Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1964 — Page 6

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Plan Hearings On Religious Issue

By LOHS CASSELS United Press International A congressional committee is about to disprove the political axiom that lawmakers shy away from religious controversy in an election year. Plunging headlong into one of the most divisive disputes in American religious life, the House Judiciary Committee has announced plans to begin public hearings sometime next month on proposed constitutional amendments to permit prayer and Bible reading in public schools. Before the committee are no less than 96 different measures which House members have introduced to overturn the 1963 Supreme Court ruling forbidding religious exercises in

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public schools. Die proposal with the strongest backing is sponsored by 5 Rep. Erank J. Becker. R-N. Y. 1 It would amend the Constitution ’ by adding these words: “Nothing in this Constitution shall be deemed to prohibit the , offering, reading from, or listening to prayers or biblical J scriptures. if participation therein is on a voluntary basis, in any government or public school, institution or public I place.” Celler Opposes Hearing Committee Chairman Emanui el Celler, D-N. ¥., supports the Supreme Court ruling and would like to give Becker’s amendment a quiet burial. But Celler is forced to go ahead with hearings because Becker has obtained the signatures of 161 House members on a discharge petition. If Becker could get 218 signatures —a majority of the House — the amendment would be taken out of the committee’s hands and brought directly to the floor for a vote. Congressional mail is reported to be running heavily in favor of the Becker amendment. Citizens groups have been formed in New York, California, Massachusetts and other states to campaign for restoration of prayer and Bible reading to public schools. The campaign has received the public blessing of Baptist evangelist Billy Graham, Catholic Cardinal Francis Spellman and Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike — three men who have rarely if ever before been found on the same side of a oublic issue. Opponents Are Organizing Opponents of the Becker amendment have been slower getting organized, but they are now beginning to make their voices heard on Capitol Hill. The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, representing the eight largest Baptist bodies in . the country, last week came out against the Becker amendment as a threat to religious liberty and church - state separation? This week, the American Jewish Congress denounced the amendment .as “the most serious challenge to the integrity of the Bill of Rights in American history.” Earlier, representatives of 24 Protestant denominations, attending a national conference on church and state convened by the National Council of Churches in Columbus, Ohio, voiced “acceptance and support of Supreme Court decisions insofar as they prohibit officially prescribed prayers and required devotional reading of the Bible in public schools.” The forthcoming hearings will give both sides an opportunity to show just how strongly they feel on this issue. It is doubtful whether any other public question arouses stronger emotions, pro and con—

Monroe Friends Church Vernon Rite’. pastor Sunday school £:* 1 a.m. William Zurcher, superintendent. Morning service 10:30 a.m. Evening service 7:30 p.m. Evangelistic service. This week will be the united Monroe community Holy Week services in the churches of the community at 7:30 p.m. daily.

