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ACTIVITIES IN THE C
BIBLE CONFERENCE
TO START MONDAY
'Present Day Truth" General
Subject; Rev, Chafer
in Charge
THE REV. LEWIS S. CHAFER
The fourteenth monthly Bible con
ference of the Harrisburg Monthly
Bible Conference Association, with the
Rev. Lewis Sperry Chafer, of North
field. Mass.. as teacher, will be held in
the First Baptist Church, Second and
Tine streets, Monday and Tuesday.
This will be the opening conference of
the third season.
Mr. Chafer will occupy the pulpit
of the Westminster Presbyterian
Church. Relly and Green streets, the
Rev. Mr. Curtis, pastor, Sunday morn
ing at 10.30 o'clock, and in the after
noon at 3.30 Mr. Chafer will address a
mixed meeting of men and women in
Fahnestock Hall in the Y. M. C. A.
building. Second and Locust streets.
Mr. Chafer is a Bible teacher of
vide experience in Bible conference
work and an associate of Dr. C. I.
Scofield for many years, a musician
and an author.
Present-Day Truth
The general subject of the six talks
will be "Present-Day Truth." The
Harrisburg committee has included
Carlisle, Shippensburg and Lebanon in
the circuit. Mr. Chafer goes to Car
lisle and Shippensburg from here to
conduct a two-day conference at each
point. The committee having the con
ference in charge is composed of W.
G. Hean, Dr. J. N. Clark, Dr. D. J.
Hetrick, H. L Carl, Philip Reed,
Frank Gregory. Fred Kelker, Benja
min F. Eby and Harvey Buck. George
W. Reily, North Front street, will en
tertain Mr. Chafer during his stay.
PRESBYTERIAN
Calvary—the Frank P. Mackenzie.
10.45, "Living Epistles"; 7.30, "The
Tears of Jesus"; Sunday school, 9.00;
Christian Endeavor. 1.30.
Bethany—the Rev. John M. War
den. 7.30, "Evil. Its Nature and Rem
edy"; Sunday school. 9; Christian En
deavor, 6.30.
Immanuel—the Rev. H. Everett
Hallman. 10.00 and 7.30, preaching;
Sunday school, 11.15.
Olivet —the Rev. William O. Yates.
10, "Poverty and Riches"; 7.30,
"Things That We Shall Miss"; Sun
day school, 11.15; Christian Endeavor,
6.45.
Covenant—the Rev. Harvey Klaer.
10.30, "The Great Instruction"; 7.30,
"The Pillar of Cloud and of Fire";
Sunday school. 2; Y. P. S. C. E., 6.30;
Sunshine Mission Band, 6.15.
Pine Street—The Rev. Lewis Sey
mour Mudge, D. D.; the Rev. J. S
Armentrout, Assistant—lo:3o, "Shut
Doors"; 7:15, organ recital; 7:30,
"Uzzah, A Study in Reverence"; 1:30,
Sunday School; 1:40, Advanced De
partments. Adult Bible Classes; 6:30
Sr. C. E.
Paxton —The Rev. Harry B. King
will preach at 11 and 7:30; Sunday
School, 10; C. E„ 7.
Westminster—The Rev. E. E Cur
tis—Sunday School. 9.45; the Rev-
Lewis Spurry Chafer, of Northfleld,
Mass.. will preach at 11; C. E., 6:30;
"^3o' n f> S Should Continue In,"
UNITED EVANGELICAL
Park Street. The Rev. A . E
Hangen, pastor; S. S. at 9:30; 10:45!
"White Unto the Harvest"; Jr C E
at 5:45: Sr. C. E., 6:30; 7:30, "The
Meaning of the Harvest Home Dis
play."
CHURCn OF CHRIST
Fourth Street. The Rev. J. G.
Smith, pastor, will preach at 10-45
"The Second Mile"; 7:45, "How Shali
We Escape?"; Sunday school, 10;
C. E„ 6:30.
A. M. E.
Harris. The Rev. J. A. James. 11;
Sunday school, 1:30; the Rev. J. p.
Tuner, railroad evangelist will preach
ar 3; at 8, "Wheel in a Wheel."
