Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-22
TOPICS FOR SABBATH
Union Patriotic Meeting at
First Congregational Church
Sunday Evening.
ADDRESSES BY LAYMEN

ADDRESSES BY LAYMEN
Last Sunday was recognized as
"war day by a number OF Omaha
pastors. Sermons that smacked Of
both war and patriotism were deliv-
cred. To some extent tomorrow will
be a repetition. Leading sermons,
however, that will deal with war and
unfolding the honor and dignity Of
the flag will be from the pulpits OF
the McCabe Methodist and the First
Congregational churches.
In the McCabe Methodist church
Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. L.
V. Slocumb, will digrcss little from
a religious topic and will take for his
subject, Whose War Is This
In the evening members of the
Congregational churches of the city
will gather at the First church, where,
following preliminary religious serv-
ices, patriotic meeting will be held.
The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock
and will be addressed by N. II.
LOOMS and r. l.. Metcalfe. The
regular church choir will lead the con-
gregation in singing patriotic songs
and in addition there will be singing
by a quartet of civil war veterans.
For the occasion the interior OF the
church will be decorated with red,
white and blue bunting and there will
be profusion of American flags.
Anniversary Sunday services will
be held at Grace Methodist church,
Twenty-ffth and Z, at 9:45, when the
Business Mems club will have charge
of the services, with this topic up for
discussion, "The Value of Beautiful
Things" Karl Lee, leader. At II
there will be sermon by Rev. ]. M.
Kirkpatrick, who was pastor during
the construction Of the new church
building. In connection with this
service the pastor will administer the
rite of Christian baptism and receive
members into membership of the
church. At 5 there will be platform
meeting. G. +. Kiddo will speak in
what Church Membership Should
Mean" Mrs. Ella Conncl will speak
on "Woman's Contribution. TO Our
Church" J. Dean Ringer will speak
on Elements Of the Church's Sue
cess" Rev. Mr.. Kirkpatrick on How
1t Was Done" The choir, under the
leadership of E. P. Baker, will render
special numbers during the services.
Beginning Sunday evening and
continuing for number OF Sunday
evenings following, the pastor Of
Trinity Baptist church, South Side,
Rev. Charles F. Halter, will preach
4 series OF sermons on the women OF
the Bible. The title OF his Sunday
evening discourse will be "The Beau
tiful Woman"
The pastor and officials Of the First
Baptist church, Park avenue and Har-
ney, announce another moving pro-
gram for Sunday night. In addition
to other interesting features there
will be discussion of present-day
world problems and the attitude the
people OF Omaha should take both
as Christians and as citizens Of the
republic.
Westminster Presbyterian church
in making up its reports found thrt
forty-one members had been added
during the last year, making the
present membership All; $3.50 was
spent for congregational expenses,
1000 for home missions and 1855 for
foreign missions, and for all the be-
nevolence of the church, 5000, or an
average of STA per capita. This
church takes care OF mission at
Tenth and Grace streets, where
splendid work has been done the last
two years under the direction of
Frank w. Henderson, a senior at
the Omaha seminary. At the recent
annual church meeting the pastor and
the chairman of the board Of trustees
were appointed committee to APP
point committee to take up the
matter of new location and a new
church building.
Evening services will be abandoned |
in large number OF the Presbyterian
churches, due to the fact that there
will be union meeting ii,-the First
] church.
Baptist.
First, Park Avenue and Harvey, Alonzo
Alvin De Larme, Mnster--Sunday school, |
s;tb; sermon, THE Deity OF Christ, II,
$3.50. Young Peoples meeting; sermon, Tho
Attitude All Christians Should Take to the |
World Problems of the Day" 1885.
First. Benson. sxty-arst and Main.
Thomas Anderson, Pastor-Bible school. 10;
"A Cheering Truth for Dark Times" II /;
Young Peoples meeting, 6;i5; "A Threefold |
Indictment" 745.
Trinity Twenty NTH and II, Charles r. |
Heller. Pastor-sundsy school at s;i5; at II, |
The Lords Day." Junior at 2;50; Baptist |
Young Peoples union at $780, at 1880, The |
Beautiful Woman"
Taft, Psstor--Sundds school, 10; at II, |
Jesus. the Son OF God;' 7.SO, Jesus, the |
Son Of a Carpenter"
Emmanuel, Twenty fourth and Plnkney
Arthur ]. Morris, PASTORAL 1880, "Christ's |
Revelation Of the Fathor;S Bible school at
noon. Charles w. Simon. superintendent; |
young peoples meeting, Il gospel message
and gospel music s; prayer and praise serv-
Ice Wednesday at s.
Congregational.
Central Park, d. Il. Cleveland, Pastor
sunday school at 10. At H. '"rhe Ordinary |
Church a Laughing Stock TO the World |
Christian Endeavor society at $50 At 1880, |
sermon to young folks.
First, Nineteenth and Davenport, Fred T,