Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1945 — Page 2

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Improved || SUNDAY International || SCHOOL LESSON By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Ot The Moody Blblo Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for June 24 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE NEW CHURCH IN THE PAGAN WORLD LESSON TEXT—I Timothy 6:11-16; I Peter 4:12-16. GOLDEN TEXT—Seek ye first the kingdom of God. and his righteousness.—Matthew 6:33. The church is world-wide in its ministry. Its first experiences of both advance and attack were in Jerusalem, but in due time the Lord pressed its members out into the Gentile world to preach the gospel. These believers had to meet the challenge .of a pagan world, rich, powerful, and steeped in age-old philosophies which ran counter to the teaching of Jesus Christ. The story of how the church met > that situation and came through victorious is one of the most thrilling and important sections of world history. We catch but a few glimpses of that time In the writings of Paul and Peter which make up our lesson today, but even those are full of instruction and inspiration. The church appears here as it went on: I- EighUpg the Good Fight of Faith (F*m. 6:11-16). In the'Wtter to Timothy, the Holy Spirit iisfid Paul to instruct the early church regarding its life in the midst" of an unbelieving world. In the verses immediately preceding our lesson we find a solemn warning against the wrong attitude of heart toward worldly possessions. “Godliness with contentment” is declared to be great gain. But there is more to Christianity than inward grace, for that must show itself in daily fighting “the good fight of faith.’* That is done in three ways: 1. By. godly living (v. 11). Believers are to flee those things which hinder spiritual progress, and give themselves to the cultivation of graces of a true Christian life. Space does not permit discussion of these fine virtues of the faithful follower of Christ, but note how tremendously effective they could be (yes, and are today) against paganism. It is so true that the best argument for Christianity is a Christian, but he must be a real one. 2. In holy warfare (v. 12). Living for Christ is not accomplished by sitting in a spiritual rocking chair while the- enemy is on the attack. No indeed. There is a good fight to be wagedT both personally and as a body of believers. “The Son of God goes forth to war!’ against evil in our day. “Who follows in His train?” Thank God, there are those who are on the battle line for God, but they need reinforcements. Who will volunteer today? 3. With blessed expectation (vv. 13-16). The soldier is ready to bear the “blood, sweat, and tears” of deadly conflict because he looks for victory. The soldier of Christ has a sure hope, for he follows Jesus Christ, already .victorious over death, and one day soon to appear again as King of kings and Lord of lords. In view of that expectation, the Christian, is to live a consistent, clean and irreproachable life. And why not? If we look for the glorious and blessed and only Potentate, should we not be ready? 11. Meeting the Fiery Trial of Persecution (I Pet. 4:12-16). As Peter comforted the sorely tried believers in the early church, he urged them to meet their persecutions: 1. Without confusion (v. 12). We should expect trials in this world; yes, severe, fiery trials. Such things are common to all mankind, and the Christian should not expect to escape. -• To them a such trials are real tests of their faith, an opportunity to show”to the unbelieving world that GocO s a^e t 0 deliver those who put their trust in Him! To be'fprewamed is to be forearmed. jiJhink it not strange concerning the fiery trial.” 2. Witb"6xceeding joy (vv. 13-15). The believer is not to ke ashamed of the troubles he bears for Christ's sake. A glory rests upon the one who is- privileged to be a “partaker of Christ’s suffering” (v. 14) as he stands with Him who was “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3). Note that the believer is not to do anything which would Justify others in making him suffer. It is a disgrace, a shame, which injures the cause offtirist. when a believer has to suffefXechuse he has broken the law, ofWeause he is “a busy body (R- V. peddler”) in other men’s 3- For"gie glory of God (v. 16). The entire life of the believer should be’lived for God’s glory. If, then, he ls called to pass through trials or to be persecuted for his faith, tffit? too, is something to be so borne' as to glorify God. The follower of Christ does not hung his bead shaiile as the dimculties of life come upon him. He trusts God, and by his poise and grace in -the midst of difficult circumstances, declares to aC the! world that God is able to deliver, J

