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Tragedy 01 Unappreciated Greatness Unseen At Home Second Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth Has Its Parallels Everywhere — “Scouting” for Talent — How the Master Enlarged His Forces.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS I have heard discussion* as to what is the most tragic sentence in all literature. One contended (that the lament of the Hebrew exiles in Babylon exceeds all other speech In poignuncy—"How shall we sing the Lord's song In a strange land?” Another, with whom I agree, gave first place to the sorrowful words, “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not." Twice rejected at home, by those best loved, that was the bitter fate of Jesus He was very human, in coveting the understanding of the folk with whom He had grown up Every achiever cares more for | the recognition of the little home towu paper than for all the plaudits of the metropolitan press, God ; has made us that way, to hold dearest that which is nearest. No symbol of success is sweeter than the appreciation of family and old friends. Although scorned and threatened at His first appearance In the Nazareth synagogue, at the outset of His ministry, Jesus returned to the old town, after He had achieved fame and after the reports of His marvellous ministry were upon everybody's tongue. Surely they would receive Him now. “I Knew Him When —” It is the innate littleness which curses most of us that leads us to say, disparagingly, of an acquaintance who has grown great. "Why I knew him when—.” The implication is that no one who once lived 'on our level could ever really a-! mount to much. He has grown be- : yond us; but we still persist in our petty first judgments. Long- j fellow expresses it: "The low desire, the base design. Which makes another's virtues less.'' Lying on the surface of Mark s tersely told tale of the Master s experience in Nazareth is the admonition to keep our eyes open for excellence in our own familiar circle. Only the rare malt or woman perceivas the potentialities of greatness in the youth of the neighborhood. But these few have sped many persons on to achievement. This gift of discovering hidden qualities of worth in those nearest to us is really Christ-like, for Jesus saw as diamonds the rough pebble-men about the Lake of Galilee whom He made disciples. A quest for the best in every life we touch is Christian service. Christian service. There are myr--1 iads all about us hungry for understanding of their higher selves and of their latent talents. 1 Opportunity, magnificent and 1 matchless, came to the Nazareth 1 neighbors when Jesus, forgiving their earlier affront, returned to ' the home town. What a comfort and joy it would have been to Him had these frieuds of a life-time welcomed and understood Him. ! Few, indeed, throughout His life were the discerning encouragers. Although amazed by His words and works, the miserable, purblind , Nazarenes only scoffed at Jesus, i The big world might be tooled by , Him, but they “knew Him when " i Thus Nazareth, which thought it was judging Jesus, rendered judg • ment upon itself. "Is Not This the Carpenter?” Nazareth's sneer has become the , Church's boast. Yes, Jesus was a . carpenter, and u good one. Doubt- ( less every home in the contmun- : ity held some specimen of His i skill. Before ever He became the world's Teacher and Healer. Jesus i spent long years at the lowly task ' of a workingman; thus forging a 1: unique tie with all workers cvery- • where. He is today the toilet s ' Comrade Christ. He knew drudgery, and all the physical weari- ! ness of labor, and the monotony | of routine tasks. There is no Burj den on the back of the laborer that I He cannot understand and lift. "This is the Gospel of labor . King it, ye bells of the kirk. The Lord of love came down from '*•**•*« 3 » !***»***•» t ‘The Sunday School Lesson > for March 6it “Serving With i! What We Have.” — Mark 6:1s | 13. »!****«**•# ij* «**♦**• *

