Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-05-25
Church News of the Week.

Rev. w. u. Clements, OF Chapel Hill.
preached an able and impressive ser.
mon to a large congregation at the
Christian church Sunday morning
The pulpit was filed by the pastor
Sunday night.
At the Baptist church Sunday
morning the pastor gave the first Of
the last three lectures on Baptist
church history: 1.-The church in the
New Testament period. Character
istics of the church at this period
and the process of it's corruption til
it disappeared about 200 A. d.
Next Sunday morning the subject
will be 1.-The Re-appearance of the
church at,theitime OF the Reforma
ton" Sunday night Rev. Morgan
began a series of brief discourses or
the parable of the lost son. The
anthem at the morning service was
by Mr. Asa Parham.
Rev. l. W. Hughes held the three
usual services at holy Innocents
church Sunday. At the morning ser
vice he briefly surveyed the import
ant matters that had come mp he
fore the annual convention DIT lioch :
Mount last week, which was one o.
the most important and successful
OF all the ninety-five since the crea
r,tion of the Diocese OF North Carolina
All of the happenings were OF a mis-
sionary character, Christian educa,
ton, the Church's duty in the mil
districts, and to the colored race, and
the Endowment Fund Chat pen
sion may be had in old age or when
incapacitated so that practical, sell,
respecting men, many OF whom the
Church never hears, may enter the
Christian ministry. These subjects
were combined into a splendid mis-.
sionary sermon. Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday were Rogation days
and twice each day prayers were OF
fered for the fruits of the earth
Today, Ascension Day, one OF the
five great feasts, there was q special
service at II o'clock.
The Henry l.. Wyatt Camp OF Con
federate Veterans heard an inspiring
sermon at the Methodist church Sun
day morning. The Camp in the
Confederate uniforms, led by the
STARS and Stripes" the "Stars and
Bars" and the State flag, marched
down the aisle of the church few
minutes before IL o'clock and took
their places in a body. After talk
directly to the soldiers in regard to
their heroism, in which Rev. Royal
SoiI bo ostop 1op1oro1 81 tho uonno
men of today could successfully cope
with the difficulties that faced the
men of 1861, he told them that
though they had fought and won tbs
battles of 1S61-'65, there were bat
ties today that had not been won
that the Civil War was over and Lee
and Jackson were dead, but thai
Jesus Christ, 1.-The Captain of oul
Salvation" was alive. He theI
enumerated several of the bloOdless
battles to be won, and while dwelling
on crime, said that 100000 Of oul
fellow men are said to be imprisoned
all the time. Poverty was another
bloodless battle to befought, and al
OF the forms of vice which strive
against the health and morals o
citizens. And evils which threaten
the home, the school and flag. 10,
100000 boys and girls attend oul
public schools, he said, at an annua
expense to the nation of more thar
| $250,00O,O0O and there must be 6
ceaseless, bloodless struggle for the
incubation of manhood. Not mon
ey but men is the unit OF value, char
acter not commerce is the basic
principle OF national prosperity. Ant
in conclusion, no nation has ever
been conquered when it's men were
brave and honorable, and it's womer
chaste and domestic.
There were the two regular ser
vices at the Protestant church Sun
day. Both sermons were by the pas
tor, Rev. r. NJ. Andrews
Rev. J. A. Mcclure filled his pulpi
at the Presbyterian church twice OF
last Sunday. Miss Bertha Bum
was organist on account of the alb
sence of the regular organist, Mrs
c. A. Lewis.
Rev. DR.. Alexander Sprunt, pasto
of the First Presbyterian church o
Charleston, S. G., preached strong
sermon to q good congregation il
the Presbyterian church of this cit.
last evening at $50. DR.. Sprunt i
former pastor of the Henderson
church and is very popular here, no
only with the members of the Pres
byterian congregation, but wit
other denominations as we'll. Las
Sunday morning DR.. Sprunt preach
ed the commencement sermon TO
Peace Institute, at Raleigh, in tn
First Presbyterian church OF tina
city, and the Raleigh papers speak i
the highest terms of his able effort
He also preached the commencement
sermon at Littleton Female Colleg
this week.