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w™*' |l SUNDAY International " SCHOOL LESSON <• By HAROLD L LUNDQUIST D. D. D«an of The Moody Bible Institute ol Chicago. • Western Newspaper Union. ■ " ■ ' ——| Lenon for November 13 THE SACREDNESS OF HUMAN LIFE LESSON TEXT—Exodui 20: IS; Matthew S 21-26, 3S-42. GOLDEN TEXT—Thou ahalt not kill— Exodus 20:13. Who« ever hateth hts brother Is a murderer.—l John 3:15. Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. The sanctity of human life finds its foundation in the fact that God 1 created man in His own likeness . and image. Because that is true no , man has any right to take the life j of another for any cause except at j the direct command of God. Only by the orderly process of law for the protection of society and in accordance with the Word of God may there be any such action by man toward man. Both of these truths are declared in Scripture in God's covenant with Noah (Gen. 9:5, 6), I which was made possibly a thou- j sand years before the Ten Com- . mandments were given to Moses. Life is held rather cheaply in our day. Nations count their boys and girls as only so much “war material." Life is destroyed on the highway, in the shop, or in the i home. Let us declare again the solemn command of God, "Thou shalt not kill.” I. The Prohibition of Murder (Exod. 20:13). The word "kill” in this command- - ment is one which means a vio- ; lent and unauthorized taking of life, and is therefore more properly translated "murder.” Not all killing is murder. A man may kill another entirely accidentally, or he may be the duly constituted legal officer carrying out the law of the land in taking the life of one who has forfeited his right to live because he has slain another. There is also the right of self-defense, be it individual or collective. But these are the only exceptions; let us not attempt to justify any other. Murder is too prevalent in our land. In 1936 there were 13,242 outright killings—a murder every 40 minutes. The head of the United States secret service estimates that there are 200,000 persons at large in our land who "have murder m their hearts and who will take human life before they die.” Also in 1936 there were 37,800 deaths in automobile accidents. Some of these were by unavoidable accidents, but many were really murder because the one responsible drove with defective brakes, dangerous tires, or while he was intoxicated. Add to these the deaths in industry caused by failure to provide proper safeguards or healthy working conditions, and by the exploitation of child labor, and we say again, that we should cry aloud, "Thou shalt do no murder." 11. The Cause of Murder (Matt 5:21, 22). The Sermon on the Mount from which the rest of our lesson is taken, while it "describes the character of the citizens of the earthly kingdom which the Messiah came to set up” and “assumes a class of people already saved, regenerated, and in fellowship with their King” (James M. Gray), does provide fundamental principles for the guidance of the Christian. In this matter of murder, Jesus cuts right through the outward aspects of the matter and points out that an angry hatred in the heart is the root of all murder. If we hate, we have murder in our hearts. Circumstances may hinder its fulfillment, but the danger is always there until we remove the cause. Just being angry—calling our brother "Raca” (the modern equivalent of which is "nobody there”), and calling him “thou fool,” which classifies him as "morally worthless”— these are the three dreadful downward steps to murder. And they begin in anger. May God help those of us who have strong feelings that we may not yield them to the devil in such anger against our brother! 111. The Prevention of Murder (Matt. 5:23-26, 38-42). Prevention with God means more than putting up a barrier to keep u» from killing. He deals with the heart, and thus puts the whole life right. It is not even a question of how we may feel against our brother. If he has aught against us we are to do all we can to win him. He may be unreasonable, grasping, and unfair. However, the spirit that will win him is not that of retaliation or sullen submission to the inevitable, but rather a free and willing going even beyond what is required. The full Interpretation of this passage is not possible in our limited space. It is clear from other scriptures that it does not mean that wicked and unscrupulous men are to be permitted to defraud and destroy God’s people. At the same time, we must not explain away the heart of our Lord’s interpretation of this great commandment Let us seek His grace that we may, like Him, silence by our loving deeds and words even the bitter gainsayers of the gospel

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Killing Tinies Need Return To Mt Sinai And Galilee “Thou Shalt Do No Murder,” An Eternal Law, With Applications to the Human Spirit — Europe’s War Sprit Contrasted With Some Quiet Groups.