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PRESBYTERY OF
CARLISLE TO MEET
Fifty-Three Churches From
Seven Counties Will Be
Represented
The Presbytery of Carlisle will meet
next Tuesday at 2.30 p. m. in the Big
Spring Presbyterian Church at New
ville. The Presbytery of Carlisle cov
ers the territory of Dauphin. Lebanon,
Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Franklin
and Fulton counties and embraces
within these bounds fifty-three churches
with a communicant membership of
11,691. Each church Is represented
by the pastor and one elder, so that
there will be about a hundred dele
gates in attendance.
The Big Spring Church is one of the
oldest in this section of the state, be
ing organized in 1737. The present
church building, which took the place
of the original log structure, was built
about 1790. It was thoroughly re
modeled in 1882 and is now a well
equipped. modern building, the main
nudilorium of which seats over 600.
The Rev. Frank T. Wheeler, the pas
tor. is the genial chairman of the
committee on entertainment.
The Rev. Thomas C. McCarrell,
D. D., of Mlddletown, will call the
presbytery to order and introduce the
new moderator, the Rev. Edwin E.
Curtis, of the Westminster Presby
terian Church, Harrisburg.
Sunday School Rally
The day sessions of the presbytery
will be taken up with routine business,
with popular meetings both Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. The Rev.
T. C. McCarrell will preach a sermon
on Tuesday evening and on Wednes
day evening there will be a rally in the
interest of Sabbath school work, to be
addressed by the Rev. Dr. Alexander
Henry, of Philadelphia, secretary of
the Sabbath school board.
Other items of general Interest will
be the request of the Rev. George A.
McAllister to be released from the
Central Presbyterian Church of Cham
bersburg and the introduction on
Wednesday morning of the Rev. Ethel
bcrt D. Warfleld. D. D., LL. D., the
newly elected president of Wilson Col
lege, who will address the presbytery
In the interests of the college. At this
meeting five ministers and five elders
will be chosen to attend as delegates
the meeting of tli&rSynod of Pennsyl
vania, which meets the fourth Tues
day of October in the First Presby
terian Church in Scranton.
METHODIST
Ridge Avenue—the Rev. William
W. Hartman. 10.30, "The Greatness
of Little Things"; 7.30, "Does it Pay
to Be a Christian?" Sunday school,
2.00 p. m.: Epworth League, 6.30.
Grace—the Rev. J. D. Fox, D. D.
9.30, Class meeting; 10.30, "The Im
partation of Power"; 1.45, Sunday
school and Men's Bible class; 6.45,
Epworth League; 7.30, John Wesley
and Methodism.
Saint Paul's—the Rev. Robert W.
Runyan. 11, "The Devil of Drifting";
7.30, "God's Answer to the Cry of Hu
manity"; Sunday school, 10; Epworth
League, 6.30,
Asbury—the Rev. W. H. Gaines. 11,
"The Hidden Life"; 8, "The Dist. Supt.
Rev. D. W. Hays; Sunday school, 2;
Epworth League, 7.
Stevens Memorial—the Rev. Clayton
Smucker, D. D. Sunday school, 9.45;
10.45, the Rev. S. C. Swallow. D. D.;
Epworth league, 6.30; 7.30, "The
Church and Recreation."
Fifth St.—The Rev. Edwin A. Pyles
—"Christ Shrinking From the Cross,"
10:30; class meeting, 9:30; Sunday
School, 2; Epworth League, 6.30.
UNITED BRETHREN
First—the Rev. J. T. Spangler. 11,
The Holy Communion; 7.30, "Our
Army of Children"; Sunday school,
10; Christian Endeavor, 6.45.
State Street—the Rev. E. A. Bossier.
10.45, "The Crowned Year"; 7.30, "The
Greatness;" Sunday school, 9.30; Jr.
Christian Endeavor. 6; Y. P. S. C. E.,
6.30.
St. Paul's, Wormleysburg—the Rev.
G. B. Renshaw. Preaching, 10.45 and
7.30; Sunday school, 9.30; Sr. Christian
Endeavor, 6.30; Jr. Christian Endea
vor, 5.45.
Derry Street —the Rev. J. A. Lyter.
D. D. Holy Communion service, 11
a. m. and 7.30 p. m.; Sunday school,
9.50 a. m.; Y. P. S. C. E., 6.30 p. m.
