Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1937 — Page 5

JIOTfSb'NDAY Jf&l., 11 SCI IOOL ’■fsSON-:- , i.>tnt i indqiist. r MHK v 1 0< Chicano- ~ , • s * ' I' -t" r 1 nl<>n >«L|3jfor December 26 WGHL V , ffi| W JgL, >.ins I 12 26 1,1 llve ls t T ; x ! I >(■' n i'l.e of the words 1 ’ ,r,l!h whi, ' h rcmi’nibers many a .SELgJXr.' ec” which ineant 1!: ‘ x '' o' '■'’ f 'finnla or 1 o of B^2K ( l. id become BfMIM :! ’ :l ' k "‘ A n, ’ !!,, "8 |,f ' ' umed such an KindaW' ! of scl£ 10 Christ and ETotW !S really required no - words—it was his life. ■iff. rMar oday a threc-month seKg,"of es in the Christian life. ' s’ ,he right point by conuntil he is born and KTrna (K Jive .1 Christian life un"lKhe^Br’'‘ auo-n. We have conI MWerMWig.ma r God's grace in Beeping, n .:ng. guiding, blessing 1./Xd comiiitn. i g "ith his own. All '%Kese pOous truths call us to dcns to Christ in glad and Kill conKfr.ition. gflMen gh themselves thus to the Ki’idiniKf a fortune, to the propÜBa political or social thefc, to fit'll irsint of an occupation The "ghts burn late Search laboratory of the •eientist, in the counting room of the ,'^^Hni:n, and at the political fcggA- wring. Why should not give himself in like ■MMtanSSor Christ and his holy ■ PaA ■ the verses of our lesson. Khm Stet spirit and boldly deEww he follows Christ re■tardleM c circumstance—he Tioes aorr: •, "in the body.” not ■Eater in Bory. And it matters not ■whether® be by life or death— f 'Christ ha:: be magnified.” I I. “What Then’" (v. 18). imprisoned for the gosBp i s sails Did that stop him? no; Be made ihe very guards who were Isaigueato watch him in his house Bnto tniißonaries of the cross. He Brca one as he took his desig■airi®r;o(! of service and sent Biim oawas a testimony to "the whole Wa irian guard and to all ■therestTCv. 13 R. V.). What a consistent ajlu i lowing Christian life he ■must hale lived day by day. I ,!is Christian asso■fiataagß'' - advantage of the fact ■at fee has imprisoned, went out Bto presah just to show that they Bkjite SS?p d as he. They made preaching expression ■MBk : of his popularity and more sorrow and bitt. Ipgbt bath? No; he thanked God BflSSgS' was preached. We need lt n WBP , ‘ : s P> r *t in our day. l| tee oft::,' glaring fallacies of hulU»f #1 g is the idea that at ||s®ie ftrtn cable time in the future I've shall be able to enjoy life, do jmighty deeds or serve the Lord. P’or aihiaple parents fail to enjoy jt-tieir children because they are alP’ays Bkmg forward to the next their development. The MH»n <>y and help our children II BM *’"S'l. time to serve the Lord lIJeSUs is (now. The day will come listen we shall be glorified with I pi®, but it will then be too late to IHtt-tebur neighbors about Chr.st. ft is in the body that we are to bin and to glorify his name. Live Is Christ and to Die Is GaSs"fv, 21). Humanly speaking when a matter is one of "life or death” it is a question whether death may not inWfefeh. [The hope is that this may n( » be case and every effort is nwde to (prevent it. How different Be rightly points out ’■l®t to « Christian death means entering Into perfect fellowship with Qwlst kr.: unlimited service for him. Every human limitation will tll ®n be put aside—knowledge, service, comn union, will all be perfect and complete. He wpuid not, however, turn away frt»r> his pr esent privilege and duty. 1 Siace it is God’s will that he should abide in the flesh he will do it in su ch a Way as to make it literally lr Ue that Ho him "to live is Christ." Every life has a purpose and that i 'uiing passion which controls and directs a life is what should be "ritten into the sentence, "To me io live is. ..” What is it—money, wsitio-. pleasure, sin? Or is it ' Christ? If he is your life, then you enter into the New Year with 'Oe assure nee that it will be full and I satisfying, and gloriously useful. I" False Accusation A false accuser is a monster, a | d angerous monster, ever and in every way .malignant, and ready to seek cause. of complaint.—Demos- ,

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Old Year Stirred Deeps; New Holds Rare Promise I One Look Backward Into Gloom; And One Look Forward To The Sunrise —- Timeliness Os an Ancient Statesman’s Message.

