Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 15 October 1919 — Page 2

SOCIETY DOINGS) Club Calendar Wednesday. Christian Pastoral Helpers’ in After-i neon at Home of Mrs. Sam Chronister. Reformed Uulies’ Aid in Afternoon With Mrs. Hofstetter on Mercer Ave. j Shakespeare Club Mrs. J. H. Heller in (afternoon. Thursday. Helping Hand of the Reformed Church in Sunday School Room With Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer as Hostess. Reformed C. E. Society in Evening at Home of Miss Lulu Gerber on North Third Street. Evangelical iLadies’ Aid at 2:30 in. Church Parlors. Presbyterian Ladies Aid —Home of! Mrs. C. J. Dregman on South Fisth 1 Street in Afternoon. Lutheran Aid Society—Home of Mrs. Chris Boese. Silent Workers Class of the U. B. church at home of Mrs. John Oswald in afternoon. FRIDAY W. R. C. at G. A. R. Hall in after ! noon. Friday. Mt. Pleasant Box Social —Mt. Pleasant School. Ben Hurs Masquerade Social and Two-cent Supper at Hall. Y. W. M. A. of the Reformed Church I in Evening at Home of Marie Beineke j on North Fifth Street. D. Y. B. Class—Mrs. O. P. Mills. Saturday. Two-cent Supper at K. of P. Home by the Pastoral Helpers. Monday. Pythian Needle Club — Pythian Home: Mrs. J. N. Fristce, Mrs. C. Connelly, Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker and i Mrs. Sam Hite, hostesses. Mrs. O. L. Vance will entertain to-1 night at a six o’clock dinner in honor of Mr. Vance s 45th birthday anniversary. Guests will l>e Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer and daughter. Della: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer and daughter, Catherine. ♦ Thirty-five members of the Y. P. A. of the Evangelical church met at the home of Bertha and Zelina Fuhrman last evening. After the regular business meeting tney had a very interesting program consisting of the following: Reading by Otto Elzev of

U. B. CHURCH The intensive ;>ar' of the drive for Indiana Central University, our church school at Indianapolis, began yesterday. the tWlfth, and extends to the twenty-sixth for the endowment of four hundred thousand dollars or more for the institution which is being, just, now consumated.. There is also a plan and move on to. build, a. ladies’ dormitory and student’s memorial to the war workers who went out of United Brethren homes, churches and Sunday schools of Indiana and Illinois. The memorial to be a student building. Methodism in Decatur has a work before it and every member has some of that work to accomplish. We must see to our own and to the stranger that comes within our borders.. Wie love every church and propose to w’ork with all of our sister churches for the upbuilding of every good work in this community. In order to do this efficiently we must be wide awake as a church and care for all that are or ought, to be connected with the Methodi ;t church. Methodists do your best. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH It is always stimulating, and often encouraging. for individuals and institutions to look back some times and ask 'How tar have we gone”" Presbyterian progress during the past six months has been most encouraging. The church has received 25 new members. all adults. A senior C. E. society has grown from nothing to 44 active and 8 honorary memwith large attendance and • ' r ' lunior K. is just -ss, r. t.iver meeting ata.er.gcs 35. A Men s Club ha, lonie to birth with the best proepeetA, and a splendid wimer program The Aid and Missionary societies are going stiong. Attendance at ail services is good, and' a spirit of loyalty and devotion manifest all arcund. For all of which we thank God ami now for “a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together.” The Union Evangelistic services at Pleasant Mills are opening up in fine shape. Excellent cooperation. d'aep spiritual interest and keen anticipation are constantly manifest. There is confidence everywhere of God’s approval and of assured success. Dr. Naftz- ' ger’s messages are pleasing and forceful Mrs. Naftzger presides with gr»<e and command at the piano. We wondered at the rapidity and ease with which Hr. i Charles Daugherty, übe musical director, developed a choir. We ! invite all who can possibly attend j

