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1 V ~ ET" I SUNDAY F I SCHOOL ■kESS ON-> lI.STI I .v HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, f®* Rt \ the Moody Bible Institute i»‘“ “ ot Chicago. f weettrn Newipaper Union, fi for August 29 H.ijj god condemns intemperance. -entl TEXT-Levitleui 10:1. *. O H; A 5 Isaiah 28 18. Homans TEXT—Wine i» a mocker. ■■ X~‘ ‘. k .. raging and whosoever ‘J* thereby I. not wtM. Prov. ’flp TOPIC -What a Wise King TOPIC- When a Man Drinks and SENIOR Drinking Hirmi Otherl. ■K I’EOH.E AND ADULT Beverage Alcohol Is a So- ® Hn ; use of intoxicating liquors is unprofitable to the na\cientifically unwise and deve. socially degrading, and wrong. We have, therefore, leries of lesson* for 1937, are devoted to the drink touching it from each of »K,e viewr’ir.ts: the financial on r r 31; the scientific on April KBpit social today; and the moral BKllc come, on October 31. Let us sure that this grave issue is g* I - faced both in our homes and churches. Problem. >< u| fte selected Old Testament scripttwhich comprise our lesson the use of intoxicants as four socially undesirable reReligious disobedience (Lev. f’rightfu’ly expect of those who the nation in its religious life: «£ IK » vision of God and obedience tat vision in life and service, :> the exercise of sound GodJudgment in the affairs of 4HK'people But note what happens the prophet and the priest |5- las to wine and strong drink. They t vision” (Isa. 28’7). That is, have no clear concepts of ditruth, and lead the people into jSS| rr Further, we see that "they in judgment.” To every servant ' God comes repea-ed-opportunity and the need of judgment, that is, of adand counselling those to he ministers. If his mind is by the use of alcohol (or. matter, of any other kind of ■■Kiry indulgence) he w.ll "stumSk and cause his people to stumMini incident is related In Lev. of the sons of Aaron, appointtithe priesthood and instructed ML its privileges and duties, but with strange fire to be ofbefore the Lord. Swift and wßtrtiie was the judgment they reWe are not told directly SMtauhey were intoxicated, but it is in the fact that there is an injunction against the of wine by the priests. Lest someone think that such a could not happen in our day writer mentions word which recame to him that a leading By? J ie.-r.ary has professors on its staff ■fl ra defend the so-called moderate ■I w of alcoholic drink. BB 1 Political disorder (Prov. 1:5). m*!ii!e political leaders make sanct:■■aims protestations that govern|M sect agencies are not influenced by EB he liquor interests, it is common to even those who arc ■■figitly informed that the two are Ijßtael.v associated. The result of unholy alliance is rightly de (■imbed m Prov. 31:5—"They forthe law, and pervert the judgRHaertof any of the afflicted.” Much (■* ’-be sad disorder in the body poliis traceable directly to the door SB* the makers and sellers of alco beverages. I- National decay (Isa. 28:1-6). with wine”—stricken ■| - useless in life, without true I Bbition. such is the picture of the I ban who gives himself to drink. B hverty, with all its attendant so(J ea! problems, follows on the heels R < the sale and use ot intoxicants. B '*■”"! liquor dealers are beginning 4 sense a rising tide of opposition to their business, and are advertisH "We do not want bread mon- •?." but the fact is that it is all toorften bread money that goes for *•*, and the vile stuff is still on Mie where the poor man may read«f spend his "bread money” for it. *• Personal degradation (Isa. 28: *'■ "Vomit and filthiness” are not hry nice words, but they describe ttcurately the ultimate condition of J* drinker and his surroundings writer knows a young man who ™ Mt * that he never gets drunk because the ”booze" makes him so H tock that he vomits it up. Imagine £] ’tupposedly intelligent man drink- ■ s? stuff so vile that his stomach |B ‘Evidently having more sense than ■®s head) sends it back—and then ■ W.ing of his ability to drink ■ Sore! I JI. The Solution, a Divine Prine!(Hom. 14:21). jB of Christian people ■I u* so ' v - d not only the drink probM J? 1 ' l)ut Practically every question Conduct and gneial life by apply- ■ tn s Principle. Surely no true ®“wer of Christ will be guilty of ■ anything that will cause any “ oi toer to be offended, to stumble, |E * to be made weak. This is » high ■ ®«dard of life and conduct. bu‘ ■ rJ.CtoiriiAn has a high and holy 3-M - ,i ■ ~~w •

