Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1936 — Page 5

Er .j SUNDAY f* , SCHOOL [■•LESSON . IJNDQI’IST. ■. ~ M H Bible institute „ . ~ — for August 2 . MISSIONARY labors K. ■ Philip Ti lls Philip Tells the Ft*! I’IATF. AND SENIOR TOP |kJJ '-E AND ADOI.T TOP. : G Crosses the frontier. . work of every . and primarily l.,yman. Tins duty 11 Li l -'dy or to its otlij| < [J, much to Ci r.il edj e S int—tinp.it limits tot 'mil je Most unexpected " ~•!.,d .'ppmtumties. midst a great . when IX • him to Gaza-a ■ S Who would he meet ■ ■ .- teacher. It ill Respond Immediately to I ftßpn ‘1 s Leading, ivv. 29, 30 ). The „ I’ml.p "ran " The ■ B , bedience. ■ Z ■ inquiring soul, the LA>m al worker, all were L All ■■■ aid have been lost had L- : . to obey. ■lt find I hat Men and Worn- [■ i; dy to Receive the Truth r. i-34). Li : souls, and more are L.g to be saved than we think. It b at Jerusalem, his spiritual k t, fre he went up, or the ling f t e Word, or all these tther, the eunuch was ready. k _ b<:: - schoolmates, trades-. |jle fellow workers—they may I sent Cod’s opportunity for us. I Will f ind That God Honors n by Using 1 hem to Win Others, all alone the t of 'he Alps.” but he i rily do it. Remember of ■■ Lord that wrought a victory. . . : • eded an interpreter ■ T ’4. : K urn God's Word v : u what we do r.> it personally ;t'n the Living Word by d the Written Word . C Id you begin (as Philip) at I. a...h 53:7. and lead a man I : If nut, should you not be- ' ly your Bible with such an ■ « I "Hl "t arry Through" to a I Al i ion ivv. 36. 37). evangelism fa.ls i-.i.ii mere profession—a nth. Tin < r knew that an inward .res itself in an ard and lie was baptized. lll "Hl Iti-I (Ignizi 1 hat the Mi's I - Important. Not the MessenI K iv. 39'. When the work was I Br.e ' .- evangelist was carried I B ■ spirit G I B H..- rkman we set as.de. As I ■ advertising company has wellI Bi I' The purpose of adI ■rt.:. g is to impress the product .. reader's mind, nut the Bedium." - -i .::e testimony to the clTecot Philip's ministry that allie was gone his convert B pit "or. his way rejoicing." His H ptli d.d not rest on the evangelist Bhr ar.y human fellowship—he knew I pd Let us be sure to win souls I | God and not simply to a personal I llegiance to us or to a religious I fganization. I T'liy not be a Philip? Any man I f Woman who knows the Lord I esus Christ as personal Savior can IH winner of souls. It has well I ben said that all that Philip had ■ as "a love for souls, a knowledge B the Word and a sensitiveness to f ’ lading of the Lord. That is all Bt need. If every Christian were a 1 i' the world would be won for Bnrist in ten years.” ■ A " i g the earliest utterances of ■hrist was the commission, “Follow ■“ and 1 will make you fishers of Ben." (Matt. 4:19). Heavenly Gifts ■ Early faithfulness is possible only B y the reception of heavenly gifts. W’ s surely as every leaf that grows B s mainly drawn from heaven and ■teaven s gift, as certainly as every Bytbp of coal that you put on your Bte contains in itself sunbeams that ■«ve been locked up for all these ■bn.enntums that have passed since ■ 'laved green in the forests, so Kna ain ' y d° p s every good deed einM y' n itself gifts from above. And B o man * S pure exce P t b y impartaB F ' Ol! . 81 ever Y good thing, and »“'ty perfect thmg. cometh from ae father of Light.

