Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1937 — Page 5

> SCHOOL ■ esson Inionfor April 11 HL|x Os ■ ■ : ■ IK. ■ ConsN“ c '’ c, ' s ol Si ' r ~.,.: "j’S <-f the Brit ;r. ..- O'* 'rum the M- r which M......... K R.ght ■ ver the o! the rev seal is deeply . man d upon it ■»' »■« Ostic Long ■i'.-e the sing's su- ■ ■ :• ’ •*■' d defined. MT-,- r.i-.tre :< l-ke tht.t brick ■g-- was made in of God. but over the ■ bfj -;v f I'm me likeness ■ has been superimposed the di'figurcn-.ent ' the Devils ■.f ,D E Hart-Davies). --day we saw the heavens r - ■ yes. the en- ... i’V man him- ■,. ■ • 1 ■■ fr m the hand ar.d beh. i 1 it was very ■l,; 3;.. But. sadly enough, it ■t long remain so. for sm ■iMd ... rt.. !;• entered the uni- ■ stt: found its way into the created Adam in his own Ks! and image, gave him “a unt- him." and placed ■L perfect surroundings. He H birr c --' rial employment, ■above ail tire inestimable joy ■privilege ' direct fellowship ■Him. .. ■t because man was not a mere baton—a toy in the hands of a nor being—God gave him the tr of moral choice, the oppor-y-.5 exerc..-< :...- God-given perlity in making that choice. Obece is ::.e und< rly.ng m- ral prinlof the universe. Man was Ban opportunity to obey. The en of Eden was his, but of the of one tree he was not perch tr eat Note that the principle rohibition is a part of God's day we go with Eve and Adam that cataclysmic experience :h we call "the Fall of Man.” s we read in Romans 5:12. "by man sin entered into the world, death by sin; so death passed i all men, for that all have

Temptation i »-v. 1-5). ..' net a cloven.hoofed monwith a forked tail and a IS m his hand. No, indeed, he subtle than anything in B* - We reaa that he is "transinto an angel of light” (II 11 It 1 . His approach in our .s as smooth, and cultured as :r. the garden of Eden. An is the insidious liquor adof our day. Another is —of tn.e man who stands behind or m the professor's and destroys the Christian of young men and women. the five steps in the fall of Listening to a slander aga.nst 'Satan lied about God). ■ Doubting God's Word and God's df we trust God we will obey Looking at that which God has iThe eye will betray us we guard it). Lusting after what God had JBoh.bited 'Compare Genesis 3:6 I John 2:6). Disobedience to God's comSin iv. 6). is deliberate transgression. ' a natural weakness, nor a ne!s' >'■ I: showed itself in its true when it at once reached out dragged down another. We do sin alone for very long. tonsequences (vv. 7-15, also The serpent is cursed. Sin, death and condemnation the world. Sorrow is linked with motherResponsibility and headship is to man. ■ i S , J Th( ’ ground is cursed and the ot labor introduced. Redemption (v. 15). ere we have the first promise of fIH; e ™Ption. and the scarlet thread i ||Hl em P ,lve truth thus runs from , ||W' IS p '"" ; at the Bible's beginning s ver y l as t chapter. Even in ' ?lng the firs* Adam for his sin I I^F 0 promises the coming of the , !■ , cond ; Xdam who is to redeem the !■ ce You are in the family of , |^F e flrst Adam by natural birth; »ave y entered the family of the ! r ' nd Adam b y supernatural reiH . •' Good Rule to Make lake a rule and pray to God to J ° U t 0 keep lt: never - ls P°»‘ to lie down at night without ab , le tns «y. "I have made one . K Pian being happier, or a little taw day.”-Kinpley. '

; (ComeZlo Church Sunday

One Ugly Little Word Tells Whatjls Wrong With World Back In The Garden Os Eden We Find Explanation Os All That Has Put Our Times Out Os .Joint —- Facing Up To The Dread Fact, Os Human Sin. ’

