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LUTHERAN
MEET IN
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OLD ZION CHURCH AND THE REV. S. W. HERMAN. PASTOR
Seventy-third Annual Session of East Pennsylvania Body
to Gather Here Monday For Four-day Conference;
Lutheranism in Harrisburg Has Remarkable Growth;
Church Development Program Will Be Subject of Dis
cussion; Big Laymen's Meeting Tuesday Night
The seventy-third annual session of
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Kast Perfnsylvania will be convened
in Zion Lutheran Church, I-'ourth
street near Market. Monday. Septem
ber 28. The session will continue un
til October 1.
Zion Lutheran Church, host to the
Synod, in connection with its enter
tainment of the church fathers, will
celebrate the one hundred and nine
teenth anniversary of its separate de
votional life, the hundredth anniver
sary of its present location, and the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the erec
tion of its present building.
The official program of the synod's
sessions came off the press to-day and
the Rev. Stewart Wintield Herman has
included many attractive features in
its make-up. It includes among other
things a list of important dates in the
■history of Zion Lutheran Church, the
names of the pastors who have tilled
the pulpit of Zion Church, the church
children of the tirst, second and third
generations that have sprung from
old Zion. the sons of the church who
are in the ministry, interesting facts
concerning the East Pennsylvania
Synod, and facts about the growth of
Lutheranism in Harrisburg.
Business of the Synod
The business sessions of the synod
will be held in the main auditorium
of the church throughout the day,
and in the evening special programs
will be presented. The business ses
sions will begin promptly at and 2
o'clock. Important committee reports
on the status of the church in this
district will be submitted during the
sessions of the synod and interesting
subjects having to do with future de
velopment and growth will be dis
cussed by the leaders of the various
activities. The following standing
committees will submit reports: Ex
amining. education, synoelical mis
sionary. Sunday school, systematic
beneficence, apportionment, tcntpcr
ance. Emaus Orphans' Home, dea
coness board, conference reports,
state of the church, press, order of
coning service. 1315: place of meet
ing. 101."; advisory board of church
extension, pastor's fund, advisory
board of foreign missions. Woman's
Ilomc and Foreign Missionary Society.
Special committee on president's
report, minutes of 1913, nominations,
absentees, vacant congregations, reso
lutions. brotherhood, laymen's mis
sionary movement, every member
member canvass.
Representatives of foreign missions.
hotn» missions, church extension, dea
coness" home, board of education, pas
tor's fund, laymen's movement, synod
ical missions. Sunday observance, or
phans' home, home for the aged, Get
tysburg College and Seminary, will be
heard.
Biblical Study
Biblical study during the matin
services will be conducted by the Rev.
J. B. Markward, D. D.. pastor of Beth
lehem Lutheran Church, this city, as
follows:
Monday, 9 a. in., subject, "The Un
obtrusive God": Wednesday, 9 a. m.,
subject. "The Prohibited Sackcloth";
Thursday. 9 a. m., subject. "The Dan
gerous Transfiguration."
Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock a re
ception will be held in honor of the
clerical and lay delegates by the men
of Zion Brotherhood, and tlie men co
operating in the entertainment of the
synod have been invited to attend.
The general evening programs will be
us follows:
Monday evening 7.30, chimes;
7.45. organ selections; 8, communion
service, introit, anthem, epistle. Gos
pel. nicene creed, soprano solo, hymn,
sermon, offertory, confession and ab
solution. .administration of holy com
munion, doxologv, benediction, organ
postludo.
Tuesday evening , 7.15. chimes;
7.30, organ selections; 8. vesper ser
vice, psalm, hymn, soprano solo, les
son. soprano and tenor duet, address,
offertory, anthem, the hymn, the clos
ing service, benediction, organ post
lude.
Wednesday evening—7.ls, chimes;
7.30, organ selections: 8, the vesper
service, the psalm, anthem, the les
son. soprano and alto duet. hymn, or
dination sermon, by the Rev. c. j,.
V"leck: offertory; "The Licensure and
Ordination of Ministers'; anthem,
hymn, closing service, benediction, or
gan postlude.
Thursday evening—B. mass meeting
of Lutheran Brotherhoods: address.
"Laymen's Responsibilities," George
SATURDAY EVENING, HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 26, 1914
|E. Xeff; reception in lower church.
