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Altar work, prayer meetings and praise serv- ices are occasions where his people should de- light to wait. If you do not enjoy them there is a reason why. What is the reason? Lack of interest. That's all.
FORGET.
SARA V. LONG.
Forget the little worries, the petty cares and strife,
The little disappointments that hedge your daily life.
Forget each harsh word spoken, each uninten- tioned slight,
And let your smile be radiant with sunshine warm and bright.
Forget the cruel knocker with his hammer black with grime,
He will sink still deeper, 'til his soul is steeped in crime.
Forget the little quarrel with your friend the other night,
He regrets it, grant his pardon, adjust it, set it right.
Forget the little falsehood told about you just for spite,
Forget he is a coward, don't repeat, ignore it quite,
Forget to envy some one who has climbed above your sphere,
Laud and praise him, he dserves it; drive away that leer.
Forget that you are lonely and cheer others all the while,
'Twill make the minutes seconds and the long hours will beguile.
Forget that dark clouds gather above your shel- tered head,
For there is a silver lining some other one has said.
Forget to look so worried and loaded down with care,
There is sweetness, love and beauty, in the sun- shine everywhere.
MAKING CHANGE.
The editor's wife's pastor recently got hold of a dollar in some way and it was such a curi- osity that he fell to speculating as to how many ways it might be changed, and when he got to "wool-gathering" he brought the problem to the editor, who always has lots of money, that he is going to get from the people who read THE FIELDVIEW and are too mean to pay for it, and the wise editor said to the silly preacher: "Of course, thats sneezy matter." For instance, you might give a fellow two half dollars, or you
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might give him a half and two quarters, or ten dimes, or twenty nickels or a half and a quarter and two dimes and a nickel, or three quarters and two dimes and a nickel, or five dimes and ten nickels, or ten dimes, or twenty nickels, or nine dimes and a nickel and five pennies, or eigh- teen nickles and a three-cent piece and a two- cent piece and five pennies, or fifteen nickels and five two-cent pieces and five three-cent pieces, or thirty three-cent pieces and four two-cent pieces and two pennies, or thirty-three, three-cent pieces and a penny, or fifty two-cent pieces, or forty- nine two-cent pieces and two pennies, or a hun- dred pennies or ninety-five pennies and a three- cent piece and a two-cent piece, or forty, forty, forty, but the telephone bell went dingle, dingle, dingle, and as the editor rose to answer his head "swam," he turned pale, reeled against the wall, fell and gave the thing up in despair, and to this good day the burden of his raving is: "How can a man change even a half dollar when the old stingy (pronounce the g soft) when the old stingy sinner who owes it for last year's sub- scription is too superlatively mean to give him a fair chance at it?"
The man or woman who reads this paper for a whole year and refuses to pay for it may be wise enough to change a whole dollar, but if he will only be honest enough to change a half dol- lar from his miserly pocket into the treasury of THE FIELDVIEW, where it belongs, he will help save the paper from an untimely grave and may prevent the editor from becoming "crazy on the subject of change."
Someone has called THE FIELDVIEW down on its statement, last month, concerning White House weddings and suggests that in addition to the ten named there were two others: Mrs. Madi- son's sister, Lucy Paine Washington, widow of a nephew of President Washington, was married in the White House before Miss Todd was mar- ried to Congressman Jackson from Virginia, and that Emily Martin, a relative of General Jack- son's family was married to Lewis Randolph, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson during the ad- ministration of President Jackson, there having been three weddings during his administration, and twelve weddings instead of ten as given in THE FIELDVIEW last month.
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SMITHFIELD .- It gives me pleasure to send you the price of a year's subscription. The paper is too good to do without. Its historic sketches are worth more than it costs the subscriber, to say nothing of the amount of other good read- ing matter. It certainly ought to be sustained. -G. B. Crider.
NOTE .- And will be if the 375 people who owe it a year's back subscription pay; but if they fail to pay they will kill it, and that pretty quick now. -Ed.
