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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1916
Page
9
The Go to Church campaign mobilized churches via newsletters and communications to reverse apathy. In Chicago fifty barbers agreed to promote the movement during shaves, prompting renewed interest and filled pews nationwide, aided by newspapers, phones, and tradespeople.
A dense listing of worship schedules across Cumberland area churches. Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Evangelical, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist and Catholic congregations provide service times, Sunday school, Bible classes and special events. Local pastors named with church locations and time slots.
A historic Christian Endeavor schedule lists daily themes from January 31 to February 6. Events include youth society meetings at St Pauls Lutheran and Frostburg county rally led by E H B Prichard with speeches on good citizenship and law and order.
Finley C. Hendrickson was elected president of the Duke Memorial Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church at the annual meeting last night. Officers include Lloyd Rawlings vice president J J Robinson secretary John T Edwards treasurer and others in leadership roles with committees on Membership Devotional Visiting Social and entertainment Reception Employment and more. A protracted meeting closed Wednesday night at United Brethren Church with 75 converts and a Ridgeley tabernacle will be opened Sunday afternoon with evangelistic services led by G K Little of Virginia.
Religious notes summarize Acts 3 focusing on Peter and John healing a lame man at the temple and preaching Jesus Christ. The piece links this miracle to early church growth, trials by authorities, and future prophecies about the Messiah and the times of the gentiles.
A Sunday school rally plan emerged to start in Frostburg with local towns hosting three week preparations then a county wide rally. Attendees included Lonaconing Sr. Society leading with 32 percent attendance and Salem Reformed Church Frostburg at 75 percent while St Pauls Lutheran Frostburg followed at 74.3 percent. President Prichard praised the Congregational Church program and the Frostburg City Band Orchestra provided music as children sang and the crowd closed with My Country Tis of Thee and a benediction.
A schedule lists morning and evening sermons at First M P United Christian and Reform groups. Topics include Christ as example, the Christian and the sinner in a shipwreck, gospel preacher in Thessalonica, and the crisis of a soul with several pastors named.
The Trinity M Church South opening service is set for tomorrow at 11:00 AM with Rev. George T. Tyler to preach. A second sermon is planned at 7:40 PM by Rev. George T. Tyler, followed by a Monday Quarterly Conference at 7:30 PM and a revival starting Thursday evening at 7:80 led by Rev. Harry V. Wheeler.
A history column lists notable births and deaths on anniversaries from 1816 to 1891, noting John L. Manning’s birth and later death, William Hogg’s rise in Western Pennsylvania, George Peabody’s charitable gift, and William Windom’s death. It also references World War I era battle notes and a faded anecdote about a man leaving England.
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