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H UNIFORM [NTIRNATIONAI | I Sunday School I • Lesson ’ IE .. K-I rZWATKK n.D . U*«n ■ : “'~ J > l,lli ’ “ ■ I r *** ,l> * [, * r Vnl ° n ) | ■ Lesson for October 4 ■ PAUL IN ATHENS trss.s-_ n . , * ■’ r 11T% I- Ac “ | ‘Primary t v pic-p»ul t.h. th. ■ i’» u ‘ Proßchc ’ on ■ AND SENIOR TOP- ■ INTr <> 1 ■ , r or All Mankind. ■ , i-t 11-I. and adult Tor- ■ Fulsejdea. of God. B I. The Idolatry of the Athenians | ’’i was the intellectual metropo- ■ ' the world at that time, the home ■ .% e world’s greatest eloquence and ■ nXphy. Paul's spirit was stirred H Within him when he saw the city HB wholly given to Idolatry. ■ 11. Paul Disputing With the Athe- ■ elene (tv. 17-21). ■ iln the Synagogue (v. 17a)- ■ True to his usual custom, he went ■ into the Jewish synagogue and en- ■ tern! Into earnest argument with the H Jews and devout persons. ■ J *o mt> Market Place (vv. 171-21). ■ From the Jews he turned to such ■ a s were found In the market place. ■ Here be came Into touch with the Epl- ■ cureun and Stoic philosopher*, The ■ former were atheistic materialists. B They denied the doctrine of creation, B and gave themselves up to sensual InB diligences sin. - they rejected the Idea ■ of a future Judgment. The latter were I pantheists. When they heard the ■ preaching of Paul they desired to ■ know What new doctrine he preached. U 10 they invited him to the Areopagus I where he might speak to them of Ids B new doctrine. They Inquired as to ■ what this ‘'babbler” might say. Since the Athenians spent their whole time either In telling or hearing some new thing, they were willing to listen to Paul. The word, "babbler" means literally, "seed picker." They conceived Paul to be a globe-trotter who had gathered up seeds of truth here and there over the world, and that he was somewhat like themselves. Interested In talking about that which he knew. 111. Paul’s Address on Mars’ Hill (vv. 22-31). _ 1. The Introduction (vv. 22-23). He did not accuse them of superstition, but as in the Revised Version, he introduces his discourse in a courteous and conciliatory manner, stating that he perceived that they were very religious. This he explains by saying that as he was viewing their city he beheld an altar with an inscription to the unknown god. This was his point of contact. lie proceeded at once to connect it with the idea of the living God, implying that this altar had been erected to Him. 2. Tiie Body of Ills Discourse (w, 24-31). (1) A Declaration Concerning God (v. 24-25). a. He created the material universe (v. 24). This was a direct blow at the philosophy of both the Epicureans and the Stoics. b. His Spirituality and Immensity (vv. 24-25), He is not worshiped with men’s hands as though He needs anything, neither Is He confined by any sort of a religious temple. Being essentially spiritual, He demands heart service, and being transcendent, above all. He is not confined to earthly temples. c. His Active Providence (v. 25). He gives existence, bestows needed gifts, and as sovereign, directs all things. (2) A Declaration Concerning Man (vv. 26-31). a This was a blow at the foolish Athenian pride which supposed that they were superior to all other people. This proposition he proved from their own literature (v. 28). h. Nations have their place by the soverlgn purpose of God (v. 26). c. Men Should Seek God (v. 27). His goodness and grace in supplying al! our needs, and ordering that ’■ven the affairs of the nations should move men to see and seek God. d. The Pressing Obligation to RePent (vv. 30-31). This was his supreme message. IV. Results of Paul’a Preaching (w. 32-34). 1- Some Mocked (v. 32). This is even the case today. Men und women will mock the preacher "ho preaches a judgment to come. 2. Some Procrastinated (v. 82). Many do not mock, but they hesitate to accept and act upon the urgency of tiie message. 3 Some Believed (v. 84). the gospel is preached there are some who believe and are saved. As Men Succeed Men succeed in proportion to the flx•“ty of their views and the Invincibility 1 °f their purpose. If you can find out a man’s quitting point, the place where i e Sives up. turns back, vou can measure him pretty easy.—Marden.

