Arizona republican., 1909-04-24

Gal. 2:9-10. For Home Mission so- | ciety) leader, Miss Mary Doyle. ] Preaching at pm, by the pastor. Mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study Wednesday evening. Vocal mu sic class, Thursday night conducted by Rev. Forman, of Bethel charge.
 Tcere will be an entertainment at Cartwright on the evening of the 7th of Mry, to which the public is invited. Miss White, an elocutionist, from Phoenix, will furnish the bulk of the entertainment. Miss White gave a very satisfactory one here two years ago. Admission fee will be, adults 25 cents and children 15 cents. The pro- ceeds will go to help pay for the new organ in the church. Friday, May the 7th, at pm.
 On Wednesday night. April 2Sth. at the Good Templars' hall, there will be an ice cream supper the proceeds of which will be used to further advance the Good Templars work at Cart wright. A program will be rendered Every one is invited to come and en- joy social evening and a dish of Don ofrio's ice cream. Wednesday, April 2Sth, at pm.
 The closing service of district con ference Sunday night was an excellent one A love feast followed by a wit ness meeting, conducted by Brother Hively, of Nogales, in which an out pouring of the holy spirit was mani fester, after which Dr Howell, presid- ing elder of Los Angeles district, preached to large and attentive con- gregation. His text was found in the third chapter of Philippians, "Breth- ren count not myself to have appre- hended: But this one thing I do. for getting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" Paurs pro- gram of life, inclusive" and "exclu- sive." Including all that God loves and excluding all that God hates First. q have not yet apprehended" this denotes progress. We must reach forth-go forward. The first means of reaping grain was probably the plucking of the heads of wheat with the naked hand, next short blade was used, then a cycle, later cradle, then the moving machine, binder and so on until now in California they cut bind thrash and sack the grain with one machine. Haven't yet attained" Have def mite purpose in life. God requires the best in man. To carry out PauIs pro- gram of life we must forget the past. How we cling to the hurtful things of hn past" No man is called to regulate his life by the mistakes of the past Conversion won't suffice for the in consistency of today. Forgetting the past we must reach forth or die. The enemy is advancing. Church of the living God we must advance. The devil crushes our courage. Listen only to the orders that say advance. These are a few sentences extracted from the sermon. Friday afternoons session of district conference was the Wo- mans Home and Foreign Mission re- port. for the district. The home mis- sion program was as follows:
 Song-"The Kings Business"
 Prayer by Dr. R. P Howell of Los Angeles, followed by reading and ex- planation of 126th psalm.
 SOng-"Higher Grounds"
 Short prayer by Mrs Collier. district secretary.
 Mrs. E. Irvine was elected to act as secretary of the meeting.
 Welcome address by Mrs. J. A. Vim son.
 Response to welcome. by Miss Mo Clain. of Tempe.
 Report of district secretary for year ending March 30. 1909, by Mrs. Collier.
 SolO-"The Gates of Heaven Are Wide Mrs Burley
 Reports of auxiliaries, as follows:
 Phoenix. Miss Hall
 Cartwright, Mrs Higgins.
 Bethel, Mrs. C. E. Tannehill
 Tempe. Miss Adams !. Prescott, report read by Mrs. Collier. added to by a verbal report by Rev. MT. Kagle
 Nogales, report given by presiding elder. Brother Crutchfield. added to by extracts from quarterly reports from that place by the district secresry, Mrs. Collier
 Stafford. reported by Brother Crutch- field.
 Talk on Home Mission Work" by Brother Nelson. Explanation of home mission tree
 Report of auditors
 Paper Do You Know" by Mrs. F. Irvine, treating of what has happened during the twenty-two years of home mission work. by the society
 Followed by report of foreign mis- sion report Program not given.