Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1946 — Page 2

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Our Paiichib Ai We do not "perwunde God to try harder” when we pray: It is our world leader*, our stateemon and church men whom wo persuade to try harder. We help God when we pray. When great numbers of us pray for leader*, a mighty Invisible spiritual force lift* our minds and eyes toward God. His Spirit flows through our prayer to them, and He can speak to them directly —“Frank C. Laubach. Book Review Higley s Sunday School Lesson Commentary (1917) is a copious Interpretation of the international uniform Sunday School lesson*. Each lessen has a lecture outline, verse by verse exposition, an object lesson, special subjects growing out of the lesson illustrated, seed thoughts, keyed review questions, and questions for research and discussion. Decatur Produce DRESSED CHICKENS Phone 380 DECATUR LUMBER CO. “Home of Homes’ Builders' Supplies and Coal. Estimates Free. *hone 253 111 Jefferson St We can't afford to think that sin brings any true delight. Let us renew your TOPCOAT f for Fall. Prompt service. SHEETS BROS., 232 N. 2nd *l. Phone .'l-W The soul enters into heaven when heaven enters into the soul YEARS of EXPERIENCE Qualify Our Office as an Underwriter of Insurance Old Line Companies Prompt Settlement of Claims A. D. SUTTLES, Agent I, Bernstein, Assistant Phones 358—194—437 No man is nearer death than the one who lives inside a doted mind. The First State Bank Decatur, Indiana * \ Established 1883. Member Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. The wiser one is. the better, hap pier, and more useful one should be. If You Want to BUY or SELL a Farm or City Property, call or see We will gladly help you. Schwartz Realty Service •IS W. Monroe St Decatur, Ind. Phone 1398. Lutes Flower Shop fa Flowers for oil occasion* i i Potted Novelties £ * Potted Planta— Corxagee Phone 1625 Pumphrey Jewelry Store . GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS. CASH COAL, FEED & SUPPLY Coal, Fencing, Paint guilders' Supplies Conoontrateo A Complete Foods Grinding A Mixing 722 W. Monroe Phone tt

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Creamed Comment* on the Sunday School Lesson, Paul Admonishes the Churches (Temperance Lesson) 1 Corinthian, 11:20-27; I Romans 13:13.14: Ephesians 5:18121, for Sunday. December 8. The background of ea’ly churches to whom Paul ministered consisted of habits of selfishness, intolerance, reveling and drunkenness thiee habits were hard to break co that some of the proses sing Christians were creating disturbances, and they necled correction Vs. 20,21. "When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. For in eating every one taketh before the other hie own supper; and one is hungry and the other Is drunken." The Revised Standard New Testament is, "When you meet together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with bis own meal, and one Is hungry and one i* drunk." The customary meal preceding the Lord's supper in which there wa* selfiudulgence overshadowed the sacrament of holy com m uniou. V .22. "What? Have ye not houses to eat and drink In? or despise ye the church of God. and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? stall I praise you in this? I praise you not " Questionable social custom* are bail enough in tlie home life but when carried into the church life they are to be vehemently condemned. To receive the highest blessings from the holy communion service, one ought to make special spiritual preparation for it. V*. 23.2-1. "For I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in tile same night in which he was betrayed: took bread and when he had given thank*, he brake it. and said. Take, cat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." Paul would bring a message in which the lesson of sacrifice and supreme loyalty ’o God are taught If this lesson lie learned, then the needed correction in the church will be made. Paul speak* with authority in this mutter since he reDiscussion Questions Sunday School Lesson Discussion Questions on the Sunday 8d Lesson, Pwl Admonishes the Churches, for Sunday. December 8. 1. What social evils are making inroads to the Church? 2. How treat the social evils of today? 3. Why is sin denounced l<*s than it used to lie? 4. How is a positive Christian character formed? 5. What enters into the spiritual cultivation of the soul? o Clerious Soys: Clericus says: "Ont can not tarry evil with him as be enters into the privileges of Christian discipleship. He must choose between Christ and the world. But when once his choice is made, the whole power of heaven is marshalled behind him for achievement." o— Experience is not what happens to a man; It is what a man does with what happens to him. Thy secret is thy prlnoner; if you let go. thou art a prisoner to it.