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New Laws And Old Needs: A Sure Basis For Progress ■ — D I; In lUpid Social ( hanges, Certain Eternal 1 J nnciple 8 Must Be Preserved-—Character ! Os I ersonal Manhood Conies First —- ‘ Deep-Running Evils Os Intemperance. i

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS More persons are dreaming today of a better order of human life than ever before in the long his-i tory of mankind. What may be called "the social conscience" of all civilization is aroused. Every convention of physicians, educators, religious bodies, labor unions and politicians sounds this note of a new day for men and women. It seems as if everybody is giving thought to the subject of healthier happier, more helpful and more prosperous people. The theme is treated in almost every issue of every great publication. Books upon the subject pile up at unprecedented speed. The common good never before had so many and such varied champions 1 as now. Open and viorous crusades are under way against such diseases as tuberculosis, syphilis, cancer, diabetes and heart ailments. Equally aggressive is the war upon slums and other unhealthful living conditions. The recent reporting condition® The recent report upon social planning made to President Roosevelt is a landmark tn history. Make no mistake about It: the world war for a social order worthier of mankind is definitely under way. New laws of a social character are being enacted everywhere. In fact, too much reliance is being placed upon legislation. For the basic factor in the situation is the character of the individual. Good buildings cannot be erected of poor materials. As McAndrew, the old Scots, engineer in Kipling's poem, said about the wonders of machln- 1 ery. “What I ha’ seen since ocean steam began Leaves me ho doot for the machine but what abouL the man?” Impaired Building Material Except we have men and women of sterling worth, able to subordinate self-interest and personal desire to the common good, all our beautiful schemes for building a better world will crash. That is one reason why there is a single mind among seekers after social progress upon the subject of strong drink. Liquor is today a menacing evil in every sphere. Its only justification for use is the titillation it gives to the individual's sense of taste, and the false glow it imports to his feelings. This personal and passing pleasure is only a mustard seed in the balance against the weight of woe which drink brings .»•••»•*» . »»»»•*»♦ •The Sunday School Lesson for August 29 is “God Condemns Intemperance. (The Social Approach To The Drink Problem.).”—Lev. 10:1, 2, fill; Proverbs 31:4. 5; Isaiah 281-S: Romans 14:21. . «•*•**** .»•*•♦»**

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to society. No man has a right to ( | indulge himself at such a cost as the total expense of liquor to the . ' community. What is a momentary but wholly unreal sense of gratlft- ■ cation as compared with the pangs of sorrow and suffering which the i drink custom brings to the whole of mankind? There is no need to recapitulate the social evils of intemperance. The wrecked lives; the impaired powers of men and women; the , poverty, shame and woe visited up- ] on the drunkard's family; the cost to civilization of almshouses, In- , sane asylums and hospitals which ; the varied consequences ot liquor ' have caused to be built—all these . clamor for the extirpation of strong ( drink. Pointed at Intemperance are the , accusing fingers of the automobile, , of high-speed machinery, of the ; medical profession, of the life in- . surance companies, of modern ( business, of sport, of education and, of religion. John Barleycorn been fairly tried, and been found guilty. If young men and women were really rational, instead of being blind slaves of Mrs. Grundy, they would spurn all forms of alcoholic indulgence as if they were a pestilence. But alas! when “I ought” comes into conflict with “I want” only the nobler breed decide for duty. "Everybody's doing it" takes precedence with the i weak and the unthinking over the Ten Commandments themselves. The Modern "Ten Nights" I know a boy. “the only son of his mother, and she a widow” who, fell in with cocktail-drinking com-' i panions. He was not strong enough of will to resist the prevalent drinking habits. Now. to the shame of his mother and