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Barlet ‘Wedding
Candlelight Ceremony Set| | For Central Christian ~ Nuptials Tonight
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ried to P. Leslie Barlet, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Barlet, 3527 Evergreen Ave, in a candlelight ceremony at 8:30 o'clock this evening in the Central Christian Church, Dr. J. Ambrose Dunkel will omciate at the single ring ceremony be. | fore an altar banked with greenery. White tapers will light the church and pink tulle bows will ‘mark the pews. The entire. color scheme of the wedding will pe carried out in shades .of pink. Robert Stofer, Columbus, Ind, will play*organ selections including “Ich Liebe Dich,” “Liebestraum,” “At Dawning” and, during he ceremony, “To a Wild Rose.” Chester WwW Bend, the bride’s cousin, will ae Love ao Ey,” “Because” and “O
Voorhis Photo. Mr. and Mrs. L, C. Litten announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Frances, to Harold Trout, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Trout of Franklin. The bride was graduated from DePauw University and is a member of Delta Zeta Sorority. Mr. Trout attended Franklin College and is affliated with Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity. The wedding will be Sept. 3 at the home of the bride-to-be’s parents. :
. Bride Will Wear Pink
W. D. C. Leader The bride, who will enter the
Names Aids for church with her father, will wear
& gown of pale pink sash {Coming Season with leg 0’ mutton sleeves exte into points over the hands, a draped : neckline and bodice cut on princess lines buttoning down the back. The 8kirt of the gown falls into a long train and she will wear a wreath of tiny pink rosébuds in her hair from which a long veil of pale pink tulle will cascade. Her bridal bouquet will be of gardenias, ‘Sweet= heart roses and larger pale pink roses with a shower of pale pink safin ribbons and rosebuds. - Mrs. George E. Oburn, matron of honor, will be gowned in blush pink net over taffeta, made with a bouffant hoop skirt, fitted bodice, tiny puffed sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. She will wear dmatching pink flowers in her hair and will carry a bouquet of pink roses in a slightly deeper shade than her dress with matching tulle streamers. The bridesmaids, Mrs. Richard A. Ferguson, Mrs. Jean Waller, Mrs. S. Walker Downing and Miss Margue‘rite Ham, will wear pale pink net gowns over taffeta, styled like the matron of honor’s, with matching flowers in their hair and arm bouquets of deeper pink roses and snapdragons with matching tulle streamers. Jean Waller will serve as best man and ushers will include Richard A. Ferguson, George E. Oburn, William McWorkman and Harrison Green. a . After the .ceremony, a reception will be held at the Banister home. A white cut work cloth will cover the wedding table ahd the threetiered wedding cake will stand on 8 plateau of gardenias and Sweetheart roses. _ Chooses Black Costume " Miss. Banister has. chosen a eostume suit of black sheer wool trimmed in satin as her going-away' ensemble. She will wear black accessories and a corsage of gardenias and Eweetheart roses. The couple will take a trip North and will be at home after Sept. 5 at 3527 Evergreen Ave. | Among out-of-town guests at the wedding will be Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Hill and Miss Virginia Hill, Chicago; Mr, and Mrs. Frank Ackels, Mr. and Mrs. James Wright, Jack Wright and Mrs. M. E. Baker, Hobbs, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Decker and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Townsend, Lafayette; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ham and Edwin Ham, Markleville; Miss Mary Hinkle, Louisville; Silas Kivett and Stan. ley Terhune, Martinsville; Lowell Green , Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Barr Montgomery and Miss Eloise Morris, Rushville; Mrs. Stephen Ogden and Mr. and Mrs, Vincent Ogden, St. Prancisville, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. will Smith and Rex Smith, Goshen; Miss Genevieve Verbarg, North Vernon; Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Waggonner and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Waggonner, South Bend, and Miss Loretta Waggonner, Commiskey, >
JANE JORDAN-