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'reived and undisputed revelation from God. Vs. 25, 2d. "After the same manner also he took the cup. when he had supped, saying. This cup is the new testament in my blood: this ye. as oft im ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For ae often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup. ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.” The broken body and the shed blood of Christ must never be forgotten for In a mysterious way wheu Christ Is sincerely and truly remembered, the roots of evil fruits are suppressed and eliminated; it is then that the bigbeat Christian fellowship can take place. V 13. “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantouness. not in strife and envying." The Revised Standard is clearer, "Let us conduct ourself becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and Jealousy.’’ Tbie is the quarterly temperance lesson and the word drunkenness is pointed out as one among other social evils V. 14. "But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts* thereof." No provisions are to lie made to fulfil or satisfy apetites. We are t_p crucify to beat all sinful desires. V.lB. “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit. “It is all right to get full if one be full of the Spirit. A Christian's earnest desire shoud be to be filled with the Spirit; then there will be no room for any evil either at the source o: in expressed acts. V. 19 "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody In your heart to the Lord." Constant expressions of gratitude and praises to God fat a spiritual exercise that strenghtbens the soul. V. 21. "Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God." There should Ire mutual recognition of the rights of others. The fear or reverence regarding God produces) a’spirit of brotherhood. Tbez&toi iAnaatMMHM Economic Justice . The moral law must govern economic life. The establishment of a juMt economic order depends upon the practical and detailed recogniton of the fact that every phase of man's economic lite is subject to the sovereignty of God and to the moral precepts which have their origin in God. Economic problems are admittedly technical problems but they are also theological and technical. Ultimately they depend for their solution upon our concept of the nature of man- his origin and hie destiny, his rights and hi* duties, bls relationship to God and to his fellow men. The material resources of life are entrusted to men by God for the benefit of ail. The universe belongs to God. Its resources are given in trust to men to be administered for the welfare of all and not for the exclusive benefit of the few. It follows, therefore, that the right to private property is limited by moral obligations and is subject to social restrictions for

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OMI St. Mary’s Church Very Rev. Msgr. •slmeti, paster 4:00 „ Low Mass 7:>o Low Mass 6:00 .. .... Children's Mass 10:11 High Mass 2:30 Holy Hour, Sunday Afternoon. Communion Sunday for Holy Name Society. 0 First Methodist Church Merrill O. Lester, Minister Lowell J. Smith, Supt. Services Sunday. Church School 9:30. Junior Church 10:20. Divine Worship 10:20. Divine Worship 10:20. Children and adults provided for in our church school. Far seeing superintendents of each department. Good teachers. Free discussion in adult classes. Sermon subject Sunday morning — “The Question of an Imprisoned prophet.” A cordial invitation extended to all. Those attending the auctioneering school will receive a cordial welcome. 0 First Christian Church E. E. Isenhower, pastor Bible School 9:30. Worship 10:20. Sermon: "What a Character.” This will be the second Sunday for the minister. Rev. E. E. Isenbower. If you are a member he would like to meet you tbeu. o — I Bethany Church (Evangelical United Brethren) 8. Winchester Street F. H. Willard. Minister Sunday School 9: IS a. m. Merritt Alger. Supt. Morning Worship 10:10 a. in. Sermon: "Was There an Advent." The first in a series of sermons leading up to Christmas. The other two are “Why Did He Come?" and "Where Is He that Is Born King of the Jews." Youth Fellowship at 6:IS p. in. Mr. Merritt Alger will speak on ‘'Teaching •• a Vocation.” Evening Service at 7:00 p. in Rev. 1 and Mrs. J. H. Arndt will present motion pictures of the Children's Home at Flat Rock. O. Midweek Service, Wednesday 7:00 p. m. The Dorcas Ciass will meet on Tuesday evening at 6:00 o'clock at the church. The annual Christmas Class Dinner. The Christian Service Guild will meet on Tuesday evening, 7:30 o'clock with Mrs. Wilma Small. The Ladies Aid will meet on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the church. Christinas program and election of officers. Adult Choir rehearsal, Wednesday 8:00 p. m. Youth Choir rehearsal. Thursday 4:15 p. m. _Q First Baptist Church Carey R. Moser, Pastor 9:25 a. m. Sunday School. C. E. | Bell, supt. A class with competent teacher awaits you. 10:30 a. m. Morning Worship. Sermon by pastor. Theme. "To Delay is to Die.” Special music by our > choir. Remember our Junior Church meets at this hour. Bring the boy* and girls. 5:30 p. tn. Baptist Youth Fellowship. A service for young people of Jr. High and High School age. You will be welcome. There will be no evening service this Sunday evening. This service will be resumed on Dec. 15th. - —-oChurch of the Nazarene North 7th and Marshall Sts. J. T. Trueax, Paster Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Mr. Jesse Edgell, superintendent. We have a class for each member of your family. Plan to be present. We need you In our Sunday School. Morning worship 10:20 a. m. Special singing. Message by the pastor. Junior church 6:30 p. m. A spiritual service for your child so plan for you to be present. Young people's meeting 6:30 p. m. The meeting will be in charge of the Young People's Missionary Society. You will want to be there. EvangeUstic service 7:30 p. m. Good congregational singing and special music. Come sing with Glenn. Message by the pastor. Prayer 'meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m. Ibi- common good. The Ideal Gift for Christmas Parker “51” Pens Nice selectionChtMM yonrs now. Holthouse Drug Co.