Otterbein—the Rev. S. Edwin Rupp,
D. D. Sunday school, 10; Communion
service, 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m., "Mes
sages of Comfort"; C. E., 6.30 p. m.
Sixth Street. The Rev. P. H.
Balsbaugh, pastor; praise service,
945; 1030, "The Unfinished Temple";
7:30, "A Sublime Comparison"; 1:45
Sunday school; Jr. C. E., 5:45; Sr. C.
E., 6:30.
EPISCOPAL
St. Augustine's Archdeacon E. L.
Henderson; 11 morning prayer; 12:30,
Sunday school; 7:30, evening prayer.
St. Stephen's The Rev. Rollin A.
Sawyer; 8, Holy Communion; 10,
Sunday School; 11, morning prayer;
4:30, evening prayer.
St. Andrew's the Rev. .Tames F.
Bullit. Morning prayer, 1.30; Sunday
school, 12; Evening prayer, 7.30.
Mt. Calvary, Camp Hill—The Rev.
O. H. Bridgman—Morning service and
holy communion, 10:30; Sunday
School, 2:30.
MISCELLANEOUS
Associated Bible Students. The
regular Sunday Services will be held at
3 at Cameron's Hall, 105 North Sec
ond street; "The Glorification of the
Church," Berean Study at 2.
150 DELEGATES TO
BE AT CONFERENCE
Sessions Will Open in Sixth
Street Church Wednesday;
Ends October 3
Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock the
116 th annual conference of the United
Brethren churches of the East Penn
sylvania Conference, will open in the
Sixth Street United Brethren church,
this city, Bishop W. M. Weekley, of
Parkersburg, W. Va., presiding.
The Rev. P. H. Balsbaugh, pastor
of Sixth Street church, with the aid
of his congregation, has assigned the
delegates to homes during their stay
in the city. More than 150 delegates
are expected from all parts of the
conference district. The conference
will end October 3d.
Numerous reports, and Important
business items are included in the
convention program. Much interest
is centering around the report from
Lebanon Valley college and the church
membership enrollment which has in
creased during the year.
LUTHERAN
Trinity, Camp Hill—The Rev. Dr. E.
D. Weigle. 10.30, holy communion;
7.30, "Till I Come"; Sunday school,
9.15.
Augsburg—The Rev. A. M. Stamets.
10.30, harvest home service; 7.30,
preaching; Sunday school, 2.
Zion, Enola—The Rev. M. S. Sharp.
10.30, "God's Bountiful Gifts"; 7.30,
"God's Peace"; Sunday school, 9.30;
C. E„ 6.45.
Bethlehem—The Rev. J. Bradley
Markward, D. D. 10.30, "The Fruit
of the Spirit"; 7.30, "The Man Whom
God Called a Fool"; Sunday school,
1.45; C. E., 6.30.
St. Matthew's—The Rev. E. E. Sny
der. 11, "Christ Among the Com
mon Things"; 7:30, "Two Gates and
Two Ways"; Sunday school, 9.45; C.
E., 6.30.
Redeemer—The Rev. E. Victor Ro
land. 10.30, "Our Overwhelming Ob
ligation"; 9.30, "The Peril of Ambi
tion"; Sunday school, 9.30; Jr. C. E.,
2; Sr. C. E., 6.30.
Christ—The Rev. Thomas Reisch,
D. D. 10.30, "Things Extra Eye and
Extra Ear"; 7.30, "When a Man May
Boast"; Sunday school, 2; men's Bible
class, 2; C. E., 6.30.
Memorial —The Rev. L. C. Manges,
D. D. Men's prayer meeting 10; 10.30,
"The Sabbath Day"; 7.30, "The City
and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ";
Sunday school, 2; Jr. C. E., 5.30; Sr.
C. E., 6.30.
CHURCH OF GOD
Green Street —The Rev. C. H.
Grove. Preaching at 10.45 and 7.30;
Sunday school, 9.45; Jr. C. E., 6.15;
Nagle Street—The Rev. J. A. Staub.
11, "Charity"; 7:30, "Repentence";
Sunday school, 10; C. E., 6.45; Jr. C.
E., 9.15.