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Ethiopian In The Desert Finds Scripture Fulfilled Beginnings Os Christian! ty In Africa’s Ancient Nation Due To Labors Os A Layman — An Old Story With New App iications.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS 1 Long before Ethiopia was in the , news, it was in the Bible. I find twenty eight references to Ethiopia in Cru den's Concordance. Best known of all the Bible's allusions to Ethiopia is the incident which ( constitutes the present Lesson. , which millions of persons will , study- the story of the high Ethiopian official, the royal treasurer, who. while studying the Old Testament as he journeyed across the desert toward Gaza, was accosted by a zealous Christian layman, Philip, and introduced to Jesus, and converted. That occasion was historic, for i many reasons. It dates the begin-' ning of Christianity in the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia, which boasts of having been a free Christian naj tion since apotitolle times —'Until subjugated this year by a "Christian" European power. In thousands of Bible classes the discussion will center about the injustice of modern Ethiopia's fate, which the world at large deems a hideous blot upon the shield of civilization. If tile obligations of plain justice are to be disregarded by bo-called "Great Powers" what is likely to lie the effect upon organized society? The Bible And The Times There is no use in any theorist's saying that Bible Classes should disregard current e vent s. and "stick to the simple Gospel." The (dear truth is that the Bible, now as always, is a text-book for pres ent life. Its teachings all directly apply to the conduct of living men ( and nations. The old catechism anIswer is pertinent: "The Scriptures principally teach what man is 'to believe concerning God. and I what duty God requires of man." .Nothing can hinder this Lesson, i assigned long ago. from landing us i plump into the Ethiopia of today. We cannot get away from the Billie's explicit emphasis upon righteousness. Th a t obligation I runs from Genesis to The Revelation. Only as the great problems of our time, and of our individual living, are brought squarely up against the plumb-line of Scripture 'can we either understand or solve them. A Layman To The Fore To get proper hold of our narrative, we must first recall that the : leading figure in it was not an apostle, but a layman. Phillip was a deacon of the Jerusalem Church; and when the persecution which began with Stephen's martyrdom drove many Christians out of the ;city. Phillip went up to Samaria, * * * » » » • * The Sunday School Less- i on for Aug. 2 is: "The Ethiopian's Conversion." —Acts 8:540. »*«»»»»»*

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not to hide, but to preach. We do not know where the other tive deacons had gone. That record awaits > a fuller unfolding, when we shall j "know fully." The Bible is not a full compendium, but ouly a seleig) lion of the words anfl works of God and His saints. The five uure corded deacons aru representative, of that vast majority of Christians whose ministry is never known to the world. Philip went to Samaria of his own accord. The college of apostles did not send him. Probably the anti Samaritan prejudice amongst, ) these Jewish Christians was tool strong to permit such a decision, i At that time, the Jerusalem Church had not yet grown into an understanding ot its cosmopolitan character: it thought ot itself as a Jewish body. This layman was ahead of his times; by no means the only occasion in Christian history when the 1 laity were in advance of the preachers. Even today there are signs that Christian laymen are showing more initiative than the ministry in dealing with living problems. Phillip dared pioneer Samaria; and his telling of the Story won converts So notable was his work that Peter and John visited Samaria to confirm and expand it. Back Tc "The Sticks" As a base ball player is sometimes sent for a season back to "the sticks" or to the bench, so Philip, by highest Authority, was ordered away from his successful service in Samaria, and bidden go down 1 into the desert. What a mysterious demotion that must have seemed to the busy evangelist. But "he arose and w.nt ": that is the kind of unquestioning servant he was. As travellers will recall, the country between Jerusalem and Hebron, and between Hebron and Gaza, is mostly desolate. It is a dreary road to travel, enlivened only by caravans going so Egypt or returning. It was a sore test of Philip's faith. These sands and hillocks and stony mountains were no substitute for the eager throngs of hearers in Samaria. But see! Yonder is a large and impressive caravan, with its central figure riding in a chariot. A i camel caravan's pace is three milI es an hour, and God guided Phillip j afoot, quickly overtook this one. >He soon learned that the dusky notable, who sat reading from a scroll as he rode, was none other than the royal treasurer of Ethiopia. The sonorous words which he read aloud, after the custom of the time and land, were familiar to the evangelist and afforded a tactful opening for a conversation. "Understandest Thou?” i It was the majestic fifty-third [chapter of Isaiah which this Ethii opian proselyte to Judaism was I reading: — "He was led as a sheep to the

