Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1948 — Page 2

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+®KE 1— JPfAKS-J pjp, <jfl: <—J 11 - f < |\ LCUIt 8. BEWTIH, » >■ SCRIPTURE Acts 20:17-33; Ephesians * DEVOTIONAL READING: PhLlppUns 4:4-9. Christian Character Ix-sson for March 14, 1948 WHO is the most valuable person in your community? In many communities it has come to be the custom to select the Man of the Year or the Woman of the Year, the idea usually being p; to name the person, through a process of sampling of pub- ; iSfertjs> > J lie opinion, who has 1 ; rendered the out- ■ standing service of the year. bBl |b>B Sunday's lesson I ' is a dramatic scene out of the long ago. Dr. Newton p,ctU ± g , \ munity s tribute to a truly great man, the apostle Paul Read Acts 20:17-38, and you will have the story. « • » LOVED AND HONORED THE first impression I get from , this story is the fact that these people of Ephesus loved PauL They loved him enough to lay aside their work and hasten to the nearbv seaport of Miletus to see him < for the last time, and to bow down , in his presence and honor him. Why did they thus tore Paul? Because be had told them about God. You need but read again the record of Path's ministry in that important city of Ephesus to be reminded of how greatly he had served them in the name of Jesns. Loved and honored! ISnat a tribute to the worth of Christian char-1 acter! Wouldn't you appreciate the j tribute which they paid Paul as the goal out yonder to which you strive? • Boys and girls of today may thus be I honored tomorrow, if they will live for Jesus as Paul did. THE POWER OF RIGHT LIVING PAUL not only told the Ephesians ’ how to live, but illustrated day I by day in his own life what he I preached to them. The most elo | quent sermons are not spoken, but ; lived. “What you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you say.” The boy and man who plays the game straight are potting into practice what the teacher and preacher proclaims on Sunday. The power of right living win win its way today, just as it did in the long ago when Paul witnessed for Jesus in Ephesus. It was not easy to live for Christ in Ephesus, nor is it easy to live for him in Chicago or Los Angeles or Boston or Miami, but it is the one way to ultimately impress the world of the reality of Christianity. PAUL’S CONSUMING PASSION

WE ARE what we are becoming, and never was this axiom of ' life more powerfully illustrated than in the case of PauL “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus,” Philippians 3:14. And in Ephesians 5:6-21, Paul reviews the qualities ot conduct which produce worthwhile character, admonishing all Christians to strive for these qualities. “I live, yet not I, Christ liveth in me," is another of Paul's * watchwords, and still again, "I can do all things through Christ, who strengtheneth me.” It was the consuming passion of his life to embody the teachings of Christ in his words and in his works. It is conceivable that the people at Ephesus had come to see Christ in the life of Paul, and that his daily ministry in their midst convinced them that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself. • • a WHAT AM 1 WORTH? THE question then emerges, i What am I worth to my com- ; munity? When I come to the end of the journey, will the people who j know me best honor and love me for ■ what I have done? I can see the people of Ephesus i bowing on the dock at Miletus, kissing this weary old servant of ; the Lord. It is a beautiful scene. , This tribute meant more to Paul than all the gold of Ephesus would have meant. It was compensation of abiding worth to him. And what is vastly more important, it was glory to God which must have evoked the praise of the angels about the great White Throne. * * « (Copyright by the International Council ot Religious Education on behalf of dO Protestant denominations. Released by WNlf Features.) On God's Word John Wycliffe, in the introduction to his translation of the Bible into English in 1380, wrote as follows: ••When the teachings of the Bible are generally accepted and acted on, then shall we have a government of, for and by the people.” Four hundred years later the American republic was established—the first great democracy—and it was euocessful because the Constitution nnd the Bitt Rights were founded on Goif’i Word.