Growth of Lutheranism
A great deal of interest is being
evinced because of the gathering of
the synod here in the historv of Lu
jtheranism in this city. In 1842 Zion
j was th only church, whil to-day there
!are nine General Synod churches,
hree General Council, one Missouri
Council church in Harrisburg. The
latest statistics of the General Synod
I churches of the city show that the
: number of catechumens, adult acces
sions and communicants are growing
(larger each year. In 1918 the church
had 4,910
METHODIST
Ridge Avenue—The Rev. John 11.
Daugherty. 11. "A Message for To
day;' 7.30, "The Second Coming of
1 'hrist, in Its Relation to Personal
Character and Conduct:"' 9. class
meeting; 10, Sunday school: 6.45, Ep
worth League.
Stevens Memorial—The Rev. Dr.
, Clayton Albert Smucker. Sunday
school, 9.45; morning prayer and ser
! inon, 10.45. sermon by the Rev. Dr.
A. S. Fasick, of Carlisle; Senior and I
Intermediate Epworth Leagues, 8.30; I
,Sunday evening service, 7.30, "Why I
j Can't Harrisburg Have A Great He-1
vival?"
j Grace—The Rev. J. D. Fox. D. D.
10.30, "The Uncomfortable Saints":'
; 7.30, "The Mystery of Godliness"; 1.45 |
'Sunday school; 8.45, Epworth League.)
Fifth Street —The Rev. B. 11. Hart.
;Services at 10.3». "The Marks of the
I Lord Jesus": Sunday school at 2: Ep
j worth League. 6.H0; ovr»ninKr sermon at |
.7.30, "Some Early Lessons from the
j Great War."
Coxestown—The Rev. A. Harris.
Morning, "Apples of Gold in Pictures
iof Silver"; evening, harvest home;
i Sunday school. 9.30.
Curtin Heights—The Rev. A. S. Wil
liams. 9.30, class meeting: 10.30,
morning service, Manuel Andujar, of
Porto Rico mission will speak; Sun-
Jday 2; 6.30, Epworth League;'
7.30, evening service. "The Corn
; Promising King." the second in series
i on "The* Kings of the Old Testament."'
Asbury—The Rev. Irving IT. Car
! penter. 11. sermon by the Rev. .1. W.
Jackson; *. sermon by the Rev. D. \y.
j Ilaves, district superintendent; 1,
Sunday school.
BAPTIST
First —The Rev. W. S. Booth. 10.30
l "The Tonic of Big Tilings:" 7.30. "At
the Cross;" special Stough song serv
ice. baptism; 11.30, Sunday school.
St. Paul—The Rev. E. Luther Cun
ningham. 10.30. "The Stone Cut Out
I Without Hands;" 7.30. "The Souls
; Under the Altar:" Sundav school,
12.15: B. Y. P. U.» 6.30.
Market Street—The Rev. W. H.
i Dallman. 10.30. "Divine Commen
; dation;" 7.30. "Wearing Smoked
(Glasses:" Sunday school, 11.30; young
| people's meeting. 6.30.
j Tabernacle—The Rev. Calvin Hare,
D. D.. of Lewisburg. will preach at
10.30. "God's Revelation of Himself."
and 7.30. "The First Tronhy of the
Cross;" Sunday school, 11.45.
Second The Rev. Albert Josiah
Greene. 10.30. "What Lack I Yet?"
7.30. "Paul's Reasons for Persever
ing;" Sunday school, 12; B. Y. P. U
6.30.
RALLY DAY AT ST. ANDREW'S
Rally day will be celebrated to
morrow hv the Sunday school of
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal
Church. The school will meet in the
parish house at Nineteenth and Mar
ket streets at 12 o'clock, its usual
hour, immediately after the morning
church service. Instead of the usual
lesson for the day the rector, the Rev.
I James F. Bullitt, will catechize the
; school briefly in order to show vis
itors some of the work which is being
done and the address of the day will
j be made by James W. Barker, super
j intendent of teacher training 'for the
Dauphin County Sabbath School As
| sociation. Special music will be a
| feature and some new lantern slides
in the school's missionary collection
I will be shown.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
First Church of Christ. Scientist—
Board of Trade Hall, Sunday. 11 and
7.30. subject, "Reality." Testimonial
meeting. Wednesday, 8. Free Read
ing Rooms. Kunkel building, 1.30 to
5 daily, also Monday and Saturday
evenings.
Your Pleasure and The Church
"Rejoiced at evil *
Be thou never,
Bat let good give thee pleasure —Havamal.
HTHIS little quotation, aged by years, rather rudely shocks us into seeing that which we
should see without being told.
