El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-06
TO CONTINUE THE
BREEDEN MEETINGS
VIII Close Tuesday Night
and Recital VIII Be on
Wednesday.


So great was the enthusiasm mani
Tested yesterday in the evangelistic
services at the First Christian church
that it was decided in the evening to
continue them as long as possible. Ac-
cordingly they viii run on through to-
night and Tuesday nights but as the
evangelists positively must leave late
Wednesday night to make preparations
for, conducting union services in San
Bernardino. Cal. the meeting will have
TO close Tuesday night and the re-
cital viii be given on Wednesday. The
services have resulted in the addition
Of 20 persons TO this church.
The topic for this evening will be
Excuse Ne" and DR.. Breeder will
speak on the parable of the marriage
feast, at which the invited guests made
so many excuses Of one sort or an
other. Prof. Limit is providing a spe-
cial musical program for the first half
hour OF the service. and number of
people have signified their desire of
uniting with the church at this oppor-
tunity.
The service for old folks was held
yesterday afternoon Conveyances had
been provided where necessary, so that
the central portion of the auditorium
was comfortably filled with gray hair
=
the seats on either side were filled
with younger ones The climax Of the
service came when the children march
ed down from the balcony singing
-'Blest Be the Tie that Binds, and
showered their elders with roses and
carnations. Many Of those present had
not been able 10 attend church for
years and several had TO be carried
by tender arms 20 their seats
Dr sermon was THE
secret Of & beautiful and a happy old
age" He declared that TO have a
happy old age, one must have happy
retrospect. a peaceful present and a
certain future
There were sos pupils who answered
the roll call at the Sunday school.
gain of 125 members in a month. DR..
Breeders sermon at the morning ser
vice was on "the sermon for this age
Last night people were again turned
away from the evening service, al
though many additional seats had been
placed in the choir loft and around the
baptiStry Several people stood up in
the vestibule through the whole ser
vice In the half hour song service
Miss Propst sang Beautiful Isle" the
noted gospel song of hope which was
sung at the funeral Of president Nc
Kinley The large chorus choir gave
s'The Holy City with Mr. Travis in
the solo parts. Dr. Breeder spoke on
THE Peril of Delay telling Of the
great danger of continually putting off
the acceptance Of Christ until the OPP
portunity or the desire for the Chris
tfan life is forever gone
The ordinance of baptism was adj
rninistered az both the afternoon and
evening services. and viii be admin
istered 10 converts both tonight and
tomorrow night.
Church Notes.
An important stewards meeting will
be held in the women's Darlors Monday
night at Trinity N. E. church
The mission study class viii meet
with Nj ard Mrs c =. Sawyer on Mon
tana. street Friday night.
The woman's auxiliary Of St Glen
ent's viii meet Tuesday at D. m.
The Daughters of the King viii meet
Friday at 3 p. m.
Regular services viii be held each
afternoon except Wednesday and Sat
urday. Wednesday service Will be held
in the evening.
The regular monthly meetings Of
the missionary committee Of the First
Presbyterian church viii be held Mon
day evening. Of the session and trus-
tees Tuesday evening and of the Aid
society Tuesday at p. m.
The First Baatist Church.
Two good congregations greeted the
new pastor Of the First Baptist church
yesterday Dr. J. D. Ray. the new min
lister, is an ideal pulpit orator of pleas
ing manner and great strength. He
and his church are facing the future
with great enthusiasm and -hopefulness.
An effort, something out Of the ordin-
airy. is soon to be made to reach the
average or above the average citizen
and his family who are usually classed
as non-church goers The choir per-
formed some very excellent services at
both hours Sunday An organ recital
Of high order in the very near future
is promised. An organist Of ability
viii be in the city for few days to-
ward the close of March and will pre-
side ar the organ A touching feature
of the morning service Sunday was the
reading of a letter from the former
pastor. DR.. r. B. Smith, TO the in
coming pastor, wherein he told Of his
intense solicitude fer the church he
served for more than eight years