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Creamed (’omenta on the Sunday School Le 6.m. The New Church in the Pagan World. 1 Timothy 6, 1116: 1 peter 4:12-16 for Sunday, June 24. (As Peter and Paul were nearing the close of their lives, they saw the struggle the Christians would have to endure; hence, they both gave needed warnings ae recorded in t.hfe le-son today. V 11. “But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow aft righteousness, godliliess. faith, love, patience, meekness." In the preceding verses are recorded the sin of (ovetousnccri of money; so the command is “flee these things.” The sin of all covetousness of money; so the command is “flee these things" The sin of all ages has been that of being money mad. The way to overcome all sin is to live posf-' live lives making fiist in life, righteousness. godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. V. 12. "Fight the good fight, of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many unessts," A good Christian can not be wishy-washy. The worthwhile fight is that inner battle between good and bad motives, impulses, and desires. By all means one needs to meet the conditions that will make possible eternal life. V. 13. “1 give thee charge in the sight of God. who quickeneth all things and before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession.”. A follower of the Lord is to keep from being entangled in all worldly things; to live for and to God; then all will be well. The soul that strives to do the will of God finds a mysterious quickening of the Lord. V. 11. "That thou keep this commandment without spo’, unreibukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.” One needs to ibe ever watchful that the motive, desires, ant} impul-es are not selfish. Keep ever in mind that some day each one must appear before Christ when the inner life will be seen as it was lived on earth will serve the good purpose of making us all be careful. The following verse makes Christ’s coming in power with judgment for a positive fact.

V. 16. "'Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen; to whom ibe honor and power everlasting.” Because God and Jesus are immortal, they whom tne Lord redeems by his blood shall also be immortal. The

Home Education The Secret of Success We once wrote Dr. &. Parks Cadman to give us in .a word tne secret of his success and lie came back with this answer: "The great secret of success is hard work.” lie spoke from a reliable experience; rthc'h lie was eleven years old, he began working in a coal mine and continued in thus underground work for ten years that he might support life younger brothers and sisters. He yearned to go to school to get an education. Some would have thought his case hopeless He planned to use his spare secontfe in reading by the dim light of life torch wiiilv ills coal cArt was unloaded so that during those ten years he read one thousand books. When he came out of the mines, he pa-sed college examinations with honors and won a scholarship to Richmond College, London. ale carried out hfe idea of wellplanned hard work all through his life; here is the picture of a day’s work; he ro.se at 7 a. in. dictated 20 to 30 let'teia, wrote 1500 words for his newspaper eofuiiih, prepared a eerinon or worked on a book, made five or six pastoral calls, attended two or three meetings, made a talk or two, dashed Ifome, read a book completely through and then called it a day, retiring at 2 o’clock. Eurely the secret of success is hard work. —fD. Carl Yoder. ( it I Getting Even 'Mr. Perkins and ‘Mr. Jones, two j neighbors, were always quarreling, each one trying to outdo the other in things offensive. So one day Ms. Perkins said to Mrs. Jones. “If you don't stop making me aggry. I’ll ; buy my #ife a new hat.' and' th'eh . you will have to ibuy one for yours.’ j

greatest mistake man can make is to miss immortality. If Christ is not made first in one's life there is no chance for Him to work in the soul the processes of eternal life. V. 12. "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you.” Ordinary trials come to all but the hardest trials come to those who follow Christ most closely. The results of trials patiently born will prove the genuineness of our Christianity Tested character is of great price in sight of God. V. 13. "But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may he glad also with exceeding great joy.” As there is a human tie by a mutual suffering with others, so there is a divine tie by suffering for Christlikeness. To be identified with Christ is cause for the greatest joy. V. .14. "If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye for the spirit of the glory and of God resteth upon you; on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified" As the Holy Spirit rested upon Jesus, so he rests upon those who are persecuted for Christ's sake. When we come to endure persecutions really for Jesus’ sake, suffer it in the right spirit, and know that while our enemies are blaspheming we are glorifying him, we will really rejoice. V. 15. "But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.’ Let none of you be guilty of anything described in this verse and suffer punishment while claiming salvation. Let it be known that gossiping is a sin. V. 16. "Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but' let him glorify God on this behalf.” One's marvelous endurance when suffering for Christ’s sake brings glory to God. The great mon in Germany today are those who suffered for their Christian faith; their messages will -lie heard as one others. 0

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At least 500,000 will be required from public contributions to repair St. Paul’s Cathedral in London,, I over and above the sum that will be payable from government war damage funds. Among major restorations necessary will Ibe that of the high altar, which was destroyed by a bomb, and the great organ, which was extensively damaged by another high explosive. h ‘ Generalissimo Chiang Kaisheek ha*i asked the National Christian Council in Shungking, China, to enlist a thousand Christian workers as morale officers ill the Chinese army. In other words, he is asking that Christians shall organize a I force of chaplains to serve with the Chinese army. There are still’ many imerned Christian missionaries in Japanese occupied China. The China Inland Mission has 255 of such missionaries. The London Missionary Society has 107. Our British Baptist Society has 49. The Methodist Society of Great Britain has 90. while the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel has 81. Many other missionary societies are represented. We gather this information from The Sunday School Chronicle, of London. One of the results of the scattering of our American men over the South Sea Islands is that they have been able at first hand to form opinions of the missionary work accomplished by the various missionaries. in no single instance have we heard of any adverse criticfem. In numerous instances, the praise is of the highest order. So widespread has been the approval of our American fighting men that our domestic journals have discussed mission's editorially.

