Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1947 — Page 2

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/I SDmyJ A’ SCHOOL Light on the Problem Os Human Suffering LESSON TEXT FOB JULY K-Job 1:1: 9:7-10; 19:710: ttl-5; Jtme. 1:11. MEMORY SELECTTON-Thmi therefore endure herdnew. m a good toldler of Jesus Christ.—ll Timothy 3:3. EDITOR S MOTE: Lauaa aub/acta and Scrlpturt taati aalattad and tearrigbtad bp lataraatfenal Cauncil al Rallfioua Education; uaad br patmltaloa.

By BABOLO L. LCTHMHJIFT, D. D. Os The Moody Bible IniUtuta, CMeafO. UUMAN suffering—whit a prob--4 1 lem it la to all of us. in greater or smaller measure. From the broken heart of men and women comes the question "Why?" We eannot always answer, nor do we fully know the meaning and purpose. We must often simply put ourselves and our loved ones into the hands of God, trusting him to bring us Into assurance and victory. There are some things we can know, and they are most helpful The book of Job reveals much concerning the background of suffering and its usee and advantages. It is not all loss and pain. God does not forget his people in their hour of trial. Job had suffered the loss ot property, family, and was now personally afflicted by sickness of his body. His friends who eame to comfort him had added to his troubles by their pious platitudes about suffering being the result of sin (et John 9:3). and so on. There was enough truth in what they said to make It hurt, and so we are doubly glad we are given a look behind the scenes. We learn that this was not a struggle between God and Job, nor even between Satan and Job. We see 1 The Battle Between God and Satan (Job 1:8). DEAD the entire story here and IV you will see that Satan, when faeed by God with the godly example of Job’s life, threw down a challenge. He declared that the only reason Job loved God was because he received so much good out of it, because God protected him. The Issue was clearly drawn; the question was whether God was able to keep a man tn the midst es trial and (offering. Was His grace sufflcient tor the dark hours of life as well as the happy aad bright ones?

Having stripped Job of all his possessions, and left him childless and heart broken, Satan had to admit failure up to that point. But be sneeringly slandered both Job and God by saying that Job was not concerned about these other things so long as his own body was unharmed <l:4. #). So the Lord permitted him to afflict Job's body, and we see th< conflict raging in 11. The Battleground—the Llfe/Wf Jeb (2:7-10; 10:7-10). THE mystery of God's periWbstve will enters into tbe lecture here, and we learn too ttiat Satan, while a mighty being, haa limits to his power. God may/give Mm liberty to |gst bls people, but it is never with the thought that they will fall; rather to prive that they ean stand true corne what may. Was any mortal ever more afflicted than Job? We flnd'him Anally an outcast, sitting on %n ash heap, scraping the awful tores upon his poof body. Job did have his times of questioning and doubt (»:7-10). He felt st times that God had forsaken him. He misunderstood the providences of God But through it all he held on to his faith in God. He could do without his poasessiorw (1:21). God could even take his life and be would say. Though he slay me, yet will I trust him." He saw beyond the grave, tor be knew that if his body were destroyed he would still see his Redeemer What more sublime expression of faith could a man make than to sayin bis hour of seeming despair, "X know that my Redeemer Uveth.” How did it al) /come out in tbe end? That is our/last point. HI. Tbe Outeeme—Victory for God ia Jab < 42'4-5; James 8:0. J “OB had to come to tbe end of himself. Judging himself to be unworthy <42rfl). be repented of all his own seU-» ighteousness and east himself upon the mercy of God. God then vindicated Mm and restored him to a place of blessing and usofuMeca. Tbe answer then ia ear problem b tM»-Gad is aMe to keep to tbe ■ttermoet tbaae who put their trust In him (Heb. 7:28) through the grave be gives Suffering may be la Ma permissive win far ear own self-judgment and growth fas preen. Bat back as it al) te tbe assurance that God knows about H, be haa net turned awap; that la duo season, if we faint net, we shall a** victory. Ultimately, tbe qitestion is not whether w« caw stood or not, but whether God is abb to keep us in •ss midst Gt « sHsiaarfit w tbe world, the flesh and tbe devfi. Bttoasod tw WsMsrn Newwsvr Vatan..

| RURAL CHURCHES | o- o St. Luke Evan. A Reformed Church Hondurae H. H. Meckstroth, pastor 9:00. worship service. 10:00, Sunday school. 7:30 Christian Endeavor. Earl Harmon is leader. 0 Monroe Friends Church Russell B. Persons, pastor God enters an open heart; God satisfies an open mind; God uses a willing Spirit. Sunday school. 9:30 a.m., William Zurcher, supt. Worship service, 10:30 u.m. Evening service, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer service, 7:30 p.m. Welcome to our worship. 0 Mt. Tabor Methodist Circuit C. C. Conn, minister Mt. Pleasant David Cook, supt. The pastor will bring a message before Sunday school at 9:80 a.m. The regular classes will be held at 10:30 a.m. Mt. Tabor Mrs. Austin McMichael, supt Sunday school at 9:30. We hope all members will be there and we welcome visitors. The pastor will bring a message at 10:30 a.m. Pleasant Valley Donald Byerly, supt Sunday school at 9:30. There will he worship service at 7:30 p.m. Come and enjoy this service with us.