WHY GO TO CHURCH? | p— ——— — ■ i Spiritual poosesaions call for well directed personal efforts just as ma-1 teriul possessions coma by well directed personal efforts. I may be virtually fond of music but if I fail to cultivate my musical tastes I lose my appreciation of good music and will find myself preferring Jazz and ragtime to Wagner and Mozart. I may have a natural liking for Bible reading and religious discussion but the taste for this does not last forever unless I give it something to feed upon. From the poor attendance at many church services there is one natural conclusion, viz: that many have lost :heir appetites for spiritual posseslions, and they have lost this appetite because a well directed personal effort in church attendance and participation ih the church program has tut been maintained. Ou Father spoke of lost souls. The .’act is that buck of it all is lost ap>etite for spiritual things due to a failure of that exercise and effort necissary for soul satisfaction Why not make that necessary effort next Sunday, and wend your way to some church? WHY NOT GO TO liURt il NEXT SUNDAY? o Tribulation may be turned into triumph. ♦ ♦ ♦ Seif-conquest is the greatest of victories. ♦ ♦ ♦ Talk is cheap if it is cheap to talk. + + + Selfishness dims the likeness of God In us. + ♦ ♦ What contribution are you making o the King's business? ♦ ♦ ♦ We cannot always win, but we can ake defeat with a smile. + + + Conceit may be dose-mouthed, but it manages some way to express itself. "" + + + When Christ is made supreme in life, other interests assume the right proportion. ♦ ♦ + The devil takes a back seat when he sees a hypocrite in a front row. —Western Christian Advocate. ♦ ♦ ♦ The only way the Ixird can make some people thankful is to send them hard times. * ♦ ♦ The morning that begins with prayer is more likely to bring an evening hat ends In peace. ♦ ♦ ♦ Before a man can do or create ideal things, he must develop in himself the ideal man. + + + Deliberately walking into temptation tnd praying to be delivered from evil lo not belong together + ♦ ♦ Uncharitable thoughts, if unuttered, may not injure our neighbor, but they cannot fail to poison the mind which entertains them. + + + God never pushes a man into a hole, but when a man who trusts God is pushed into a hole by other men, God changes a hole into a hill. + * + Never tell evil of a man if you do not know it for a certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, "why should I tell it?" o Weekly Story Os Early Education In The Homes ■■ Chauncey M. Depew was interviewed and three pertinent answers to direct. questions relating to success were given. In answer to the question whether all can be successful, Mr. Depew said, “Any man is successful who does well what comes to his hand, and who works to improve himself that he may do better." Tha second question was, “Do you consider that happiness in the successful man consists in reflecting ever what he has done, or what he may do?" “I should say that it consists of both,” was the reply; “no man who has accomplished a great deal could sit down and fold his hands. The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility

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of doing Hometbing. When through with his Individual affairs, a man wants a wider field, and of course, that can only be in public affairs. No one can drop interest in life at the I end." The answer to the important question, “What should be one’s alm when desiring success?" was, "po something worth doing, honestly. Get wealth, if It Is gotten in the course of an honorable public service. I think, however, the best thing to get is the means of doing good and then doing It.” o Religious News Gathered All Around The World "Billy” Sunday is engaged in an evangelistic campaign in Portland, Oregon. Bishop Thomas H. Neeley of the Methodist Episcopal Chtfrch, died on September 4, in Philadelphia. Three of the leading daily papers in Tokyo, Japan, are wholly or in part under Christian control. An international religious congress in the interest of world peace will be held at Geneva, Switzerland, in August, 1928. A $1,500,000 chapel with a seating capacity of 2100 is to be erected at the University of Chicago. The fiftieth anniversary of the India Sunday School Union will be observed in 1926 to be known as the Golden Jubilee. The fiftieth biennial convention of the Lutheran Brotherhood of America is scheduled to be held in Minneapolis October 6,7 and 8. Radio broadcasts the Bible nowadays to thousands of lone'.y places which have no preacher, doing incalculable good. Protestants of Germany are dreading, with cause, an impending shortage in the number of their pastors, the number of Protestant students of theology in German universities being less than half the number normally in residence before the world war. The United