El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-06
CHURCHES START YEARS. work With
RECEPTIONS TO THE NEW MEMBERS
Women of Calvary Houston Square Baptist Church Are
Holding Daily Services Feast Of the Epiphany Is
Celebrated at the Church Of st. Clement-'Boy
craft Shop Is Opened by the East Ell PaSo
Presbyterian Church Congregation

at this church with the year 1913
known as "The Boycraft ShoP' IN
which certain boys OF the SUNDAY
school will make useful articles OF
wood and metal and sell them for the
benefit of the church. A Work ShOp
has been built and fitted up at the
rear of the church. The women MIS-
sionarv society has decided to take up
the study of China for the Ilrst Two
months of new ysar.
Commencing Jan II, there VIII De d
literary and musical enter "a lllIilS S,
each Friday night at this church me
program will be varied between 5i So
opticon and recitauons; olaloSs'
SONGS. etc At the close of these an
tertainments the young people may
remain for social enjoyment Percy
McGhee will tell his famous lndlan
fight story, THE Battle Of the Done
Walls" on Friday night, Jan 10
New Pastor For AItura Church
The Rev. W. c. Baber, who was toE-
merlv the pastor evangelist OF the II
Paso Presbytery, and has for the past
wear been in charge of the Presbyte-
rian church at Grand Prairie. LeAas'
where he has led the people IN the
building of a new church, viii assume
the work of the Presbyterian paIISA
of Altura and GrandvieW on Fep- l.
The Altura church building IS al
most completed 1t is an attractive
building of white brick OF the same
dimensions and general plan as the
y
Myrtle avenue. 1t has a berry rom
which will ring the bell which so long
occupied the tower of the old church.
Reception For New Members.
The First Baptist Aid and Mission
ary society viii meet in the churSn
parlor Tuesday afternoon, at O'CLOCK;
Wednesday evening the annual roll
call and reception to new members
will be held. This will be followed Dy
q social Friday evening the Brotn-
erhood will meet. The subject for the
occasion will be: The divorce evil
Refreshments will be served
Pay Church Debt.
There will be a social and business
meeting of the Aid society OF the
Highland Park Methodist church at
the church Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock During the past week the
congregation has paid debt u
$1,000 and made plans for the future
along several lines. There IS sun
one debt hanging over the church put
payment is not to be made in the near
future The debt which was paid was
overdue and a strong effort had 10
be made to eliminate II.
PresbyterIHn Progress at Maria
The Rev. Jospeh Cross Gray. who IS
known to many FL Pasoans as re-
suit Of his preaching during the revival
meetings in the East FL PaSo Pres
terrain church in October, writes that
the congregation is growing IN the
Maria church and that Sunday school
has been started with a superintendent
four teachers and q scholars Mr.
GRAY will conduct a brief series Of
revival services at Marathon cOmmenc-
ing Jan. 6.
Mission SUPERINTENDENT Coming.
The board of home missions Of the
Presbyterian church, convinced of the
importance Of doing much more in the
interest of the large Mexican pOpula-
ton pouring into the southwest, has
commissioned the Rev. Robert Nc
Lean. D. D, Of Grants Pass, Oregon.
as superintendent for Mexican work
in the southwestern district DR.. Nc
Lean was formerly under the foreign
board in Mexico and under the home
board in Porto Rico.