Zion Lutheran Church Monroe and Eleventh «te. Paul W. Schultz, pastor Sunday school and Bible class, 9:00 a in. Divine service* with the Rev. Paul Barth as speaker. !0:00 am. Special collection for radio Button KFUO. Lutheran hour. 11:30 am. Church choir. Monday, 8:00 p m. Adult classes. Tuesday. 7:30 o’clock. Canvassers' meeting, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Missionary society Christinas party, Thursday, 7:00 p m. Saturday catechism school, 3;45 am. Walther league Christmas party and potluck. Sunday, 4:00 p m. 0 Zion Evangelical And Reformed William C. Feller, paetor Church school at 9:00 a.m. Edward Jaberg, superintendent. Worship service nt 10:00 am. Sermon: “Search the Scriptures.” An invitation is extended to all who have no church home in the city to worship in this service. Children under five years of age may be left in the nursery while their parents attend the worship service. The girto' guild will meet at the home of Miss Donna Jaberg Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. The girls of the Magley guild will lie guests. Junior choir rehearsal on Wednesday at 6:30 pm. On Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. the entire church membership i* invited to be present for the showing of a technicolor sound motion picture of the activities at the Ft. Wayne Children's Home. The Women'* Guild ls sponsoring this showing. Following the picture the regular Women's Guild meeting will be held In the church social room. Senior choir rehearsal on Friday at 7:00 p.m. Catechetical classes on Saturday morning; seniors at 9. juniors at 10 a m. Come and worship with us. 0 First Presbyterian Church Mercer Avenue and Adame Street J. W. McPheeters, Jr„ paetor 9:30 am. church school. Superintendents: Kenneth Runyon and Mrs. W. A. Lower. 10:30 a.m. Morning wonship. Sermon: “The Word of Power.” Vocal trio. "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks” Toddler's room: Miss Sanna Kunke’ 6:00 p.m. Westminster youth fellowship. All young people who wish to h*-ar the oratorio, “The Messiah.” at the First Mennonlte Church in Berne tnay meet at the church. There will be cars available for transportation. Monday. 10:00 a.m. Fort Wayne Presbytery, synod of Indiana, will meet at the First Presbyterian Church. Ft. Wayne. Indiana. Two important conferences will be held. One on Stewardship will be led by Dr. Fred W. Barkemeyer of First : Church. Gary. Indiana. The other | will be on Divorce and ile-Marriage 1 led by Dr. Harold L. Bowman of First Church, Chicago, Illinois. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Wssmin* ter Youth choir. 7:00 p.m. Midweek worship. Topic: Jeremiah 1:1-2:13. 8:00 p.m. Adult choir practice. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Church school teachers' meeting at the home of Mr. Kenneth Runyon. 234 North Ist street. 0 Nutt man Ave. U. B. Corner Nuttman * 11th C. N. VanGundy, pastor Sunday school. 9:30 a.m. Lawrence Michel, superintendent. Classes for all ages. Morning woiship, 10:30 a.m. C. £.. 6:30 p.m. Evening worship. 7:30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30 pm. Bible study, 8:30 p.m. Trinity Church (Evangelical United Brethren) Madison at Ninth Street Charles E. White, minister 9:15 a m.—Sunday church school, Curtis Hill, supt. Classcw with separate rooms and capable teachers for all ages. Urge your friends, guests and neighbors to attend. All are welcome. u* build for a record Cbiistmas attendance. 10:30 am.—Divine worship with sermon on: “The Meaning of Advent." There is a clear call to the church during the Holy Advent season to prepare for the corning of Christ into our hearts anew. Plan to have Christmas mean more than the usual commercial day. by atHoward’s Texaco Service Dependable Service Firestone Tire® Sad A Jackson Phong 1N

