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Rural Churches PLEASANT MILLS BAPTIST CHURCH Joe Carter, Int rim pastor 9:30 a.m. — Sunday School. Lowell Noll. Sunday School Superintendent. 10:30 a.m. — Morning worship. J Sermon. Communion service. 7:00 — Fellowship Service. 7:30 — Evening Worship. MONROE FRIENDS CHURCH Vernon Riley, pastor Sunday school 9:30 a.m. William Zurcher, superintendent. Morning worship 10:30 a.m. Evening service 7 p.m. Prayer meeting 7:30 p.m. Reports Hub Caps Stolen From Auto Mrs. Rachel Eichhorn, 731 Mercer Ave., reported the theft of two hub caps to the city police this morning. She reported that the front chrome wheel covers were taken from her auto while parked at home some time Thursday night. ' The wheel covers were valued at $7.50 each. Berne Postmaster To Speak At Salem Edward Stucky, Berne postmaster. will be the speaker at the annual laymen’s day service at the Salem Methodist church Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The ukelele choir of the church, directed by Larry Merriman, will present two numbers, and there will be other special music. Laymen of the j church will conduct the service. That all who pass may know how much you cared... we can erect a SEALMARK® ROCK OF AGES® MEMORIAL in time for Thanksgiving. I S? J ' MGEjZ Wide selection, including the Norman RockweJlJJesign Award memorials. LIBY Monuments East Side Decatur Cemetery R. 4 — W. Monroe St. CEMETERY LETTERING Finest Granite—Rock of Ages Blue-Grey, Desert Pink, Laurentian Rose, Antique Red, Memo Finish. 5 colors to choose from with Rock of Ages Seal Mark.

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ST. PAUL MISSIONARY CHURCH Robert R. Welch, pastor 9:15 — Morning Worship. 10:15 — Sunday School. Wednesday 7:00 — Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. 7:00 — M. Y. F. Service and Children’s Bible Hour. PLEASANT MILLS METHODIST Joseph Gibson, pastor Sunday School at 9:30 am. Divine Worship at 10:30. Mr. Lowell Smith, of the De c a t u r Methodist Church is to be the speaker at this service. This is Layman’s Day, and it is urged that a good congregation be present. M. Y. F. meeting a week from this this Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riley. SALEM METHODIST Joseph Gibson, pastor Divine Worship Service at 9:30. Mr. Edward Stuckey will be the speaker. This Layman’s Day Sunday. All members are urged to be present, to hear him. Sunday School at 10:30. Mid-week Service at 7:30 Wednesday. Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren Dolar Ritchey, pastor Sunday School 9:30 Oscar Geisel, superintendent. Director of Children’s Work. Ellen Leyse. Morning Worship 10:30. Sermon subject, “Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By.” Evening services .7:30 Sermon ‘subject, “The second CommandPrayer meeting Wednesday evening 7:30 Leader, Oscar Geisel. Wren Circuit E. U. B. A. N. Straley pastor BETHEL 9:30 a m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship Sermon: “Daniel, a Hero of Faith” WOOD CHAPEL 9:30 a m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Sermon: Power to Bless” _____ 12:00 Noon — Basket Dinner 2:00 p.m. Homecoming Program Guest Speaker, Mr. William B. Imler,_of Fort Wayne. BETHEL 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting WOOD CHAPEL 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting anad Youth Fellowship Salem United Church of Christ H. E. Settlage, Minister 9:00 Sunday School. Classes for all age groups. 10:00 Worship Service Tuesday 7:30 Adult Choir Rehearsal Saturday 9:00 Confirmation Class Instruction. 10:00 Children's Choir Rehearsal. St. John United Church of Christ Vera Crux Robert R. Oleson, pastor 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 6:30 p.m. Youth Fellowship Meeting. Tuesday All day meeting of the Women's Guild St. Luke United Church of Christ Honduras Robert R. Oleson, pastor 9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday school 6:30 p.m. Youth Fellowship Meeting at St. John Church Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Junior Choir Practice 7:00 p.m. Adult Choir Practice Thursday All day meeting of the Women's Guild.

