Putnam patriot., 1914-07-10
Congregational Church Notes

The tNeleonie lelass: "fn localities not having prohibition, increasing re- strietions for saloons and prohibition of their connection with the social evil The Scripture was in the Old Testament last sunday and flor this lesson in the New, Eph. 5:ls and Rom. l4;2l, This Scripture teaches that iu- temperance, like all other evils, must be driven out by the expulsive force of new spiritual life, and also on the ground of service and love to one's brother. Dean Sumner says; "Fhe greatest ministrant to the social evil is the saloon. It is the greatest support CT of the social evil and the house of prostitution that exists.n No saloon should have more than one room. Fronts should not be screened, but the bar should be in plain sight 9f the street IL has been said that the sa- loon is the poor mans club, but 1t is a club that beats the wife, tiays the chill dren, impoverishes the home, and from the use of which the man loses his job, his manhood, lives forever in debt, and in the end loses his life and hts soul.
 The Bible School will hold it's annu- al picnic at Roseland park, Thursday, July Is. Bfuce's truck will leave the charch for the first trip At q. m. con- tinuing at three.quarter hour intervals until l2.50, enabling the business men who close their stores Thursday to take the last trip in time for dinner which wiIl be served at l.30 by basket lunth, with lemonade and peanuts. Round trip 35c, smaller children 20c. Boat and tub races, baseball, tennis, boating and bathing will help make the day enjoyable.
 At the midweek service last Thurs 1 day evening an expression of prefer enee in regard to the Sunday services during the month of August showed | that the people are about equally di- vided upon the question of union and the usual plan.
 1 A sum of money sufficient to pro- cure wheel chair and wheel stretch 1 CT for the Foochow Hospital has been placed in the pastors hands to be for warded to Dr. Kinnear. The name of | the donor Is withheld and the gift is to be credited to the church. It is a source of qualification that this request | of the doctor has been so soon met and | that the credit of 1t Is to rest with our l church. Is 1t too much to hope and | expect that the sterilizlng outfit may be forthcoming before very long? As was announced last Sunday President Holmes of Tougaloo Univer- | sity Is to be with us next Sunday speaking in u fe morning upon the theme, "0n the Edge of the Mississippi Delta.u In the evening he will prob ably give an illustrated lecture with "Tougaloo Snap Shotsp pas subject. We hope to have In connection with one of | these services some negro plantation or Jubilee songs.
 | The following are the names of the 1 topics and the leaders of the midweek
 meetings for the month of July:
 July 9, Report of Sunday School convention in Chicago. c. F. Child.
 July l6, Good health, it's religious re- lation. Tim. 5;23. Df. E. F. Perry.
 July 28, Our brother's keeper. tic- cles. l.9, 10; Prov. 27;6, 9, 10, r, 19. C. D. Sharpe.
 July 30, Saying thank you to God. 1 Ps. 103. Mrs. C. NJ. Elliott.
 Aug. 6, Reasons why so many men 1 in Christian communities are uncon- verted. Luke l41S. Judge Warner.