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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
5
A Sunday school lesson on Pauls voyage to Rome and his shipwreck in Acts 27 30 44 highlights Pauls moral heroism. The narrative shows a prisoner guiding actions despite captains and Roman authority and stresses the power of divine will shaping character over circumstance.
Listings show Bland Street Methodist, College Avenue Baptist, and Trinity Methodist with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The Bland Street program includes The Standard Training School starting December 6 and a special sermon for young people In The Garden With Christ. College Avenue plans a Christmas cantata and an annual canvass for 1926 subscriptions. Trinity features singing by Thomas Walker and sermons on The Next Step and Why God Saves Sinners.
The church announces morning and evening services led by Rev. Isaac Wright with an 6:45 am start for the Christian Endeavor, preaching at 7:45 pm. A Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:45 pm is noted and a Sunday rally day is planned with expected large attendance. all are invited to worship.
The College Avenue Baptist Church annual meeting reports a net membership gain for the year and a 79 percent increase since organization. A new board of deaconesses of fifteen women will oversee spiritual growth for women and children, with officers to be elected by the group.
Albert Hughett B Keiley F C Lamb W W McNeal W Owen F L Doolittle W J Wiley J A Woodyard A B Thompson appear in a sequence of signatures or participants connected to a district or committee record, indicating involved officials or members. The unnamed context suggests a formal list tied to an organizational or civic action in the article.
The funeral service was held at Scott Street Baptist Church with about two hundred attendees before the remains were sent by train No. 16 to Evergreen Virginia for burial. Relatives and friends accompanied the procession to the station and beyond to the burial site in Virginia. Miss Gladys Simpson planned a visit to Charlotte North Carolina. E G Cressy of Stirratt traveled to Bluefield for a brother in law’s death. Matth ew Hancock Sam Cawthorne departed for Hot Springs Arkansas for treatment. Henry Davis of Cooper Mrev Wade and Mrs Fuqua of Arlington visited Bluefield for dental care. Prof M English of Slab Park passed through en route to Bramwell for Golden Rule Association directors meeting.
New York December 4 Dr Charles T Baylis of Brooklyn head of the National Sesquicentennial Committee says resignations of several well known men from the committee had no special significance The statement follows reports from Washington last night regarding changes in the group involved in promoting next year’s observances of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Churches in Bland Street and Tolbert area announce morning and evening worship services. Westminster Presbyterian and First Presbyterian list sermons on Humble Attitude and Conquering Life with Rev. Diehl and Rev. Moore leading. Christian Endeavor groups meet nightly. prayer meetings set midweek. We invite all Presbyterians and newcomers to worship.
Calvary Baptist invites all to worship with Sunday School at 9 45 led by W J Lilly with services at 11 30 and 7 30 and midweek prayer. First Baptist announces 9 30 Sunday School and 11 and 7 30 services with baptism next Wednesday. Christ Episcopal notes 9 45 Sunday School 11 Holy Communion and sermon with no evening service due to the rector. Immanuel Lutheran lists 9 46 Sunday School 11 worship and 7 30 evening service with council meeting Monday. Midway Christian holds Bible School at 9 45 and communion at 11.
Cracked human bones found in English caves hint cannibalism persisted into later prehistoric occupancy. The report notes researchers discuss the significance of the findings and their relation to early human behavior.
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