Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1945 — Page 2

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*•*«"' II SUNDAY Internationa! |l SCHOOL LESSON By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Os The M<®dy Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for May 20 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council Qi Religious Education; used by permission. THE DEFEAT OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM LESSON TEXT—Jeremiah 18:1-10, 15a, 17a. GOLDEN TEXT—Come and let us return unto the Lord.—Hosea 6:1. History repeats itself. Men never seem to learn from the experiences of others, whether they be personal or national. Judah, the southern part of the divided kingdom, saw the downward path of Israel and its ultimate captivity The same process went on in Judah, although hindered now and then by good kings who brought about a partial return to God. Ultimately the day came when Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar’s troops and the people carried off to their long years of captivity in Babylon. Jeremiah ministered as God’s prophet during Judah's declining years, bringing them God’s word of judgment for their sins and urging them to submit. His voice was unheeded and for his faithfulness he received only their hatred and persecution. God gave him the strength and grace to be true in a very difficult mission. Our lesson for today tells how God in a graphic object lesson taught the prophet and the people, that they were in the hands of a sympathetic but at the same time a sovereign God. I. The Potter and His Work (vv. 1-4). The maker of pottery took the lump of clay, placed it on his wheel, and With his hand formed it into the kind of vessel he wanted. If it became misshapen or showed a dehe could moisten and remold the Way into another vessel as it suited him. Tiie clay was in his hand to meet his purpose and his will, ■ Dr, G. Campbell Morgan fittingly suggests-that there are three things to be borne in mind here: a principle, a purpose, and a person. And as we apply the truth to ourselves as God's children, we spell the Person’of the Potter with a capital “P,” for He is none other than God Himself." « The principle is that God is absolutely sovereign, that He does as He wills for His own glory. Until we recognize that principle. i»ie w»»» a failure. If, however, I have discovered this principle alone, then my soul, will be filled with terror. I must also see the purpose." The purpose is the working out of His will for each of us. He knows us, and He has a plan for our lives, and is able to make that plan come to pass if we permit Him to do so. But, aS Dr. Morgan says, "if I know principle and purpose only, I shall yet tremble and wonder, and be filled with a haunting foreboding ” But as "I press through the principle and beyond the purpose and discover the Person of the Potter, then the purpose will flame with light, and the principle that appears so hard and severe will become the sweetest and tenderest thing in my life.” God spoke to Jeremiah through the scene in the potter’s house, and He also wants to talk to our hearts. 11. God and Judah (vv. 5-10, 15a, Ha). The lesson is plain. God had for His people a high and glorious purpose.: He wanted to bless them and use them for His glory. But they were a sinful and rebellious people, stiff-necked and stubborn in their unbelief, and the vessel of honor which God was trying to form was marred in His hand. God did not act in anger or in disregard of their rights. He was forced to bring judgment upon them because of their own sin. That sin is stated in verse 15—they had forgotten God. One trembles as he applies that test of God’s requirement for blessing upon a nation to our own land. There haunting fear that while theie are some who truly worship Ged, and a larger number who profess to worship Him, a great host of the people of America have forgotten! God. Does our nation remember Him and seek His counsel and blessing lib-its national affairs? Do we inquire after the ways of righteousness? Are we eager for spiritual revival and increasing grace even within the church? Judah was to be scattered “as with an east wind”—and who does nfft know ihat it came to pass. Where are they today? dßut even in the midst of judgment : Lord speaks of mercy. The Lord : who will “pluck up, break down and deetroy”.(V. 7) the people who forget Hjpi, is eager and ready “to build and to plant" the nation when it , turns to Him. The sure promise of God’s future i blessing upon a repentant Israel and Judah is written large in the messages of-ell the prophets. <he same God, eternally sovereign in His purpose, is Our heavenly Father. The man or woman whose vessel* at life has been marred by Sin and failure need only yield ahew to ' the Potter’s blessed hand. a—