the sorrow of her friends, his life has already crashed in disaster. Before he fell into the hands of the law. intemperance had written its ugly lines | upon his face. And his story is a commonplace in our modern life. Drinking daughters and boozing boys are a major grief of our modern life. “Ten Nights In A Bar Room” | was a potent temperance play a generation ago. But the scene has changed. Instead of a squalid bar room we have elaborate “cocktail lounge.” I have seen and smelled many of the old-time saloons but none of them stirred my heart to such grief as the "cocktail lounge.” on the sixty-eighth floor of Radio City. New York, where well-dressed and educated young men and women were gathered in throngs to drink. The popular and sophisticated night life of our great cities is today one protracted alcoholic orgy. Once ambitious youth spent its free hours in selfimprovement; now the vogue is self indulgence. Is it any wonder that the older persons who are concerned for a better tomorrow view the scene with foreboding? An Old. Old Story There is nothing new in the evils of intemperance—except our

— modern scientific approach and the I Increased perils caused by our I speed machinery. Mlllenlums ago, I as ott Lesson text shows, in the , | very "beginning of the organized life of the Hebrew people, we find these words: “Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the a tent of meeting .... make a distinction between the holy and the ( common, and between the clean and the unclean.” j From the Book of Proverbs we have been assigned this passage, j which links intemperance with so- f cial justice: “It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it t is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink? r Lest they drink, and forget the law, E And pervert the judgment of any that is afflicted.” j That drinkers ,- err In vision, i they stumble in judgment" was, Isaiah's indictment of Samaria,: Ephraim's crown of pride. This strong passage likewise joins in- a justice with intemperance. Only a sober society is safe and strong. s “Where there's drink there's danger.” < Keen old Paul goes to the heart of the matter, and lays a foundation for the building of the good life in the world, in the words: i “It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything . whereby thy brother stumbleth.”' j Altruism is the indispensable has- , is of a new social order: and al- j truism is the heart of Christianity. ( SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS Somewhere and somehow, mercy | and law are one reign; the Sup-j reme Mathematician and the Great Father are one God. —Sir Josiah Stamp. ** * I Os all trees, I observe that God | hath chosen the vine, a low plant; that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts the soft and patient I lamb; of all fowls the mild and j guileless dove. —Owen Felthani. The stars in their courses are one with the forces That fight for the freedom Dt man: The nation or faction that stands' for reaction Is crushed in the Infinite Plan. * * * —Anon. To face cheerfully and eagerly, the accustomed and ordinary tasks is the simple but sure prescription for enjoyment of life —John TimoI thy Stone. I* * * Bring us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil. —Matt. 6:13. ♦ ♦ * Thrice blessed is the man with j whom The gracious prodigality of nature, | The balm, the bliss, the beauty I and the bloom, The bounteous providence in every feature Recall the good Creator to His creature. Making all earth a sane, all heaven Its dome. —Thomas Hood Knowest thou not that thou can ] not move a step on this earth without finding some duty to he done, and that every man is useful to his kind by the very fact of his existence?— Carlyle. o Methodist Episcopal Church Ralph W. Graham, minister Morning worship, 9:30 a. m. Ser-1 mon theme, “The Church.” Music that inspires and leads one in wor-1 ship. Message for the children. A cordial welcome to all. Church School classes immedi-i ately following the worship period. Classes for all ages and a friendly spirit spirit waiting for you. Epworth League. 6:30 p. m. Zula Porter will lead the lesson. All i young people of the church are urged to be present. Evening untou Worship service.] 7:30 p. m. The service will be held in the Methodist church aud Rev. | G. S. Lozier will bring the message. The ladies trio, comprised of I Mrs. W. J. Krick, Miss Helen Haubold, and Mrs. R. W. Graham, will sing two numbers. The public is cordially invited. Wednesday. 7:30 p. m. Midweek prayer and Bible hour. Lowell Smith will lead the lesson. All who attend will be assured help and inspiration. —o First Evangelical George S. Lozier, Minister 9:15 a. m., Sunday School. Edward Martz, superintendent. 10:10 a. m., Worship Service. Sermou theme: “The Everlasting Arms” 7:30 p. m„ Union Service at the Methodist Church. 7:15 p. m„ Wednesday, Midweek Prayer meeting. ’ Police officer Adrian Coffee will return from his vaction today. 4

