Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-17

A-s- This conference
is held annually among the ministers
preparatory to Lent. The sufferings
of Christ are made a special study at
this conference, and usually several
of the ministers prepare papers which
are read. Lenten hymns and pray
ers are offered. Dr. McCuaig will take
the place of the speakers of other
years. He will give three talks on
"Sin,' following out this order, "Sin
In the Seed,' "Sin in the Fruit and
Sin in the End"
These ministers will take part in
the conferences: The Rev. Fuller
Bergstresser, Middletown; the Rev.
Frank e. Meyer. Highspire; the Rev.
Daniel e. Rupley, Oberlin; the Rev.
n. Hall Sharp, Mechanicsburg; the
Rev. III. e. Wolf, West Fairview; the
Rev. w. b. Smith and the Rev. DR..
M. l.. Hooker, Steelton; the Rev. q. d.
Weigle, Camp Hill; the Rev. H. c.
Holloway, Of Dauphin; the Rev. F. l..
Rice, Marysville; the Rev. William
Nye, Newport; the Rev. n. 8. Sharp,
| Enola; the Rev. L. c. Manages, Memo
| rial Lutheran; the Rev. e. Victor
, Roland, Church of the Redeemer; the
Rev r. L. Meisenhelder. Trinity; the
Rev. j. Bradley Markward, Bethle-
hem; the Rev. S. Winfield Herman,
Zion; the Rev. A. M. Stamets, Augs-
burg; the Rev. Thomas Reisch, Christ;
the Rev. III. A. W. Hanson, Messiah.
Girls Organize Circle.-Twenty
girls of the senior group at Zion Lu-
theran church last night organized
the Cenchrean Circle carrying out the
plan to organize every part of the
| church membership into some group.
This circle will have for it's interests
missionary work, social and general
| interests of the church. These officers
were elected: Miss Margaret Boas,
president; Miss Evelyn Shoemaker,
| vice-president; Miss Mary Kinser, sec
! retary; Miss Dorothy Helman, treas
urer meeting of the younger girls
VIII be held tomorrow night for the
purpose of organizing a similar group.
Between thirty and forty girls will
join this circle.
Illustrated Lecture.-Marshall Flick
| lin, lecturer, will talk tonight on
Life and Times of Abraham Lin
coln." at the Wesley Union A. NJ. E.
Zion church, Tanners avenue and
lustrated with moving picture views
and is for the benefit OF the Christian
| Endeavor Society of the Wesley
church. ]. Robin Bennett has charge
of the arrangements.
| Funk Addresses Class.-At a meet
| ing of Glass No. s, of Bethlehem Lu-
theran Church last night, J. Clarence
Funk, a local attorney, discussed "The
Disguise of EVIL" e. E. Kelsey spoke
on the Power to Say No. Refresh
ments were served to these members
and guests: ]. Clarence Funk, e. r.
Kelsey, Hudson Bucher. Ray Smith,
Robert Millar, Roy Matchett, Robert
Foulk, Harry Pierce, Charles Mehring,
Harry Daugherty Godelle Stroup,
Samuel Phillips, Charles Eisner, Otto
Helf, Harold Helf, Paul Roeder, and
George Spangler.
| Market Square Celebration.-There
was much of interest in the celebra-
tion of the ninety-eighth anniversary
of the Market Square Presbyterian
Sunday school last Sunday. OF course,
| there was general regret on account
of the unavoidable absence of Judge
S. ]. NJ. McCarrell, who has been su-
perintendent for forty-three years, and
in the prayers of the morning and the
address of DR.. Smith, Judge McCar-
relfs service was mentioned. Since
| the illness of the superintendent,
Charles w. Foster has been in charge
of the school and presided during the
services on Sunday morning.
A fine recor dof attendance on the
part of many of the teachers and
members of the school was presented.
Burton e. Cummings, organist of the
Mems Bible Glass, has been present
every Sunday for seven years. N E.
Hause, one of the teachers, was pres
ent every Sunday last year, as were
the secretary, Blair Gourle., and the
following members in the senior de-
partment: John Fries, Florence
Fisher, Blanche Banford, Mabel
Wright, Marjorie Hause, Mabel Clark,
Katherine Fahnestock, Russell Lind
say, David Charles, F. Scantling, Mary
Fisher and Miss Sanders.
| In the junior department those pres
ent every Sunday were Harry Sanders,
Trudell Lindley, Daniel Roberts, t.
Stewart Blair, Lille Fisher. Miss Sara
B. Chayne, J. Horace Nunemacher
and in the primary department those
lpresent every Sunday were Mary
Louise Hubley. Blanch Raine, Eliza
beth Davies and George Robert Nune-
macher.
The total of collections for all pur-
poses was $2,719.75.