Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1937 — Page 5

>- J II SUNDAY XL.,,/ II SCHOOL Jlesson ■■■■ HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. of the Moody Bible Institute ■F of Chicago. Western Newspaper Union. ■■son for September 19 AND JHEIR CONSEJjjMsi I S IN A NATION’S LIFE N I'EXT Deuteronomy '8 12. TEXT—Cboow you this day will serve—Joshua 24 15. TOPIC—Our Country. TOPlC—Choosing Sides jKtiMIDIATE AND SENIOR TOP I( £S. Importance of Our Choices. people and adult topyoK Part ill Making Up the Nation's i* as well as individuals are before God for the manwhich they live. They enjoy of right living and penalty of wrong moral cJX Wjiile it is true that na[jA leaders may not always retrue character of the peo:s generally true that there is of national character which longer period of time accurepresents the moral condithe people as a whole. jKy earnest men and women beygS that the United States of Ara®ca stands today at the crossraJ of national moral decision. has been an unquestionable set& ncc of true religion, of home lifeJSt social purity, and a growth es ©oral indifference and outright which causes men who (■n cry out for a revival of oldspiritual and moral standardise re it be too late., The most eflßjve. and in fact the only really eflMkve way to bring that about, jg within the church of and a resultant renewal of in winning men to Jesus ChrS as their Saviour and Lord. AM- iage booklet “Lessons in Soulby Dr. Will H. Houghton, wiHvh'.- sent by the writer without ehlße to those requesting it. If poKle enclose a 3 cent stamp. oj lesson brings before us a part dSKt* of the discourses of Moses, MtMßr-ing before the people God’s gooAess toward them, and admonMMfc them to obedience as well as w©£::g them of the dangers of disebediice. B L Bight Choices Result in Blessing tvvJß. 9). Mping the right choice is in fact • *®P le matter, for it means only efeSecce to God's commandments, the author of the moral hwJ He alone can and does deteris right and wrong. Man need not determine, nor is he to decide that question. He can and must relate the details of Ms Be to the law of God. How im©&it it is then that he properly uoSs-.ind that law, and what folly neglect the study of God's Won where the commandments of C-o Are made known unto men. Qbosing God's way means for and the nations which up (for my country is in ■■lai analysis myself, and other ■■duals like tne) the assurance «! Gbd’s blessing and prosperity, Encourages Right Choices O® God is the great and untiring ■|r of every good and perfect We need but to lift up our and look at his handiwork. Eflftir up our memories to recall ■■oodness, and we know that he his blessed works encour■ks to do right—to live right. alas, all too often God's gifts are perverted and are bring the very opposite reThe most beautiful lakes and delightful surroundings for resorts and clubs which often lead men to moral den. Parents almost fear that may be too attracfor the world, the flesh, and are constantly out “scoutfor beautiful women whose beauty may be used sin and lead others into to God. Right and Wrong Are Funda■Bal and Eteraal tvv. 26-32). ■■needs to be repeated over and again in these callous and in |Brent days that there is laid in the very constitution of the universe a moral distinction right and wrong. Right is right, and wrong is defland eternally wrong. There moral twilight zone, where are neither white nor black. BBi neutral gray. workers need constantly this truth to bear on those they minister. To do so must first set an example of Christian living. The work is often hindered by living which null des Chris- ■■ profession. that the difference between ■t and wrong was to be the same ■ the other side of the Jordan.” and place have no power to moral law. What was right for your great-grandfather Bight or wrong for you. What was in your home on the farm is in the city where you now live, The passing of the ■s or a change of residence does that law of God. ■ay God help the people of our and all the countries of the to remember that it is still that “righteousness exalteth a Bon but sin is a reproach to any ■Pie” (Prov. 14:34).