CLARKSVILLE, Feb. 21 .- Rev. G. D. Mullendore began a series of meetings in Pleasant Valley Church, February 5. It has proven to be an "Old-time religion" meeting. The power of the Holy Spirit has visited the community in such way as the like has not been seen for years. There have been twelve conversions up to the present time with the meeting still in progress. We hope and pray for a greater outpouring of God's love and mercy upon the community ere the meeting comes to a close.
MCKEESPORT .- James Topley, Sr., one of our honored deacons, died February 13. Rev. John Royal Harris, D.D., will address the Mckeesport Ministers' Conference, in my place, February 28, on "The Minister as a Citizen." Our meeting will begin March 4 with Dr. Harris helping. Mrs. Danley is visiting her sister, Mrs. McClure, in Mobile, Ala. The trustees will consider an offer of $85,000.00 for our church. Sunday, Feb- ruary 18, Lewis E. Wells and A. A. Verner were ordained elders. The Board of Elders now stands S. B. Page, Dr. W. E. Walker, W. H. Cunning- ham, Johnson Shannon, A. J. Richards, A. A. Verner and L. E. Wells. The pastor gave the session a reception at his home, February 19, with refreshments .- Danley.
CALIFORNIA, PA .- Our church is getting along very nicely. We held our protracted meeting in January. Rev. A. C. Biddle, of Donora, as- sisted our pastor and we had some very fine ser- mons. One was from the prison door to the prayer meeting, something we enjoyed very much. There were 14 accessions to the church. The men's Bible class gave a social on February 15, and had a fine time that all enjoyed. The re- sult was 14 members in the class the following
Sabbath. They are working for a large class. Our Sabbath school is something we are proud of. Our highest attendance last year was 232 and our largest collection on one Sabbath was $441.79; of course, we worked for it. Our pres- byterial meeting of the Women's Missionary So- ciety will be held with us, and we are looking forward with glad hearts to this meeting. We still want to speak unto the people that they go forward .- A Member.
COAL CENTER .- Our work here is flourishing. Our meetings just closing were helpful all around. Since the New Year began we have received 21 on profession and 5 by letter. The Oak Grove people have been having preaching service every Sabbath afternoon since the New Year, instead of every two weeks as formerly. Seven have been added to the church on profes- sion and two by letter. There is a wideawake Sabbath school with an enrollment of about fifty. I have many good wishes for you and the work at Hopewell but will have to wait till another time to write them. Have been so very busy. Well, you know what that means-one cannot write as long letters as he would like. Yours truly, R. B. Wilson.
RICE'S LANDING .- In looking over THE FIELD- VIEW for February, I notice your appeal for help to keep THE FIELDVIEW going. I notice this with regret. Such an excellent little paper should never want for funds, especially when it costs so little. It seems to me that every church mem- ber should take an interest in your paper, and if each reader would sit right down and think for one minute of the labor that the editor puts on a paper like THE FIELDVIEW, think real hard for just one minute, he would send you a dollar bill, just as I am doing, to help a good thing along. I don't want to see THE FIELDVIEW die, and if my little mite every once and a while will help, it will not die. If some of the young ladies in the church would get up some kind of an en- tertainment for the cause of THE FIELDVIEW I feel sure the paper could be put on a good stand- ing quickly. Here's hoping that the subscrib- ers to FIELDVIEW will wake up .- Geo. L. Reynolds.
NOTE .- Here is another letter from an inter- ested outsider who helps the paper voluntarily as others outside of our own church have done before. Of course, this favor is highly appre- ciated but it ought to make those who read the paper without paying ashamed of themselves. The work of the paper can be completed this
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year and it is a real shame to let it drag through niggardliness on the part of our own people .- Editor.
