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N. L. BLOOM,
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Funeral Director & Embalmer 107 CALHOUN ST.
TELEPHONES. OFFICE. 365. I RES 501
Are You Thinking of Getting Married?
If you are, don't order your wedding suit until you have seen the complete line of high tailored dress suits shown by
Reuben S. Patterson.
LOCALS.
Mrs. Minnick has a little baby.
Sister Ada Flickinger is home from the hospital.
Bro. Doyle and daughter Ellen have been sick for several days.
Sister Kaniger is confined to the house with an attack of La Grippe.
Sister Leikaut has been suffering Frome the effects of La Grippe. She is improving.
Mrs. Chas. Yagerleliner made the good confession on Wednesday even- ing. We rejoice greatly in this.
Sister Ella Smith is reported as im- proving and hopes soon to be out
Sister Haller is in very poor health. We extend our sympathy to her and hope for her recovery.
We regret to report so many cases ot sickness but are glad to know that all me improving.
Our ladies should not forget the exchange. It is held every Saturday . in Pleitler's grocery.
NOTICE.
All who have not paid then appor- tionment for January will be called on by the collector in February. We sincerely hope that you will make an effort to pay the amount now due. It you can not be present Sunday please send your contribution to the church, because the apportionments are small do not think they are not important for they are. We must receive all that is due or we can not meet our obligations that are pressing for payment. The Lord loveth a chertul giver.
C. W. HOLVERSTOTT, Fm. Sec.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY The West Jefferson Street Church of Christ.
Editar Business Manager 1 G SIMFORD
Entered at the I'D at Fort Wayne. Ind. second-class matter.
Subscription Price, 10 Cents Per Quarter. Payable in Advance.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL ..
The special meetings have closed.
But the door of opportunity ful service is not closed.
Neither is it too late to accept the pardon and mercy of Gand offered to you in Christ.
Regular services will be held tomol- row at the usual hours. The pastor will be glad to greet the people.
Every inducement is presented for increased activity by the conditions all about us. let us be ahve to every opportunity.
The extreme cold weather inter- ferred quite seriously with the last two evenings of the meetings, but we were gratified by the number who did come even in the face of the cokt weather.
There were fourteen additions to the church during the meeting. Six by baptism and eight by letter and statement. In another column you will see a list of the names. We trust that our older members will strive to make them feel at home, and that they will endeavor to become ac- quainted with all.
OUR MEETING. Atter the inter- ruptions at the beginning of our meet. ing by reason of sickness we, of course, could not anticipate so fruit- tul a work, and yet we have every lebon to be grateful for what his been accomplished. The work of Bro. Medbiny has been of a very high order and the impressions which have been made upon the community have been good. His clear, kind and dig- nitied manner of presenting the truth has won the attention of a number who heretofore have known nothing ot the great plea for simple New Testament Christianity. We also Feel grateful to the Angola church for its unseltesh mterest in our cause. We rejoice in the new fellow ship thus begun and trust that it may continue to be a source of pleasure and protit to both congregations.
We regret that more of our own people could not, of at least did not, avail themselves of the opportunities afforded during the meetings. We must however that those who were for- tunate enough to be at all of nearly all of the services will spread abroad the helpful utterances and the Christ- ian spuit manifested. Om Temem- berance of Bio. Medbury will always he pleasant and we shall always re- joice in his success, and we teel sure that he will rejoice in the triumph of the both in Ft. Wayne under the leadership of whomsoever in the provi- sence of Good it may be.
We are grateful to the members of the chon and especially to Prot. Harshman for the music they have Inrnished during the meetings and to Stella Drummond to presiding at the instrument so faithfully.
CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT.
BULLETIN OF SERVICES :
Hanme Mulligan
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Sunday School att ie 1. 1.
Commimion and Preaching, Tur-45 A. M. Preaching, 7:3 0p. 11
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Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Ivenmg at 7: 30. Chon Rehearsal, Sunday Evening at 7:30.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
MONROE W. FTICH & SONS.
INSURANCE
Land. Dans Services.
Preaching by the pastor at 10.45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Monday eve, Otherdl Bond Meetnas. The day eve, Bethany Reading ( ii- cle.
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the following person can into the church during the meetings: Mrs. Chats. Yageilehner, Confession. W. Jetterson St. Henry Leikaut, ..
Etta Wayte, 66 W. Mam St. Rheda Swayne. W Berry St.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Hoosier Shoe Store,
O. B. FITCH, PROP
The Leading Shoe House in Northern Ind. The Finest Grade of Footwear. 30 Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND
CHICAGO BAKERY
PURE ICE CREAM.
FINE CONFECTIONER Baking Gods of all kinds
W. F. GELLER.
ABDILL & TAFT,
DRY GOODS, CLOAKS and CARPETS 54 CALHOUN ST.