By WILLIAM T. ELLIS In these killing days we need to go again to Mt. Sinai, to learn the sacredness of human life. I made the journey from Tor. on the Red Sea, by camel caravan, amidst sand storms, across the desert. When we reached the mountains, we found them places of wonder. ■ Nabatean inscriptions on the wayside rocks, and cairns of propitiation to evil spirits, or memorials 1 to long forgotten persons and events, were reminders of ancient times. The rocky gorges are high- : ly colored and fantastic. All sorts 1 of freakish formations appeared a-i mong the rocks, as if shaped by human hands. The solitude was oppressive. At length we reached the ' wide level plain of Wady Raha. which the Mountain of the Law confronts like a giant pulpit. Just beyond, we were welcomed 1 to the Monastery of St. Katherine by the ringing of bells, and by ass- 1 able Greek monks. Our week's sojourn there is a story by itself. From the monastery a stiff road, ' with -steos. leads to the grim sum-

with -steps, leans to me grim summit of Sinai, a peak of sublime views and stern grandeur. On this spot, according to the tradition of the centuries. Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. The News and the Law It is a fitting setting for such a supreme transition. Its height, its isolation, its majestic red granite rocks, lend themselves to an event of greatest magnitude. No other spot on earth, except Calvary and the tomb of Jesus, is so sacred. For here the Almighty imparted to His servant the basic law for the governance of human life throughout the ages. To this site, in spirit, the world needs to make pilgrimage. We have wandered far from Sinai. Ours is a blood shedding era. Life is cheap. We have invented many new deadly weapons, including the sweat shop, the mill, the mine, the assembly line, and the automobile. On the recent tenth anniversary of the signing of the Kellogg peace treaty it was reported that within the decade two and a half million persons had died in wars waged by the signatories. We flout the laws we ourselves have made, as well as those laid down by God. News columns present a grisly contrast to the enactments of Sinai. A southern editor said to me, w’himsieally, “Homicide is still a reasonably safe pastime.” Never a day passes without the papers reporting murders. Last month, in one of the major crisis of modern history, peace was snatched at the last momeTit from the red and slavering jaws of war. A Pacifist Perversion Sentimental pacifists pervert the meaning of the Commandment when they quote it as a final argument against war. Surely, there are enough sound reasons for abolishing war without wresting this Scripture. The exact translation of the text is, “Thou shalt do no murder.” It is thus rendered in the English Revised Version. The law is directed against personal passion and violence, and Jesus so interpreted it. That the meaning is thus restricted is shown by the many subsequent Mosaic laws pro- :**»»»»*•* *The Sunday School Lesson for November 13 is “The Sixth Commandment: ‘‘Sacredness of Human Life.” — Exodus 20: 13; Matthew 5:21-26; 38-42. **»*«»*»»

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, viding the death penalty. And certainly Jehovah supported many of the ways of Israel. There is no [ warrant for attaching the stigma | of “murderer’’ to the soldier who j fights at his country's call. If there were not things more precious than life Itself, society would revert to sordid, selfish carnality. There will be high discussion this week in many Bible classes over this Commandment, and over i the question of when the taking of human life is justifiable. Ours is a day given to the coddlfig of the carcass. “Safety first” may easily < become a poltroon's motto. From I the time of Jesus on the Cross. . down through the countless pro-, cession of heroes, the giving up of life has been the summit of human nobility. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay i down his life for his friends.” Physical safety is by no means the supreme good. That person is ready to die for some object more scarcely fit to live who is not also precious than life.

An Echo of the Angels Because His words are simple, we sometimes miss the profundity of the teachings of Jesus —although . the keenest thinkers in the world ; for ages have been drawing upon . His utterances as source material. I Jesus lifted everything He touched i up onto a higher liver. He took the law given to Moses and filled ■ it with spiritual significance. Into J the bare legal proscription of the , taking of human life, He thrust a significance that touches everybody in his daily thinking. There is no need to take another's life by violence in order to become a murderer, said Christ. If you have hate in your heart, and the will to destroy, you are guilty of murder. If it is the spirit that counts, more than the deed. There are lives all about us. nursing in bitterness vengeful passions, who are guiltier in God's sight than some of those who, tn momentary loss of self-control, shed the blood of another. All of the Master's teachings were aimed at the springs of being. He carried out the angel message which sounded from the skies at His birth — “Peace on earth among men of good will.” There can be no other kind of peace. We have been seeing, in Europe's tragic plight, the collapse of the entire peace structure, based on the shrewd treaties; sjmply because the spirit of good will w-as lacking. As the Oxford Group is crying aloud in high places, “There must be moral rearmament before we can have peace.” A deep change , ■tn the purposes of mankind, a ■ transformation of their minds, their | spirit, their will, must be wrought before we can have a warless world. That is why this business of killing, wholesale and retail, must be viewed from the standpoint of religion. Look About and See Under the eye of everyone who will look about and see is revealed the significant fact that it is the people who try to follow Christ who are the peace-loving, law-abid-ing citizens. We never hear of murders among the Quakers, or among the “plain” people of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They live by the higher law of love, and of good will. It will take this ‘expulsive power of a new affection’ to drive murder and war and hatred out of the hearts of mankind. The most practicable peace movement extant is that which brings individual lives into allegiance to the higher law of Christ.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1938,