The Y. M. C. A. is sponsoring a committee on friendly relations among foreign students. This committee plans to work with mission boards as a clearing house for information on schools keeping in constant with individual foreign students’ The’ committee will unite ; with the Student Volunteer Movement in attempting to recruit

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First United Brethren Church R. R. Wilson, Minister Sunday School 9:15, Curtis Hill, superintendent. Morning worship 10:30; sermon, "A Pair of Paubles; The Tares and the Drag-Net.” Christian Endeavor 6:30. Evening worship 7:30; sermon, Seed and the Leaven.” “A Pair of Parables; The Mustard The young people go to Lake Wawasee on Monday. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:00. o ———— Baptist Church Carey Moser, Pastor 9:30 am., Sunday school. C. E. Bell, Supt. 10:15 a.m., Morning worship. Special music by our choir. Sermon by Rev. Albert Swenson. The* unior church meets at this hour also. Bring all the children for this hour. 7:30 p.m., Evening service. Inspiring song service and message by Rev. Albert Swenson. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the midweek hour of prayer and praise. Also the monthly business meeting of the church. Everyone welcome to. all the services of this house of Prayer. o Nuttman Ave. U. B. Church . C. N. VanGundy, Pastor Sunday school. 9:30 a.m. Cradle roll day. Morning message, 10:30 a.m. Evening services will be dismissed so as to attend convention at camp ground, Rockford, Ohio. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. 8:00. o CHRISTIAN CHURCH Ronald Cochran, Minister

Bible School, 9:30. Dbrphus Drum. Supt. A Bible school with a profitable class for every age. Morning Worship, 10:30. Communion and preaching service. Sermon subject, “Loyalty to the Propagation of the Gospel.” Our seven weeks’ Loyalty campaign begins July 1 with “Every Member Present” Sunday. We hope to greatly increase the pttendance of every service during this campaign. Our Loyalty campaign will also open our evening services. Sunday evening. July 1. the young people of the church will present a musical pageant, "The Ninety and Nine.” 0 First Evangelical Church F. H. Willard, Minister No Sunday school session this Sunday. Morning worship 10:10 a.m. in the basement of the church. No evening services Sunday and until September. Midweek service Wednesday evening, 7:00 p.m. Youth Choir Rehearsal Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Adult Choir Researsal Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Children's Day program will be given on Sunday afternoon, July 8.

Zion Evangelical and Reformed William C. Feller, Pastor Church School at 9:00 a.m. Luther Clase, superintendent. Come and bring the family for this JJible study hour. There is a class for everyone. Worship service at 10:00 a.m. Sermon: “Marks of the Lord Jesus.” Persons without a church home in the city are cordially invited to worship with us. Bethany Circle will meet on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Wesley Lehman. The Friendship Circle will meet on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Milton Hoffman. The Philalethean Circle will meet on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. In the home of Mrs. Leo Kirsch. The Ruth and Naomi Circle will meet on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. A. R. Ashba'ucher. Senior choir rehearsal on Friday at 7:00 p.m. o One’s behavior is the measure of one’s integrity.

ANSWERS TO 1 “DO YOU KNOW?” ,' 1. Timothy 1. Timothy 2. "Is great, gain.” A -3. t’ls: thelrdbt of all evil.” 4. First Epistle of Peter 5. “That he might bring us to God. (1 Peter 3:18) 1 missionary ’candftHteE’ IT is ‘sup- s ppsed that these foreign I now numbering afbpnf ’8,1506. will r be greatly increased when the war | is over. 1 mi