slaughter; And as a lumb before his shearer is dumb, So he opeueth not his mouth.” Christians regard this sublime chapter as the best Old Testament portrait of Jesus; but the Jews were blind to It as u picture of their Messiah. Even today, modern scholars call It the description of "the suffering servant,” and 1 some of them deny that it is meant las a likeness of the Christ. But I Phillip knew; so he Inquired, after the conventional courteous preliminaries to a conversation. "Understandest thou what thou readest?" That same question could be ap ■ propriately put to many of us who . ead the Bible today. We recite the stately words as a pious exercise, but miss their living import. Like the Ethiopian, we need some one to guide us. Which calls up a vision of the great and glorious ccmI pany of interpreters of the Scripture throughout the ages, from the early Church fathers down to the millions of present-day Sunday School teachers. What life work of ! privilege it is. to “open the Scriptures" to truth-hungry hearts. "The .New Testament is prefigured in the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is fulfilled in the new." In Isaiah. Phillip found the Saviour for the Ethiopian; so fully. that the treasurer, a practical man. asxed for baptism at once. Thus in the desert, Phillip potentially won a nation for Christ. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS The will must aim at the seemingly impossible.- Bishop Brent. » » * Tlie strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.—Calvin Coolidge. ♦ * ♦ That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank l Creation's blot, creation's blank. Thomas Gibbons. A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. -Chi- . ese Proverb. My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:11*. * « • ■ A haze on the far horizon, the infinite, tender sky, , The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields. And the wild geese sailing high: | And all over upland and lowland The charm of the goldenrod, . Some of us call it Autumn, and others call it God. —W. H. Carruth. I Some day people will learn that material tilings do not bring happi ness. and are of little use in mak [ ing men and women creative and powerful. -Charles P. Steinmetz. o Church of God Glen E. Marshall. Pastor The last Sunday of each month is designatwl as Sunday in this Sunday School. Please remember this as you come to the Sunday School hour this Sunday Tile Sunday school period opens at U:3O, Mr. Manley Irwin, general superintendent. An appropriate missionary worship program wiil be. given in the worship period. Morning Worship hour. l():::o. Message by the pastor. Sermon theme. "Spiritual victory in th midst of present, day problems.” Young Peoples' meeting. 6:30. Evening Evangelistic service. 7:30. In tills service the young people will have a prominent part. SpeciaJ sougs. music and in generial charge of the service. Short miessage by the paster. "The way out of sin." Mid-week prayer service. Wed . 7:30. A service where we pray, sing, discuss itopics of vital interest to the lives of Christian people, read the scriptures and tell of God's goodness and grace This is a (service you wlill enjoy We look forward Io August A special day in the Sunday sehiHil ami chnri h. First Baptist Church Homer J Aspy, minister 9:30 a. m.—-Bible School. ( . E. Bell, superintendent. 10:30 a. m. — Junior Church. Mrs. Frank Young, superintendent 10:30 a. m.— Wor»hip service. The pastor will have a special message for the children during the first part of the morning worship hour. 7:30 p. in. — Union service at the Christian church Rev. C M Prugh of the Reformed church will speak. —The mid week prayer service. Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm Following the prayer service the monthly business meeting of the church will be held.

MURCHESI i t j utn Jehovah's Witnesses The Decatur Company of Jeho- ) vali's witnesses will hold a public meeting for the study of the new lnook Rielles." Sunday 7:bo p. m. .it 122 N. 9th sitreet. St. Marys Church First Maes, 7:00 Childrens Msjss, S:3() Low Mass. 9:45 Flayer Hour Friday eve , 7:3b. oZion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, minister Churdi School. 9:15 a. m. Chas. Brodbeck. superintendent. Morning worship. 10:3D a. in. Sermon, "The Reality of Jesus Christ." St. John 1:11. The Girls , choir will sing. Evening worship in conjunction witli other churches at the Christian church. 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. 2:30 p. m. — Women's Missionary Society. o Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor Divine services in English, 10:30 a. m. Divine services in German. S:3O . a. ni. Sunday school and Bible class, 9:30 a. m Junior Walther League Tuesday evening at the home of Carl Ki udop. No services will be held at this church on Sunday, August 2. The Lutheran Centennial service will be held at the Niblick field " August 2. at 2 p. m. o— Christian Church Kenneth Timmins, Pastor Bible Sell hi! 9:15 ' Communion 10:30. S rmon 10:45. Union evening services will be held at this church at 7:30 with Rev. ('. M. Prugh of tile Zion Reformed church delivering the serI mon. The public is iordially invited to attend these services. First United Brethren Church H. W. Franklin, pastor Indiana Central college mixed quartet wiill sing at Union ('lmpel u B church Monday evening, July 27th at 7:30 o'clock. This will be a fine musical program and members of this church attend. United Brethren national youth I conference will be at Lakesid*