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS '■Spelling bees” are having a new vogue on the radio; but listeners agree that too many of the big test words are not those in common speech. I would like to hear some i of these bright young people compete in definitions, instead of spelling: and the first words 1 would give them would lie "love" and “sin”. Most minds are muddy when it comes to thinking about sin. Indeed. the word is quite out of fashion nowadays. Modern writers pre ter to call it merely "experience." But sin itself is not out of fashion: turn to the other pages of this paper for evidence. Next to love, sin is about the oldest word in human speech. It entered the Garden of Eden and wrecked it; and it has gone on wrecking things ever since; until now many students think that civilization itself is in |>eril. And all because of i that one ugly word, "sin" and what itrepresents. We do not nowadays hear or read much about sin, called by its true name. Nevertheless, sin is daily blighting fair lives, destroying happy homes, causing the collapse of business enterprises, setting class against class, and creating a vogue of moral anarchy. Dig down to the root of any evil tree that is- flourishing in our social life today and you will find I these the hideous serpent of sin. The Crown Upon Man's Brow Freedom to sin is proof of man's divine nature. The capacity for choice is the highest human qual ity, the proof that he was made ill the image of God. The Creator could have made man a mere automaton, without the ability to do wrong; but such a robot could not have borne the likeness of his Cre-: ' ator-Father. It is the divine right of every mortal to go to hell, or to heaven; to be a beast or a saint. Both potentialities exist in every one of us. Within our own deciI sion it lies whether we shall live ■ higher than the beasts. Many men have tried to explain ♦ «»»»»•** **•»• * • , * * *The Sunday School Lesson for April 11 is "The Sin of Adam and Eve.” —Genesis 3: 1-4; 26. »»»»»»•*»;

Pastor Builds His Own Church

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On Sundays the Rev. Elmer Connin occupies the pulpit of Hie Pilgrini church al Sni'ingtielrt. 0.. but on week days he wields a trowel and lays I .ion; lor the nit church he is buildiu# for Lib of 120 He began cunstructiou last tall aud hopes to Lave the job completed ' early this spring.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1937.

■ away this highest perogative of mortals. One school of sociologists lay responsibility for all wrong do-| Ings o upon environment; abolish the slums, they say, and there will be no more crime. Each day's news columns give the He to that fallacy. as they report the follies and the crimes of the rich and privileged. The first sin was committed in a perfect environment. Slums themselves are the fruit of some-' body's sinning; but the important thing says religion, is to take the. slums of the man. Nobody can escape temptation, but temptation is not sin. Nobody t need yield to temptation; the sovereign right of choice is with ev ery one of us. It is the mark of the I crown oi divinity upon every man’s brow. The First Temptation This ancient story of man's first, . sin has always gripped the imagination of little children and of pro-found philosophers, file latter see in It the challenge to God's sovereignty. When the lying tempter enticed the woman to eat the frui of the forbidden tree, he said ' "Ye shall be as God.” That is the subtlest and oldest temptation, and perhaps more prevalent today than ever. Our day’s mood is to edge the Supreme Being off His throne and take His place. We disparage God and exalt man. Denial of God's sovereignty is fraught with vast and varied social consequences. We may need new laws in Washington and Ottawa. and in every other capital; but far more do we need a realization of our relation to God, and of His right to require obedience to His will. Things are sorely out of whack in the world today simply because so many of us have yielded to the first temptation to refuse to let God bq God We shall never get right with one another, as nations, groups and individuals, except as we get right with the Benigh Being who created us to do His will. Liars And Self-Excusers This tragedy in Eden was a sorry tangle of moral defects. Satan lied to Eve (and we could profit- . ably discuss here our easy modern I habit of telling lies, in business 'and in society), and then, in cow lardice, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent; and both triled to excuse themselves by shiftI ing responsibility. "Adam was not