WAYNESBURG .- Our pastor issues a neat four- page weekly program of the church services, which not only covers the Sunday services in de- tail, but includes the announcements for the week along with other brief statements of fact .con- cerning the work of the congregation, with "Gems of Thought," that are suggestive and helpful to active Christian workers. In this syllabus for February 4 was given the financial statement of the congregation for 1905, from which we glean the following "facts and figures." The total contributions for the year were $3,180 .- 42, with a "cash balance" in the treasury, and a good margin of unpaid pledges to the support of the church for the year. The contributions for benevolent purposes aggregated $854.00 for the year and of this amount $742.00 went to mis- sions, including the offerings sent through our Women's Board; $50.00 went to education, and $25.00 each to Ministerial Relief and Church Erection. The remaining $12.00 went to the per- secuted Jews in Russia. This encouraging show- ing tells of activity and consecration, and in ad- dition to its general features it shows two things that deserve the prayerful consideration of every pastor and session in the synod-liberal con- tributions to missions and a "balance in the treasury." The congregation that withholds its support from the cause of missions and persists in owing everybody it can as long as it can, is already on the highway to the ecclesiastical grave- yard and unless it changes its course, the sooner it gets there the better for everybody concerned, except the undertaker, who stands a slim chance of getting anything for his services. An orderly, liberal financial showing always indicates an ac- tive spiritual church.
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HOPEWELL .- In spite of the fact that our im- mediate community is being inundated with an overflow of the Latin speaking races from South- ern Europe and in spite of the further fact that our people are restless and many of them are selling their property and leaving, the year 1905 was a banner year in the financial history of the congregation, as may be seen from the following figures taken from the report sent to the General Assembly: church repairs, $913.95; pastor's sal- ary, including donations and presents from mem- bers of the congregation, $832.00; Woman's Mis- sionary Society, $136.16; Ladies' Aid Society, $90.02; the Sunday school, regular, $53.74;
Children's Day ; $5.00; Endeavor Society, $48.69; Presbyterial Tax, $32.10; Home Missions, $24.10; Children's Band, $20.94; Young Ladies' Circle, $20.10; Ministerial Relief, $10.35; Church Erec- tion, $4.75; Education, $3-35; Boys' Industrial School at Oakdale, a Presbyterian school, $23.41 ; miscellaneous expenses including janitor, fuel, lights, music books and other incidentals, $184.00. Making a total of $2,407.16 raised for all pur- poses last year. And still with this encouraging showing our spiritual condition is not encouraging. The demoralizing influence of the rapidly chang- ing coditions here seems to make spiritual prog- ress unusually difficult, but there may be possi- bly greater opportunities opening to the church than it has been enjoyed in its history of three- quarters of a century. New coke plants are open- ing all around us and along with the Italians and the Hungarians and the Croations and the Lithunians and the Southern negroes and others, are coming a goodly sprinkling of prosperous American people, so bent on making money that for the present they seem to have no regard for anything else. Our hope is that as conditions be- come more settled these people may see that af- ter all "life is more than meat, and the body than raiment" and turn and serve the Lord. Without men trained in the languages of the foreigners who are crowding us these people seem beyond our reach, and we are making no effort to adapt ourselves to meet this emergency, and so far as THE FIELDVIEW knows no other church is striv- ing in this direction.
BETHANY .- The week of prayer was observed by this church and everyone was helped by the services and two young men united with the church as a result of the meeting. The Woman's Missionary Society is having interesting meet- ings. The members are beginning to plan for an open meeting in the spring, at which time a freewill offering will be made. At their last meeting an excellent member was received. In January the church made an offering of seven dollars and twenty-five cents to the American Bible Society. During the same month we raised our presbyterial dues for this year. On the first Sabbath of February the Christian Endeavor So- ciety made an offering to Home Missions and the church has raised twenty-five dollars for the suffering Japanese. We are having very inter- esting prayer meetings. A record is kept of the attendance and at the close of the month a re- port is made so that we know who attends, and each one gets credit for what he does to help
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in this part of the church work. But we can say right here that even this plan has failed to interest some of our people in this good work. If any of our friends can suggest a plan where- by we may reach these Christians who are good enough without the prayer meeting we shall cer- tainly be much gratified. We are not doing all that we might do, but doing the best that we can under the circumstances, and are hoping for a better day when each one will be willing to do his part "and shew himself a servant that needeth not to be ashamed." A club has just been raised for THE FIELDVIEW by Mr. Flemming. We are all pleased to hear from the other churches of the synod through this little paper. Two of the most active young people of our church are soon to be united in the bonds of holy matrimony but we shall not give the names now but may have more to say about this couple later. We hope that some of the older members of our church may like this couple decide that it is not good for nian to be alone.