iBCHORCHESB First United Brethren Church Corner of Ninth and Madison James A. Weber, Pastor Church Schopl 9:15 A. M. Roy I Mumma in charge. Lesson theme: "Honoring Our Parents.” Morning Worship: 10:30 A. M. "Why should I Tithe?” is the sermon theme on this Stewardship Sunday. 6 P. M. Christian Endeavor for Adults. Young People, Intermediates. Children and Jewels. Adult and Youth topic: “Forces ' that Make for War.” Intermediate topic: “Workers for Peace.” 7 P. M. Evening Worship. The Adult C. E. will present a Peace drama called the “Unknown Soldier" at the opening of the worship service. The pastor will bring i a gospel message on “Ye are the Light of the World" Matt. 5:14, I 15, 16. Monday —7 P. M. Bible Study, Rev. C. J. Miner in charge. Wednesday 6 P. M. Orchestra, A. N. Hilton in charge. i 7P. M. Prayer meetings for each of three age groups, Adult, Youth and Children. 8 P. M. Choir Practice, Harold Mumma in charge. o Zion Reformed Church Charles M. Prugh, Minister Church School 9:00 A. M. Clark Flaugh. Supt. Morning Worship 10:00 A. M. Armistice Dav Service. Sermon:

Armistice tray ocjtiw. "Twenty Years After — the Out- ; look for Peace.” Music by the Senior Choir. Girls' Missionary Guild Institute, ' I Salem Evangelical and Reformed j Church. Fort Wayne, 2:45 P. M. Young People's Cabinet meet- ' ing 6 P. M. Evening Worship 7:30 P. M. i i Sermon: “Why I Believe the Bible i ■ To Be the Word of God.” Wednesday. 7 P. M. Mid-week prayer and study hour. Church of the Nazarene 7th and Marshall Sts. Paul Brandyberry, Pastor 9:30 A. M. Sunday school. Doyle Lytle, supt. 10:30 A. M. Morning worship. Seron theme: "Putting Ourselves in the Other Fellow's Shoes.” 6:30 P. M. N. Y. P. S. Mrs. Paul Brandyberry, pres. 6:30 P. M. Junior society. 7:30 P. M. Dr. H. C. Wesche re- | ceiitly returned missionary from war torn China will give a lecture and show moving pictures of the work in China. 7:30 P. M. Wednesday the regular mid-week prayer meeting. Be sure and see the moving pictures of China and hear Dr. Wesche’s lecture on China. You are welcome! o

Eighth St. U. B. Church L. J. Martin, pastor All assistant officers and teachers will have charge of Sunday | school. 9:30 Sunday school. Lawrence ' Michel, Supt. Frank Johnston, assistant. 10:20 Junior Church. Chorus singing and chalk talk. 10:35 Sermon hour and worship service. 6:30 Junior and Senior Christian i Endeavor. j 7:30 Regular Sunday evening: Evangelistic service. 7:30 Wednesday night Midweek : SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS A good example is the best sermon. — Old Proverb. It takes little time to administer I a rebuke, but it takes a long time 1 to forget it. —Chinese Proverb. » • • Youth once gone is gone; Deeds, let escape, are never to be done. —Robert Browning. • • • A fool may make money, but it ' I takes a wise man to spend it. — . *I Prbverb. » « • I If thou seek Him, He will be I found of thee; but if thou forsake Him. He will cast thee off forever. I—l Chron. 28.9. • • • 1 Dreams, books, are such a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good; I Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and bipod, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. —William Wordsworth. * * • The more I study nature, the I jnore I stand amazed at the work of the Creator; I pray while I am engaged in my work in the laboratory.—Pasteur.

