Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1925 — Page 3

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WHY GO TO CHURCH? 1 ~~ i John R- Mott Haya, "The absence f religious meditations accounts for e things whicJ ought to cause us !° r 1 alarm. Too much professional- ( * among Christian workers; too !uch formalism amoung lhe rank ami l “ of Christians; too much superleiality ln ’h" r * l,Bio,ls ,tte ° r mu, ‘ .'m'.fes of church members—these re the outcome of such a situation.” 8 T he church public service of wor- . is the special hour for meditation—a special privilege to correct, the heart life against professionalism 0 be enriched with that Christian liberty which blasts mere formalism, to purify ,hP religious motive that -ill climate superflciate. i Cromwell said. “He who stops beroining better, stops being good.” WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY? — onogi-ams prove yourself manly by disapproving of wrong. ♦ ♦ ♦ An angry word is hotter unsaid, still better unthought. ♦ ♦ ♦ Tomorrow’s “best” ought to he better than today's best. ♦ ♦ ♦ The reason why so many fail is because they say, “It is good enough" ♦ ♦ ♦ Life should be a problem in addi-tion-adding virtues to self -and joy to others. ♦ ♦ ♦ We may mount up as eagles and run sometimes, but walking is the ordinary way for Christians. ♦ + ♦ Christ’s command was. “Follow me." His people have never been asked to shape a good life without a | pattern. ♦ ♦ ♦ Many a man never knows what life I is because he has never tasted any more of it than a sample. ♦ ♦ ♦ The hall marks of a small mind are a spirit of jealousy and suspicion and carping criticism. ♦ ♦ ♦ Many people are so intent on getting what they call their rights that they forget their duties and responsibilities. ♦ ♦ ♦ A drop of oil will make the creaking hinge work smoothly. A word of kindly appreciation will often change the complained-of task into willing service. ♦ ♦ ♦ Worry removes no evil, makes no path clear, lifts no burden, does no good anywhere to anyone. To say that it is impossible to help it is to put God out of the question. ♦ * + Wealth reveals ( what three is in a man. It. lifts the lid and gives what is in him a chance to come out. If the bad comes to the surface, it is because it was there and was only waiting for a chance to express itself—Henry Ford. ♦ ♦ ♦ Life is a better commentary on the practical sides of the Bible than anything else. You do not need so much to ask what is the construction of a sentence as to go out and take your book in your ha nil and see if these things are so.—Beecher. ♦ ♦ ♦ Hinges are seemingly a very small part of the building material for a house, but on the insignificant hinges may swing large and important doors. It is the same in the great building of life, and on many | actions that appear trivial hang ini-, portant consequences. Human wisdom cannot foresee the outcome, but true wisdom will learn to ask God's guidance in all its doings and decid Ings. _o — THE QUESTION BOX (Send problems in question form' to Church editor; answers will appear in later issue.) L How can I get teen-age girls to lake part in lesson discussion? Relate the lesson to the life problems of your girls; consider with the girls the vocations for them, and seek to show them the paths of Christian duty. Enter into the plea I sures of girls as far as it can be done consistently and make this a point ftf contact for religious instruction. I What plans have you to sugkest for preventing the "Summer Slump?"