YV Applying this phrase to our twentieth century life, we find—what? Of course, we recog
nize that it contains good advice, but is it synonymous to our daily life ?
There is a question which confronts every one of us: have we drifted away from that point
where good gives us pleasure? Its a personal question to you, every man and every woman,
whether your pleasure shall exist in good or evil. And it's a question which concerns not
( \f y° u alone, but others as well.
Do you realize that the most regrettable thing about your wrong-doing is that the burden
does not rest wholly upon you, but disseminates through that circle in which you associate?
So too, wiil good disseminate, if good is your practise.
And so the question rests with you. Which shall it be; pleasure for you through good
or evil, by choice: pleasure through good or evil, for your associates and friends, by
association ?
In either event, the church can help you. If you are one of that great deluded multitude,
seeking pleasure in the temporal, and finding it but a dream—come back, the church
welcomes you.
If you have begun to see the light, and have recognized that in good, alone, is pleasure—
the church can help you too, for she points the way to your happiness with clear precision
which will make that way more glad and more pleasurable.
GO TO CHURCH
This advertisement has been authorized by and is being paid for by the Associated Churches of Harrisburg.
RALLY DAY SERVICES
IN MANY CHURCHES
Churches Making Effort to Swell
Attendances During the Fall
and Winter Months
Rally day, harvest
home festivals and
fall communion in
many churches will
be the features of to
.. morrow's religious
* JL| services throughout
* JHst •• lll ln scores of churches
• 'AyflßsH throughout Central
JKJn Pennsylvania rally
I T*Bh3u day services have
been announced and
■Mill "Ibß special efforts will be
made to swell the
v IvVj Sabbath school at-
r liffcl tendance now that
tho cooler weather has returned and
the hours of meeting been changed
from morning to afternoon.
Six Stough meetings are scheduled
for various *parts of the city and its
vicinity to-morrow.
An educational address will be made
to-morrow afternoon by Professor W.
S. Steele, principal of the Central high
school, at the Second Reformed
Church.
Lutherans of the city will complete
plans to-morrow for the entertain
ment of the East Pennsylvania Synod,
which convenes in Zion Church Mon
day.
Hall> Day at Redeemer.—Rally day
and harvest home services will be
held to-morrow in the Redeemer Lu
theran Church. Nineteenth and Ken
sington streets. The Sunday school
rally services will be held at 9.30 in
the morning. Special music by the
school will be a feature and the Rev.
S. W. Herman, of Zion Lutheran
I'hurch. w ill make an address. Harvest
home services will be held following
j the Sunday school exercises at 10.30.
•'The Christian Endeavor will hold rally
i services at 6.30 in the evening.
Rally at F.nola.—Rally day services
i will be held to-morrow in Grace
[United Evangelical Church, Enola. to
i morrow. The Sunday school services
! will be held at 9.30 and the church
services at 10.30 and 7.30. The Rev.
J. A. Hollenbaugh. presiding elder of
the Carlisle district of the church, will
preach both morning and evening.
The Christian Endeavor rally will be
held at 6.30.
Central Principal to Speak.—One of
the most Interesting addresses sched-
I uled for to-morrow's church services
I in this city will be that of Professor
W. S. Steele, principal of the Central
1 high school, who will address the
j men's Bible class of the Second Re
i formed Church. Green and Verbeke
1 streets. Professor Steele will take as
Ills theme "How Can the Sunday
' School and Church Assist the Public
! Schools?"
Indian Chief to Speak.—Chief Felix
May, Indian chief, will speak at the
evening services.
Rally at West Falrvlew.—The West
Fairview Methodist Church will hold
rally day exercises both morning and
evening. The regular session of the
Sunday school will be held ai 9.30 in
the morning. At 10.30 the "bugle call"
program, consisting of music and dia
logues by the pupils of the primary
department, will be presented. Ap
propriate services will be held in the
evening.
To Preach Pence Sermon. The
Rev. Lewis S. Mudge. pastor of the
Pine Street Presbyterian Church, will
i'«Hv*r a sermon on "How to Procure
Peace."
I At Naglc Street.—The pulpit of the
Nagle Street Church of God will be
filled to-morrow, both morning and
evening, by the Rev. H. C. Bickel.
At V. >l. C. A.—General Secretary
Homer Black, of the Young Men's
Christian Association, will address the
men's gospel meeting in the V. M.
C". A. building to-morrow afternoon
at 3.30 o'clock. His subject will be
"The Great Net."
