Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1937 — Page 5

_ —— | ■SfSUNDAY »J SCHOOL, '■LESSON ■=■ i Nr»»P-l* r Vnton. - 1 Kesson for April 25 S., 081 Oil N( I OF NOAH <> od concernin* not |^K ( e> - Kodly , fe y K. „■ ■> ' ' " MVl:,k ' vt |^K VV \ Meaning i,f , - |9 - 1 Nii 1 : - Plan ■K x ■■ ■ '' ■ ■ H 'O> : . a!:-. -of '' p world. the ot (gin ■>■> .-•••-- p . f sin into the ■K‘,'3 G -i >• J M-tti.e: t upon ■ 1 we find ti e brother whose .•’•■ "S pleased God it is t'n.T man has it in expose by their g xily life. d.vs himself with-MK*-,v :>•■ -<- .:: ti.i' earth. The - g Seth appears ../ those who have '■jKK: ■■ ■. ■ kr oto the Adver--I|K .. • ['.-seated - ' .th in God re :r. recent census. nn again lifts its ugly head long God > s driven to the w-ijr-ent upon manterrific indictment ; .. Genesis 6 5-7. It is |K at the heart of man from God's grace is "des’Jer. 17.91. Well a c r <ry writer say .. psychology has the dismal and sinister is i’;.:-:.i' r..ture. Man can flee from reality into refuge of his own -•- heart has beK.- . :' horrors in whose n cannot erect his solace cither a shrine or Mun is bad; he is a sinThe depths of his meanness '. •') a ghastly way life in those n porr.ry ring is aa old biblical ■ a tremendous ar- -■:• ' ' ■ human nature is pr i gue in Romans 1" Gid sent a flood upon the to be fashionable to the st. ry of the flood, but r.ed hands with and h to agree with Th. f.,cts are available; us use them. m'-■: X■' i grace m the eyes .o ', i repared an ark M's c ir.d. Here again it be •rated that the ark Rsr.T.v large to meet of Noah and all his family, - It ,s significant :.s of the ark were f a veil-planned boat. God Bcsb w ' b:::!d. and man does to obey his instructions. rain can .', the fountains of dem were opened, and al! the peris 1 except those within ark. What an instructive type safety in Christ is the ark! ':;r !"-■ n concerns primarir: ■ ermrrod after Noah came from me ark and presented before God. MI An Obedient Man (8:20-22). To bes re God with acceptworship, man must come with hands. The question is not ■rtiether he is brilliant, learned, or high position. The one thing that is obedience. When such a offers the worship of his heart God. it goes up to him like sweet savor. ■^J 1 A Covenant-Keeping God <9:B- - rainbow' in the cloud a token of God’s promise, ■•oti the visible assurance to “all ■“sh' that the judgment of the flood ■»i- not be repeated. Never again SM( i lune and harvest, nor any ■“ the orderly processes of nature, the whole earth. ■ What a gracious God we have! a pity that men presume ■™ his goodness. Because he ■ hwketh his sun to rise on the evil ■m ° n the gr><x E ant ’ SPndeth ra ‘ n the just and on the unjust" ■th < 5 <5) ’ rnen not on ' y f° r ß"t ■, ’ he is the giver of all things. ■» i ” s , ume ’hat they may sin ■ ?“rst hirn with impunity. Let us ■ «mind them that it is the clear ■ wemng of Scripture that “every ■ ’sofus shall give account of him ■ reJtoGod" (Rom. 14:12). ■nt Gw >’s Many ■ „ ’ t* l * drops of a lustre, which ■th eC * a rain t) ow of colors when B e , ! ' un is Slit'.ering upon them, and ■ v- 1 . ° ne ' Wl "‘ en turned in different ■ n, from its prismatic form, ■ th° US a " var > e ties of color, so ■ r mercy of God is one and yet ■ , dl ’y, the same yet ever changing. ■ of all the beau'ies I ;«(v° Ve blended harmoniously to- ■ iether.-Spurgeon,

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Flood Story Corroborated By Archaeologist’s Find — Eleven-Foot Layer Os Silt Discovered Be-! neath Ur Os Chaldees — Do Natural Disasters Have A Moral Meaning? — A Traveller’s Musings At Mount Ararat.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS When I visited Ur of the Caldees, in lower Mesopotamia, and trod the streets of the old city, which had been excavated to the level of Abraham's time. I revelled in the sights of uncovered antiquity. But 1 did not dream of a forthcoming “find'' greater than any yet made. latter I heard about It from the lips of Major Woolley, the orchaeologist in charge of the excavations which the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum ure jointly conducting. This report was a staggering tribute to the credibility of the earliest chapters of Genesis. After Major Woolley s workmen had dug down to what his discoveries proved to be the level