tending services regularly every Sunday before ami by seeking to learn the purptse of the season. Anthem and music by vested choir and organist. 6:30 p.m.—Christian Endeavor societies. 7:30 p.m—Musical program. Public Invited. See program In Friday's Democrat. 7:00 p.m—Wednesday prayer and study. 8:00 p.m.—Wednesday Important choir rehearsal for Christmas. 0 Cleveland St. Dwight R. McCurdy Bernice A. McCurdy, pastors 9:30 a m. morning worship. 10:30 a m. Sunday school, Glenn Smith and Emery Hawkins, general superintendants. 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service, cermon “Christ Is the Answer." 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, midweek prayer meeting “You are Welcome." 7:30 p.m. youth fellowship (Thursday). A church with a gospel message of love—holiness—unity. - Membership by Spiritual birth. 1 —Our creed and discipline—The Word of God. -Our alm—the gospel to all nations. —One brotherhood of all men. Six things to (relieve. 1. On the I .ord Jesus Christ and ills gospel. (Act* 10:34-35). 2. In Repentance aud Restitution (Matt. 3:1-2). 3. In a Heaven and a Hell (Luke 13:27-28). 4. In a Full and Complete Salvation (Matt. 1:21). 5. In Immortality (I! Cor. 5:6-10). 6. In the Ultimate Unity of Christian People (John 17:21). "The Church where a Christian Experience Maaes you a Member.” A Christian welcome to all. More than 1,700,000 volumes of treasure collection of the puppet "governor" of Kiangsu Province, will form the main part of the Roosevelt Memorial Library, now In the process* of being set up in Shangal. The Foreign Missions Conference of North America has announced the successful completion of a mis mission through which missionary boards and societies In China and neighboring areas in the Pacific have bought 63,000,060 worth of war surplus materials from the government. Drugs and other medical supplies and equipment made up the bulk of the purchase. A new national organisation was formed in Philadelphia on September 27 to be known as the Association of Protestant Hospital Chaplains. There is a growing movement among Protestant hospitals to have full-time chaplains looking after the spiritual Intfresta of patients and staff. The number of fulltime chaplains ba* more than doubled in the past six years Nearly five hundred Protestant ministers are devoting full time to this work. Hundreds of Protestant missionaries have returned to their fields from enforced furlough in this country. Hundred* more are under appointment and awaiting trasswrtation. Protestant churches of this country wiU, without doubt, lend over three thousand missionaries during the next two years. The various denominations are endeavoring to rake a total of 6122.000,600 to care for their postwar needs, a greet proportion of which will go tor reconstruction in foreign mission tislds. The greatest danger of stsrv-l

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Whstever criticisms might )>« made of the Church, it is still ths world* one institution that has as its centrsl purpose and only reason for existence, the cultlva lion of Christian character, tbreclamation of men and women of all classes and racts for Christ and His cause, and the making of a better world. The Church stands for the spirit, at lon is in Germany. Pastor Gru her, bead of the Protestant church reUsf offlae In Berlin, puts (be case dramatically: "Children are starving in Berlin as well a* in the Industrial districts of Germany. This winter there will be inauf. flclent beating, no footwear and inadequate housing. One-third of the children of Berlin are in dan ger of tuberculosis. Once they contract it, they are lost, since hope of recovery with the present shortage of medicines and nourishment is infinitesimal. Should an spl-i demlc of a virulent type of influence break out this winter, the fate of Berlin's children would be decided.” ■..»» , .1.I,,l„ 10. M , ■ „ — | Church I Fofumgjii What are some of the prin< i|>les ss*i sentlal to world peace? There must be developed a great ] er mutual interest In each other'll welfare as nations. To produce this] condition, a larger place must be given to religion whereby God is 1 regarded a supreme being, perfect, holiness, infinite in wisdom snd power and love tor his human creatures. We must remember that mas having been created in the image of God has a sacred personality which must be respeejed; this makes for brotherhood. With the brotherhood of man comes that good will, out of which comes world peace. DO YOU KNOW? ~ t 1. What river is thk? A tree growing upon its banks is specifically described in the Bible. 2. What mountain? it* name has come to be a synonym for that of the Christian Church. Who are the sons? 3. His father felt himself moved to offer him as a sacrifice to Je hovab. 4. The tragic disappearance of bis next older brother had mad* him especially dear to bls father 5. While there was no blood kin ship between them, Paul calls him "my beloved *on.’’ I* ANBWERBTC “DO YOU KNOW?" _ J 1. The River of the Water of life (Rev. 22:1) 2. Mount Zion. 3. Isaac son of Abraham. 4. Benjamin-son of Jacob. 5. Timolhy-“son" of Paul. oLesson Proyer Lesson prayer: We pray for the refining power of the Holy M r| that fall on the churches and cause the members to abstain from all evil habits aud customs. We would ever keep In mind bow much thou O God. lovest us as we >-ee thy Son on the crow fuHUllng the law of sin and death that we might go free.

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