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MONROE METHODIST CHURCH Charles E. Elam, pastor 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. Missionary Band 10:30 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Youth Choir 6:30 p.m. M. Y. F. 7:30 p.m. Evening Services MONDAY 7:30 p.m. Commission on Missions WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. Choir Rehersal 8:15 p.m. Mid-wees Service ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH (Friedheim) A. A. Fenner, Pastor Anniversary Services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Services for all the organization of the congregation, with Rev. E. T. Schmidtke as guest speaker. 10:15 a.m. Sunday school and Bible class. MONDAY 7:30 p.m. Sunday school staff will meet 8:00 p.m. Sunday school teachers will meet. TUESDAY Members of the Walther League will meet in church Parlor at 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Family night Will be held in the school hall by the Lutheran Women Missionary League with a guest speaker. Everyone welcome. WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. Choirs will meet. THURSDAY Adult Bible class will meet at 8:00 p.m. Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren “The Chapel at the Cross Roads.” Kenneth P. Angle, Pastor Tom Gaunt, S.S. Supt. Devotions for all age levels — 9:00 A.M. Bible Study in the classes—9:lo A.M. ’ Mission Class Study—lo:oo A.M. Divine Worship — 10:00 A.M. Lesson Theme—“ Christian Purity-” Scripture —1 Cor. 6:9-20. Sermon — “What Kind of a Church Member are you?” Hymn by Men’s Quartet — Twilight is Falling.” By Kiesser. Service of Dedication of Infants. Dedication of Parsonage at Tocsin — 2 p.m. Family Services at the church — 7:30 pan. Bible reading, quiz worship. Pastor’s theme — “Israel’s Unique History.” Bring your own Bibles. MONDAY 7:30 p.m. Local Conference at the church. Dr. Marshall Chambers of Fort Wayne, will preside. All members of this conference, are to be present. WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. “Good News Club meets. Sing time, Bible Study, and prayer time for youth and adults. This is a service that ties the Lord’s Days together. Help tie them by attending. THURSDAY 7.30 p.m. Union Chapel Men will be meeting at the church. The Commission on Christian Fellowship will be in charge. Nile Williamson is chairman. See you men. Coming Events High School Day at Indiana Central College in Indianapolis. Saturday, Oct. 26. World Community Day, November Ist. Y. F. Rally and Business Convention at Oakwood Park, Saturday, Nov. 2nd Thought for the week — “Keep on trying, though others quit.” Rlvarre Circuit United Brethren in Christ John O. Goodwin, Pastor Mt. Zion Church 2ft Miles So. of 224 on 101 9:30 Sunday School with Rally Day specials Attendance Goal 124. 10:30 Morning Worship 12:00 noon Carry-in dinner at Gifford Bunner’s 2:30 Homecoming Program Special talent will include instrumental numbers, large and small choirs, solos and duets. Bring the family and share in our Rally Day events 7:30 Mon. Women’s Missionary society will meet at Hazel Chronis--7:30 Wed. Prayer Meeting Mt. Victory Church 2*'i miles No. of 224 on state line ' 9:30 Sunday school 10:30 Clans Meeting 6:30 Young Peoples Missionary Band 7:30 Evening Worship 7:30 Wed. Prayer Meeting Oct. 22 to Nov. 3 Revival Services

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She 3' BkSUSILSJ Bilk _ SPE4ICS International Undorm Sunday School Lemons WffffmWi Christian Purity Lesson for October 13, 1963 Bible Material: Matthew 0:25-33; I Corinthians 5 through 7. Devotional Reading: I Thessalonians 4:1-12. THE WORD “purity” has almost lost its meaning. When a man Is recommended for a position many questions are asked, but a question about his “purity” would be puzzling to many. Such is the degradation of the world in which

we live, that there is very little notion of purity outside the Christian church. It is otherwise with other virtues and qualities. Last week in this space we thought about harmony. Everybody — whether

