El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-02
Iaborers together" Mr.. Brown said
The Message of the Church.

The Message Of the Church.
Rev. J. F. Williams, of the First Bap-
fist church, delivered an address on the
message of the church to the laboring
man. The speaker declared that he
had plowed many a furrow on his
fathers farm. 1t did not make any
difference, the speaker said, whether
a man was a lawyer, doctor, or
working man, all were laborers to-
gether. Jesus, he declared, was a Ia
borer. All men and women are Ia
bOrers," Mr.. Williams said. ''and I am
ashamed of my sex for the fact that
the women have shown more activity
in serving than the men" The burden
of the church's message TO all men he
declared was the amelioration of the
conditions of men, and God be merci-
full to me, the sinner"
Rev. c. D. Daniel was scheduled to
make an address in Spanish. There
are two points TO my speech, he said.
"Brevity and incomprehensibility.
The speaker then launched forth in a
| for about five minutes he said in En-
glish: I think I had better quit. as
there are only about seven or eight
people out here who understand what
am saying. 1 hope you will go home
and say that I made a good speech in
aSmuch a 5 you did not know what
was saying"
What stood out as the most enjoy
able event Of the program was the
singing of the double quartet of the
Presbyterian church. The music was
L
of the quartette were Parvin Witte and
arthur Hewitt, tenOrs; Mrs. Witte and
Mrs. l. T Moore, sopranos; Miss Anne
Hughes and Mrs G. D. Rucker, altos;
James G. McNary and James A Dick,
bass.
The meeting Sunday night was called
to order by Harry Cooper, on behalf
of the Central Labor union. The invo-
! cation was delivered by Rev. J. E ABB
( bolt, of the Westminster Presbyterian
/ church. Rev. E. H. Combs, of St Paul's
Lutheran church, pronounced the bene-
diction- The services were concluded
by the singing Of America" when eV-
eryOne present rose.
In addition to the ministers and the
singers the following representatives
of the different unions were on the
stage: T P. Toohey, horseshoers; J. C.
Burton. hOrseshOers; F. c. Standish,
carpenters; 4. NJ James. brickmasons;
W. c. league, carpenters
Memorial for Gen. Booth.
A memorial service for the late Gen.
William Booth was conducted Sunday
night at the Salvation Army and was
attended by a large audience. Adju-
tant Thomas Pitt presided The pro-
gram consisted Of selections of songs
from the faVOrites of the late general.
An address was delivered by DR.. H. A.
Magruder Rev. J. T. COrbin read an
article and spoke on his observation of
the work of the Army in this city and
elsewhere. Rev W. S Huggett spoke
of early recolIectiOns of the late gen
typical of the work of the Army, enti-
tied GO Deeper Down" The closing
address was made by adjutant James
Hunter, in which he reviewed the work
Of the Army since its beginning and
told of the wonderful results that have
been accomplished since that time
Messages of sympathy, which were
sent to the bereaved family were read.
Among them were messages from
king George and the queen mother
the emperor OF Germany, president
Taft, Col. Theo. Roosevelt and others
The services closed with a reading
OF a conservation pledge which was
participated in by many. Rev. W =
Huggett pronounced the benediction.
Similar services were held in every ma
ton in which the Army has a post. and
making allowance for the difference in
time, a memorial service was in prog
ress somewhere every minute of the "A
hours Sunday.
In many American cities. the services
were preceded by a parade. Denomi-
national lines were lost sight of, while
ministers of all churches and public
officials paid tribute to the dead leader.