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The schooner Margaret took a crowd of about sixty-three people to Pass Cavallo Wednesday morning. Quite a number of the Collegeport people came over and took in the trip. The ladies auxiliary of the Christian church served hot coffee and sandwiches. Though bad weather had been predicted, a better day could not have been selected. All enjoyed themselves to the limit in strolling on the beach, picking up shells and taking pictures. Some expressed a willingness to return the next day.
Palacios Beacon, February 24, 1911 |
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Dedication of Christian Church Rev. J. B. Mason and daughter, of Dallas, are in the city, and at the morning service Sunday Rev. Mason will officiate at the dedication of the Christian church in this city. No subscriptions will be solicited or collected, as all obligations of the church have been provided for. Rev. Mason will occupy the pulpit of the church Sunday evening, and will also preach this evening. The public is particularly invited to attend the dedication services at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, and will be just as welcome at all the other services.
Palacios Beacon, March 10, 1911 |
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Palacios Christian Church Dedicated Sunday According to previous announcement in this paper the Christian congregation dedicated their commodious church building on last Sunday at eleven o’clock. Rev. J. C. Mason, Dallas Superintendent of Texas Missions for the Christian churches of Texas, arrived in the city on Friday, accompanied by his daughter, and on Friday night an informal reception was given Mr. Mason at the church, at which time the order of Sunday’s meetings were arranged. Appropriate music had been selected by Mrs. J. E. McGuire and fully prepared by the choir and which was participated in by the congregation. Rev. J. H. Bristor read the scripture lesson, and offered an appropriate prayer. After recounting in a few minutes talk, the struggles and triumphs of the congregation, he said that “we are glad to have our good and able Secretary deliver the dedication sermon for us, and for a house which no collection was necessary, because the members and friends had previously provided for all indebtedness.” Then he introduced Brother Mason to a representative Palacios audience. In a very able discourse, Mr. Mason set forth the authority and requirements of Jesus, the Christ, in the establishment of His church on earth, and went into a number of details showing us how we should model our work in keeping with the divine pattern. For some forty minutes the speaker thoroughly entertained and edified the audience, and at the close of the sermon, Mr. Bristor requested Dr. T. F. Driskill to deliver the closing dedicatory prayer. Thus to Palacios is added another triumph of faith. It would be hardly appropriate to say that the eleven o’clock service closed Mr. Mason’s work for the day, because at night he preached on “Texas Missions,” in which he gave a glowing account of the work being done by the Baptist, Methodist and other protestant churches along similar lines, and showed that the Christian church was fully up to the mark set before them by these great body of Christians. As a whole it was a red letter day for the Christian church in Palacios.
Palacios Beacon, March 10, 1911 |
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