; BAR JANE JORDAN—May I say a few. words to the unmarried " 1J mother whose letter was in Friday's Times? Some years ago I was in the same position you are in except that I was not able to keep my baby. I was very poor, sick, and alene; so I let him go. ' But do you know what life has been for me since, and what it will be for you if you abandon your baby? Many times when you sit down to eat, the thought will come to you, “Is he hungry? Does ‘enough to eat?” . Be rier your soul so sick you will be unable to breathe, you will feave the table, You will walk down a strange street, see a child with the same general coloring of your own baby, stop, look into its little face, and your heart will cry, “Is this my baby?” In the winter you will see little ones insufficiently clothed, ungloved hands red and raw, lips cracked and blue, and think, “Is. that my child?” And you won’t know. : All you can do to ease that pain is to take one of those children and dress it with the prayer that someone will do the same for yours. So many children are injured in accidents. You'll read about them, and if the age is the same as your child, how will you know it is not your own? My boy is rapidly growing out of childhood. Will he be the good, honest man I have dreamed of, or will he be a thief, or worse? Either way, I will never know. You can still make a suosess of your life if you let your baby go. 1 have. But the longing for my baby is a burning, unhealed wound. I am not wise enough to tell you whéther to keep your baby or let it go, because it is only the baby you can consider. I only know what your own life will be. Maybe there are fllegitimate children whose mothers kept them and others whose mothers let them go, who can give J help opinions. om think-. sincerely hope you e right solution. ing of you, and ely ope J LONELY MOTHER. : os = 8 3 ® #2 = —Althotigh you have not asked for advice, I should like to make EY which I hope you will accept. Do not be so rd on yourself. If you had kept your baby under the circumbard © you would have had an even worse problem to face. You would have had to stand by, a helpless witness, while your child was subjected to the cruelty of society’s attitude toward those born out of wedlock. You would have seen him humiliated by other children, excluded from certain groups, embarrassed at eal. and would have concluded that there are worse things than La » i om that your child is neither hungry nor cold.
: opted, you may be sure that his foster parents I he was in BA and made to prove their fitness and
wer ; : a child. Suppose you knew that the child Snankial abl of in that people who would otherwise have been ld jess, look upon him as a gift from the gods, and are grateful ou fof having him? What would you condemn yourself for then? love unmarried mother faces a dilemma in which she pays a Fhe ue no matter what she does. If she sees to it that it is heavy and not the child who pays the price, she has a right to
for the 1939-40 year of the Womai's Department Club were annqunce today by Mrs. Clayton H. Ridge, president. Committee ‘heads are Miss Mary Beatrice Whiteman, aids to the president; Mrs. Charles H. Smith, birthday party; Mrs. John W. Thornburgh, bulletin; Mrs, Felix T. McWhirter, courtesy; Mrs. Philip A. Keller, curator; Mrs. Louis A. Fleury, door; Mrs. Alvin T. Coates, honorary chairman, and Mrs. Everett M. Schofield, chairman, educational funds. Others are: Mrs. William C. Bartholomew, house and grounds; Mrs.
R. O. McAlexander, foundation fund; Mrs. Fred L. Pettijohn, charter members; Mrs. John Roscoe Cirry, investigation of members; Mrs. Jerome H. \Trunkey, prospective members; Mrs. J. H. Hellekson, life members. A Also named were Mrs. George W. Bowman, music; Mrs. Othniel Hitch, nomjnations; Mrs. Everett M. Schofield, program; Mrs. Helen Talge Brown, publicity; Mrs. Frank C. Walker, President’s' Day; Mrs. Hugh J. Baker, annual day; Mrs. Philip A. Keller, rentals; Mrs. E. C. Rumpler, revisions; Mrs. Lewis G. Ferguson, ushers; Mrs. Albert J. Hueber, yearbook; Mrs. Alvin C. Barbour, roster; Mrs. Myron Jay Spring, distribution; Mrs. F. Frances Rumple, telephone, and Mrs. Ira M Holmes, tea. ;
“Thirteen Boy’ to Hav
Twice 13 as Guests
No believer in superstitions is George Richard Jenkins. He will celebrate his 13th birthday tomorrow, Aug. 13, with a party at which he will entertain 26 guests, 13 girls and 13 boys. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jenkins, 1536 Olive St. n Guests will include Boots Cliber, Willamae Blume, Laverne and Norma Loman, Rose Hollinbaugh, Doris Horne, Betty Docktor, Betty Abrams, Bonnie [Craig, Betty Gossett, Betty Archer,| Doris and Alice Hommel, Charles, Adams, Sonny Longier, Donald Mason, Ralph, Donald, Marshall and Charles Ellis, Dickie and Bobby Steele, Sonny and Carl Woolwine, Paul Ammot and Buddy Hoyt.
Seyfried Wedding Held
Miss Helen Frances Seyfried, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, August Seyfried, 921 Pleasant Run Blvd, North Drive, and James Bartel, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bartel, 2510 S. New Jersey St., will be married today.
