Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1945 — Page 2

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SUNDAY International SCHOOL •:• LESSON ■:• Bv HAROLD I. LUNDQUIST. U. D. Ot The Mood* B.l>:« Institute ot Chicago. Helea»e<>by Weetern Newspaper Union. Lesson for February 4 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts stlected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education, used by permission. JESUS' CONCERN FOK ALL LESSON TEXT—Matthew 9:1. 913. 18-26. GOLDEN TEXT—Therefore all thing! whatsoever ye v.ould that men should do to sou, do ye even so to them : tor this is the law and the prophets,—Matthew 7.12. What is a man worth? Well, say we, that depends, and then we are prone to undervalue him. Jesus had (and taught» a high regard for the inherent value of man. He saw possibilities in all men. He had a love for them. He was concerned about their welfare, and they responded bv an interest .n Him. Jesus showed by His dealings with men how wrong are most of the standards and attitudes of the world. With Him there'were; I. No Social Barrier *vv 1.9, 10). The caste system of some lands, dividing people into social strata which separate men and hinder fellowship. does not exist in our land. Yet. in practice, we have such levels which arc a formidable barrier in the thinking of many (perhaps most) people. Jesus knew nothing of social barriers. He ignored them and went straight to the one in need. In our lesson it was a man of position and | wealth who was an outcast among > his peoole because he was a hated : gatherer of taxes for Rome. Jesus saw in him a man of faith - and a useful witness lor Him. ‘ And He not only talked with him. j Lut called him to be His disciple. Then He went further and, to the astonishment of His critics, went in to a great feast where many such men were gathered. He ate with publicans and sinners, not because He approved of their I manner of life, but because He wanted to change it as He changed them. 11. Xo Fear of Criticism 'vv. 11-13). 1 Many a kind and noble impulse has died a-borning because of the I fear of criticism. "What will people say?” has kept many a Christian : from speaking to some sinner about his <or her) soul. "The world is too much with us—” and we all too often guide cur lives and service by the possible reaction we may receive from those round about us. We did not learn such an attitude from Jesus. His answer to His critics made it clear that there will be no selfrightcoufl, "good enough” people in heaven. The Lord is not even ’ calling them, so long as they trust j in their own goodness. He came seek and to save sinners <v. 13. and Luke 19;10). We. too, may go forward without fear of our critics. That doesn t mean that we "don't care what people think" about us. We ought to care, but if their opinion is based on unbelief and self-righteousness, it should certainly not deter us from our all-important business of soulwinning. 111. Xo Limitation of Time and Place (w. 18-22). Often the help of man to those in need IS circumscribed by so many regulations that those who most deserve help cannot get it. There are times and places for application forms, and tests must be completed, etc Doubtless much of this is needed, but one wonders at times whether our charitable impulses have not disappeared under a mountain of red tape. Be that as it may. how interesting it is to see that Jesus met the need when and where it appeared. He was already on one errand of mercy when the sick woman touched His robe. He was uot too busy nor too preoccupied to stop and give her a word of help and comfort <v. 22). Is there not a significant lesson here for us in the church? ( The | need is reason enough for the extension of our help. The place is anywhere that men are in sadhess or sorrow, and the hour is now—when they need our help. IV. No Lack of Power (vv. 23-26). How often the human heart is prompted to help, and willing hands are ready to follow its promptings in loving action, yet we find that we i cannot do anything. The need is too great for our meager resources. Our strength does not suffice. We have no money, ut the situation is one beyond human help. How wonderful it is then to remember the Lord Jesus! A touch on the hem of His garment in faith made the woman whole (v. 22). A word from Him brought the dead little girl out to face the scorners of Jesus, in the bloom of life and health. Has He lost any of His great power? No. He is just "the same yesterday. and today. end forever” (Heb 13:8). Why not trust Him? Do you need help—spiritual, mental, physical? He is able. He has no prejudice regarding your social position. He will meet you right where you are. and right now. He is seeking the sick and the sinful—"the lost, the las’, and the least.” Look to Him by faith. T& a;s» P n»-" Is at at. 'n>'. i . I >r>*’rH**t Jt»v> . U>» O.'Wti* ’wait to chMi; the vsxx s* Jestu.