Maclay Street —The Rev. F. I. M.
Thomas. 11, "Joy in Obedience";
7.30, "quarterly communion service";
Sunday school, 9.45; Jr. C. E., 6.30.
Pleasant View —The Rev. George W.
Harper. Sunday school, 9.45; 10.45,
"The Christian Warfare"; Sr. C. E.,
6.45; 7.30, "Where Art Thou To
day?"
Penbrook—The Rev. J. C. Forn
crook. Preaching, 10.30 and 7.30;
Sunday school, 9.30; C. E., 6.30.
Fourth Street—The Rev. William
N. Yates. 10.30, "Strong Delusions";
7.30, "Ambition and Christianity";
Sunday school, 9.30; C. E., 6.30.
BAPTIST
First —The Rev. W. S. Booth. 10.30,
"Acquaintance With Christ"; 11.30,
Sunday school; 6.30, C. E.; 7.30,
"Forces That Win."
Tabernacle—The Rev. Calvin A.
Hare, D. D. 10.30, "Christ's Attitude
For Life's Worries"; 7.30, "John the
Baptist's Estimate of Jesus."
Second—The Rev. Albert J. Greene,
B. A. 10.30, "The Interpretation of
Parable of the Fares"; 7.30, "The
Cross and Crown"; Sunday school, 12;
B. Y. P. U., 6.30.
St. Paul's The Rev. E. Luther
Cunningham. 10.30, "Wind and Fire
—Symbols of the Holy Spirit"; 7.30,
"The Domestic Relations —Duty of
the Wife to the Husband"; Sunday
school, 12.30; B. Y. P. U.. 6.30.
| Market Street—The Rev. W. H.
Dallman. 10.30, "A Brother's Love
and Service"; 7.30, "A Momentous
Choice"; Sunday school, 11.30.
REFORMED
Fourth—the Rev. Homer Skyles
May. 10.45, Holy Communion; 7.30,
Holy Communion: Sunday School,
9.30; Heidelberg Christian Endeavor
6.30.
Second —the Rev. Harry Nelson Bas
sler. 10.30, "The Word of God":
7.30, "The Man Who Is Never Missed";
Sunday school, 1.45.
Salem —the Rev. Ellis N. Kremer,
10.30 and 7.30, preaching; Sunday
school at 1.30,
St. John's—the Rev. A. W. Hart
man. 11, "Church Going"; 7.30,
preaching; Sunday school, 9.45; Y.
P. S. C. E.. 6.30.
WILL HOLD RALLY DAY AND
HARVEST HOME SERVICES
The Sunday school of the Redee
mer Lutheran Church will observe
rally day at 9.30 o'clock to-morrow.
Special music will be rendered and
greetings will be brought by former
superintendents, W. H. Horner, B. F.
Eby and George I. Lebo. The Sun
day school has an enrollment of 500
and an average attendance of 320 for
the last year. The largest attendance
in the history of the school is ex
pected to-morrow.
Harvest home service will be ob
served at 10.30 a. m. The Junior
Christian Endeavor will hold its rally
at 2 p. m. and the Senior Christian
Endeavor at 6.30 p. m.
MUSIC AT MESSIAH LUTHERAN
Morning: Prelude. "Aria," Dethier;
offertory, "Ave Maria," Dethier; an
them, "Praise the Lord," Randegger;
postlude, "Festival March," Stoner.
Evening: Prelude (a) "The Ques
tion," Wolstenholme, (b) "The Ans
wer," Wolstenholme; offertory, "Trau
meri," Schumann; maie quartet,
"Lovely Appear," Gounod; postlude,
"Gavotte," Silas." A. W. Hartman, di
rector.
TWO WEEKS' MISSION
A two weeks' mission will be given
in St. Mary's Church, Fifth and Ma
clay streets, beginning to-morrow and
lasting until October 10. The first
week will be for women and girls and
the second for men and boys. Mis
sion opens at 10.30 o'clock; mass on
week days at 5.30 and 7.30 o'clock.
Sermon every evening at 7.30 o'clock.
SERVICES AT P. R R Y. M. C. A.
Flagman J. H. Horning will be in
charge of services at the P. R. R.