N. L. BLOOM,
SUCCESSOR TO KERLIN & BLOOM,
Funeral Director & Embalmer 107 CALHOUN ST.
OFFICE, 365.
TELEPHONES 1 RES 561.
Are You Thinking of Getting Married?
If you are, don't order your wedding suit until you have seen the complete line of high tailored dress suits shown by
Reuben S. Patterson.
LOCALS.
1 ota Smyth is better.
Chas. Yagerlehner will soon move to West Jefferson $1.
Bro, Medbury said the weather man served an mjunction on the meetings.
The visit of Mis. Medbury was the occasion of a number of happy gath- erings where old acquaintances were renewed.
(Quite a number of our people are sick but as we ne crowded for time und spice we cannot mention all.
Our ladies should remember the exchange held every Saturday at Pleitters grocery on the corner al Harrison and Bemy St.
Bio. Medbury has a very tine ar- ticle in this week's issue of the Stand- nd. We hope that all who can will read it.
Miss Marg.net Medbury has spent the week with Miss I &cile Rice. They have formed a great attachment for each other.
Mr. Mitten has been quite sick for several days but was convalescent the List we heard.
The following ladies are expected to bake for the exchange, Saturday,
Mrs. John Dalman, Mrs. 1. Doyle, Mrs. C. Barnes, Mis. Elias Ake, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Saviers, Mas. Robert- som, Mrs. Nickerson, Mis. Georgie Miller, Mas. Devlin, Mis Long, Mis. Irwin, Mrs. Findley, Mrs. king, Mrs. Dr. Younge, Mrs. S. Sloan and Mrs. Woodhull.
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Subscription Price, W0 Cents Per Quarter. Payable in Advance.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Every Lord's bay should witness some triumph of the Gospel.
Let personal solicitation and in- vitation characterize us as a people.
The severe cold weather doubtless interfered quite seriously with our last Lord's Day audiences, as it did with the last two evenings of the meetings. The audiences, however, were very good considering die weather.
Sickness has interrupted nearly all our plans thus far dương the yêu, but we are not discouraged. Indeed the outlook is promising and if we all work with a will we shall vet re- joice together in the success of the work.
The next matter of great import- ance to which we must give aftention is the March offering for Foreign Missions. It is not our purpose to urge large contributions from each one but as before to urge that every member give something however small it may be. Thus we shall be made to rejoice in a worthy offering to this great work. Literature bearing upon this matter will be distributed Sunday.
CHURCH LETTERS. Letters 1 commendation such as she usually given to there deserving them, ale not intended to be kept by those it- ceiving them They are simph m- tended to be used in transferring mem bership trom one congregation to an- other. The holding of them does not relieve the holder from responsibility, i rather mereases it, since the letter is not addressed to the person to whom it is given but to the church where it is to be presented, and the person receiving it is responsible not only bont conduct becoming a Christ- ian during the time until it shall be de- livered but for its safe and speedy de. livery to the church to which it is ad- dressed. A chinch letter one, two of three years old is rather poor evi- dence of Christian standing now. It is nut lại to ask a church to Accept it, and it is just as untan to be ab- sent two nt three years from a church and then work top a letter of goud standing. A person who is so mes- 1cttul of Christian duty as fo rem.mm unidentified with a local church for more than a year except under extia- ordinary encumstances should feel the neces aty od repentance and for- givenes and should be glad to come into the church by confession and be counted as reclaimed
There Que no more important meet- ings held than the monthly meeting of the official board It is there that We gather together the various lines of church work and plan to meet the duties that que betene us. Each of- ticei should consider it his business to. be present at each meeting and aid m the deliberations. The meeting will be held Sunday afternoon.
CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT.
BULLETIN OF SERVICES : LORD Sunday School at 9 30 1. 1.
Communion and Picachins. 10:15 A. M.
Preaching, 7 .S.P. M.
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Praver Meeting, Wedne das Evenmi: 11 7:30. Chois Rehearsal, Saturday Evening at -. 30
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
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Do you know of some trend who you can induce to bee one a Christ in' Iso do not allow another da to pass until you have done soul part.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Hoos'er Shoe Store,
O. B. FITCH, PROP.
The Leading Shoe House in Northern Ind. The Finest Grade of Footwear. 3) Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND
CHICAGO BAKERY
PERE ICE CREAM.
FINE CONFECTIONER Bakstig tons of all km
W. F. GELLER.
ABDILL & TAFT,
DRY GOODS. CLOAKS And CARPETS 54 CALHOUN ST.
N. L. BLOOM,
SUCCESSOR TO HERLIN & BLOCM.
Funeral Director & Embalmer 107 CALHOUN ST.
OFFICE. 365.
TELEPHONES. I RES 561
Are You Thinking of Getting Married?