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Christian or pagan —knows what you mean by that,.even if he does not know harmony on the Christian level, or does not know that harmony at its deepest and best is not to be found outside the Christian faith. But purity—what’s that? The Christian view of mx If your denomination has a bookstore, as most denominations do, you can buy from it one or more books recommended by leaders in your church on the subject of the Christian view of sex. There is no room here even to review any of these, only to say that there is more guidance available than you might have thought possible. Some basic elements in the Christian view will now be mentioned. First of all, as we understand the New Testament, sex is not sinful in itself. If it were, all marriages would be wicked, and we should have to blame God for making the human race male and female. Sex is neither a bestial necessity nor sn end in itself. The Christian ideal is that sex finds, its rightful expression in marriage, and that before marriage virginity is God’s ideal both for men and women. (The notion that purity is a strictly female virtue is pagan, not Christian.) Christian motives again There are many arguments for chastity. Margaret C. Banning wrote an article in which she makes the point that even from the standpoint of personal satisfaction and happiness, chastity is the ideal. But the Christian view goes farther than this. The New Testament teaches that each person’s body, once God’s Spirit has come to him or her, is now a temple of the Holy Spirit, and that fornication or adultery is a profanation and a sin, for that reason if for no others. About the turn of the century there was a young Austrian who had been a lifetime member of the church, yet whose life was a constant series of sins against the Seventh Commandment. He did not believe that chastity was either possible or desirable. Then in God’s providence he was led to make the acquaintance of two young priests about his own age. He discovered, somewhat against his will, because at first he could not believe they were genuine, that these men lived lives that to him were a continuous miracle. How can this be? he asked himself. He finally came to understand that chastity, like every Christian virtue, is supernatural. It is not possible (just as love in the Christian sense is not possible) without the Holy Spirit. This discovery was the turning point in his lifetime. Sin against wham? The sin of unchastity, or sins—for they have many forms—are like all sins, against what? Against marriage, against the love that is life’s greatest human joy, against oneself, and against society. But the important fact is deeper. When Joseph was tempted by Potiphar’s wife, he might have said, “How can 1 sin against you?" for the lady was really asking him to commit a crime against her. He might have said, “How can I sin against my employer?"against loyalty, against friendship? “How can I break the law of the land?" (for the Egyptians knew well that adultery was wrong) or "How can I sully my family’s high ideals, and my own?" Joseph said something that must have sounded as strange to Potiphar’s wife as it would to many Oars today. “How can I . . sin against God?" Joseph was not a monk, he was a highly practical and brainy young man, who later had a happy marriage. Yet it wu not the future marriage which lay on his mind and heart; it was not just a family ideal. It wu God who ' wu more real to him at that moment than any woman there or in the future. The "practice of the presence of God" is the surest armor against ain.

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WHY THERE WAS REJOICING Rev. James R- Meadows The prodigal son brought home but nothing himself, or, at least, nothing good and adyentageous to the household of his father, as» recorded in Luke 15:11. He surely brought opportunity for neighborhood gossip which would not be complimentary to the father. Why, then was there rejoicing? It was because, “This, my sori, was dead, and is alive.” It was love that rejoiced. The Christian appeal to sinners must be purely benevolent, like the appeal of the heavenly Father. The Christian welcome to the returning wanderers must be of the same sort. It is hard for us to restrain our happiness when wealth, culture or power come to God and enlist for His service; but God rejoices as much when any sinner returns. It is indeed a great occasion when a human soul, no matter how debased and crippled, actually returns to God. No rejoicing can be too great to celebrate such an event. t How we rejoice when we see sinners making their decisions for Christ. Those which have the strength and the will to repent of their sms and choose the right way, especially in the face of criticism and ridicule, as the Holy Spirit convicts them. Yes. they can inherit eternal life by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Every day we are called upon to make decisions, and if we have a genuine belief in the reality and personality of God, if we can think of Him as Jesus did, as a loving Father who is interested in our welfare and who hears and answers our prayers, then we have something that will carry us through stress and storms that threaten us at this time and the seer that is in the

St. Paul’s Lutheran Preble Norman H. Kuck, pastor’ Early service 8:15 a.m. Sunday school, Bible class 9:15 a.m. Late service 10 a.m. J \ KELLY’S Fabric-Care Center Dry Cleaning — Laundry Fur Storage Coin Operated Laundry & Dry Cleaning 427 N. 9th St. Decatur Phone 3-3181 Decatur, Ind. HAMMOND FRUIT MKTS., INC. Fresh Fruits & Vegetables In Season 240 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3703 Hi-Way Service Station 24 HOUR WRECKER SERVICE Body Shop—Complete Garage . Night Phones Decatur 3-2024 or 3-9368 1013 N. 2nd Decatur 3-2928 Frits Ellsworth GERS E R~ Sleets furniture 150-152 S. 2nd St. Phone 3-2602 Decatur FEDERAL LAND BANK FARM LOANS Thomas E. Williams, Mgr. Rose M. Gase, Field Office Clerk 216 S. 2nd St. Phone 3-3784 “FOR THE BEST AT C CLAIM TIME” il DURKE / INSURANCE SERVICE 239 N. 11th St. Phone 3-3050