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above To dwell with the men who work.'' —Van Dyke I From Mark's story we learn that Jesus was the oldest son of a large family. Tradition has It that Joseph, the father, died while the children were young; so the responsibility for supporting Mother i Mary and the brothers and sisters devolved upon Jesus Like most other artisans. He knew the acuteness of the bread and-butter problem. Familiar to Him were the joys and cares of a workingman's humble home. No cloistered scholar, no remote ascetic, no child of special privelege and opportunity was Jesus. God placed His only Son In that best of ail schools, a family with a godly mother. Yet even His brothers and sisters did not understand Him, or accept His mission, until after the Resurrection. Loneliness is the lot of all great spirits. Contentpuous — and contemptible — Nazareth lost much by its self-complacent stupidity and insularity. For Jesus could do no mighty works there, because of their unbelief. It would have been a changed Nazareth had it only possessed a little more vision. Ahthose poor communities which miss their chance. A profound and a universal principle underlies the remark of Jesus on another occasion. "According to your faith, be it unto you.” As if to illustrate another saying of its rejected Citizen, about one generation's stoning its proi phets and another's building monuments to them, the City of Nazareth today, as it nestles amidst its hills, is fanatically Christian. \ There are practically no Moslems or Jews among the residents. The people now prize highly the honor which once they spurned. To Wider Fields Whatever befell Him. the Great Teacher ever kept His face forward. When rejected at Nazareth. He made a healing and teaching tour of the neighborhood villages. Then, enlarging the scope of His work. Jesus called the twelve disciples and sent them forth, two by two, to carry the Kingdom tiding afar. He instructed them as to equipment and procedure, both of the simplest. Our modern mood in the Church is for security first. We want big buildings, endowed if possible, to be citadels of religion. Something of the spirit of adventure and of pioneering and of suffering huidship has gone from the Church. Even the brave days of the circuit riders seem remote. Yet the Jesus method still holds good, of simple, faithfilled itineration with the Good News. And all over the world, ministers, missionaries and laymen are carrying on the great evangelizing. SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS The youth who surrenders himself to a great ideal himself becomes great. —Emerson * * * God will put up with a great many things in the human heart, but there is one thing that He will not put up with in it —a second place.—Ruskin. * * * If 1 live the life lie gave me. God will turn It to His use. —Bayard Taylor. * * • Only religious education can bring permanent order out of the chaos of the present, for things never can be right until people are right, and people will uot be right until they are right at heart —in ideals, motives, will and habits. —Bishop Reese t * * Fear tbou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed for I am thy God. —Isa. 12:10. • * * Take patience to their heart and hand. From thy hand, mid thy heart, and thy brave cheer, And God's grace fructify through thee to all. —Browning. * • • All God's angels come to us disguised; Sorrow and sickness, poverty and death.— Lowell. o Examination of 5,000 school cltlldreu in one city receutly revealed only 636 had teeth without cavities,

Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor ' Divine services lu English, 10:30 I a. m. Divine services in Oerman, 8:30 a. m. Sunday School and Rible class, | 9:30 a. m. First Lenten service, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Social evening for all members and friends Tuesday. 7:30 p. m. Sr. and Jr. Walther league Wednesday after services. Leadership Institute Thursday evening. Adult classes Friday evening. Religion, Saturday, 8:30 a. m. Lutheran Hour Sunday, 3:30 p.nt. Devotional services every morning. 7:45 a. in. o — Church of God Glen E. Marshal, pastor "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise.' True worship of God is the highest expression of the soul. We enter into a service of worship and praise in song, prayer, and sermon. The unified service begins promptly at 9:30 and doses at 11:15. Sunday School classes meet immediately after the sermon. Sermon theme: “God's Call to Life." Evening service, 7:30 p. in. Wednesday night prayer service at the church at 7:30 p. m. Friday uight prayer service at, the home of John Chilcote. Ladies Missionary meeting Thursday. 2 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Clarence Strickler. Revival meeting will begin in Mureh. The exact date will be announced later. o Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, Minister Church School 9:00 A. M. Clark Flaugh. Supt. Morning W’orship 10:00 A. M. Sermon: "Lent — Springtime of the Soul.” The Young Women s Choir will sing. Young Peoples Society 6:00 P. M. Margaret Hoffman, leader. Tuesday, March Ist, 2:30 P. M., Women’s Missionary Society. Wednesday, 7:00 P. M. Midweek prayer and study hour. Christian Church Kenneth Timmons, pastor Bible School, 9:30 a. m. D. L. Drum, superintendent. Communion and worship, 10:30 a. m. Wednesday night Bible study at the home of Mrs. Homer Ruhl. Thursday night official board meeting at the home of Iloifus Drum. Our Bible School is increasing in attendance and interest. You are welcome to our services. FIRST EVANGELICAL CHURCH George S. Lozier, Minister 9:15 A. M. Sunday School. Earl Fuhrman, superintendent. 10:10 A. M. Divine Worship. Sermon theme: “Christian Education.” 6:00 P. M. Intermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor. 7:00 P. M. Tuesday— Official Board Meeting. 7:00 P. M Wednesday — Midweek Devotional and Study Hour. 2:00 P. M. Thursday — Woman’s Missionary Society. 7:30 P. M. Thursday — Quarterly Conference. Rev. R. H. Mueller, District Superintendent will be present to deliver a message and to preside at the business session. _—— oCHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 7th and Marshall Paul Brandyberry, Pastor 9:30 A. M. Sunday School, Harley Ward. Supt. 10:30 Mooting Worship Sermon by evangelist Paul Ilerrell. , 6:30 P. M. Young Peoples soei ety, Mrs. Lem Woodrunt, president. 6:30 P. M. Junior society. 7:30 P. M. Evangelistic service. Sermon by evangelist Paul llerrell. 7:30 P. M. Wednesday, the regular prayer meeting service. We are having a Sunday school rally this Sunday and we urge all of our students and former students to be sure and come to Sunday school this Sunday. The Rev. Herrell is going to bring a special message to the Sunday school. We want very much to break all existing records of our Sunday school in this rally! FIRST UNITED BRETHREN Corner of 9th and Madison James A. Weber, Pastor Church School 9:15 A. M lrwiu . Pontius in charge. Theme "Meas-