of 4()(M) B. C.. he came to clear soil. and. he thought, to the primal foundation of the ancient city of Ur. But it was strange soil, alluvial in character. So he dug on and on. foot after foot. Alfter going through eleven feet of this river silt, he came to the ruins of a still earlier Ur. At about the same time, the archaeologists at Kish, many miles up the valley, reported the discovery of a similar deposit. Major Wooley asserted that this vast level of alluvial soil proves that, some time back of 4000 years before Christ, there had been an Inundation of the land of such proportions as to exceed anything known since the story of the deluge. The recent Ohio river flood has left a muddy scum upon wide areas —but eleven feet, consistent-, ly distributed staggers the imagination. Here according to Major Woolley, the scientist, is proof that at least the ancient world which had its seat in the Mesopotamian valley, had once undergone a flood of the proportions associated with the story of Noah. Memories Os Ararat In a day wherein it is popular to pooh-pooh the early Genesis rec-' «»*»»**** »»*»»«*** ♦The Sunday School Lesson for April 25 is "The Oberience of Noah,”—Genesis 5:28-9:28. »»•••»***

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fords as late legends and fables, it 'is arresting to have such demonstrable evidence of the deluge. It is known, also, that all the ancient : peoples — Babylonians. Indianas and Chinese —have traditions of a flood that engulfed the world, i There are several narratives of . this extant in the cuneiform inscriptions. So we are dealing with history in this Lesson upon Noah, as well as with a moral teaching. One old branch of the Christian ■ Church, the Gregorian or Armen- . ian, to this day enshrines the mem- , ‘ory of Ararat in their ecclesiastical architecture The Americans ' call themselves “the people of Ararat,” and the hoods of their priests, and the tops of their chur- . ches, are shaped in the form of i the mountain of the flood. Mt. Ararat is situated where Turkey and Persia meet, near the Russian border. I lived under its shadow for weeks. Day after day. especially at sunset, I used to watch the indescrtble glory of these eter- , nally snow-covered peaks. Ararat and Little Ararat. 1 mused upon , the persistence of the harried na- . tion which has its center at Ararat. And imagination played over the story of the Ark and the flood that had come to a climax here. Surely, there is a moral meaning , preme Being whom the Scriptures to history, if God be at all the Suportray. Our Modern Disasters I am far from being one of those susceptible persons who interpret , every recent event as a fulfillment of some particular passage in the Bible. But I found myself in a- . greement with the man I heard say to another, during the worst ( of the Ohio-Mississippi flood. “The Almighty is surely saying somei thing to these times by these unprecedented floods, blizzards, • droughts and dust storms." I God is not indifferent to man; , indeed, man is His supreme conJcern in creation. As it is was in the days of Noah, so it is now; heaven is grieved by earth's departure from the moral standards i which are eternal, however much I the world's standards may change, from generation to generation. Departure from God's explicit will, defiance of His laws, and a disdain of His character and authority, j cannot always be tolerated by the

for different seeing requirements. Many of them use the new threelight bulbs, which give three different amounts of light from one bulb, as successive turns of the switch. When the fixture has a glass bowl, like the one shown in the accompanying illustration, most of the light Is sent to the table (where it belongs!), while the other parts of the room are softly and subtly lighted. Fixtures of this type please the lighting whims of both the hoatess, who likes to include lighted candles in the table setting, and the host wbo dislikes dimness. If your dining room has one of the older type of candle-unit fixtures, you can modernize it and make it more attractive by replacing amber, flame-shaped bulbs with 40-watt Inside-frosted lamps, and shielding them with parchment shades of the slip-on variety. These shades are pleasing in appearance, and at the same time, banish glare and solten the light tor dmiug.

