The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-31
WEEK Of PRAYER
To Be OBSERVED
SERVICES TO BE HELD IN EVERY
CHURCH EACH EVENING
THIS WEEK.
Big Onion Meeting Of All the Churches
Friday Evening at First United
Presbyterian Church.

What promises to be n most impress
ylre and spiritual uplifting church Cd
, servanca will bn held by tho churches
! OF Wheeling this week. beginning TO-
/ night In celebration Of the wc"k NJ
prayer. which is beng held in every
! church OF every denomination In the
! United Statns. The week has h""n
! officially nurrcd for prayer, and cTer%
man, woman and child is expected 10
! attend ut least one service.
Manv rlnns have h""n made for The
, obs.rvanc. here. Thu Wheeling minis
,criaI union has manned Il committee a.
Rev. e. T.. Scvcrjnphnu$r of III" Gcrmun
NJ. f., church. Rev. r. g. knuntz or the
Second Presbyterian church. Ecv. w. u.
, Fields. pastor OF IN" First christian
=. rich: Rev r. f. l.. Stridnr Of -.
. MAithrw'S church aud j. I. i.Euch. Sec
! rotary Of tic Y. NJ. {. y. This com
/ In't;cc has arranged for the union ger
! vices. and has divided The city IN eight
, districts, for whiCn the services have
been planned.
! Tho eight districts arc: No. !. from
! First street ia Fourteenth street: No. =
! from Fourteenth. street I" Wheeling
] crock: No. :, from Twentieth street TO
! Twcnty-ninth street: No. 1. from
! 'rwrnty-nnth street to the city limits ut
| district No. 8, and Nm. 6 in tho "nrwood
! churches. No. district includes the
| out The pike churches. with the Film
, Grove churches composing district No.
s. Every church. of every d"nomina-
ton. Is included in those districts.
{ Thn services last evening. tonight ana
J tomorrow evening. January |. l9lS. are
! np, lunal. whether Ih"T l." III the indi-
vidual churches or III anton services.
! Many Of The churches arc PLANNING {"
. hold services nj their own place or wnr-
! shin. wednesday, cTrninE has he"n
named rs the day for individual church
worship. l;nch church IL To hold its
: own service. Thursday many nrH plan
: ming tn observe in union services, ana
Friday evening will be- the hiG union
meeting ri all the churches in the city.
Tho services Friday evening will he
at the First United Presbyterian chnrcl
lrr. Clarence T.. Allen. pastor of til"
, Fourth Street VI. T.. church. will deliver
tho sermon and Row. G. L. Sevcringhouse
will preside. pr. Allen Will us" for his
theme an appropriate subject on home
+ missions.
The subject at tho sermons tonight
and tomorrow evening aye tn hc on
; meanings Of prayer. Wednesday even
ing will hr q prayer ScrvI'r for the ma
tons and the rulers. Thursday even
ing ;hr sermons Will hc on religious IN
situations. ti:r church. the home ana thu
school Next Sunday III" prayers will
be- on tho subject "f.;rrnal Things.
In som" If the districts union ser
vices VIII hc held each evening. In
district No >. tn" Island churches n
union meeting o. all thu churches will
Ia. held Mt IN" Thomson VI. T.. church,
a, which Rev. i lirittinEham. pastor
Of the -. l.ukr's l.. F.. church. Will de-
liver the sermon. Thursday evening
the church people will again congr"ga'"
AZ Tho Thomson church and Rev. f.. h.
, Van WInlllr. minister ~ the Island
Christian church. vii! preach.
Similar services VIII y" held in every
dstric; and Il is Tho desire Of tho min
listers {" hav" rvGry":-c attend some ser
.ir" and offer Il prayer.