uring a Man’s Worth." Mark 6:1-17. I Morning Worship 10:30 A. M. I Theme: "Stock Holders, Sharers, or Ambassadors." 6 P. M. Steripotlclau Slides on "Christianity and the Religions of China." Shown in the basement. All age groups of the Christian Endeavorers are invited as well as visitors. 7 P. M. Friendly Hour of Worship. Theme: "Is the Act of Selfsurrender a Necessary, or merely a Higher Spiritual Experience?" Mouday evening 7 P. M. Bible Study. Tenth chapter of Joshua. Come by the back door to the Beginners Room in the basement. Wednesday Evening 6 P. M. Orchestra practice. A. N. Hilton in charge. 7 P. M. Prayer meetings for the three age groups. Adult, Young People, and Children. 8 P. M. Choir Practice. Harold Mumina in charge. o Eighth St. U. B. Church L. J. Martin, pastor 9:30 Sunday iSohool, Lawrence Michel, Supt. 10:30 Junior church. There will be singing by the Juniors and a chalk talk will be given. 10:45 Sernmn by the pastor. 6:30 Sunday night. Christian Endeavor. Mrs. R. M. Wynu, prcs.ldenl Junior C. E. at the same time. Mine Gladys Bell in charge 7:30 Special singing by the Junior and Senior choir. The pastor will deliver the message from God's Holy Word. 7:30 Wednesday night, the regular mid-week prayer meeting. A cordial invitation is extended to all who do not attend church anil Sunday School elsewhere, to come | to our services. A hearty welcome awaits you at a friendly church. Methodist Episcopal Church Corner Monroe and Fifth Sts . Ralph W. Graham, minister 9:30 a. m.—Morning worship. A unified service of worship, with the W. F. M. S. Thank offering service. Anthem by the choir, and vocal trio with violin obligato. Message for the children, and sermon by the pastor; theme, "Prayer

moil Ujr mo poaiui ui' — • % wmmmmWm Be AD-VISED Before You Buy IF a competent expert could pass on each purchase you make, vou would be sure of getting full value for every dollar you spend. But experts are rare, and even then are seldom trained to know more than one type of merchandise. What an imposing retinue of these specialists you would need to pass judgment on your routine purchases of gasoline and gloves, hammocks and hosiery, linen and linoleum! But you can get competent and honest counsel on almost everything you buy without ever meeting an expert. How? By being ad-vised in advance by the advertising pages of this newspaper. Here you will find all kinds of reputable merchants and manufacturers telling you about their best bargains, and inviting comparisons. In a matter of minutes, you will find more bona fide bargains in print than you would discover on the counters of all the stores you could visit in a six-day shopping trek. < Read these advertising pages regularly for just one week, and then you’ll know first-hand that it pays to be , ad-vised before you buy. Your money will s-t-r-e-t-c-h i further, and your purchases be more satisfactory. i