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RURAL CHURCHES | Antioch M.B.C. Chu r ch Located 3 utiles west on 224 and 1 mile south of Becatur Robert Mcßrier, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a. nt. Worship service. 10:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday. 8:ttO p. in. Come, worship with us. No service Sunday evening at church because of baccalaureate service at the Fort Wayne Jlible • Institute, of which one of our young people is graduating. Calvary Evangelical Church F. 11. Willard. Minister Sunday school 9:30, followed by prayer meeting. Mid-week service. Wednesday. S:00 p. m. Please note the change from Thursday Io Wednesday. 0 Monroe Methodist Church E. O. Kegerreis, pastor 9:30 a.m. Morning worship. Sermon. "The God (’entered Life." 10:30 a. m. Church school. Lesson, "Can we Lose our National Heritage?” 6:45 p. in. Youth Fellowship. Theme. "Faith." Leader. Homer Wintei'tgg. 7:30 p. m. Evening service. Sermon. “Questions?" Mid-week service on Wednesday evening at 7:30. Choir rehearsal 8:30. —.— o Union Chapel Church United Brethren in Christ 1). H and Celia Pellett, pastors Sunday School. 9:30 a. in. Th'”man 1. Drew, superintendent. Morning worship. 10:15 a.m. Subject. "Pentecost." Christian Endeavor for Youth and Adults at 7:30 Evening worship, 8, subject "The Holy Spirit." ' Prayer service Wednesday evening. 7:45. Daily vacation Bible school will start Monday. May 28. o — Willshire Circuit—U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh. pastor Willshire 9:30 a. m.— Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. -Class meeting. 8:00 p. in. Wednesday — Prayer r eeting. St. Paul 9:15 a. ni. Preaching service. 10:15 a. m. -Sunday school. 8 p. m. Tuesday—Prayer meeting and Bible study. Winchester 9:30 a. m. —Sunday School. 10:30 a. in. —Preaching service. 8 p. in. Thursday Prayer meetin g. ■ o B'jr z opOah IgjHHjv Special Services And Meetings Os Churches 'ln Area Holiness Association The monthly .meeting of the Adams county holiness association will be held at the Monroe Friends church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Homer Habegger, pastor of the Berne Nazarene church, will be the guest speaker, and special music will be furnished by the Decatur Church of the Nazarene. o Sorrows gather around great soul* as storms around nsountains; and like mountains they purify th? air of the plain beneath.

RICHARD COLTER (Continued From Page One) Fuelling, whose home is in Indianapolis: Fuelling Took Charge Lt. Cmdr. James L. Fuelling, 31, a Hoosier ship doctor who i calmed 150 survivors of the aircraft carrier Franklin, was home !on leave today when the navy I officially announced the war I tragedy. I Fuelling was preparing to go ' tomorrow to the Bunker Hill, i Ind., naval training station, where ' he must report at the conclusion ! of his leave. The Indianapolis naval officer : found himself locked in an after I mess hall on the third deck with [ 150 enlisted men. Smoke- filled 'I he compartment. The choking ' sailors wrapped damp cloths : around their heads and waited. Fuelling took command of the • situation. •‘Everybody sit down.” he ordi cred. We’re trapped here for the time being. Stay calm and be ■ quiet. Use as little air as possible. Stay close to the deck. And say a prayer.” Ninety minutes later, rescue came when a ventilating tube was located ami the trapped men were released to comparative safety on deck. Fm Hing narrowly missed another Pacific war disaster. He and his family left Pearl Harbor on Dec. 5, 1941. two days before the Japs sneak attack. Fuelling preferred not to talk i about his experiences in the dis- : aster. The former physician at • Newburg, Ind., was spending his ; time at home getting acquainted i with his IS-months old daughter, Jane Ann, and renewing associations with his wife, their fouryear old daughter, Elaine, and their pet Daschund, “Gegee.” AMERICAN SOLDIERS — (Continued From Page One) division continued closing in on a i Japanese force trapped in the dam I area, northeast of Manila, and only | a matter of hundred of yards stpar- : ated its north and south forces. Beyond Balete pass in northern Lpttzon the 25th division, which had advanced due north, and the 32nd division, wthich eltt in from the west, joined forces for an atic,ue reported enemy troops steadtack on Santa F?. Todays communily were being driven back on Santa Fe. ’A Japanese counter-attack wac repulsed in that area. Australian forces on Tarakan inland. off Born o’s east chast. drove down the Amal track within a mile of the island’s east coast. A Japanese counter-atttack north of Tarakan City was turned back. •In ano"her attack on Formosa liberator bombers dropped 183 ton« of boniibe on Bhinchlku, rail and industrial center.

772 SEAMAN ARE (Continued From Page One) lin home shipshape if it hadn't been for those jeepe,” Hale said. Hale disclosed that the Franklin was as trim as she could b€ when she nosed into New York navy yard, Brooklyn. Gehres said the crews “saved Uncle Sam $100,006 and the navy yard two months work by drying out compartments, repacking equipment and heaving debris overlioard." Hale said the first food survivors ate came from a locker that had escaped serious bomb and fire damage. “We broke that locker open. It was filled with — what do you think —Spam. We had Spam for two days until we busted into a steak locker. We were sick of steak by the time we hit Pearl Harbor.” o The Grand Teton Jackson Hole region in Wyoming is regarded by scientists ac an outstanding ex ample of mountains and valleys formed by ancient internal forces breaking and lifting a section of the earth’s crust.

