The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-16

the galleries were lllicu TO the llnllt
The pastor, DR.. l%loag,and, conducted
the service and the choir rendered
beautiful special numbers. The
mothers of the church and city We're
met at the doors by a special commit
tee who greeted them and gave each
a carnation. after which they were
shown by the regular usners to spec
mittee consisted of Mrs. b. y. Robb,
Mrs. Wit, Mrs. CoNc, MES. Erskine.
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Haynes. These
ladies are the heads of the various
auNiliaries of the church. More than,
$50 mothers were present. Automobile
es and carriages were used To bring
all who desired them. The pastor
brought a brief, earnest, heartfelt
tribute to motherhood which found
a response in the hearts of the mul-
titude of men and bows present and
all the rest of the congregation. 1t
was felt that the service was in CIV
cry way ideal and worth while and
the only regret was thai at the close
the congregation was compelled to go
home in the rain which began dur
ing the pro2icss OF the service. The
morning service was also full of in
terest. The pastor preached a short
practical sermon from the G X "llo.
Every One Thai Thirsteth." The Sun
day school session and the lEpworth
League meetings were largely attend
ed and full OF interest.
The closing services at the Baptist
church Sunday were in n very fine
order with Mothers Day program
and sermon in the morning by the
pastor, Rev. Benz. +. Tilley. The
house was full and the Sunday school
was above the average. The evening
service was a very interesting meet
ing and not all the people could gain
access to the house. The music by thc
Girls Glce club OF he high school
filled the choir loft and sang sweetly
and pleasingly to all the great col
glcgation. Mrs, ll.ugene ST. John, was
the speaker OF the evening and in
honor of the " c. 7. t.. OF which
Rev. Tilley gave the meeting over to
the officers OF that organization and
Mrs. Cassem presided and other Of
ficeIs OF the society were on the
platform. III was Il great meeting and
the address was certainly filled with
thoughtful matter from start 10 fin
ish. These services closed the work
in the old house which has been III
use for nearly Thirty years and which
is to be replaced With a new and
modern house to meet the demands OF
the church in its aggressive work. Ii
was a day OF sadness mingled With
JOY. 1t was like breaking old friend
ship ties to leave the familiar place
IdilOMfu ny 81 ltu uSSONIftlollG' y nv
church is arranging to meet and hold
services in the City Han, for the sum
mer or until the new house is com
plcted. Each mother at the service in
the evening received Il calnation and
a committee from The W. C.. T. l..
took charge and distributed them.
Mothers Day was observed in the
CONGREGATIONAL church Sunday morn
ing and the service was largely at
tended. Many aged persons were pro
sent. Several dozen carnations were
given the mothers. and mean all the
men and boys wore carnations III
honor Of their mothers. The music
was much appreciated by the congrc-
CATION. Miss Dorothy Young sang a
solo hat was highly enjoyed. Rev.
W. NJ. Mair preached a sermon on
butte to women. The floral decoration
ON the platform and about the pulpit
were nan and beautiful. The ser
vice throughout was interesting, help
full and impressive. In the evening
the pastor delivered his second ser
mon on education. MANY interesting
things were brought. out i'm the
course of his remarks. Mrs. s II
Scallin and Mrs, II. +. Hitchcock
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sang a duet that was appreciated by
by the congregation.
The Mothers Day sermon al tho
Christian church sunday morning
was preached by Mrs. st. John, w
c. T. L. sclist to an audience
that filled the room and il was a Tine
discourse. Taking the text from tho
18th Psalm the lady made an in
~tensely practice and earnest plea fol-
IA more thorough knowledge and un-
d~erstanding of the pure word o! Goo
by all believers. Some names were
added to t he Bible school list al
the 10 O'Clock hour and it is an
nounced ser vices will be held botl'
Sunday morning and evening here
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