Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-04-10
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES.

In Rev w. +. Doty's sermon on
Sunday morning, he stated that II
people worked for Jesus as they did
over an issue in politics, the world
would be won in a very short time.
The people of to-day must be reach
ed bv this generation of Christians,
or they will be forever lost There
is still thousand million who have
not even heard of Christ, and the UNI
saved are dropping into eternity as
fast as the clock ticks. About $50
people have died in Alma i'll the last
three wears and scarcely one-third
were Christian People were natu-
rally religious and all worshipped
something With many to-day it
was the almighty dollar, but If they |
did not worship truth, they worship |
ped a lie, if not virtue then vice.
Wealth would not satisfy hunger.
Church machinery would not produce
spirituality. The personal labor was
a necessity and the prayer winch
meant communion with God.
Evangelistic services were announ-
ced to begin next Sunday, April 13,
| with kew. I. /. MSCNO'' VI 'iiN -
Bible Institute, Chicago as leader
Cottage prayer meetingsfor the week
First Ward Monday, \. O. Davis,
632 Gratiot: Tuesday, J. +. Gongwer,
Of Woodwork avenue; Wednesday,
Thomas Clark, 700 River avenue
Friday afternoon, at p. w, Creaser's
on State street. Second Ward, Mon
day, G. V. Wright, Woodwork;
Tuesday, Geo. Rule, East Superior
Wednesday, Edward Hooper, Gro
yer avenue Friday, Y. II. Shepard
Woodwork.
Third Ward; Monday, {. +. Rem
ner. w. Center; Tuesday, Mrs. Sop
hia Decker, corner Grant and Cen
ter: Wednesday. Mrs. I'lewelling OF
Center street by r. A. crossing; Fri
dav. II. b. Stuckey, W. Superior.
Fourth Ward, Monday, II. NJ. an
dis, POO Elwell; Tuesday, l.. Hollen-
beck, SO Wright avenue; Wednes-
dav. A. NJ. Burkhead, 500 College
street; Friday, Mrs. Lucy Clark, PIP
Orchard street, and Thursday night
general prayer meeting from all over
the city at the church
At the Sunday school hour the sec
: retarv gave a report of the quarter
ending March 80, showing al average
. attendance of % officers and teachers,
and 1S6 SUNDAY school scholars, max
mo a total average attendance OF 200,
and total attendance of 1850 The
total offering for the quarter was
Scala OF which $610O was for mis-
sions.
The Mems w. w. Bible class were
interested in a very spirited discus
sion of Jacob and Esau under the
leadership of Mr.. Ezra L. Smith
Next Sundays lesson, Jacob al
Bethel, will be led by Mr.. 7, w
Creaser.
The sacramental service was adj
ministered in the Baptist church las
Sunday morning In the evening th'
pastor, Rev ]. w. Priest, spoke iron
the passage, BE not deceived; goo
is not Knocked; whatsoever a maj
soweth that shall he also reap. lit
said many attempt to mock God BIZ
only mock themselves, for Psalm
ga tells us, "He that stitch in tn
heavens shall laugh; the Lord shal
have them in derision. The presen
life is the term of seed-sowing. w
prepare for earthly life by training /
the school, we prepare for eternit
bv living our life. Mr.. Priests we
chosen illustrations all pointed to tn
fact that our greatest danger was nc
from outside enemies but from tn
evil of the inner life, like the worm l
the timber producing a weakness tia
destroys ere it is openly discovere'
Sunday morning at the Presbytei
ian church Rev. w. II. Maso
preached to a large audience on til
- subject: The Business Man and tn
Church." He outlined the work
IS the man Of business from the time
lis the arrival of the first settler to toda
re showing that unless we had had pie
oe neer merchants we would have I'd
TIL no towns, no centers of educatio
and very little increase of farm va
or ues. On the other hand the tow
m. would not have developed popul;
In government, established the sacrt
M rights of the Individual, or Deen u
va sirable as a place of residence wit
of out the churches. Both are Ill
he necessity today. The honest trade
ylv man and the fearless church will
OFT ways be a necessity where liber
to reigns. The dishonest tradesman b
comes a curse to himself and the cor
de munity and the church fails in h
nc. mission if enlightenment and Chris
ties ianity does not pervade the pub
ess service. Mr.. Mason spoke of recei
ca ing a letter from a church in Ham
he ton, Ohio, of which he was former
the pastor, asking help i'll their great ne
ell and an offering was taken for the
In the evening he described his e
zen perences in the Galveston flood a
ing by comparison related the sufferi
ere in the Ohio valley. The church ga
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