Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1925 — Page 3

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I IwHYGOTO CIIUR( H? I » -What is God's will eoiu crnin;'. tn,. I‘S the supreme question for .so h in ■ Next t! knowing Gods will B IH ,lle iinP°*' tiini ' e ol ' eonsci.-riT hhi p. ■ it when learned. E Blhe Church is the interpreter ~i I s will. Students have agreed hl , B K tutnlamenta) religious prno ,|,. ■ from the Bible. Sit< h pr. a, hint's I found in the Sermon on the E simple pronoun, emeuts n„. I will. I BTo sit through a public service of | with an open mind to ev.-ty | produces some furih.-: ■ 3|.?lation and understanding 01 c. . ; iS 11 ' ■ ■ Then there will be a spiritual deI Most) on the conscience which pro.ln- [■< increased strength ti-.. : I, . I obedience. WHY NOT Go To I ■hI’RCH NEXT SUNDAY? . SI .Hj| — o — VZ.V»VAv»»... x I JI There are no sour Christians. Ea Many a dead man dreams he is alive I I Had habits are more d.tidlv than I I Don't be tied to the post of postI I I How much will you give to be as I as you would like to be?. ■ IB Relieve in the old religion and inI Kent ne w ways of applying it.. I -3 Sunday and Church are joined to I Kether; let no man put th- tn a-mm.-t I H Many a black sheep can be wash- I I ■frliite Whites should beware of soot. | « "Be sure you are right, then go I ■ihead”-and prove it. Ah! that is a I ■different matter. ] 1 The cost of food for thought is not I ■ligb, yet many seem to |>e starving I ■mentally. I I The fact of being in the world I ■should carry with it an obligation to I ■be of some use to the world. I I One hour per day is not too much I ■lime to devote to thinking. Hole I requires the use of the brain I Bs well as the heart. | I “Lazy” is the only word that fits f Bhe fellow who wants something hut I ■frill not take the trouble to go alter I I You may travel through life on the I ■‘eligion inherited from your par-iit-., I ■nit can your children travel far on I Hkhe religion received from you I I Very few of us are willing to walk | evil until we have dressed it up I semi-respectable garments and I ■one our best to make it look other I ■than it really is. I s ° — — — I ]■■———— - - | I Religious News (lathered I I All Around The World I I When completed, the tall tower < ' I ■the Broadway Temple Methodist I Bfcpiscopal church. New York City j Swill be seen from vessels in th'’ I aSparbor. I I The International Association of : ■baily Vacation Bible Schools esti- | ■nates that during the season of 1924 I Hyhere were ten thousand schools ! ■hl parts of the world, with an enrollI > ent °*- a m *Hß>n children. I ■ The Baptist Temple of Rm-hest.-r. I ■k. Y., has taken out an insurance ; Bolley for >IOO,OOO on its pastor. ! BKlinton Wunder. The Church of I jßlhrist in Danbury. Conn., holds a ; Molicy for SIO,OOO on its pastor, W. | Allen. | I A recent survey of religious con- | In Cleveland. O. disclosed • S 3l '' fact that ;iort ' oo ° p pi ' sons w,,ro i ; ISotally unreached. This number I Includes 110)000 children who are r- | leiving no religious instruction. I ■Pilgrim's Progress has been transI I kted into more, languages than any I jther writing except the Bible. There ' |re more than 107 translations of it i but even this is only a small ptopor I ion of the 770 languages and diaNKctx into which the Bible has been | wholly or in part translated. I BThe editor Minutes] ; ftf the Methodist Episcopal church

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noticing that, m ( . a; l )f a N '■ ‘urch In a Florida | the value 0 the cbtlrch prop-rltrnped in a single year from | S lfo $100,000,1 woe the pastor to life the nature I of the expensive •Irovements." only to learn that thelad been no n-‘w construction. an «|e thirtyfold Increase only represeil the rise m the value of lots in 1 locality.” Northwestern Unhlty, Evanston and Chicago, hasfeived gifts of $8,000,00(1 in tli.f st twelve months, most of it tof e buildings on the new campus inßicago. The chief givers were Mrflontgomery Ward. $4,000,000; Mill H Wilson, $600,000; Mrs. Levi MBr. $500,000; Mrs. Ellen M. ThornefßO.OOO; and the Wieboldt Foundal. $500,000. Judge E. H. Gary willfct a building for the law library] -■ 111.. ■ Simultaneous with illnion of the Methodist. Presbyterialnd Congregational churches of ('lda in early June was the merginf the three church papers publishlin Toronto, the Canadian Congregl naliha, the Presbyterian Witness 1 the Christian Guardian. The mil of the new organ will be announl with the first number about Junie. Bishop Anna Wrightfeonard of the Buffalo area of tl Methodist Episcopal church, has llled a con ference of educators (fomists and labor and industrial fers in the interests of citizenshiplSome ques tions to be consideredfre crime prohibition, law enforc]ent. Thf conference will be hel] at Rount Lake Park, Round fe, N. Y twenty miles north ofßbany, Julj 3-5. I