! Ossian; piano solo by Melvena But-1 ler; reading by Helen Wilhelm: piano' 'solo by 7.>hn>> Fuhrman: reading bj i Hilda Gaunt, and a short talk by Rev. Mills. During the social hour 1 they were served with refreshments. * Mr. and Mrs. Sum S. Lott. Mr. and I Mrs. Chester Lott and Charles Usher had a delightful motor trip to Union t'it;,- Sunday where they spent the day with Nelson Cole and family. Mr. Cole is helping dredge the Misslsstnawa I river near Union City and camps along the river. They had a most enjoyable time taking their dinner with the Coles. ♦ The Tri Kai pas had a fine meeting last evening at the home of Mrs. Ohicar Hoffman. Programs for the coming year were given out and plans for . a dance to be given during Thanks-1 giving week were made, but no definite date has been decided on yet. During the social hour they were served with dainty refreshments. They will meet in two weeks with ! Mrs Fred Smith. They will make this meeting a Hallowe'en masquerade. * Thursday afternoon the Silent ! Workers class of the U. B. church will meet with Mrs. John Oswold. A good attendance is desired and they wslh all women to bring blocks for the comfort top as they expect to i work on it. An enthusiastic company of young I people numltering thirty-five gather- 1 ed at the home of Bertha and Zelma Fuhrman for the Young People's Alliance business meeting of the Evangelical church. After a brief but snappy business session a literary program was rendered consisting of piano solos by the Misses Melvina : Butler and Zelma Fuhrman; readings by Misses lola Elzey, of Osian. and Helen Wilhelm; a reading of an extract from the report of the Quadrennial Y. P. A. convention held in August at Lawrence. Kas., by Mrs. Roy Gaunt and the pastor. Delicious refreshments were served following the social hour. These meetings are becoming very interesting and every member should make a special effort to be present at the next meeting which will not be held until the second Tuesday in December on account of the revival meetings which open November Ist. At this meeting the (annual election of officers will take ■ place. ♦ *•' The W. R. C. will have their regu-

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these services to be here. As Dr. Naftzger told us Sunday evening, the place "will become a very Bethel to numbers of people in the next four weeks.” BAPTIST CHURCH The Sunday evening service, which was the closing of a very successful series of Evangelistic meetings, was well attended and a fine interest was manifested The fact that all those services were well attended goes to prove that plain gospel preaching has not lost its power to interest people. Mr. Renn did not bore us with "isms" and new theories, but preached the doctrines of the Word; the members were behind him with their prayers, and God certainly honored the effort. This is "State Baptist Convention Week" at Fort Wayne. It promises to be the “biggest yet.” Don't miss it! Learn what our convention is doing. EVANGELICAL DEACONESS SOCIETY. One of the most Christ-like, and fruitful benevolent enterprises of the Evangelical church is the Deaconess society, it has trained a large number of Christian workers; it has sent out and maintained in a number of mission fields in. the great cities of the United States and Canada a corps of devoted women who have done heroic labor for Christ and the church, among the poor, the rick, the neglected and the sinful. They have nursed the sick in hospitals and led them to Christ. The society operates a large general hospital in Chicago, through whose portals have gone four thousand and sevenf’-seven patients. during the past qaadrieiilum. Thursday afternoon of this week a special Donation Dav will be observed at the Evangelical church parlors under the auspices ot the Ladies’ Aid society, for this tiios twjortlv enterprise. Donations will consist of cash, and table supplies. such as canned inuts. jelliea and fresh vegetables, and anything for the table. Me trust that the response will be as generous as in former years. ZION REFORMED Tc Y. W, M. A. of the Reformed church with the assistance of the Y. V> M. A’s of Fort Wayne, and Huntington. recently sent 6 I

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lar Friday afternoon meeting at the i Grand Army Hall. All members be present as there ts very important business to be transacted. ♦ The D. V. B. class of the United Brethren church will meet Friday eve 1 ning with Mrs. O. P. Mills on Tenth [street. Every member Is urged to be present as special business will bo taken care of. ♦ A delightful Christian Endeavor social of the Presbyterian society was held at the home of Mr Dore B. Erwin last night. There was a good attend ance. Business matters were diucussed, and future plans made. ♦ A meeting will be held at the Presbyterian church this afternoon at 4:00 to organize a Junior C. E. society. Miss Genevieve Smith has consented to act as superintendent and Mrs. F. D. Annen will be association leader. Children between the ages of eight and fourteen will be eligible for membership. Parents are requested to and children.