patient Lord, of all. Human society, in its present' ferment, should hear the voice of f Providence, calling men to repentance, reverance and righteousi ness. Our runaway world needs j one thing supremely—God, Who as I surely governs the universe as He ’ did in the days of Noah. This Les- . son, which millions will study, is a clear call to obedience. The Man Who Was Laughed At Noah embodies the problem of a good man in bad times. What should he, an insignificant minority. do about it? Should he conform. and follow the fashions of his day? Or should he stand up for his ideals, though he stand alone? i Noah's decision was to stand! with God for righteousness. His i soul had a clear vision of what' was right. So he was content to be “peculiar.” He was laughed at, I scoffed at and in every way derided. He had heard the command to build an ark of safety; and during the long years of its construction he was the town joke. Even his . carpenters made fun of him among I themselves (And, as has often . been pointed out, those carpen- , ters, despite their part in a good work, were among the doomed). It was a case of public opinion versus God's word. Noah followed | ■ the latter, even when it required i the turning of the great ark into | . a zoo. He obeyed God, and became ; one of the eternal examples and heroes of faith. Th* Rain Came The day arrived when scoffers . at Noah ceased to scoff, and began to wonder. For the heavens , opened and floods were released . Soon the landscape was blotted . out. For forty days the rain fell, ■ as it never fell before and will i never fall again. With a great wet' sponge the Almighty wiped out I ■ the world that defied and flouted ( i Him. All life was extinguished, ex-! . cept that which rode, snug and comfortable in the ark. At last, after the storm had ceas-1 , ed, the ark rested on Ararat. God ! pointed to His beanttful bow in the skies, and promised that it ' . wouljl henceforth be a sign of His mercy. Never again would He deal I so drastically with mankind. Civilizations might collapse—as many . pessimists say our civilization is collapsing—and man might again give himself up to disobedience and sin. But life itself would be spared, and continue, with the earth still supplying sustenance. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS We are born for a higher desti- . ny than earth.—Edward G. E. Lyt- , ton. • « • To meditate is to get into the middle of a thing: to study it deeply. ’ —Gerard B. F. Hallock. « * • Make us eternal truths receive. And practice all that we believe; Give us Thyself that we may set The Father and the Son by Thee. —Charlemagne. * * « Prayer: Set us apart. O Holy Father. from all distracting and degrad , ing habits of thought which would in any way hinder the revelation of Thyself which Thou wouldst make to our world through us— Wilbur V. Mallalieu. • ♦ ♦ We look not at the things which are seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. — II Cor. 4:18. ♦ • ♦ Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. —John Greenleaf Whittier. * * » The more humble a man is in himself, and the more obedient toward God, the wiser he will lie in all things, and the more shall his soul be at peace.—Thomas A. Kernpis. o First Evangelical Church George S. Lozier, Minister 9:15 a. m. Sunday School. Ed ward Martz, superintendent. 10:10 a. m. Worship Service. Sermon theme: "Building Character.” Special features at this service will include a baptismal service and the reception of candidates into church inemliership. 5:00 p. m. Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. in. This service is promoted by the Intermediate Christion. Endeavor who will have the major parts in the service. .7:30 p. nv Wednesday—Devo| tional Service. This service will he followed at 8:00 o'clock by a business session ot the congregation at which time five trustees, a class leader and an assistant clas leader will be elected. 7:30 p. m. Friday—lntermediate Christian Endeavor business and social meeting. —o Cafeteria Supper Reformed Church, Saturday, 5 to 7.