Olivet Pulpit Vacant. —Officially
Olivet Presbyterian Chufch, Derry and
Klttatinn.v streets, will be without a
pastor to-morrow. The Rev. Francis
H. Laird, who resigned as pastor
sometime ago. quit his charge three
weeks ago. Since that time the pulpit
has been filled by local and out of
town ministers. Services will be held
as usual to-morrow. The Rev. E. P.
Robinson, of Dauphin, will preach.
LUTHERAN
Holy Communion —The Rev. John
Henry Miller. 10.45. "The Master the
True Comforter:" 7.30, "Good Shep
herd Home:" Sunday school, 9.30;
the Rev. J. H. Ritter will preach in
the evening .
Trinity. Camp Hill—The Rev. E. D.
Weigle, pastor. Holy communion at
10.30 and 7.30; baptism of children
and accession of members at both
services; communion address in the
evening. "Going Back and Walking
No More With Jesus"; Sunday School,
9:15.
Augsburg—The Rev. A. Maxwell
StHmets. pastor, will preach at 10:30
and 7.30: Sunday school, 2: C. E.,
6:30.
7.ion .Enola —The Rev. M. S. Sharp,
pastor: Services at 10:30 and 7:30;
Sunday Srhool. 9:30; C. E., 6:45.
St. Matthew's—The Rev. E. E. Sny
der will preach-at 11. "The Marriage
Feast" and 7:30. "Life More Abun
dant"; Sunday School. 10; C. E.. 6:30.
Bethlehem—The Rev. J. Bradley
Mark ward. D. D., will preach at 10:30,
"Fear and Religion"; and 7:30, "A
Short Story With a Big Meaning:"
Sunday School rally at 1:45; C. E.,
6.30: the Rev. Mr. Fuller Berg
stresser, of Middletown, will make the
address at the Sunday School rally.
7Aou —The Rev. S. Wintield Herman
will preach at 10:30, "Immeasurable
Love" and 7:30, "Gates of Righteous
ness"; Sunday School, 1:45; devo
tional service, 10.
Trinity—The Rev. R. L. Meisen
helder. 11.15, "The Fourth Beati
tude;" 7.30, "A Message of Comfort;"
Sunday school, 10.
Christ—The Rev. Thomas Reisch,
Ph. D. 11. "Hope Restored;" 7.30,
"A Boast and a Prayer:" Sunday
school. 9.45; Christian Endeavor. 6.30;
Mrs. J. H. Straw, returned missionary
fiom Africa, will address the society.
Messiah—The Rev. Henry W. A.
Hanson. 11, "Paul, a Servant of the
Lord;" 7.30. "Swept, (garnished, but
Unoccupied;" Sunday school, 10.
Memorial—The Rev. L. C. Manges.
D. D. 10.30. "The Death of the
Widow's Son:" 7.30. "Faith's True
Anchorage;" 10, men's prayer meet
ing; 5.30. junior Luther League; 6.30,
senior Luther League.
UNITED EVANGELICAL
Harris Street—Sunday school, 9.30;
10.45, sermon by the Rev. H. B. Hartz
ler. D. D.. editor of the Evangelical;
6.40. Christian Endeavor; 7.30, ad
dress by E. F. Weaver.
Park Street—The Rev. A. M. Samp
sel. Sunday school. 9.30; worship,
with sermon. 10.3<) and 7.30; junior
Christian Endeavor. 5.45: senior Chris
tian Endeavor. 6.30. The Rev. A. M.
Swelgert. of Reading, will occupy tho
pulpit at both services.
MISCELLANEOUS
Church of the Brethren—The Rev.
A. K. Hollinger. Preaching at 11 and
7.30.
International Bible Students' Asso
ciation. Sunday service at 3; Be
rean study at 2.
Wesley Union —The Rev. J. Francis
Lee. 10.45, "The Christian Armour;"
7.45, the Rev. Ful#x, chief of Chero
kees, will preach.
PRESBYTERIAN
Westminster —The Rev, E. E. Cur
tis. Sunday school, 9.45; church, 11,
"Almost a Christian;" 7.30, "The Up
lifted Christ;" Christian Endeavor,
6.45.
Immanuel The Rev. H. Everett
Hallraan. 10 and 7.30: rally day exer
cises in the Sunday school, 11.15. and
in the Christian Endeavor societies at
6.30.
Olivet—Services at 11 and 7.30;
men's Bible class, 2; C. E., 6.30; the
Rev. E. P. Robinson, of Dauphin, will
preach at both services.