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As Individuals Choose, So The Nation Must Go ■ Sovereign Quality Os Man’s Ability To Maki' • Choice Is The Decisive Factor In History —- A British Letter -— Moses Pleads With His People. i

• v • * wfsava By WILLIAM T. ELLIS To every man there openeth Away. and ways, and away. And some men climb the high way, I And eome men grope below, And in between, on misty flats. The rest drift to and fro. And to every man there openeth A high way and a low: And every man deeideth Which way his soul shall go. —Oxenham. j Capacity to choose sets man apart from all the rest of creation. That is the quality which is really the Divine image upon mortal. In simplest terms, the truth is that every human being may say “yes” or “no” to each moral question that cswifronts him. He may even say “yes” or "no” to God. Os all living creatures in this vast universe, only man can stand upright and refuse to obey God: or even to deny the existence of God. This is the crown of Divine sonship upon the brow of man. It is his soul's sovereignty. Alike, the scholar amidst his books, the scieentist in his laboratory, the workman at the bench, the farmer in the field, possesses this unique and supreme ability to choose. It is the strength and glory of our race that most persons have chosen the good. Our tragedy and menace is that so many have chosen the worse. For it is man's Divine right to go to hell, if he chooses. Destiny in the Making Nobody can escape the responsibility of choice. “No man can choose not to choose; for not to decide is itself a choice.” Hour by hour, day by day, year by year, people are making the choices that decide their own and their children’s future. Everybody worth his salt, or fit to have standing room on earth, is eager to serve his own country. Patriotism is one of the virtues which in common with Scripture, the wise men of all generations have emphasized. How may we humble, ordinary folk sincerely help our Nation in this perplexing period of history? The answer is clear and- simple: In life’s daily choices, choose the way of integrity. of good will and of self-spend-ing. For a nation is only an agglomeration of individuals. As the citizens are, so the state will be. The shortest route to national service is that laid down by Moses. Amidst the Present Mess Politics and industry and international relations are in a mess to- *•••••••• »••»»•••• ♦The Sunday School Lesson for September 19 is “Choices and the Consequences in a Nation’s Life.”—Deut. 11:8-12,26-32. »»*♦•*»*» i

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, ———-————— — ; day because so many individuals , have shirked their own obligations j and have surrendered their per- , sonal privilege and duty of choice ( | to others. The subservience of tree men and women to all sorts of die- , i tatorship is one of the marvels of , i our time. Millions —in spine cases, - entire nations —let somebody else decide what they wilt think and j how they will live. Whereas, the Divine way, which ; > is the basis of all democracy is tor every man aud woman to exercise his exalted perogative of choice. - Accompanied by many and wonderful Providences. Moees had led the Israelites through forty years to fit them for heights of Moab, of wilderness wandering, designed with the Jordan Valley and Canaan stretched out before them to the West, he bade them make anew the great choice of God and , His laws. , His own work was doue: he i could do no more, and soon would lie down in an unmarked grave on I Nebo’s slope. His farewell mess-j age laid upon the souls of the Is-1 < raelites the solemn responsibility of choice. If they should steadfast- ] ly choose God, all their dearest; dreams would be fulfilled. But ifi, they voted against God and His! way. disaster would follow. The Verdict of History Fronde, the historian, has put in - to a single sentence a profound ' summary of this truth which Mos-! i es taught: “One lesson, and only I one, history may be said to repeat with distinctness: that the world is built somehow on moral foundations: that, in the long run, it is well with the good: in the ong 1 run. it is ill with the wicked.” Sound thinkers follow Fronde’s,' verdict today. All over the world j there are clear voices calling the l muddled people back to righteous ! ness and religion. China found a, new measure of unity in the New . Life movement under her Christian*president. General Chiang Kai Shek. Russia has faltered in her feverish anti-religious drive. Germany's Nazi leaders overreached themselves when they tried to supersede the Church and her Ood. i A Plea of Statesmen < In the London Tinies, one day last month, appeared a remarkable < letter signed by the Marquess of i Salisbury, Lord Davidson (commonly called "Baldwin’s brains’’), Ernest Brown, the British Minister of Labor, and Professor J. W. Mackall, frwrner president of the British Academy. They declared that “Today’s greatest menace to modern civilization” Is the present "disunity of aim and conflict of in- 1 terest that now disturb all human life and relationships throughout ' the world.” These 'earned writers declare in i a generalization which merits careful pondering, that “No effective I unifying or harmonizing principle : has yet been discovered in any sys- i tern of social or political philoso- i phy, or method of political organi- i zation, or science of national or in- i