We still sympathize with the editor of this pa- per but like some of our brethren fail to show it as often as we might.
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WINDRIDGE .- The Harmony Church is yet with- out a minister. Since Rev. G. D. Mullendore held the meeting here in January, the congre- gation has been holding a short praise service each Sabbath after Sabbath school, in which many are much interested. Our Sabbath school is in a flourishing condition and much interest is mani- fested by all. Each member of the school con- siders himself a committee of one to see how many new scholars can be brought into the school. Last Sunday, February 18, our school numbered seventy-six scholars, teachers and other officers, collection, three dollars and fourteen cents. The collections are gradually increasing, as well as the attendance. We have a very punctual corps of teachers, nearly every one being in attendance each Sabbath. One of the young men in one of the classes has only missed two Sundays in ten years, and both of those missed days were dur- ing this winter. This speaks well for the in- terest of the school. The two classes, one of young ladies and the other of young men, each having about fifteen in membership, are well and regularly attended. The aim of our school is for each one to be on time, regular in attend- ance, to give a portion of our money towards the expenses of the school and each person to be ready and willing to be or to do what the Lord would require them to be or to do in his
service. The school is supplied with a good library which we can use for three months, by paying a rent for that time, and when read can ship back and get fifty more books to be used in the same manner. This is much nicer than to buy the books, for when once read we would not care for them any more. Our school is under supervision of Mr. P. E. Wright, with W. A. Day as assistant superintendent, Miss Louie McNay, secretary ; Miss Mary Owen, librarian. The teachers are J. P. McNay, Mrs. John Meighen, Mrs. J. P. McNay, Miss Mary Owen, Mrs. Lizzie Wright, Mrs. Effie Burns, Mrs. Mary McNay, Miss Minnie Ashbee. The classes are all named as follows: "Bible Students," "Truth Seekers," "Royal Sons," "Careful Gleaners," "Joy Bearers," "Loyal Soldiers," "Faithful Band" and "Buds of Promise." The thing we are consid- ering now is "class pins," each teacher and member of the class to have a pin with the name of class inscribed thereon. We have a banner of attendance for the class making the highest per cent of attendance during each month, also a banner or chart and each class that has all its members in attendance on any or all Sundays can have a gold star placed to its credit upon the banner.