States flag flies over the largest leper colony in the world, with nearly 6.900 “colonists.” This is on the Island of Culion in the Philippines. The authorities try to provide as normal a life as possible. School, small industries and recreation are more or less in evidence. A handful of French Sisters and Spanish and Italian padres are devoting their lives to caring for the lepers. The New York Sunday School Association is probably the only one of ts kind that includes in its program <,f activities the broadcasting of dis■ussion of Uniform Sunday School lesions together with talks on religious education. These lessons and talks are broadcast from station WGY on Friday evenings. The schedule for ten-minute talks on religious education include the following leaders: T. lasil Young. Joseph Clark, A. R. Brubacher, George H. Betts, Robert M. lopkins, Hugh S. Magill, Henry Edward Tralle, Hugh Hartshorn, Elizabeth Harris and Frank T. Graves. The following statement as to the gnorance of nineteen hundred Mislouri high school students as to names Mid events in the Bible should not be over looked—land it’s no worse in Missouri than any other state: Sixteen per cent knew neither where Christ was born nor the name of his mother. Seventy per cent did not know what to call the Sermon on the Mount, while sixty per cent did not know what Christ had said about loving one’s neighbor. The first clause of the Lord's Prayer was unknown to twelve per cent, as was the Golden Rule to 65 per cent. o THE QUESTION BOX (Send problems in qtfestion form to Church editor: answers will appear in later issue) 1. How would you plan the closing execises of the Church school? —I would have no closing assembly service for the whole school, but would have the teacher make the last impression, and in all classes in the junior grade and above, let tiie teachers lead the class to attend the church service of worship, 2. Can a school prosper if the teachers ae not Christians? —A school may possibly grow in numbers, but it cannot grow in es ficiency. The purpose of religious education is the development of Chris-

tian character—nothing less. A teach- ( er's efficiency Ih compounded of per- ‘ sonality and technique and of these,. ( personality is by far the more im-I ( [Kirtant. Christianity is caught rather, than taught. In my judgment, he who! is not a Christian should not be per-! mitted to teach In the Sifnday school. It should bo understood thut perfec- , tipn of life Is not required, but attitude or trend of life Ih u fundamental matter. o Comments On The Sunday School Lesson ______ i ' i For October 4. Paul in Athens—Acts: 17-22-34. f Athens needed to be shown that her ( gods were petty deities who could ( never measure up to the conception < of a universal God. So Paul, like a ! minister sent by his conference to a , city where there Ih not a single com- ( municant of his faith, was directed by the Spirit to evangelize the great center of culture and philosophy. Its ( most beautiful statuen and buildings, 'j however, were in honor of heathen gods, a condition that stirred the , . apostle deeply. "In Athens it was easier to find a god than a man." Idolatry in any age and in all its forms I Is hateful; but when we find it among I the intelligent, we can’t help being provoked. We have in our printed text Paul’s Mars Hill sermon. From Mars Hill he 1 , had a wider view of the open places I of the city adorned with temples and i idols. Here he stood face to face with | those who were not of that race that | gave the world Homer, Plato, Socrates,' - Demosthenes, the greatest nations have never rivalled this little handfitl 1 of Greeks in intellectual power. Every word of Paul’s weighed a ton Vs. 22-23—“ Ye men of Athens, in all things I percieve that ye are very religious.” What genius and tact! Instead of ranting about their idolatry t he alludes to their religiousness as evi-, denced by the temples and altars ev-' erywhere, and by his masterful tout h ' gains their sympathy. |' On inscription in particular attracts bis attention, and affords his happy text: “To the unknown God. Whom ye therefore, ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.” "This," says Paul, “is the only worthwhile altar you ! . have raised .and that Unknown God I have come to make clear to you.” |l How many today are erecting altars ' to the Unknown God. They accept the gifts God showers upon all alike, and in some vague way. they realize | there must be a God from whence all good things come, but to them he is yet UNKNOWN. The world today (like the Athenians) erects altars to many gods, but for fear their blessings may be withdrawn they erect an altar in remembrance of the true God, but to them, the Unknown God. | Vs. 24-27 —Papl declares the uselessness of all these beautifully sculptured altars; for the eternal God is creator and all-giver; therefore