SOLDIERS IN SESSION Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 15. The Indiana branch of the American Legion, opening its meeting here today, w - expected to take up the bonus qu< -1 . tion. the matter of forming a woman’s auxiliary to the legion, the form of membership of colored men. the polity of national defense, war risk ia- | surance and all other questions which ■ will come before the national convention in Minneapolis next month. The meeting opened in the house of representatives at the state house. Attending was one delegrate from each of the ninety-eight posts and one delegate for each one hundred paid-up membership of any post. DIVIDED ON QUESTION (United Press Service) Detroit, Mich., Oct. 15.—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The general convention of the Episcopal church in session here today was divided into two friendly camps—one approving of the proposed Shantung settlemelt and the other sympathizing wi h China. The division was made following addresses of the Rt. Rev. Frederick R. Graves, bishop of Shanghai, and Bishop John McKim of Tokio. at the joint session of the house bishops ami i the house of deputies. Bishop Graves, charged that Eng land and France etrnsummated a pc

TODAY’S SERMONETTE Rev. W. S. Mills, of Evangelical Church Subject—“ Christ Rejected” Text. “He came unto His own and His own received Him not.” John 1: 11. Ideals are the worlds masters; to them we owe all that is noblest and best ir the real. An ideal suggests perfection, but this is rather a help than a hindrance, for we need always to feei that we "have not yet attained, neither are we already perfect” but we “follow after." When Thorwaldsen, the great Danish sculptor, had completed his masterpiece, he was discouraged, and said, "For once I have reached my own ideal and henceforth I shall accomplish nothing more:” and so it proved, An ideal becomes a perpetual inspiration to aspiration, feeds desire, stimulates hope and encourages effort; Is there anything on earth more terrible than a repudiated ideal, which carries with*it an abandoned ambition? All men who have sinned know how awful is the moment after their fall, when they suddenly wake up to the fact of something lost forever. But it seems to me that the most terrible thing that happens whenever a man sins is the repudiation of his ideal, the abandonment of the eternal purpose of God, the deliberate turning away from the mountain heights to walk on some middle pathway of life, the surrender of his destiny. Israel gave up her ideal in the rejection of Jesus as the Messiah and thus threw behind them all ot the magnificent heritage of tne past, with its heroes, its prophecies, its histories, its temple services and sacrifices, and from henceforth being compelled to take the lower place, God's second best, instead of His best. A rejection of Jesus by man today has a similar result, for man created as he is with the capacity of the Infinite, thus prostitutes himself to the lower ideals. Men reject Jesus today when they refuse to accept Him as Teacher in the realm of their ideals, when they throw aside His atoning sacrifice in an attempt to save themselves aione by reliance upon a moral life, instead of trusting in His merits, when they do not live for Him by recognizing the redemption of body and soul which He has wrought, and when they refuse deliberately to crown Him King of their lives and submit to the sway of His mighty love-

parcels to their missionary. Miss Esther Sellemeyer. at Schenclicw, China. The parcels contained dolls, woolen shirts, candies and other good things for distribution among the Chinese children at Christinas time. Communion will lie observed at both services next Sunday. A regional conference of the Forward Movement will be held at Indianapolis next Monday. Oct. 20th aud a sectional cont'erencfc at Fort Wayne Oct. 28th. Delegates from the local church will be in attendance at both meetings. One of the best and most active Christian men in Decatur was brought to Christ through his little child, who was a faithful Sunday School scholar. He came to realize that his child was right while he was wrong. We wish others would awaken to the same truth. “A little child shall lead them.''

lltical bargain with Japan when the Shantung settlement was agreed upon ( at lite peace conference. PHI DELT DANCE The Phi Delta will give another one of iheir enjoyable dances at the Maaonic hall Friday evening. A good throe piece orchestra full of pep, lias been secured by the boys and a good time can lx- expected. Tills dance will Ire an informal affair and the public ia cordially invited. K. OF P. RECEPTION THURSDAY. The Knights of Pythias reception to 1 Dore B. Erwin will be ytiven Thursday evening at the K. of P. home on Third street. All members of the Decatur lodge are expected to attend and many from Bluffton. Fort Wayne. Geneva. Berne and Monroeville will be present. Third rank work will be giv-i

