The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1919-03-20

Harvey. At night, the Mizpah Choir,
rendered the incest music that we
have had at night in a long time
1t is a great privilege to have de
pendable helpers. At the morning
hour, Miss Thelma Cayard presented
! the Centenary Centennial interests in
| part as follows: 1T is the day of the
! young! They have saved the world
| from autocratic domination, and on
| them rests the burdens of the worlds
| future. They have within them the
impulses for larger sacrifices, their
vision is broad and clear, and they
are not handicapped with the CONVEX
sation that so often comes with age.
| And when the Church looks TO them
so confidently for the fullest success
of the Centenary Movement, she fol-
lows a true instinct. The confidence
which the Church rests in her young
people is drawn from a true knowl.
edge of their qualities, and from a
recollection of their past Achievements.
Our missions in Africa and Korea are
both monuments to the Epworth
Leaguers. From them came the first
motive, preliminary finances and the
vanguard OF the workers. The Cen
tenary still entrusts Africa to them for
fully half of the missionaries who will
man all our fields. And time will
surely demonstrate that these respon-
sibilties were not misplaced. AS the
Leaguers have such a prominent part
in conducting the operations of the
Centenary, so they are privileged to
do their share in bringing the Eighth
Day Drive to successful conclusion.
They will canvass and be canvassed
as are all other Methodists, and they
will throw their shoulders to the
wheel in supreme Methodist effort,
in which all subsidiary lines of organ
izatiOn are wholly ignored. But the
ILeaguers have desired to do more than
that. What do We more than they?"
| is a question to which they are Civ
| ing consideration, with characteristic
| loyalty And so while as members
of the Church they will do their full
duty in the drive, as members of the
League they will also raise $4,000, 900,
for their special work in the Belgian
Congo. This sum will be raised through
the League Chapters and will repre-
sent an addition to the amount
raised by the Church in the drive
But at the same time it may count
on the quota of the Church; and
when the combined congregation
raises the quota assigned to it, the
sum from the League will represent
that much "over the top" They are
resolved that their African sacrifice
shall be in addition to their duty to
the Church. We have somewhere
read that the reward of faithfulness
in one field did not excuse one from
the responsibilities elsewhere, but on
the contrary it brought added duties.
When We have been faithful in a few
things. l will burden you with the
task of larger things. Gods rewards
are not in the form of lessening ones
burdens, but increasing them This is
strange kind of process, but it is
Gods plan. And when men use the
discharge of one duty as an argument
for evading others, they are on the
plane of the physical world, and not
on that of God. So if the Leaguers
should take advantage of their At
rican attempt in order to escape the
draft" of the general drive, they
would be acting in a manner entirely
unworthy. But this has never been
their fashion. They have always well
coined, even sought, to edo more than
they" And so they will do in the
Centenary" The Centenary was pre-
sented Thursday night by Mr.. Jno.
b. Miller and Sunday night by Capt.
Z. j. Zatarain. Both gave a good
personal exhortation in regard to the
movement.
PERSONALS.
When Mr.. Geo. Kirkpatrick moved
across the river, our congregation
last some active helpers. Misses
Anna Belle and Irene were both mem
ford of Second Methodist Church.
School, the former was a member of
Mizpah Choir and the latter of the
Juniors. We will miss the whole
family.
Last Sunday night, at the close of
the services, a friend expressed his
appreciation by giving the President,
Mrs. Jessie Summers a nice Offering
to buy new Easter music. The regu-
lar attendants appreciate our music
as do the strangers of whom there
were many Sunday night.
Last Sunday, March Is, 1919. the
following children were baptized by
the pastor assisted by Rev. ]. A. Al
ford of Second Methodist Church;
Carrie and Franklin BENJAMIN
children of Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Flanders
of III Vallette ST. Master Franklin
sent in the following offerings: New
Church $1.O0, Parsonage Fund, s1.00.
i One of our Sunday School boys.
Gussie Woolverton of Newton Street.
had an accident last week, breaking
his nose in a fall. He was able to
attend Sunday School, .s y
Mr.. E. E. Cayard, by invitation of
the pastor, Rev. A. 1. Townsley, went
to Felicity Sunday night and made
an Epworth League talk and installed
the officers Of that League.
The Secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A. at
the Algiers Naval Station sent
special invitation to us to send work
ers down there Sunday afternoon.
The Junior Choir went down and sang
two anthems. The Pastor. DIR. and
Mrs. T. P. Bell accompanied them.
Rev. A. /. Townsley made an inter
esting talk on "1he Soldiers Religion"
Next Sunday the Carrollton League