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Low Mass 6:00 Low Maes •• 7:30 Low Mass 9:00 Low Ma.-s 10:15 Last mass followed by benediction. No services in the afternoon. Communion Sunday for the Children of Mary. Week Day Maas 6:00 Week Day Mass 7:00 ■Holy Hour, Friday, 7:30 Rev. J. J. Seimetz, Pastor —o Church of the Nazarene North 7th and Marshall Sts. J. T. Trueax, minister Sunday school 9:<JO a.m. Doyle Lytle, Supt. Sunday is “Girl’s Day.” A remembrance to all girls present. Special effort is being made for the boys and girls. See that your child is there. Monroeville Trio will sing to the children. Morning worship 10:30 a.m. Music is in charge of the trio. Special singing. Message by the pastor. Junior church 6:45 p.m. A service for the junior age that will help to make them spiritual. Youth meeting 6:45 p.m. The service will be in charge of the Monroeville Trio. Evangelistic service 7:30 p.m. Song service and special singing by the trio. Message by the pastor. The Monroeville Trio, composed of Mary Alice and Mezzeta Hawkins and Betty Rofli, former students of Olivet Nazarene College, will sing. They are talented singers and the public is cordially invited to hear, them. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:45 p.m. o First Presbyterian Church Mercer Avenue and Adams St. I John W. McPheeters, Jr., Minister i 9:07i a.m., Bible study class for all ages, conducted by Mis. W. A. i Lower. 9:30 a.m.. Church school. Mr. W. P. Schrock, superintendent. | 10:30 a.m., Morning worship. J Sermon: “Effectual Calling.” Special music. The nursery will be in charge of Mrs. Stanley Clark and Mrs. James Kocher, Jr. 6:00 p.m., Westminster Youth Fellowship. Worship led by Carl I Beehler. Discussion led by Batbara Sauer; topic, “When Shall I Follow the Crowd?” Recreation! Tuesday, the 26th, 1:30 p.i.i. Worship Committee of the West minster Youth Fellowship. Wednesday, the 27th, 6:30 p.m. CHURCH FAMILY SUPPER! Everyone interested in the church is invited! Everyone fe to bring i covered dish and his own sugar! The rolls, coffee and cream will be furnished by the Ladies’ Aid Society. 7:30 p.m. BIBLE INSIGHTS. “Practical Living for a Critical Time” is the conclusion to the series of studies on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Friday, the 29th, 7:00 p.m. The Session, deacons and trustees will meet. All adult and young people who wish to join the church are asked to meet with the Session. 8:00 p.m., Advisory Hoard. All the officers of the church are invited. 7:00 p.m., Choir practice. oChurch of God Glen E. Marshall, pastor 9:30-11:20. Unified service. Worship for three groups is provided in this service: Beginners, Juniors, Pumphrey Jewelry Store GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS. NOTICE! We will be Closed from July Ist until July 9th. Pecatpf Laundry & Dry Cleaners

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and Adults. Junior worship will be led by the girls from Anderson College. The message to the adult group will also be given by one of the college girls. 6:30, Shining Lighte. 6:30, Christian Crusaders. 7:30, Evening evangelistic service. Message by the pastor. 7:30, Mid-week prayer service. Miss Coral Weigle and Miss Pauline Hawkins in charge. The Daily Vacation Bible School conducted by this church will begin Monday morning, June 25, at 8:45. Boys and girls of the church and community are invited to attend. An enrollment of one hundred can be accommodated. Boys and girls from four years through Junior High are invited to enrod. Miss Coral Weigle and Miss Pauline Hawkins *of Anderson College will direct the school. The public ie most cordially invited to attend all the services ■ f this congregation. “Where being a Christian makes you a member.” o Zion Lutheran Church Monroe and Eleventh Sts. Paul W. Schultz, Pastor Sunday school and Bible class, 9:00 a.m. Divine worship, 10:00 a.m. Lutheran Hour, 11:30 a.m. o—— First Methodist Church Merrill O. Lester, Minister Liwel] J. Smith, Supt. Church School at 9:29. Public Worship, 10:20. Mid-week service, 7:30. I “Realism of Conversion” will be the sermon subject Sunday at the worship period. Conversion is imperative, conversion is a reality. “Except ye-be converted.” There will be no Sunday evening services sembly week at Epworth Forest, until further notice. This is AsAn inspiring program has been provided —even one day in attendance will be of great worth. o The more you enthrone eels, the more false to other men you become.

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y,-<KWay| Six Ways to Work Dr. Van Kirk, who is secretary of the department of international justice and good will of the Federal Council of Churches, described six ways in which churches of America can "work” for peace. They can, he .said: | 1. Gain an informed mind. 2. Exercise vigilance with respect to current international developments. 3. Accelerate the movement for interchurch co-operation and Christian unity. 4. Constantly emphasize the futulity and hopelessness of a postwar settlement dictated by consideration of hatred and revenge. 5. ; Rise above the spirit of defeatism and make Christians out of pagans, and 6. Rededicate themselves to the task of evangelism.

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