The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-07-18
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Rev. c. C. Wier, pastor. residence
25S Vallette; phone Alg. l3S.
Last Sunday was a day of fine ser
vices. The Juniors had special mu-
sic. Miss Heloise Hebert rendered
an instrumental solo.
Miss Ida Harvey sang Some Day
He will Make it Plain" supported by
the choir.
Offertory-"Abide With Me-"
The pastors subject was: Baptized
for the Dead" with text l Cor. 1929.
At night the Senior choir had done
special work and had two beautiful
anthems: Praise the Lord" and
Nearer My God to Thee"
The pastors subject was THE First
Jew" He explained that God had
called out and established his prom
Use of the Messiah to Abraham who
trusted and believed God. He was a
man of faith. He dared to take God
at his word. Some men might won
der what there was in common be-
tween us and a man way back in the
past. Historically Jews and Chris
tians are interested in him through
his son Isaac. The Mohammedans
claim an interest in him through 'Ish-
mael. Even our own Uncle Sam"
seems to have learned some lessons
from his in at least three points.
Abraham loved peace and so does Un-
Gle Sam, but neither is for peace at
any price. When the herdsmen Of
Lot and Abraham had trouble, Gen.
13:S49, it was a beautiful speech that
he made: "And Abraham said unto
Lot, let there be no strife, / pray
thee, between me and thee, and be-
tween my herdsmen and thy herds
men; for we be brethren. Is not the
whole land before thee? Separate thy
self, pray thee, from me; if thou wilt
take the left hand, then will l go to
the right, or. if thou depart to the right
hand, then / will go to the left" He
bore with patience and yielded in
many points. but we read further and
we find that Lot was captured and
carried away with his goods and his
family and Abraham drew the sword
and he is victorious, but his is not a
warfare for gain nor territory, but to
correct a wrong. When the fight was
over we read Gen. 14:22-24, And
Abraham said unto the king OF Sod
ON: l have lifted up mine hand unto
the Lord, the most high God, the pos
SCISSOR of heaven and earth, that l will
not take from a thread even to a
shoe latchet, and that | will not take
anything that is thine, lest thou
shouldst say, have made Abram rich.
Save only that which the young men
have eaten" 1t is a safe feeling we
,xyhA fhaf
can sustain her position upon these
scriptural grounds. 1t Is not strange,
for our nation seeks in the good Book
for good and wholesome advice.
Personals
At the last roll call of the soldier
boys it was a pleasure to have Ray
mond CHASER answer in person.
Mrs. McEckron has had news that
her son, Walter Harvey, had been
granted a short vacation and had gone
over from England to Ireland. We
expect the next news will be from
him in France.
When the boys from Camp Martin
left, Rev. and Mrs. Wier had quite a
number of friends and babe them
goodbye Saturday. Among these was
Mrs. Wier's nephew, Walter w. Heard.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Gossowry OF
Kennedy are the guests of Rev. and
Mrs. Wier. Mrs. Gossowry is Mrs.
Wier's sister.
Capt. Pettigrove has moved to 210
Delaronde.
Miss Bertha Albrizzi is back at her
post of duty after a pleasant visit to
relations in Patterson, La.
Mrs. Luella Lilly was called to La
fayette last Sunday to be with her
auntie, Mrs. Robert c. Greig, during
the severe illness of Prof. Greig. Prof
Greig has been sick several weeks
He is a well known citizen of Lafay
cite.