ternational statecraft. Quite plainly. human genuity and human intelligence have failed to find a remedy. It cannot be God’s plan or purpose that no remedy should be found. He surely has one. The most urgent duty of every Christian is to try, under God's guidance, to find a remedy, and then to apply It with faith and unremitting intensity of purpose. We have been deeply impressed with the signs around us of the revival of conviction in this sense.” The long letter then develops this Idea, citing the Oxford Group as a case in point. It all might be summed up in the motto of the recent Christian Endeavor convention, "We Choose Christ.” Lowell caught the very spirit of the exhortation of Moses in his poem. "The Crisis”: “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife ’twixt truth and falsehood, for the good or evil side. Some great cause, God’s new Messiah. offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right. And that choice goes by forever, 'twixt that darkness and that light.” SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS The lesson of life is to believe what the years and the centuries say as against the hours.—Emerson. » * » The perpetuity of this nation depends upon the religious training of the young.—George Washington. • • • Do thy work, It shall succeed. In thine of in another’s day; And if denied the victor’s mead. Thou shalt not lack the toiler’s pay. —Whittier. • • * If I omit prayer and reading of God’s Word in the morning nothing goes well all day.—Sir Matthew Hale. * • * Righteousness exalteth a nation. —Prov. 14:34. • • « Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The soul that rises with us, our life's star. Hath had elsewhere its setting. And eometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness. And not in uttre nakedness. But trailing clouds of glory Do we come from God, who is our home. —Wordsworth • • * The real conquerors of the world are not the generals but the thinkers: not Genghis Khan and Akbar, Raineses, or Alexander, but Confucius and Buddha. Aristotle, Plato and Christ. —Avebury. o First Baptist Church Homer J. Aspy, Minister 9:30 a. in. Bilde School. C. E. Bell, superintendent. 10:30 a. m. Junior church Mrs. Frank Young, superintendent. 10:30 a. in. Morning Worship. The subject of the pastor's sermon will be “The Message Os The Cross.” 7:00 p. m. Evening Evangelistic Service. This will be the first evening service in our church for several weeks. Vacations are rapidly coming to a close. Plan now to attend these evening services during the fall and winter months. We are planning many interesting features for this year which will add to the enjoyment and pleasure of the hour spent together. It is understood that these services are of a definite evangelistic character and your support and cooperation through prayer and your presence will make them successful. Wednesday the Salamonie Asso ciation will convene for the annual session at Newcastle, Indiana. An interesting program has been arranged and many items of interest to every Baptist will be presented. Mrs. Aspy will bring a special solo selection, and the pastor of our church has been selected to deliver the annual sermon. The Mid-Week prayer service will be held at. the church Wednesday evening at 7:30. Church of the Nazarene Paul Brandyberry, Pastor 9:30 a. in. Sunday School, Harley I#ard, superintendent. 10:30 a. m. Morning Worship. Sermon theme, Address to the Idle Christians.'’ 6:30 p. m. Young People’s Society, Mrs. Lon Woodrum, president.' 6:30 p. m. Junior Society. Mrs. Ervin Elzey, supervisor. 7:30 p. m. Evening worship. Sermon theme, “In Search of the Best." 7:30 p. in. Wednesday the regular mid-week prayer service. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul and mind and thy neighbor as thyself." Matt. 34:37-39. We welcome you to our services.

