Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1937 — Page 5

SUNDAY school •C ® s s o n -> »”*'■ .CMuHOt.D I. LUNDQUIST. ’■“6 <4 Chicago. ■ e ru Newspaper Union. for November 28 ’«<W I jJSims fruitfulness I rvctfHTl-XT -J° hn 15 l Herein is my Fa I GO iJSf that ye bear much fruit: ■®* r h ".i Mt ’ v disciples —John 15.8 ■ TOPlC—Jesus' Rule of «... frSJwrJrc’PlC—The Loyalty of Love ■ AND SENIOR TO)■ ■ - n£3BF;i V Expect to Achieve’ I'TnuSc »1 ‘I- AND ADULT TOP ThsnkM day has just affordled eaoM>t> of us a s P ecial °PP° r - Itunity <T ri '“ rn P raise t 0 God for ItiieiruMu 1 ;ss of America's broad "''■acres. I' 1S appropriate that we l-’ nk toiry of the Christian life as 'self in the bearing of lr at I‘r'jit I !|| I ctaigfcn work of which we spoke >.» J last Sundr y may (at least in a measjure)beKitatcci. but fruit cannot be 'Hisl imitaljd- 11 1S the result 01 life and A Jonly who know tbe new birlh tsiiiilbetf tMfroit of Christianity. I Tbertjiptrr before us is a portion lot Serini l which has been the peI tdiar tfV tL ' of God's children in l! «?l all genXtiLins. It is at the center '| of our’So s words with his disciI pies inupediately before his death I <m thfUos I Many are the expositions of this '’‘l passage, out a beautifully simple | one came to the writer from *| Dr. W. •aliam Scroggie is suggestl#,| ed 35 m<; t helpful. I I. UM and Fruitfulness (vv. 1-B'. I Lifgftsil'-s in fruit and there can Ibe My ruit where there is no 0i is the vine, the Fa'!,(Bther te th eeper of the vine. We ’’■who are Christ's are the branches I abidingTir him, that is. living our I whole life in and for him in such US' ‘‘th him that his life as ‘htßthe viM ( rings forth fruit in us as I'hlthtbMM es. That is real Christian I living, — I NBes. there are branches that ' I seem topelong to the vine but they L I lack (j) one indispensable evidence I of life W1 ch is the normal bearing lof fruit These the Father must I tak* gin cast away to be destroyed. • I WhilaK must not read into these I wo^® fl '-' than our Lord in,ended - I let'M Hware lest we explain away I import. These are •I SWKr is of warning to false >ro- || fcsflHf Christianity, but they are if to distress and disheartI en.«Ht>ll"«iis of the Lord Jesus. | ' Christian is undoubtI 1 f 1111 the fruit of c,'arac- | ter Mt .’ character is also to I sh «‘ induct. Note the progress I —**lll’ v. 2), "more fruit” (v. 2), I "mSHfruit" (v. 5). In order to I b «W re fruit there is need of | prJKand cleansing (vv. 2,3). I Not always, but always I proß Let us thank God for L knife when its work I miss the prayer promise 'I It * s an un hmited promI a closely limited condition. 11 the condition and claim II th»B(inise. I and Friendship (vv. 9-16'. i is my commandment that -I yejMone another." In verse 10 we I to abide in the love of I must keep his commandI now we learn that it is I that we love one an- | are not to await the I prompted by the beauty or or propinquity of someone, I are to love one another. I Christian who has obeyed I ttX^Bnm midmertts against steal I in Oultery, and blasphemy has I that he is commanded ■I to | The joy of Christ was fulfilled on | Calvary by the love of his | dijgjpl, for one another and for 1I idß Sr !e rejoices today when we I brethren and love him, for I enter upon the beautiful I r’Mßship of friends. I Dr. Scroggie says. "We may be without being his *1 the one is based on his B ift I cf us; the other, upon our of- :■ f«SMof love for him. Are you a I friendl of God?. You cannot have | GM apd the world for friends at j I time ' The friendship of | tkoHfrid is enmity with God. The I world lhates Christ, and therefore I wiU not love you if you are like . the sweet intimacy of I '-Utßyhip with him. Read verses I tg 16 Chosen and appointed by | "Mi ol ' ‘‘he first loved us," we are I nol B I ” * n the distant position of I SMV » nts but are brought into his I ri’S® of friends with whom he 1 I shares the glorious secrets of | I mu Ither, and our Father. It is I a graat thing to be a Christian, a I friend of the Saviour. | Nate now closely this friendship | Ifficd with assurance and power I j a W«ycr. Dr. Gray points out that | "that* is nothing in this sublime I d ’ sc ? Urse °f more practical value I thangwhat it teaches about prayer. |> See 14:13; 15:16; 16:23-27. To ask in I S Name is as though He asked j himfclf with all the assurance of I tv* K r wb ‘ cb sucb a fact implies. I This,ls the privilege of the'true beI I ‘W'. wbo is 111115 a me mber of | t-hrigt's body and of Him only, and I * revelation of truth which I at no time had made known' I to His followers until now.” '

