Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1956 — Page 6

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✓ Receive Adults In Church Membership A group ot seven adult* will be received into communicant membership ot the Lutheran church Sunday morning. 10:30 worship ’ hour, at the Zion Lutheran church, west Monroe and Eieventhratreets. Four will be received by the solemn rite of confirmation, administered by the pastor, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, and three will be received through a renewal of their formed profession. The new members will also receipt their first communion as member wf Zion Lutheran church at the safoe service. The candidates for membership are the following-. Richard Archer, Barbara Jean Busse, James Beery, Larry Lehman, Mrs. Lissetta Press, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald KimpeL "Only One Way to the Father," will be the sermon theme of Rev. Schmidt. Two services are conducted at the Lutheran church each Sunday, 8 and 10:00 o'clock. The church choir, directed by David Embler, will appear at the early service. 8 a.m., singing, “Hail to the Lord's Anointed.” by Andrews. Eileen Bieberlch Freeby wiM accompany the two services at the organ. The non-churched public is invited to attend the worship services. Sunday school and Bible classes meet at 9:15 a.m. . Peptic Ulcer News SAN FRANCISCO (UP) — The prospect of improved treatment for peptic ulcer is offered by new nerve-blocking drugs, according to Dr. J. Alfred (Rider, medical professor at the University of California's Medical Center here. The new drugs are called givBuffalo Budget BUFFALO, N.Y. (UP — This city's performance - type budget will be tested in the Orient Budget Director Philip Baczkowski has received word from the Formosa provincial Government that it is planning to institute a similar budget. Last fall a group from Formosa visited Buffalo and spfht considerable time learning the mechanics of the local budget. Bolivia is the world’s principal producer St antimony or*. * ~

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Presbyterian Bible School Ends Today The daily vacation Bible school of the First Presbyterian church closed this morning wtih a film. > “in the Beginning," and a recognition service for the leaders and pupils. There were 87 children enrolled and white child’s Bibles were given 79 for perfect attendance. The all-church picnic this evening will close the school. A bus is scheduled to leave the church at 4 o’clock, taking the children to Sunset park for entertainment of relays, games and contests, followed by a pitch-in picnic at 6 o'clock, with the leaders of the Bible school the honored guests. A display of crafts and materials will be shown at the picnic, and the classes will present a short program of some of their activities. Baptist Church To Receive Citation The First Baptist church has been notified that it has been nominated for a national citation . from the American Bapist convention for being the outstanding Baptist church in Indiana among those Baptist churches having a membership from 100 to 309 members. The nomipatio|, made by the department of Christian education of the Indiana Baptist convention, is a result of the local church's participation in the year of Baptist achievement program, and the progress made under this plan. To qualify for the citation the , local church has participated in a special emphasis for each month of the church year,; Some of these emphases have been attendance Increase), Biirie study, world missions, leadership education, decisions for Christ, and spiritual growth. The program in the Decatur church is under the supervision of year ot Baptist achievement committee, composed of the.fwUpwing: Richard Schultz, Mrs. Harrison Hakes, chairman qf children's work; Lester Mitchel, chairman of youth work; Ralph Kenworthy, chairman of adult work; Mrs. Darrell Bedwwf, chairman of leadership, eduea,tfop; and, Don Bilger, chairman of missionary and’ stewardship education. James J. Strickler, £, S. superintendents and.. Rer. Stuart Brightwell, pastor, serveras ex-officio - - -