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Creamed comments on the S in<lay School lesson. "Jesus’ Com ent for All"—Matthew 9:1 1,1. 18-26 for Sunday, February 4. Jhsils expressed his divinity in • the power to heal and transform i character and in the forgiveness of sin. No case wan too hard and no opposition too great. I v 1. "And he entered into i .-hip, and passed over, and camel into his own city." Jesus left the ' country of the Gadarenes at the request of its citizen-- Jesus did not ; Htay where he was not wanted. v. 2. "And behold, they brought I i to him a man sick with the palsy., lying oil a bed: and Jesus seeing ; their faith, said unto the sick of tin palsy. Son. be of gooa cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." The forgivei ness of sin is the thing that ought to be most deeired. for in it is ■ x- i ! pressed the great purpose of Christ | because by this process transtoi-' mation of character takes place. v. 3. "And behold, certain of the J scribes said within themselvee thi- j man blasphemeth." To blapsheme! is meant, here, to do wiiai only God i can do. But Jesus proved his diI vinify by doing what God could do. | i. 4. And Jesus knowing tbeiri thoughts, said. Wherefore think ye i i evil in your hearts?" Jer-cus proved i his omiscience. There is no hidI ing of our thoughts from God. Thai j i fact is enough to make one want to j . live right. vs. 5, 6. "For which is easier to I ■ say. Thy sins be forgiven thee; jr | ! io say. Arise and walk? But that i ye may know that the Son of man | hath power on earth to forgive! I sin.* i then he saith to the sick of I palsy). Arise and take up thy bed] and go to thy house " By healing i the palsied man. he rebuked the churchmen of hi« day who thought! only of their own prestige and po.v-i <*r. So convincing was" the divine I Christ that the multitude | praised him as stated in verse 8. j v. 9. “Aiql as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named i Matthew, sifting at the scat of custom: and he saith unto thim, Koi-1 low me. And he arose and follow-[ ed him." Where Matthew was converted is not stated. The big thing was that he, followed Jesus. vs. 10, 11. "And it came to paes.l as Jesus sat in the house, behold, | many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciple.*. Why eateth you Master with publicans and sinners?" We should mingle with sinners simply to transact necessary business and do them good, but no farther. v. 12. “But when Jesua heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.” Again Jesus declares his purpose to save sinners. v. LI. "Bui go yet and learn wliut | this meanetli. I desire mercy and I not sacrifice; for I come not to ea;l the righteous, but sinners.” Jesus is more pleased with real deeds of mercy and kindness than with formal expressions of religion. Note how insistent Jesus is on repentance. v. 1,8. “While he spake these thinfiv unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler and worship-1 ed him. saying. My daughter i.-' even now dead; but come lay thy | hand upon her and she shall live . i This man came to Jesus in the j ■■ — i *’ DOYOUKNOW? * 1. Where was Jesus’ home of his; birth? 2. Where was Jesus’ boyhood) i home? I 3. Where was Jesus' adopted ‘ i home? 4. By what means did the palsied man gain access to Jesus? 5. What character trait is manifest in the incident in the above answer? o_ Home Education Industrious Children The present generation differs greatly in the matter of home In-j dnstrtes. A noble example of an industrious home is that of the Eisenhower family. When all ties hoys were at home, each was given work that would keep him busy until one or two o'clock. They worked Hartl becatise after their chores were done, they eotild play. — O —- | "‘* T Health Is really God s life aceking fulfilment physically through ■j'ir bodic-.. . virßuill.' tfaienghnn oql.. -Alice Uegan Hive. Wlh h we arc not God-led. we are mob-led: we do not act we react.