o -B-— Weekly Story (I Early Education In ThlHomes ANSWERING INBLTS Jack impudently snoißtl Charles by not only ignoring hi] at a high school class meeting bu|by making remarks that reflected ] his character. I At first Charles thouA, to be a hero, he would challeng] Jack to meet him at once in th«ym where he would succumb him bvl fight. His second thadght walto answer by making statements inßhich Jack would be reflected uponßs a base scoundrel. But being careful neveijo make a wrong move, he decided > wait for an opportunity when he uld settle the offense honorably, al. if possible, make a friend of . ik. The opportunity came : Sew weeks later when Jack had an mtomobile accident, and was pinned pnder the machine. It was Charles lio released him and after giving first aid. took him home. Never again did Jack insult or snob Char s o— ■— THE QUESTIO> BOX | THE QUESTION BBOX (Semi problems in questi tl form to church editor; answers wili appear in later issue.) * 1, Will you kindly sm ;est good books for young mothers w a feel the I necessity of training for pai nthood. It is a joy to see that the lubject of home-making is claiming s proper place in education. Every here the Church should be doing a [reat ser-

vice for parents. The recently published Guide to Literature of Home and Fai Uy Life , by Annie Isabel Robertsc i, would prove invaluable. Other bool i of value are Elizabeth Harison’s "A Study of Child Nature;” Emille Poulsons ‘‘Love and Law in Child raining 1 l M Soulsby’s "Takes to Mothers;' Jane D. Mill's “The Mothe* Artist ; Patterson Dubios’ “Culture Justice and “Fireside Child Study”; s “Guide Book to Childhood"! and his “Boy Problem”; Cope's ‘Bellgious Education in the Family; Mary Moxcey’s “Girlhood and Character. 2 What are some good missionary Btortes for the Primary department of the Church school? • Little Miss Pine Tree, “0 Hara San's Greeting.” found in Japan >< lul .e Stories, Missionary Education Movement, 150 Fifth Ave., Ne« York City “How Sis and Johnny Helped the Sunday School Man.” Ferris in Young Americans, als > House of Friendship" in the same booy are very excellent stories for the pr maries. station will be erected on the site of the present church of Christ, at Elkhart. Located on three streets, the local _ considered one of the best in city. ■

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1925.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Quarter's Review—for Sunday —une 28. ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON L—What does the Holy Spirit mean to you. in your individual Christian life? ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON 11—-What would we know about the future life if Christ had not taught us?. ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON 111. —Are you conscious of power when you have been much with Jesus? ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON lv.—What evidence did Stephen give that he was "full of the Holy Spirit?” ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON, v.—ls it easier or harder for yonng men to be “a Daniel" then formerly? Why?. ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON vl. —When, if ever, does God make men “hear" without a "preaching?" ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON vll. How largely did the emotional enter into Paul’s conversion ?. ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON Vlll—What evidenced the genuineness of Paul’s conversion? ♦ ♦ ♦ I LESSON lx. —Why were miracles • more called for in the early years of ' the church than later periods, than • today?. ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 LESSON X—What is the most mark- • ed difference between the Jewish re- ‘ ligion and Christianity?

