Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1936 — Page 5

*• SCHOOL LESSON e<|O n for September 13 EfOV JERVSALEM c - s - text — Act* 13 **'**' F . 1 • n 10. . Him" .'J'rvT-For ve, brethren. fJXm; only u« tilled >of , n occasion to >‘ r fut XU love be TOPIC-H 0 * to Settle TOPIC-HOW to Settle a Ht«. -nriTr and Sl'-Nion ITERMEP Christian Living? AND ADULT few "Live «» • Chris“’nh lhe first council at (Acts ID h 3 * l decided $ the Gentiles also hath God L repentance unto life the 5 1 <jd not stay settled, for " ere persistent Judatztng E... who now contended that „ ttoufh 'he Gentiles could be * had to come into the b way of Judaism and K Jewish rite of circumciThis raised the vital and Jamental question of ® Crirf versus Law (Acts 15:1). L, entire future of the gospel ' was in a sense dependthe solution of this problem. Vanity is < he only rcli B ious ET\he world that presents Ration by grace, all others L -he path of works. The * now was, shall works of Ihw be mingled with grace — Christ alone save men. 'j, salvation through Jesus t ist plus something else? How , such a serious question to be grc ■ Should argument and tie be permitted to go on until stronger party prevailed” Bett judgment indicated the desirBltv of I Council Rather Than C ontroBtIW. 2-21). . , . Ewe may be times when it bents the duty of the Christian Ufa- to take an uncompromis|Mr.d for the truth of God and lust to be moved, come what sr But certainly there should ijo such spirit in dealing with |nug interpretations of Scripre on the part of sincere and nest Christian brethren. How icr, would be gained in the sth today if. instead of mag(ynj differences and permitting nocai desires and ambitions to lever- men were willing to sit st in the spirit of Christ around stables of Christian council and gherhood. presided over and acted by the Holy Ghost (see ds 15:281. lie question was honestly and rtuliy considered by the second Beil at Jerusalem, with the reI that there was a II Vindication of the Preachers IM's Grace 'Acts 15:22-29; Gal. 115.10). Alter presenting a plain disavowIrf Otose who hsd troubled them d sub' erted their souls (what a era thing it is to teach error tenting God’s Word!), the Bed being of one accord gave gogn.t:on to Paul and Barnabas linen who had "hazarded their ft for the name of the Lord If man should think more highly Itased than he ought. Humility i < Christian grace which well fc a sinner saved by grace. But bßib'e abounds with admonitions ifcor one another, to recognize b laborer as being worthy of his h to give recognition to those bare over us in the Lord. How Oit since you or your church bhred and encouraged some fed teacher, preacher, ffiissiony w other Christian worker, by p such recognition as the fed at Jerusalem gave to Paul * Barnabas? final decision of the council ”” not only by Paul and Barbut also by a committee RJtrusalem. a gracious gesture |™»ship. Courtesy is not out j“ M ’ n dealing with even such Wt things as controversies on doctrine - in fact it be most in place in such But as a matter of they also sent . J Letter Which Brought ™ ,n y 'Acts 15:23, 31). 5® addressing the Gentiles as "® ren ■’ this letter, which has c "’ll called "the Magna . ’Christian liberty,” reL briefly the history of the ■ disposed of the subverters, Paul and Barnabas, ‘•n without mentioning cir- _ W at all puts upon the Gengrea‘cr burden than the at J things.” And what were unty of nf e> as those who Christian liberty, iJ* 0 Moses need not be kept Found of salvation. They by Srace. But grace tj, J l)e the cloak of careless Im. can liberty in Christ as license to live in set ,ree ir Christ, not k »od si/ S ‘ n ’ but that we may “ »in no more.” - B) at ~r encouragement to ft that L t 0 be able t 0 teU l2tto L^ P , Piness keeps break ‘ Jh— J. jj, B arrie .

