The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-04-14
hour, they out number the mem
haro oracanf

hour, they out number the mem
bers present.
The prayer meeting, while not
so largely attended as other meet
ings, has been success. Part
of the time it has been a regular
Bible Training School in which
those present were taught how TO
use their Bibles in soul winning.
The question of good singing
seriously confronted the pastor
and church. The problem was
solved in this way. Mr.. Howard,
who had never studied music
scarcely knew one note from the
other-set himself the task Of di-
recting his own choir. TO be "
to do this he procured book con-
tanning the principles of music
and hammered on it," as he
he says, every moment he c, I'd
spare from his other duties. He
now meets with his singers every
Friday night and directs the mus
ic himself keeping the time strict
ly and correcting, helping, and
asking for help alternately. IT is
delight to sit in the pews and
listen to the sweet strains OF song.
On Sunday he turns them loose
to take care of themselves, but
they do it all right. He says he
could never have accomplished
the success attained in song had
he not had one of the best organ
lists that ever struck a key Mrs.
j. G. Hairston. eff others have
excelIed her in skill they have
never in fidelity, good hunor aud
patience. "
He also acknowledges with
gratitude the help of Mr.. }. d.
Boyd who, he says, observing his
tremendous effort, "had pity"
and came to his rescue. SO that
now the flute, violin, etc, are c)m-
mon in his choir
All the old debts have during
the year been paid. All the Boards
of the church have been remem-
bered liberally-beyond what was
asked of the church. Every dol
lar promised pastor has been paid.
Every dollar necessary to run
the church another year (pastor s
salary, light, heat, janitor, insur-
ance, Presbyterial dues, etc. has
been subscribed. The church new
err faced a brighter future.
The Presbyterian Board o !
Missions encouraged this little
church to aspire TO full time prom
Using to help them until they
could do il by themselves. After
the agreement from the Board
was received the officers of the
church voluntarily returned the
agreemtn and asked the Board TO
make il $50 less and the church
has paid it.
Beginning the year with less
less than half hundred members
this church has paid for all benev-
client purposes missions, ETC.
8 boards and one temperance
committee) the sum of $1,000 or
an average of 1922 for every man
woman and child in the church.
Besides $1,000 for the expense of
the General Assembly, Synod and
Presbytery. They have in vari-
Gus ways spent $4,000 at home.
This is a total average of 1910
| for every person in the church,
quite a number of whom are boys
and girls.
Some 5000 or more will be
left in the treasury and the
Church Session has voted unan-
imously to turn this sum over to
the pastor and have also voted
him two weeks leave of absence
which he and wife will use to at
tend the WOmans Board Meeting
of the Southwest which compris-
rs the Southern and Southwest
ern States and will convene in
Dallas Saturday, April %, and
continue in session till the 25th.
After this Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
will visit relatives and friends at
Bowie, Bellevue, Henrietta and
Stamford, returning home in time
for First Sunday in May.