El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-14

The FL PasO Presbvtery conVeneS in
the First Presbyterian church TUESDAY
afternoon at 8 o'clock, and viii continue
its sessions through Wednesday even
ing. Besides the FL PasO churches, the
congregations from Maria Alpine, L
Davis. Marathon. ans others VIII be
represented by the respective ministers
and one elder each The mOderatOT's
sermon viii be preached tuesday even
ing, and on Wednesday evening Rev J.
s Smith. of Trinity university. viii
speak on Christian education. These
meetings viii be held in the church
auditorium and are open to the public
The business sessions of Presbytery,
during the day, are also open to those
interested in the proceedings
There viii be a meeting of Sunday
school officers and teachers Of the
First Presbyterian Monday evening at
the church. The Mems club and Won
ans Missionary society meetings are
postponed one week, on account Of
Presbytery meetings
The eastern division Of the aid will
give a silver tea at the home of Mrs
p E. Gardner, 1926 Montana street,
Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 6.
sunday morning the pastor present.
ed a summary of the years work as
brought out at the recent Congrega-
tlOnal meeting The church raised,
from all sources, for its own mainte-
nance during the year, including build
ing fund amounts and not including
S1155 loan. SS100.80. For missionary
and benevolent work. at home and
granted and loaned on the new Altura
Presbyterian church Encouraging
reports were given from all the SOcle-
ties. and the opportunities and reSpOu-
SibiHtieS of the church pointed out by
the pastor. and Miss Kate Fink, the
church visitor One hundred ten new
members were received since April !.
1872. TWentyfOur have been dismissed
tO other churches, and there have been
10 deaths The present mem bership
Is 612- The church has also q large
Ion I'd n
DetWier, and L l. Robinson were
elected elders f. A Shelton. W L
Crockett, Dr.. J. A Rawlings were re-
elected to the elderShip. The following
board of trustees was elected Fred
Hewitt. W V. Long. j. l. Gilliland, E p.
Rankin. E NJ Bray. J 3. NcBrOOm, W
Il Shelton. J. G. McNary, Dr. L N
Brock, A. H Anderson, W l. Gaines I
Jas. A. Dick.
Southern PresbyterIans at Carlsbad.
The 81 PasO Presbytery of the /
Southern Presbyterian church viii meet I
at Carlsbad. n. NJ. Tuesday at 8 p m I
Rev. John E Abbott. Of the Westmin- I
ster Presbyterian church, viii attend ]
and preach the opening sermon as re- I
firing moderator, and conduct a con-
ference on Sunday school work J. H !
Logan was elected as the elder repre- 4
sentative from the Westminster con-
EregatiOn, with Bradford Hardie alter 4
nate
Reports of Church Work.
Printed reports Of the work of West i
minister congregation were distributed 4
at the morning service Sunday. This /
report covers the church year ending /
March 81, 1913. It was shown that IS I
members had been received during J
that period. and that there is a present /
resident membership Of S44- The con-
Eregation contributed SSH toward the 1
liquidation Of the building debt The /
total expenditures for local work }
to 1921 S362-3O was given /
to foreign missions, and S192-95 for \
home missions To all the benevolent /
causes the sum Of 1927 was given. The I
Ladies Aid society will meet in the /
Sunday school room Tuesday afternoon ]
at 8 o'clock
East FL PasO Presbyterian.
Rev. Kenneth Brown, of the East FL &