cannot be con- I fined in a sanctuary. God made man; how then can man make God We are too modest in laying claim to the benefits that Christianity has conferred upon society. One organization and another, all of which root In Christianity and get their sap from it, are credited with having emancipated woman, or elevated childhood, or lifted up labor, and all the rest, but the credit belongs to Christ, who enunciated and made to live the great principle underlying all reforms. Christianity has a right to claim everything in sight, for then it will be acting modestly i Vs. 30-31—Paul “gets down to brass acks." God has been patient and longsuffering with this idolatry and groping" because of your ignorance, but tow he expects repentance. Vs. 32-34—The idea of the resurrection amused some of the Athenians and to others it didn't appeal at all. "Paul wasa’t driven out of Athens—lie was laughed out.” But Christ is aever preached in vain not even in Athens. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION I for Sunday. October 4—-Paul in Athens —Acts 17:22-34. 1. What is the value of Greek literature and art in our life today? I 2. What was wrong with the Greek religion? What was new in Paul’s message? | 3. In what Ways is knowledge of God gained? 4. How far should we agree with others 1 ntrying to convert them to our faith? | 5. What forms of idolatry' in our' American life? 6. Is it better or worse, to worship I "the Unknown God” than no God at | i u

all? Why? Letton Prayer We thank thee that we have knowledge of Thee, thetrue and the living God; we do not worship gods fashioned by man’s hands, but a God of sympathy and love beyond the understanding of manSi mind, and that no temptation, can overtake us but Thou hast provided away of escape. Make us earnest students of thy Word. Bring uh very close to Thee this quarter. May w ehave a fuller knowledge of Thee and be determined to serve Thee more faithfully. In Jesus name. Book Review THE CHURCH OF THE SPIRIT, by Francis Greenwood Peabody, The Macmillan Company, $2.00, is announced by Prof. Peabody as the conclusion of a series of studies concerning tile teaching of the New Testament and its applicability to modern life. What kind of a church will represent spiritual Christianity? What will be the eternal dangers it must encounter? Th external enemies which it must overcome?. How shall the church of the Spirit militant become at last the Church of the Spirit triumphant? Are some of the questions considered? THE HISTORY OF RELIGION IN THE UNITED STAINES, by Prof. Henry K. Rowe, The MacMillan Co., New York City. $1.75.is the first adequately wiitten history of religion. It has heretofore been treated exclusively as a history of the Chucli and from the clerical point of view. The author shows that religion has played no mean part in the malting of this free and democratic nation. o Ruplight School To Hold A Box Social i A box- social will be held at tiie Rupii.ht school building, two and one-half miles north of Magley, Friday Bight, October 2. The public is cordially invited to attend ami enjoy : the evening. Miss Ella Worthman is teacher at the Rupright school. | — o Burk To Attend Meeting At Portland This Evening Avon Biwk, president of the Decatur Industrial Association, will go to Portland this evening to attend a meeting in tiie interest of securing better mail service for Decatur, in view of the fact that the two morning trains on the Pennsylvania railroad hale been dlscontmued. The meeting has been called by Supt. Barry, of tiie G. R. & 1. division of the Pennsylvania railroad and representatives from the towns along the road affected by tiie I change will attend.

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I in this case but tho g.aa company apI pealed to Federal court and was .granted a higher valuation and an Increase. The corimlsHlon Ih now drawI Jug up an order Umt will increase the i pl, ent rates nt least 20 per cent. I The other is the Washington water ■'rate case. ■ n — o - —" Meeting Os Elks Lodge Is Postponed The regular meeting of tho Decatur ''lodge of tiie Benevolent Protective • Order of Elks, which was scheduled 1 for this evening, has been jioHtponed 1 until next Wednesday night at a, 1 o’clock, Fred T. Schurger. exulted rul--1 er, announced this morning. The post--1 i ponenient was due to tho death of I Mrs. Catherine Ehinger, mother of 1 Leo Ehinger, secretary of the local ! lodge. o ‘.PERMANENT WAVE $6 00. For appointment call 774. 231t3 o NOTICE i • Tho man who stole a black and tan hound from No. 8 s-.hool house. MadI Ison township. Alien county, was driv- ’ ing a Ford e.ittp. We have the license 1 number and arrest will follow soon t if the dog is not brought back ami , t his notice paid for. •' 229-3tX O. W. BrownI i . — —o ( Special low prices on good red barn paint. Callow & ’ Kohne. . mt mm ■MT io m mTi mam.