prayer meeting. I| Sunday evening November 13th, 1 Miss Effie Hodgeboom, of HuntI ington, Ind. and a returned misi sionary from Africa, will be here to present pictures of the African mission work. Rally day was observed last Suny day with a fine attendance and : cash offering. Let us keep our good attendance record again this [, Sunday. Come and bring a friend. .. We welcome you. P o First Evangelical Church r George S. Lozier, Minister [. 9:15 A. M. Sunday School. Ear! Fuhrman, superintendent. 3 10:10 A. M. Divine Worship— I “Foreign Missions Day." Sermon r theme: “World Witnesses’* 5:00 P. M. Young People's Chris- > tian Endeavor. 5 6:00 P. M. Senior Christian En- . i deavor. . | 7:00 P. M. Sunday Evening Fellf' owship. Rev. C. J. Miner, guest i », preacher. ( 7:00 P. M., Monday — Official I Board Meeting. 7:00 P. M„ Wednesday — Mid- o week Devotional and Study Hour, i 8:00 P. M.. Wednesday — Y’oung I People s Choir Rehearsal. i 7:00 P. M., Thursday — Young i People's Missionary Circle meeting in the parlors of the church. I o First Baptist Church Homer Judson Aspy. Minister 9:30 A. M. Bible School. Interesting classes are provided for groups ; i of all ages. You will find the study I of God's Word in one of these . i classes a profitable experience and a source of encouragement for

your daily tasks. 10:30 A. M. Junior Church. A real worship service for all the children. 10:30 A. M. Morning Worship service. Following the sermon by the pastor, the ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be observed. Every member of the church is expected to be present for this period of spiritual fellowship in memory of Our Lord and His sacrifice. 6:00 P. M. The Pioneer B. Y. P. U., the young people's group for those of Junior and Intermediate age. 6:00 P. M. The Pastors Hbur with the Y’oung People. 7:00 P. M. The Evening Service. An informal hour of worship and praise and the study of God’s Word. All are welcome. Wednesday evening at 7:30 the midweek Prayer service and Bible study will be held at the church. o Church of God Glen E. Marshall, pastor Unified service, 9:30 to 11:15. Message by the pastor. Boys and girls meeting. 6:30. Evening evangelistic service, 7:30 p. m. Rev. Mrs. Hattie Shawhan of

Just Like His Dad? _ ♦ _ Ila 11 K-— J 19L i Bi . Wells Lewis A chip off the old—. Wells Lewis, > son of the author, Sinclair Lewis, c has completed his first novel to be published next April. The book is a love story. Lewis is shown in Harvard university’s Lowell House at Cambridge, Mass.

Alexandria. Indiana, will bring the message in the evening service. Monday night, 7:30 o'clock — Young people’s meeting. Tuesday. 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. — Minister’s meeting at Warsaw. Mid week prayer service Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Thursday—Missionary meeting at Akron, Indiana. Rev. and Mrs. Ludwig, missionaries on furlough from Africa, and Mrs. Nora Hunter, national president of the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society, will be the speaker. o Zion Lutheran Church Paul W. Schultz, pastor Divine services in English, 10:30 a. m. Divine services in German, 8:30 a. m. Sunday School and Bible class, 9:30 a. m. Lutheran radio hour, Sunday, 3:30 p. m. Religious school, Saturday, 8:30 a. m. Missionary Society, with Rev. Schroeder from India speaking, Wednesday. 2:00 p. m. Senior and Junior Walther League Tuesday. 7:30 p. m. Adult instruction class. Tuesday, 7:00 p. m. o Presbyterian Church George O. Walton, minister 9:30 a. m.—Sunday School. W. P. Schrock, superintendent. 10:30 a. m. —Morning worship. Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening at 7:00 o’clock. The moderator of the general assembly of our church will speak in