BCHURCHESgi Flr»t United Brethren Church 9:15 Sunday School with Sunday School orchestra. Glen Hill, superintendent. 10:30 Morning Worship. Sermon by Rev. G. Upson. Sermon theme: "Victorious Life.” I 6:30 Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Adult Christian Endeavors, i Robert Drake is the Senior En-1 deavor leader. 7:30 Evening Worship. Sermon by Rev. Upson. Special music. 7:00 Monday — Bible Study. 6:00 Wednesday — Orchestral practice. 7:00 p. m. Wednesday. Prayer; meeting. 8:00 Wednesday — choir practice. I o Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor Divine services in English, 10:30 ( a. m. Divine services in German, 9:30, a. m. i Sunday School and Bible class, 9:30 a. m. o Church of God Glen E. Marshall, pastor. The Sunday School hour opens at 9:30 a. m. with the children meeting in the basement for their worship period. The adult worship in the auditorium will be in charge of the Ladies’ class. Manley Irwin, general superintendent. Mroning worship. 10:30 a. ra. Message by the pastor. Evening evangelistic service, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday evening the Missionary society will have “family night.” Meet at memorial park at 6 p. m. Pot luck supper will be served. Every family of the congregation is invited. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. — Midweek prayer service. Thursday is ‘clean up' day at the Payne, Ohio, camp grounds. Your help there will be appreciated. Sunday. August 29 the annual I camp meeting at Payne, Ohio, will | begin. The meeting continues j throughout the week, closing with the afternoon service Sunday, Sept. 5. — o— Church of the Nazarene Paul Brandyberry. Pastor 9:30 a. m. —Sunday school. Harley Ward. Supt. 10:30 a. m. —Morning worship. Sermon by Rev. Lon Woodrum. 6:45 p. m —Young People’s service, Mrs. Lon Woodrum, pres. 6:45 p. m. —Junior Society. Mrs.

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' Ervin Elzey, supervisor. I 7:30 p. m. — Evening worship. ' Sermon by Rev. Lon Woodrum. 7:30 p. m. — Wednesday, the ( i regular mid-week prayer service. t We are delighted to announce to £ ! you that the Poet-Evangelist, the ■ Rev. Lon Woodrum will speak in , the morning and evening services. J I We welcome you to hear this out-1 ' i standing poet and evangelist. o i MPI EASANT MILLS * f NEWS t ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Horine called Friday at the Glenn Mann home. < Mr. and Mrs. Ed Melching and ) eon Delane, spent Thursday in Fort s Wayne. Mrs. Laura Penland and Mrs. i Melvin Dellinger have been on the a sick list for the past week. ; I Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sovine and son i < Juni~.r of Craigville spent Sunday I with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sovine and i family. M (). L. Brentlinger, Mr. and Mrs. | i Lionel Brentlinger and sons attended the Grentlinger reunion at Fort Amanda. Ohio, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Berry from Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cus- 1 ter attended the Streete reunion at j Rockford, Ohio, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bauman spent) Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl; Sherbun and family at Van Wert, I Ohio. Mr. Coral and Frank Everett rei turned home from G?4d Hill. Colo., i where they visited with their . friend, Edgar Archer. L:ttle Miss Marilyn Noll is spending the week in Berne with the ( Winston Rawley family. John and Lois Bauman are visiting this week with Mr. and Mrs. Orvill Delinger and family in Convoy, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Horine and sons spent the week-end with the Glenn Mann family. Sunday after-' noon the two families motored to

