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Improved II SUNDAY International II SCHOOI -:• LESSON-: Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D Os The Moody Bible Institute of Chleagf Released by Western Newspaper Union Lesson for July 15 Lesson subjects and Scripture texH se lected and copyrighted by Internatiot Council of Religious Education; used permission. GOO’S PURPOSE FOR ABRAHAIH LESSON TEXT—Genesis 12:1-8. GOLDEN TEXT—In thee shall families of the earth be blessed.—Gene sis 12:3. Separation, which means releast from the influence of those tilings which hinder full development, is t blessing even though it may be dis ficult. God had a great purpose ir mind for Abram, but to accomplish it He had to get him out of bis owi: country, away from the downward • pull of heathendom, and out into a new adventure of faith with Him. Down in the midst of those who worshiped the heavenly bodies was a man who had found that there was no satisfaction for his soul in such worship. He had found the true God, and was ready to respond to His call. We find Abram I. Hearing God’s Call (vv. 1-3). Men who have been used to accomplishing great and good things in the world have, like Abraham, been willing to step out into the dark. They have not foreseen greatness nor even striven for it, but have gone out at God's call, obeying Him day by day, and He has been responsible for the outworking of their destiny. How important it is to have the listening ear, and the obedient heart. He was attentive to God’s word, and willing to take Him at His word. Abram was strongly attached to his homeland. He was a man of such strength of character and obvious ability, that he undoubtedly held a place of real importance in his own country. To leave that and go out to an unknown destination (Heb. 11:8) called for real faith—and Abram had it! God had a purpose in calling him out—the establishment of a great nation. Through Abram all the nations of the earth were to be blessed. That stupendous eventuality hung in the balance until he decided to obey God, and we are glad he did. When God takes anything from us, we can be sure that He is planning a greater blessing to take its place. Material loss often brings spiritual blessing. Separation from family may give a broader relationship to others. Sacrifice for the Lord’s service brings hundredfold returns (Matt. 19:29). 11. Responding to God’s Command (vv. 4-6). As the Lord spoke, so Abram departed. He was to be the channel of God’s blessing, and he put himself in God’s hand for His use. The lives of each of us may, in our own way, be the channels of God’s blessings to those round about us; but only if wc, like Abram, respond to His call. The migration of Abram from Chaldea to Canaan is one of the most important events in all history It was one of the grand turning points in the story of the human race. The fact that Abram took with him his entire family into the promised land, reminds us that we are not to go alone into the Lord's heavenly kingdom. We are to take our families with us. Note also that Abram brought his substance, his riches, with him. That tells us anew that when a man comes into the household of God through Jesus Christ, he is to bring his purse with him. Consecrate your substance as well as yourself and your service to God. The journey of Abram ended (v. 6) in what is said to be the most beautiful spot in all of Palestine—but even here difficulty faced him, for “the Canaanite was then in the land.” Even so. the Christian life is not one of ease and idleness, but of heroic endeavor and victory. The Promised Land is a type, not of heaven, but of the Christian’s life and experience. We, too. find the Canaanite in the land. There is a constant struggle with the world, the flesh and the devil; but there is victory in Christ. 111. Receiving God's Blessing (vv. 7-9). God kept His promise to Abram. True he did not see the entire fulfillment of it, hut is that necessary to the man of faith? God says it, we believe it; it becomes our present possession by faith, though the enjoyment of it may be yet to come. Note that wherever Abram pitched his tent he built an altar. He was not too hurried or busy to remember God. We, too, are pilgrims and strangers in this world. Let us not fail to raise an altar to God. Wherever we may be, let us leave a testimony for Him. For such a man, God could well have a high purpose. He was among that noble company who in all ages have “simply obeyed each day the divine orders which were given them, took each day the way of prayer, of righteousness, of duty; content if they had light enough for that and the next step, leaving to a higher will til that should come after. And Ged charged Himself with their destiny” (J. G. Greenhough).