Jerry Franz Earns Perfect 4 Average ADA. Ohio—Jerry L. Franz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle D. Franz, Monroe, was one of only 40 students on the Ohio Northern Vniversity campus to earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average for l the winter term just completed. Franz is a junior student majoring in the liberal arts, and is a graduate of Adams Central high. He is also a student assistant in the chemistry department, aiding in research being conducted by Dr Donald Bettinger, chairman of the department. Franz has been awarded a scholarship, and is known as the American Chemical society petroleum research fund scholar. St. Paul Lutheran Preble Norman H. Kuck, pastor Early service 8:15 a.m. Sunday school, Bible class 9:15 — am. Late service 10 a.m. Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren Dolar Ritchey, pastor Sunday School 9:30 Oscar Geisel, superintendent. Director of Children's Work, Ellen Ley sc. Morning Worship 10:30 Sermon subject, “King For a Day.” Evening services 7:30 Sermon subject. “The Suffering of Sin.” Holy Week services. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings with our Love Feast and Communion on Thursday evening 7:30 each evening. St. John United Church of Christ Vera Crux Robert R. Oleson, pastor 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service — Communion 7:00 p.m. Joint Youth Fellowship at St. Luke Church THURSDAY 7:30 p.m. Choir Practice FRIDAY 7:30 p.m. Midweek Lenten Service St. Luke United Church of Christ Honduras Robert R. Oleson, pastor 9:00 a.m. Worship Service,, Communion 10:00 a.m. Sunday school 7:00 p.m. Joint Youth Fellowship FRIDAY -- 7:30 “p.m. Midweek Lenten Service at St: John Church MT. ZION CHURCH 2 miles south of 224 on 101 9:30 — Sunday School. 10:30 — Class Meeting. 7:00 — Christian Endeavor. 7:30 — Evening Worship. 7:30 — Prayer Meeting. ST. PAUL MISSIONARY CHURCH (Located 2 miles East and 2 miles north of Monroe) Robert R. Welch, pastor 9:15 — Morning Worship. Rev. Clayton Steiner speaking. 10:15 — Sunday School. 7:00 — Evening Service. 8:00 — Choir Practice. Wednesday 7 00 — Praver and Bible Study. 7:00 — M.Y.F. and Children's Bible Hour. SALEM METHODIST Joseph Gibson, pastor The revival meetings are in progress, and much interest is shown by those attending. This Friday night there will be pictures of the Holy Land, shown by the evangelist, with a short sermon following. No service Saturday night . Sunday Services — Divine Worship at 9:30: Sunday School at 10:30; M. Y. -F. Evening Session at 6 p.m. t Evening evangelistic service at 7:30. The evangelist and song leader will be back with us again at this service, though they cannot be Sunday morning. Services will continue each night of next we°k at 7:30, except Saturday, with special services with pictures of the Holy Land and Calvary Friday night. The pastor states that anyone missing these special revival services does not know how much he is losing. < MT. TABOR METHODIST CHURCH Bobo / Albert Swenson, pastor 9:30 — Sunday School. Classes for all ages. 10:30 — Prayer and Praise service. There will be special Pre-Easter Union Services. The above churches will unite in Holy Week Services Albert Swens6n, pastor will be the speaker. Decatur Calvary E. U. B. Tues-, dav the 24th — 7:30. Mt. Tabor M. E. Wednesday the 25th. — 7:30. Decatur Calvary E. U B. Thursday 26th — 7:30. Mt. Tabor M. E. Friday the 27th — 7:30. There will be special songs and music at these services. We invite the churches andthe people to attend these special services. Come and enjoy good Christian Fellowship and receive a real Spiritual Blessing. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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PLEASANT MILLS . METHODIST Joseph Gibson, pastor Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Divine Worship Service at 10:30. All members are urged to go i to the revival meetings at Sa- ■ lem. RIVARRE CIRCUIT United Brethren in Christ John O. Goodwin, pastor 1 MT. VICTORY CHURCH 2 miles north of 224 on state line I 9:30 — Sunday School. 10:30 — Morning Worship. 7:30 — Wednesday, Prayer meeting. PLEASANT MILLS BAPTIST CHURCH Joe Carter, Interim pastor Lowell Noll, superintendent Sunday School — 9:30 a.m. Classes for all ages. Children’s classes in our McCoy Center. Worship — 10:30 a.m.. Palm Sunday “30 Pieces of Silver,” “An Offering of Love.” Jr. BY|F — 7:00 p.m. — Mrs. Lowell Noll. Worship — 7:30 p.m. Future Dates Easter Sunrise Services — March 29. Women's Missionary Salamonie Assn. Spring Conference at Bluffton — April Ist. UNION CHAPEL EVANGELICAL “The Chapel at the Crossroads” Kenneth P. Angle, pastor Leroy Walters, S. S. Supt. Devotions for all age levels — 9:00 am. Bible Lessons for all ages. — 9:15 a.m. Lesson Theme — “Two Men — Two Destinies.” Scriptures — Luke 23:32-43. Text of Lesson —1 John 1-9. No mission classes today. Divine worship for all groups. — 10:00 a.m. Anthem — “The Palms” by Von Berge. The Ladies’ choir. Sermon — “The Balm of Gilead.” Text — Jeremiah 8:22, Evening Worship Hour — 7:30 p.m. The film — “I Am The Resurrection”, will be shown to the public. Bring the family. Monday 2:30 p.m. — Pastor’s Membership class. 7:00' p.m. — Pastor’s Membership class. Wednesday 3:00 p.m. — No class at the parsonage. 7:30 p.m. — Home Prayer Time; at the home of Mrs. Gladys Koos, 738 Mercer Ave. Miss Janet Brown is the leader. 7:30 p.m.—Home Prayer Time; at the home of Mrs. Mary Sheets, R. 5, Decatur. Mrs. Homer Miller will be the leader tThursday 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion Service. The Film — “The Last Supper” will be shown to the public. Friday 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. — Good Friday Union Service at the First Methodist Church. The local Ministers will direct the meditation. 1:00 p.m. — Paster’s class at the church. Easter Sunrise service at 6.00 a.m. Easter Breakfast at 6:45 a.m. WREN CIRCUIT E. U. B. A. N. Straley, Pastor BETHEL 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Sermon: "Behold, Thy King Cometh!” WOOD CHAPEL 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship: Sermon: “Behold, Thy King Cometh!” THURSDAY WOOD CHAPEL 8:00 p.m. Service of Holy Communion FRIDAY BETHEL 8:00 p.m. Service of Holy Communion Salem United Church of Christ H. E. Settlage, Minister 9:00 Sunday school. Classes for all age groups '10:00 Palm Sunday Worship Service, baptism of infants. 7:30 Lenten Evening Service. Friday 7:30 Good Friday Worship Service. Sermon, “Three men Crucified.” Saturday 9:00 Confirmation Class Instruction. No Children’s Choir Rehearsal. Zion Lutheran Church (Friedheim) A. A. Fenner, pastor Divine Service at 9 o’clock with Comfirmation of children. Sunday school and Bible class after service. TUESDAY 7:00 p.m. Board of Education will meet. Church Council will meet at 8:00 p.m. THURSDAY 7:3Q p.m. Maundy Thursday evening service, with Holy Communiop. GOOD FRIDAY 10:00 a.m. Divine service with Holy communion. 7:30 p.m. Good Friday evening service with Holy communion.