Y. M. C. A. to-morrow afternoon at
3.30 o'clock. . The subject will be
"Whom Say Ye That I Am?"
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
Church of the Brethren —Preaching
11 and 7:30, by the Rev. A. K. Holl-
Inger; Sunday school, 10; Christian
Workers, 6:45.
DR. SWALLOW TO
MAKE AN ADDRESS
Services For Grand Army of
Stevens M. E. Will Con
clude Tomorrow
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WARREN VAN DYKE
The service to-morrow morning at
10.30 o'clock in Stevens Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, Thir
teenth and Vernon streets, will be the
climax in the series of special services
held during the past week for the
veterans of the church. The minister
will be in charge and the Rev. Dr. S.
C. Swallow is to preach to the elderly
folk. The members of the "grand
army" will be taken to and from the
church in autos.
The Warren , Van Dyke Sunday
School Class will look after the wel
fare of the old folk during the morn
ing. The "army roll call" will begin
at 10.45. Seats will be reserved for
the guests of honor and their friends.
The following names appear on the
company roster as having reached the
threescore years and ten mark and
many have journeyed a long way
ahead: Maria Morgan, Elizabeth Snell,
Harriet Brady, Susan Ruggles, Levi
Potter, John G. Hoffman, Catherine
Morrow, Margaret Suyder, W. L.
Leedy, Elizabeth Coleman, Sarah Roe,
Abbie Smith. Joseph Urban, Robert
Dougherty, Margaret S. Cooper, Anna
Hoffman, Elizabeth Steckley, William
H. Carpenter, Matilda Frantz, Jacob
Houser, Mrs. J. H. Welsh, Harriet E.
Gelger, the Rev. William R. Swartz,
John Sheesley, Mrs. Jacob Houser,
George Chandler, Letitia Hartman,
Mary Kerns, Fin. I. Thomas. Emma J.
Carpenter, Nadel D. Gully, Mary A.
Hoffman, Barbara Urban, Charles M.
Washburn, E. B. Hartman, Mrs. C. E.
Denmark. Isabella Warner, Susan
Bumbaugh, Major E. W. Pierce, Anna
M. Morgan, G. N. Shetter, Maria Ba
con, Lydia Smucker, Catherine Bell
man, Sarah Dougherty and Anna M.
Losch.
The following are honorary mem
bers: Dr. and Mrs. Silas C. Swallow
and the Rev. Richard H. Colburn.
CATHOLIC CALENDAR
Sunday, SS. Cypr'n Justina; Monday
SS. Cosmas, Dam'n; Tuesday, St. Wen
ceslaus; Wednesday, St. Michael;
Thursday, St. Jerome; Friday, St.
Remigius; Saturday, Guardian Angels.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
First Church of Christ Board of
Trade hall, Sunday 11 a. m. and 7.30
p. m. Testimonial meeting, Wednes
day, 8 p. m. Free reading rooms,
Kunkel building, 12.30 to 4.30 p. m.
daily, also Monday and Saturday even
ings.
SERVICES IN OLD PEACE CHURCH
Special to The Telegraph
Shiremanstown, Pa., Sept. 25.—0n
Sunday morning at half-past ten
o'clock, St. John's Lutheran congre
gation will hold its annual service in
Old Peace Church, near Shiremans
town. This annual service is inter
esting because it begins in St. John's
church, which is quite close to Peace
church, and at an appropriate place
in the service the congregation, pre
ceded by St. John's vested choir, pro
ceeds to Peace church, singing a pro
cessional. The service is continued in
Peace church. The pastor of St.
John's usually preaches the sermon
in the high "wine glass" pulpit, and
many people from Harrisburg and
vicinity, whose ancestors attended
Peace church and who are buried In
the adjoining cemetery, are present.
The evening service at Keller
Memorial church will be interesting.
Mrs. George Kubacher will preface
the service with a fine organ prelude,
Miss Mae Wertz wili sing "The Tem
ple" by Knapp and the vested choir
will sing an anthem. The pastor's
theme for the evening service will be
"The Influence of a Life."