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,n Creamed Comment.; on the Sune- day School Lesson, God’s Purpose for Abram. Genesis 12:1-9 for Sunthe 'scripture- of tliifl quarter are j e tile -cripturee o I'this quarter are a (It Hie need of arousing the loyalf. ty of Abraham to his religious conn victioiiK so effectively that his exh ample of faith will be followed and n (2) the need of helpful discussions d as to our problems and ways to a meet them a>s we attempt to discover and do the will of God. o 'V. 1. “Now the Lord tsaid unto s Abram. Get the out of thy country, e and from thy kindred, and from n thy father',- house, unto a land e which I will shew you." The first ■' trial of Abram's faith required him rl tai to renounce the certainties of the past (b) to face the uncertain- :- follow the direction of God's purs follow’ the directio nos God'.s pur- . pofle for hi.- life. We, too, are to e get out of the business, out of the ■" social circle, out of the environe ment in which we can not serve 1 God. V. 2. "And I will make of thee a r great nation, and 1 will Nees thee e and make they name great; and t thou '-halt be a ble-ising.” Here s God makes two promises— a social t blessing and an individual blessing Here is .seen a social gospel and ) an individual gospel. Both go toi gether. These blessings were the ; result of Abram’s obedience to get i up and go, following that profound i inner impression which turned out t to be the voice of God. V. 3, "And I will bless them that 1 bles.s thee and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all the 1 families of the earth be blessed.” Bles-ing'S of fruitlfulness and in- ! crease are promised. As to just ' dues of his enemies, God will take ' care of that. Let no one undertake io pun'ish hiit enemies; in due time God will attend to that. Tile in- . fluence of a good man will never die. [ V 4. “So Abram departed, as the Lord had -poken unto him: and Lot wen: with him: and Ahram was seventy and five years old when he departed from Haran.” Haran was the half-way place between Ur and Canaan. To have staid at Haran would have made Abram a half-way child of God. The world is full of half-way Christians. It was good for Lot that the agreed to follow in tlie path of Abram. God makes his paths through his children. V. 5. "And Abraham took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son. and al) their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canann they came.” Abram was man of wealth and because he had dedicated himself and all that he had to God, he could continue a man of weatlth. The secret of Abram’s life was in the divine purpose of God that dominated bis life—he went to the place God directed. V. ■•>. "And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Schechem unto the land of Morel). And the Canannite was in the land.” Schechem was Abram's first encampment; there was rich patstureage here for his flocks. A good man will take good care of his possession. doing his part in providing the necessary. provision!.- as made possible by God. V. 7. “And the Lord appeared unto Abram and aid. Unto thy seed will 1 give this land; and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him." Here was a divine assurance, “this is it.” Along iife'.s pathway as marked as out by God there are landmarks that make for a deepening of good purposes. So deep was God’s ppr-1 poses as preceived by Abram that I he made that landmark in his life | an altar and eveV after that he, wan continually erecting altars as constant recognition of God whom he served. V. ‘B. “And he removed from thence uuto a mouiitain of the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the e;i'st; and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. 1 To possess the land. Abram bad to move about; there is no standing still when following the Lord. There was a large place for prayer i in the life of Abraham. No one will | get far in the Christian life who doe? not pray. tV. 9. “And Abram journeyed go- ; ing on still toward the South.” There is no end to possibilities in Christian progress as revealed in God’s will. The main thing is to keep going in the direction of God's will. '■ » , A train of though is a good thing 1 it it is going somewhere.