Market Square—The Rev. William
B. Cooke, minister in charge, will
preach at 11 and 7.30; Sunday school,
10.
Covenant—The Rev. Harvey Klaer.
11, "The Healing of the Dead Sea";
7.30, "The Hands of Jesus"; Sunday
school, 10; Y. Y. S. C. E., 6.30; Sun
shine Mission Band, 6.15.
Bethany—The Rev. John Martin
Warden will preach at 7.30. "God's
Warning to Man"; Sunday school, 9.
Paxton—The Rev. Harry B. King.
Preaching at 11 and 6.30; Sunday
school, 10; C. E.. 6.
Calvary—The Rev. Frank P. Mac-
Kenzle. Services at 10.15 and 7.30;
Sunday school, 9.
CHURCH OF GOD
Alaclay Street —The Rev. Jay C.
Forncrook. Preaching at 11, "They
Are Blessed That Dwell in Thy
House"; 7.30, "Freedom Through
the Truth"; Sunday school, 9.45; C.
E., 6.30.
Wormleysburg—The Rev. G. W.
Gets. Sunday school, 9.30: Jr. C. E„
6.15; Sr. <"'. E., 6.45; evening service,
7.30, "Paul In the Storm."
Pleasant View—The Rev. George
W. Harper. Sunday school. 9.45;
preaching, 10.45, "Seven Great Truths
of the Book of the Acts": Jr. C. E.,
3.30: Sr. E., 7; 7.30, "Motives For
Diligence."
Fourth Street The Rev. AYilliam
N. Yates. Preaching, 10.30. "Faith";
7.30. "Prayer"; Sunday school, 7.30;
Senior and Intermediate C. E., 6.30.
Green Street —The Rev. C. H. Grove.
10.45, "A Model Woman;" 7.30, "Re
ligious Development;" Sunday school.
9.45; Christian Endeavor, 7; junior
Christian Endeavor. 6.15.
REFORMED
St. John's—The Rev. G. W. Hart
man. 10.30 and 7.30: Sunday school,
9.15: Christian Endeavor, 6.30.
St. Matthew's, Enola—The Rev. W.
R. Hartzell will preach at 7.30; Sun
day school, 9.45.
St. Andrew's. Penbrook—The Rev.
W. R. Hartzell. Rally day services
from 9.30 on.
Salem—The Rev. Ellis N. Kremer.
Sermons at 10.30 and 7.30; Sunday
school, 9.30.
Second—The Rev. Nelsin Bassler
will preach at 10.30 to the junior de
partment of the Sunday school on
"God's Flowers and God's Jewels" and
at 7.30 to the boys and girls on "If
I Were a Boy Again."
EPISCOPAL
St. Andrew s—The Rev. James F.
Bullitt. Morning prayer, ante-com
munion and sermon. 10.30; Sunday
school, 1;; evening prayer and ser
mon. 7.30.
St. Paul's —The Rev. Floyd Apple
ton.' Holy communion, 8; Sunday
school, 10; services at 11 and at 7.30.
St. Augustine's—The Rev. E. L.
Henderson will conduct services at 11
and 7 o'clock.
St. Stephen's—The Rev. Rollln A.
Sawyer. 8. noly communion: 11.
morning service:' 3 Sunday school; 4.
evening service.
St. Paul's —Services, 8. 11 and 7.30;
morning subject. "What the American
Episcopal Church Stands For;" Sun
day school, 10.
Coxestown Minister Saw the
Religious Upheaval in Wales
THE REV. ALFRED HARRIES
The Rev. Alfred Harries, the pres
ent incumbent of the pastorate of
Coxestown Methodist Episcopal
Church, hails from the principality of
Wales. Great Britain. He received his
education in the schools of that coun
try. although ho is an Englishman by
birth.
Having spent, fifteen years as a lo
cal preacher in the Weslevan Church
among the millions of miners of
Glamorganshire, he was called to be
pastor In charge of a church in the
vicinity of Cardiff. S. W. After a very
successful four years' work, he was
called by the Northern New York
Conference to take charge of the
Welsh Mission in the city of Utica,
N. V.« August, 1906. During the serv
ing of which he undertook the confer
ence course of study, having heen re
ceived on trial and ordained deacon
UNITED BRETHREN
First—The Rev. J. T. Spangler. 11
and 7.30; Sunday school, 10.