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Problem Os The Good Life Underlies Public Issues Meagre Vitality Os Individuals The Fundamental World Question —— Astounding Claims Os Jesus To Impart New Life.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS One crying need today is tor a smashing new book that will expose the utter hollowness and unreality of the contemporary vogue of Jesus as a beautiful character, as a social reformer and as a supreme teacher, but nothing more. Print and platform nowadays are eloquent with appeals to Jesus, as example and as idealist. 1 once heard a preacher say, “I am sick and tired of these Jesus men. who never utter the word Christ.” Blunt and shocking though the statement may be, it is nevertheless true that Jesus was the supreme charalatan and fraud of the ages, if He was not what He constantly proclaimed Himself to be, the Son of God, the Messiah, and the world's only Saviour, able to bestow life for two worlds. He was not more than man. Let us be honest with ourselvesThe only source of historical information concerning Jesus that we possess is in the pages of the Bible. To learn who and what He did and said was, we must go back to this original authority. There it is written, in words plain enough for the simplest to understand) that Jesus lived and taught and died as the sent Son of God, the Source of life, the Redeemer of, the world. To pose Him, as is the, modern ‘‘intellectual'' fashion, as i merely one of history's greatest! living characters, a perfect pattern; and a model teacher, and only that,! is to fly in the face of the expli-' cit record. If Jesus is not accepted! as the Christ He must be rejected altogether. His astounding and oft-! repeated claims — as ‘‘l am the, Way, the Truth and the Life;” and . ‘‘The Father and I are one” — are > either true, nr else He was a de-! liberate deceiver, and unworthy of. our respect and consideration. ; At Grips With Reality I attended the funeral of America's I greatest contemporary editor a few days ago; and there was brought home to me afresh the truth that when we come to grips with ultimate realities, all our glib and superficial "liberalism” slips away, and we confront Jesus Christ, as man's only hope for the here and the hereafter. This funeral, with its distinguished guests, was a simple and impressive religious service, a testimony to the dead > man's faith. The only words spok en were the sublime affirmations of immortality, as they came from the lips of Jesus Christ and His great apostle. The hymns that were sung by a fine soloist were expressions of simple, childlike faith. When even the most "advanced" preacher stands beside a bier he has no other message than the Scripture. When a great American philosopher, an aggressive agnostic. buried his wife, he asked that the Christian hymns be sung and that a Christian minister conduct the service. Staliu, Russia's atheistic dictator, buried his wife with Christian ceremonies. There seems no escaping *a confrontation of Christ. ■All the foregoing is but. preliminary to this Lesson's central teaching that Jesus Christ is the source of spiritual life, here and now, as well as beyond the grave. Peep into the Bibles of a myriad Chris tians, and it will be seen that the most thumbed pages are these passages in John's Gospel, from chapter fourteen to chapter seventeen. They represent the deepest desire and satisfaction of the disciple. In them, the Redeemer, about to die. revealed Himself as the Christian's all in all- Personal, inner relation to Christ is the whole, source of religious life and power. He is the true vine, and His disciples are the branches. Their life is wholly imparted by Him. The Good Life’s Meaning Here we find the master motive ( for the good life. And everybody isj seeking the good life, more or less.unconsciously. Even our days, frantic pleasuring is but a mad at -. tempt to extract some juice from I the ordinarily dry business of liv-, Ing. We have fairly smothered outselves under the new mechanisms *‘of more comfortable conditions; only to discover that things never been a more discontented generasatisfy. 1 doubt if there has ever tion than the present. The crowd- »*»♦»»*** * «»*»*»* * •The Sunday School Lesson for November 28—" Christian Fruitfulness.” John 16:1-16. **♦*♦♦♦** ',»«»«**** I

