Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1949 — Page 2

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MrFwXJP nt - ? c » ip ®f : Mark * ; ,:3IU; Luk * 'DEVOTIONAL BfAPING: M»tth«W 25t)4*w. • God's Signature Lesson (or March 13, 1949 IN A STRANGE city you may suddenly need to be identified. Some suspicious clerk wants to know if your signature is genuine. It is a

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fair challenge, for too many liars are in circulation, Jesus himself had to furnish identification. No less a person than his old friend John the Baptizer had grown uneasy. Are you the One we are looking tor," he inquired, "or shall

we look tor some one else?" Jesus' answer to John was not to discuss the theology of the Incarnation, or anything ot that sort. He just went about his usual day's work. In the course of that day he cured a gpqd many sick people, and preached .to some very poor people. "Now go back," he said, "go back aud tel) John what you have seen and heard." What those men saw that day was what Jesus at another time called the "finger ot God,” the genuine divine signature. Jesus wrote no book, no letters even; pe wrote in action, and his gef* were the handwriting of Rod. 1| Is hnportan| to see Jesus underscored that writing. It Is true, his heal- ' ings tfere what we call miracles. But Jesus did net even i mention that feature. What be asked Jdhn to notice was | simply this: the blind see, the lame j walk; lepers arg cufgjl, the deaf I hear, the dead are raised, and fas . a climax!) the poor hear good news. The signature ot God, in short, is ( not sheer power; it is using what power ong has. to hglp people in trouble. • That was the sort of person Jesus was. No| By Bread Alone THE EXPRESSION, "needy pen- ' plh," nowadays suggests people i who haven’t enough to eat or. wear, i Jesus helped such, partons; hut be i knew well that men's nefds go be- j yqnd well-cared for bodies. There | was the poor man from the grave yard, for example,-he was nappy cpough. He didn't wapt clothes, and he was strong enough to steal all the food he could eat. All he ! wanted, in fact, was to be let alone. But Jesus knew that what he needed above all was a sane mind, a mind no longer run over and tramp--I*4 by a regiment of devils. When Jesus got through with him bv was clothed, but that was not the best part of it. He wag in his right mind. So God's signature is not only written in a sound body, it is in the sound mind. Again, at Jericho when Jesus invited himself to dinner with that pint-sized' tycoon, Zacchaeus. Jesus did pot go just for the meal. He went because he knew that Zacchaeus needed some-1 thing. • . ■. We <». know that gfter dinner Zgccbacus was a changed man. He was going to give back every I dishonest penny, with interest; and since he could not locate every oqe be had cheated, be Was going to give away half of hts holdings for the benefit ot the poor. Whit Jericho needed was a new administration, an honest one; they needed slum clearance; and Zaccliaeus wag going to give it to them. But first of all Zacchaeus had needed a n<w heart—and Jesus'gave him that. A( a >n it was the genuine signature of God. * • • • We Teo ' ALL. AROUND US is a troubled world Some men. seeing It, infer there is nd Gnd. Others concltde that if there is. one. hie must b<* bad or weak The truth is that the sisnature of God is not to be found in the evil and the confusion of the world It is to be seen wherever freedom is standing against slavery, wherever truth is pushing back ignorance, wbgre diseased bod k* art being healed, .where sanity ■ eptades madness., Mve people would believe la Col If hey could see msre ad the ka-ftrritte* of God. Da ybi wvii teAefpr "• -We cafitybaUaf' do. things as sipppl’•* •!?’"» d«l, ' Cufing the d rc»»ed is not soy m • simple r«l let wi swing. Be well A Christi* woman. du’rea*edby what «lw bad leermd of the plight of tbo £hgr back«*ard state, was deking Pad of the jtafe hcsffitgl vhiun at bunch ofjicdrt. ‘Wt ear we Lhristiarj dor "Ges bdur.e Um bMtettre.** Ke && b»’ Cftri rat 1W cwilfcciVw ct b M*i gj **7*l** /•Tn- jatL’aa. XtluM' wmu rutvu i