[MIUKHBI Presbyterian George O. Walton, Minister 9:30 Sunday School. Mr. W. R. McCoy superintendent. 10:80 Morning worship. Sermon “Ministering Unto the Least.” At this service the newly elected deacons and elder will be ordained and installed. 6:00 Young Peoples service. The Ladies Aid will meet next Thursday afternoon In the church parlors, all ladies are cordially in- ' vited to attend. A special program has been prepared. Next Thursday night at 7:30 the Presbyterian Church at Bluffj ton, Indiana has extended a special invitation to Decatur to attend the Installation services for the new minister Rev. Licau. Rev. Walton will deliver the charge to the congregation. o First Baptist Church Homer J. Aspy, Minister 9:30 A. M. Bible School. C. E. Bell, superintendent. 10:30 A. M. Junior Church. Mrs. I Frank Young, Superintendent. : 10:30 A. M. Morning Worship. [The pastor will speak on the sub- ! jeet "The Supreme Need of the World Today.” The message will be in keeping with the spiritual development program of the church. 7:30 P. M. Evening Service. The Jubillee Singers representing the National Home Finding Society will present a special musical program in our church at the evening service. This group of negro singers is well known throughout the icountry and a program of real in- ! tereat is expected. ■ Wednesday evening at 7:30 P. M. the regular Mid-Weew Prayer i Service will he held at the church. , j o Church of the Nazarene Pastor. Paul Brandyberry 9:30 A. M. Sunday school. Harley Ward, superintendent. 10:30 A. M. Morning Worship. Subject of sermon —“The Price • of Spiritual Victory”. 6:45 P. M. Young people's seri vice. Mrs. Lon Woodrum, president. Lesson topic—“ Lessons God Teaches Us Fro Nature.” 7:30 P. M. Evangelistic service. Subject of sermon —"Almost A Christian.” 7:30 P. M. Wednesday. The midweek prayer service. Plan to attend. Bud Robinson who has been rightly called "The Ambassador of Good Will" will be in our city Sunday morning April 25. Come early if you want a good seat. Bud Robinson was born in the Lone Star state of humble parentage, and was a creature of unfortunate circumstances. But in spite of these severe handicaps he has scaled the heights of success in his chosend profession. The world admires, yes the world loves a man who has successfully surmounted hindranc- [ es. Bud Robinson is now nearing the Sun Set of his life, and this will perhaps be his last tour in this section, so plan now to hear this former Texas cowboy who not only preaches Holiness, but his daily living proves to the world that he possesses Holiness. Remember the date April 2u, the ; time, Sunday morning, the place the Church of the Nazarene located on the corner of Marshall and Seventh streets. “You are welcome." 0 First LI. B. Church H. W. Franklin. Pastor Fort Wayne District Conference Union Chapel United Brethren church. Wednesday, April 25. at 9:30. Rev. B. 11. Cain, conference superintendent; Rev. S A. Wells, district lader; Rev. A. H. Sholty. secretary and treasurer, a good

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I program from 9:30 a m. to 3 p. in. I Dinner at noon. All invited. I Official boa|d meeting Sunday | night after church. All members ' be present Brotherhood meeting April 29 at 7 o'clock. Hon. Martin H. Spangler of Albion will be the speaker. Robert Bucher is the president. , Christian Anniversary Day. Sun.'day, April 25. Sunrise Prayer meeting at Hanna park at 6:30. Sephus I Jackson, chairman. Fellowship breakfast at 7:15. Sunday school at 9:15. Georgia L Foughty. supt. ! The teachers for the classes are as'follows: ( Mens Bible class. Dr. G. H Gilliatt Silent Workers. Catherine Jackson , D.Y.B. classßernie Franklin Work and Win classßud Hurst Progressive Workers.. David Wynn V I S. class Harold Mutnina . Girls Friendship-Margaret Howard Boys classSephus Jackson , Mrs. Carl Fishers class Cordelia Habbegger Rev. Miners class Don Death Six Year-old class in Primary Department Marjorie Foughty Morning Worship. 