I A similar question was recently * tnswered in these columns in , tton to what we stated then, permit us to give the unique series of wor- 1 ship vertices held last summer in 1 the Riverside Methodist Episcopal ' school of Dayton, Ohio. / For July 6—a patriotic service was ' theld; Hymn Sunday whs observed July 13, the pastor in charge—familiar hymns were selected, stories of ' their origin told, then the hymn was , illustrated with pictures while being sung; July 20 was Radio Sunday—when a receiving set and loud speaker were installed in the assembly room,, and the school listened in to the Sunday school service presented by the Sunday school editorial staff of The AMhodist Book Concern, Cincinnati. "Ages of Life in Song" was the subject of the program for the , last Sunday in July, a pupil from , each department singing a song most representative of the ages included in that department. • On August 3 the Epworth League young people put on a play portraying Christian work in • India. On August 10 emphasis was ; placed on the work done by notable , heroes in scientific and medical fields under the supervision of the 'young people’s department. On Aug- . ust 17. a sketch entitled ■’Which Patriotism" was featured. “Education" was the theme for August 24. when college students of the school i put on a program emphasizing the values of a college education both to . individuals and to society. The series closed with an open-air service in charge of the adult classes — | , “The Officer.” , o Weekly Story Os Early Education In The Homes i , “Martha, ]et me sew that for it takes you so long—and I can do it ' better." said a mother to her daughr ter who wanted to try her hand in ( doing what older girls did. L Os course, Martha could not do it ‘ as well as her mother nor as quickly, hut she wanted to learn without be- , ing commanded. She did not like Qie , program of having to be told just I what to do and how to do it. and so she demurred by saying. “O mother. I J want to do something that I want ( to do—just let me try.” . “No, I told you to let me sew this — you go and dry the dishes, you can do that better.” Now of all things , Martha hated it was drying dishes, but. having been commanded, she obeyed. ! Her instinct for sewing not being . satisfied when it was ripe decreased , and there come a time when older ‘ that she did not care to sew. and , then it was that her mother said. • Martha, you are old enough now to 'sew. and I want) you to do this.” ( “I do not like to sew, mother—l ( would rather paint chinar.” was the , reply; but having been commanded. ( she obeyed and performed an unlika- ' ble task. Life to Martha was one continuous series of disappointments because there was never allowed any iniative or self-expression. Life to , her lost something of its .charm. o t ; Religious News Gathered All Around The World ‘ The total value of church buildings in the United States is $7,000. 000,000. I+ + + ’ There are 30,000 churches into. 000 villiages of the country without 1 regular ministers. 4> 4- + There are more than fifty million “untouchables" in India, to speak to ' whom is to lose one's caste. I+ * + 1 New York City has a Jewish population of 1,500,000— greater by a million ’ than the Jewish population of any other American city. + 4- + After 100 years of missionary effort the Christian population of the nonChristian world has increased tens But inti the meantime the population has doubled. 4« + + During the 19th century the population of the world grew from 640,000 j 000 to 1.600.000,00. It is increasing at the rate of 20.000.000 a year during this century. + + + Since the Gideons placed their first Bible in a little hotel in Montana sixteen years ago, the total number placi ed in hotels all over the United States is now six hundred thousand. 4* 4* i The Weslyati Men’s clasp in Norfolk Va last year obtained employment for 745 men. moved ten families, and provided railroad transportation lor

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•• The class spent $7,152 for others. ♦ ♦ ♦ l>r. Cornelius Woelfkln, forty years pastor of Bark Avenue Baptist Church I New York City, has resigned to take effpet January |, 1926. Dr. Emerson I Fosdlck has accepted a call to succeed him. , ♦ ♦ ♦ The United states survey report Indicates that there are mote foreign students in the colleges oT the United States than in any other country of the world -8,000 in too colleges with ti.ooo more in secondary schools. 4» ♦ + The world’s religious faiths on the per eentage basis is Coufueianists 18 per cent, Roman Catholics—l 6 per cent, Mohammedans 13 per cent Hindus 12 per cent, Protestant Christians 10 per cent, Buddhists 8 per cent, all others 23 per cent. ♦ ♦ + The Angelican church of England is alarmed at the decrease of 5,000 clergy in twenty years. In London it .is estimated that there are 44,000 lapsed communists. The decrease in the Sunday school enrollment the last ten years is 65,000. ♦ ♦ ♦ Dr. Glenn Frank who lias been ed-itor-in-chief of the Christian Century since 1921 becomes president of Wisconsin University, succeeding Dr. Edward Birge. The new college head Is 38 and will be one of th® youngest university heads In the United States. —,—o- L QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION I 1. Why are all men suited by the same gospel? 2. From what source arise divisions between men? 3. Ho w is the church today a respector of persons? 4. What relation had God’s breaking down of Peter's spirit of exclusiveness to the work of foreign missions? 5. What are some of the dangers and evils c f religious controversey? What can bo done to broaden the brotherhood of the modern church? When Dr. E. B. Lytle. Methodist pastor for tweleve years in Burlin game, Calif., was buried, the services was attended by all the religious faiths in the comunity. Just before | the close of the service the Catholic . priest, Rev. Janies A. Grant, was chosen to slip out and hasten away. Some , did not understand why he had left; but as the pallbearers took the cas- , ket out of the church door, the Catholic bell began to toll, and the Catho- . lie priest had left the service to toll it. Peter would not have left his service to toll the bell for a Roman cen- , turian until God let down a mindstretcher from heaven. There are many ways in which we modern Chris- , tians need this stretching before we can really he the children of God. We . need stretching internationally as well as denominationally .

