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Improved || SUNDAY International I SCHOOL ■■■ LESSON •• By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D D. Os The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for April 15 I rr* .. -- Lesson subjects and Scriphire texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PIONEERS OF FAITH LESSON TEXT—Gene«f« 12:1. 2; AcU 7:4-7. 12-17. GOLDEN TEXT—By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed . and he' went out. not knowing whither he went.—Hebrews 11:8. Bible history is a story of men of faith called and used of God to carry out His purpose in the world. These thrilling accounts of worthwhile lives are to be our special concern during the three months we study the history of Israel and of the Church. I. A Cal! and a Covenant (Gen 12:1, 2). God was now ready to make known His choice of a man to be the father of His chosen people. He went down into Ur of the Chaldees in the midst of heathen worship, and called out a man who had faith in the true God. Abram, “when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went” (Heb. 11:8). The Lord called him out from his own land and kindred, to get him away from his heathen forebears and their worship. God wants separated believers in our day. too (rSd and ponder II Cor. 6:17, 18). Tlfat call comes to every believer. Td- those who are to serve Him, thire is a definite call much like Ahtam's (see Matt. 10:37-39). With the call came a great covenght. a seven fold promise given in G|pesis 12:2, 3. That covenant God repeatedly renewed with Abraham and his descendants. It has been. paHially fulfilled, and God has put Himself on record that every bit of it Mall be completed. He keeps His promises. Why did God choose Israel? It was an act of His sovereign grace, not based on their merit or goodness. He had a threefold purpose: (1) That they should be the repository for His truth (the Old Testament) in the earth; (2) that they should be the channel for the coming of the personal Redeemer to the earth; (3) that they should be a national witness to the one true God amid the nations of the earth. They accomplished two of these, but failed in the last, and are now under God’s judgment for that sin and failure. 11. Obedience and Opportunity (Acts 7:4-7). Abram went out at God's command, even though he knew that it meant suffering and trial, being obedient without question or hesitation. Bible history reveals that God delights to do mighty things for those who give Him unquestioning obedience. God did great things for Abraham. and yet he did not live to see the fulfillment'of the promise. He knew it was to be so, realizing that God’s plan was to be carried out in the children which he did not yet have (see Heb. 11:9-11). Here is a lesson for us. Our faith today, and the measure in which we apprehend the grace of God for life and service, will bless not only us. but our children (Ps. 103:17). For their sakes we ought to seek to increase the spiritual heritage of our families. Certainly we should do nothing to blight their lives (Exod. 34:7). One may not be able to boast of the greatness and fineness of one’s ancestors, but one can be determined by the grace of God to be a good ancestor. Observe that Abraham’s obedience opened up the whole history of blessing and usefulness to the entire nation of Israel, a history not yet concluded by any means. Think what opportunity he rrtight have destroyed by disobedience. 111. A Family and Its Faith (Acts 7:12-17). Stephen, a portion of whose addfess of defense before the council is here before us, review’s the history of God's dealings with Israel. Tracing the line down through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, he recalls how God provided a haven of plenty for them in Egypt until they were ready to be brought up into the possession of their inheritance—the land of Palestine. Lack of space forbids the review of the lives of these pioneers of faith. The stuffy would be most illuminating, for it repeatedly throws into sharp'contrast the awful failures of these men when they forgot God. and the mighty victories they gained ■when they believed Him, In spite of their failures they were essentially men of faith, for God has counted them worthy of a place in (hat remarkable list of heroes Os faith found in Hebrews 11 (see w. 11-221. - The days in which we live are not pioneer days in the usual sense, but they are days when Gbd is calling for new pioneers of faith tn serve Him in a befuddled end bruised world. There are stirring days ahead for the Church of Christ if we as Christians will, like Abraham, hear the call of God and go out in loving •obedience to Him. < • •