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Hard Coal Miners, Operators Agreed Ickes' Proposal On Wage Hike Accepted Washington. May 18—(UP)—The ■ ini d coal crisis apparently had • blown over today as swiftly a« it : came the night of April 30. | lSeventy<iwo thousand .Pennsylvania anthracite miners, on strike ■ since midnight of the day before • May day, were expected to 41“ back ; digging coal on Monday. Fuel adminwtrator Hamid L. i Ickes moved swiftly yesterday to i end the deadlocked wage negotia--1 lions between John L. Lewis’ Unit- , ed Mine Workers, representing the I hard coal miners, and coal produci ers. The hard coal miners, following I their custom of “no contract, no work."' went on strike April 30 because th ir old contract was up and it had not been extended. Late yesterday Ickes called both parties into his office, and repeated his warning that Anthracite coal must continue to be mined. ißoth miners and operators ag- | reed to Icke’s proposal, which I would give the miners a i day more than they're getting now. Tiie producers had offered $1.03 and the min ns aeked $1.79. The UMW and hard coal producj en-i are meeting again today in : Ickes’ coniference room to agree on I final details of their new contract. Both have agreed that it will inI chide premiums of four and six cents an hour for second and third ,-hist work and an increase in vacation pay from SSO to $76. These boost.? account for approximately 36 eenfe of rhe total daily raise. The remaining $1.11*6 will ibe I divided between travel and lunch . time in some manner still to be agreed upon. Sime the wage increases will be rttroailive to the date tile contract .signed. Lewis is expected to direct the miners to return to their jobs Monday. The anthracite scale committee prdbalbly will be called here for a weekend meeting to approve the new agr ement. -— : i o — —. While high-speed machines can turn out kitchen matches at the rate of 1.226.000 an hour, a single match is actually a year in the making due to the time necessary tn “sea.son" the wood. FILLERS AAU

FORMER BUND (Continued From Page One) holds that he took his oath of allegiance with mental reservations and therefore was never legally entitled to citizenship. In 1937 Kuhn went to Germany for a visit, returning here the following year. This return constituted an alien “entry," the department explained, since Kuhn was not legally a citizen. PLANES WRECK (Continued Frdm Page One) of the plane before carrier planes swept over it. Cmdr. Edmond Conrad of Medina, Wash., said the plant was brand new and covered an area equal to four or five city blocks. “Leaving the target, we noticed an extra big explosion, indicating that a power plant had been hit,” he said. “Antiaircraft fire was meager as we went in and dropped our bombs without loss.” o YANKEE FORCES (Continued From Page Ona) All four divisions were supported by naval guns, land artillery and planes that were laying down one of the heaviest bombardments in history. In the first 45 days of the campaign, warships alone hurled 25.000 tons of shells and explosives into Okinawa.

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financial affairs L jgHjQI - are CONFIDENTIAL I learned years ago not to borrow from friends or relatives. When I need money I borrow from a bank on a confidential business basis. When you borrow from a friend, people may get co know about it. Your friend may need his money •i::’:::. again on short notice just when you find it hardest to repay him. If he dies, his heirs will :;;£i expect you to pay up your loan promptly. Friendship and financing doesn’t mix well.” V -'iljgh- First State Bank Wp B™« HMt Y ;k«:k as r * I Member F. D. I. C. — Established 1883 | INVITING YOU TO | * “OLD FOLKS DAY” in S ’ J ■ ~ Sundav School. 9:30 a. m. M f- - ■ b Morning Service, 10:30 a. m. S ft Youth Meeting. 6:45 p. m. ® Evangelistic Service, 7:30 p. m. D®* l L * tle > I a 8. S. Supt. s A Warm Welcome At Our Friendly Church. g « Decatur Church of The NAZARENE • K North 7th at Marshall ® HBiiiahiiaiiiaiiiiaiiiaiiiiaiiiaiiiaHiaiiiiaiiaiiiaiGiaiuaiiiiaiiiiaiiaiiiaiiMiaiiaiioiiaM ■iia^a^Bi i *!ia < 'iß»iai^aiiai!ia^a l . ——_— MISS WILMA; : ■»■■■ MONROE * ® Return Missionary from ® ■ 8 Africa the ■ NUTTMAN AVE. J SK' rF'.M li. B: Church ; 5 B B| - -1 jiimq Ml Cor. Nuttman & l lth 8 |V- -a 8 F -s I Sunday, May 2Q a g Ur B| 10:30 a. m. and Bp. m. a ft . , t - ’* A soul stirring and ■ 1.. -WBIBj forceful speaker. ■ Everyone welcome. a Rev - c - N - v »nGundy. gj

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