The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-16
Church Notes

the Wayne County Sunday School as
sociation. Fifteen churches In one OF
nine Detroit districts are planning TO
hold conference on Jan. 20 or %, in
the Grand River Methodist church,
the delegates TO which wll be super
intendents pastors, teachers and OFF,
GERS of adult Bible classes. ban
quet will be served, one section being
devoted to women workers and anoth-
er TO the men. Following the banquet
mass meeting will be held in the
auditorium of the church for all en-
rolled members in Bible classes and
| their friends a speaker OF national
reputation will be secured for the oc-
casion. Churches taking part in this
meeting will be those north of the
Michigan Central railroad, centering
around the Grand River Methodist
church. A preliminary meeting took
! place Thursday night. in the Scovel
I Memorial church under the direction
of Miss f. c. Torrey, of the Y. w. Z.
! A., chairman of the adult Bible class
committee, and w. NJ. Logan, of the
~. NJ G.. A., secretary OF the same
committee.
! Why does life have so many Unequal
tiles and why do so many. rich and
poor strong and weak, wise and fool
Iish, find a certain established rela-
tionship with trouble2 This and 9TH
er life problems will be discussed in a
series OF lectures TO be given by L.. w.
| Rogers, national lecturer OF the The
osophical society. who is to speak in
the New Thought church, No AZ Win
der-st, Jan. 1922. All sorts of diff
culties and problems will be taken up
and answered from the theosophical
standpoint. "Theosophy and the BIZ
! Bile" will be Monday nights topic.
Dreams and premonitions" will be
discussed Tuesday evening. Mr. Rog-
ers will speak Wednesday night on
"The life sublime" The lecture on
Thursday is on THE Ghosts of
Shakespeare" while Friday night will
be used to show the reasonableness
of the existence of a spiritual hier.
archy, and its relationship to human
affairs" These lectures are given un-
der the auspices of the local lodges OF
the Philosophical society.
Sunday evening, at 1880. an organ
recital will be given In Iroquois-aye.
Christ Lutheran church, by Mrs. j. A.
Deter, assisted by Christ church
choir. Raymond Dulitz, violinist; Will
ma Leininger, contralto; Adeline
Retenka, soprano william Echtern-
kamp baritone, and Thomas Riching,
tenor. The program follows: March,
Wagner: anthem, Praised Be the
ord" Schoebel; violin solo. Ber-
ceuse," GODDARD: soprano, "He That
Keepeth Israel" Schloesser; Sonata
in ID Minor, Volckmar; duet, Come
Unto Him." Morrison; contralto solo,
(a)"Keep Me, Saviour, For Today,
(bl"Jesus, My Master" Mildenberg;
"Cantilene," Salome; anthem, Arise,
Shine. For Thy Light Is Come, Vol
colt: violin solo, "Reverie,' Vieux-
temps: Rhapsody" Silver.
Sneakers and singers in the Nc
Gregor institute for the ensuing week
are announced as follows Sunday,
/ speaker, W. III. Venn; singer, Mr..
Glendinning. Monday. open meeting
led by Mr.. Scott; Mrs Cudmore will
sing. Tuesday, speaker. the Rev. {.
e. Stedman, Campbell-ave. M. Il.
church; singer Miss Wilde. Wednes-
day open meeting led by Mr.. Cara
hin: institute choir will sing. Thurs
day. special musical program by male
quartet the Rev. G. b. Allen district
superintendent NJ. &c. church VIII
speak. Friday speaker the Rev. ID.
| + Sutherland, Calvary Presbyterian
church: singer Mrs Lott Saturday,
omen meeting led by George Brown.
The Woodwardave. Baptist church
held it's annual meeting, Wednesday
night. and elected to Its board OF
trustees Arthur Bassett, George t.
Moody and c. c. jerks, all Of whom
succeed themselves for term OF
three years. The church treasurer's
report for 1914 showed that the re-
CENTS of the church from all sources
during the year totaled s53,711.39. The
disbursements we're SOL, 067.09 leaving
cash balance in the treasury or W.
644.3O The church adopted finan-
cial budget for 1915 which made pro-
vision for the disbursement OF a
little over $35 900 In the church's work
and its missionary enterprises. The
present membership OF this church
totals an even LOO.
w. Y. Reithard, formerly a physical
ldirector in Richmond, Va. and now
inter-city secretary for the Detroit Y.
NJ. c. A., is giving series OF lectures
before the Gymnasium Leaders CLUB
on the history OF the Y. NJ. G.. A. A
detailed study OF the Y. NJ. c. A. sec
retaryship as life work will be held
regularly beginning Feb. and con-
tinuing through with weekly sessions
until April %. l.. f. Buell., state sec
rotary OF the association, will deliver
the first lectures, on association his
tory. development and leaders. Other
phases OF the present-day association
movement will be taken up by Secre-
taries A. G.. Studer, Eugene c. Eos
ter. w. NJ. Morgan and j. B. Modesto.
The Rev. Chester y. Emerson be.
gins on Sunday evening, at $3.50. in
the church house OF the North Wood
ward Congregational church. a series
OF talks TO young people on Finding
ourselves" The first OF these talks
TO the freight circle will be on self
discovery" The success Of the Fire
light circle for high school boys and
girls has been so pronounced that a
similar organization known as the
Vesper club. has been made for the
Young men and women over high
school age. This Is proving even
u a. a..