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Chairmen of standing committees.
Carl J. Weinhardt, institute; Mrs.
Miss Schricker Honor Guest at Shower Tonight
Supper Party Arranged Tomorrow Night for Jane Crawford.
The prenuptial wheel whirls even more gaily as week-end parties for local brides-to-be hold the spotlight in the social scene. - Miss Margaret Schricker, daughter of Lieut. Gov. and Mrs. Henry PF. Schricker, whose marriage to Dr. Lewis C. Robbins will be Aug. 24, will be entertained tonight at a miscellaneous shower at the home of Miss: Christine Carlson, 3555 Salem St. Guests with the bride-to-be and her mother will include the Misses Cecilia Hendricks, Martha Martz, Dorothy Smith and Mary Jane Tharp, Bloomington; Miss Dorothy Shideler and Miss Catherine Lanham, Greenshurg; Miss Charlotte Martin and Miss Betty Arnsman, Lebanon; Miss Juliana Walton, Atlanta; Miss Barbara Gast, Akron; Miss Jean Schmalz, Barrington, Ill; Miss Doris Seward, Huntington; Misses Margery Dudley, Harriett Ann Fee, Helen Oliger, Jo Anne Harrold, Marjorie Held, Florence Carlson and Mesdames Orville T. Fox and O. R. Carlson. : ss = = Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hockensmith, 22 W. 21st St., will entertain. tomorrow night with a small supper party at their home in honor of Miss Jane Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Crawfor 2863 N. Pennsylvania St. : Miss Crawford and Richard Weidig, son of Mrs. Martella Weidig, 1603 Central Ave. will be married Sunday, Aug. 20, in the Propylaeum..
: ” » 2 Mrs. Thomas B. Noble Jr. and Mrs. Preston Woolf will entertain for Miss Mary Beth King, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. King, 501 (N
Sutheriand Ave., with a personal shower and tea tomorrow afternoon in the garden at the Noble home, 4800 Michigan Rd.
Miss King and George Martin Li
Ferry, Hartford, Conn., will be married Sept. 7 in Hartford. Guests at the tea will include Mesdames M. L.
Fogarty, Ralph Coble, David Arnett, |B
King, Harold Ferry, Lawrence Cummins Jr., Richard Bearss, Clyde
Bowers, .Samuel Chase, John Utley, |
W. B. Butler, W. H. Hoover, W. R. Bassett, M. V. Monahan and the Misses Louise Fogarty, Dorothy and. Betty Reed, Dorothy and Martha Shepherd, Dorothy, Virginia and
Louise Keene, Cecilia and Mary|
Louise Drew, Elizabeth and Julia Sullivan, Helen Leppert, Mary Catherine Markey, Jane Butler, Geraldine Johnson and Margaret Koes-
ters.
Miss Doris Breedlove, daughter of |; °r¢
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Breedlove, 1839 Barth Ave, whose marriage to Paul A. Brassle, Lafayette, will be Sept. 23, will be entertained at a garden party this afternoon at the home of Miss Marian and Miss Norma White, 3680 Birchwood Drive. Decorations will be carried out in the bridal colors of blue and silver. Guests with the bride-to-be and her mother will include Mrs:-Ralph 4A. Brassie, Lafayette, the “bridegroom-to-be’s mother; Mesdames Marshall Joyce, Garrold Smith, Claude Collins, Marvin Edwards, Herman Schmidt, Julius Richards, George Hardin, Joseph Seerley, William J. Swisher, George Clayton and Helen Gangel; Misses Marie Haupt, Helen Branham, Virginia Russett, Hannah Sullivan, Lucille Davis, Fannie Rappaport, Luella Johnson, Eleanor Kottkamp, Lucille Gray, Inez Smith, Mildred Simon, Florence Pfeiffer, Marie Fox, Margaret Wattness, Ruth Timmons, Hazel Jordan, Mary Kreasig, Helen Collins, Helen Wilson, Wilma Mae Schakel, Mary Kalff, Dorothy Ann Young, Emily Hensley, Louise Ollinger, Norma Mae Brasgie, Mary Baker and Iris Breedlove.