BENTLEYVILLE .- Rev. J. C. Francis, our pastor here has been having some experiences during the past few months that are not common in church life in these days of bustling excitement. About the middle of November he was called to assist the pastor of our First Church, Pittsburg. in a series of meetings that had been previously planned and the visible results of these meetings approximated half a hundred conversions. By way of reciprocity, Dr. Harris, pastor of the First Church, went to Bentleyville with the beginning of the new year where the two pastors did fur- ther valiant service together for the Master. During the stay of Dr. Harris there were 23 conversions in the Bentleyville Church and when the time came that he felt compelled to return to his own charge, the pastor and his people felt sure that interest in their meetings would subside, but there was no noticeable abatement and Pastor Francis went right on with the meet- ings for two more weeks and finally closed with 48 professions and 43 additions to the church. Speaking of the sermons of Dr. Harris, Mr. Francis says, "His sermons were masterly presen- tations of truth and he seemed to be in a very spiritual mood and in every service he made a profound impression on the large crowds of peo-
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ple who came to hear him, and I naturally shud- dered when I felt that he must leave us, but in some way we soon realized that the Lord was still with us and the attendance and interest con- tinued to grow until people who came to the services failed to find room in the church and were turned away." After the close of this meet- ing Mr. Francis began a series of meetings in the Beallsville church on the 28th of January, assisted by Rev. T. M. Hartman, D.D .; who re- mained with him until February 7, doing mas- terly preaching and drawing large crowds of peo- ple to the services, and during his stay there were 16 professions and after Dr. Hartman went away the pastor continued without ministerial help until the evening of February II, when he was seized with such a violent cold that he could not preach. The Rev. C. R. Harmon, pastor at Brownsville was called over the 'phone and he conducted the meetings two days and even- ings, during which time there were three con- versions. After he went away the pastor again battled on without further help from preachers until the 13th, when the meetings was closed with an aggregate of 25 professions and 17 additions. Footing up the results in the Bentleyville and Beallsville churches which compose the pastorate over which Mr. Francis presides there are shown to have been 73 professions and 60 additions, all told. The pastor says that in both his con- gregations the people worked grandly for God, and while the FIELDVIEW editor knows that the ministerial efforts throughout were good and strong, he suspects that the "mind to work" that moved the people had much to do with the grand results. Oh, that every pastor and every con- gregation in the synod, in the denomination as to that matter, might experience a similar Holy Ghost revival. Certainly the preachers and the congregations in this synod need it.
THIRD CHURCH, PITTSBURG .- The Third Annual Reception of the Men's Club to the Ladies' So- ciety of this church was held on the evening of February 22 in the church building. Tables were set in the basement capable of seating 130 guests and the room was elaborately decorated in the national colors with the faces of "George and Martha" everywhere in evidence-suggestive of America's ideals of manhood and womanhood. A unique feature about these receptions is the fact that everything is prepared by the members of the Men's Club, without the aid of profes- sional caterers or the ladies of the church. Men set the tables, prepare the food, wait on the guests and even wash the dishes. Addresses
were made by Mr. T. D. Harmon, a member of the First Church and president of the Pittsburg Board of Trade; Mr. H. J. Heinz, the well- known specialist on pickles and Sunday schools; Mr. Chas. Ross, elected to City Council the same week in the interest of political decency, and several others. The Men's Club has a member- ship of about 60 and the Ladies' Society a little more than half as many.
Mrs. Double entertained the members of the Cradle Roll and their mothers at her home thre evening of November 21. Each baby was pre- sented with a mug and flowers and a card with a motto on it. About twenty babies were pres- ent and although they did not say they had a good time it is supposed they did, anyway the mothers enjoyed the evening very much.
Kenneth Porter was down to attend the Chris- tian Endeavor entertainment. He does not ex- actly like his place at Clairton and is looking for- ward to the time when he will be back in Pitts- burg.
Little Edward Booz was sick for a few days but is able to be back in Sunday school once more.
Mr. Kiskadden was kept away from the school two weeks ago by a very bad cold but we are glad he is able to take his place among us again.
Mrs. Whitehill has been out in the country taking a much needed rest and enjoying a visit among friends.
Mrs. Parker is spending a few weeks in Louis- ville at her old home.
Mary Gilchrist spent a few days up in Butler County on a well-earned vacation. She says the only trouble with her visit was that it was not long enough.
Allan Neilson's have a new baby at their home now and grandpa and grandma and all the aunts are wearing a smile.
Mr. Towns was on the sick list for sevr. weeks, threatened with pneumonia. We are glad to see him out again.
Mr. Lutton has been teaching Mrs. Whitehill's class while she was away, and we hear that he is a good teacher, too. Hope he may take a regular class and teach all the time.
It is more difficult to keep the peanut Chris- tians from disturbing a congregation than it is to keep cockleburs from sticking to a sheep's back.
The wise man writes his opinions on a slate but the fool writes his with indelible ink.
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