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face that we see on all sides is not a happy face. “ ‘Tis life of which our veins are scant, 'Tis life for which in vain we pant, —More life, and fuller, that we want.” Proved true throughout the Christian centuries, and attested today by myriads of men and women throughout the world, is the reality of this mysterious transmission of a new life from Christ to His disciples. "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in Me.” In that mystical truth, Christians have found hearts of peace and helpfulness and cleanness. All about us are persons who are restraining their passions, denying their selfish desires, checking the unkind word, proving good neighbors and abounding in good will, because deepest in their hearts dwells this 1 new life of Christ. That life is today a more potent force in the world than all the armaments of the warring nations. The Vine In The Church Once I was taken by the Greek monks of the Church of the Holy : Sepulchre in Jerusalem up to the roof of the building- I had seen I their stored treasures and relics; i but more impressive than any of ' these was the arbor in which I i found myself, high above the Holy i City. It was a great old grape vine,] 'of immemorial antiquity, the leav-j es of which gave shade and the fruit of which wtjfch was prized re-1 | freshment. The roots of the vine were far down by the foundations of the old church, unseen and un- ' suspected by the thousands of visitors. its source was hidden, but its ; fruits were in the sunlight. That I vine seemed to me a parable of I the Christian life, which grows high and wide and beneficently, because rooted deep with the Vine. Sometimes we cannot see the connection between the fruit and the roo t — but only through the Vine does the life-sap flow. This identity of the Christian with his Lord is no impractical sentimentalism, at home only in such books as Thomas 'a Kempis' "Im- ; itation of Christ.” It is the most workable force in the world. Indeed, it is today being acclaimed by far-seeing men as the one hope of civiliation. For only a vast multiplication of those who pursue the Good Life can assure a world order of righteousness and peace. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS Contentment consists not in great wealth, but in few wants.— Epicurus. » » * To tolerate misery among men without feeling the call to remedy it is to fall under the reprobation —“lnasmuch as ye did it not ye did it not to me." —Bishop Gore. We all are blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth the making, if It does not make the man. —Edwin Markham. * « * The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.—Emerson. » • « In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.— Prov. 3:6. ♦ ♦ ♦ He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; , For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. —Samuel Taylor Coleridge. • ♦ * • Let us furnish ourselves with weapons and remedies so that when i there shall have burst upon us a I war of unreasonable passions, of jgrief, or pain, or any such thing, I we may, well armed and secure on all sides, repel the assaults of the ievil one with all skill. —John Chryjsostom. o Christian Church Rev. Kenneth Timmons, pastor Sunday School. 9:30 a. nt. Worshipu service and communion. 10:30 a. tn. Monday night. Christian Missionary at the home of Mrs. James Kitchen. Mrs. Fred E. King, leader. Tuesday night. Sisters of Ruth, at the home of Mrs. Will Kohls ‘ Wednesday night, Bible Study postponed.