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LESSON PRAYER Like Peter, deur Father, muy we get today a very clear vision of the brotherhood of man and the father-1 hood of God and may we press for- j ward under the standard. "The World for Christ." In the name of Thy dear Son who was far reaching enough to include all who needed a Saviour we pray, Amen. ♦ ♦ ♦ BOOK REVIEW PROJECTS IN WORLD FRIENDSHIP- -by John I/tblngler, The 1 University of Chicago Press, $1.25 is based upon the conviction that children and young people can effectively help such causes as social services, Chris- ■ tian missions and World Peace by engaging in friendly and helpful en- 1 terprises for them. It includes a re-, cord of various projects in world friendship by pupils of different age groups. ♦ ♦ ♦ A dictionary of ai ntetaoinoaa a A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, by John D Davis, Westminster Press, Witherspoon Bldg., Philadelphia, $4.00 is the ..one consistently 'conservative dictionary of the Bible of moderate compass and fully abreast of modern scholarship before the public. o— Church Conference In Session At Winona Lake Winona Igike, Ind., June 3—(United press)—Fully 25,000 persons are expected to lie in attendance at Hie annual national conference of the Church of tlie Brethren which convened June 1 and K which will continue over June 12. About 10,000 persons were on hand for tlie opening sessions and every train is bringing hundreds of other delegates. This year thousands of persons are making the trip to Winona Lake to attqnd the conference by automobile and thousands of machines are now parked on the grounds. — o Purdue To Offer Course In Study Os Libraries • —————— Lafayette, Ind., June 3— (United Press) — A library for teachers is among the innovations which will he introduced at the 1925 summer school course at Purdue university which opens June JI and will continue August 12. The new type of work will emphasize the teacher's use and appreciation of books. It will include a study of the equipment of the school library and its relations of its work to the school schedule. The direction of the pupil’s reading, whether re quired, supplementary of voluntary and the selection of books will also be included in the course. Tlie work will contain lectures, quizzes, demonstrations and practical work in the Purdue library. Prof. W. M. Hepburn, librarian, Purdue, and Miss Della F. Northey, Indianapolis, supervisor of

I 11 " r school librarians, Indiana Public Lib- | rary commission will supervise the , work. evangelical” PASTORS MEET Meeting Os Pastors Os Fort Wayne District Being Held Ai Berne A two-day conference of tlie mln latent qf the Fort Wayne district of the Evangelical church, opened at Berne yesterday afternoon. A large | number of ministers and their wives ■ tire attending the conference, whicli is being held in the Evangelical church at Berne The conference will close this evening. I The Rev. A. E. Hangen, associate ( editor of the "Evangelical Messeng- _ er” was on the program to deliver | the principal address., Other speakers on the program included the Rev. R. W. Loose, of Decatur, whose subject was "Tlie Pastor's’ Relation to Ihe Modern Program of Religious Education;” the Rev. L. E. Smith, of ( Huntington. whose subject was j "The Pastor and Church Finance;" ' the Rev. B. Et Koenig, whose subject | was "Ministerial Courtesy Toward One Another;” and the Rev. F. C ' ' Berger, presiding elder of the Fort I Wayne district, whose subject was, "Tlie Pastor’s Week Day Program " o • Women’s Clubs To Aid In Preserving World Peace ‘ West Baden, Ind., June 3—(United ■ Press) —The biennial council of th« • General Federation of Women's 'Clubs today was pledged to give Its • lull support toward preservation ol wot id peace. I "The women of America in this 7 generation cannot escape from theh r share of responsibility in the work t< ■ preserve thq peace of the world,’ i declared Mrs. John D. Sherman, ol - Deifver, Col., federation president, it < offering a peace creed adopted by thv council late yesterday. "The world can be saved from an other war if we go about Hie task ol | preserving peace rationally and with s full understanding of the rights ol leach nation.” Development of a peace charactei |in nations as well as in individuals , and the application of law instead ol

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■ force in the settlement of Internai tlonal disputes were recommended ui the peace creed. Oppose Proposed Dance Hall At Winona Lake 1 WursaNv, Ind , June 3 — (United I I Press) Owners of property Warsaw and Winona Luke are up in ! arms against the proposed establishment of u dance bull on land midway |

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between the two towns. C. H Bennett Warsaw, representing the property said that if the city authorities did not bead off the proposed establishment of the hall that the property owners would take the matter into their own hands. LOGANSPORT—L. 8. Rfhard, lx> gansport agent for the Pennsylvania railroad nas announced plans for a new $37,500 depot for Logansport. , ■ —i „