El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-20
Church Affairs

, A federation Of mems clubs. repre-
! senting all of the Christian churches,
! with a central body and a closely at
| fniated organization, is the plan that
was suggested by David Mcknight,
! president of the st. Clements Mems
! club, at the get-acquainted meeting Of
/ the First Presbyterian Mems club
/ meeting Tuesday night Such an or
| .aniza-iOn, Mr.. Mcknight showed,
! would be a great force for civic and
! religious betterment in the city and
would furnish an environment for the
I younger generation Of Ell Pasoans who
| are now boys and who are looking TO
| the men of the Christian churches for
I their help
The Presbyterian Mems meeting was
Z the first of q series Of monthly meet
/ ings Of the club that viii be held dur
ing the winter. AS president and prime
mover in the Mems club OF St Glenn
ents church, Mr.. Mcknight was invited
I to talk to the Presbyterian men on the
methods employed by the St Clements
club in getting the fine organization
and accomplishing the work that the
/ Episcopal club has been doing since
it was organized. The club president
talked for 20 minutes to the Presby-
terian club in a dron, logical address,
in which he advocated the closer union
of the men of each church and the still
closer union Of the mems clubs Of all
the Christian churches Of the city as a
moral force in the community. There
are now two active mems clubs in the
city and a third in process Of organlZa-
ton he said. This would be the start
Of p great Men and Religion" move
ment in FL PasO, he said, that could
accomplish great good for the city, for
the churches and for the young men
who are now growing up
A brief program followed the princl-
pal address Charlie Brann gave a
number of limitations Of prominent FL
Pasoans. ParV1n Witte sang a SOLO
with piano accompaniment by trancls
Moore: Norman Walker gave short
talk and told a story on Judge F. f.
Hunter which gave Judge hunter sur
ficient cause for a 1lve-minute story
telling reply. Rev c. L. OVersIreeL
closed the meeting with a brief talk Oh
encouragement for the mems cluD
movement T. J. Jones. chairman or
the club committee acted as cna lIIIe-u
Of the meeting. buffet lunch was
served at the conclusion Of the pro
gram The Presbyterian Mems club
viii meet once each month ana the
program cclnri-ttee IS now at work on
the entertainment fer the next meet
ing.
Speaking Of the scources Of imni-
grafton, J. A. GiQett said last evening
Al the Home Mission meeting. In
earlier DAYS the immigrants came from
northwestern Europe and they mace
good citizens They were INDUSTRIOUS
and TlrlLLE. L4GF ODEEE4 LAAH "a
the land and were honest and depend
able in every way. during the last rev
years. the great majority OF our lILAll-
grants have been coming from souIh-
western Europe and they are OF a LaI
different class from the others 1-ley
are poverty stricken, they have an IN
nate hatred for all government ana au-
thOriJy, and many OF Lnen are 4SLg-
ant and vicious. 1t is easy TO imagine
what the effect Of the presence OF Sucn
people upon our CIVILIZATION VII De
-rr rur- So a n
act their influence and uplIft them
Rev. r. T. Hanks said. There IS only
one attitude for Christian people 20
take toward the strangers WITHIN our
zrares and that is an attitude OF KIND
ness and helpfulness and OF readiness
to give them the gospel AS a InaLter
of fact, common selfishness dlctales
such a course We must CnIls llaI ms
them or they will heathenize US. Inc
majority Of those who come 10 Us are
Roman Catholics and not OF that better
tvue of Catholics that we often see IN
this country. If there are designs upon
the institutions and future religious
freedom OF America these are the peo-
nIe who would most readlly len0 Jneln-
selves to such purposes There Is only |
one thing to do, and that is 10 give them
a pure gospel to which they are sim
7'i me I DPogram for tonight follows:
Topic--'Some Great Fields for Mis-
sionary Activity
Scripture reading-Rev. r T. Hanks. /
Prayer-Rev. c. r WOmeldOrf
The Southwest, the Land of Prom
fse"-Rev. c. L Overstreet
The Rural Districts and Small
Towns'-Rev. John E. Abbott
The Mountaineers of the south M
East'-Rev. Henry Easter
Hymn
BenedictiOn-Rev. Perry J. Rice.
Tuesday afternoon the Women's. Mis- I
sionar-v society Of the First Presbyte-
rian church met in the parlOrs of the
church. Mrs. ". V. Long the vice pres !
fdent presided. The subject for dis
cussion was Buddhism" comparative /
study with Christianity. The program l
was in charge of Mrs. E W Parker and /
Mrs L l. Robinson, Those assisting,
who gave short talks on different {
phases Of the work. were; Mrs. F. H. [
Lassiter. Mrs. Deason. Mrs. Hell Z
Hale Mrs. s. d. Garrett, Mrs /
George C. Helde Mrs. T. J.
Jones and Mrs. r. S. Murray Miss /
DOrothea Hart sang very sweetly Face /
to Face" Mrs. J L. Gilliland gave the (
Current Events" The hostess for the !
day was Mrs. Mary Bateman. There /
was a large number present and an en- /
joyable social hour was spent
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Monday afternoon, at the home of /
Mrs James A Dick, the central division /
of the Aid society of the First Presby-
terrain church met in business session. I
Mrs. Dick is chairman of the division