Eighth St. U. B. Church l/ J. Martin, pastor 9:30 a. m.—Sunday School. Lawrence Michel, superintendent. 10:30 a. in.—Junior choruses and a chalk talk. 10:45 a. m.—Sermon. 6:30 p. m. —Junior C. E. Gladys Bell, superintendent. Clara Kletnz, president. 6:30 p. m.—Senior O. E. Mrs. R. M. Wynn, president. 7:30 p. m.—Evangelistic services. Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock there will be a social gathering for the whole Bunday School at the home of Mrs. Nellie Meyers at 110 East Jefferson street. Parents and children are all invited and are welcome to come. Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock there will be a special Thanksgiving service instead of the regular prayer meeting. There will be special numbers in music and song, also readings and a Thanksgiving sermon by the pastor. Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor Divine services in English, 10:30 a. tn. Divine services in German, 8;30' a. m. Sunday School and Bible class, 9:30 a. m. Lutheran radio hour, 3:30 p. m. Daily radio devotlonals. 7:45 a.m. o Methodist Episcopal Church Corner Monroe and Fifth Ralph W. Graham, minister Morning worship. 9:30 a. m. — Unified service. The annual Thankoffering service for the Woman's Home Missionary Society will be observed. Sermon theme, “Men j W'ith a Pilgrim Heart.” Special I music. Please remember this is ' the family church. The children will worship with the adults with i a special sermon for the children and then they go to their rooms for further Bible and religious instruction. Church School classes for all ages immediately following the worship period. Epworth League: Cabinet meet; ' ing at 5 p. m. Devotional meeting at 6 p. m. All young people of the church are urged to attend the devotional service. Evening worship, 7 p.m. A happy hour of song and praise. The sermon theme, "The Conversion of Saul.” The public is cordially vitedThe mid-week service on Wednesday evening will be omitted i and we will cooperate in the Union Thanksgiving service on Thursday morning at 8 o'clock. First United Brethren Church Corner of Ninth and Madison James A. Weber, Pastor Sunday School at 9:15 A. M. Roy Mumma in charge. Lesson theme—- " The Need for Christian Workers.” 10:30 A. M. Thanksgiving Worship. Theme— “Thanks-Living” Be ready to count your blessings. 6:00 P- M. (Note the change in time) Christian Endeavor Services for all ages. Adults, Young People. Intermediate, Junior, and Junior Jewels. 7:00 P. M. (Note the change in time) Happy Hour Seirvjice and Thanksgiving preparatory service. Theme — “Thanks-Giving." Monday 7:00 P. M. Bible Study in charge of Rev. C. J. Miner, at the Church in the Cradle Roll room. Wednesday 6:00 P. M. Orchestra practice in charge of A. N. Hilton 8:00 P. M Choir Practice in charge of Harold Mumma. 7:00 P: M. Prayer meeting groups for all ages. Sunday Nov. 28th is Anniversary Day. Invite your friends and prepare for a great day of Celebration. We urge our people to attend the Union Thanksgiving Services on Thursday morning. —o — ——■ —• —— First Baptist Church Homer J. Saky, Minister 9:30 A. M. Bible School, Mr. C. E. Bolin Superintendent. Cal Peterson's Class will have charge of the opening exercises. 10:30 A. M. Junior Church, Mrs. Frank Young, Superintendent. 10:30 A. M. Morning Worsnlp Service. Special music v i'l be furnished by a double trio composed of Miss Jeanette Winnes, Mrs. Homer Aspy, Mrs. C. E. Peterson, Mrs. C. E. Bell, Mr. Max Boxell, and Mr. Harve Shroll, The pastor will speak on the subject "Burning Your Bridges Behind You." 6:00 P. M. Pastor’s Hour with the young people. Questions of real interest to ajl young people are discussed during this hour. An invitation is extended to every young person to attend these meetings. 7:00 P. M. Evening Service. Following the popular song service, during which members of the congregration select their favorite hymns, the pastor will use as the

subject of the evening sermon ■Frustrating the Grace of God." Wednesday evening at 7:30 the mid-week prayer service will be held at.the church. Thursday morning the Union Thanksgiving service will be held at the Zion Reformed Church. o Church of the Nazarene 7th and Marshall Paul Brandyberry, Pastor 9:3A A. M. Sunday School Harley Ward Supt. 10:30 A. M. Morning worship. Sermon by the Rev. Richard Fry. 6:30 P. M. Young People’s Service. Mrs. Lon Woodrum, Pres. 6:30 P. M. Junior Society Mrs. Ervin Elzey Supervisor. 7:30 P. M. Evangelistic service. 'Sermon by the Rev. Richard Fry. 7:30 P. M. Wednesday the midweek prayer meeting. This Sunday is Rally Day” in our Church. If you are not attending Sunday school anywhere come out and get acquainted with the friend- i ly people of the "Friendly Church.” , The series of meeting which have been going on for three weeks will close and as Pastor my prayer is that the revival fires will continue to burn in the hearts of those who have been spiritually helped. The day of revivals are not over! “God is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Thirty people have bowed at our altar during this revival meeting. We can truly say that God . has been working in. a mysterious way His wonders to perform. o First Evangelical Church George S- Lozier, Minister 9:15 a. m.—Sunday School. Mr. Edward Martz, superintendent. 10:10 a. m. —Worship Service. Sermon theme: "Remembering God.” 6:00 p. m.—lntermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p. tn.—Speial Thdnks-Offer-ing Service. This service is being sponsored and promoted by the W. M. S. and Y. P. M. C. Two short plays—“ Grandmother’s Opinion of Thank-Offe -ing Boxes” and “Going Farther with Him in Thank-Offering”, will be presented. There will also he a Reading and special music, 7:00 p. m„ Wednesday—Midweek* : study and devotional hour. 8:00 p. m., Wednesday—Senior Choir Rehearsal, 8:00 a. tn., Thursday—Union Thanksgiving Service at the Zion Reformed Church. The annual youth conference of the Ft. Wayne Group will be held I on Friday, beginning at 10:00 o’clock, in the First Evangelical church. Kendallville, Indiana. o — Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, Minister ! Church School 9: Op A. M. J. Fred Fruchte, Supt. Mornng Worship 10:15 A. M. Sermon: “The Responsibilities of God” St. Luke 11:2. The Senior Choir will sing. Young People's Society 6 p. m. Miss Bernice Beineke, leader. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Thank Offering Service of the Women's Missionary Society and | the Firls’ Missionary Guild. Playlet "The Lost Church”. Special musical i program. Wednesday, 7 p. m. Mid-week seri vice. Thursday. 8 a. m. Annual Union Thanksgiving Service in this church. ■ o Church of God Glen E. Marshall, Pastor The unified service recently inaugurated in the local church is proving a real success. The plan of service is well liked by the congregation. Tho service begins promptly at 9:30 with a worship j program for all. The worship period ! consists of Congregational singing. Special songs, scripture, prayer and a message by the pastor. The message Sunday will be given on tho subject, "Manifesting our Thankfulness.” After the study hour the service closes promtply at 11:15 Evening service 7:30. Message by the pastor. The message Sundav wi’l be given on the subject, “Manirestating our Thankstulness.’' After the study hour the service closes . promptly at 11:15. Evening services 7:30. Message

