24 History of Zion Church

to completion, 3. house of God, a sanctuary of the people and a wonder to the religious nation and heathen world.

There is a universally favorable opinion of our present pastor expressed by all members and adherents; his piety, ability, energy and sociality ; his care and watchfulness for new comers, his go-ahead-ativeness and his stick-at-it-ive- ness, are all fascinating and not to be resisted. Caesar-like, he may say, “vem, m'dz', m'cz‘.’ Zion Church and its people, every department and activity of the church have felt the good influence that emanates from that compendium offorce, power and goodness ; the session has received additions to its members, has manifested greater zeal and activity. The Sabbath school excels all previous years in numerical, finan- cial and spiritual numbering. The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, has established itself more firmly on a helpful basis; the Ladies’ Aid Society has attained to the acme of ideal workers, with all liabilities paid and $500 in the Dominion Savings Bank; the Choir. under the direction of Professor Watts, the instrumental guidance of Miss Waterman, and the social leadership of Mrs. S. C. Moore, and her staff of capable lady and gentleman assistants, is now pronounced to be the equal of any in the city, by judges whose musical knowledge and taste qualify them to give a decision ; the grand volume of harmony, pealing and rolling over the people at the Sabbath services, is grandly gratify- ing and inspiring in its helpfulness to all hearers, who love the Psalms of David and the Songs of Zion. Quite lately, the talented leader, Mrs. Moore, was tendered a most hearty reception, and presented with a most dainty testimonial, by her co-workers in the choir, as a recognition of her worth and an expression of the members’ appreciation.

The Benevolent Society continues to flourish in its own peaceful and charitable duty, under the wise and kindly ad- ministration of Miss B. McLaurin.

The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society now contains

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