Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1924 — Page 7

I JundaySchool ||’ Lesson 1 B I. UK'. PH FIT3WATKH. D|l !>#.„ ■B ■ <»', , n . S»»nln« School. Moody Blbli. 11l H I ’'"lift liac’""'.™ N»w«p»p«r Union ) HE Bg _ -- ■— ' -- . — — - Z E I Lesson for December 21 I ■CHRISTMAS LESSON—GOD'S GIFT ■ ■ TO THE WORLD I I LESSON TEXT—John 1:1-18; 316 31 B I <;<>'t.l‘EN TEXT—"For God no loved K ■ ' world. that Hs gave His only be ■ ■ ’ tl , n Son. that whosoever believ. il ■ Bo Him should not perish, but have I B eternal Ute."—John 3:16. B ■ IHIMAKY TOPIC—The Birth ot ■ I'j’tXloK TOPIC—The Gift of G.,,1 , K 9 Love. I ■ JNTERMEDIATE AND SENIOIt ■ Bti'PlU—*hy Christ Came to Earth. ■ I lut-NG I’EOI’I.E AND ADULT'D I'u' ■ ■_The World's Need of Christ. I I Tim lesson committee has suggest I I ctl alternative lessons for today, nanuI I I.': "The Conversion of Zncihnens” | ■or "God's Gift to the World." Since I I we so rarely get a Christmas lesson I I from the Gospel of John. It Is most I I filling that we avail ourselves of this ■ I opportunity. I I. The Declaration of God (John I I 1:14-18). M 1. By Whom (v. 14) ? The Word. l I I The historic person Jesus Christ Is. I I called the Word of God because He is 1 ■■ ,!ie expression of God to men. The I I eternal God has declared himself in I | Jesus Christ Observe: I (1) That Jesus Christ is a person,' I I separate and distinct from the Father. | I yet there exists an Inseparable union I between them (v. 1). (2) He Is eternal (v. 2). He was i I with God In the beginning. He did I not begin to exist when the heavens ’ i I and the earth were created. He was I before all things (Col. 1:17). (3) He Is God (v. 1). He is not I only a being equal with God but one I in essence with Him. (4) He is the omnipotent Creator I (v 3) by whom were all tilings made, I the world and all things therein. (5) He is the Source of all life I (v. 4). He is the eternal fountain I from which all life has been derived. | All living beings have derived their I life from Him—are dependent upon | Him for the maintenance of life. (6) He is the Light of men (v. 4). ; I The light of reason caniekfiom Him. ! 2. How Made (v. 14). Through gin, man who was made in the like- ' ness and image of God, lost know!B edge and touch with God. The su preme need, therefore, was a tangible bundle, that is, verify with the senses This was done through the Incarnation of the Word. Jesus Christ is not merely a representative of God. but He is absolutely and essentially God. It was the eternal Word who became flesh. In the virgin birth of Christ God became Incorporated with hu inanity. He did not merely become a Jew. He was the "Son of Man.'' His relation Is racial. 3. The Witnesses (vv. 15-17). (1) The Baptist (v. 15). John the Baptist was the herald* of the eternal Word who was the revealer of God (2) John the Evangelist and His Fellow Diseipies (v. 16). Their expe rience of God's grace of salvation was the proof of the coming of God's rep resentatlve. 4. The Need (v. 18). Sinful man was blind, therefore could not perceive God. If man was ever to know God. God must adapt Himself to man's need. 11. The Supreme Reason W'-y God Revealed Himself (John 3:16-21). 1. His Great Love (v. 16). I’ri marily God's boundless affection moved Him to reveal Himself as the Savior of men. Concerning this salvation note: (1) Its origin. "God so loved the world.” It proceeded out of the loving heart of God. (2) Its ground. "He gave His only begotten son.” Man's salvation rests upon the death of Christ. (3) Its recipients. "Whosoever helleveth." That means whosoever In any age, race or clime receives Jesus Christ is saved. (4) H<r>v appropriated. "Belleveth on Him.” This great salvation, which proceeded from the loving heart of God, is offered to whosoever will take it on the simple condition of receiving It. . (5) Its effects. a. It Issue* In eternal life ' ll r ' is the source of life. Those who receive Him are made partakers in that life. Therefore all who are in Christ Fave eternal life. b. It save* from perishing. Those who accept Jesus Christ, are eternally saved. 2. The World's Great Need (vv. 17-21). The world was under condemnation. It was without help tn s.n‘ itself. Christ, the peat Savior and Deliverer, did not come to the world. Its unbelief and rebellion placed it under condemnation, Let Us Shine There are enough gloomy hearts in the world. Let n« shine for the Lord Jesus.—M. G. H. It la Easier It is always easier to discuss the duties of others than to do our own. —John G. Whittier C# o See Gates of When a man stands by faith on th. Bible, he can easil y see the gates heaven.-Wes'err. Christian Advocate.

