The Holt County sentinel., 1913-11-14
M. E. Church Notes.

DIV who II interested VIII take no.
u OF the change and lie on hand
1t SUNDAY afternoon.
Dur church will greatly sympatlIihe
nm BROTHER tIardmsn IN the death
his beloved wife. Tie death aa>
ry unexpected and therefore all the
bfe shocking. Death Is a terrible
ing, and yet the Christ of Us all
rs aMy Grace Is Sufficient for
bee." Sister IIardman was a good
bman aud ready for the transition.
e had been the loyal wife of our
other for ~ delightful years. She
II be greatly missed. Brother
Irdman our heart goes out to you
a for you In your sore distress.
We are already beginning TO feel
Ne revival spirit. The people are
Hiking II and II Is coming. We are
bling to have one Of the greatest re.
walls that the community has seen
br q long time. Many signs are
pinting that way. Let us begin
low to receive II with great ,iyor
nd enthusiasm.
One good lady commenting on the
nid.week meeting last week, said ut
bas the hest prayer meeting she had
yer seen In Oregon II was indeed
good meeting, aud you who we're
LOT present missed blessing. The
meeting will be held again tonight
md let us have a better meeting
wen than we did last week. Let all
who read these notes, come.
The pastor will be IN 81. Joseph
this week, Friday, to assist IN max.
ing out the program for the District
Conference soon TO be held In our
church here. Specific announcement
will he given next week
The ". =. NJ :. meeting was a
very interesting and helpful session.
There were - ladies present, a. was
also the pastor. The program con.
sisted Of a reading each by Mis-
Alice Kun and Mrs. Sarah Ramsay
and quiz conducted by Mrs. =. I.
Hunt. and a short talk on the In.
dianapoliS convention by the pastor.
The roll was then called and all pres.
en-, responded with a ver>r ~ scrip.
ture. Mrs. Edgar Thatcher vas hos.
tess and an ideal hostess shr l..
Nftcr the meeting. Mrs. Thatcher.
assisted 10y Mrs. Dr. Thatcher and
Miss Helen. served luncheon, consist.
ing Of pressed chicken, fruit salad,
cake and coffee. Tie hour Wa most
delightfully."- spent, aud each expressed
herself a. being delighted with tie
pleasure and profit Of the meeting.
The meeting next month VIII lie
held at tie home VI Mrs, Ellen Nor
ris.
\ request was made 10y Mrs. Hunt
at the missionary meeting last Fri.
day that each member pledge her.
self to stop a moment each day at
noon and offer short prayer for the
success Of tle meeting To be held a
little later In the winter,and all pres.
cnt responded ailirnatiyely. Let me
astlie pastor extend the.invitation To
the entire membership Of the church,
Let = yet the burden upon our hearts
and win out for the Master.
Now and then We lind an indiyid.
ual who l. kind enough and frank
enough u admit that lac or she does
not believe IN Foreign Missions.
Very well. We will lave no argu.
ment with this class Of splendid folk.
However permit me % say In pass.
ing that the Christian church Of
America today H. a direct result Of
the Foreign Mission spirit, In other
days. What We are and all We are,
we are because some one left his
home land and came 10 our shores
and preached the blessed gospel 10
us. LIE, Us be ~ Allruistic with
some other people not 10 well far.
ored as W. seem Ia br NJ this time.
This l. day of mans activity In
tile church. The fact Of ZOO men In
convention at indianapolis proves
this, There they were In prayer,
plan, and program tor the prosecution
of the work OF the Master. Let rye
say TO the men Of Oregon, let us be In
the forefront OF this great movement
and make our presence felt because OF
our devotion To these great move
ments.
Another decided step up IN the sun.
day school work last SUNDAY morn.
ing. We went beyond the hundred
mark again for the first time for u
few weeks Now that We are on the
up grade again let us work little
harder and reach our highest ambl'
tions In that line.
The service Sunday morning was y
blessed service. There was large
audience present and all seemed TO
Henjoy the service. Al that hour three
were received into the church fellow
ship by ,transfer. They were Brother
and Sister Morganstern and their
daughter, Gladys, coming To us from
PlainvieW, Texas, We are very glad
To welcome these good people Into
our fellowship
The service SUNDAY night was a
great success \ very large crowd
was present, There were sixty
men In the audience by actual count,
and fully twice that number OF
women. The program was rendered
as was planned and all seemed to en-
JOY the service,
We had the best singing last sun
day that We have had for some time,
There was special music both morn
ing and evening. An anthem was
sung at each service, and In addition,
DIR. Proud sang solo In the morn
ing, and In the evening he and Mrs,
Leona Ieller sang very beautiful
and much appreciated duet, The
pastor hereby expresses the heartics
appreciation of all for those special