I 'i right manner — humbly, revently, j 1 and expectantly. v. 19. "And Jesus arose and followed him. and so did his disciples.” Be< auee this ruler came loi • Christ in the right manner. Jesus ’j responded at once. < vs. 20. 21. “And behold, a wo- j I man. who had an issue of blood , twelve years, came behind him and i touched the hem of his garment: 'for she said within herself, If I j but touch his garment. 1 shall tie ! i whole." She recognized her tin- ; nioi thiiiees: her approach was by | < the way of an extreme heed that i ; on'y Jesus could supply. v. 22. "But Jesus turned him about: and when he saw her. he -aid. Daughter, be of good cotnfov’; , thy faith hath made thee whole.) And the woman was made whole,] i from that hour." It was the power | ! of Jesus that cured her: but that a powei needed human faith to on-1 ■ erate. v .'3. "And when Jesus came to ! the ruler's house, and aaw the min-1 I strels he said unto them. Give i place, for the maid is not dead', but j sleepeth." In the word ‘sleepeth"| is the fact of immortality. Jestls J ! answered the question, Where may | j I you spend eternity? ' J; pgFz Netuy Lynchings during 1943 dropped ! to an all-time low of three, accord- t ! ing to the annual report of the I Southern Regional Council releas-p led in Atlanta. Ga„ by its exeett-i live director. Guy B. Johnson. M j There were five lynchings in 1942. I • four in 1941, five in 1940. in con-1 f 1 trust to 24 in 1933 and 19 in 1935 11 I with progressively higher figures | in typical years of earlier decades, c i the council's report won’t on to ?x-! I plain. ‘ i I r Capt. Eddie Riekenbacker b;I lieves that when World War II j j ended, “representatives of God I 1 I should be invited to sit at the peace I table." The filer, an ace in World i ' War I and now president of East-j ei n Airlines, while in Omaha, Neb.. | to address the National War Dad's | , Convention, said that he is not overly optimistic about the possi- “ bility of a lasting peace. And the only hope he sees, he said —empiia-! c sizing that he is “not a religious j “ fanatic"—is in allowing the clergy ’ ! a place at the peace conference. t . 1 t Allocation to religious groups °f i a a fair share of the 500 new F. VI. j broadcasting stations scheduled for ’ construction in America within five I ; years after the war ends was re-1 c i quested by therstate convention of: 1 I Gideons in Portland, Ore. The j * group also urged that religion 1 be given a place in the field of I c television. The current policy of » three American radio networks in i > refusing to sell time for religious | f programs was condemned, and the ‘ Gideons also protested the an-1 r nounced policy ot' the fourth net-1 work to coniine its religious broad-' j j eaets to Sunday mornings, which ( t i the convention described as "a'c I period which statistics prove to be J i I generally weak from the audience i I standpoint*” j Seven hundred and thirteen Ami eriean missionaries are still interned in Japanese-occupied territo-- • les In the South Pacific, Joe J. Mickle, associate secretary, report- 1 i ed here to the East Asia eomntit- ; tee of the Foreign Missions con- 1 1 ferehee. * i A survey of Protestant mission boards affliated with the eonferenee also disclosed that there are 528 missionaries interned in the Philippines, 130 in China, ten in Japan, seven in Malaya, twenty in Nether- ' lands East Indies, seven in Indo China and eleven in New Guinea. , o—• l ANSWERS TO ) ' l “IM) YOU KNOW?” ' ( i ♦ ♦’ 1 1. Bethlehem. 2. Nazareth. 3. Capernaum.—(Matthew 4:13) 4. The palsied man was lowered through the roof. 5. Persistency. God Is a being so great and good ' that when wc arc rightly related tt ' Him we aye spiritually prepared for ■'•’♦■■vet tvncri<=!ice bsv< ; la meet.--An Army Chaplain. Yon are never strong when you are wrong.

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■gjUKHKI Nuttman Ave. U. B, C. N. VanGundy, pastor Sunday School. 9:30 a. m. Worship. 10:30 a. iu. C. E., 6:30 p. m. Evening worship. 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. 7:30 p. Ul. Meeting of official board Wednesday evening following prayer meeting. 8:30 p. m. a Zion Lutheran Church Monroe and Eleventh St-*. Paul W Schultz, pastor Sunday School and Bible class. 9 a. m. Divine services, 10 a. m. Lutheran Hour. 11:30 a. in. Church choir, 1:00 p. m. Circuit meeting. 2:00 p. in. Married Couples club, 6 p. m. Walther league. Wednesday. 7:30 P- »JL AHssionary society. Thursday. 9 a. in. Adult classes, Thursday. 7:30. Saturday catechism school, 8:30. Calvary Evangelical Church F H. Willard, minister Sunday School. 9:30 a. m. Preaching service. 