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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
9
Reader urging leading men to attend church regularly insisting that example matters more than sermons. Emphasizes that churchgoing uplifts, but notes many men are absent due to busy schedules. Calls for weekly church attendance and prompts wives' influence.
Local church listings present a full slate of services across Trinity St Pauls St Stephens St Lukes St Johns Trinity and central area churches with pastors and times for Sunday school morning and evening worship Bible lectures Christian Endeavor and choir rehearsals throughout the week including midweek prayer and youth events.
A lengthy list of worship services and activities across Cumberland including sermons by Rev. Ven A Colston at St. Philip's Chapel and regular Sunday masses at SS Peter and Pauls. Also noted are German and English language services at Zion Reformed, Christian Scientist and Evangelical church schedules, Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists, and Catholic orders with times for Sunday School, sermons, prayer meetings, choirs, and rosary devotions.
A historical page notes daily Bible figures for January and celebrates Great Foreign Missionaries. It profiles John E. Clough, Judson Collins, H. N. Allen, William Murray and others, stressing zeal, training, and reliance on God. Church groups in Lonaconing and Frostburg hold services and plan Sunday school events and gatherings.
Area churches announce tentative programs for Sunday through next week. The Epworth League of Central M E Church meets tomorrow at 7 with a talk by Rev. Lee Shaw on amusements worth while. Revival services continue at First M P Church and at Grace M E Church with Rev. J F Goucher preaching, plus a Y M C A appeal by W M Baxley. Special evenings at St John Luth Church lead to Holy Communion on Sunday.
The First Baptist Church hosts a revival ending this Sunday with Dr H M Wharton, pastor of Baltimore's largest church, preaching at all services and the singer Mr Bush performing at each session.
Sunday reports show Rev Leo D Horn speaker from McConnelltown Pa at St Pauls Jr Bd Society. The Junior C E meets Saturdays at 4 pm with Miss Daisy Kinnear as superintendent and officers led by Miss Virginia Gerhart. Last week 42 members attended and outlook is bright.
Southminster Presbyterian presents morning topics including Individual Christianity and Child Labor Laws and an evening session on Good News for Bad Men led by Rev. W. B. Smith. Centre Street M. EB hosts men wanted and The Bruised Reed and the Smoking Flax in the morning and evening respectively. Grace M. E outlines The Call of God to His Church in the morning and The Great Eastern World in the evening. St Johns Lutheran and St Pauls Lutheran offer Spirit Life and The Yoke of Christ with The Curse and the Cure in the evening respectively.
Rev. D. M. Stearns outlines Romans eight focusing on life in the Spirit, assurance of adoption, and the resurrection. The commentary urges studying the chapter in full, centering on in Christ Jesus, the witness of the Spirit, and the gospel’s power for daily victory and future glory.
Rome reports a downturn in government pawnshops as Italian wives reuse government pay to support families. With soldiers absent, demand drops and women redeem pledges, offsetting hardship with frugality and earnings from sewing.
Miss Margaret Murray Dow known as the dominie organizes weekly "home life" evenings for Marine Corps League members at her Putnam Avenue mansion in Brooklyn. The events, supported by public figures and officials, aim to comfort enlisted marines with music and refreshments.
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