Fort Wayne. Mrs. Mabie Verdos and daughter Vera returned to their home in Chicago Friday evening after a three weeks' visit with relatives and friends here. Mrs. John Hahn and son Donald | of Muncie were guests of her sister Mrs. Carl Archer and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Neuenschwander and daughter Patty. Doris Anne Werling, Mrs. James Halber- ' stadt visited with friends and rela-! tives in Vera Cruz and Bluffton Sunday. The Homecoming at Salem Sunday was well attended. 'ln the after-! noon a fine program of music and speakers was enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans and daughter Coleen entertained Mr. and Mrs. Byron Smith. Mr. and Mrs. ) Handers and son Jim, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Smith of Macy, Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs. Muril Foor and daughters Myrna and Muril Ann, spent Sunday in Fort Wayne, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Burl Byers Miss Myrna remained in Fort Wayne for a week's visit. James Everett and son Barney, Ralph Funk and Vera Porter, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Evi erett to their home in South Caro- ) lina, also visited their cousin, Clar- | ence Everett at Harvest, Georgia. ; The party returned home Saturday. I Dwight Roop and Ernie Schwartz cf Galion. Ohio, arrived Monday noon at the Wm. Noll home. The boys started to hitch hike a distance of 130 miles. They were lucky enough to get free rides all the distance but six miles. Dwight is a i nephew of Mrs. Noll. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Porter and daughter Elizabeth of Muncie, were guests at dinner Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Brentlinger. Other guests in the afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Vance. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Krugh. and daughter Opal and | grandson Tommy Ahr of Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Baughman

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of Pioneer, Ohio. A surprise party was given for Mrs. George Foor Thursday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. A delicious supper was served and Mrs. Faor received many useful gifts. Those who enjoyed the delightful affair were. Mrs. Carl Ehrsan and children Ray 1 mond and Ruth of Decatur. Mrs. i Louie Verddos and daughter Vera of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Foor ana daughters Myrnfa and Muriel, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Foor, Mr and Mi’s. Harold Hike aud son Nell, Mr. and Mrs. George Foor and son Herbert. Quite a number of relatives attended the Roebuck Reunion In Foster Park, Fort Wayne numbering seventy. At noon a delicious basket dinner was enjoyed. latter In the afternocn, ice cream and cake and root beer were served. Nominations of officers was \ Mrs. William Noll, president; Charley Roebuck, vicepresident; secretary-treasurer Mrs. Laura Haggard, entertaining committee Harold Emerick. The next ' reunion will be held in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Fortney entertained their children and families ' and a few friends at dinner and supper Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fortney, Sturgis, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. John Fortney and daughter Darlene, Monroe, Mrs. Wesley Hayden, Columbus Grove; Harold Dolch, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fortney and daughters Row- ' ena Mae and Irma Lou. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Longenberger and son Jack, Mrs. Susan Fortney, Chrlstena Fortney, and Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Fortney. o — Many Reunions Scheduled For Summer Months ♦ ♦ Sunday, August 22 Standiford-Faulkner reunion, Hanna-Nuttman Park. Davies Reunion, Sun Set Park. Hakes annual reunion, Sun Sec Park. Kuntz family reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 29 Davison Reunion, Marcellus Davison. 4 mi. east Monroe, state road 124. < Wesley S. Miller reunion, Sun Set Park. Parker reunion, (rain or shine) Sun Set Park. Sunday, September 5 Roop Reunion, Sun Set Park, Decatur. Wilson and Schafer Reunion, Suu : Set Park. Urick annual reunion. Sun Set i Park. Labor Day, September 6 Annual Roebuck reunion, Sun ' Set Park. i Sunday, September 12 Springer family reunion. Sun ’ Set Park. Monday, September 6 I Slusser-Gause family reunion. Park. Willshire, Ohio. —o — Mr. and Mi’s. J. L. Ehler and sen Jimmy left this morning for a week's fishing trip at White Fish Lake, Michigan.