| RURAL CHURCHES * * • Antioch M. B. C. Church Located 3 miles west on 224 and 1 mile south of Decatur , Robert Mcßrler. minister Sunday School. 9:30 a. m. Worship service. 10:30 a. in. No service Sunday evening because of baccalaureate service at Kirkland high school. Player and praise service Wednesffay evening. 7:45 p. m. Come, worship with ue. "No nation is greater than its home life." o Decatur Circuit Homer Studabaker, pastor Mt. Pleasant Morning worship. 9:30 a. m. Sunday School. 10:30 a. m. Mt. Tabor Sunday School. 9:30 a. m. Morning worship. 10:30 a. m. Our attendance is increasing. Will you not join this Sunday moi'Dilig class? Worship with us. Monroe Friends Byron Leaser, pastor 9:30-10:30 a. m. —Sunday School. Win. Znrcher. superintendent. 10:30-11:30 a. in. — Morning worship. Sunday evening. Monroe high school baccalaureate service, at the Methodist church. Wednesday evening. Monroe high school commencement services. Friday. April 13, S p. m. —Victory prayer band at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Winteregg. — — 0 —.——— Monroe Methodist Church E. O. Kegtrreis. minister Morning worship. 9:30 a. m. Sermon. "Running Away From God." Church School, 10:30 a. m. Les-I son. “Adventuring With God." Evening -High school baccalaureate service. Tuesday evening—4-H club meeting in the annex. Wednesday evening—High school commencement. Q Union Chapel Church United Brethren in Christ D. H. and Celia Delicti. phstors Sunday School, 9:30 a. tn. Tint:-, man I. Drew, superintendent. Morning worship. 10:15 a.m. Sermon subject. Proof.'’ Christian Endeavor for Young People and adults. 7:00 p. in. Evening worship. 7:30 p. m. Subject, "My First Sermoh." Prayer service Wednesday, 7:30 p. in. Every one invited. 0 _. St. Luke's Ev. & Reformed Church Honduras, Ind. Rev. H. H. Meek - noth, pastor

9:oti a. in.—Divine worship. 10:00 a. in. -Sunday school. 2:00 p. m. —Instruction of youth. Thursday An all-day meeting ot the Women’s Guild in the baseihcnt of the church. -* Pleasant Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church Noel H. Winterholter. pastor Sunday School . 9:30 Morning Worsehip 10:30 Preaching 7:30 Prayer M e:ing Wednesday 7:15 There will lie no -service Sunday evening at Pleasant Valley. Service l.iyed down in favor of the Monroe H. S. Baccalatireate. Go To Church Sunday. 0 Willshire Circuit U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh, Pastor Willshire 9:30 a. m. SUiiday school. 10:3(i a. m. Class meeting. 7:30 p. in. Wednesday, prayer meeting. St. Paul 9:13 a. m. Sunday isehaol. t 0.15 a. m. Preaching service by Rev Pau! Park.r, followed by communion service. 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, prayer meet* ing and B.ibl ■ study. Quarterly meeting (Saturday' i Veiling April 1-f’h, Rev. Paul Parker in charge. Winchester 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. Class meeting. 7:30 p. in. Thursday, prayer meeting. _o Rivarre Circuit Gilbert' A. Eddy, pastor Mt. Victory Sunday Sdhool, 9:30 a. tn. Cloyce; Crozier, superintendent. Class meeting. 10:30 a. m. Gregg; Knittie leader. Prayer meeting Wednesday eve-, ning. Pleasant Grove Sunday School. 9:30 a. m. Warren Harden, superintendent. Worship service, 10:30 a. m. Ser-, mon by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Fred Biitner, leader. Mt. Zion Sunday School. 9:30 a. in. Jim Beobout. superintendent. ' Worship service 10:30 a. m. Sermon by Rev. K. Roy Johnson, evangelist. Evangelistic services, 7:30 p. th. I

NBtFf wilt' continue tip to and Including Wedncaday evening, April 18th. You are cordially invited to those services. — o Louis F. Miller Tu .ill”? Dies In Michigan Funeral Rites Here Sunday Afternoon -fixurtwun Louis Franklin Miller, 81, died Wednesday night at 11:1® o’clock] in the Sturgis memorial hospital ■ at Sturgis. Mfch., after being ser- ] iously ill for the pact 11 days. Born in Fremont, Ohio. Febru-| ary (I, 1864. the SOU of William and ‘ Minnie Gneppur Miller, he lived in] Decatur a number of years before ] going to Sturgis about 18 years ago. i In 1892 he was married to Flor-1 ence A. Parrish, who survives. Two . sons. Herman T. of Muskegon, ■' Mich, and Clarence W„ Chicago, one daughter. Mie. 'E. P. Winans of , Fort Wayne, one 'brother, Fred T. i Miller, Chicago, six grandchildren ! and one gr at-grandchlld also stir- < vive. 1 One son. Harry died two yeans ( ago and one sister also preceded him in dta'tli. He was a member of the Zion i Evangelical and Reformed chtircii t ■>t this city. Funeral services will < l> conducted at the Blaek funeral < home at 2 o'clock Sunday after- i noon, wit h thetßev. WX'. Fellerdffi- t ciating. Burial will Ue'in the Deca- s *ur eemftery.

