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Show LOCAL CHURCH ENTERTAINS EN-TERTAINS CONVENTION Mm i Tho spring meeting of Salt Lake Presbytery convened in American Fork at Uio Presbyterian Church Tuesday Tues-day night H. W. Ilurger. D. I). of Salt Lake, Chairman of tho Now lira work presided and preached tho op. onlng sonnon, subject, "Tho things that aro not seen nro eternal." Dr. Ilurger was elected Modorator for sl.x months. AOor tho serlco lslt-Ing lslt-Ing delegates wore assigned for entertainment en-tertainment in various homes of tho local congregation. Wednesday tho ministers nnd old-erojn old-erojn session rcvlowed tho psat, year's work, planned for tho current yoar ami elelccd Commissioners to the unililn! Oenoral Assembly of tho Prcsbyterlnri Church mccUng In Philadelphia tho lnltor part of May. Hcv. John Meeker and Older W. A. Marshall of Salt Lake Plrat Church wcro elected to go to Assembly. Plans were adopted for lncren3tng tho support of tho ministers In char-go char-go of congrogntlon3. Itcports In hand showed that tlio churches of the Presbytery havp practically raised their quota of tho National Now Era Fund of Thlrtocn Million Dollars for tho year now ended, a large percentage percent-age of which goes Into tho vast For. clgn Mission project of tho church, also to relief of devaatcd churches In Europe, and missionary and educational educa-tional work of tho church In our own land. Tills fund docs not In-cludo In-cludo the, money raised for support of Bolf.sustalnlng churches, estimated estimat-ed at $2vS,00P,0pQ. Presbytery reported report-ed lhat(!ts Easter' Ingathering of new members 'had gone well ahead of previous pre-vious record. .Ministers In attendance wero nov. O. E. Davis, D. D. pastor of Salt Lane First; Rer. H. W. Bariw, College Church, Salt Lake; nov. C. V. Brown, Westminster Church, Salt Lake; Rev. Wlldman Murphy, Payaon; Roy, J. C. Patterson, Sprlngvlllo; Rer. Theodore Lee, formerly of Span.' ,sh Fork, now residing In j?Uforna John Meeker and Dr. Wrn. Mr'PKdcn, Supt. for Utah'. Rov. Arthur Ix Rico of Myton wan oxcusod on account of Uinta storms. Eldors present: W. H. Alexander, I). Ij. Harnnrd, M. I). and R. 11. Quay or Salt I.nko, T. K. McCnuloy of American Am-erican Fork. Wednesday morning an early car brought from Salt Itko a goodly delegation, dele-gation, or ladles for their separate Presbyterian Missionary convention. A program of Interest was carrl3d through the morning nnd oftcrnoon sessions, presided ovor by Mro. Doug, las. Anderson, vice-president, of Salt Ijiko. At noon all united In tlio box luncheon In tho church, followed by a half-hour devotional under tho lotL dcrshlp of Ror. Wlldman Murphy, former for-mer pastor horo. During tho day thrco beautiful vocal solco woro rcn. ( dorcd by Miss nonstlol of tho musical t raculty of Westminister Collcco. Mrs. ! Pollnnch of Salt Lake In well solected readings added greatly to the variety and Intorcst. Most of tho delegates eparled on tho flvo o'clock cars with' I happy memories of tho day with tho American Fork Congregation. Tho interior of tho church was 1 greatly Improved by tho beautiful oleC-trie oleC-trie llgh'tlng system installed just in I tlmo for the opening meeting. Potted plants also added to tho plcasuro of tho Easter season. Easter Sunday, while snowy, saw a good audience In tho chtrrch and membors from four , families wUre welcomed. |