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[July 2s:il. Any one wishing to go see tlie pastor. [ As tlie pastor I wish to eongratu- | late the members and friends of the church for the money raised and donations made for the wint , 1 er supply of coal, already placed in the coal bin. That is good Ims- ' iness. August mil Rev. Earl Hine of : Craigville and the pastor of this i ('hurc)i will exchange pulpits. I Their subjects will be "Tlie Rural I Churches of Our Conference." This ' exchange will take, place in the i morning service. Sunday S< hool, 9:15 a. m. Roy Mumma, superintendent. Morning worship, 10:30 a. m. Sermon by tlie pastor. Christian Endeavors. (>:3o p. m. Evening worship, 7:30 p. m. Sermon by the pastor. Orchestra practice Wednesday 1 evening, 6 o'clock. Bible study Wednesday evening. ' I 6:30 o’clock. Prayer meeting Wednesday eve ning, 7:30 o'clock. Choir practice Wednesday eve[ning, 8:30 o'clock. Eighth Street United Brethren Rev. Luke Martin. Pastor Sundax School at 9:30 A. M. Thomas Dagtie Superintendent G spel mi -sage at 10:30 A. M. ' Christian Endeavor at 7:00 P- M. ! FoPoW'd by regular church terPrayer meeting at 7:30 P. M. Frank Johnston class leader. Boys and girLs Bible study Friday evening 7 P. M. You are Welcome. Come. i First Church of the Nazarene Paul Brandyberry. pastor 9 30 a. m Sunday School. lu:3o a. m. Morning service. Theme. "What Holiness Is and What It Is Not." 7:30 p. m. Evening service. Theme, "God's Cure For Sin.” A friendly w.-lcome to the friendly church in a friendly city. o First M. E. Church if. It. Carson, minister > 9:20 a. m. Period of prepara i ion for public worship. Opening of tin Nursery and Children's :hurch. "Jo .i tn. Worship service®. Tlie pastor will bring tile final serI mon address in connection witli I Decatilt s Centennial. His subject . will be, "The Church in Adams I County," a study of the origin and 1 growth of the various denominations represented in Adams couni ty and the history of the various Methodist Episcopal churches in

i the county. The Girls chorus, un-1 der the direction of Miss Helen ■ Haubold will furnish special music. 10:30 a. m. Church School I 'classes and departments meet, tm-j der the supervision of Walter I Krick. Adjournment follows at ' -11:15 a. m. 7:30 p. m. Union services at lithe Christian church. Q . I First Evangelical Church I George S. Lozier, pastor : 9:15 a. m. Church School. Earl Fuhrman, superintendent. ■ 10:10 a m. Worship service. Sermon theme: "Is Christianity Bankrupt?" 7:30 p. m. Union service at the) Christian church. 7:00 p. in. Wednesday Prayer! meeting. Special features. Come. ' Presbyterian Church George O. Walton, minister 9:30 a. m Sunday School. W. R. McCoy, superintendent. ■■ 10:30 a. m. — Morning worship. i Sermon by Rev. Walton. 7:30 p. m Union service at the i i Christian church. Feet Binding Attacked Dairea. Mancliukuo (U.R) A

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new move to stamp out the practice of bound feet for Chine, e women lias been made in Shantung Province, where authorities de creed that after 19.16 no women who had bound their feet would lie permitted to marry. * RURAL ( 111-RCHES * St. Paul Christian Union Rev. L. L. Young, pastor. ) Sabbath School, 9:30 a. m. E. i Hawkins, superintendent. Cliristian Endeavor. 7 p. m. Preaching service, 7:30 p. m. Subject. "Fools Make ,i Mock at Sin. Prov. 1 1-9. We welcome you to attend all these services. - o - Decatur M. E. Circuit J. W. Reynolds, pastor. Mt. Pleasant Church School, 9.30 a. m. Beulah Church School, 9:30 a. m. Pleasant Valley I Preaching. 9:30 a. m. Church School. 10:3o a. in. Washington Church School, 9:30 a. m. Preaching, 10:40 a. in. i ■ Blind Athlete Track Star i.’oi.M . Ida (UP) Arehit Lowe, I blind College of Idaho weight man, I was one of the outstanding niemlers of the track and field team at I his college. He put the shot more Lilian 40 lee; consisf atly.