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Religious Controversy Not New In The Church Tolerance Won Its First Great Victory In The Days Os The Apostles—The Bitter Strife Over The Inclusiveness Os Christi anitv Once For All Decided.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS Perhaps it Is a slander; but the i belief has been current for gener-! i atiotis that the Puritans of England and America counted it one of the rewards of heaven thfit certain people were shut out, and were to be ment to perdition. Even today, in an era that makes a cult of tolerance there are myriads who nurse to their hearts the satisfactory belief that their church is the only true Church; that their truth is the only truth; that their way is the only Way. Spiritual snobbishness is more prevalent than measles. Bad as that condition is, millions fail to find satisfaction in any of] I these complacent communions, soj Iwe see new denominations being i organized every year. It is a depressing experience tor any ration--1 al person to read even the names <of the more than two hundred 1 Christian sects in the United States. With a mixture of amusement 'and of sadness 1 have heard high' ecclesiastics of the ancient East-' ! ent Orthodox Church allude to Ro-1 man Catholics as “schismatics. " I And extremists among my High' -Church Episcopalian friends grant ’to the rest of Protestantism only i “uncovenanted mercies!" A Bad Old Fashion There is nothing new about this, except that we do not usually re-; sort to force to support our theo- ■ logical beliefs, as was the usage in I the early Christian centuries. The Apostolic Church was not thirty years old before it was torn by strife between the Jewish and Gentile elements. The Jews insisted 1 that salvtion still lay along the old road of Moses. Gentiles said they, ‘ could become true Christians only be being circumcised and conforming to th Mosiac Law. Their ancient pride survived their new birth; salvation was of the Jews only. As we learned in an earlier Les- ! son, Peter was dramatically taught , otherwise. But in the Jewish atmosphere of Jerusalem even he re- , verted somewhat to the Judaizing idea. The Jewish party was as intense and bitter and relentless as a modern group of fighting Fundamentalists. This sort of religious intolerance takes many modern forms. A Canadian dentist acquaintance, who • • » » e * * * « ♦ • «*«*« ♦ « *The Sunday School Lesson for September 13 is The First Christian Council —Acts 15:135: Galatians 2. • • * * « * * * » *•«»«***•

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had been oft at one of the Innum erable “holiness" camp meetings during the Summer, returned minus collar and necktie. Some of the leaders of his sect had insisted that they should all be known as "the tieless." The proof of their orthodoxy was unadorned necks! That is no more absurd than some of the other tests, having literally nothing to do with religion, which we apply to fellow Christians. Intolerance is still one of Satan's chief men-at-arms. A very popular form of theolo ;y is that contained in tffe old rhyme. "God bless me and my wife, My son John and his wife; Us four. No more. Amen." A Big Man In A New Time It is unhealthful to fraternize only with one's own crowd. The deadly disease of "Society." especially abroad, is its Inbreeding. Everybody needs to realize that "There is a world outside the one you know." Nolan Ft. Best used to remark that there was one saying in secular literature that was good enough to be in the Bible—"l am a man, and nothing that is human is alien to me." Those stay-at-home Jewish Christians in Jerusalem needed a broader environment and more vital Christian atmosphere; just as many a pastor would be revitalized by a visit to a rescue mission. Paul, whose missionary labors carried him far afield from the Jerusalem state of mind, learned by definite and heaped-up experiences, that God visited Gentiles with salvation as readily as Jews. The Divine seal of the Holy Spirit was given to the converted heathen as truly as at Pentecost. All the marks of Christian discipleship were borne by these recruits from paganism Who then should deny them the full rights and privileges of the Christian fellowship? It was of momentous importance to the new faith that it should have amongst its leader this big man. with his freedom from provincialism and prejudices. With every right, as a Hebrew of the Hebrews, learned in the law of his fathers, to stand with the strictest of the Jews. Paul became i"he champion of a comprehensive and cosmopolitan Church, where! n Gentiles should have equal rights, and that without conformity to Jewish practices. Controversy And Truth It was a great controversy, and a fine spectacle. For nothing is nobler titan to see sincere men con-