John J. Rinehart, Automobile
Victim, Buried at Ringgold
Special to The Telegraph
Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 2 s.—Funeral
services of John J. Rinehart, a well
known fruit grower and farmer, resid
ing near Ringgold, Md., who was in
stantly killed ill an automobile acci
dent Wednesday night near Caledonia
Park, were held this afternoon at the
home of John Rinehart, father of the
deceased, near Ringgold.
The condition of Miss Emma
Shockey, of Papinavllle, Mo., who was
a member of Mr. Rinehart's auto
mobile party to Gettysburg, and whose
skull was fractured, is still critical.
Miss Shockey's acred father, John
Shockey. who was also injured in the
auto accident, is not yet able to leave
the hospital, while Mrs. Charles
Snively, this place, who was also hurt,
is still unable to leave her home.
Miss Mary Rinehart, daughter of
Mr. Rinehart, was taken to her home
from the hospital yesterday.
Pennsylvania Couples Are
Married at Hagerstown
Special to The Telegraph
Hagerstown. Md., Sept. 25. Miss
Florence Meyers and Parker W. Buff
lngton, both of Dauphin. Pa., were mar
ried Thursday afternoon at the parson
age of the First Baptist Church by the
Rev. E. K. Thomas.
Miss Florence Daniels, of Fayette
vllle. Pa., and Ralph C. Garrett, of
Ellzabethtown, Pa., secured a marriage
license in this city on Wednesday and
were married the same day at Fred
erick by the Rev. E. K. Hummolbaugh.
Miss Jessie V. Zimmerman and Ches
ter R. Gates, both of Enola. Pa., were
married on Thursday at the parsonage
of Washington Square Methodist Epis
copal Church by the Xtev. W. L. Lynn.
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least we can do to show our
belief in the religion which early
Christian martyrdom preserved for
us, is to
GO TO CHURCH
This advertisement has been authorized and Is being paid for by the Associated Churches of Harrisburg.
Will Give Souvenirs
at Rally Day Services
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal
Sunday school will celebrate its fourth
annual Rally Day to-morrow at 12
o'clock, the usual school hour.
The speaker for the day will be
Colonel Henry C. Deniming. The re
mainder of the program will include
a selection of familiar hymns; cate
chizing by the rector, the Rev. James
F. Bullitt and other numbers to illu
strate the work and progress of the
school. Lantern slides demonstrating!
missionary work also will be shown.
The assembly room of St. Andrew's!
parish house will be appropriately dec-•
orated for the occasion, and Rally Dayl
souvenirs will be provided for all who]
attend. , , j
DR. FOX WII.I, CONTINUE
HIS SERIES OF SERMONS j
In Grace Methodist Episcopal Chruch I
the Rev. J. D. Fox. D. D., pastor, will
preach at 10.30 on "The lmpartation of •
Power." and at 7.30 the third of the 1
series of sermon on "John Wesley and
Methodism."
Under the anspices of Grace Church
Brotherhood, J. Horace McFarland,
president American Civic Assoclaion,
will deliver his lecture on Harrisburg
Beautiful," in the lecture room of the
church on Monday, 8 p. m. 100 pictures
will appear on the screen. Everybody i
Invited.
"LIMITATIONS OF THE NATURAL"
The Rev. H. W. A. Hanson, pastor
of Messiah Lutheran Church, will
preach to-morrow morning on "The
Limitations of the Natural," and in
the evening on "The Life and Times
of Ambrose, the Prophet of Milan."
W. C. T. U. MEETING
The regular meeting of the W. C.
T. U. will be held to-morrow after
noon at 3 o'clock In the Second Re
formed Church. The topic for dis
cussion is "Contempts of God's Work."
Mrs. Joseph Reidell will preside.
News Items of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania
Special to The Telegraph
Reading. With Harold Leinbach
presiding, the pupils of the Reading
High School for Boys met and indorsed
a movement to secure military train
ing as part of the course. The action
by the students was unanimous. The
faculty will be asked to consider their
request.
I'nlmerton. Thirty-one auto driv
ers were arrested Thursday and many
more yesterday on the charge of
violating the speed laws. A fine in
each case was imposed.
Reading. Sneak thieves, who
tried to steal a lot of live skunks from
the skunk farm of Otto Mumbauer in
Berks county, were betrayed by the
skunks themselves, as they left a trail
of odor. Mumbauer says the clue will
be sufficient to recover them.