Beulah Chapel Donald Shady, supt. Sunday school at 9:30. The pastor was pleased with the response from the MYF last Sunday. We are ready for a year of happy service. 0 Monroe Methodist Church W. L. Hall, Minister 9;30, Morning Worship. • ( I n ;3ti, Church Boiiool cluasea. ; 8:M, Mcthvxllat Youth Fellowship. 7:30. Evening Service Mid week service Wednesday p. m. at 7:30 followed by Choir practice at 8:80. o— Willshire Circuit U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh, Pastor Willshire 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, Luther Funk. Supt. 10:30 a.m., Class meeting, Otis Strickler, leader. 8:00 p.m.. Preaching service. 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, prayer meeting, and Bible studty. St. Paul 9:15 am., Preaching riervice. 10:J5 a.in., Sunday school, Eddie •McFarland, Supt. MfOO p.m., Tuesday, rvrayer meetitrg and Bible study. Robert MoEride, leader. < Winchester 9:30 a.tn, Sunday school, Merl Essex, Supt. 10:30 a.m., Preaehinr: service. 8:00 p.m.. Tuesday, iprayer meeting, Fred Zurcher, lender. o— —— Union Chapel Evangelical United E'-rethren D. H. Pellett, Minister Tin- morning services are unified. Sunday Church Schoo' 9:30; Mr. Thurman I. Drew is superintendent.

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Sunday Speaker dv * ’’’ JEzK jb'l W The Rev. Richard Lee Meischke. managing director of the ‘‘Christian Hrotherhood Hour." a coast to coast radio broadcast, will be the guest speaker at the regular morning service at the Church of God Sunday, at 9:30 o'clock. Rev. Meischke is a graduate of Anderson College and Theological seminary, and is associated with the board of church extension and home missions, in the field of radio evangelism. The Christian brotherhood hour is the international voice of the Church of God. featuring "A I’nited Church For A Divided World." Divine Worship 10:15; sermon subject, "The Call of God.” The Young Ladies Trio will sing “Back of the Clouds.” Ground-breaking service 2:00 P. m. at the building site. The Reverend M. E. Livengood, D. D., of our South Wayne church in Fort Wayne will be the guest speaker. The Evening Service is dismissed. and we will attend the Musical Piogram at the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church in Decatur at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Earl Chase will be In charge and the Union Chapel Choir will render several numbers. The Prayer Service Wednesday evening a] fe:oO.' ’ ’Ctioly rehearsal following the pAyer hour. The fourth Quarterly Conference will be held in the church, next Sunday evening, July 27, at 8:00. All reports should tie in at this time. All Itooks for the conference year will close at midnight July 31. o Pleasant Mills Baptist Albert Swenson, Pastor Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Bryce Daniels. Supt. Preaching services 10:30 a.m. Evening services at 7:30. Sermon by the pastor. o Calvary Church Evangelical United Brethren H. W. Willard, Minister Sunday school 9:30. Prayer meeting, following Sunday school. Picnic at noon. Hanna Nuttman park. Midweek service, Thursday at 8:00. p CHURCH NEWS Holiness Association The monthly meeting of the Adams county holiness association will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the tabernacle in Monroe. The Rev. Fred Bouse, of Pennville, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend.

o < I American Army Is 11 1 Down To 990,000 ” 1 Dwindling Away By 385 Men Each Day Washington. July 18.—(UP)— The wartime American army of 8,ov“,?oo officers and men has dropped to a peacetime 990,000 and is , dwindling away at the dally rate of 1 386 men. war department officials said today. The army estimates that It Is discharging 7.000 men a week. It signed up only 4.318 recruits in tbe first week of July. This makes a net loss of 2.882 men a week In I what should be one of the best recruiting months of the year. The army already is 80.000 men below the number authorised by congress and pointed up by the general staff as the Irreducible minimum needed for carrying out world-wide occupation duties. Some 80,000 of those still tn uniform are either In hospitals or on terminal leave, listed as "mm effectives." 0 New Deadline For Veh On Insurance Dwight R. Arnold. Adams county service officer, haa been notified of a five months extension of time for veterans to reinstate lapsed G1 insurance. Tne now deadline Iter roiaatatemen* with a physical • I examination is January 1. 1948. ——A. *

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Little Evidence Os Invasion Os Greece UN Investigators In Initial Report Lake Success. N. Y„ July 18. (UP)—A United Nations team of on-the-spot Investigators reported at the height ot the security council Balkans debate today that it had "little first hand evidence” of an invasion of Greece by an “International brigade.” A three-man UN investigating team reported Its “preliminary” findings to the temporary United Nations investigating snbcommlsalon at Salonika, in northern Greece, the UN press office announced. it said the full subcommlsslon of 11 delegates would go to loannlna. In the reported trouble xone, today to check the team's findings and decide whether to investigate the Greek government compliants of an invasion. A UN press officer with the Salonika commission advised UN headquarters that the emergency team of American, Russian and Australian officials sent to the area of the reported guerrilla invasion of Greece had “heard little first hand evidence” In reference to Greek government charges that “detachments of an ’international brigade' coming from Albania had itNaded Greek terlrtory.” The preliminary report from the UN trouble shooters was accompanied by an abrupt adjournment of the security council Balkans debate until next Tuesday to give d'legates an eleventh-hour chance to close critical gap between Russia and the western powers over the mountain tension In Greece. Without objection from the delegates of the United States and Great Britain, council president Oscar Lange of Poland cut short tire council's morning meeting and unnounced that there would be at least five full meetings next week devoted to the Balkans case.