HEARD confession. 1 : HI ' ***** il * MOk vw mH 1 the REV. C. C. HALL , 1 his picture shows the Rev. C. C. Hall, who testified here during the I trial of the Rev. Highland Mrs. Sweetin that he heard the former confess the slaying of his wife.

Berne Men Planning New Manufacturing Company Berne. Ind.. Dec. 17—A new business firm that will probably be 1 1 known as the Berne Furniture Comi pany is about to be organized it is J said, will be composed of several Berne business men. I The business in which the men are interested is the manufacturing of fancy parts of furniture, such as feet I or legs for chairs, davenports, or j ' parts for other furniture. The big de-' mand for such parts at the Dunbar Furniture Manufacturing Co. has been greatly responsible for the lieginning of the proposed firm. I An immense amount of parts for chairs and davenports are used at the Dunbar plant. These parts heretofore have been made and gotten from a lumber concern at Bluffton, but it is 1 believed that these parts can lie manufactured more economically in Berne. A largo turning lathe has already been pureha ed and installed at the factory building of th'' Berne Lumber Co. The machine will very likely be kept and operated to make parts for Dunbars and for other orders that may be received. | The new company will likely be organized in the near future. | o Prohibition Not Driving Wabash Youths To Drink (United Press Service) Wabash. Ind., Dec. 17. —Despite the pessimists’ assertion that prohibition is driving the youth of the land to drink it isn’t working out that way here. I A Wabash mother who lias done a ittle investsigating of the liquor on

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her own responsibility says there are comparatvlely few flask toters among the younger circles of Wubash. "The situation here is tar better than it Is in some of the college towns where 1 saw boys barely out! ol their 'teens staggering around during some of the fall football games," she said. — o — Harry Heche Asks For New Trial At Bluffton Bluffton, Dec. 17-Harry Heche, of Vera Cruz, who was recently convicted and fine S3O and costs by a jury on a charge of malicious trespass filed against him by Mrs. Mary Weterick, Vera Cruz store owner, Tuesday, through his attorneys, Simmons, Dailey &. Simmons, field a motion for a new trial. In asking for a new trial the mo-

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tion sets out that the verdict was not sustained by evidence among many other reasons cited. —» Peddlers Have Hard Life In Crawfordsville Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 17 —The life of a podller in Crawfordsville these days is a hard one. Four venders of soap were given just ten minutes to get out of town when it was reported that one of their number had insulted a housewife. Since then police are making certain that all peddlers have the proper credentials before they are permitted to start a house to house canvass. o Tipton. — Tedon Purvis, recognized trapper along Mud Creek, In Tipton county, has caught 107 muskrats, 14 skunks, and one mink since Nov.

10. Hartford City. — Mathias Sheldler, owner of the Hartford City Ice plant has been elected commander of the American Legion post here. Lena. — Robert Brattain, 14. lost j lilk thumb and little finger when the

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■———— New York — Strolling homeward along the foot of Old Slip at 3 a. m. John Flaherty saw the form ot a man struggling In the water and (lived to tho rescue. It took two cops to convince him he had gone in after hla own shadow. ■ — "