Martin Niemoeller, for eight ' year.; a prisoner in German concern I ration camps, lias been released by Allied forces. Almost his first act as a free man was tb lead an evening church .service in the Alpine city of Cortina, D’ampezzo, Italy. To a deeply stirred congregation he prceached on these words from Isaiah 54:10: “For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness .-hail not depart from thee.” Pastor Niemoeller, apparently in good health, reports that he was treated correctly by lii,< guards. He spent a great deal of time in reading. He feels that Germany’s only hope for the future is in the church. “Nazism has been tried: Bolshevism is too much like Nazism to have a better chance. There i? no place for it, either, among our dirsillu.-iened people. All our idealisms have failed us. There is only one way in the future." Q ■ OIHthttCIIVB O z The integrating power of life is the will of God. To know the will of God and do it, calls for absolute sincerity, absolute honesty with one’s self, and it means using one's mind to the best of one’s ability. One may lie often bewildered questioning and doubting one's own judgment. Practicing the presence of God by daily communion with him provides that guidance not found elsewhere. One can not expect to be conscious of God’s presence when one has only a bowing acquaintance with Him. * Home Education i Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England in her recent broachcast to the women of the world said: “All of us women love family life, our home and our children and you may be sure that our men overseas are thinking just as wistfully of these homes as we are. These men both at home and abroad are, counting on us at all times to be steadfast and faithful. We cannot close our eyes to the fact that our precious Christian heritage is threatened by adverse influences. It does indeed seem to me that if the years to come are to see some real spiritual recovery, the women of our nation must be deeply concerned with religion. Our homes are the very places where it should start, ,t is the creative and dynamic power of Christianity which can help us carry the moral responsibilities which history is placing on ogr shoulders. If our homes can be truly Christian, then the influence of that spirit will assuredly spread through all the aspects of our common life, industrial, social and political.” « o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur — I ‘ ■ j «»T- •* - *..n •• ~ ' -T.Jh. ir;,-"- -j ’ T - - ’

Miss Mabel Rife To Speak at Ist U. B. Miss Mabel, Rife, Evangelist from Columbus, Ohio, will be the guest speaker at the First United Brethren church Sunday morning, July 15th. The worship service begins at 10:30. Miss Rife held a vfery fine meeting for two weeks in this church last winter. Many friends heard her speak Idst vUrHter and we are sure thdt they will be glad fob the opportunity of hearing hes again. She presents the Gospdl in a very forceful and interesting manner. There is pldnty of room and all are welcome. ——,,r .it - " i ■ . f THE THINGS OUR BOYS ANI) ( > GIRLS WANT MOST: ; , , Z > L Prayers for their Spiritual arid Physical needs, f i 2. Letters frOtti their friends brick home. / I We are doing just these, Monday evening at / ( S o’clock, auditorium, EVANGELICAL CHURCH. V ( Mens’ Union Prayer Group (

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1 Zion Lutheran Church • Monroe and Eleventh Sts. Paul W. Schultz, Pastor Sunday school and Bible class, S 9:09 a. m. ■ Divine 'services, 19:00 a. m. B Lutheran Hour, 11:30 a. m. ■ o | Christian Church ■ Ronald Coehran, minister I Bible School 9:30. Dorfus Drum, I Supt. Morning worship Commun- " ion and Preaching Services. *' Evening Service 7:30. The young “ people will present a playlet, “The 1 Silver Trumpet.” o First U. B, Church R. R. Wilson, Minister Sunday School 9:30, Curtis Hill, s superintendent l ’ > 'Worship .service 10:30; Miss Mae bel Rife will present the morning t message. Christian Endeavor 6:30. ’ I Evening wonship 7:30. Prayer meeting and choir prac--1 tiee Wednesday evening 7:00 and 8 8:00. Zion Evangelical and Reformed William C. Feller, Pastor 1 Church School at 9:00 A. M. Luth- ' er Clase, superintendent. Worship Service at 10:00 A. 'M. Dedication of new church hymnals. 