LESSON xL—Why does persecution always help, rather than hinder, the cause of Christ?. ♦ ♦ ♦ I.ESSON xIL—How, in Peter’s own opinion, Was he delivered? ♦ ♦ ♦ CLERICUS SAYS — The Gospel spread at first because of (1) a human factor (consecrated personalities) (2) a causal factor (the right use of circumstances and events;) (3), a divine factor (the help of God gave because of consecrated persoalities, thus using theid opportuities. ♦ ♦ ♦ LESSON PRAYER O make thy Church, dear Saviour, A lamp of purest gold. To bear before the nations Thy true light, as of old. () teach thy wandering pilgrims By this their path to trace, Till, clouds and darkness ended. They see thee face to face. BOOK REVIEW EVERLASTING LIFE by Dr. Wm: Keen, The J. B. Lippincott Co., New

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York, >I.OO. The author believes In God and In evolution. Thousands who have been lost in the fog of disputed dogmatism, will gnd in this hook a flashing beacon of light to lead them to quiet and peace. It brings order out of chaos in Christian thinking.' ■ ■■■ -Q ... .. ..... Holds Old-time Healing Meetings At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind., June 24—(United Press.)—The closing hours of Raymond T. Richey's “old-times" revival and gospel of healing meetings in the great Cadle Tabernacle, thin city, were marked by many notable demonstrations by the hundreds who professed healing of bodily Ills. In the last days of a series of meetings twice prolonged by invitation of Indianapolis citizens and others, hundreds of people flocked to ths tabernacle in the belief that God would work wonders in their wrecked bodies. Among the many testifying in the last hours to definite healing through prayers, were: Mrs. G. D. Minick, Vedersburg, Ind., epileptic for 20 years; George Mueller, Indianapolis, double rupture, heart trouble and dropsy; Edith Gates. Batesville, Ind., heart and complications brought on by motor accident; Mrs. Charlotte A. Meek, New Salem, Ind., high blood pressure and kidney trouble. Mrs. W. Morrison, Bixby, Okla., was declared healed of cancer of the stomach when doctors said she could not live. Conversions for the campaign totaled approximately 3,000. The Richey party is scheduled to open an 18-day revival at Grand Opera house, Terre Haute, Thursday, June 25. O Another Policeman Slain Bv Bandits In Chicago

Chicago, June 24—(United Press) —Several suspects were held today in (he hunt for the bandit-slayer of Patrolman Patrick McGovern, sixth Chicago policeman killed by bandits in three weeks. McGovern was shot down while carrying $4,000 from a North Side movie theater to a bank. Hundreds of persons witnessed the affair but made no move to stop the bandit who fired as McGovern reached for his gun. George Haney, treasurer of the movie house, who was walking with McGovern, was held for questioning. Haney, formerly of Terre Haute, Ind., is acquainted with several suspicious characters, police said. They recalled that the movie theater had been j robbed twice during the past two years. — Brownstown. — Old Aetna hotel built in 1819, is being wrecked at Brownstown.

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London — Capt. Roald Amundsen and bls fellow explorers have return ed safely to King's Bay. Spitzenber gen, but failed to reach the north pole according to reports received here from Oslo. Amundsen's planes, the reports say, peneterated to within 200 miles of the pole. At that point, both planes descended and were “stuck" in the ice. The expedition did not discover any new land, according to the advices reaching here. Germany Alarmed By Rapid Increase Os Army Suicides (United Press Service) Berlin, June 24—Republican Germany is profoundly shocked to learn the extept to which the soldiers in her army are committing suicide. A Reichstag committee which lias been investigating army conditions has disclosed the startling facts that during the period when 187 soldiers died from natural causes, 185 died

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from suicide, or "ambiguous accident." During 1923, no less than 127 soldiers between the ages of twenty and twenty two took their own lives year this number had crept up to the grim total of 160. The vast majority were privates. Most of the suicides followed disciplinary action for petty theft and for being absent without leave. A few could be attributed to love or jealousy According to the spokesman for the War Ministry, the great length of array service—twelve years—is probably u contributing factor. But the Reichstag committee declares roundly that the officers' maltreatment of the men is the big, basic cause and demands, in its report, the drastic revision of the Articles of War governing military discipline and definite Iraprovment In the living con Idtions of the troops. o — Muncie. — A grey eagle, alx feet nine inches was killed by W. J. Smith of Muncie.

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DR. FARABEE DIES ' Noted Anthropologist Dies Os Mysterious Malady With Which He Was Stricken Three Years Ago. Washington, Pa, June 24—Dr. William Curtis Furabeo, 60, noted anthropologist, died in a hospital here today. Three years ago Dr. Faraitee was stricken with a mysterious malady while heading an expedition into the wilds of .South America and since then had fought courageously to overcome the disease. He had submitted to more than 35 blood transfusions in an effort to save his life. _. oMarion. — Thirty-one years ago Marion Ice Company made its first cake of ice and J. M Harris deliver ed it. He is still an employe. - —o More sweet corn arrived. Zimmerman-Carper Co. 14X-2t