10:30. Georgia . Foughty, chairman. Special music. Address, Rev. G. H. Gilliatt. Christian Endeavors, 6:00. Evening Worship, 7:00. Service -! in charge of the Juniors. Mrs )' Ruth Williams is the children's diI' rector. I Sunday School. 9:15. ■ ' Morning Worship, 10:30. SerI mon by pastor. ■I Christian Endeavors, 6:00. >’ Evening Worship, 7:00. Sermon r by pastor. Bible Study at Parsonage Mon- ; , day at 7 p. in. Orchestra practice Wed . 6 p. m. 1: Prayer meeting Wed. at 7 p. m. Choir practice Wed. at 8 p. m. o EIGHTH ST. U. B. CHURCH L. J. Martin Pastor 9:30 S. S. Gerald Brodbeck--10:30 Sermon Subject "Why Stand ye here all the day Idle? 6:30 Christian Endeavor. Junior —Gladys Bell leader. Senior —Lawrence Michel, leader. ,I 7:30 Evangelistic services Rev. Miner will bring the message. 7:30 Wednesday night. Prayer .! meeting. Come and help us servo II the Lord. —o Christian Church ( Kenneth Timmons, pastor. Sunday School. 9:30 a. m. Communion, 10:30 a. m. Sermon. 10:45 a. tn. 1 Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. nt. 1 Evening sermon, 7p. m. The Sisters of Ruth and Corin- ' thian classes banquet, church basement, 6:30 p. m. Monday evening. ” Indies Aid Society will meet at ’ the home of Mrs. James Kitchen ' Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. The United Christian Mission- ' ary Society will meet Wednesday 1 evening at 7:30 o’clock at the 1 home of Mrs. Oren Schultz. Mrs. ’ James Kitchen will be leader. o 5: First Methodist Episcopal Church <1 H erinan R. Carson, Minister >| 9:20 a. tn. Morning service of ' | worship, beginning with 10 minutes t’, of quiet meditation and prayer. *j Another group of new members I, will be received into the church -. this morning and the Sacrament of s the Lord's Supper will be observed 5 To the Lord's Table we invite all who confess their need of forgive--1 ness and their faith in Christ, regardless of creed or denomination. I 10:35 a. m. Church School assem | lily and study of the quarterly Temperance lesson. Indiana's booze bill has been as follows: ■ 1933. $18,900,000; 1934, $36,000,000; i 1935. $56,000,000; 1936. $80,000,000 t People who think are beginning to ■ question tile merits of temperance! . legislation which fn its first five I . years will multiply the annual 1 I drink bill by five. II is time to

study this problem anew before we are back where we were in 1914. 6:00 p. m. Senior Epworth League devotional meeting. 7:00 p.m. The Sunday Evening Chib will present Howard Mlehnnd, Indiana State Nattire Study Guide, who will take us on a personally conducted. Illustrated tour of our own Indiana parks. You will enjoy ‘seeing Indiana first' and come to a new appreciation of our state through the fine lecture. There will be no charge, but a silver offering will be received for our guest. A cordial welcome is extended to regular attendants, friends and visitors to be present at all of these services. o Church of God Glen E. Marshall, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Mrs. Emery Hawkins in charge of worship program. Morning worship, 10:30 a. m. Message by the pastor. Fort Wayne district Young Peoples’ rally, Fort Wayne. First service at 2 p. m„ at the Church of God, corner Sherman and Putnam streets. Evening evangelistic service, I 7:30 p. m. Mid-week prayer service Wed- i nesday, 7:30 p. m. 0 Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, Minister Church School :15 A. M. J- Fred Fruchte, Supt. Morning Worship 10:30 o'clock. Concert by the Mission House Troubadours, under direction Mme. Else Bauer. Young People's Society 6:00 ip. tn. Wednesday, 7 p. m. Midweek prayer and study hour. Thursday, 7:30 P. M. Phoebe Bible Class, church parlors. Sunday. Apr. 25, 10:30 A. M. Congregational meeting. o Jim Ehinger will spend the week end at Lafayette.

