The Detroit times., 1908-07-25
PREsRXTERIAN

The Rev James u, jeffrey OF IN,
S,pVel Memorial Presbyterian church
%ill spend his vacation in Boston.
1hr Grossly tSrian churches at Paw
/ Paw. Coldwatrr ana Mason have united
with. other churches in holding open
AR services Sunda! evenings during
the summer.
The Rev. W \. Service will preach lu
( Bethany Presbyterian church next sun
day The pastor Of bethany, the Kew
i. n Black. II. u. left this week foI
ChautauQua. y. Y where he Will spend
hts vacation.
The Ladies' Aid society OF 81. An
drews Presbyterian church, will have
a refreshment booth at the state Fair
this year The pastor OF 81. Andrew =
with his family. Will go on a vacation
the first OF August.
The grounds at Fort and Twenty
fourth have been prepared Tor
athletic sports, and the Young people
OF the Forrest Presbyterian church Will
arrange for days at the grounds. Al
bert Kinney is the director.
The Rev. Joseph W. Cochran, ID. d..
OF Philadelphia, Will preach In the
Forrest. Presbyterian church, sunday
morning and evening. The morning
topic VIII be. The laboratory method
OF religion" and the evening, The
touch OF hand"
The Rev John Boyd, II. %. pastor "
the FIRST Presbyterian church. with ms
family. le.t on a lake trip To Duluth
the latter part OF this week. The Rev.
). ;. Palmer, ID. D., OF Columbus. ohio.
Will have charge OF the services In the
First church, sunday.
The Rev. Egbert W. Smith. ID. H.. OF
LOUISVILLE, XIV. an author anu one OF
the leading pastors OF the southern
Presbyterian church. VIII preach sun
day. In the Je1erson-ave. Presbyterian
church. as well as every sunday dur.
Ing August. Or. \. H. Barr pastor or
few weeks ago, has gone TO Tawas.
Mich. 10" his summer vacation. tn"
sunday evening service, the sunday .
school and Christian Endeavor mee,-
ings I'm the church have been disCon-
tinued until september.
Members OF the Pastors Aid society
OF the Ienerson-aVe. Presbyterian
church are already making plans for
The chairman OF the fair committee Is
Mrs. !, G. Hutchins. and the chairme a
OF the various other committees are as
follows: Reception. Mrs. ) = New
berry, time and place. Mrs. II. h. JOY.
printing and advertising. Mrs. j r.
shaw; luncheon. Mrs VIM. Nj Donald:
flowers. Mrs. G. A. Ducharme. candy.
Mrs. Charles Wright. baby articles.
more Hunt, bags. Mrs. r. +. Andrus:
pictures. Miss Helen T.. Keep; pre-
serves and pickles. Mrs. G. A. Barnes
practical table Mrs A. Il Hall; mis-
ceilaneous. Mrs. Isabel G.. Bradbeer
The New York Observer has this 20
say of the Rev. John Mcdowell. q
former pastor OF the SeCond-aVe. Pres
byterian church OF this city, now OF
New Jersey one armed preachers
arg not common. nor are one-armCd
tennis champions a usual sight. The
combination is distinctly uncommon.
The Rev. John Mcdowell. one OF the
principal speakers at the Young Wo-
mems conference at Northheld. is the
man who presents these unique char
acteristics. Born in little mining
town in Pennsylvania, the son or a
poor miner, he entered the mine at ar
early age. After some years OF rough
work there an accident deprived hicl
of his left arm and made him UNFIT for
further work! A lady who became in
terested in him sent him To Mr..
Moody's school at Mount Hermon. lie
worked mis- way through this institu-
ton. then through Princeton and
Princeton seminary In spite OF his
lack OF one arm he pluckily learned
tennis while at Mount Hermon and be-
came so good at IL that he was cham
pion there and at Princeton. After ad-
dressing the girls at the Mortified
conference he can often be found play
ing tennis with them just as energetic
ally as he preached
The Christian Advocate of last week
In an editorial. said The sunday
newspaper is not only unchristian. but
nti-Christian. II is direct antagDn-
ist OF that central christian institution
the Sabbath. 1t IS the greatest single
hindrance 10 church attendance. espe-
cially in cities. that we know OF
Michigan Presbyterian or July %. says;
The Sunday paper is where IT is and
what IL is because or the neglect OF
the church. II is true there Is the Y
M G.. A. reading room and papers are
given out at the Sunday school. bat