Reading. Jonas Eck, 71 years old
who lived the life of a hermit at Top
ton, was found dead in bed yester
day. After raising eleven of fifteen
children, and after the death of his
wife, he dwelt alone.
Killing Grove. When a boulder
weighing nearly a ton became loosened
in a stone quary and crashed down,
Elmer Snively was caught under it and
probably fatally crushed.
Spring Grove. When a horse he
was driving ran away, throwing him to
the ground, John Walls received con
cussion of the brain and several frac
tured ribs.
Wllkcs-Barre. George Matthews.
74. sexton at a cemetery in Plymouth,
died from injuries received by tripping
over a stone and falling under a wagon
heavily loaded with rock.
Langford. The Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company Is laying a large
pipe from the No. 8 tunnel to convey
water to the burning mines. The fire
has broken out anew, and is threaten
ing the rich coal veins running all
through the Panther Creek valley.
Hazteton. Drunks arrested at
T-Tazleton are sobered up by means of
incarceration in cold cells, where
benches and floors are made of steel
and conditions are decidedly uncom
fortable. It is too cool to sleep and
the "jags" sober up in a few hours.
METHODIST MINISTER RETIRES
Special to The Telegraph
Sunbury, Pa., Sept. 25.—The Rev. Dr.
J. W. MacAlarney has resigned his
pastorate at the Montandon and Miff-
Unburg Methodist Episcopal Church
charges and will retire from the min
istry. He Is a Civil War veteran, and
has been suffering much from heart
trouble. He expects to vake up his
residence at Akron, O.
IiERNHEISEL-PECK WEDDING
Blaln, Pa., Sept. 25.—Harry G. Bern
heisel, of Madison township, son of
Associate Judge S. W. Bernhetsel, was
married to Miss Florence A. Peck, of
Early, this county, by the Rev. J. W.
Weeter, of New Bloomfleld.
CARLISLE WAR VETERAN DIES
Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 25. George
Washington Barrlck, active in Grand
Army work in this region, died here
last night after a brief illness. He
served In the Civil War In the 158 th
and 202 d regiments of Pennsylvania
Volunteers.
Bishop Berry Gives
$5,000 to Church Fundi
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—1n order to
stimulate gifts to the $10,000,000
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Claimants' Fund, Bishop Joseph F.
Berry has given SSOOO in five gifts of
SIOOO each to the five conferences in
the Philadelphia area, over which he
has Episcopal supervision. These
conferences include the Philadelphia,
New Jersey. Wilmington. Wyoming,
and Porto Rico.
The Conference Claimants' Fund is
for the support of retired Methodist
ministers and the widows and depen
, dent orphans of deceased ministers.
Special Music Will Be
Feature of Rally Day
i Rally day at the Second Reformed
Church will be observed to-morrow
with special music and appropriate
sermons by the pastor, the Rev. Harry
Nelson Bassler. The following pro
gram of music has been prepared for
the occasion: Morning—Prelude, "Pil
grims of Hope," Batiste; anthem,
Jubilate Deo in G, Wiske; solo, se
lected, Stanley Backenstoss; postlude.
Fanfare., Lemmens. Evening—Pre
lude, Vox Seraphlgm, Maunders; an
them, "I Will Praise Thee, O Lord."
Solly: anthem, "Canta Domino," Alza
tnaro; postlude, Triumphal March,
Costa.
CATHOLIC
Cathedral—Mgr. M. M. Hassett.
Low mass, 7; children!* mass, 8; high
mass, 10.30: Sunday school, 2.30; ves
pers and benediction, 7.30.
St. Lawrence —the Rev. P. D.
Huegel. High mass, 10; low mass, 8;
Sunday school, 2.30; vespers and ben
ediction, 3.
St. Francis—the Rev. D. J. Carey.
Low masses, 8 and 10: Sunday school,
2.30; vespors and benediction, 7.30.
Sacred Heart the Rev. George
Rice. Low mass, 8; high mass, 10;
Sunday school, 2; vespers and bene
diction, 2.30.
St. Mary's—the Rev. William V.
Dailey. Low mass, 8; high mass,
10.30; Sunday school, 2; vespers and
benediction, 7.30.
