The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-14
MANY AT MISSIONS
Interesting and Powerful Ad- dresses at Three Churches
 by Fathers.
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
Great Interest Taken by Young People in the Special Exercises
 for Them.

It was a day of mission services yes terday at St. Paul's, Christ and Irin- ity churches, the first regular day or week day missions. The services com menced with communion services Tn the early morning, there being com munions celebrated at each Of the churches at which were well attended for the time of day. There were reg ular services with short addresses in the morning.
 Interesting children's missions were held at o'clock in the afternoon at all the churches, and large congre- gation of children participated in them. The regular missioners who have been assigned to the churches conducted these services also. They were divided into three parts, the first consisting of chatechising, the second of instruction and the third of short l address by the leader of the mission at the church. The children took great interest In the service and join ed heartily in the singing, which was 1 interspersed through the afternoon 1 NN f'NAiAONi VI sPcNioi iiiSSipA ny ihhN' were sung.
 | In the evening there were the regu- Jar evening mission services with ad | dresses by both the missioners at the | church. The fathers in charge appear ed as at all the services in the regula- l ton garb of the Order of the Holy l Cross. of which they are all members
 At St. Paurs church Father Ander- son delivered the principal address, taking as his subject the Character of Esau." He applied the selling of the birthright for mess of pottage bS Esau to modern life and talked very | earnestly on the surrender of future good for present enjoyment and it: consequences. 7
 Father Sill delivered the instruction for the evening. His talk was on the origin and consequences of evil 1 At the evening service at Christ church Father Huntington and Father Houston had charge The former preached on the topic of goodness. Goodness he declared Is essential to unity in life. Goodness results in fel- lowship but 1t must be unselfish.
 Father Houston delivered the in- struction. He said that the origin of sin is not so important as the fact of it. A child, he said, is not bad in the beginning. He compared an evil man to 8 locomotive with the bolts out which, while it is standing still is all right, but as soon as it attempts to ac- complish something Is found to be nc 1 good. He also referred to the evan gelical campaign here and said the two were in cooperation. not compe- tition, as had been said
 Big services were held last night al Trinity church under the charge of Fla. ther Officer, He delivered an interest. ing and instructive talk as the first ol his week day sermons.
 The service at Trinity to-day will Dc under his charge, and will consist oj holy communion at a. m. morniua prayer and Bible study at i5:30; service i of intercession at l2:l5, meeting foi l women at D. m, and childrens mis. sion at |: evening prayer at B. and evening preaching at 745
 | The services at the other churche, | to-day are as follcws
 St. Paul's church-Holy communion a. m; morning prayer, a. m.; hol, l communion with instruction, 9.30 a. m netting for women (except Monday, and Saturdaysl D. m; children's mis sion, 1 ?. m; evening prayer D. m. preaching service, 7;45 D m.
 Christ chureh-Holy communion, I and 7;30 a. m; morning prayer, a. m. holy communion with instruction, 9:3t a: m; meeting for women, 3 D. m. children's mission, D. m; evenins prayer, ?. m; preaching service 7:4; i ?. m.