7:30 p. m. I Rev. Willard, preaching. Special services each night wii'i the exception of Saturday. Rev.! Carey R. Moser of the First Bap-| tist church will speak on Tuesday evening. Rev. D. H. Pellett of the Union Chapel U. B. church will speak on Thursday evening. — —.—- 0 First United Brethren R. R. Wilson, minister Sunday School. 9:15 a. in. Cur-1 tis Hill, superintendent. Morning worship, 10:30 a m. Ser-1 mon. "Where Art Thou?" Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. j This Is Christian Endeavor day. | The W. M. A. annual thank offering program will be presented at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Nell Engle w.i'l be the guest speaker. Bring thank offering boxes. Regular monthly business meeting and Sunday School council meeting' after service. Prayer meeting and choir prae-' tice Wednesday evening at 7 and S. | —o Church of the Nazarene Marshall and X. Seventh Sts. J. T. Trueax. pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a. tn. A cordial invitation to you to attend our growing Sunday school. A class that fits you. Morning service. 10:30 a. in. Special music and good singing. Message by the pastor. Junior church. 6:45 p. ni. An interesting and spiritual service lor the Juniors. Help save a child and save a life. Young peoples meeting, 6:45 p.m. There will be an interesting discussion on “Debtorship of the Gospel.” A special invitation to young people to attend. Evening service. 7:30 p. m. Our church was well filled last Sunday. Be one of the congregation tomorrow. Come, sing, and enjoy the fellowship of Christian people. Special singing by the girls trio, message by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p. ni. Nearly 50 were in attendance this week. We are glad for this crowd and invite you to be present next week. o First Presbyterian At Five Points 9:00 a. in. —Junior Bible school. Mrs. W. A. Lower, directing. 9:30 a. m.—Sunday school hour. W. P. Schrock, superintendent. 10:30 a. nt. — Morning service, with Rev. Albert Swenson of Wren, Ohio, in charge You are cordially invited. o Baptist Church Carey R. Moser, pastor 9:25 a. nt.—Sunday school. C. E. Bell, superintendent. 10:15 a. tn. — Morning worship. Communion service with Communion meditation by the pastor. Our choir will render a special number. You are welcome at this house of God. 7:30 p. m. —Evening service, featuring our men’s choir of 26 voices. Tonight we should have more men in this great singing aggregation. Men, if you enjoy singing, why not to sjng the old gospel hymns? If take advantage of this opportiinby you are not affiliated with other churches, *e invite you to worship with us. If yon arc not a member of any church and enjoy singing, come along with u* Other Inter•ssitas features iu this service. Only one hour in length. A hearty welcome awaits y<nt. |

ST. MARY’S CHURCH First Mass 6:00 A- M - Second Mass 7:30 A. M. Children's Mase ..9:00 A. M. High Mass 10:15 A. M. .Week day Mass 7:30 A. M. Prayer nour Sunday 2:30 P. M. Communion Sunday for the St. Agues Sodality. Rev. Josepn J. Selmetz. pastor o — ' First Evangelical Church F. H. Willard, minister Sunday School, 9:15 a. ni. Gregg McFarland, superintendent. Morning worship, 10:10 a. ni. "The Challenge of an Unfiniehed Task." Youth Fellowship, 6 p. m. Senior and Intermediate. Gloria Striker will lead the Senior group. No evening service this week. Administrative council. Tuesday evening, 7 p. nj. Mid week service, Wednesday. 7 p. in. John Myers will lead. Choir practice Wednesday. 6. o ———-— Church of God Glen E. Marshall, pastor (Where being a Christian makes you a member). 9:30-11:20 a. m—Unified service. i Worship for three age groups, Beginners. Juniors. Youth and Adults. Mrs. Luella McGuire, music director and soloist for the revival meetings will sing in this service I end will also direct the congregational singing. Rev. John S. Winters, evangelist, will preach his first meesage of the revival services in this service. 6:30 p. m—Youth service. Miss Rheba Taylor, president. 6:30 p. tn.—bnining Lights. Service for the boys and girls. 7:30 p. m. —Evangelistic eervlre with Rev. Winters preaching and Mrs. McGuire in charge of music. Revival services continue at 7:30 each evening for the next two weeks. The public is most cordially in-1 vited to attend all the services of! this congregation. Q Decatur Missionary Church Rev. Charles V. Glenn, pastor Sunday, 9:30 a. m. — Sunday School hour with study classes for every age under the drection of 1 competent teachers. Never has it j been more important to know your i Bible than in this day of false cults misrepresentation of the Scripture. Come ano study the Word ot God with us. 10:30 a. m.—Morning worship .service with message delivered by the pastor. 