Sylvan Heights Home for Orphan
Girls —Low mass and benediction, 7.
COMMUNION SERVICES
Communion services will be held in
the following churches to-morrow:
Maclay Street Church of God, First
United Brethren, Fourth Reformed,
Trinity Lutheran Camp Hill and Ot
terbeln United Brethren.
COTTAGE PRAYER SERVICES
Cottage prayer services of the Sixth
Street United Brethren Church will
be held this evening at the home of
Mrs. Smith, 1002 Cowden street.
WW PINE STREET
if/ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH >SjjJ
WJ THIRD AND PINE STREETS Yf
Sunday, September 26
| Preacher, Rev. L. S. Mudge, D. D., Pastor.
10:30 A.M. ||
"Shut Doors" J
ij A Sermon For This Season of Renewed Opportunities s ?
1:30 P.M. 1:40 P.M. |
Graded Sunday School Adult Bible Classes
7:30 P. M. | |
i "Uzzah—A Study in Reverence" | '
'< This will be the first of a series of ten sermons which ft
I will be presented at successive Sunday evening services. j«u
Each of these services will be preceded by a ten-mlnut* j
organ recital by the church organist and will be enriched i >
with familiar congregational hymns and with appropriate
il' selections by the Church Quartet. •;;
'I S- j V
Sunday Evening, October 3
"Rebekah—A Study in Failure" >
The second of the current series of Scriptural Character $ j
Studies of which the general title Is.
"Obvious Lessons From Obscure Lives"
mnutan»■ i m i , 'iV ■ Ty\ -fir/;
Sunday School Officials
Will Be Entertained
On Sunday evening at Pine Street
Presbyterian Church the pastor, the
Rev. Dr. Mudge, will begin a series of
Sunday evening sermons on the gen
eral topic of "Obvious Lessons From
Obscure Lives." The theme for the
first sermon will be "Uzaah, A Study
in Reverence." This service will be
preceded by an organ recital played
by the church organist, Frank A. Mc-
Carrell, beginning at 7:15. The quar
tet choir will sing at this service.
Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock the
topic of the sermon will be • "Shut
Doors."
October 3, "Rebekah A Study
in Failure"; October 10, "Asaph— A
Study in Praise"; October 17, "Abi
gail—A Study in Tact;" October 27,
"Jashobeam, Eleazar, Shammah —A
Study in Chivalry"; October 31, "The
Woman of Samaria —A Study in Deci
sion"; November 7, "Euodias and
Syntyche—A Study in Harmony"; No
vember 14, "Onesimus—A Study m
Values"; November 21, "The Wife of
Pilate—A Study in Warnings"; No
vember 28, "Joseph of Armathaea —A
Study in Secrecy." •
Monday afternoon and evening the
teachers and officers of the Pine Street
Sunday Schools will be the guests of
Henry B. McCormick, superintendent
of the church school, at the Country
Club for their annual conference.
Wednesday evening at 7:30 th I
service preparatory to the communion
will be held in the church. The topic
for the service will be "Separated For
Service." The sacrament of the
Lord's Supper will be administered on
Sunday morning. October 3. Thurs
day evening, September 30, the ses
sion will meet in the church parlor
i for the reception oi new members.
ADULT BIBLE CLASSES
HOLD BIG MEETING
The adult Bible classes of Holy
Communion Lutheran Sunday School
held a business and social meeting at
the home of Dr. W. W. Strausbach,
922 North Sixth street, last evening.
The following program was rendered:
Selections by Sunday school orchestra;
vocal solo by Elizabeth Workman;
selection by Sunday school orchestra:
bass horn solo by Mr. Criswell; cello
solo by Dr. W. W. Strausbach; llnale
by Sunday school orchestra.
Refreshments were served by Mr.
end Mrs. Strausbach. About fifty per
sons were present.
HARVEST HOME SERVICES
Sunday will be another red letter
i day at Park Street Evangelical Church,
v hen harvest home services will be
held. The church will be suitably
decorated and special sermons will bo
preached by the pastor as follows:
10.45, "White Unto the Harvest;" 7.30.
"The Meaning of the Harvest Homo
Display." Th i audiences in this church
have been large all summer and a
vigorous fall and winter campaign ia
I started.