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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1915
Page
5
Churches of alleas may submit service notices to The ater office by 3 oclock Friday afternoon. Arrivals after this time may be left out of the paper and cause inconvenience.
Rev Dr J W Phillips and Rev J E Barnes will be ministerial delegates to the Alabama Baptist State Convention in Huntsville. Lay delegates from Mobile will seek to host the 1916 session. The convention, organized in 1823, now numbers over 200000 members and 2000 churches in Alabama.
Members met Wednesday evening for a Jubilee gathering to celebrate the campaign to raise funds for the church obligations. It was a long effort with many predicting it could not be completed after two months of steady work.
The group completed a successful penny drive totaling $840.80 and held a thanksgiving. The Home Mission Board of Ata provided supplementary funds to meet the total need, and members credit Mobile press for ongoing help through their publications.
Devotions at St Matthew's tonight honor the suffering souls in purgatory with a sermon on The Mediatrix of the Prison House of God. Exercises begin at 7 30 p m. Also reported are R P Roach's successful operation and Y M C A state committee formation talks in Birmingham. Oakdale Methodist Sunday school plans a penny fair at Mrs W Wallace's on Wednesday afternoon November 17 with one penny admission and grounds refreshments.
A list of Sunday school times and service hours for multiple churches. Broad Street, Crichton Rév J B Trotter, Daphne J L White, Fairhope G C Simpson, Government St Rev E A Donnelly D D, Oakdale Rev D Y Register, Dumas Chapel Rev G W Carpenter, Prichard Rev L H S Chappelle Jr, Upper Georgetown Rev G W Carpenter, Lower Georgetown Rev G W Carpenter, Satsuma Rev G W Carpenter, St Francis Street Corner St Francis and Joachim Rev O C McGehee D D with details on sups, Epworth Leagues, and midweek prayer meetings.
The notice lists sermon times and weekly events for Epworth churches and various Catholic parishes. It includes preaching at 11 a m and 7:30 p m, Sunday schools at 9:30 a m, Epworth Leagues at 6:30 p m, prayer meetings midweek, and mass schedules with Holy Hours and confessions across Cathedral, St Joseph, St Vincent, St Catherine, St Peter, and St Matthew locations along Dauphin Way, Toulminville, Whistler, and Crichton areas.
Information on Sunday schedules at Dauphin Way Baptist and First Baptist Church with superintendents, pastors, and sermon topics. North Side Baptist Church lists Bible school, worship times, subject titles, and midweek prayer.
The Presbyterian Church at the northwest corner of Government and Jackson Streets led by Rev. Henry Wade Du Bose announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m with R O Harris as superintendent Morning worship at 11 a m sermon by the pastor Evening service at 7 30 p m the second in a series Homes of the Bible titled A Home Where the Flower of Romance Was Spoiled by the Worm of Deceit Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m all welcome seats free Broad Street Presbyterian Church
In World Temperance Sunday sermon, Daniel and his three companions in Nebuchadnezzar's palace are praised for steadfast virtue. They refuse the king's dainties, pursue simple living, and demonstrate courage, discipline, and courtesy, proving religion can thrive in hostile environments.
Rear Admiral C. B. T. eet sea fighter opened Chicago navy week campaign urging the Middle West to lead real patriotism and rally for national defense, saying the region is as vulnerable to foreign attack as the sea board states.
An editorial urges Christian unity across denominations as laymen campaigns in the United States and Canada show mass cooperation. Interdenominational efforts like the Laymen's Missionary Movement and youth groups demonstrate that joint church action achieves large, urgent tasks beyond any single group.
A sermon argues for Christian unity amid wars and persecutions. It cites Armenian martyrdoms and historic dissensions, stressing that a shared task and devotion to Christ can unite diverse churches despite creed differences. The call emphasizes service over discord.
Local youth plan a week of prayer at the Hartel Hartel? Y M C A meeting. Committee members H O Hanson L D Dix W Evans outline programs with speakers DF T H president of the 2 A, Harris superintendent of G hent Street Presbyterian, and J L Cawthon St Francis Street Methodist School.
Deaths Enel Parkhurst Isaac Carley Hardaway Mountain L Raines Samuel J Thaxton Morrow Mary F C Sarah Ellison Virginia M Smith Davis Kennedy Jennie Marsh Julia B Arbuthnot Births John F and Florence J Aikens Steve and Helen Cuis Ger and Ethel L Pennington Luther Lillian Williams James RB and Rut K Cooper Charles H and Agnes Barnett G W and Lucy A and Della McDuffie M and B Bruce Anthony L and Maud EBn hart Edd and Callie Hosselt John and Adele C Goodman
Police and detectives issued a Friday night order to stop all wagons passing Mobile streets after reports of contraband liquor. Officers will search vehicles suspected of carrying liquor through the city late at night.
Joseph Mille reports to police that his thirty five foot cabin power launch was found at the wharf on Texas Street after disappearing from 807 Bayou Street. The incident was logged Friday night with authorities.
A dispeptic man believes the stomach reaction is to hold up trousers, a comical interpretation reflecting his uneasy condition and humorous view of bodily function.
A list of Sunday and midweek services across multiple churches including Central Presbyterian on Dauphin and Ann, South Franklin Street Presbyterian, Grace Episcopal, St Johns at Dearborn and Monroe, Trinity on St Anthony, St Marks in Toulminville, St Pauls in Whistler, All Saints on Government and Ann, and First Congregational on Scott. Times span 7:30 p m and 11 a m with Sabbath schools and auxiliary meetings.
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