1 By WILLIAM T. ELLIS 1— > One evening this week I had a • long distance telephone call from t a stranger, four hundred miles dis- , tant, who wanted tat talk about my r Sunday School Lesson, of which . he approved. But he was of the b sort who always want to “do some- , thing about it,” and he is coming to see me. [ Although our conversation was r «tng —telephone tolls evidently 1 mean little to him when vital quesI tions are at stake—l did not then > tell him that what he was saytng . fits into a pattern that of late has • been developing before my eyesFor from every direction, by mail ■ and by the printed word, there > have been coming to me messages i soundly c-"ncei‘ned over our times, ■ from men who are not only pro- ■ but who also perceive that the 1 answer to all our public and per--1 sonal questions is to be found in I | a new manifestation of loyalty to ■ Christ and His Way, that must 1 find practical expression. It does seem as if the King of ! life is rallying His legions for. ■ some new, large-scale, twerwhelm- ’ ing victory. In all churches this 1 spirit appears to be moving, be- ! neath the usual operation of eccle--1 siastical processes. A Year of Ferment We are turning the last leaves ’ of the calendar of 1937. It has 1 been a hinge year in history. None before it has ever been so full of uncertainty and fear. On this continent, the struggle between capital and labor has grown to gravest proportions. War abroad has revealed new possibilities of horror and of blood thirsty efficiency. The contractual relations between nations, which spell international civilization. have been worn thin or been destroyed. Ancient stabilities of usage and standards are more unstable' than for long centuries I I I past. Nothing in all the world remains 1 certain in the minds of the masses. ' Communism, Fascism, Naziism have made vast breaches in democracy, and left it shuddering with ‘ fear. Not for many centuries h»s. religion had to endure such <m-' slaughts. Human life is held asl cheap as in the days of savagery. Crime has become an wganized business. All this in the mass. Within the realm of individual thinking there has been a revolution approximating chaos. Myriads of youth have discarded the tested old standards of living, reverting to a jungle code. Many teachers, in muddyminded obfuscation, have abdicated all sense of moral responsibility They have sapped the founds-tioi’m-ef morality, religion, and patriotism. Preachers, by the thousands, have lost their Message. The ( prevalence of divorce reveals how widely the historic domestic ideals of the Cotfntry have disappeared. Yes: 1937 has been a dark year with both radicalism and reaction rampageous in all fields. An Old Letter’s Pertinency It is against such a gloomy background that we view the new forces girding themselves f«’ the perhaps decisive struggle of 1938. Our International Lesson Committee, with unconscious prophetic foresight has assigned for study by the millions of the Sunday a topic that fils the time—‘'Christian Consecration.’’ Before us, as text, stands the picture of old Phillippi, named f.. Philip of Macedon, and the home of his mightier son. Alexander the Great (Their city is a picturesque ruin now, which I have visited. I wish there were space to write more about it.) But a taller figure than the world-coliqucrlng Alexander now looms above the citys name, that of Paul, the missionary; who once walked Philippi’s streets, prayed at its waterside, worked at his tenl-nfaking trade in ofle of its homes, preached in its synagogue and sang In Us jail- His is the one great name forever associated first with Philippi In the public "“He left a part of his heart behind him with the church ho had established in Philippi- And long years afterward, when he was a prisoner in Rome, he wrote tc the Philippian Church a lettel that might have been penned yesterday .♦.»***** •The Sunday School Lesson for December 26 is "Christian ?o r Xration." Phil. 1:12-26; , ♦ *’*****’

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1937.