Sixth Street.—The Rev. P. H. Bals
baugh. Praise service, 9.45; Sabbath
school, 1.45; Jr. J5. C., 5.45; Sr. C. E.,
6.30; 10.30, "An Old Preacher"; 7.30,
"A Call Universal: Eternal"; yearly
report at the evening service; Satur
day evening cottage prayer meeting at
the homo of Mr. Bemon, West Fair
view; leave car at Neidig's store.
State Street —The Rev. E. A. G.
Bossier. 10.45, "Christian Giving";
7.30. "The City of God"; Sunday
school, 9.30; Jr. C. E„ 6; Y. P. S. C.
E., 6.30; Stough campaign mass meet
ing at 3.
Derry Street —The Rev. J. A. Lyter,
D. D. Public worship and sermon by
the pastor, 11 and 7.30; Sunday
school. 9.50; Y. P. 8. C. E., 6.30.
Enola—The Rev. B. P. Busey. 10.30,
"The Same Is My Brother"; 7.30, "The
Parable of the Sower ; Sunday school,
9.30; Y. P. S. C. E., 6.30; Stough mass
meeting at 3.30.
Otterbeln The Rev. S. Edwin
Rupp. 10.30, holy communion serv
ice: 7.30. "America's Religious Oppor
tunity;" Christian Endeavor, C.30.
AUTO HITS POLK
Special to The Telegraph
Gettysburg, Pa.. Sept. 26. Mistak
ing a pole stretched across the road for
a shadow. Harry K. Miller, of York
Springs, drove his automobile Into the
obstruction, broke the machine and in
jured all its occupants. i
by Bishop D. H. Moore at the Confer
ence of 1908.
After four years he was again trans
ferred by the request of Bishop Wilson
to undertake the charge of the Welsh
work of Bangor, in the Philadelphia
Conference in 1910. While busy with
the needs of the work in that com
munity he closed his final examina
tion with credit and was ordained
elder by Bishop Smith at the annual
Conference of Philadelphia in the
year 1912.
Mr. Harries' experiences and labor
while at Bangor among the young
people and children especially was met
with marked success, and he also par
ticipated in the broader field of every
enterprise in the community.
Mr. Harries having voiced a desire
to enter the English work, he was
called by Bishop Joseph Berry
through the agency of Dr. George 11.
Bickley and Dr. William Powlck, dis
trict superintendents. A vacancy oc
curing through the resignation of the
Rev. A. 1. Collow, the Rev. Mr. Har
ries was called upon to be his succes
sor at Coxestown charge. He arrived
upon the ground In the early part of
July of the present year antl has taken
up the work with a vim. His vast ex
perience and participation in 1904-06
in the great religious upheaval in
Wales have given him an equipment
most valuable and precious which
suits him for his work.
Ix»s»"iis From the War.—"Some
Early Lessons From the Great War"
will be discussed in the Fifth Street
Methodist Church to-morrow even
ing. Extensive preparations are be
ing made by this church for the ob
servance of the day of prayer for
peace, Sunday, October 4.
Methodist Missions In Africa.—To
morrow evening in the Stevens Me
morial Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thirteenth and Vernon streets, tha
Rev. H. N. Howard, of Rhodesia.
Africa, will talk on Methodist missions
i: Africa and the war.
Masons to Leave For
Elizabethtown at 2:55
Indications are that, weather con
ditions being Ideal, a large number
will attend the religious exercises to
be held by Perseverance Lodge at
Elizabethtown. Pa., to-morrow.
The train leaves at 2.55 o'clock.
Tickets at reduced rate of 70 cents
may be secured from W. H. Musser
at the station. Those desiring same,
Mr. Musser requests to apply fifteen
minutes before train time.
Mrs. Amelia Fisher, of
Sunbury, 101 Years Old
Special to The Telegraph
Sunbury. Pa., Sept. 26. Mrs. Amelia
Fisher to-day quietly celebrated her
101 st birthday anniversary at her home
here. She is the widow of the Rev.
Richard A. Fisher, pastor of the First
Reformed Church here for half a cen
tury, and who died In 18R7.
Mrs. Fisher baa four living children,
nil more than 60 years years old. They
iire: Richard A. Fisher, constable. Sun
bury; Mrs. Amelia Bueher. Sunbury:
Dr. Albert Fisher, Toledo. Ohio, and
(Seorge Z. Fisher, of Lima City, Ohio.
She. has a good memory. Is only slight
ly hard of hearing and reads well with
glasses. Her Bible Is one of her closest
companions, and she finds Joy In knit
ting "tidies" with her old-fashioned,
long steel needles.