If you are, don't order your wedding suit until you have seen the complete line of high tailored dress suits shown by
Reuben S. Patterson.
LOCALS.
Mrs. Lillian Reese, ul Chicago, is visting friends in the city.
Wis. Konver is sndeine with La CHIppe
Me. Rice and I ther have both barn on the sick hồi but Me better
We me sous to round the death of Hola Smyth, Aller a protracted illness she has gone in the sweet inducency of childhood to be with Gard.
The Ladies And Society will hold a les att Sister Mulligans next Thursday Afternoon. Mas. kanger will is VISI Mis. Mulligan in entertaining. Alarge attendance is desired.
Mr. Soviets returned !e 1 week from ! protracted ab ence m the north-
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The trust quitter of the present volume of the Ant uncement is neatly gone ind only theun hits have paard subs cription. We shall stop the IN ue at the end of the quarter unless many more pas. Wewould miss the num steelt without you support. Hand fo cents to hymn Stafford
MONROE W. TTICH & SONS.
INSURANCE
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CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT
Vol. 2. FEBRUARY 25, 1899.
No. 4.
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Entered at the 1. 0. at Fort Wayne, Ind . .: second-class maller.
Subscription Price, 10 Cents Per Quarter. Payable in Advance.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Remember the offering for Foreign Missions March 5th.
Our motto is: "an offering, how - ever small, from every member."
You will be given envelopes for the Foreign Missionary offering, between now and March 5th.
Let every member of the church make a contribution, it it is only . penny to this noble enterprise. God can use the small amounts as well as the large ones.
To everyone giving a dollar of more to Foreign Missions this year the Missionary Voice will be mailed free of charge, We hope many will feel that they can do as much as that. However we do not urge the amount, we only want everyone to do something.
We were delighted with the large audiences last Sunday. his always a hopeful indication to see a large number of people at public worship. It gives strength to the service and lends inspiration to all present. Let us try to make each service one of inspiration and blessing.
PREACHING CHRIST, Recently NOT BAPTISM. we heard a min- ister of the Gospel say: "I believe in preaching Chist," and then de- clare that he had never vet preached a sermon on baptism. This seems rather strange in view of the fact that there is someely & recorded sermon of the Apostles which does not in- chuide the subject of baptism. Peter included it in his sermon on the day af Penecost. Philip preached Jesusto the eunuch, but somehow the eu- nuch found out that it was necessary tor him to be baptized Ananias who was sent to instruct Sand, spoke of baptism in a very positive way. Peter again included it m hes sermon at the house of Cornelis. It must have found a plice in Paul's sermon before Lydia for she was baptized. and though Paul dechued to the jailor: "Beheve on the Lord Jesus, and thou shall be saved," he must have said something about baptism tor the jailor was baptized inmed- intel. It is said also that the tan- inthians hearing believed, and were baptized. Our brother would scarcely be willing to say that he had never preached on faith, or on repentence, and vet in these recorded cases of conversion there is often no mention ot either taith or repentence while baptism is always mentional. We ton, would gladly avoid controversy, but we believe that a little comtrovesy is better than to ignore a subject so prominently connected with every in- stance of conversion recorded in lets. Such neglect of duty should be rather a cause for shame and somw than for boasting. We advise our brother to re-study the New Testament to know what it means to preach Chist, and hereafter not to ignore a subject, upon which our Lord has set the seal of his authority.
CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT.
L. TOMAIN SON
BULLETIN OF SERVICES : LORD'S DAY.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M.
Communion and Preaching, 10:15 A. M.
Preaching, 233 1 P. M. Jr. C. E., at 4:30 P. M .; $1. 0. 1., 11 6:15 P. M1.
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Praver Meeting, Wednesday Evening at 7:30. Choir Rehearsal, Saturday Evening af 7:30.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
Fond's bay Services as usual. Sermon Subjects . at 10-15 ,. m. "Our Assurance, of How we may know we are C.histians." At 7:30 p. m. "Do men need a
Tuesday eve. Parler Musical and Sa-
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Wednesday eve, Prayer Meeting. Subject: Missions, the heart of chinch lite. Matt. AAVIN 10- 20. Rom. A:11-15 See Stand- ard and Evangelist. Remember the Lathes exchange on Saturday of each week.
About 150 tickets have been sold tor the Musical Tuesday evening.
Notice especially the subject tor Sunday evening. We would be glad to see a large number of people who are not members of an church, and a special invnation is extended to im- believers and skeptics.
A TOMPKINSON
ALBERT TOMPKINSON & BRO ,
Practical Plumbers, Steam and Gas Fitters.
FORT WAYNE. - IND
MONROE W FITCH & SONS, INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE & LOANS. Office No. Si Calhoun St ..
Over Meyer's Hat Store.
MISSIONARY JJOTTINGS.