'Q■ ; 0 | RURAL CHURCHES | 0 —— <• Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church Lawrence T. Norris Pastor ' Sunday School. T. I. Drew Supt. 9:30. Worship Service 10:15. | Evening Service Junior C. iE. Mrs. Carl Hurst 6:45. Adult C. -E. Nile Williamson Pres. 6': 45. Youth Fellowship Janet Brown | Pres. 6:45. j \Vofship Service 7:30. Wednesday Evening, prayer I meeting. Omar Merriman Class j leader 7:30. — 9:80 am. Sunday school. 10:30 a.m. Preaching service. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 8:00 p.m. Missionary program on China by W. i.M. A. 7:00 put. Wednesday, prayer' meeting. Mt. Victory 9:00 a.m. Sunday school. 10:00 a.m. Class meeting. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. ; S:00 p in. Preaching service. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, prayer’ meeting. , Sf. Luk? Reformed Church Honduras 9:00 Worship Service. 10:00 Sunday School. 1:00 Ca|ehetical Instruction. 6:45 Youth Fellowship. Thursday —An all-day meeting lof t|te Women's Guild Mount Ta#or Msthofiist Circuit Clifford C. Conn Minister Mount Tabor Church Mr. Donald Colter Supt. Church School convenes at 9:30. ( There w|ll not be preaching this MR. FARMER! I SEE US FOR assk \ SEED CORN AND PRICES BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE! BURK ELEVATOR CO. I Decatur Monrpe Peterson

MR. FARMER! ' WIF COME IN AJffl SE? ' TflE N£W IN TRACTOR MOWERS ITS DIFFERENT I IT’S REALLY THE NEW IDEA! SEE IT AT Arnold & Klenk, Inc. Phone 46 J

i Supday. The Bible is the Word ot God. What does, that mean |o you? Mount Pleasant ■Mr. C. 'A. Sheets. Supt. Church School begins at 9:30. There will not be preaching this , Sunday. Do we really believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God? Then we ought to read it tnore. Beulah Chapel Mr. Donald Shady Supt. Church School begins at 9:30. The Worship Service at 10:45. "Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is.” Heb. 10:25. Pleasant Valley Worship Service begins at 9:30. Church School convenes at 10:30. The Church was established for you. There you may receive strength and inspiration for the week ahead. Calvary Church Evangelical United Brethren E. H. Willwi Minister i Sunday school 9:30. | Revival service. 7:00 o’clock. Rev. Willard, preaching. Service each.evening for tsp j weeks with Rev. Laurence Harris, ' pastor of Union Chapel Church ■ preaching. Mr. and Mps. Earl Clare will be in charge of the music. Rivarre Circuit U. B. Church L. A. Middaugh, Pastor Mt. Zion 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. 10:30 q.m. Class meeting. 7:00 p.m. Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, prayer meeting. Pleasant Grove s|>t. Paul and Winchester U. B. Circuit Dale Osborn, pastor St. Paul: Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Preaching 10:15 amt. : Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p.m. Winchester: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Class meeting 10:30 a.m. Revival service 7:30 .p.m. apd continuing each evening with Rev. Raymond Jewel as the evangelist. Antioch United Missionary Rev. L. W. Null, Pastor John Arnold, Supt. 3 Mi. West of Decatur 1 Mi. South of 224. . Sunday School 9:30. .Morning Worship 10:30. Evening worship 7:00. Bible Study (Wed. Eve.) 7:30. The pastor will be bringing both Morning and .Evening messages, we are expecting a mixed quartet from Wakarusa to be bringing specials in our morning worship. We invite you to come and worship with us. Pleasant Mills Baptist Durward B. Gehres pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday 'School with Donald Burkhart, Supt. 10:30 a m. Worship service. Sermon by the pastor. This is the day for the monthly missionary offering. If you are not attending chur.h

REAL ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1949 - 2:00 P. M. MODERN 7 RQOM H°ME * V/2 CAR GARAGE Location—3s2 North 11th street, Decatur, Indiana > This is a very nice 7 room, all modern home, good basement with new furnace, installed within the lust two yeprs. complete bath, motor plumbing, automatic ho’ water h aten kitchen, dining room, living loom with attractive opepi stairway, two bedrooms downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. This home is in a good location apd has been remodeled within thr . la t 'ew years and wRh a littl t redecorating can be made a 'ovely home There is a good i’s car garage with plenty of spice for work shop. Inspect this home and plan to be there the day of the sale. TERMS— 2VU Caslp day of sale, balance upon delivery of clear tide. IMMEDIATE POSSESSfON. WAYNE FRAUHIGER, Owner Auctioneers: D. S. Blair. C. IV. Kent. Sales Mgr.. Gerald Strick’er. Sale conducted liy The Ken’ Realty & Auction Co., inc. 1 Decatur. Indiana — Phone 68. 9 11 15 17