Monroe Methodist W. L. Hail, minister ! Sunday School. 10:30. ] M. Y. F., 6:45. The M. Y. F. I young people will be in charge of ! the evening service at 7:30. An offering will be received for their summer camp. Prayer meetiag Wednesday P. M. at 7:30. Choir rehearsal follows at 8:15. ! St. Luke Evan. & Reformed Church > i Honduras H. H. Meckstroth, pastor 9:00 Worship Service. 10:00 Sunday School. ■ 7:30 Christian Endeavor. Gladys I Manker is leader. Thursday — An all-day meeting of the Women's Guild at the ehurch. ■ i Mrs. Janies Brown will be leader I for the lesson period. Mrs. Bert j Seesenguth will be hostess. o Pleasant Mills Baptist Church Albert Swenson, pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday School with Donald Burkhart Supt. 10:30 a.m. Worship Service with sermon by the pastor. This is missionary Sunday. Offering please, only this and one more ■ ' in this fiscal year. o United Brethren in Christ Willshire Circuit Duane A. Reahm, minister St. Paul (CST) 9:15 Sunday school. No evening | service. Tues. 7:00 Prayer and Bible Study. Winchester (CST) I 9:30 Sunday school. 10:30 Morning message by a ] guest speaker. Thursday. 7:00 Prayermeeting. Willshire (EST) 9:30 Unified Worship service j with sermon by guest speaker. I Wed. 7:30 Pravermeeting. o : ADAMS COUNTY LUTHERAN CHURCHES St. Paul's Lutheran Church O. C. Busse, pastor j Services. 8:45 and 10 a.m. i Friday Lent Vespers. 7:30 and i 8:30 p.m. St. Peter's Lutheran Church ■ Route 3. Decatur Karl Hofmann, pastor Services. 9 and 10:30 a.m. Friday Lent Vespers, 7:30 and 18:30 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church Fried heim E. T. Schmidtke. pastor Services. 9 and 10:30 a.m. Friday Lent Vespers, 7:30 and! 8:30 p.m. St. John's Lutheran Church Bingen M. H. Behling, pastor-elect Services, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Friday Lent Vespers, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church Union Township E. B. Allwardt, pastor Services. 9 and 10:15 a.m. Thursday Lent Vesper. 7:30 p.m. Secaur-Upholst ering Phone 1686 T Roy S. Johnson & Son Auctioneers & Real Estate De Voss Bldg., Ground Floor Phone 104 153 So. 2nd St. We’ll be glad to Represent ycu in the transaction of Real Estate at Public Sale or private sale. 2E years in this business In Decatur. We welcome your Investigation of our record of which ws are Sroud. Melvin Lelehty, Rep. i PIM . 1 I 1 ISBI' 06 fen 1 1-431 B a nd fen A UwKoursDrag

[Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Dent School House D. H. Pellett. Minister Sunday Church School, Thurman I. Drew Supt. 9:30. Divine Worship, sermon subject "A Christian Spirit.” 10:15. Youth Fellowship. <:45. Adult Bible Study, 6:45. Evening Worship, subject. “The Lord's Portion.” illustrated. 7:30. The evening service is graduated to the needs of the boys and girls and illustrated Parents are urged to come and bring their children. Prayer Service Wednesday evening. 7:30 Choir rehearsals following the Sunday evening and the Wednesi day evening services. The Pastor's class for boys and girls at the Parsonage on Saturday from 1 to 2 o'clock. Please be on time. Thus church is in the community for God's glory and for your good. You are invited to share the blessings of every service. oRivarre Circuit U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh, pastor Mt. Zion 9:39 a.m. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Preaching service. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday. No prayer meeting. The class will attend the revival in the Methodist Church. Pleasant Grove 9:00 a.m. Sundav school. 10:00 a.m. Class meeting. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 7:09 p.m. Wednesday, prayer, meeting. ML Victory 9:00 a.m. Sunday school. 10:00 a.m. Claes meeting. 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 7:30 Preaching service. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, prayer meeting. o Mt. Tabor Methodist Circuit Clifford C. Conn. Minister Mt. Tabor Mr. Donald Colter, Supt. Church School begino at 9:30. Morning Worship at 10:30. The Revival is still going on. The evangelist will bring the mes-1 sage in the morning and evening.: Have you been attending these meetings? We are having a good time. Mt Pleasant Mr. David Cook. Supt. The Worship Service at 9:30. Church School at 10:30. We are pleased that so many have attended the meeting at Mt. j Tabor. It pays to go a '‘little farthf- ■ er" with the Lord. Bealah Chapel Mrs. D. C. Shady. Supt.

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Church School at 9:30. There will not be preaching today but we dare not neglect God's Word now. It is our hope. Pleasant Valley Mr. Raymond Teeple, Supt. Church School begins at 9:30. Faith begets faith if exercised. Exercise your faith by coming to Church and your faith will be strengthened. o Calvary Church Evangelical United Brethren F. H. Willard, minister Sunday school 9:30 a.m. Lloyd Lichtenberger. Supt. Prayer meeting, following Sun-, day school. Preaching Service. Thursday 7:30 p.m. 0 110 +give Previously reported $2,105.64] John H. Peters Sec. 21 Preble „ — 23.00 Otto Hartman Sec. 9 Preble .4.00 Ernest Longenberger Sec. 4 Kirkland 7.80 Jge Sovine Sec. 9 Kirkland 12.00 Harve Uhriek See. 27 Wabash 8.80 ] Amos Neuenschwander Sec. 6 Wabash 8.00 ] Carl H. Heckman Sec. 7 Root 6.00 i American Legion Adams Post No 43 500.00 Flo-Kan Sunshine Council 2.00 j Firemen's Auxiliary 2.50 ; Ix>cal No. 44 FT A 25.00, E. M. Webb, Berne. Partial Berne Business 384.00. E. M. Webb, Partial Berne Residential 50.25 Decatur Casting Co. 88.25 tTOTAL $3,225.64 o Presidents Fillmore and Cleveland were residents of Buffalo, N.Y. A. J. ZELT The Rawleigh Dealer 230 South 4th St. Phone 1081 Decatur Indiana