time and the fear that is in the day and will bring sweetness and light into our lives. Yes, in Christ, we find peace and joy. Remember that the Bible says “there is no peace saith the Lord to the wicked.” , THIS WEEK’S BIBLE VERSE “Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through Lord Jesus Christ: By whckn also we have access by faith in this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” — Romans 5:1, 2. CLARK W. SMITH BUILDER “A Complete Home Building Service” Indiana’s leading trailer courts, Is located on highway U. S. 27 near the south cltv limits of Decatur, Ind. A modern laundry, outdoor playground, new indirect lighting, picnic area, a recreation building and a tennis court are provided for the convenience of the residents. Phone 3-9825 JOHNSON’S STUDIO Candid Weddings Portraits, Commercial, Baby & Confirmation. Roll Film Developing-All Kinds 110 S. 10th St. Decatur Miller’s Grocery Groceries, Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, Ice Cream 937 N. 2nd St. Phone 3-3307 Fleet-Wine- Products BEAVERS OIL SERVICE, INC. Dependable Farm Service Phone 3-2705 ROTH ELECTRIC Electric Heat & Wiring Home Komfort Insulation FWFE ESTIMATES Phone 6-5161 Monroe, Ind. i QUALITY PRODUCTS, Plus Courteous, Promnt Service. DIAL 3-2561 DECATUR READY-MIX CORP. ADAMS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op Berne - Williams - Monroe Pleasant Mills - Geneva Everything in Farm Supplies Treon’s Poultry Market Fresh Dressed Poultry Fresh Eggs — Free Delivery Phone 3-3717 SMITH DRUG CO. 149 N. 2nd St. Phone 3-3614 Your Rexall Drug Store “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go Into the house of the Lord.” Psalms 122:1. REYNOLDS ELECTRIC WEMHOFF MEMORIALS Hi-Way 27 - 33 N. Phone 3-2060

FEDERAL LAND BANK FARM LOANS Thomas E. Williams, Mgr.; Rose M. Gase, Field Office Clerk 216 S. Second St. Phone 3-3784

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PHOTOGRAPHY by Dave and Edith Cole EVERYTHING FOR YOUR WEDDING. Portraits Today Are Priceless Tomorrow. 1409 W. Monroe St. Call 3-3861 Gillig & Doan FUNERAL HOME Thomas N. Sefton, Mgr. STIEFEL GRAIN CO. PURINA CHOWS SEEDS — FERTILIZER Baby Chix Check-R-Mixing ■a am m amamamememammmmm HARMAN’S MKT. GROCERIES - MEATS PRODUCE 618 Adams St. Decatur BOWER Jewelry Store nttwwyi Diamond and Wedding Rings ■■■mama—maa—m—a—m— TEEPLE GENERAL TRUCKING Daily Service Between Fort Wayne and Richmond. Phone 3-2607 STUCKY FURNITURE CO. MONROE, IND. SMITH PURE MILK CO. Your Local Milk Merchant Grade “A” Dairy Products 134 S. 13th at Adams V. F. Hurst and Son ORNAMENTAL IRON WE FINANCE Phone 3-448! 104 N. 15th St. Decatur, Ind, GAY’S MOBIL SERVICE 13th and Monroe Sts. Phone 3-3609 1315 W. Adams Phone 3-2971 The First State Bank DECATUR, IND. Established 1883 Member F. D. I. C. Decatur Equipment Inc. I Sales and Service Hiway 27 North ||W Phone 3-2904 ADAMS COUNTY TRAILER SALES, Inc. NEW and USED TRAILERS Decatur, Ind. 803 N. 13th St. Phone 3-3138 LAWSON Heating — Plumbing Appliances Sales and Service Phone 3-3626 1835 W. Monroe St. If No Answer Call 3-4539 Tom Weis Men’s Wear QUALITY CLOTHING . - for MEN and BOYS 101 N. 2nd St. Phone 3-4115