Mrs. Sophia Mankey Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon lunaay AT re h , 'Mio. Sophia Mankey, SB. widow of the late Chiistian Mankey, died at 11; id o’clock this morning at •he home of the niece. Mns. Graeic Mankey. in Lancaster township. Wells county. She was a lifelongresident of Wells county. She was a member of the Pleasant Dale Methodist church. Surviving are Hie following stepchildren: Wesley Mankey of Dtca:ur route '2. Mis. Srsib Rhodes of Fort Wayne. Forrefct of near Craigville. Havty of Decatur route 2 and Irvin of Bluffton; two brothers. Jaol> and Edward Barger of west ofDecalin. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. tn. Sunday at the Pl asant Dale Methodist church, with the Rev. 'Homer Studeibaker officiating, assis’ed )by the Rev. Russell W?Uer. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be removed ?mm the Jahn funeral home to the residence of the niece Saturlay morning.

New Secretary Is Appointed By Gillie I' (' ' ' ■- » ■ ‘ Albion Newspaper Publisher Named runHs ill— itr-.n ij George W. Gillie, congrcsshiau from the fourth district,* today announced the appointment of R. C. Prickett, of Albion, as his secretary, effective May 1. The new congressional secretary has been editor and publisher of the Albion New Era, Republican weekly newspaper, for the past five years. He is a member of the First Methodist church and the Chamber of Commerce at Albion. A native Hoosier, Prickett graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. He was a member of Kappa Tati Alpha, honorary scholastic journalism fraternity. He has been identified with the newspaper profession since his graduation. The new secretary is married and the father of twin daughters. He will succeed Miss Lenora M. Flint as secretary to the congressman. O~ -■ ■■■■.- Waste Paper Pickup At Preble'Saturday Phil Sauer, chairman of (he wa.tte paper drive, stated that hH crew and the Boy Scoifts will pick up paper at Preble Saturday. The "drive will be made In the and All rc'Mdetrlis are rOqu sted to have their paher ready.

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Japanese Lose 118 Planes In Okinawa Raids Suicidal Attacks Made Oh American Forces In Area - < r< C" 'LL—L " Guam, Apr. 13 — (UP) — The ; Japanese were revealed today to I halve lost 118 planes in two desj perate suicidal attacks against ' American forces in the Okinawa ! area yesterday. ! Admiral Chester W. Nimitz dis- , closed that one U. S.- destroyer i was sunk in the action and severi al other ships damaged, although ; the latter continued in operation. (A Tokyo broadcast, recorded by the FCC, admitted the loss of only two Japanese planes and Claimed that the suicide forces had sunk or damaged 11 American vessels in the raids yesterday. (Tokyo said the attacks were directed against eight separate groups of U. S. warships ■stretched 100 miles off the eastern coast of Okinawa. The enemy report claimed the entire American naval force Included at least eight aircraft carriers and seven battleships.) Nimitz' report of the raids was the first official U. S. mention of, Japanese suicide attacks. al- : though Tokyo long has spoken of ' its “Kamikazi special attack corps."

The Japanese made the first assault early yesterday morning when seven of the enemy planes were brought down off the western coast of Okinawa. In the afternoon, several hundred of the suicide planes, most of them of obsolete types and heavily armored, renewed the attack. Carrier planes, and a curtain of anti-aircraft fire from warships and ground batteries met the enemy force. A total of 111 Japanese planes were shot down or self-destroyed in the second attack. On Okinawa, the stalemated ground cattpaign north of the capital of Naha went into its fifth day today. Nimitz disclosed that the 27th and 96th army divisions and the Ist and 6th marine divisions were fighting on Okinawa. o Commitment Rapers Issued For Youth (’. > 'Of -f, 1 t 'Committment papers for Thoma* E. Anderson. 18-year-old Decatur youth, who was sentenced yesterday by Judge J. Fruechle in the Adams circuit court to a term of not less than one year, nor more than IO yeat t in the Indiana refermatory at Pendleton were issued today by the county clerk. Sheriff Gillig w’il] take Anderson to the reformatory in the next few days. Anderson pleaded guilty to entering the App.lmar. restaurant on West Monroe street on February 22 and stealing money out of a juke box. He also admitted > oinpllcity in other robberies. '' —/i—O From 18 to 20 percent of the nation's '-Ilgar beets is produced in the Pacific north'west.

