The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-12-16
Methodist Notes.

will be carried out A subject pertain
ing to Christmas will be the theme
for the morning discourse.
You are invited to the prayer serv.
ice on Thursday evening at 100 Come
prepared to discuss chapters II to 90,
inclusive, OF Acts.
The choir will meet for practice i'm
mediately upon the adjournment OF
prayer meeting.
Last Sunday morning at the 10: 80
hour of service, Mr.. Il. l.. Hostetter,
q business man Of Waterloo, gave Il
very creditable temperance lecture.
sermon. which was we'll received by
q good sized audience. When the la
ity of the church are willing to come
into the p2lpits and there and else
where aggressively take up the cause
OF temperance. thus upholding and
strengthening the old.time and for-all.
time stand of the church on this sub
ject, there will be more doing and
more Of telling and lasting results.
This time appears to be at hand. The
pulpits OF any true church of God are
always open and welcome to any who.
in the fear OF God. are laboring for
the building OF His kingdom here upon
earth. So welcome and gratitude to
Mr.. Hostetter and others like him.
Three Of such Others are Robt. b.
Wallace, president of the Council
Bluffs Commercial club and of the Y.
NJ. G.. A.. there; w. r. Jameson. a
prominent business man OF Waterloo.
and Supt. c. T.. Humphrey, of our own
public schools. These men gave rous-
ing addresses Sunday evening at
Jacob Sims presiding. The purpose
of this meeting to disseminate real
knowledge, to create sentiment against
the existence OF saloons everywhere
and specifically in Denison and Craw-
ford county. to agitate the cause OF
temperance generally as great and
Cody reform, was successfully car
ried out by the brilliant addresses of
these men.
The inspiring crowd OF seventy or
more young people at Epworth League
Sunday evening called forth splen
did effort on the part of c. f.
Humphrey as leader of the meeting.
The theme. 'The Scope of Our Serv-
ice to God as Christians" naturally
drifted into temperance lesson. en-.
Enthusiastically handled by Mr.. Humph-
rey.
The anticipated good time at the
Hard Times" party
was fully realized last Friday eve
ming, when these two Sunday school
classes met at the library club rooms.
Most OF those present were in cos
tune BETTING the occasion; jolly |
sports were provided, wholesome re-
freshments served and a general good |
time had. Mr.. and Mrs. Woolston.
teachers of the entertaining class, |
chaperoned the party.
Presbyterian Notes.
Christmas is the festival OF Chrsts |
birthday! In all our gifts, plans. and
good times, let us give Christ place.
Sunday Morning, the Christmas SER
mon, Room for the Christmas King"
will DO given.
Sunday evening. Christmas Mus
zeal program will be given blythe choir
You are cordially invited to attend
and help with these services.
Christmas eve. the sabbath school
will give a program at the church
and liberal Offering is asked for the
Belgian sufferers. 1T is more blessed
10 give than to receive
Oenison.
Early in November we held special
for two weeks. at which time
DR.. r. Sucker was with us. The
meetings We're enjoyed by all who at
tended and were fruitful the con
version of about thirty. over half of
whom were baptized and received into
he church, few others came in on
heir experience, they having been
Baptized elsewhere and then drifted
lway from the fold.
We think that our church is in splen-
lid condition in every department:
md ready for aggressive work along
Ill lines. Just at this time the Sun
lay school is the center of our activ-
ty. 1t has taken for it's Christmas
MOTTO, 81 am not here to be ministered
INTO but to minister" Plans are well
inder way to carry out this beautiful
bought of our Masters. |,
Every class except the primary de-
'artment is going to give or send to
he Belgians. Mrs. Jones class have
,lready contributed a good sum for
hat purpose and Mrs. Carpenters
girls had Penny Party" and took
II $1,000 for the two proposes. The
primary and Junior departments have