—J < • I VORY Pyralin I® O .j Gifts of ivory Pyralin are appre- ,•* \ O 4 dated by women of taste and dis- I CWoffiy ~ tinction. * ArSaal We have a very complete assort- iFvB 11 sSg .. ment now and are advising early se- ' le< tion for Christmas. Various odd r -. pieces, from 65c up. Start now. buy _■* Fw a piece each weeit —by unristmas • T vfl - vou have a full set. -A) | Sv Beautiful complete sets in attrac- * gjJ Cjß| ■ tive cases up to $75.00. The ideal ' Christmas gift. You are always ■Nj-A welcome to come in and inspect our a r-Sg ~ displays. Everything in the Jewelry ’-« L4H _ line. ’<• ■L.I < rw '■ ip! Xj THE HALLMARK STORE Pumphrey’s Jewelry Store * K Hitt I'K-I'HOAOGRAPHS. » J -A SB- °cu tO -

From every side comes the belief that the church, with its Christian message, is able to solve all our vexing problems and make a new world of peace and righteousness. But this depends upon

But stir iny heart in passion for the world! “Stir me, Oh! stir me. Lord. 1 care not how. Stir me to give, to go—but most to pray: Stir, blood-red banner be unfurled O’er lands that still in deepest darkness lie, O'er deserts where no cross is lifted high. "Stir me, OU! stir me Lord. Thy heart was stirred By love s iiitensest fire, till Thou didst give Thine only Son. Thy best beloved One. Even to the dreadful cross, that. I might live: Stir me to give myself so back i Thee, That Thou cansst give Thyself again through me."

Evil is the exception and not the rule and attracts more attention simply because it is the unusual aud not the general fact. Let one mau beat bis v-ffe and the whole neighborhood will quickly resound with tile sensational tale, while no

— en and an enjoyable evening will be spent. The Pythian Sisters have (kindly Consented to serbe the lunch-[ i eon. STEWARDSHIP STUDY Beginning tonight the study of Stewardship will be taken up al the, i Presbyterian prayer-meeting, and wiiil continue fob eight weeks. Mr. ( has | Teeple is in charge of arrangements. | and the following leaders will conduit the meetings In order as named: Mrs. A. 11. Saunders (tonight); Mr. C. J. Lutz. Mr. W. H. Lee, Mrs. Jessie Beam. Mr. C. Teeple. Mrs. C. Teeple. Mrs. W. A. Lower. The nature of the eighth meeting to be determined later. A fascinating text-book is being used, of which 22 copies have already been sold in the local cougregaation. | One book may serve for a whole fainilly. The principle of Stewardship.

the faithfulness of individual , Christians. Only the devoted active Christian is able to “tell on ages, tell for God." . 'What a tremendous, irresistable. power would be let loose upon the world if every Christian prayed earnestly:

notice will be taken of tne hundred exemplary husbands that treat their wives with the greatest consideration. A spot on the sun will attract thousands ot observers. while its steady • shining occasions no remark.

’which will be thoroughly studied from all angles, has brought joy and powor | into tile lives of those who have grasped and applied it in their own lives. It is, (hat all we have and are belongs to God, and we are the stewards of

The Story of a Turret Captain - ** ? • Fromotion in the Navy come* quickly to J tho&t who qualify for higher ratings. In March. 1899 A. P. Nihson enlisted in the Naw »a an Apprentice Seaman. 3rd data. In April 1907 he wsc rated Chief Turret Captain. I!is pay today is $165 76 per month. Aman’s life — among men I

Reel them off—“Rio”,Gibraltar. Ceylon, Yokohama —all the great ports of the world —are they only places on the map to you —or are they ports where you’ve gone sailing in from the high seas with every eye along the shore turned admiringly on your big ship—yot r ship I Every ocean has a United States ship sailing for some port worth seeing. If you’ve any call in you for a full life —join, and color all your years ahead with memories of things worth seeing—with knowledge worth having—with an inexhaustible fund of sea tales and adventures picked up ashore and

Enlist for two years. Excellent opportunities for advancement. Four weeks holidays with pay each year. Shore leave to see inland eights at ports visited. Men always learning. Good food and first uniform outfit free. Pay begins the day you enlist. Ge« full information from your nearest recruiting station. If you da not know where the nearest recruiting station is, ask youx Postmaster. He knows. Shove off! - Join, the U.S.Navy