1 tending for what they believe to be the truth. Some simple-minded I mollycoddles, spiritual pacifists, would surrender any convlnctlon rather than contend for it. But 'these early Christian leaders were lof sterner stuff. They disagreed land debated, until truth emerged. Peter and Paul the two outstanding disciples of Jesus in all time, later withstood each other to their faces over this fundamental issue of Judaizing Christianity. When the work of Paul and Bar nabas at Antioch was hindered by these critics and trouble makers (I have seen the same thing in I China, where missionaries of certain peculiar sects ravagTi the flock of Christian converts), they refused to be diverted by the Judaizers Instead, they said, "Let us have a show down. We ll go up to Jerusal'em and demand a decision from I the mother Church and the apostl- ' es." Which they did, Peter, still undjer the influence of his Joppa house top vision, spoke for them. Paul presented the mass of evidence produced by his work. And they won an overwhelming decision from an undivided supreme court. James handed down the verdict that the Judaizers should cease from troubling the Gentile Christians. The charter of a universal Christianity was thus early written. The Apostolic Church decreed that the [ followers of Christ should be freed from all bondage to race or previous creed, and be free men in the Master. This greate debate emerged in real fellowship. As Paul wrote to the Galatians. "James and Cephas and John. . . gave unto me the right Gand of fellowship." Real understanding was achieved. Brethren were not divided. Personal feelings and ambitions were eliminated. The mightiness or their common Gospel and common task submerged all the lesser considerations that divided them They prayed together, as well as debated. lan Maclaren whote in “They argued together; they prayed apart." i But at the historic Jerusalem conn cil all dbate was tempered by worship. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS Accuracy of statement is one of the first elemnts of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood I Tryon Edwards. • ♦ ♦ It seems to me we cannot help longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive -Georg* Eliot. « « • The little worries that we meet each day May lie as stumbling blocks across our way. Or we may make them stepping stones—A. E. Hamilton. • » • Brave actions never want a trumpet.—Old Proverb. • * * He that endureth to the end shall be saved.—Matt. 10:22. » • « A rose to the living is more Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead; In filling love's infinite store, A rose to the living is more, If graciously given betore The hungering spirit is fled A rose to the living is more Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead —Nixon Waterman. » * * Administration muut be •kept up by the novelty that at firs: produced it; and how much soever is given, there must always be the impression that more remains.—Johnson. o lte~~ ; * Many Reunions Scheduled For Summer Months — * Saturday, Sept. 5 Mumina reunion. Franke park. Fort Wayne. Sunday September 6 Annual Hart Reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stephenson, east of Monroeville. Slusser-Gattso Reunion, J. E. Gause Grove, 7 miles south ea«t of Willshire. Roop Annual Reunion, Sun Sat park. Mains Reunion. Sun Set Park. Brown family reunion. Legion Memorial park. Zink and Kuhn Annual Reunion. Sun Set Park, Sept. 6. Schafer and Wilson reunion, SunSet park. Urick annual reunion, Sun Set park, rain or shine. Annual Schnepp and Manlev reunion, Sun Set park. Salem M. E. Homecoming, Salem Nuttman park, near Decatur. Sunday, Sept. 13 Chronieer reunion, Hauna-Nutt-man park. Safe Is a Problem Kemmerer. Wyo. —(UP)—Police were unable to discover how thieves removed a 1.000-pound safe from a country where it was rifled.

Prebyterian Church George O. Walton, minister 9:30 a. in.—Sunday School. W. It. McCoy, superintendent. There will be no morning worship service. Regular services will be resamed next Sunday. Sept. 13. Union service at the Methodist church at 7:30 p. tn. The Rev. Geo. W. Lozier will preach the ser- • mon. o First Evangelical Church George S. Lozier, pastor 9:15 a. m.—Sunday School. Earl Fuhrman, superintendent. 10:10 a. m. — Worship service. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. D. A. Kaley, Indianapolis. 7:30 p. tn. —Union service at the Methodist church. 7:00 p. m. Wednesday—Mid week prayer service. 8:00 p. m. Wednesday—Choir rehearsal. 3:00 p. m. Saturday Mission Band meeting. A group workers' conference will be held in the Fort Wayne Crescent Avenue church on Friday, September 11th. Workers from the local church will attend the meeting. o St. Marys Church First Mass. 7:00 a. m. Childrens Mass, 8:30 a. m. High Mass. 9:45 a. m. Prayer hour Friday evening, 7:30 p. m. o_ _____ Christian Church Kenneth Timmons, pastor. — Bible School, 9:15 a. in. Communion. 10:30 a. in. Sermon. 10:45 a. m. Subject, ."The Master's Ideal." Every one welcome to our church service. Thursday night. 7:30 o'clock Board meeting at church pallor. The committee tor building repairs are: J. E. Anderson. Dorfus Drum. Wm. Kohls. James Kitchen, Elmer Darwatcher. Remember the selection Sundays of this month. Eighth Street United Brethren Rev. Luke Martin, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Gospel message, 10:30 a. m. Program at 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 p. in. —o — Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, minister Church School. 9:15 a. m. Charles Brodbeck, superintendent. Morning worship. 10:30 a. m. Labor Day message by the pastor.