for Courage.” Church School lesson study period. 6 p. m. -Epworth League. All young people of the church and those not attending elsewhere are invited. 7:00 p. m. —A sermon through motion pictures. "The Moslem World,” a three rell motion picture will be presented. The church orchestra will play the prelude and accompany the congregational singing. Ash Wednesday, March 2. Epworth League Fellowship hour, carry-in supper and missionary study class at the parsonage, at j 4:30 p. m. Lenten service at the church, 7:30 p. m. Official board, 8:15 and radio service with the National Methodist broadcast at 9. Bruce Barton. Hishop Hughes and Arthur Compton speakers. First Baptist Church Homer J. Aspy, Minister 9:30 iA. M. Bible School. Mr. C. E. Bell, Superintendent 10:30 A. M. Junior Church. Mrs. Frank Young. Superintendent. 10:30 A. M. TBe Paetor's Hour with the Young People. We shall j continue our study in Genesis. 7:00 P. M. Evening Service. An hour of fellowship and praise which ■ you will enjoy. Wednesday evening at 7:30t the : mid-week iprayer service at the (church. Following the prayer service the regular monthly business meeting of the church will be held. — o—— Presbyterian George O. Walton, Minister i 9:30 Sunday School. Mr. Frank Franz Superintendent. 10:30 Morning Worship. Sermon | Realities" The young people's choir i will sing. The Men's Fellowship of j the Fort Wayne Presbytery will ' meet Monday night at Huntington. Dinner will be served at 6:30 for . 50c. Dr. Werkes of DePauw Univeri sity will bring the message. Trans- ; podrtation will be arranged for , those who desire to attend. There will be a joint meeting of - all trustees, elders and deacons ■ next Tuesday night at 7:30 at the

church. The missionary meeting scheduled for next Thursday has been postponed one week. World Day of Prayer services will be held next Friday afternoou at the Methodist church. MONROE NEWS Mrs. Sadie Scherer has returned to her home at Warren after a vis(it with her sister, Mrs. Mary Lewelien. She attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs. W T . S. Smith. Mrs. L. M. Thomas of Union City (is visiting Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks and other friends. Mrs. R. J. Mann was called to Alanta. Georgia, on the account of

A All RESPONSIBILITY There is no greater re- \ I sponsibility than the final \VI service for our loved \Il ones. And there is no 1 duty with which the W average person is less m t familiar. The cost of the \ \\ funeral must be borne in \ \ V mind . . civil authorities k % \ must be notified of the \ \ death . . . friends must \ he informed ... a HOST r im. \ \ of things must be done. . S And that is where OUR \ responsibility enters: our \ staff is trained to remove „ \ all care over funeral details from clients’ minds. S. E. Black Funeral Director 1

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the iliac** of her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Harney of Sheridan spent the week-end with their daughter, Mrs. Elbert Morford and soil in law, Rev. Elbert Morford and son Norman. Kenneth Longenberger has returned from a visit with relatives at Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. James V. Hendricks 1* spending the week at Fort Wayne with relatives. Wilbur Fricke of Dayton, Ohio, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fricke. Mrs. A. W. Johnson spent the week-end at Fort W’ayne, the gueet of her brother, Dr. Frank Schrader and family. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Meyers visited Mr. and Mrs. Nick Braun a*. Decatur Sunday. Trousers and $l6O Retrieved Montreal —(UP)—Bennie Skrovanek has a strong affection for his trousers. When fire broke out In Benny's home, he was forced to flee without his trousers. The dt.v after the fire he got an axe and chopped away at the ice covered debris until he found his trousers—wiih $l6O in a pocket.