Vesper Service Al Methodist Church 8 ‘Rev. Stackhouse To e Speak Here Sunday ' | The Rpv. Dale Stackhouse, pastor of the Forest Park Methodist church, Fort Wayne, will be the i speaker in the special Lenten series being presented during evening ! vespers at the First Methodist . church Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Mr. ' Stac khouse was assigned to his present parish in |946. In addi|i(>u t°. his work as pastor, he headed for some years the youth work for the - r r ■ 5 a l 1 Methodist church in the North In’d iana conference. r s|r. and Mrs. Watson Maddox will be general chairmen for the day. The ladies choir will sing an anthem. Mrs. Dan Tyndall will sing "He Smiled on Me” by O’Hara Doyle Collier. Charles Stitzer, Rolin Ross, apd Deane Dorwin will serve as special ushers. After the service of worship, a fellowship hour will be enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Lpwell Smith have charge of this hour. The rest of those serving arp: Air. and MrsRoger Kelly. Mr. and Airs. Paul I Berg. Mr. aud Mrs, Rflbert Krick. Mr. and Mrs. Waltpr Sommer. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Doyle. Mr. and Mrs Asa Pollock, Mr. and Mrs. Joht Stultz. Classes for all age groups follow ! with L. L. Hann teaching a course Jon "Our Faith.” In the sanctuary at 7 the film. “Aly Name Is Han," the second produced by the Protestant Film cpmmiasjpp, will be shown. elsewhere'come to opr friendly 1 dtturch,' Monroe Methodist W. L. Hall, pastor 9:30, Morning worship. 10:30, Sunday School. i:45, MYF7:30. The evening service. Wednesday: 7:30, Prayer Meet ing. 8:15. Choir practice. 1 Mar. 13 to 2(1 is “Dedication Week" throughout Methodism. I The amount of milk consumed Iry N p w Yorkers ip 11'43 slumped ! ! because of ipcreased prices.

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General Motors Executive pies Inaianapolis. March 11 — (DE 1 — John M. Jerpe, 58. director of the General Motors Corporation suggestion plan system, died yesterday 10 minutes after he suffered a heart attack while addressing a group.of Hoosier GM plant executives. Jerpe cpllapsed while speaking a| a meeting at a local club. A resident of Detroit, he was survived by his wife and daughter. Assassination Plot Thwarted In Greece Plat To Slay U. 5Military Head Told Athens. Mar. U_(UPI— Minister of public older Constantine Rentis announced today that a plot to assassinate U- Gen. James A. Van Fleet, head of the American military mission to Greece, had been discovered and thwartedRentis attributed the assassination plot tp commpnists. He a number of arrests had beep piade. Rentis said police seized al| persons connected with the plot “before they were able to strike." Those arrested admitted they were preparing to ki',l Van Fleet between March 20 and March 25, he said. ’ The period set for the assassination had been proclaimed a national "work and victory week" sponsored by Mrs. Henry F. Grady, wife of the American ambassador. American authorities here said they had heard nothing about the Plot. Rentis would not say how the alleged plotters planned to . kill Van Fleet or how many were involved. Van Fleet often travels about Greece alone or with a handful of American or Greek officers. Greek plainclothesmen guard him constantly. Vap Fleet has bepp under vitriolic pttpek by the “Free preece" communist radio, which has accused him of “mpr(tering" several arrested copnnunist leaders. Djleanwhile. press reports from Salonika said the trial date for he a leged murderers of American .-adio report#)' George Polk would be announced this week. The rial |s expected to stprt in late March or early April*.'