Attend State 4-H Conservation Camp Reymond Koenemann. Edward Stoppenhagen and Richard Werling, conservation and wild life 4-H club memlters of Preble Twp., will leave Monday for the state 4-H conservation camp at Versailles, fhf’catnp will continue until Friday. July 25.

The Adame county council of conservation is furnishing the necessary funds to make this camp possible. Upon their return, the boys will make a report on the camp to the Adams county council of conservation and their local 4-H clubs. " • J ♦* o NATION'S MEAT Hnxllnttrd from I’sar II August-October peak of grass-fed cattle. Pork—Prices probably will continue high until early fall, but at least a seasonal reduction in prices Is in prospect for October through December as marketings increase. Lamb—Prices are likely to decline seasonally through early fall. But since the lamb crop Is small the decline "will be moderate If consumer spending continues high." This BAE report-is defltfltely optimistic for a decided drop in meat prices. But another BAE food report, issued at about the same time, makes this statement: ‘‘No substantial change In meat prices Is expected this summer and early fall." J. R. Eggert of the American Meat Institute yesterday told a congressional committee that the nation can look forward to more I PLYMOUTH L AUTOMOBILES J WffiWr TAILOIft TO FIT SjSKSgSrXjF MfiSfTMftF* *mr, Al D. Schmitt 1

Delegates To Lutheran Synod <■ WI Jil *4 1Z ■ IT - ; K I •>- F 1t... ~ - SEMRBL Rev. H. J. A Bouman J° hn w - Bl,ke y The altove »r,ti arc delegates to the Missouri Synod centennial general assembly, which opeffs Sunday in Chicago. Rev. Bouman Is pastor of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, north of the city, and Mr. Biakey la a member of the Immanuel Lutheran church In Union township. On Sunday. July 27. a mass meeting of Lutherans from the entire synod will be held In Soldiers' Field In Chicago. The delegate conference continues throughout next week.

meat at “moderately lower” prices this fall. HESS, OTHER ((.tlltuM from Page I) son clean, sweeping up debris in the nelghlmrhood, and cultivating prison land. For getting out of line, the penalty list includes such Items as being deprived of all clothing, no lights for four weeks, no access to open air for two weeks, a bread and water diet, Indefinite fettering, removal of furniture and removal of what few privileges there are. They will not be allowed to speak to or otherwise communicate with each other without special permission. BREAK GROUND H’nntlßMrd from Page It of the breaking of ground will be assigned to the oldest man In the church, Charles Babbitt. Contract for erection of the new church, replacing the structure destroyed by fire last December 2, was awarded earlier this week by church officials. The concrete por-

tion of the contract was awarded to the Yost Construction Co., and Chalmer H. Barkley, local contractor, has been employed as supervisor for general construction of the church. 0 SUCCESSION <l«Htlaa«-e treat Fa«r 1) terms and presumably reflect more recent public political

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trends than do senators who servo six year terms. The speaker. Mr. Truman and other proponents of the measure argued. Is more representative of the composite views of all the, people than any other elective official outside the presidency and vice presidency. The speaker would succeed to the presidency if neither the president nor vice president were able to serve because ot removal from office by congress, or be cause of death, resignation, or Incapacity to discharge the duties <>f office. If the disability were temporary. the speaker would serve only until the disability of the president or vice president had been uxhungd- r Ufh< ywlga , serve out th# term. If a speaker should become president while congress was in session, the house immediately would elect a new speaker. And If anything happened to prevent his predecessor from completing his White House term, the new speaker would be next In line for. the presidency. o IMMIGRANT H'ewtfwweff from Paa* U was sustained by his majesty's ships and also by the President Warfield, owing to evasive action taken by the refugee ship.” The Exodus broadcast said the British used machine guns as well as tear gas In capturing the vessel. The ship captain stepped to the radio to invite members of the United Nations Palestine Investigating committee to meet the ves-

a t Haifa “to se* for yourselves what they have done to us.” He dimed the British seised the vessel while it was on the high ,eas 17 miles from Palestine, thus violating international law. He reported his ship carried about 1.800 men, 1.282 women. 1,017 youths. 055 children and 09 crew members. 0 REPORT <C«tritosv£ ' guerrillas from the Kalpak! area were splitting into smaller and smaller groups, some “fleeing’ northeastward toward Mt. Gram mos. and some "fleeing” aouthwest-

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