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by the pastor. Mid-week prayer service, Wed- i nesday 7:30. Revival services, -begin Sunday Nov. 28. Rev. Ralph Poole, of i Anderson, Ind., will be the evangelist. Mrs. Poole will also be present i In the meeting and will sing. i Union Thanksgiving service at the Zion Reformed Church, Thurs- ' day 8:00 A. M. Rev. Aspy speaker. Revival at the Willshire Church of God begins tomorrow night. Rev. Lowry Quinn, of Lima, Ohio Evangelist. * o —■ < FHA STRESSES DESIGNING FOR SMALL HOUSES Washington —(UP) —A major offensive in the Federal Housing Administration's campaign to raise the standard of design, plan and construction of small houses by u . series of conferences has brought ; together more than 8,000 ouildem. ' bankers and real estate dealers in i 22 cities, it is reported by Howard t l —

Face New Hearing in Mutiny on the Algic l\Jg: -Mb a Cleg Lowder, James Lumpkin and Rubel Stewart (1. tor.) are shown as they appeared before U. S Commissioner Epstein at New York where they are charged with conspiracy to mutiny on the high seas aboard a government vessel, the Algic. They are being held in SSOO bail, pending a further hearing For SJ.OO The Decatur Daily Democrat will be delivered by mail to your home tor a year. It’s the biggest bargain in the daily newspaper field. Home news and market reports. Doings and happenings from the busiest and fastest growing small town in the state. Full UNITED PRESS reports of State, National and World news, Comics and features. Mail Your Subscription Now! $3.00 a year in the first zone. Na m e Address Does your neighbor take the homg, paper? If not, tell him of this offer.

Leland Smith, FHA'h architectural director. "It haa been our chief aim," Smith said, "to lift the standard of design and plan and to suggest the very real importance of architectural supervlsL-n and good, sound construction. Continued indifference to 1 good design and plan is juet another invitation to neighborhood blight.” Conferences are also aided in bringing plans submitted with applications for motrgage insurance up to the minimum property and construction requirements cl the administration, Sifith said. o Visitors Set New Record at Capital Washington —(UP) — Washington’s record of 2,864,605 vieitors during the past fiscal year sets a new mark for the capital as a ua- . tiona! pilgrimage point. The Smithsonian Institution, | which receiver J»ur out of every i five visitors to Washington, recorded 2,291,685 visitors last year, com-

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pared with 1,291,685 in the preceding year and 1,341.306 tor 1933 34. On the Fourth of July thia year Washington Monument ascensions hit an all-time high ot 10,914 for a single day. Curtia Hedges, director of the Greater National Capital Committee, estimated that viaitora spent more than 335,000,000 here last fiscal year. He figured that the average tourist stays in the cagtltal two days and spends sl2. o— ——■ Money Used aa Ear-rings London —(UP) — Great Biitain'e new 12-sided three-penny “bits" are still regarded as a novelty. More titan 20,000,000 have been put into circulation. The people of IsUngton are having them made into brooches penants and earrings. Collector Gets Rare Cane Amarillo, Tex. —(UP)-— Mason King. Amarillo newspaper man who collects canes as a hobby, now has a highly polished stick that is top ranking in hie collection. The cane once was the property of Quanah Parker, famous Indian Chief, County to Sell Coal Cambridge, O - <U,R>—Guernsey county soon will sell 1,350 acres of coal for taxes. Part of the coal lies under the town of North Salem, Ohio.