ECHURCHESH Presbyterian G. O. Walton, Pastor 9:30 Sunday School. W. R. Mc- ( Coy, superintendent. 10:30 Morning worship. Sermon ' "When God Callz.” ( One week from next Wednesday on the twenty second of Septem- . ber a dinner will be held at the 1 ' First Church at Fort Wayne in j , honor of the new moderator of the ! General Assembly, Dr. Foulkes. Tickets for the dinner will be ftf- . ly cents. Those at tiding must have their reservations in by this > coming Wednesday. The choir will practice next Wednesday evening at 6:45. ! 0 First Evangelical Church George S. Lozier, Minister 9:15 a. m. Sunday school. Edward Martz, superintendent. 10:10 a. m. Worship sermon. Sermon theme: "Farther with; Christ.” 7:30 p. m. Evening service. Sermon theme: "Getting Something for Nothing." Group quarterly conference with worker’s conference feature will be held in Van Wert, First church on Monday and Tuesday. Sessions begin at 10:00 a. m., 1:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. in. 7:15 p. m. Wednesday. Miuweek Prayer Meeting. 2:00 p. in. Thursday. Ladies Aid , Society meeting. o Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, minister Church School, 8:45 a. in. J. Fred Fruchte, superintendent. Morning worship. 10 a. m. Sermon, “The Marks of a Church’s De- , velopment.” Ti n Young Women's choir will sing. Mission festival at Cross Reformed church, Berne. Services at 10 a. m., 2:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. Monday, 7 p. m.—Meeting of the official board. Wednesday, 2:30 p. m.—Ladies' Aid Society. Saturday, 8:15 a. in.—Advanced catechism. o First United Brethren Church James Weber, Pastor Saturday evening at 6 P. M. The church orchestra will practice, and at 6:30 the choir will practice. Miss Bernie Franklin will have charge. Sunday 9:15 a. m. Sunday school. 1 Roy Murntna, superintendent. 10:30 Morning worship. Our newly appointed minister. Rev. James Weber, will be present and deliver ’ both the morning and evening sermon. ’ 6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor Societies, adult, seniors, intermediates, juniors an d jewels. All

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Millions are sighing with regret over the end of summer, but for weary cottage owners the arrival of fall is far from lamented. After playing host to an endless stream of friends and relatives for the past three months, they look forward to a quiet winter with relish. Spending the summer keeping the supply of firewood up for unexpected visitors, cleaning up after picnics, and repairing flower beds after Juvenile guests have played tag is no privilege Those who take a place on the shore or in the country, expecting an idyllic summer, are usually doomed to disappointment, and find, much to their disillusionment, that they are operating a free> hotel rather than enjoying a pastoral retreat.

[ church members should be found! ‘I in one of these groups. I 7:30 p. m. Evening worship serI vice. After the evening service the Quarterly Conference of the church will convene. Monday 7 p. in. Bible study. Rev. C. J. Miner in charge. Wednesday 6 p. m. Orchestra i practice. 7 p. m. Mid-week Prayer service.! I Adult, young people and children's Find your place in one of! these services. 8 p. m. Choir practice. This Sunday is “Whole Tithe Sunday.” Bring your tithes and offerings into God's storehouse. The public is most cordially invited to any and all of our services. 1 Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor Mission services in German with ' music by the choir at 10 a. m. Sunday school and Bible class. 9 ! a. m. Mission services in English with music by the choir at 2 p. m. Potluck dinner from 12 to 1:30 noon. Religious school every Saturday! at 8:30 a. m. o Church of God The Sunday School hour opens at 9:30, with the superintendent, Manley Irwin, in charge. A very interesting and profitable worship j program will be presented in the i Sunday School worship period by, i a chalk artist, Miss Leanora Rob-! ' ey ’ «*The morning worship period op-' ens immediately after the close of, the Sunday School at 10:30. Miss Robey will again speak and draw chalk pictures and will be accomp-! anied with singing and instruinen-j tai music by Mrs. Myrtle Rich. Evening Evangelistic service 7:30. . Messages aud chalk pictures by Miss Robey and Mrs. Rich. Prayer meetings will be held! during the week at the church,' definite announcements will be I made in the servietjg Sunday. Monday evening the chalk art-' ist and Mrs. Rich will be at the Church of God in Willshire, Ohio. I 7:45 E. S. T. The public is most cordially in-j vited to attend all the services of] ■ this congregation. Methodist Episcopal Church Ralph Waldo Graham, Minister Morning Worship: 9:30 A. M. HOLY COMMUNION. Every member of tlie Church is expected to be , present. Communion meditation, "Christ’s Desire fcr The Sacramen- ■ tai Feast." Church School Classes: 10:40. All people are urged to come at 9:3U and be in the worship period as a suitable preparation for the Church

