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tWf; I. UnJcrm 'fe. BS* j-S 1 "?*! | i°rffiy ! . 1 ...HL L.B£i«. KfOmWMttil J SCRIPTURE: Mark 3:1—3:«. DEVOTIONAL, READING: Luke 11: 37-48. Inevitable Critics Lesson for February 13, 1949 ONCE UPON a time, so the old story goes, there was a cha meleon, a lizard that can change its , color to match whatever it stand: on. They put him on a black cloth and he turned black; on a red ta- 9’ ~9H blecloth and he B turned red: on a green billiard table HL and he turned green. Then some mean person set him down on a M Christmas necktie Dr. Foreman —and the poor little thing exploded. This is a parable of the person who tries to please everybody. It can’t be done—and it ought not to be tried. “Woe unto ycu,” said Jesus, “when all men : pcak well cf you.” Jesus Christ himself did not please every one. Not even a perfect personality can be 100 per cent popular. Not that Jesus enjoyed n.bbing people the wrong way. There was nothing perverse about him. He was deeply, sincerely fiiendly, and to lose any friendships must have been more painful for him than for us who are so selfish. Nevertheless he did. make enemies, he had his critics; and his followers may expect no better. • * • * Misunderstanding Motives ONE POINT on which Jesus met terrific opposition was his attitude toward the Sabbath. Repeatedly he or his disciples would do things on the Sabbath which (as Jews then understood the law) were quite wrong. It was just that serf of thing that Jesus ran into, more than once. His enemies misunderstood, or at least misrepresented, his motives. They claimed that he was "blasphemous," that is, that he was deliberately making light of God’s law. The truth was that he was acting by God’s highest law—the law of love. Helping people in need was more important than keeping the letter of the Sabbath law. Jesus' example may help us here. If our best motives are misunderstood, we have a right to explain ourselves, as Jesus did; but w r e are not obliged to change our ways to please those who persist in misunderstanding us. * * •

ftcpping Out of Rounds WHEN Jesus healed the man with the palsy, it was not the cure his critics found fault with,' it was hi first saying •‘Your sins are forgiven." "Who can forgive sins but God alone?” they said. In short, tl.v Pharisees thought — some of them perhaps sincerely—that Jesus was stepping out of bounds, pretending to do something that he had no right to attempt and no power to accomplish. Now Jesus did have both the right end the power to say what he said to that sick and sinful man. And he made no apologies for going beyond the limits his critics set for him. So we too may sometimes be accused of "biting of! too muct,” of going oeyond our powers or capacities Our critics may be right, you knew, though Jesus' critics never v.cie. But how often they are wrong! If Lincoln had listened to h i critics he never would have left his bacltwocds law office; they did net think him fit to be president. Ji the Wright boys bad listened to their neighbors, they never would have flown an airplane, for who vould have thought a couple of bicycle mechanics could do what so many scientists said was impossible? Are you sure ynu are right?' Then go ahead, in God's name! • • • The Company Yes Krcp JESUS* friends got him into trouble as Mark shows us. For one thine, some were the "wrong sort" hki MMHtcw the tsx colleclor. Then hts frier ds had an unconventional kiid of religion, they 'actually seemed happy about it instead of gloomy like some of John's disei pics. And to make matters worse, his L ie- ds "broke" the Sabbath laws much as Jesus did. All in all. Jesus' critics comp’rined that Jsus' friends were a b"d lot. and tbev judged him bv the company he kept. Bet Jcsvs knew his fnei ds bcliet than his enemies did. / * ' ».'- wver cave up er Isosescd a » ngle (rierdehip en Ms erffee’ arvenwt. Seme of bh frir td > gave him up, but »e oc’ er {.ave them up. e;• el RcUJkhc S'-ser.ln* s* "i V p ninatesps Rri';*ed t, ».*ni f«ms.!

