Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-11-19
RED OAK GROVE.
Interest in Prayer Service In
creases. Red Cross Active.
Sunday School For
Winter. -

The workers of our Baptist rs
Million have only two weeks to get
things in readiness for the great
drive. Mr.. T. W. Lamb, Red Oak
Grove organizer, with the aid of Mrs.
Fannie Grifis, is trying hard to get
things in shape, which we feel sure
will be accomplished, for success is
sure. BY all doing their part victory
will be ours.
This is great plan and in it's
working the grace of giving is taught
and cultivated, teaching US not to
waste in extravaganza or hoard in
|selfshness the blessings intrusted to
us.
Giving is glorified by sacrifcial
love, in obedience to the command
OF our dear, Heavenly Father who
says "Cast thy bread upon the waters
and it shall return unto you two
fold" We trusted our government by
purchasing Liberty bonds, w. S. S.,
contributed to the Red Cross, liberal
ly aided the Y. M. C. A., so now
Though this rs Million plan by the
Baptists, comes a call from our Lord
and Master for the spread of His
Kingdom to save the world. May our
people wake to the knowledge of the
littleness of their giving in the past,
compared to His blessings and mercy
bestowed, making the impress of the
sentiment in this little verse:
"Were the whole realm of nature
mine,
That were present far too small;
Gifts so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all"
The weekly prayer service at Flat
Rock continues to grow in interest,
manifested in many ways. Our young
merS are showing by their voluntary
service to 8bes greatly concerned in
;tssAsss @ are rnselEess
worthy BY careful study Of then Biz
b1esl Each week a subject is given
from the Bible for study which they
use with marked evidence Of interest
at the next meeting.
The already bad condition of the
roads to Red Hill and Red Oak Grove
have made the people in this section
decide to overcome the disadvantage
of not being able to keep up with the
Sunday School lessons by organizing
a Sunday School at Flat Rock, for
the winter at least.
The Red Cross Auxiliary at Flat
Rock collected during campaign
week, a very generous sum among
the school children there, also several
members renewed their subscription.
During my stay in Atlanta the past
month, it was my privilege to come.
in contact with several Red Cross.
ladies who work at Fort Mcpherson.
1t was quite interesting to learl with
what marked system they dispense
the work in the branches of the Red
Cross there. saw one of the dis
charged nurses who had seen two
years service overseas. She was on
her way to the depot, leaving for her
home out west, if | was rightly in
formed and was killed in an auto
wreck near the viaduct. In this same
accident an old Confederate veteran
who had been to to see his wounded
soldier son at Fort Mcpherson, was
seriously hurt.
One of the sweetest thoughts l OBJ
tained from the Red Cross workers
was that an Atlanta lady spends her
entire zine gratis, cultivating flowers
for the Red Cross to use at their
rooms for cheer and comfort of the
sick and wounded.
In city there are many such
things that can be done that would
tighten and brighten so many lives,
just for a bit of our time, for it is not
often the money that is needed.
The Y. W. AS of Red Oak Grove
have. personal service committee
and its quite gratifying to note the
lovely spirit they are cultivating
along that line Of work.
The meeting last Sunday was one
of the very best. We noted with pro-
found gratitude the intermingling of
prayer through the entire program.
Miss Ruth Zimmerman, who has re-
turned to her old home and is now
one of the teachers at Red Hill