Couple Married By Night Watchman Minister Returns To Night Duties DALLAS. Tex.—(UP)—At 11:80 p.m. on a Wednesday, the Rev. Marion Adkins, 54. halted his accustomed rounds as watchman at the Merchandise Mart, took up a Bible, and married Cleta Ann Mathews and Hlily Cby Frazier. That over, Adkins congratulated the couple, laid aside biz Bible, picked up a time clock, arid resumed his duties as a night watchman. He was thinking of tomorrow when be had a job to do as school traffic officer The Merchandise Mart is a big wholesale clothing house, and Adkins works at bis job as a watchman these regularly. He has been a traffic officer since school started. He has been an ordained Baptist minister for 22 years. v Miss Mathews, 20, of Grand prairie. Tex., has known Adkins since she was just a child attending church where he preached. That’s why she wanted him to marry her to Frazier, 28, of Pastura, N. M. But Adkins couldn’t get off on the night of the wedding. So the determined couple went to him on the job and he took time out to marry them. Adkins figures he gets four hopra of sleep a day between his two jobs as traffic officer and night watchman. He leaves the Mart at a-.m. on Sunday and drives to Mptoy, OklA There Sunday School, preaches,, and performs all the other functions of a Baptist Church pastor, arriving back in Dallas in time for his job as a watchman. He isn't called on often to perform weddings on the job; the one in which he married Frazier and Miss Mathews was the first.at the Mart, in fact ft was so late the bride's mother couldn’t attend- ,. Only a. few close friends, of the sip Oti p 1 e/ SetferaF ‘ photographers, some radio people and a mynah bird dimed Happy were there. Happy whistled _ ahriHy ’<a< few Jlmes, but everything _e!sp wenl "smoothly.' , ’ tana iit jfc’rr ■ ’ ■ *’ ’« . h ■ Cleveland — About So percent,o|t the steel produced in the United State is made by the basic ope# hearth method. ■ ST. JOHN EVANGELICAL ANO reformed, vera CRUZ Louis; ‘ £>: 30 JfWiaF ? 10:30 a.m./church service. 7; 30 p.m., youth meeting at StLuke's. Wednesday: Quilting In the afternoon.

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[THE ' ~2 jglk sp international Uniicran Sunday School Lessons EEiiarniilllESMl Baektraand Sertytarc: Acts 18:23H:l«: Ephesians S: 15-13. DeveUessl BeaAiac: Proverbs 23:1-5. 19-32. v Fighting Paganism Lesson for June 10, 1958 /CHRISTIANITY hap seldom if ever spread smoothly and easily like gravy over mashed potatoes. Its history is more like a river which meets with immense rocks and boulders which tear the water into foam and spray. As the Colorado river has to fight to make

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its way westward, so the Christian church has had to fight It Is not true that all men are eager for the Gospel and that all we have to do is to tell people about the love of God and they will all be grateful and

glad to hear IL On the contrary, Christ has his enemies now as he did in Galilee, and has always had. The name "paganism” 18 soirietimes given to everything in cbn* temporary life and thought which is actively hostile to Christ and his cause. Did the «hmh cen'wr piganlsm? Already in the city of Ephesus, when SL Paul was the main preacher there, Christians ran into trouble. We sometimes think if we could get rid of our preachers and get the Apostles to take charge of our churches for a while, we would eliminate all our troubles; but St Paul for one would not haye agreed with us. We hear of opposition that became quite serious. Certain men "were hardened,” "did not believe,” and far from keeping their unbelief to themselves, “spoka «vil of the Wag’y (i.e„ Christian fife) in the most public places (“before the multiThis is a sample, of wh* Christianity, the Christian churcK and individual Christians, have to contend with, in all ages ot the church: hardened “men, V)ho are not only Without faith but who will go out of their way to attack the Christians’ faith. This is paganism* ft has many forms but ite spirit is always anti Christian. The church both bias. • and has • nek., o*Oft? tome paganism. It has won matfy of these enemies of Christ to become his followers, and is still doing so. It has taken the control of society out of their hands, in various times and places, as happened at Ephesus for a time. But the fact is, paganism is far from dead. In one form or other its attacks go on and on. Mittlonarles of paganism When an army stays for any length of time in a foreign territory, ft usually leaves behind it words or phrases which the natives pick up, and which may become a permanent part of the local language. It was so with the English language. The Roman military , occupation of England, which lasted into hundreds of years, left many souvenirs in the English language. One of the first words the Britons learned from the Romans was “wine" from the Latin vtaum. (Incidentally, also, another word borrowed but not now used in English was a word for “buy” that comes from a Latin word for tavernkeeper.) So our very language bears testimony to the fact that the pagan Romans were everywhere, missionaries of paganism, and that part of the gospel of paganism is, Liquor is a Good Thing ... so let’s all have more of it! Paganism still sends out its missionaries. On a slow tx>at to China not many years ago two men shared the same stateroom. One was being sent out by an American Christian church to preach the gospel of Christ. The other was a man who was keeping his son in college by selling liquor in China —sent out by a large distillery firm. Every convert made by the liquor-missionary was going to make ft more difficult for the Christ-missionary; and also the other way ...around. Paganism's progress Christians too easily sit back in their easy pews and think, Paganism has been licked. St Paul licked it, or Luther, or Wesley or somebody. We. live in a Christian era, in a Christian land. Do we or don’t we? There are some figures that ought to make us think. The statistics of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States, as analyzed by the Methodist Board of Temperance, show that for every church being erected in the U.S., seven retail outlets for liquor are being licensed. As of the latest count, there are 141,733 more saloons, cocktail bars and stores filing alcoholic beverages than there are churches, synagogues ; and temples combined. The breakdown shows 441,789 "spirits sources" as against 300,506 “spiritual sources." • . — (Basse aa esUlnswasvyrtzMsS by th* Dlrialaa st Christian Eflsestlon NaUoaal CseaeU st ths Churches ot Christ la ths v. Z. A. Bslsassß >r CaamaaUy rrssa Sstviss.) „

