantic, written by May
Sinclair. This is an astonishing
story, in the fact that it was printed
in Atlantic; astonishing in method,
on morality, in purpose, in the
heroine's attempts to separate her
soul from her body. What will it's
influence be? What will the critics
say about it? The last chapter is the
best, showing that throughout all the
impossibilities of the story the wife
absorbed in analyzing her soul did
love her husband when she saw him
on the brink of the grave. An inter
esting story, but not pretty one.
Miss Sinlcair seems to fancy that she
has a mission, but what it is exactly
is not quite clear. 1t is domestic
purpose evidently, but her purpose is
ever question.