El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-08
PATRIOTIC SERMON
To PRESBYTERIANS
The Westminster Church to
Have Picnic This Week.
Texas Pastor Here.

| reviewed the IllustrOuS history of the
country and then went into a review Of
the problems for the present-the immi-
grafton and race problems. the struggles
! between capital and labor. city govern
| ment, and the temperance question
| closing with a brief forecast of the
| cuntrys future, with the development
| OF the new patriotism that does Its duty
I faithfully IN times OF peace; that is
/ living for the country instead OF diving
! for it. The service closed with the sing
! ing of America" by the congregation
| At the morning service the names Of
| the Is new members received into the
| church during the last quarter were read
| This number brings the new member
! ship up to 81 received into the church
| since January first.
Picnic and Mission Meeting.
! Two important events are scheduled
I for the week, the church picnic and the
men and women's missionary meeting.
! The latter viii be held Tuesday night at
! o'clock IN the Sunday school room of
| the church. Signs of the times" is the
I topic that has been chosen for the ad-
! dresses. which viii be made upon diff
! ferent phases, the first being the bear
/ mo OF present governmental conditions
! upon the foreign missionary enterprise;
| the second phase Is what prominent men
/ think of missions; the third. the worlds
/ debt to the missionary; and the fourth
/ the organization of forces at home for
/ the task of evangelizing the world
! Prominent men of the city Will be the
| speakers OF the evening and the meeting
/ IS open to all interested IN missions
/ This viii be the initial meeting at which
| the men of the congregation have Joined
! with the women. There viii be special
music for the occasion.
Thursday, July II, is the day set for
the church and. Sunday school picnic,
which Will be held fr0n ? to o'clock IN
| Washington Park. with a basket dinner
as an attractive feature.
Organist Is HOnOTed'
In token of their appreciation OF her
long and faithful service as OrganiSt
OF the Westminster church and Sunday
school, Miss Anna IyersOn was presented
with gold necklace and fancy mirror
/ by the members OF the church and Sun
day school. The gifts were presented
with appropriate remarks by Rev j. r.
Abbott, the pastor, at the close of sun
day school session Sunday morning.
Baptist Revival
At the Highland Park Baptist church
the revival services being conducted BY
Rev II. I. NermilliOn. OF Clovis, y. NJ,
VIII continue for another week. The
services are held twice daily, at 10
o'clock every morning in the church, and
at s o'clock every night an open air meet
ing Is held on the tennis court adjoining
the church building. Rev. Il. /. Yer
million preached at the Sunday morning
services On account of the revival, there
viii be no meetings OF the organizations
OF the church until next week.
Trinity Stewards Meet.
The board OF stewards of Trinity
Methodist church Will hold their reglI-
lar monthly meeting Tuesday night at
) o'clock at the church. Wednesday night
at o'clock the regular midweek prayer
service viii be held.
Presbyterian Services.
There viii be no meetings OF the or
carnations of the First Presbyterian
church this week. Rev. Warren Elsing
who Will occupy the pulpit during the
pastors vacation. returned the last of
the week from California with MS bride
Beginning next Sunday night. Mr. Elsiuc
VIII conduct regular evening services ut
the Altura Presbyterian church. The
Bible study class viii meet 1T tho First
Presbyterian church Wednesday night
at s o'clock. the 18th chapter of ST.
Johns gospel being the study subject.
The monthly communion service of the
First Presbyterian church will occur
next Sunday at the morning service at
IL o'clock.
Calvary Church Activities.
The WOmans aid and missionary So
ciety of Calvary Houston Square Bap-
list church will meet at the Calvary
church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
At the meeting the new constitution and
bylaws for the combined societies viii
be put before the members for adoption. !
Tuesday night an entertainment will I
be given in the Houston Square church |
bv the Whatsoever society, to begin at |
7:45 o'clock. Following the regular |
Wednesday night prayer. service, which |
will be held at Calvary church at S /
o'clock, there Will be the monthly con- /
ference meeting.
Baptists to Have Active Week
The event of the week at the First !
Baptist church viii be the Brotherhood |
meeting Friday night. July u, in the
church parlors. The discussion viii be
on the subject. "The Power of Organi-
zation,' with short addresses on music,
the social element, and the supreme
business of the kingdom as benefited by
organization. In addition, a musical
program Will be given and light re-
freshments served. The choir leader, c.
l. Rogers will be in charge of the music.
"The social element in religion will |
be the topic of the sermon at the We'd
nesday night prayer service OF the First
bapJlSJ church.
Lutheran Minister Resting.
As Rev. Z. H. Combs, the pastor of
St. Pauls Lutheran church. is resting
Turing a months vacation. the only ser
vice Sunday morning was the Sunday
school. NJ. A. Ritden preached at the
evening Sunday service.
Dr.. Easter on Vacation
The rector of st. Clements church,
Rev. Henry Easter, will be in Cloud
;roft with his family this week. He left
for Cloudcroft Monday morning and viii
return Friday night.
The meeting of the vestrv of st.
Clements church viii be held Wednes
lay night at 8 o'clock
Texas Pastor Here.
Egbert R. Cockrell. professor of the
Texas Christian university, is occupying
.he pulpit of the First Christian church
Turing the vacation OF the pastor, Rev,
Perry J. Rice, who IS in Ohio.
Juarez Missionary breaches.
Rev. II. F. Hatchal, foreign missionary
at JUarez, occupied the pulpit of the
East FL Paso Baptist church at both
The morning and evening services Sun
lay. in the absence of the pastor. Rev.
Ed L. Millican, who was called to Dallas
Friday by the death of his mother. Rev.
Ed l. Millican is expected to return to
FL PasO Tuesday morning