Palestine Partition Brings Privation To The Holy Land

BY ROBERT C. MILLER (United Preus Staff Correspondent I Partition of Palestine, which the Jews believed would be the realisation of a 2.008-year dream has brought death, misery and privation to the Holy Land. Hundreds of Jewish youths have been killed or wounded in three months of warfare. Property losses in the millions have been sufferl ed from bombings, arson and sabo- ' tage. The Jewish economy faces strangulation. The western civilization which the Jews nurtured in Palestine with sweat and blisters is doomed if the war continues. And the same Jews who regarded the United Nations—and particularly the United States—as their salvation, are now convinced that they have become discards in an international poker game for middle east oil. The greatest shock to Jewish i morale was the bombing of the Palestine post building in Jerusalem February 8. That building is in the center of a Jewish area. Prior to then they had believed it impossible for any Arabs to penetrate the road blocks, barriers, and sentries guarding all such areas. The possibility of British renegades working with the Arabs had been overlooked, and both the Post and Ben Yehuda street dynamitings are attributed by the Jews to British deserters employed by underground Arab terrorists. Considerable circumstantial evidence! supports the charges, particularly now that the Arab higher exe- ’ cutive has denied any part of either outrage. The bombings have given the Palestine Jews a grim taste of what they expect to come when the all-out Arab offensive is launched after the British troops are gone. Palestinian Jews hate the British. There is certainly no love lost for the Arabs, but the Jews say they -can understand the attitude of be "misguided" Arabs and their "honest” fight against partitioning. The first coins produced by the : United States mint at Philadelphia I were copper cents.

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INTERDENOMINATIONAL TWO-DAY ADAMS COUNTY Youth Rally Sat. & Sun. March 20-21 SATURDAY, March 20 — 2 to 3 P. M. Ate I FIRST NAZARENE CHURCH, BERNE -- County Wide Junior Round-up. TAp Be at First Christian Church, Decatur, 1:15 P. M. -A-i Two busses will leave for Berne and return after Rally at Berne. Parents welcome. A good gift for every Junior. SATURDAY, March 20—6:15 P. M. Fellowship Banquet, held at Auditorium, Berne. Singing — Special Numbers. Saturday, Mar. 20—7:30 P.M. Sunday, March 21 J ] First Mennonite Church, ■ affi Btrne. First Baptist Church Presenting “God of the Atoms." Decatur Sponsored by Moody Bible Institute. • Presenting Al Zalhout r ~ y under the direction of R. D. Smith. and hfe sk * i “8 vio,in - K hVB riWT COUNTY WIDE UNION SINGSPIRATION Sunday, March 21 — 2 P. M. at First Baptist Church, Decatur * Singspiration — Special Numbers ; f ? 1 ? « Al Zalhout and his singing violin < Wee at Winona Lake—formerly from Philadelphia. Pa., A with the dailv “Church of the Air” Broadcast. ' llpip' A time of Fellowship. A service for you to enjoy. SPONSORED BY ADAMS COUNTY C. E. UNION

Thev regard the British as hypocrites' who "talk of neutrality while arming and aiding the Arabs." The Jews are determined to go down fighting, regardless of the odds. The American embargo on arms to Palestine and Warren Austin's United Nations speech have annoyed them, and cofrvinc- , ed many that America as a nation has turned its back on Palestine after promising full support and encouraging the Jews to go all out for immediate establishment of a Jewish state. Their wrath has increased as their plight has grown i worse and the only support thej rely upon are the Zionist groups, particularly in the L nited States. No Jew ever expected the chaos that followed the United Nations vote to partition Palestine. The Jews had been convinced by Jewi ish agency leaders that despite stern warnings from the Arabs, the Arabs "were only bluffing and would never fight.” Agency leaders claim that had British officials prorfaimed immediate martial law in the affected areas and severely punished the Arabs who began the riots there would have been little trouble. The agency is preparing to carry on the fight for partitioning alone. There is almost no optimism, but there is a courageous facing of facts. The Haganah. the Jewish ! defense force, is well-trained, de- : termined and capable. It will car’ry the fight backed by all Palestine's Jews despite the overwhelming odds against it. To Jews there is no turn-j fng back. They made a decision. They erred in judgment and they well may be liquidated, but regardless of the casualties, the hopelessness of the outlook and the terrific cost in suffering and ' dollars they are determined to fight anybody and everybody to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. So far as the Arabs are concerned that is just what they are going to have to do. ; P. T. Barnum of Connecticut in--1 troduced the eireus into the U. S.

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