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DECATUR CALVARY E. U. B. Six miles east and 1 Mile South of Decatur Albert Swenson, pastor 9:30 — Sunday School. 10:30 — Preaching Service. We invite you to share these services with us. t THE 1 SPEAKS ■■ 1 w afel !*i«raa*ioMl Uniiom How Two Men Died Lesson for March 22,1964 Background Scripture: Luke 2S :St-47, Derotioaal Readinc: Luke 23:«-5«. DEATH CAME to three men on the same afternoon. We cannot say that "as it must to all men, death came to these,” for the three died by cruel violence. They died, in fact, by being executed. It was a form of death that was meted

out only to the most degraded of men — traitors, slaves, the worst of criminals. The punishment was crucifixion. We have been so long accustomed to glamorized pictures of the cross that we forget

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how horrible it was. Naked men were fastened with nails to their crosses. No fatal blow was struck, the men were just left to die. Gradual loss of blood would bring on a torturing thirst, and death was slow in coming. Victims often took two or three days to die, and most men would go insane before the end came. Death without hope The two men crucified to the right and left of Jesus were marked as bad men, and would be considered dangerous in any country at any time. They were not “thieves” in the 20th century meaning of that word. The Greek word for them means robber, bandit. They were the kind of men who do not hesitate to commit murders in order to rob their victims. The police and the public breathe more easily when such men are executed. One of these men died as he had lived, his hand against every man’s. Hung up there to die, he F nt his bitter heart to the end. • oever had condemned him to be crucified was not now out there in the crowd. This robber hated people without reason. So he turned against Jesus and picking up what the mob was shouting, he spoke mocking words to the dying Jesus. Ridicule can hurt more deeply than harsh words and curses. The bandit’s partner on the other side joined for a while in the Jeers (Matthew and Mark both recall that the two men; taunted Jesus) but changed his mind; this bandit kept his bitterness and died in it. Death under a premise The other victims were just as dead, when sunset came, as this angry outcast. But they came to their end in a quite different way. Consider the other bandit. He was just as bad a man as his partner on the far cross; he admitted guilt: for both of them, acknowledged, that what they suffered, they deserved. Somehow he knew that the man on the central cross did not belong there. Whether this bandit had ever heard of Jesus, or seen him before we do not know. But criminal though he was, he had a clearer insight into the situation than all the high priests. He has done nothing wrong, he said. And then he says a strange thing to Jesus. Remember me when you come in your kingdom! he said. Jesus answers the faith with a promise: Today you will be with me in Paradise. Just as simple as making a lunch date. Under that promise he died, not in bitterness like his partner in crime, but in hope and faith. Christians from then to now die as other men die, yet not as other men in spirit. For every Christian dies under a promise: “I am the Life.” The hour of hop* All sorts of gloomy things are said about death, and we are supposed to feel bitter about it. But Christians know better. Grace Noll Crowell wrote a poem about death, and she called it “This is His night.” Saint Paul, first Christian to put on record his thoughts about death, calls it a departure, —going to “be with the Lord.” Death is not merely what so many millions think it js, the end of all things. It is the end of a great deal, to be sure; but it is actually a commencement. Death ends many things but it does not end you. If that first bandit’s spirit survived death —and we believe it did—what kind of future would he have? If the second man’s spirit survived—and Jesus assured him it would—what kind of future would he have? Luke tells the story; he leaves us to draw our own conclusions.

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THE /DEAL HOME Rev. James R. Meadows How beautiful the moral principle that governs it, or however amiable the character and conduct of those who comprise it, home cannot be truly and lastingly happy and the producer of men and women of beautiful character unless it is built on the eternal principles of Christianity. Homing must be one of the elemental principles of humanity, since prehistoric man first provided a cave in the hills for the protection of his wife and for the care and comfort of their children. Home! The sweetest place in all the world for most people, the foundation of our civilization, the bedrock of a Christian commonwealth, is threatened by forces today more malignant and vigorus than ever before. The Christian home is a home operated by Christian principles. This means that the objectives of all in the home are not merely happiness, social standings success, prosperity or pleasure. It is a home in which the teachings of Jesus are believed and practiced. Established for the glory of God; it is a unit of the Kingdom of Heaven, on earth. “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousMonroe Methodist Church Charles E. Elam Pastor 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:00 a m. Children’s Choirs 10:30 a.m. Church School 11:00 a.m. Youth Choir 6:30 p.m. M. Y. F. 7:30 p.m. Evening Service. Talent Night with various musical numbers. Mon., 7:30 p.m. Holy Week Service at Monroe Friends Church Tues., 7:30 p.m. Holy Week Service at St. Paul’s Missionary Church Wed., 3:40 'p.m. Youth Lenten Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Holy Week Service at our own church Thurs., 1:30 p.m. Monroe W. C. T. U. at Mrs. Lynn Poorman 7:30 p.m. Holy Week Service at Pl. Valley Wesleyan Methodist church Fri., 1:30 p.m. Good Friday Service at Monroe United Brethren church Sat., 9:00 a.m. M. Y. F. Car Wash and Bake Sale 10:00 a.m. Membership Training Class — —

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