CHURCH NEWS Calvary Church Revival meetings begin Sunday wening at 7 o’clock ?t the Calvary Evangeiical United Brethren church. The Rev. F- H. Willard, i pastor, will bring the message SunJpy evening and the Rev, Lawrence T. Norris, pastor of the Union Clia,p---?l Evangelical United Brethren church, will bring (he 'messages inch evening beginning Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chase will be ip ■harge ot the music. Youth For Christ Joseph Crduse. former member )f the famous “Ambassadors" quartet from Asbury College. Wilmore Ky., will direct the slngrpiration at he county-wide Youth for Christ -ally, which will be held at the 'irst Menuonle hurch Saturday tvening. This quartet girdled the rlohe singing in many counties of he world. lies Barnett, of California. who has thrilled many audences, will be heard both on tin organ and the piano and will alec iddress the group. Special music :nd testimonies will be furnished t '■)' high schools from over the gouny. An invitation i« extended to the public to attend this unusual rally.

Trad* in a Good Town — Decatu* TOMORROW'S MIRACLE By 195#, yo’i may be p-inting wpur clothes with a stain-proof oiting Hut. right now. Peach Diirnfilm will give your kitchen itain-proof walls — ight. lovely :ud easy to clean. For sal? at Arnold 4 Klenk. Inc. adv.

Health Protection This Way! WILLIAMSON Hea, ‘ h and Comfort for fM| . |y |f I#Ho|| pf ?> ALL-FUEL Furnace That ‘ hl=S? lur F» Oil G«. Coke or Coal U Thousands last year bought health and comfort insurance by selecting a New Williamson Tripl-ife ALL-FUEL Furnace. It heats better, saves fuel costs and heats every room during the coldest weather. Monthly payments to suit r urn aces cleaned 4.j0 up haugk rorr Heating & Appliances rnu Decatur. Phone 19

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THE CLINTON hps a rear bedroom located jo give its floor plan a niost interesting flexibility. If this room is not needed as a third bedroopi it can be used as a d en ' workrpom pr nursery, as it is situated between the kitchen and the bathroom. Another possibility is a door in the living room partition. This would convert the rear room into a separate dining room. If the partition between the two rooms were eliminated completely, it would make a beautiful Dshaped combination living room and dining room. Closet space in The C’-inton is plentiful. There is a broom closet in the kitchen and a linen cabinet in the bathroom.

SUSPECTED SPUDS Potatoes were thought to be poisonous when they were imported from eastern Switzerland to France in 1700. A FAVORITE FOOD Americans consumed an average of 21 quarts of ice cream a person in 1946. Vanilla was the most popular flavor. FROSTING GLASS G|a£s can be frosted 1 y paintfng it with a solution ot half a pound of Epsoip salts in a quart of ddteh-'*" HUNGRY MOTHS One female moth and her descendants can destroy as piucb wpol in a year as 13 sheep can produce In the same time. A harmonica that is played with <he fingers instead of the tongue is one of the latest inventions. It uses 'brass reeds, has true harmonica tone, plays t,wo full scales,

DAYS GROW SHORTER But sun hine lingers the year 'round in the kitchen whose walls sre pgin'.ed with Pastel Yellow Rurafilm. Easy to keep spick and span, too! For sale at Am--1 old & Klenk. Ipc. adv. ' ■ ; ' ■ " ■' NOW DOING REFRIGERATION Service - & Repair I Alsa see us for Electrical Contracting and Supplies Engie & Kiess N. 12th'St. Phone 212

The kitchen sink is placed under the corner windows. This provides a view of the front and side yards. The exterior walls of The Clinton are faced with stone. However, if desired, the stone can be replaced by brick with good results. The Clinton's dimensions are 42 feet by ’s feet with a floor prea of 1068 square feet and a volume of 21,573 cubic feet. This includes the basement. For further information about THE CLINTON, write (he Small House Planning Bureau, St. Cloud, Minn.

key of E. There's only one hole to blow and draw through. Decorative cpramic tiles, still bright and colorful 500 years after they were installed, line the interior of the fia-'.'-e of the famous Convent of the flopception at To ledo, Spain.

Fresh . , ; .. 1 4 I Home-Rendered LARD 5 i-bs. 79c 10 lbs. 1.55 25 or 50 lt>« cans • 15c lb. GERBER MEAT MARKET , 4 f -,M f 4 • » 49,

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