3 Sermon: “Singing Christians.” All members are urged to be present. The Phoebe Bible class will meet in the shelter house at Hanna-Nutt-man park on Thursday at 6:30 p. m. Mem-iters are asked to bring I a covered dish and table service. I Come and worship with ns, if I you have no church home in the | city. ’ Visitors are always welcome. 0 ? St. Mary's Catholic Church » Low Mass 6:00 r Low Maee - 7:30 . Low Mass 9:00 ; Low Mase 10:15 f Last mass followed by benediction, i No services in the afternoon. Communion Sunday for the St. Mary's Sodality. r Week Day MaiSts 6:00 j Week Day Mass 7:00 - Holy Hour, Friday 7:30 t Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz. 1 Pasitdr GThe First Methodist Church Merrill O. Lester, Minister Lowell J. Smith, Supt. Church School and Public Worship in the morning. This is a 1 Unified service and all are invited ' to attend both sessions. ' “UnseeM Realities" will be the ■ sermon subject of the morning ■ worship hour. Trustees' meeting Wednesday I night at 8:30. This is a meeting ’ of reorganization. Let all attend, t Prayer service at 7:30 o’clock. If 1 on vacation, attend public worship I —send your pastor bulletin. If you ’ I have visitors, bring them to wor- > • Ship with you. Let us not vacate I from God or our religion. ; Church of the Nazarenc [ North 7th and Marshall Sts. J. T. Trueax, pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a.nt. Doyle i Lytle. Supt. A warm Christian fellowship, in- . teresting class discussion, and stu- . dy of the Word of God awaits you > in our school. Morning worsltip, 10:30 a.m.. Special ’flinging by the mixed quartet: . message by Rev. Elizabeth E. Savt dgeI Young People’s meeting. 6:45 • p.tii. A spiritual service for the I youth. Bring your friend with you. Evangelistic service. 7:30 p.m. I Gobd congregational singing, sper' eial music, and message by Rev. tn I till

I E. E. Savage. { Rev. Savage, evangelist of WilI mington, Delaware, is a forcetdl I preacher, and her messages will be ' of rich blessing to all who hear her. Chaplain Mark R. Moore, a member of the 106th Division Artillery, a prisoner of war in the German II camp from December 19th, 1944, to May of 1945, associated with the army in the battle of the Belgian Bulge, will epeak Wednesday night at 7:45, July 18. o The Church of God ’ 9:30-11:20, Unified service. Worship and stories lor two children's groups. Beginners and Juniors. “The Kingdom of God” is the ’ theme for the preaching service. 3 The choir, led by Mrs. Pauline Roop, will sing.. ! -The Unified service closes with Sunday School classes for the varioua age groups. ’ 6:30. Boys and girls meet in their "Shining Lights” service. 6:30, Christian Crusaders. “Gal- > ilean Service,” Shroyer’s Lake. 6:30 prompt. Speaker, Robert Strickler. 7:30, Evening service. A service ’ with an evangelistic appeal. Good * singing. An informal service of spiritual inspiration. 7:30, Mid-week prayer service, Wednesday. The public is most cordially in- * vited to attend all the services of this congregation. “Where being a Christian makes ■ you a member.” 0 Nuttman Ave. 11. B. Church ( Rev. C. N. Van Gundy, Pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. | Election of Sunday school off i-1 * qers for the new conference year. - 10:39 a.m. Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p.m. ' Worship. 8:00 p.m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday 'ev-| ening in charge of the vice president of the W.M.A., 8:00 p.m. —oFirst Baptist Church 1 Carey R. Moser, Minister i 1 9:30 a.m.. Sunday school, C. E. 1 Bell, superintendent. 10:15 a.m.. morning worship.', Rev. Albert Swenson will bring: : the message. Special music by the choir. 10:15 a.m.. Junior church. No evening service. 0 First Evangelical Church F. H. Willard, Minister Sunday School 9:15. Gregg McFarland, Supt. Morning Worship 10:10. Serifion: “The Sources of Security,” Midweek service Wednesday, 7:30. The Ladies Aid will meet at the church on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. The Loyal Daughter's Claes will meet on Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Earl Fuhrman. Kum Join Us Class picnic Tuesday evening. Children's Day Practice Friday YOUR PHOTO TREASURES !' PLASTIC SEALED Gives them long-life perihanency. Excellent for Service Meh. 35c and up. Holthouse Drug Co. Pumphrey Jewelry Store GIFTS FOR ALL < OCCASIONS. NOTICE! We will be Closed from July Ist until Jdly 9th. Decatur Latmdfy & Dry Cleaners «g.tTi-rr •-