I — — School classes. Epworth League 6:30 P. M. Young People of the Church, you will find this service deeply inter- j eating and helpful. Come. Evening Worship: 7:30 p. m. Old , Time Hymn Singing; Special music and a Gospel Message. Sermon ' J theme: ‘ S-.sne Things We Can Do; | ' Some Things We Cannot Do." The 1 public is cordially invited. Wednesday 7:30 p. m. Prayer and Bible Hour. The Church School board will ! meet at 6:30 o’clock for a "Carry- ! in" Supper iu the Church dining hall. The regular Church School ' board meeting will be held. Plans i for the Fall Rally will be discussed. Eighth St. U. B. Church L. J. Martin, pastor 9:30 a. m.—Sunday School. Laurence Michel, superintendent. 10:30 a. m.—Junior choruses. 16:45 a. ni.—Sermon. “Unity in Time of Battle” by the pastor. 6:30 p. m.—Junior C. E. Gladys Bell, superintendent. 6:30 p. m.—Senior C. E. Mrs.! Roe Wynn, president. 7:30 p. m.—Evangelistic services.! Sermon, “Is Thy Heart Right With ' God.” 7:30 p. m. Wednesday night — Prayer meeting. Gerald Brodbeck, leader. Be sure and attend this service. We are expecting great things from God this coming year. Surely opportunities are open for the advancing of His kingdom among men. Let us pray for the editicaI tiou of the Saints and salvation of ! the lost. God’s word says, "If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall !be done uuto you. Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.” —John 15:7-8. Come to church. Life will he

Experience Any funeral requires careful attention as to detail and only years of experience can assure you of the correct proceedings. We know what is required of us. Our many years has taught us to be Correct in every detail. e r. black FUNERAL DIRECTOR v Z__ PHONE 500 =—S ,