Rural Churches SALEM Evangelical and Reformed H. E. Setltage, minister R. F. D. 1, Decatur, Indiana 9 am., Sunday school. Classes for all age groups. 10 a.m., worship service. Sermon. “Unresponsive Christians.” Monday. 8 p.m., church board meeting. t*Tuesday. 8 p.m., Women’s Guild meeting. Wednesday, 10 a.m., children’s choir rehearsal. MT. TABOR METHODIST Edgar Johnston, pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Worship service, 10:30 a.m. Youth meeting. 7 p.m. Prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:30. —1 ST. PAUL MISSIONARY Louis Kiotzbach, pastor 9:15 am., morning worship. 10:15 a.m., Sunday school. Lyle Franz, superintendent. 7:30 p.m., annual mission jugbreaking exercises. Public is invited. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., mid-week prayer service. Sunshine Makers. PLEASANT DALE Church of the Brethren John D. MtsMer, pastor Sunday school at 9:30. Classes for all ages. Worship service, 10:30. Speaker, Bill Arnold. Wednesday evening prayer service and practice for children’s program. Children’s program will be given June 17, at 7:30. No service Sunday evening. Next Sunday morning the worship service will be at 9:30 and Sunday School at 10:30. Junior camp, June 24-30 at Camp Mack. x Get enrollment cards to Bob Nussbaum by next Sunday. Bible reading, Ezekiel 29-Daniel 3. WREN CIRCUIT E. U. B. A. N. Straley, pastor Bethel 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, Hershel White, supt. Lesson-?-“The Gospel Overcomes Paganism.” 10:30 a.m., prayer service, Margaret Akom, clasrf leader. 8 p.m., evening worship. Rev. A. N. Straley, minister. Sermon: “A Sower Went Forth to Sow.” Thursday, 8 p.m., prayer meeting. Wood Chapel 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Paul Henrey, supt. Annual election of officers. 10:30 a.m., morning worship service. Sermon: “A Shepherd Seeks P.™.. pray., meeting and youth fellowship. ST. LUKE EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED, HONDURAS Louis C. Minsterman, minister 9 am., church service. 10 a.m.. Sunday school. Sermon: "Forgetting Disciples.” 7:30 p.m., youth meeting with sound movie. Devotions: Ivan Heare. Games: Olin Moeschberger, Roger Schlickman. Refreshments: Mr. and Mrs, Curt Nussbaum. Monday, 7:30 p.m., girls guild meets at parsonage. PLEASANT MILLS BAPTIST Chas. O. Masten, pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Lowell . Noll. S. S. Supt. 10:30 a.m., childrens’ day program. Theme: The Bible —God’s Word. 7 p.m., fellowship. 7:30 p.m., evening worship service. Faith as a source so joy. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., W. M. S meets with Mrs. Ben McCullough. Mrs. Harry Ray has the lesson. PLEASANT VALLEY Wesleyan Methodist G. R. Shaw, pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. Offering for the parsonage fund. 10:30 am., morning worship. Message by the pastor. 7:30 p.m., evening service. Message by the pastor 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, prayer meeting in charge of Virgil Sprunger. PREBLE CHARGE ’ A. M. Christie, minister Mt Pleasant ' ' Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. Everett Singleton, supt. Children’s day program, 7:30 p.m. W. S? C. S. Thursday, June 14, ; 1:30 p.m. Pleasant Valley Sunday school, 9:30 am. Ray Teeple. supt. Worship service, 10:30 a.m. Kingsland Worship service, 9:30 a.mf Sunday school, 10:30 a.in. Bill Nash, supt. M. Y. F„ Monday, 6:30 p.m. Decatur Music House Pianos, Organs, Instruments Sales - Service Sheet Music — Records 254 N. 2nd St Phone 3-3353 Stucky Furniture Co. 1 30 Years of Continuous Business MONROE, IND.

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