| RURAL CHURCHES | o ——o Monroe Friend.s Church Russell B. Persons, pastor 9:30 a.ni. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Morning worship. Theme, “Soul Searchings.” 7:30 p.m. .Evening service. Theme "The Changeless Christ.” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Mid-week prayer service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Macy, one mile east and one-half mile south of Monrye. Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church L. T. Norris Pastor | Sunday Sctyol Thurman Drew Supt., 9:30. Worship Service 10:15. Evening service, Junior C. E. 6:45 Mrs. Carl Hurst in charge. Adult C. E. Nile Williamson Pres. 6:45. Youth Fellowship, Janet Brown Pres. 6:45. Worship service 7:30. Each Sunday evening at 6:45 there will be Bible instruction in connection with the junior C. 'E. Please bring your children. St. Luke Reformed Church Honduras H. H. Meckstroth .minister 9:00 Worship Service. 10:00 Sundaj' School. 1:00 Catechetical Instruction. Thursday — An all-day meeting of the Women's Guild. Mrs. Ida Stepler and Mrs. Boyd Stepler are hostesses. Mrs. Jgy Yost is leader. i Mt. Tabor Methodist Circuit Clifford C. Conn, Minister Mt. Tabor Church Mr. Donald Colter. Supt. Church School begins at 9:30. There will not be preaching this

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Sunday. Remember the Official Board Meeting Juesday Eve. Mt. Pleasant Mr. Chauncey Sheets, Supt. The Church School begins at 9:30 The’re will not be preaching this Sunday. Official Board Meeting Sunday Evening. The newly elected officers should he there too. Beulah Chapel Mr. Donald Shady, Supt. Church School begins at 9:30. The Worship Service at 10:45. “Come we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known.” Pleasant Valley .Mr. Raymond Teeple, Supt. The Wership Service begins at 9:30. The Church School begins at 10:30. •'Let the redeemed of the Lord say so" and show.it ‘by attendance at the House of Worship. Monroe Methodist W. L. Hall, minister 9:30 Morning worship. 10:30 Sunday School. 6:45 MYF. Bake Sale: When? Feb. 19; 9 a.ni. Where? Central Grocery. By whom? the MYF. Wednesday: Prayer meeting at 7:30. Choir Practice at 8:15. Feb. 28, "Settlement Day” at Wayne Street Church. Bishop Sommers, of Germany, will speak at | 7:30 following a “World Friendship" banquet at 6:30. The banquet is open to everyone. Banquet tickets SI.OO. St. Paul and Winchester U. 8. Circuit Dale Osborn, pastor St. Paul: Worship 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Evangelistic service at 7:15 p in.

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with Franklin Norris as the evangelist. Through the week Rev. L. A. Middaugh will conduct the singing. Service each night at 7:15. You are 'welcome. Winchester: Sunday School 9:30 ami. Cottage prayer meeting next Wednesday 7:30 p in. at the home of <Roy Hirschy. Rivarre Circuit U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh, pastor Mt. Zion 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Preaching. Rev. Franklin Norris speaking. 7:00 p.m. Evangelistic service. All are Welcome. Pleasant Grove 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Class meeting. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, prayer meeting. ' Mt. Victory 9:00 ami. Sunday school. 10:00 a.m. Preaching service followed hy Communion. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, prayer meeting. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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'Man Arrested For Ignoring Stop Sign Martin Auman, of Decatur route 1. was arrested by sheriff Herman Bowman at 11 a.m. today for failure to oliey a stop sign at the intersection of the Bellmont and Piqua roads. He will be arraigned in justice of the peace court late this afternoon. • Examinations Listed Under Civil Service Examinations for mathematician, metallurgist and physicist positions, with salaries of $2,974 a year, have been announced by the U. S. civil service commission. No written test is required but applications will be rated on the extent and quality of their experience. training and education. Details and application forms may be secured by contacting Robert Frisinger at the post office.

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r Second Trailer Os Truck Overturned The second trailer of a tandem truak loaded with steel became de-1 tached and overturned at 12:45 a.m. today when the truck was crowded onto the berm by an unidentified automobile four and one-half miles north of Decatur on federal route' 27. ’ Driver of the truck was S. H. Cook, of Hilyard Park, Mich. The ;

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! load of steel was scattered about th. highway after the trailer became detached. Sheriff Herman flowman said there was no damage except for the broken trailer-hitch. Decatur Man Fined For Intoxication Ira Shafer, of Decatur, was fined $lO and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail in mayor s court this morning after pleading

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