a gentleman!” said an old lady to me. We cannot be very proud' of our first parents. They set a i fashion which has continued: t through the ages, of offering exI ruses instead of compliance. How clever the human race has been in finding ex< uses for its silts and short-comings! All sin has consequences, and involves others beyond the sinner, i Eve could not bear her guilt alone ! nor yet Adatn. Thus early we see I how human lives and destinies are intertangled. “None of us llveth to himself, and none dieth to himI self.” Out of Paradise—Together ' Alongside of my fireside chair hangs a photograph of a compell-1 ing statue that I saw in CopenhagIng together, representing Adam en. It is of two nude figures, clingand Eve as they heard God's voice calling them in the garden. The sculptor conveys vividly the thought that although they had i sinned, although they had offend-: ed God, although they had forfeit,ed paradise, they still had each I other. Their mutual love was inighty, in the hour of their direst need. They had to go forth, but they I would go forth together, the first ' family. This they salvaged from their sin and punishment. One man and I one woman together (our contemporary polygamists get scant com- . fort from God's original idea of a man and his mate) fared forth to) establish a new home. And the home Tias ever since been the best refuge and defense of human lieings against the tempter. So long as Christian homes stand, the world is safe. Let our homes break down, and will lost. For the nearest to a restoration of paradise that man has discovered, throughout the long march of the centuries, is a home wherein God Is the head of the house. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS A mind content both crown and! kingdom is.—Robert Greene. Materialism is, by its very nature. self-destructive, and therefore logically absurd. —William McDougall. * • * He that is down need fear no fall; He that is low no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide. —John Bunyan. » » » It is the pert, superficial think er who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief.—Sir Hum phry Davy. Therefore let us come near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. —Heb. 1:16. * • * With mercy and with judgment My web o ftime'He wove, And aye the dews of sorrow Were lustred by His love; I'll bless the heart that planned When throned where glory dwell eth. In Immanuel's land. —Samuel Rutherford. * • * Imagination is the organ through which the soul within us recognizes a soul without us: the spiritual eye by which the mind perceives and converses with the spiritualities of nature under her material forms. —-Hudson. o First U. B. Church H. W. Franklin, pastor. The Gospel Trio from Fort Wayne Gospel Temple will hold an evangelistic service Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The trio is comI posed of three young men who sing, play musical numbers and preach. Dale Summers, Paul McDowell and Carl Bennett. Public cordially invited. Regular monthly official board meeing at the close of Sunday night service. Young people anniversary at this church this year the 25th of April. Professor J. 11. Gillian of Indiana Central college will be the guest speaker. The officers of the four Christian Endeavor societies will arrange the program. Reception of new members and baptisms at the devotional services Sunday morning. Sunday School, 9:15 a. tu. Glen Hill, superintendent. Morning worship, 10:30 a. in. | Sermon by pastor. Christian Endeavor, 6 p. in. Fort Wayne Gospel Trio, 7 p. m l Bible study Monday evening, 7 ' o'clock at the parsonage. Orchestra practice Wednesday ‘ evening, 6:30 o'clock. Choir practice Friday night, 7:00 o'clock. o Tulip Time Asked Holland. Mich. KU.R) The first inquiry for- information concerning the 1937 TuUp Festival has been , received from Loja. Ecuador, according to sponsors of the annual celebration.

■QIURCHESI Christian Church Kenneth Timmons, pastor Bible School, 9:15 a. m. Communion, 10:30 a. m. Sermon, 10:45 a. m. Subject, “The Resurrection Gospel." Evening service, 7 p. in. Subject, "New Testament Evangelism.” This Sunday marks the end of the church quarter, therefore it will be an all day meeting with basket dinner in church dining ■ room at noon time. I This Sunday also marks the beginning of a week of evangelistic sermons by Rev. Timmons on New | Testament teachings. The public is invited to attend these meetings. 0 Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, minister Church School, 9:15 a. in. J. F. Fruchte, superintendent. Class in adult instruction meets under direction of the minister. Morning worship, 10:30 a. m. Sermon, "The First and the Last." —St. Matt. 20:16. The Girls' choir [will sing. Young People's Society, 6 p. m.l Tuesday, 2:30 p. m. — Women's Missionary society. Wednesday, 7 p. m. — Mid week prayer and Bible study hour. Sunday, April 11, reception of new members. Eighth St. U. B. Church Luke J. Martin, Pastor Sunday School 9:30. Gerald Brodbeck, superintendent. Sermon 10:30, Pastor. Bible Study 6:30 P. M. Junior Christian Endeavor. Miss Gladys Bell in charge. Prayer Meeting Wednesday night lat 7:30. Roe Wynn, class leader. A cordial welcome is extended Ito all of our services. o Methodist Episcopal Church Herman R. Carson, minitster This will be "membership Sunday" in our church and a goodly number of people have indicated their intention of coming into the fellowship of our church on this day. Several baptisms will be administered and those who have small children to baptize are invited to bring them. Services will begin at 9:20 a. m. with the open ; ing of the period of preparation in I the sanctuary, the Children's I Church and the Nursery. The pastor will bring a special

