St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-08-20


families present came with them.
Warrant Officer Alfred E. Stewart,
his wife and Pvt. Fleetwood Smith
also stood with them. Other visi-
tors were Mines. Amanda Bond,
Los Angeles, CAL; Leroy Patterson
and daughter Shirley Anne, Fit.
Dodge, Iowa; Minerva Bradley,
Chicago, ILL.,; Frances Wills and
Lillian Williams, Detroit, Mich;
Louise Vassar, Chicago; L. C. Den
son, Tulsa, Okla; Grace Craven,
Boynton, Okla; Anita Owens, Keo-
kuk, Iowa; Mildred Allen, Mr.. AL
fred C. Dougherty, Chicago, Ill.
Our 8 p. m. service was well at
tended. Rev. Joseph Jackson who
has faithfully labored in st. James
for several years assisting the pas
tors in charge, preached his pre-
ordination sermon. 1.-TWO Witnesses
Isaiah and John the Humble COM
fort of the Church" was his subject.
Rev. Jackson is expected to be or
dained a local elder at the annual
conference at Waterloo, Iowa, Sept.
9Th through the 18th.
On August %, the pastors sub
ject at the 10:45 a. m. service will
be Spiritual Front" The Senior
choir will be presented in request
program at p. m. Talented artists
will also appear. Members and
friends are especially invited to
attend and show appreciation for
the one group that serves in praise
and song Sunday after Sunday.
Charles Satchell Morris II will
be the speaker at st. James Tues
day, Aug. 81. Further announce
ment will be made in this news
paper.
Pilgrim Baptist Church News;
On Sunday morning, August Is,
Rev. S. E. Ware delivered a schol-
arly and impressive sermon from
the subject "Like a Palm Tree.
Rev. Ware emphasized the strength
and beauty of the palm and made
a wonderful comparison between
the palm tree and the Christian
The more heavily laden the tree and
the Christian the stronger they
grow in Christ. Flowers on the
altar were donated by Mrs. w. B,
Baines and Mrs. ]. Towlke. Visit
ors included Mrs. Elizabeth Mundy
and Mrs. G. Wheatley, Louisville.
KY, Mrs. Alice Delaney, st. Louis.
Mo-, Mrs. C. J. Mastin, Cincinnati
Ohio, Miss Vashti Rogers, Selma
Ala, Miss Jessie M. jefferson, De-
troit, Mich, Misses Doris and Mary
Page, Manley, Ia, Miss Evon Jones.
New York, N. Y, Mrs. Harriet B,
Manuel, Des Moines, Ia, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. D. Grey, Mississippi, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Brooks, ST., St. Paul
Two persons joined church.
Next Sunday, Rev. Ware will
preach on the subject "By Their
Fruit Ye Shall Know Them" Sun
day night his subject will be "The
Angel of the Lord Stood by Me"
The Missionary circle meets
every Friday afternoon at 2:30.
All Members are urgently re-
quested to complete all pledges
before or by the first Sunday in
November. Members are cooperat-
ing very nicely in making and COM
pleting payments on pledges.
Regular prayer meetings are held
each Wednesday evening at 8 pm.
Camphor Memorial Methodist
Church Notes: One of the largest
audiences of the summer was pres
emit for the II am. worship service
last Sunday. Our pastor, Rev.
Clarence T. R. Nelson, gave re-
port of the Chicago District Con-
ference that he attended in Pom
tiac, Michigan, Aug. 4 to 6. More
than six hundred dollars in pledges
were secured on the RFC rally that
was launched last Sunday to raise
81, 100000 by October 81 for putting
new roof on the church building,
repairing the furnaces and paying
for the winters coal. Rev. Nelson
preached a brief but timely SER
mon on the subject "She Brought
Her Children With Her." He point
ed out the great privilege of par
ents to train their children in the
way they should go. Mrs. Bessie
E. Turpin, formerly a member of
the Grace Baptist Church, Fargo,
N. D., and Lovely S. Brown, form
erly a member of the Cleaves
Temple C. M. E. Church, Omaha,
Nebraska, joined the church.
Three children, Edward Eugene
Bruce, Richard Sherwood, Jr.,
and Sarah Eta Sherwood were
baptized after the sermon. Visitors
present included Arthur Sternberg,
superintendent of the Dayton Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Sunday School;
Ollie Shannon, st. Louis, Mo-, Vada
Clardy, Lockesburg, Ark; Mrs.
Harvey Hopkins, Mrs. L. Brown and
Mrs. B. Stephens of the Paramount
Methodist Church.
Several members of the Cam
phor Youth Fellowship met with
the pastor at 7:30 pm, and plans
were discussed for setting up the
fall and winter program. Mrs. G.
Pless was among the visitors at