7:30 p. m. —This service will be a missionary service with Rev. David F. Siemans, foreign secretary of the Missionary Church Association, bringing the message, explaining the plans of new missionary endeavor, and showing slide pictures of the field of Ecuador. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. —Mid-week prayer and praise service, and of special interest is the weekly Bible study in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Don’t miss these rich Bible lessons. o Zion Evangelical and Reformed | W illiam C. Feller, pastor Church Schoo] at 9 a. m. Luth-! Pumphrey Jewelry Store Gifts for All Occasions. You Can Save — Gasoline and Repair Bills with Western's Replacement Parts. Tires ■ Batteries - Parts - Oils. Western Auto Store V. R. Hudson, 111 6. Second St

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er Clase. superintendent. Come and bring the whole family There are classes for all ages. Worship service at 10 a. m. Sermon, "Be Still and Know.” Come and worship with ua. You are invited te make "this your church home, if you have no other in the city. Book review by Mrs. Leonard Saylors Sunday afternoon at 4 p. m. J. Fred Fruchte. Youth Fellowship supper and meeting, Sunday evening at 6 p. m. Junior choir rehearsal ou Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. Senior choir rehearsal on Friday at 7:00 p. m Catechetical classes on Saturday morning; Seniors at 9, Juniors at 10 a. m. Organ recital at 3:45 p. nt. by Mrs. o The A Christian World Peace Endorsement of the interfaith declaration on world peace, which has been adopted by the leaders of the Jewish, the Roman Catholic and the Protestant church was voted in Minneapolis. Minn., by the delegate!* to the biennial convention of the United Lutheran church in America. The declaration was approved as the "minimum requirements of a peace which Christians can indorse as fair to all men.” Seven principles of the declaration, in brief, are: 1. “The moral law must govern I world order. ! *"2.'* “The rights of the individual must be assured. 3. "The rights of oppressed, weak or colonial peoples must be protected. 4. “The rights of minorities must be secured. 5. “International institutions to lyaintain the peace must be organ- ! ized. i 6. "International economic cot operation must be developed. f - **A just social order within each state must be achieved. ’ THE IDEAL LUNCH Open 24 hours a day. Meals, Short Orders, Steaks and Chops Chicken Dinners every Wednesday and Sunday. 413 Winchester St. Phone 294. Money never made any man rich. Swearingen Dairy Pasteurized and Homogenized Milk Phone 208 1202 W. Monroe St. People who live right never get j left. I - Repair Broken Windows Glass cut to fit all size frames. Round Oak Heating Stoves and Ranges. Lee Hardware Co. it is always easier to set np machinery than it is to generate power. ‘ Miller’s Grocery Fresh Meats, Staple Groceries Fresh Vegetables Phone 261 Miller’s North End Grocery

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his mind and tha- a hum aa is more important than JeffW' or economic system. We knot JSf is a beneficent creative work in the ttnive-,e, al|rt , ‘Jf too that those who don’t with it may be sliatt.-xj Why not accept th,. invi come to church next Sunday, Bi-i Socrates’ dictum was eels.” How may you really yourself is the qm n. Th, Tt® questions of the Oxford jJ 1 ® movement may help y questions are these: Are lately honest? Are you pure? Do you have absolnt e Do you have absolute love? these requirements can then add another Jy ly, Are you striving t u attain goals? t 0 _ __ I As long as it is daylight thenE a chance to work. > jjon BURK ELEVATOHIi Grain, Hay, Field Seeds, I'"’7 Coal, Wool and Mill Fetil ta| Work with Burk. | w ' I WTII forethink what ise that I may promise but vifl I will do. | £ The First State Banifr Decatur, Indiana Hg Established 1883 | | Member | | Federal Deposit Ins. Faith is a divine antiseptic disinfests us of the things 00, . make us hateful to cm selves dM, others. t Don't forget to get I I ) your Free . I | NY AL CALENDAR 'll Holthouse Drug CCj Religion is "catching." - told, but it would have torunjl® L ty hard to catch some iieoptr® 1 Roy Smith. | ————fc? For Better Health Sei | i Dr. H. Frohnapfel I • Chiropractor & Naturopit»| [ X-Ray of Bplne where ' Therapy applied a» neede* ■ in Decatur Since 1«1 g PHONE 314 | I • The average home is i llst f anil, generally, what the s makes it. s AUCTION SALES I Experienced SaiesmausSW M at your Service reserve Your sale j 1 E Ll.estock. Farm, aw g Sea! Estate Sales- ■ Midwest Realty Auction ■ J, F. Satitnami j C. W. Kent J Graham Bldg. D ecat " r ■ Phone 174- |