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I message to all who are uniting i with the church during this Easter season His theme will be "To Beginning Christians.” The Treble choir will furnish special music. The regular Church School session will follow immediately after the worship service and the reception of new members under the leadership of W. J. Krick. Dismissal follows at 11:15 a. m. Senior Epworth league will meet at 6 p. m. and the regular evening i worship service at 7 p. m. f A cordial welcome awaits you at I any or all of these services. 1 o Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, Pastor Divine services in English 10:30 a. m. Divine services in German 8:30 a. m. Sunday school and Bible class 9:30 a. m. Meeting of voters' assembly Sunday 2:00 p. in. Monday evening. Sunday sc h o ol teachers meet Adult class Tuesday 7:30 p. m. Senior-Junior Walther League, Wednesday evening. Canvassers meet Thursday even- ; ing 7:30 o'clock. Church of the Nazarene 1 Paul Brandyberry, Pastor ! 9:30 a. m. Sunday school, Harley Ward, superintendent, 10:30 a. m. Morning worship. Se|mon theme: , the Curse of the Church." 6:45 p. m. Young people's service Mrs. Lon Woodrum, Leader. 7:30 p. m. Evangelistic service. Sermon theme: “The Way to Heaven.” 7:30 p. in. Wednesday evening, prayer service. o First Evangelical Church George S. Lozier, minister 9:15 a. m. —Sunday school. Edward Martz, superintendent. I 10:10 a. m. — Worship service. The features of the service include the reception of candidates into church membership, a baptismal service and the registering of financial pledges. 5:00 p. m. —Senior Christian En- , deavvor. 1 6:15 p. m. — Intermediate Chris- • tian Endeavor. s! 7:30 p.m.—Evening service. Ser- • nion theme, "The Old Path.” • 7:30 p. in. Monday — Albright - Brotherhood meeting. 1 7:30 p. m. Tuesday— Official board meeting. i 7:30 p. m. Wednesday—Mid-week s prayer service. 3:00 p. m. Saturday — Mission 1 band meeting.

Presbyterian George O. Walton, Minister 9:30 Sunday School. Mr. W. R. McCoy superintendent. S p eci a 1 music will be brought at this hour. 10:30 Morning worship. The Communion of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated. 6:00 p. m. Young Peoples service. , Study “The Life of St. Paul." The anual congregational meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 7:00 o'clock. All organizations are asked to have their annual reports ready. There will be the election of Elder, trustees, and deacons. The Womans Missionary Society will meet next Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Fred Patterson with Mrs. Glendenning assistant hostess. First Baptist Church Homer J. Aspy, minister 9:30 a. m.—Bible School. Ralph Kenworthy, acting superintendent. 10:30 a. m.—Junior Church. Mrs. Frank Young, superintendent. 10:30 a. m. — Morning worship service. The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be observed at the morning service. The pastor will bring a communion sermon. 7:00 p. m. —Evening service. A happy song service and a message

A TRIBUTE to high ideals Nothing is left undone to provide the utmost in a perfect, dignified service. Nowhere will you find a finer professional personnel, more appropriate or attractive quarters, or more improved, modern equipment. Ail at reasonable cost. Day and Night Service. Lady Attendant. n u black 21 • funcral Director (L/ Z2_ PHONC 500 —-—a

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from God's Word combine to make a Joyous worship service. Wednesday evening at 7:80 the mid-week prayer service will he held at the church. The Men's Brotherhood rally of the Salamonfe association will be held in Decatur Tuesday, April 12. Please keep this date open. ■ -o Church of God Glen E. Marshall, Pastor The Sunday School worship program opens at 9:30 with Manley Irwin, superintendent of the school in charge. Faithful attendance is urged upon every member of the school. At the beginning of this new quarter a resolution should be made by everyone to be present every Sunday during the entire quarter. Morning Worship 9:30. The pastor will speak on the subject "The Living Word." Young Peoples’ Meeting 6:30. Topic for discussion, "Learning to say, ‘Thy will be done'.” Evening Evangelistic service at 7:30. Mid-week prayer service, Wednesday 7:30. Bring Bibles for the Bible study period. Ladies' Missionary Society meets Thursday at the home of Mrs. John Chlicote, 2:00 p. m. o It's Finders Weepers Attleboro, Mass. (U.R) — It was “finders weepers” when James H. Hardy, 24, found a pocketbook containing 822. Because he didn't seek the owner he was given a suspended 15-day jail sentence and ordered to pay sls costs and return the money.