/jFx S vj We Know that the majority of people have little —if any—knowledge of the problems which arise when a loved one passes away. I He accept the responsibility this enforced faith in us entails, with a confidence founded upon many years of satisfied service. FUNGRAL DIRECTOR v <7 Z_ PHONG 500 —-—3 Six-Sunday Broadcasts-Six April 18 and 25 and May 2, 9,16 and 23 2.6 3 0.0 oo residents of all states of the Union signed a petition to the Federal Communications Commission and broadcasting stations, asknig for a radio debate between a chosen representative of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and JUDGE RUTHERFORD The Hierarchy refuses to discuss publicly the debatable questions involving the life, liberty and happiness of all human creatures. For the benefit of the millions who signed the petition. and others who desire to hear these useful Bible truths. Judge Rutherford discusses those questions in six talks. Invite your friends to join you in listening to the discussions through any of the stations named below. Dayton, Ohio, W S M K (1380) 9:00 a. m., CST. Muncie, Ind., W L B C (1310) 9:15 a. m„ CST. Detroit, Mich,, W J B K (1500) 10:45 a. m., CST. IN YOUR HOME BY PHONOGRAPH you may hear Judge Rutherford's new record series without obligation to you. By post card tell us your convenient day and time, and one of Jehovah's witnesses will bring these records with a phonograph and play them for you and any friends or relatives you invite. Address WATCH TOWER. 117 Adams St., Brooklyn, N. Y. or Telephone CLYDE STEELE. 122 N. 9 st.. Decatur. Ind. 361

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# RURAL CHURCHES * — —• M. E. Church at Monroe Elbert S. Morford, pastor 9:30 u. m—Morning worship and jtudy. Theme, "True Religion." 6:30 p. me-Epworth league. 7:30 p. m.—Evening gervtce. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Addie Barnett's church school Hass will serve a dinner Thursday noon, the proceeds to be used for the building fund of the church. Price 15c. Ice cream and cake 10c extra. The public is invited. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society will meet at the parsonage Thursday evening. Mrs. Clifford Essex and Mrs. Ernest Egly will have charge of the program. —-o Decatur M. E. Circuit J. W. Reynolds, pastor Mt. Pleasant Church School, 9:30 a. m. Evening worship, 7:15 p. m. Beulah Chapel Church School, 9:30 a. m. Morning worship, 10:40 a. m. Pleasant Valley Morning worship, 9:30 a. m. Church School, 10:30 a. m. o Calvary Evangelical Church George S. Lozier, minister 9:30 a. m.—Sunday School. Rol[|and Miller, superintendent. i 10:30 a. m.—Prayer and praise service. I 7:30 p. m. Thursday — Worship service and sermon. Following . this service there will lie the election of a trustee for a period of three years. o Hobo in Guardian Role ! Sweetwater, Tex. (U.K) —A grizzl- ■ ed veteran of box cars and hobo . jungles walked to the police desk ii here with a slender youth in tow , “This kid is too young to be prow lin' round with us," the tramp said . “I am turning him over to you. ; You better tell his folks to come I and get him." >' “ Monuments Carved 48 Years Cleveland— <U.P> —Joseph Bottinclli, monument carver, has been employed continuously for 48 years tl in the shop of the Joseph Carabelli Monument Company.