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Japanese Radio Says Superforts Over Tokyo By tfnited Press Formations of B-29 Superfortresses raided Tokyo beginning about midnight Friday, the Japanese radio reported. Tokyo reported the strike while it was in progress at 12:17 a. mSaturday (Tokyo time). The broadcast was recorded by United Press in San Francisco. ’’Formations of B-29 aircraft are now hovering over the Tokyo area in a night raid attempt." the miconfirmed enemy announcement said. o Hundreds Killed In Oklahoma Tornado I w * w • • w » • « * 500 Others Injured Tn Storm Thursday . . .12 L Oklahoma City. Okal.. April 13 — (UP) —’An estimated 100 persons were killed and more than 500 others were injured last night whei) a tornado ripped across southwestern Oklahoma, causing extensive damage and cksual'ies in ha If dozen communities. There were at least 7'l known dead and the toll was rising hourly as rescue workers recovered more /bodies from the ruins of wrecked homes and buildings. The geatest loss of life was reported at Antlers, a town of 3,200 ] population which was almost ; tirely laid waste by the terrific ' force of the tornado. At least 60 bodies wOre recovered and more were being found “every few minutes.” More thl»ii 200 other persons were reported injured at Antlers. Nine peison.s, including five students of the demolished Oklahoma school for the'blind, were killed at Muskogee and more than 200 were injured. Two soldiers were killed and more than 100-persons were injured at Oklahoma city where the wind cut a swath of destruction

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Troops and a medical corps unit were rushed from Camp Maxey, Tex., to aid the residents of Antlers. W. E. Schooler, publisher of the Hugo Daily News, reported that the residential districts in southwestern. eastern- and north eastern sections of the town were “fattened.” The business district also was laid waste. 'He estimatfd that be-„ tween 400 and 590 homes, were demolished. Fifle n civilian doctors from nearby Hugo. Durant. A'tona and Idt.bel also were rushed to Antlers for emergency duty. Deane Darwin Speaks •To tocal Rota riahs .. „ >. > Deane Darwin, supervisor of “The Den." Decatur's youth center, was hte guest speaker al the weekly meeting of-the-Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Mr. Dorwin discussed Hie'achievements of the youth center since its inception a few mon’-hs ago and told Os fllans for future activities. Earl Fhurman wes chairman of the program. The annual election of officers will be held at next week's regular meeting, and all members are requested to be present. —--•’-o— — .Trade in a Good 'Down — Decatur

Eastern Front Battle Mounts In Intensity Zero Hour Appears Near For Russians March On Berlin BULLETIN ’A J London, Apr. 13.— (UP) — Vienna has Deen captured by Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin s third Ukrainian army and 130,000 prisoners have been taken, Marshal Stalin announced in an order of the day. London. Apr. 13—(UP)— Fighting mounted in intensity on the eastern approaches to Berlin today and it appeared that the zero hour for the Red army's march on the capital was close at hand. Radio Moscow said Soviet troops were waging "fierce battles" from Hieir bridgeheads across the Oder river 30-odd miles east of Berlin, but gave -no details. ‘Cossack cavalry moved up to the Berlin front earlier this week, Soviet field dispatches said. Commentators on the Berlin radio Said vast troop movements were under way all the way from Stettin Bay north of the capital to the confluence of the Oder and the Neisse in the south, a front of at least lit) miles. Military observers in London expected Prettier Marshal Stalin to gite the order any hour now for Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's first White Russian army to break through to -Berlin and a junction with American artties moving in from the west. A dispatch to the" Soviet government newspaper Izvestia said the battle for Vienna'was in “its last hours." Marshal Feodor 1.

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Tolbukhin'S third Ukrainian nTn'iy ' ttopped up 60 more square blocks 1 between the Danube river and I I canal In the northeast portion of the capital yesterday. Berlin broadcasts said the Soviets' Danube river flotilla landed troops behind the Nazi lines in Vienna. The second Ukrainian army, east of the Danub'e, cut the Ger- i mans' last serviceable communi- 1

PUBLICSAIi The undersigned owners will sell at public a „ rli personal property. Located 5 miles Southeast i 1 ,ht West of Pleasant Mills on-the L, A. Graham n, a ' alUr or THURSDAY, APRIL 191 Time: 12:30 P. m. ' 2 — CATTLE - 2 Holstein Heifer. 14 months old; Guernsey lh.it n B' 1 AUTOMOBILE-36 model Dodge Coupe, with ‘ good mechanical condition and good tires. >dl,lu aod TRACTOR AND IMPLEMENTS 10-20 MeCormfck-Deering tractor, in good condltt tractor plow; double disc; Gale corn plan W jth w™' 11 1 S hoe Superior grain drill; New Thomas mower 1" " I ' l cream separator; milk eart; Maytag gas motor Harness; collars; double trees; sirfgle trees- eroVUni aßdfl ®' harpoon hay forks. ’ ss tul saw : Two Male Pups. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Globe range, like new; 50 lb. size ice box; ]> iano . H, chairs; 2 metal Simons Beds with springs- chest of ( t n ’ table: fruit cans; Some other articles not mentioned ' TERMS—CASH. eU ' CHALMER SHEETS and LULA OwnersY Clerk —Bfyce Daniels. S Auctioneer-Lester W. “Bud" Suntan. Decatur phone 6761 1

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