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afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Children’s Day Sunday, July at 4:00 p.m. CHURCH FORUM How account for the povVer of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheck: He had a fine military training in Japan; he was a close associate of great leaders such as Dr. Sun Yat-sen; he had vision of a United Chinese nation and this vision guided him in making plans to attain that goal. The in fluence of his wife and her mother led him to be a great Bible student and a man of prayer. He with his wife spend an hour each day in devotions. He deduces Christian principles for all activities and stands for justice for all. He is a tremendous, disciplinarian. He is hard driving, courageous, non-drinking, non-smoking, of inexhaustible oriental patience, coupled with bull-dog tenacity. He is a voracious reader, music devotee, philosopher, naturalist, home lover, and above all, a sincere and simple Christian. 0 _ |* DO YOU KNOW? *| ' 1. Why did Abram stop at Haran? 2. What other great religion claims Abram as a religious pioneer? 3. Where was the first altar to God erected? 4. How far was Schechem from Jerusalem? 5. By what name is Schechem known today? o j Men of character are the conI science of the society to which I they belong. It is easier to live up to a good i reputation than to live down a bad one. Too often we are like the nine lepera — taking our blessings for ; granted. Do good to thy friend to keep him; to thy enemy to gain him. A kindly deed at the right moment is worth a hundred kindly 'thoughts. I - THE IDEAL LUNCH The things which hurt, Instruct. Open 24 hours a day. Meals, Short Orders, Steaks and Chops Chicken Dinners every Wednesday and Sunday. 413 Winchester St. Phorte 294; Swearingen Dairy PASTEURIZED AND Homogenized milk Phone 208 1202 W. Monroe St. time to Brighten Up! Use Long-Wearing PITTSBURGH PAINTS WATERSPAR ENAMEL Ask for Color Card. Lee Hardware Co. Miller’s Grocery Fresh Meats, Staple Groceries, Fresh Vegetables. Phone 261 Miller’s North End Grocery. DISTRIBUTORS of Mobilgas MOBILOIL PETRIE OIL CO. Cor. Bth & Monroe Phone 391 ■—""lii ,

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Field Mardshals Earl Haig, Sir W R. Robertson. Lord Plurtter and Generals Lord Horne and Lord Rawlinson of the World War 1 signed the following statement: f “The passions from which war ’ springs are not dead. Theie is I only one hope of peace and.good - will among men, and that lies in . the Nations framing their ideals i and their policies on the plain s old simple rule of right and ; — War Religious Experience General Marshall recently made ' a pleasing statement to a group ’ of friends in Washington: “The , soldier’s heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier’s soul, are everything. ' j Unless the soldier's soul sustains him, he can not be relied upon, and will fail himself and his commander and his country in the | end. I j It is true that war is fought t with physical weapons of flame and steel, but it is not the mere i possessions of these weapons or . the use of them that wins the war. True physical weapons are r indispensable, but, in the final analysis, it is the human spirit, ] the spiritual balance, the religious i fervor that win the victory. It, ]i is not enough to fight. It is the spirit that we bring to the fight that decides the issue.” Why not live the BETTER WAY and help ’ to make a BETTER WORLD? —D. Carl Yoder. [ PROTECT YOUR FURS by using our ■ COLD STORAGE t service. Ask about it. SHEETS BROS., ' CLEANERS. / Be Particular about your Apparel. Choose your Clothes with Confidence from your favorite store. Holthouse-Schulte &Co. DECATUR LUMBER CO. “Home of Homes” Builders’ Supplies and Coal. Estimates Free. Phone 253 111 Jefferson St. Stewart’s Bakery ask for “Enner-Jee Enriched Bread” Cakes, Cookies, Pies or Rolls Phone 1 229 North 2nd st. ENGLE & KIESS flourescent and ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Electric Wiring Phone 212 2nd & Jackson solicit your continued patronage in all branches of Insurance. THE SUTTLES CO. Arthur D. Suttles, Agent Phone 358

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