PUBLIC SALE As we have sold the farm and Mr. Freels is quitting farming, will sell at Public Auction 4 miles North of Bluffton on road No. 116 or the first farm South of Murray, on TUESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1937 Commencing at 10:00 A. M. 5— HEAD OF HORSES — 5 Bay Team, wt. 3000, smooth mouth, good workers and pullers: Sorrel Gelding 2 yr. old, sound, broke, will make 1700 lb. horse; Black Gelding, 2 yr. old, sound, real chunk; Red Roan Gelding, yearling, will make a good one. 17—HEAD OF CATTLE—I7 Large Guernsey Cow 4 yr. old. will freshen by day of sale, a 6 gal. cow; Guernsey Cow 5 yr. old. will freshen by day of sale, a 5 gal. cow; Large Guernsey & Durham Cow 6 yr. old. milking 6 gal. per day; Guernsey & Jersey Cow 4 yr. old, milking 5 gal. per day; Red A White Spotted Cow 5 yrs. old milking gal. per day; Jersey Cow 9 yr. old milking 5 gal per day; 2 Large Guernsey Heifers and 2 Extra good Roan Heifers, will freshen from Sept. 10 to 25: 3 good Roan Yearling Heifers Bred; one Good Roan Shorthorn Bull 15 mo. old; 2 Spring Heifer Calves; one Registered Guernsey Bull Pugney's Ajax 225619. 2 yr. old Bred by Olen Barr. Bluffton, Ind. AU the above Cows and Heifers are bred to this Bull. 28 HEAD OF HOGS — 2 Large Hampshire Sows with 15 Pigs old enough to wean; 3 Bred Gilts to farrow in October; I White Sow due to farrow in Nov.; 6 Feeder Hogs about 75 lbs. each; 1 Hampshire Boar Yearling. POULTRY—IOO Yearling White Leghorn Hens. FEED—3O ton of Good Alfalfa Hay; 8 acres of good Corn on stalk; 30 bushel Wheat good for seed: 150 bushel Oats. IMPLEMENTS AND TOOLS McCormick 6 ft. Binder; Rudd Manure Spreader used 2 seasons; Oliver Side Delivery Rake used 2 seasons; Good LHC Double Disc 14x16; Oliver 14 inch Walking Plow; Spike Tooth Harrow; Oliver Riding Cultivator; Thomas 2 Speed Mower; Letz Feed Grinder 10", like new: 1 Superior Grain Drill 16 Holl; Rake Hay Loader; 3 Shovel Plow ; Double Set of Schafer Breeching Harness new; 2 new Leather Collars 22 & 23 inch; DeLaval Cream Separator like new; Heller & Aller Putnp Jack new; 1-3 HP G. E. Elec. Motor new; articles too numerous to mention. Electric Washer, good HOUSEHOLD GOODS -Oak Round Dining Room Table and 6 Chairs China Closet; Oak Library Table; 2 Oak Rocking Chairs; 1 Brass Bed and springs and mattress; Linoleum Rug; 2 Kitchen Tables; Pedestal. TRACTOR—Fordson tractor 1927 model in good condition, lenders, governor and pulley. TERMS—Cash. For credit see Farmers & Merchants, Bluffton, Bank Sales Clerk before day of sale. Mr. Freels is quitting farming and Mr. Byerly has all the equipment and livestock that he needs. This property will be sold to the public. RAY BYERLY & RALPH FREELS, Owners Roy S. Johnson —Auctioneer. Lunch by Pleasant Dale Ladies Aid.

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more real and worth while if sou do. A hearty welcome to all. „„-o ——— VETERAN LISTED AS DEAD LIVES TO WIN V.OOO Buffalo, N. Y. —(UP)—Michael J. Slovtck, Batavia war veteran, who possesses a death certificate to prove the government listed him among those "killed in action,” has won a 12-year fight tor ’payment of . lite war risk Insurarw e on the basis of his total and permanent disability. N. S. Attorney George U Gobe of I Buffalo ivtified Slovick, holder of the Purple Heart decoration, that the government was sending him a j check for $7,960 in full payment of his policy. Slovick was shot in a heavy engagement on Nov. 1, 1918. For three days he lay in a shell hole, bls body and right thigh full of shrap(nef. His company aonmander reported him killed and a death certificate was issued. Later, stretcher bearers found him. An emergency operation saved his life. Upon his return home he sought compensation from the veterans vureau, but was refused and told to apply for vocational training. During the 12 years he fought tor the compensation he tried various jobs, but found that because of bis injuries he wgs unable to work more i than two hours a day. Radio Sales Up in India Bombay (U.R> — Wireless license holders in India have increased from about 8,909 to nearly 44,000 in the last four years. The customs revenue from radio sets imported into India increased by 790 per cent during the same period. Pierre Loti to Be Honered Rochefort. France <U.R> — A monument to Julien Viaud, who is known throughout the world by his pen - name Pierre Loti, is planned by citizens of Rochefort where he was born in 1850. A French naval officer as well as author of the famous “Fisherman of Iceland,” Loti's friends, neighbors and colleagues expect the monument to be completed within a year.