The Detroit times., 1908-03-14
NEWS OF DETROIT'S CHURCHES
PREsnYTERIAN.


PRESBYTERIAN.
The Rev DR. Boyd. pastor OF he
First Presbyterian church, VIII denver
an address az the state convention OF
the ~ NJ. G. A. To be held~in Bay city
the lasf week In March.
The subject or the morning discourse
I'm the Scovel Memorial Presbyterian
church McGraw and Grand River-aves;.
and the evening. THE City OF God"
The Rev. Edward III. Pence. ID, D., OF
the Forrest. Presbyterian church, VIII
deliver a sermon sunday morning on
The Human Longings. and IN ths
evening his topic Will be He Must
suffer Ere We Can Know Him.
BY request OF the General Assembly
for assistance I'm the erection OF the
churches destroyed In san trancisco
during the earthquake. collections VIII
be taken I'm nearly all OF the Presoy-
terrain churches OF the city Sunday.
New officers OF the Pastors Aid So
ciety OF the Jefferson ave. Presbyter-
Ian church arc as follows; President.
Mrs. William II. Elliott. FIRST vice pres
ond vice president Mrs. I'll. r. c. DAN
iels secretary. Mrs. Harry g. Mason;
treasurer Mrs John NJ Francis
In the interests OF national evangei-
ization. a most important and Interest
ing conference will be held I'm the First
Presbyterian church OF this city, Fri
day. March 90. The visiting speakers
will be Drs. w. III. Roberts. c: L.
Thompson. the Rev. Charles Stelzie.
Joseph h. McAfee and the Rev. T. c.
Meffett. II is also expected that the
Rev. David Howell DIR. william Bryant
and the Rev. w. l. Hood. OF the synod
zeal Home Mission work. and the Pres
state will be present 10 participate In
the conference. The sessions will be
open TO all and a large attendance as
~ O. s.sr aarrN
10 O'Clock tn tho morning until the
closing one at 1880 o'clock In the even
ing.
The twentieth anniversary exercises
and reunion OF Emmanuel Presbyterian
Sunday school will he observed sun,
day. March %, with special services all
day. The anniversary sermon will be
preached In the morning by the las
tor. the Rev. A. III. Cameron. At le:lo
o'clock Sunday school exercises will be
held with F. w. Clark. superintendent
presiding. Addresses will be delivered
by the pastor. Elder Elisha A. Fraser,
and prayer by the Rev. VIM III. Clark,
short addresses by Elder ]. @. Kirker
George W. Comstock. Elder A. D.
Green, G. T. Duffie. Elder A: l.. Stew
art, +. W. Clark. Elder E. A. Fraser who
Fl. Clark, d. d. SPECIAL music will be
provided by the choir under the direc-
ton OF Clinton Unord. Mrs. F. B.
Leach is organist. and Miss Eta
METHODIST.
The second quarterly meeting OF tine
Leesville Methodist Episcopal church
will be held Sunday morning. The
sermon. which will be followed by the
sacrament OF the Lords supper.
Prof. David Mackenzie will address
the Business Mems class OF the Mar
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church. Putnam and Lincoln-av
Sunday noon. on Moral and religious
training In the schools" All men are
cordially invited.
The Rev: James L Gardiner. pastor
OF the Tabernacle Methodist church.
will give the third in his series OF SER
mons to workingmen in the church
Sunday evening. He Will discuss the
to Christi" and will base his talk on
answers to this question received from
a number, OF representatives OF labor
organizations. In the morning ms
topic viii be, The goodness OF God.
The Algonquins and Iroquois OF the
Parker Bible class celebrated the close
OF the membership campaign OF thrse
months with banquet Thursday
the victors, rolling up 4,65s points
against 394s points for the Iroquois.
As a result OF the campaign the class
roll now contains the names or oVs
Algonquins, and C. w. Jones. chief or
the Iroquois. received gifts from the
class.
The choir OF the Grand River-avc.
Methodist church, under the direction
OF Miss Jennie ~. Stoddard. will give
special musical program sunday
evening. Among the numbers TO he
rendered are duet for bass and tenor
Now We Are ambassadors" followed
by the chorus Flow Lovely Are the
Messengers" both from the oratorio,
"St Paul" by Mendelssohn: Hear My
chorus, Mendeissohn. The choir will
be assisted by Miss Mabel Conner. or
the First Unitarian church.
In the current issue OF the Michigan
Christian Advocate, the following COM
ment Is made on the criticism of Car
dinal Gibbons, sent out by the press
bureau OF the National Prohibition
discourteous criticism was made upon
Cardinal Gibbons. and published broad
cast by some hot headed writer, re-
garding the cardinals attitude on the
Temperance question. The utterance.
which has been repudiated by Pro
a very unwise one. for two reasons:
first abuse IL never argument, and
Instead OF convincing and winning
others, always prejudices and alienates
them. In the second place. the criti-
cism was based on partial and hence
Incorrect Information. Because Car
dinal Gibbons was reported as favor
ing license and opposed to Prohibition,
the writer In question. pitched into
him. 1t Is well to be sure or your
facts first"
EPISCOPAL.
The mixed vested choir of Trinity
Episcopal church. under tho direction