QkSNAPSUOT GUILD? SNATCHING THE SUNBEAMS

HAVE you ever tried to photograph sunbeams? They make beautiful pictures and are witness to your photographic skill. Summer and autumn months are especially good for sunbeam pictures. Often when the weather is threatening rain or has just cleared from a shower you will see these bands of light streaming down from the sky through openings in the clouds. You see them too in country reads shaded by tall trees that spread a canopy of leaves.over the roadway. The beams come down through the openings in the canopy and when the background ot the scene is dark in tone they will be conspicuously outlined. Again in the city streets where there are elevated railroad structures, you often see shafts ot light coming down through the trestles. Sometimes, too, they appear in ravines where a waterfall gives off mist. In each case it means that the air is filled with vapor or dust particles, "the gay motes that people the sunbeams,” as a poet called them, doubtless without thinking that it is these motes that are chiefly responsible for making the sunbeams visible. Os course, for a good picture, sunbeams need a frame or setting, clouds, trees, some of the landscape, objects in the city streets. For this it is usually necessary to expose longer than you would if the sunbeams were not present. This means in most instances a time exposure of about one second and a small stop opening, although a snapshot may do for bands of light sharply outlined against dark clouds, or other dark background. Sometimes these light paths appear during a summer shower, and, if pictured thus, the longer exposure is advisable. However, to give specific instructions tor catching sunbeams on your film is really futile, considering the varying light conditions under

Annual Mission festival at Magley Reformed church. Services 10 a. in., 2 p. m., and 7 p. tn. Monday evening. 7:00 o'clock — Meeting of the official board. Advanced class in Heidelberg catechism Saturdy, 9 a. m. o Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor Divine services in English, 10:30 a. in. Divine services in German, 8:30 a. m. Sunday Schoo land Bible class, •9:30 a. nt. Saturday religious school September 12, 8:30 a. m. All services are held in the school hall. o Nazarene Tabernacle Seventh and Marshall 9:30 Sunday School. 10:30 Morning service. 7:30 Evening service. i A hearty welcome awaits you at the Friendly Church. Paul Brandyberry, Paetor. First Baptist Church Homer J. Aspy, Minister Bible Schoo! 9:30 A. M„ C. E. Bel! Superintendent. Junior Church. 10:30 A. M., Mrs. Frank Young, Superintendent. Morning Worship. 10:30 A. M. At the morning service we shall have as a guest speaker. Rev. Ronlaid E. Rice, assistant pastor of the First Baptist Church of Whiting, Indiana. Following the sermon the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper will i be observed. The last of the Union Protestant S ‘rvices for the summer will be held at 7:30 p. m. Sunday at the Methodist Church. Rev. Geo. Losier will be the speaker. o First M. E. Church 11. R. Carson, pastor Unified service. 9:30 a. m. Dr. E. T. Franklin, superintendent of the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne, will deliver the sermon. i Sunday School, 11:15 a. m. ' I o $7,500,000 Bridge for India I Calcutta (UP) — A contract for | construction of a $7,500,000 bridge ' over the Hooghy River connecting | Calcutta and Howrah has 'been j granted to a British firm. With a i main span of 1,500 feet, the new I ridge will be one of the largest in I the world. Among cantilever bridges it will come third in size to the . | Fourth Bridge (three spans of 1,700 feet) and the Quebec Bridge (1,800 feet). Fruit Jars Used Since 1856 Norwalk. O. (U.R> —A fruit jar purchased in 1856 and now owned by Mrs. R. E. Luttis has been fill.led with fruit each year since that I time and is still unbroken.

!■ • i: IB ft -■- O’ V I w * w Ji '■ •,■ «7 ft sags*. Sunbeams of the early morning. A simple box camera caught them. which they appear. The safest way is to make several shots of the scene at different exposures, remembering that the experience is that in most instances the exposure needs to be longer than as if you were taking the same picture without '.he sunbeams. But when you have captured these elusive but beautiful phenomena of nature in the midst of a setting that is also beautiful, you will have a picture that you will be as proud of as any you have ever taken. JOHN VAN GUILDER

♦ ♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE « < Q. Is it a cause for emharrass I inent when some person's name ' has escaped one for a moment? A. No; everyone has experienced this. A profuse apology would only emphasize one's forgetfullneas. Q. Should the fingers or the fork be used to convey olives and radishes to the mouth? A. The fingers should be used. Q. What does an fait mean, and how is it pronounced? A. It means expert, skillful, well instructed. Pronounce o-fe, o as in no. e as in bet, principal accent on last syllable. o TWENTY YE ARS * AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File Sept. 5 City tax rate for 1917 fixed at $1.76 by city council. This rate is 28 cents higher than this year. Joe Lose elected Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus lodge.