for us of today. The Future Opens 1 Out of his trubuient experiences 1 old Paul draws counsels that are as timely as If written for a 1938 calendar. First, he avows that the things which had happened to him . —and what had heaped-up woes ; they were: —had fallen out unto the furtherance of the Gospel. 1 That is a sotfnd morsel fee croakers and pessimists to chew. Last ■ year, and the whole two decades 1 since the World War, have not : been 0 total loss. In the longer 1 view, we may see them as a ploughing up of the world’s mind for a I new day that is just ahead. Any of ! us could set down an impressive 1 catalogue of benefits to humanity . that have beefn cafised by the ■ World War and its consequences. ’ Like an avalanche that reveals ■ a gold reef, disasters often open up new possibilities and powers. 1 Paul avers that all the mess of things—tperseculions, prison, petty jealousies—had only the more caused Christ to be proclaimed. It ■ reminds one of the strange and un•j expected ways in which the mind '.of Christ, and the leadership of ■ Christ, have come to potency and preeminence in our day. Our Lord is riding many strange chariots. Which leads us back to where; we began. Our new year opens with 1 1 strange stirrings of expectation | and purpose, definitely centered | upon Christ. More persons than I ever are turning from our baffling times and their inadequate remedies to inquire, “Lord, what wilt Ti -u have me to do.” In a day of pygmies, the only really heroic figure on the worlds horizon is that One who once bore a cross. His utter adequacy, as Leader, Lord and Redeemer, is emerging to view more clearly every day. In a single phrase, Paul imparts ’ 1 the secret of strong and serene llv- i ilig. He puts a profound motive back of even the I-wliest task. With the freshness of a great dis-j covery, be says to the weary worldling, who has wakened up to the truth that he has been walking in 1 a vain show, and to the hesitant, apprentice Christian, “For to me ; to live is Christ.” Christ first and 1 Christ last, and Christ all the way between—that is the one hope and power for a year that may be truly new. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS The great man is he who does not ise his child’s heart—Mencius, a Disciple of Confucius. Right attitude and right actions, right most things, including life itself—B. C. Forbes. * » » | They only babble who practice not reflection; I shall think—and thought is silence. —Sheridan. * * * Christianity requires more, demands more, than any other principle of living men have ~town.— Gerald Ray Jordan. As a man thinketh hi his heart, so is he. —Sol.mon, » * « And on his brest a bloodies crosse i he bore, The deare remembrance of His dying Lord. For whose :- uete sake that glot i- j ous b.idgo he wore. —Spenser: • * * Lord, help me to go through fio;-l and evil report; prosperity and adversity: storms and calm; kindness and unkhidness: friends and enemies; life and death, in the spirit and practice of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.— Bishop Francis Asbury. Q_ First Baptist Church Homer J. Aspy, Minister 9:30 A. M. Bible School. Mr. C. E. Bell, Superintendent 10:30 A. M. Junior Church. Mrs. Frank Young. Superintendent. 10:30 A. M. Morning Worship Service. Special Music and the sermon by the Pastor. 6:00 P. M. The Pastor's Hour with the Young People. 1:00 P. M. The Evening Service As a special feature of the service Mr. Paul Aldridge, of Fort Wayne will bring several organ Selections. Wednesday evening the MidWeek Prayer Service at the church at 7:30 p. m. o Zion Reformed Church Cafeteria Supper, tonight, 5-7.1

