South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-03
IN
FIRST BANQUET
Over 100 Men Attend Get-AC-
quainted Affair at West
minister Church.

More than 100 men. members of the
Westminster Presbyterian brother
hood. and their guests sat down at
a get-together love feast last night in
the basement OF the Westminster
church. The banquet which was pre-
coded by a reception IN the Sunday
school parlors of the church was the
first Of it's kind ever undertaken by
the brotherhood since the formation
of the organization. Rev. Loren Ed
wards. pastor of the Epworth Me-
mortal NJ. Z. church Of Mishawaka,
was the principal speaker of the even
ing.
c. Bishop Johnson, head of the high
school public speaking department and
president Of the brotherhood, was
master of ceremonies. Rev. II. b.
Hostetter, pastor of Westminster
church. welcomed the guests in be-
half of the church. He urged that
all members and visitors who Identify
themselves with the brotherhood be-
come established in the church ex-
pansiOn.
DR. Edwards remarks were confined
TO the topic of the investment of
life in work which will yield the best
and largest returns.
Invest Life UnselfShly.
There are four cOrrollaries to this
principle" said DR.. Edwards, that I
would leave with you tonight First,
TO make a worthy investment of life,
you must invest it unselhshly. l am
not asking you to be a missionary in
a far of country when l speak of in
vesting your life unselfishly. But I
would have you have a little self de-
NAL, a little self sacrifices a little self
abnigatiOn that you may serve others
as we'll as yourself.
THE second cOrrollary is that to
make a worthy investment you must
invest your life where there are points
Of sympathy. There are times In the
lives Of every individual where there
is need Of sympathy. There is n sor-
rowing family here, a lonesome and
deserted household there, but some
time every man needs sympathy. And
a life that must be invested so as to
yield q worthy return must have in II
somewhere a sympathetic contact.
1.-The third corrollary is that the
well invested life be truly Christian.
1t is perhaps useless for me to de-
velop this point fuller, it is almost self
explanatory in itself
Investment Must BE Permanent.
THE last point is that the invest
ment of the life must be so that the
returns will be eternal, an invest
ment which will be permanent The
biggest incentive for doing any piece
Of work is that il stood after it was
done Service is the fundamental key
note Of the eternal return.
Therefore 1 repeat, the life that
is invested to bring big returns must
save us from the faint of selfshness.
must bring us into sympathetic con-
tact with our fellow men, must bring
us a Christian life, and must bring
returns that will stand eternal"
Preceding DR.. Edwards address,
prominent mem bers of the laymen
were called upon. L. p. Hardy well
coined the guests in behalf of the
brotherhood, Burr T. Augustine spoke
on the conditions today in South Bend
and a Z. Martin spoke on Good VIII
week and it's meaning to the charity
and benevolent associations.
]. B. Gafill and G. A. Bacon gave
several solo numbers while Edwin
Morse and w. budding of Mishawaka
sang a duet.
The Westminster Sunday school or
chestra played during the reception
which preceded the banquet.
o. A Clark, manager of Kables'
restaurants, catered for the banquet.
The banquet was given by the
brotherhood, each member being
privileged to invite two guests. Resi-
dents in the community in which the
church is located, who were uniden-
titled with any denomination or
church, were also guests at the din
ner
Fellowship was the dominating fea-
ture of last nights entertainment and
the spirit of camaraderie was every
where prevalent. The banquet was
informal and was a get-acquainted
affair as well as an expanding move
ment.