The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-11-28
CHURCHES

| 'hdnNS9lNln9. AS We nave tnere-
fore received Christ Jesus the
Lord, so walk We in Him: rooted
and built up in Him, and estab-
lished in the faith, as We have
been taught. Astounding therein
with thanksgiving. (Col. 2:7.)
The last phrase of this verse
suggests theme for worth while
meditation at this season Of the
year One of the sins charged
against the natural man is that
of ingratitude. He is unthankful.
This is especially characteristic
of the rationalists of the last
days I'll Tim. 3:2). Men receive
the blessings of divine providence
as mere matter of course. God,
the Giver of all good, is unre-
cognized because unknown.
Ii should surely be otherwise
with Christians. Having been saw
ed through Astounding grace, we
are exhorted to Astounding thanks
giving. not only on one day In
the year, but daily and hourly the
believing heart might well be
lifted to God in thanksgiving for
having blessed us with all spirit
ual blessings In heavenly places
in Christ. as well as for the
marvellous way in which He
"giyeth us richly all things to en-
joy of temporal character.
Every blessing for time and
eternity is from His gracious hand
and rightfully calls for heartfelt
recognition from us.
From the Bethel Informer
"BIess the Lord" was the sub
ject chosen by Rev. Austin at
Bethel A. M. e. last Sunday. An
overflow crowd audience In the
auditorium, with many In the
balcony, received a great mes
sage-much food for thought. The
choir rendltions were augmented
by a quartet composed of Mr..
Boise Strain, Miss June Runnels,
Mrs. Zepha Baker, and Mr.. C. E.
Ivey, choir director, their num-
Der, "Thank God for a Garden"
was beautifully rendered.
At GAS the A. c. E. League dis
cussed very interesting subject:
"Re-Eductation for Peace" Miss
Bessie M. Harris is president.
Installation services for the Sen
ior Missionary Society held Sun
day night at 500 o'clock was the
first of two such services sche-
duled for Bethel. The other one
to be held the 3rd Sunday even
ing in December. The services
Sunday night centered around the
| sermon by Rev. Austin, his sub
ject "The Christian Missionary"
Prefacing the sermon, Albert
J Moore of the Junior Missionary,
! recited Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress. Miss June Runnels, was So
loist.
Officers installed: President,
Mrs. Mary Austin (by proxy;
| Vice-President, Mrs. Dixie Lee
Mott; LIST Vice-President, Mrs.
Martha Mullen; Recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Annabell Harris; Cor
responding secretary. Miss Anna
Morrison; Treasurer, Mrs. Lettie
M. Polk; Parliamentarian, Mrs.
Nelsene Campbell; Chaplain, Mrs.
Mary Fullilove, Young Women's
Auxiliary president, Mrs. Minnie
bell Johnson; Executive Commit
tee chairman, Mrs. Mary Duncan;
Christian Social Relations, Mrs.
Roberta Blackburn, Mrs. d. L.
Mott, Mrs. M. M. Duncan; Tanner
Turner Memorial Fund, Mrs. Mary
Brown, Mrs. M. Mullen; Handy
Simmons Memorial Fund, Mrs.
Savannah Price, Miss A. Morri-
son; Condolences, Mrs. L. NJ Polk !;
Budget, Mrs. Beatrice Graves,
Mrs. Rosa Nichols, Mrs. Burl
Banks; Bylaws and Constitution,
Mrs. Matte Lock, Miss A. Morri-
son; Recreation and Entertain.
ment. Mrs. Lucille Wilson, Mrs.
Erline Thomas, Mrs. Minniebell
Johnson; Promotion of Missionary
Education, Mesdames A. B. Har-
ris, L. NJ. Polk, and N. Cambell
A candlelight ceremony was a
> closing feature.