Church of Ths Nazarene 7th & Marshall Paul Brandyberry, Pastor 9:30 a. tn. —Sunday school, Harley Ward. Supt. 10:30 a. m. —Morning Worship. Sermon theme: “Exploits." 6:30 p. m.—Young Peoples service with Mrs. Lon Woodrum, Pres. 6:30 p. m.—Junior Society, Mrs. Ervin Elzey, supervisor. 7:30 p. m.—Evangelistic service. Sermon theme: "Good News." 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, the regular mid-week prayer meeting. Our annual Christmas program will l>e given Thursday, Dec. 23. You are welcome. Eighth St. U. B. Church L. J. Martin, Pastor 9:30 —Sunday School, Lawrence Michel, supt. 10:30—Juniors. 10:45 —Sermon. 6:30 —Junior C. E. Gladys Bell, supt. Clara Klemz, pres. 6:30 —Senior C. E. Mrs. Roe Wynn. pres. Mrs. L. J. Martin, leader. 7:3o—Evangelistic services. 7:30 Wednesday night, Prayer meeting. A Christmas program will be given on Sunday night, Dec. 26, at 7:30. Complete program will be announced later. First Evangelical Church George S. Lozier, Minister 9:15 a. m.—Sunday School. Edward Martz, superintendent. 10:10 a. m. —Christian Program rendered by the Children’s Division of the Sunday School. 6:00 p. m. —Intermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p. tn. —Christinas Program j given by the Young People’s Divi- , sion of the Sunday Sckiol. 7:00 p. m. Wednesday—Midweek Devotional and Study Hour. 11:00 p. m., Friday—Midnight, Candle-lighted Christmas Worship ! Service. o Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schult, pastor Divine services in English, 10:30 I ». m. Divine service with holy com-. I inunion hi the German language, I 8:10 a. m. Sunday School and Bible class, 9:30 a. m. Christmas program rehearsal Sunday, 1:30 p. m. Junior Christmas party Wednes . day evening. Holy communion will be celebrated in the English language on Christmas Day. Children’s Christmas service Fri-1 day, 7 p. m. o Presbyterian Church George O. Walton, minister 9:30 a. m. — Sunday School. Frank Franz, superintendent. 10:30 a. in. — Mc.-ning worship. Fourth Sunday in Advent. Sermon, “Seeking.” The Sunday School Christmas entertainment will be given at seven o'clock. Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening at 6:45. The Communion of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated in two weeks, January 2. Every member of the church is expected to be present. Reconsecration Sunday, January 30. 0 Church of God Glen E. Marshall, Pastor The unified service begins with special, worshipful music at 9:30. Congregational songs of worship and praise. The message will be given by the pastor on the subject, ■ “The Gift of God's Love.” Sunday j School classes convene at the close of the worship period. Evening evangelistic service, 7:30. The young peoples’ group from the Church of God in Fort Wayne ' will present a pageant entitled. “Christ in Christmas" at the local | church either Wednesday or Thursday night. The exact date will be announced through the paper Monday. This pageant has a cast of about 40 characters and takes around an hour to present it. Watch the paper for the definite date and make plans to attend. We are sure everyone will enjoy the program. The public is most cordially invited to attend the services of this congregation. ——. . o — First United Brethren Church Corner of Ninth and Madison James A. Weber, Pastor Church School at 9:15. Roy Mumma in charge. “God's Gift of a Savior" is the theme. Something special for every person. The Otterbein Orphanage and Home offering will be taken at this service. Morning Christmas Service 10:30 i A. M- Theme— “The Message of

the Angels." Christmas will mean! more it you attend this service. I 6 p. m. Christian Endeavor Services. Adult and Youth topic “What do we mean by the Spirit of Christmas?” Intermediate topic “Great Pictures of the Nativity.” Junior topic “Making this Christmas a Happy One." 7 p. m. Children’s Program under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Williams. In connection with this service there will be presented a beautiful pageant “The Three Great Joys." Do not miss this service. Monday 7 p. tn. Bible Study, using Deut. 21, Rev. C. J Miner In charge. Ome in the back way to the Beginner's room. Weitnesday— 6 p. m. Orchestra practice. A. N. Hilton in charge. 7 p. m. Prayer meetings by age ren. groups, Adult, Youth, and Child8 p. tn. Choir Practice, Harold Mumina in charge. o First Christian Church Rev. Kenneth Timmons, pastor D. L. Rrum, Sup't Bible School Bible School 9:30 a. m. Communion and Worship 10:30. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock all children of the church are requested to be there to practice for the Christmas program. On evening of December 26 the Christmas program will be presented. the Christmas Story in sciiPture | Pantomime and song. is. Pqo Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, Minister Church School 9:00 A. M. J. Fred Fruchte, Supt. Morning Worship 10:15 A. M. (Holy Communion Sermon: "His Coming in the Sacrament" Music by the Young Women's j Choir. Young People's Society 6 p. m. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Holy Communloy No Mid-week service. Friday. 7 p. m. Christmas Eve . Program and Children’s Entertain- | ment. 0 Fortune Reversed for Rancher Salem, Ore. (U.PJ — Bill Brown, 82, who lives in the Methodist