Nay-Pennington Vows Are Read
Palms and candelabra formed a background for the marriage today in the North Methodist Church of Miss Jean Caroline Pennington, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Pennington, to Dr. Richard M. Nay. The Rev. C. A. McPheeters officiated at the double ring ceremony. Dr. Nay is the son of Mrs. Susan B. Nay, Muncie. White point d’esprit in princess lines over slipper satin was chosen by the bride. The fingertip veil was caught to a lace cap adorned with a spray of gardenias anc lilies of the valley. She carried a white ivorybound Bible topped with an orchid. Dr. Pennington gave his daughter in marriage. ‘ .Miss Julia Ann Pennington was her sister’s maid of honor and wore a white imported dotted Swiss gown over taffeta and trimmed in rose
velvet ribbon. She carried American |
Beauty roses. Miss Mary Jane Steeg and Miss Kathryn Frost, bridesmaids were gowned similarly to the maid of honor. They all wore small white caps trimmed with flowers. Hubert B. Nay attended his brother as best man. Ushers were Dr. George Byfield, Chicago; Dr. Jed Pearson, Chicago; Dr. Foster Montgomery and Dr. Carl Culbertson, The couple left for Wisconsin following the ceremony.
EVENTS
SORORITIES Sigma . Lambda Chi. 7:30 p. m. Mon. Miss Dorothy Miller, 4128 N. Dearborn, hostess.
CLUBS
E.T.C. 2 p. m. Mon. Miss Eleanor Humes, 3528 College Ave., hostess. Cervus. Mon. Mrs. Mort Nichols, country home in Franklin, hostess. Covered dish luncheon. Chartered bus to leave termina at 9:30 a. m. ?
LODGES ; J Megrew Auxiliary, United Spanish + War Veterans. 8 p. m. Mon. Ft. JFrisndly, 512 N. Illinois. Mrs. Josephine Hanna, president. § —————————————— a.
Lois Holder Is Bride Miss Lois Evelyn Holder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Estel Holder, 1325 W. 31st St., will become the bride of Henry Campbell, son of Mr. and
‘| Mrs, Gifford Campbell, Evansville,
in a ceremony to be performed toaa by
"| Kinley: Winchester, George W.
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INDIANA 90 Nazarene Pastors for| State Named,
North Indiana Meeting
_At Anderson Makes Assignments.
Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 12—
the Nazarene, Northern Indiana dis.
Montgomery of Ft. Wayne announced today. ; At the same time, Mr. Montgom-
voted $50,000 of a $250,000 central educational endowment for Olivet College, Olivet, Ill, and had elected 12 ministers and 12 laymen as delegates to the international convention at Kansas City, Mo.
follows;
Albany, E. L. Stafford; Alexandria, John Ww. Wells: Anderson Pirst, Fred Thomas; East Side, C. 3 Templin;
Steph : ford; Columbia Crawfordsville, ony and, Don irk ur, Pau ran rry: Dun Lunsford: East Chicago, Elkhart First, C. C. and Fl Breese, Charles Stone; w Elzey; Farmland, Harold Priddy. Upstate Pulpits Filled + Wayne First, C. W. Henderson; East Side. Joseph Trueax; South Side, Paul Updike; West Side, Leo C.- Johnston; Frankfort, J. B. Miller; Gary First, L. B Mathews; Glen Park, J. G. T:
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, J. G. Towriss; Goshen, Mollie Magie Hoot; Hammond First, . B. Herrell; Woodlawn, T. J. Beam: Harris Chapel, Suel Moore; Hartford Cay. Marion Brown; Hillsboro, Arvin. Simon: Hobart, W. O. Welton: Huntington, J. W. Roach: Indiana Harbor, Everett Holcomb; Kendallville, Rose Stevens; Kokomo, F. C. Savage: Lafayette, Howard Long; La Porte, ola Roberts; Lebanon, J. P. Rowland; Ligonier (Collins Memorial), O. T. Hus bartt: Logansport, George D. Christian: Lovell, P, A. Wesche; Lynn, Loren Pendry. : Marion, Marion W. Kem
. , . Senn; Noblesville, O. . Moore; North Manchester, Samuel Roberts; Ossian, E. L. Marshman; Otterbein, = Russell = York: Parker, Claude E. Lykins: People’s Church, Glenn Deckard: Peru, Clarence T. Fleetwood; Plymouth, ‘A. R. Meyer. Three Missionaries Named
Redkey. John . Harrold; Ridgeville, Charles Porter; Royal Center, Robert Harris; South Bend, Floyd E. Cole; State Line, Oliver Pierce; Sugar Grove, Evelyn Cuney: Teftt, uits: Tipton, Prank d Toone;
Val- , Ellswd cker; Whiting. J. O. MeBrannon; Yorktown,
h Hunt; Hubartt;
Missionaries: Argentina. IL. D. an Florence Lockwood;, Portuguese East Africa, Mary E. Cooper: chaplain, United States Army, Lieut. C. R. Mattison. ———————————————————
Students Set Faith Forum
Bethany Session Precedes Fall Term Opening.