Public Sale I will sell ;tl public auclion on the Hirsehy farm 1 mile south ot Berne, on State Boat! No. 27 on Tuesday, September Sth COMMENCING AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON I—HEAD OF HORSES—I Matched pair Iron Grey Mare Colts, Coming 2 and 3 years old. Will make good pair mares: Bay mare 9 years old. weight 1300; with Sorrel Colt by side. 15—HEAD OF C ATTLE—4S Heifers with first calf by side; 4 year old cow. calf by side; 5 Cows milking good ow; 7 Holstein Heifers: 3 Roan Heifers; 4 Red HeHf-e.-s; 23 Guernsey and Jersey Heifers, all yearlings, raised on the farm. HOGS:—Spotted Sow and 9 pigs; Spotted Sow. fariow by day of ■ale; 3 sows farrow in October; 13 Feeders, weight 90 Ills. each. POULTRY:—IOO White Leghorn pullets. March hatch, extra good. IMPLEMENTS: 2-unit Ford milking Machine; Disc; Corn planter: .1. Deere 12-fmh gang plow; J. D. Riding 14-inch breaking plow'; 2 wagons and ladders; Deering mower. TERMS: —Cash. Anyone desiring credit see Elmer Bumgartner, Bank of Berne, sale clerk. IVAN & WILMA HOUGH, Owners J. A. MISCHAUD, ROY S. JOHNSON—Auctioneers. Public Auction We will sell tit Public Auction al my farm 3 Miles South and 3*j Miles West of Decatur, on WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9th Commencing At 12:00 Noon 13 HEAD OF CATTLE— Roan cow 2 yr. old with call by side; Blue Roan (’ow 2 yr. old; (itiernsey Cow 2 yr. old; Brindle Cow X yr. old; Brindle (’.ow I yr. old; (itiernsey Cow X yr. old; (itiernsey C.ow 3 yr. old; Black Cow 3 yr. old; Ail milking good flow; Roan Heifer Bred; 1 Extra good Yearling I loiters. I HOGS—Duroc Sow w ith Pigs by side; 8 Duroc Feeders 100 lbs. each. * POI’LTRY— S l)oz. Laying Hens; 50 Young Chickens; 3 Ohl Geese and 15 Young Geese. FEED—II aeres of Good Corn in field; 350 Bn. good Oats; 7 ton Extra gottd (’.lover Hay; 5 aeres of good Soy Beans in field; 15 aeres of good Oats Straw loose in Mow ; Some household goods; Small Tools and Many articles too numerous (o mention; New Vega Cream Separator. TERMS—(ash. NOTICE—Our 80 Acre Faj-m is for Sale (Good land and good improvements) can Give Immediate Possession. Come and inspect it at any time. Offered for sale at private sale. Price $6,500.00. For further details see Roy Johnson. Decatur, Ind. BERT and IDA MERRIMAN, Owners ROY JOHNSON —Auctioneer. Ladies Aid Will Have Stand INTERNATIONAL LOMPLILATIDNS , ..-J N. Six weeks of Spanish Civil War has embroiled the world in plots and misgivings. Fervent desires for peace make themselves heard above the thunder of military preparations. Our experienced services takes care of every complication. We bring to each service a personal service of skill and understanding that takes over every responsibility. The cost should net bring perplexity. Each client decided a price that will be within the family’s means. C £ . BLACK FUNCRAL DIRECTOR v PHONE 500 -—

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Canudlan Pacific lltier, Moulie- ! aTi sinTs off Tilbury, oaat of Lou- ■ don. N. Chrtatun named general 1 chairman for the Tom Morahull > iiiei-tiug. Receiver la appointed for the Muncie Normal which owea teachI era back salaries of SII,OOO. Contract to build the Juck bridge awarded to Burk Construction Co, for $6,700. Q Sharpshooter* Aid Farmers Oroville, Cal. — (UP) — The Feather River and Gun Club na.i come to the rescue of the pest-rid-den farmer. They have announced that all farmers sending out SOS's Jon account of crown, and jackrabbit* will have a sharp-shoot-ing crew placed at their disposition immediately. Todate, they boast the death of 776 crows, 1,343 ground squirrels and 2,1117 jackrabbits. o Bees Stump Police Arcadia. Cal. XU.R> The local police just don't know what to do. J. J. Wilson has notified them that bees are eating his grapes and has demanded protection of property.

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