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIOUAL SIiWSOKIOI ~.. . Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) tCepyright. 1919, Western Newxpaper Union) LESSON FOR OCTOBER 19 JESUS IN PETER'S HOME. LESSON TEXT—Mark th?.°V nEN TEXT— Jesus said unto him, -Luke V* Salvatlon COR!e t 0 this house. 1. Healing of Simon’s Wife’s Mother (vv. 29-31). 1 A loved one ill (v. 30). From the s.vnngogtie Jesus with James and John went to the home of Peter and Andrew "here he found Peter's mother-in-law prostrate with a burning fever. Among j ic closest followers there are sufferng ones and anxious aud burdened hearts, but to all such he comes with sympathy and power to help. His power is the same in the quietude <’ the home as in the public meeting place. 2. They tell him of her (v. 31). This was the proper thing to do. We should ring to our Saviour's attention those of our families who have need, of both bodily and spiritual heaiitig. 3. He healed her (v. 31). “He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. This act showed the nearness, sympathetic tenderness and pow,tL . ? S,,S ' At his touch th * fever Pat ed and strength was imparted to >er body so that she was at one« able to minister unto them. 4 - She ministered to them (v. 31). hi am WS ' h!,t (1) the CU!e "as Instantaneous and complete. When Jesus heals there Is no halfway bust--11 is tl,e same spiritual th-.'' Gratitude on the part of toe o ne nealed Thosp pe eueed the healing power of Jesus "Hl express their gratitude in loving s er'i« to the Lord and his disciples. 32-34) Chr,St ’ Ministr * at Sunset (vv. It became noised about that a notable miracle had been wrought In Peter’s therefore as soon as the Sabbath diew to a close many demonposseseed and diseased were brought to him to be. healed. If we would mtm h t 0 gather t6da y must be able to show that Jesus is work Bmong ns . Q nr testimony should

Hls possessions. Time, i,,-,*.,., ’”•13, pQg, sessions, all are held in trust for The study is being conducted »i taneously In thousands (1 r ‘ Htoby. torian churches all over the count1 under the.- New Era Movement.

afloat that will make you a welcome man in any company. Work?—sure, and a man’s work it is, among men. Play ?—well, rather, with a bunch of men who know how to play. These comrades of yours carry in their ears the sounds of great world cities, of booming guns, of swashing seas — sounds you will share with them and that will never die away. And when you come heme, j ou’ll face life ashore with level eyes—for Uncle Sam trains in seifreliance as well as self-respect. The Navy builds straight men—no mollycoddles.

be backed by the healed body or soul. 1. He healed those of divers’ diseases (v. 34). Jesus can heal any disease. Many of the cures spoken of today are temperamental, but the cures wrought by Jesus were of all sorts. No malady ever baffled him. 2. Cast out many devils (v. 34). The devils obey him. There is no record of a demon ever disputing the authority of Jesus. At bls command tin* rendered instant obedience. 3. Suffered not the devils to speak (v. 34). He blds the saved soul witness of bis caving power, but will not allow the devils to speak in challenge of his authority or in witness of the truth of his deity. 111. Jesus Retires to Pray (vv. 3537). The arduous service of the day made it desirable to'be alone with the 1 In prayer. Shut out frrtfn man—abne with God. How necessary flie hush of the eternal, the calm of God! There is grea* need of private prayer. IV. Preaching Throughout Galilee (w 38, 39). He continued steadfastly to pre< for this was bls supreme business. miraculous works were bur aids to his testimony. Preaching the gospel is the ■hies concern of all who would follow Jesus. SUNDAY SCHOOL Os all peoples the Mohamnu dans have most bitterly opposed the Christian, faith. Yet the Sunday school is making headway ex en among them, as the following news item indicates: Onidurman’s New Tolerance Excellent meetings are being held at Omdurman by Sheikh Mitry Salib Dewairy, the Sunday-school leader. “I have never seen mon eagerness to hear than that dis played by these audiences at Muselma," writes a worker “Sheikh Mitry tells me that it is a real pleasure to preach to suMi audiences. This has been my ex perience also. This is not so bad for the old Dervish capital where twenty years ago a Christian was not even allowed to live. Wi hope that greater change than this will be experienced within the next twenty years, if the Gos Pel is faithfully preached.” Th I Sunday school attendance has ax ®. ragetl . niret Y for the past titre Sabbaths. Many of these are Mo "‘•'nmedau boys off the street •- fliis is the largest attendance in the history of the Mission. Tin maximum attendance was 104.