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old people's home, which he once endowed with a $25,000 gift, says if he had ills life to live over he would settle down with a wife on a small farm instead of building one of the largest ranches in the west. o Prehistoric Relics Found Lehman Caves National Monument, Nev. (U.R) First evidences | of human occupancy of Lehman I Caves, the scenic underground I wonderland in White Pine county,! in an unknown prehistoric age I have been discovered by rangers 1 I of the national park system. — 0 REPORT SHOWS -(CONTIN UEI> FROM PAOE ONE) Press correspondents asked then ■ If they could repeat previous denials that Japanese launches machine-gunned the deserted, sink- ; ing Panay just before she sank with the American flag at her mast. The naval spokesman said: "On the basis of present information no Japanese surface craft were on hand. However, in view of contradictory versions, the Japanese army and navy are under j taking a new investigation. We are trying to reach the bottom of the entire affair in good faith, In order to bring a sincere settlement of the incident." After the conference, the Japan- . ese officials completely surrounded .| United Press Correspondent James

questioning him in detail as to what he personally observed aboard the Panay and ashore as he and others watched the launches at the Panay’s side. o — . WAGES-HOURS BILL fCON-TTyrctEn FROM WAWW ! vote threw the house into disordI er for ten minutes until Rayburn ' could me-ve adjaurnment until 11 a. m. today, when the housing bill I amendments designed to aid the president’s program for encouraging housing investment will be considered. Senate leaders fought down a | powerful minority against the farm ■ bill sponsored by Sen. James P. Pope, D., Ida.; and Sen. George McGill, D„ Kali. o New Albany Man Is Crushed Under Truck New Albany, Ind., Dec. 18 —(UP) —Nelson B. Smith, 58, was crushed to death last night beneath the wheels of a truck operated uy Roscoe Baxley, 36, Corydon, Bazley said that Smith, a carpenter, walked inI to the side of the truck. ■ O ' DALHOVER WILL : PHOM VArJE ONE) ; hover was captured in the fight. It will be the end of a gang i whose career in crime was almost t paralleled with the gang of the

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late unlainentcd John Dillhiger's, another Indiana farm boy. Part of Dillinger’s mobsters, like Brady's, are known now only by a number. The others are dead — the two rewards a life of crime provides. o DAMAGE SUIT (CONTINtTEry FBOM PAGE one; her eyesight that site could not see , distinctly and that the nerves and pupils in her eyes are now affected to such a degree that it Ims permanently Impaired her eyesight. That tlie muscles in i'.er face were terribly and horribly disfigured and injured." The complaint states that the plaintiff earned S2O a week as an accountant. She alleges she incurred medical and hospital bills and lost time from her work. "■ ' * •■"O 11 F'ort Wayne Organist At Baptist Church Paul Aldridge, prominent Fort • I Wayne organist, will present a spe- > dal organ recital at the First BalpI tist church in this city Sunday evet ning at 7 o'clock. Mr. Aldridge will be accompanied 1 by a soloist, who will present a program of Christmas music. The public is Invited to attend this serj vice. 0 ’ Pleasant Mills Lady I Suffers Broken Leg i II Mrs. Orville Brentllnger, of Plea- * sant Mills, is a patient at the Ad- - ams county memorial hospital as j the result of fall at her home Frldaiy afternoon. She broke both t bones in her right leg at the ankle, i Today she was reported resting . well and her physician believed sho 3 could go home within a day or so. : Her leg has been placed in a cast. o ! Trade in a Good Town — Decatur [ 81 ;l STOI> PAIN ! THAT FAIIT —with— I ALF'S COMPOUND Wintergreen Tablet Used by Hundreds for the Quick Relief of RHEUMATIC PAINS NEURALGIA—NEURITIS MUSCULAR LUMBAGO ,' All Other Aches and Pains At all Drug Stores, or send SI.OO to Union Pharmacai Co. Bluffton. Indiana e