(/ by Hazel Livingston I -

SYNOPSIS Os the three pretty Wickham girls, Margaret, the eidest, is the prettiest. It is she who supplies : the boy friends for the younger girls, Natalie and Barbara, and for many of her friends. With most of the eligible young men of the community to choose from, Margaret picks Kenneth Raleigh, penniless but popular and handsome young foot bull hero. Her best friend. Sue Decker, breaks down and confesses that she also loves Ken, and it is partly because of that and her family's half-concealed dissatisfaction with her choice that Margaret announces her engagement. Then something completely unforeseen happens. Though the Wickhams were comfortable, they were not wealthy. In an effort to make a fortune, Alex Wickham speculates i and loses practically everything. Aunt Bet explains matters to the girls. Natalie cries that it wasn’t fair of her father to take such a chance. CHAPTER VII "Oh, hush, Nat. Aunt Bet, we still have our income, don’t we 1" "What income, Margaret?” “Why, the income — the salary daddy gets, from the firm!” Aunt Bet took her time to answer. She twirled the rings on her thin fingers, touched the velvet ribbon at her throat "The firm . the position—l’m afraid, my dears, that it hasn’t been actually remunerative for several years. Your father . . . he’s not a young man, you know, and he never quite adapted himself to American ways. I believe—l feel quite sure that the position with Holmes & Stokeley Was really more a matter of prestige and a place from which he pould operate. "He’s been very successful, all these years, you know. It wasn’t his fault about the cotton. It was expected to make a fortune for him -for all of us. That’s why he put so very much into it. But we all make mistakes—and we can manage .. . w’e can manage .. .” The tears rolled down her furrowed checks, her hands, with the old diamond and sapphire rings, shook piteously. Babs put her warm, firm hand over her aunt's cold, trembling one. She was going to say something, but Natalie spoke, instead. She said, "That means I can’t go back to college.” She looked accusingly ai Margaret, who had finished, who had all the thrill of a perfect senior week, a lovely new dress, everything. Margaret didn’t even hear. She was thinking of Ken. She’d have to go to work or something. She couldn’t, as they’d planned, be married in the fall. Margaret told Ken—she had to tell Ken, she knew her father would wince with pain if he knew that what he euphemistically referred to as his ’’affairs” were being discussed with a stranger. Ken could hardly believe it. It was as If the Bank of England had failed. He’d never liked Alex Wickham, but his dislike had been mixed with a deep, if reluctant admiration. He’d known that Wickham wasn’t rich, but he could no 1 more disassociate him from securI ity, and a certain amount of mellow luxury,-than he could think of I the Wickham house without its silver candelabra, its thick oriental rugs, its wide lawns and the old magnolia trees. So he’d lost everything, the con-

| the First church at Fort Wayne ■ next Wednesday evening at 8:00 o'clock. This will be preceded by a dinner for the Men's Fellowship . League of the Presbytery. An ini vitation to the eight o’clock meeting is extended to everybody. The Indies Aid will conduct a rumage sale at the Graham building on Madison street next Friday and Saturday. o Christian Church Kenneth Timmons, pastor Bible School, 9:30 a. nt. D. L. i Drum, superintendent. I Worship and Communion, 10:30. Every one that can be at Bible School Sunday. Anyone without a church home is welcome to our services. First Methodist Church Corner Monroe and Fifth Sts. Ralph W. Graham, minister Morning worship, 9:30 a. in.— Holy Communion. The Church School study classes will be held immediately following the Communion service. This is a unified service and everyone should be in their pew by 9:25. Evere member of the church who is physically ableto come should be in this ser- : vice. Epworth League. 6 p. ni._ Jack I Grahdm, leader. All young people of the church are urged to be present. Evening worship, 7 p. m. The church orchestra will play special numbers. Inspiring congregational • singing. Sermon by the pastor, “Desciples in the Storm.” All not

descending old codger who wore dinner jackets even when there wasn't company, and talked about India as if it were right across the border and you were supposed to have been there,' too! Well, serves him right, Ken thought, for thinking he was better than anybody else! And he thought of his own father who was still doing well In the grocery business, even if the chain stores were stealing some of the trade away, and it came to him that it was lucky Margaret had

-V A ■ - , lacfg to live “Why do we have to have money’ for pla K and clothes to wear. neu « ached for him. For

someone to turn to, someone who could really take care of her. "Well, that settles it, he said, aloud. “We'll get married right , “Oh!” Margaret said. She looked at him, her heart in her’eyes. "But Kenny—l can’t—we can “Why not?” , “Well, how could we live . „ . "Same as other people, I guess. . "Oh, Kenny—the money! He was so dear, so protective, ne wanted to do so much for her, ana , his arms were so "J*eltering«UM I strong, why did she have to speak : about money ? But she did - , to be faced! „.„ o v He said, "Os course. 18 a week isn’t anything, but it’s the most the : Campus Haberdashery has ever I paid anyone and we can manage : I figure it won’t be later than i before I’ll be sitting P retty . stock and bond business, and wit . my contacts I’ll have em >‘cked. > "Os course!” She pressed his . hand. But she was doing: »om - mental arithmetic. El «^ en t week, less than SBO a month• • ’ . "We could get a little apartment, 1 a real small one out near the cam 1 pus. You know, like Carol ana Dick had last year.” - "They paid SSO for it And rent

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