Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-09-22
CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES.

churches in the United States, and
of course there were a great many
not reported.
Our merger service seems to be
working very nicely. Let me explain
it again so that everyone may under
stand it: The Bible school opens
the service at ten o'clock, and after
the Bible lesson has been taught in
the classes the sermon is given i'm
mediately. There is no intermission;
there is no going out. The choir rem
ders a special piece of music suitable
to the spirit of the sermon, and
then the minister breaches, usually
upon the Bible lesson for the day.
! The sermon begins about ten minutes
before eleven O'Clock, and people who
do not care for the Bible lesson in
the classes, can come in at that time
and hear the sermon and the music.
The choir, under the direction of
Mr.. Hutton, has resumed its work af-
ter the summer and is doing some
I good work. The music the last two
weeks has been very pleasing.
There is the usual changing that
always occurs at this time of the
year, people getting ready for the win.
ter school work. Among the changes
noted affecting our own work are the
following: Banks Kinnison and Miss
Gladys Ainey have gone to Moscow
to the University, John Hill has
moved his family in from the ranch
to their town home to place the
children in school, the Darnells have
moved in from the bench to their
town house, and Loise and Lillian
Johnson have come down from their
home on Berding Island to enter
school, They will make their home
with their brother E. A Johnson.
There are a large number of strang-
ers, evidently, in the community, and
several of them were visitors in our
Sunday services, among whom was
noticed Mr. Crandall, a travelling man
from Portland, who is a member of
one of the Portland churches. He
was an attentive listener to both
sermons on Sunday, and in the En=
deavor meeting.
Mr. ]. w. Pittinger, one of the
elders of the church at Nampa was
visitor at the minister's home Fri,
day evening. He reports that every
thing is in readiness for the work
on the new church house at Nampa.
Last Thursday the minister was 81
years old In the evening he went,
as is his custom every two weeks to
do, to hear the recitation of the Bible
Training Glass north of town. There
were 46 of the 81 members of the
class present, and a few visitors. A
very pleasant hour was spent in go
ing over the lesson, and at the close
of the recitation period, Mr., White,
president of the class, made speech
in which he expressed the pleasure
the members of the class find in
the work that was being done, and
then, on behalf of the class, as a per-
manent token of kindly feeling to-
ward the teacher and a fuller eX-
preston of the appreciation of the
class of the benefits derived from
this course of study, presented to-
the minister a handsome diamond
stick-pin. To say that he was sur
prised and delighted, is stating his
feelings very mildly. Such ex-
pressions of kindly sympathy for the
work he is trying to do, makes
heavy burdens light and redoubles the
rich pleasures one gets from such /
work. Following the presentation of
the present to the minister, a
program of music, song and recita- |
ton was given, and the host and 1
hostess, Mr.. and Mrs. Johnstone I
served refreshments.
The Broadway church in Los AM 4
geles has invited the minister to 1
spend two months in that city in /
evangelistic services. The Broadway
church is a very remarkable church,
1t does its own missionary work, /
maintaining a mission in japan and
numerous missions in Los Angeles. !
This church is ministered to by the |
venerable B. F. Coulter and John c. /
Hay. Mr. Coulter is the president OF
the Coulter Dry Goods Company, of
Los Angeles, earning money and
spending it for the spread Of the
gospel of Christ. The church de-
sires that one month of the time
be spent in a series of meetings
with the mother church and that the !
other month be given to the Vernon
mission. The Official Beard of the
Payette church has granted permis-
it,, 90 +ba r,fnfStor IN accaDt the