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The Endeich Society 10 01 ceived Stboglymp He week been great elmed. The and should hive -150,00,00 this jubilee ve ...
A letter will be meled. fot wock. to every member of the chinch. c. closing a Foreign Mi Monats coseloc. Read the letter onetills, prave Fully and then put von offering in theen. velope, buna it to church Sin .In. March 5th, and tepnie . thu nith gladJening enterpuse.
CHURCH OF CHRIST ANNOUNCEMENT
The Hoosier Shoe Store,
O. B. FITCH, PROP.
The Leading Shoe House in Northern Ind. The Finest Grade of Footwear. 30 Calhoun Street, . FORT WAYNE, IND
CHICAGO BAKERY
Headquarters tor PURE ICE CREAM,
PAANNOY ICES. FINE CONFECTIONER Baking Goods of all Jim]s. TrilrioNL 163, bath les
W. F. GELLER.
ABDILL & TAFT,
DRY GOODS, CLOAKS and CARPETS 54 CALHOUN ST.
N. L. BLOOM,
SUCCESSOR TO KERLIN d BLOOM,
Funeral Director & Embalmer 107 CALHOUN ST.
TELEPHONES. OFFICE, 365. RES. 561.
Are You Thinking of Getting Married?
If you are, don't order your wedding suit until you have seen the complete line of high tailored dress suits shown by
Reuben S. Patterson.
LOCAL.S.
Bugene and Delmer Fitch have been ill with Fachippe.
Bro. Nickerson is doing a grand work with his class of buys.
Mrs. Dodd was received into the Church last Sunday evening.
Sherman Sweinhart has been un- able to work duimg the week.
Sister Iruesdall who has been ab- sent from the city for some time has
Miss hatte Schecter's mother died on Monday evening. We extend our sympathy.
Sister Georgia Miller has been coll- tined to the house with an attack of LaChippe.
Miss lia Jacques was called to het home in Ohio recently by the sickness of her father. Her absence mifel- ferred with the business meeting of the (. 1 :.
The step-father of Siter Pegg, while visning here, died quite sud- denly. He was a prommment member of the Christian church at his home in Illinois.
karl Brockway Newton will pre- sent Christmas Carol at the chinch Friday evening, Much 10th. The entertainment will be under the us. pices of the J. C . F.
The Following Ladies will bake for the Exchange Saturday, Much 4th. Mesdames Bender, Jackson, Rich, McBride, Stewart, Ladd, Calvin, Dille, Jones, Kiger, Koch, Rumsey, Adams, Ygerlehner.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY The West Jefferson Street Church of Christ.
PRINTED BY F M. SING MASTER & COMPANY. TO PAST MAIN SIRII1
Editor P' 3. Rick .. Business Manager 1 G. STAFFORD
Entered at the P. O. at Fort Wayne, Ind . as second-class matter.
Subscription Price, 10 Cents Per Quarter. Payable in Advance.
MISSIONARY JOTTINGS.
Read carefully the letter you have received.
Put an offering in the envelope and bring it to church.
Remember our motto: "An offer- ing however small, from every mem- ber."
"A church must go to the lost or go to oblivian," which shall we do?
About 400 foreign missionary en- velopes have been sent out. This is about one each for our resident mem- bership.
We expect that every individual will at least return the envelope. Ii you do not we shall call tor it. Be sure to put something in it, if only a penny.
If we were asking for a large amount from each one some might feel too poor to contribute, but we are not anxious about amounts this time. We are anxious about your individual representation in the other- ing. If everybody is represented in this offering with such an amount as you confidently believe God would have you give under all the circum- stances, our apportionment will be easily reached.
There are some special reasons why, we as a congregation should remem. ber this offering for Foreign Missions. In the first place during the past year we have been blessed with a very" excellent degree of prosperity. A year ago we were feeling the burden of our local work and doubtless we are yet feeling it, but we have begun to see the way through, and though it has been, and still is attended with some sacrifice we can yet be thankful that God has led us thus far and so let us make this offering one of thanksgiving to Him tor His loving watchcare. Then too, since in prev- ious years we have contributed to this work the Foreign Board is de- pending upon us this year. Upon the strength of our record in the past together with others who have done likewise, men and women have been sent to heathen lands, and shall we fail to lend to them out support, shall we be untrue to the contidence they have reposed in us.
And then another reason that might he urged, is that then comes with such an offering a reflex blessing which we cannot estimate. The sense that we are, in common with the great hosts of disciples everywhere, engaged in such a work is in itself an ; inspiration. Therefore we urge all to give, not so much that you will wish you had not given it, nor too little as if you had no care or interest in this , great work of the Lord. Something from everybody is our watchword.
A letter from Bro. Medbury states that they have had twenty three ad- ditions thus for in then meeting. We rejoice with them.
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