The herald., 1918-11-07

get IL so fixed in us that il is a
positive delight to attend services. The
Psalmist had great joy in the divine
service. This does not prevent us
from private devotion and meditation
upon God. Some time since the Con
gregationalist sent out a request for
ten good reasons for attending church
and received various answers, one
contributor gave the following ten
reasons.
l. 1t is is wholesome to put on
clean clothes and make ones self
physically presentable.
2. The quiet of the sanctuary off
sets the rush and drive of weekday
life.
| 3. Diverting thoughts into higher
channels betters the body as we'll as
the mind.
4. Church going brings one into
personal association with good and
true men and women.
>. One hears good and often the
best English spoken in the pulpit; aid
this helps to compensate for the slang,
poor grammar, and profanity thrown
at our ears during the week days.
s. AS a rule, ones musical and
aesthetic sensibilities are Toasted by
what the sanctuary affords.
| Z, Something in the sermon will
help you. A distinguished Massa-
chusetts lawyer once said: 1T is a
mighty poor sermon that does not hit
me somewhere"
s. Ones presence helps to main
tain an institution without which
property would be less safe and
dangers to ones person would in
crease.
9. Ones presence in church graft
flies ones best and truest friends.
10. For his own souls sake a man
should initiate his real Master and go
to church.
At night there were several mem
bers of the choir missing on account
of sickness, but the music was good.
We hope to have everybody in the
choir next Sunday. The Pastors Text
was Revelations PA, land God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the
former things are passed away"
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Services next Sunday at IL a. m,
and 1870 p. m.
Prayer meeting tonight at 1870
o'clock
Kindly continue to let your guest
know about our services.
Come yourself when you can.
PERSONALS.
Eldred Drum and Tisdale Daniels
and Miss Thelma Cayard were missed
from their respective windows in the
Commercial Bank. This was on ac-
count of prevailing sickness.
Lieutenant Wallace H. Hebert of
Camp Pike has gone to California to
recuperate after his severe spell of
sickness.
Raymond Chaser has gone to Camp
Hancock to enter the Officers Train
ing Camp.
Mrs. B. H. Brakeman was absent
from the choir las Sunday on account
of the Flu.
During Mrs Bells absence in Mont
gomery, Ala. Miss Roberta Hafkesbring
will have charge of the Junior Choir.
Last Saturday the Boy Scouts of
Troop No. IS finished digging their
sweet potatoes, Roland Cayard and
Charles Burgis were both missed in
the field on account of sickness.
Miss Florence Burgis has signed
for Government duty and will go to
France within the next few weeks.
Mrs. John NJ. Caffery has as her
guest her mother, Mrs. Lula Frere of
Franklin.
DR.. Kings report as treasurer of
the new church fund shows that we
have in available cash for the new
church $S,03900. This is quite an in
crease in our building fund, but we
have not yet reached our $4,000 mark.
We hope that in the near future we
may have this $4,000 and that as soon
as possible we will be permitted to
begin work on the new church. From
present indications this will be after
peace is declared Let us get our
funds together as soon as possible
that We will have no embarrassment
after we start on the building.
News comes that Walter Harvey
has reached France He is very much
delighted at being Over There.
The Pastor has recently received
nice letter from Struby Drum of U. S.
Naval Academy at Indianapolis. He
sends his greetings and best wishes
to friends in Algiers.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The superintendent called Sunday
School. Sunday, to be held at the usual
hour, not knowing that the Board of
Health had asked to disband children's
services. After learning of this re-
quest, it was too late to notify the
school: but he did not hold the regu-
lar service. The Sunday School songs
were sung. prayers offered and dis
mission said in concert AS the special
Rally Day service was not held, we
will hold it next Sunday If the Board
of Health permits. So watch the
papers; and, If we can hold service,
come and bring your Rally Day offer
in. Some members brought their
offering last Sunday; this was taken
which totaled 5000. Let's see how
large the offering for the orphanage
at Ruston will be.