Wolcottville, O. T Bright
The beginning of the fall semester in Indiana colleges will be preceded by an interdenominational meeting of students from all parts of the state for fellowship and religious inspiration. Sessions of the Indiana Christian Students’ Association will be at Bethany Park, Brooklyn, Ind. Aug. 23 to 217. “The Development of Christian Personality” is the theme of discussions to be led by the Rev. Robert T. Beck ‘of New Castle, Ind. First Christian Church pastor and Disciples of Christ state board of education member. Speakers will include Dean J. F. Cady of Franklin College; the Rev. George Ainger, Terre Haute; the Rev. Merrill B. McFall, Indiana University; Dr. E. C. McKown, Evansville College; the Rev. and Mrs. William McFadden, Purdue University, and Prof. Robert La Follette, Ball State Teachers’ College. Students from Ball State will sponsor discussions on denominational issues and Evansville College students on race relations. An interfaith forum will be conducted by an Indiana University group. _ A choir, music appreciation programs, handcrafts, photography and various forms of recreation will be allotted time. i
Robert Daniel of the Indiana Uni-|
versity department of psychology, is conference chairman and Kenneth Brooks of Indianapolis, association treasurer.
1. U. Wesley Group Gets New Pastor
The Rwv. Mr. McFall is to be Wesley Foundation pastor at Indiana University. He and Mrs. McFall have already moved into the foundation’s house at Bloomington and are planning with Dr. C. Howard Taylor, foundation director, for the arrival of students this fall. The Rev. Mr. McFall, whose father formerly was pastor of the Central Avenue Methodist ‘Church in Indianapolis, was assigned to Bloomington by Bishop Titus Lowe after a period as pastor of the Crown Point Methodist Church. He is a graduate of DePauw University and Boston University School of Theology. : The other Wesley Foundations in the state will be under the same direction as last year. The Rev. and Mrs. McFadden will remain at Purdue and Mrs. Josephine Froyd will continue at Ball State.
Lead Volunteers
At Indiana Central
Officers of the Student Volunteers at Indiana Central College are Miss Waveline Babbitt, president; Miss Ruth Howard, secretary-treasurer, and Miss Frances Brown, program chairman, all three from Indianapolis. David Livengood of Warsaw is vice president.
'SOULS' TO BE STUDIED All Christian: Science Churches will study the lesson-sermon subject, “Soul” tomorow
Ninety ministers of the Church of |
trict, have been assigned pastorates|¥ for the coming year, the Rev. J. W.|&
ery announced that the district had |:
The pastoral assignments are as -
Mr. Quill and Miss McGrath . . . They follow mother and 2 F 2 #
St. John Bosco Ma Youth Work Here|
Patron of
LEAD C. Y. O. SPIRITUAL LIFE
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“There are reasons why St. John Bosco seems the most suitable
R.|saint for adoption as C. ¥. O. patron,” a dimunitive young lady who is
seriously concerned with the matter announced today.
She is Miss Deette McGrath of the St. Thomas Aquinas parish, chairman of the spiritual commit-
"| tee of the city-wide Catholic Youth
Organization Council. : Not only Miss McGrath, but others of her committee lean toward the selection of St. John Bosco. The young people have been busily thumbing through the Catholic Encyclopedia and other religious books in the new Catholic Reading Room
N. and the city and state libraries in
an effort’ to saint.
- The spiritual committee appointed by Hugh M. Quill, council president,
decide an a patron
d| in addition to Miss McGrath, are
Misses Carolyn Neff, Josephine Venezia and Rosemary Mariutto.
When asked why St. John Bosco was in greater favor as CY. O. patron than others among the canonized, Miss McGrath explained that he was a great friend of youth, the Father Flanagan of his day, the
tury. » John _ Bosco ered. girls ahd: boys from the’
streets of Italian towns into clubs and classes, entertained them, taught them and helped them to master trades so they could earn their way afterward,” she reported. ~The spiritual committee expects soon to announce the discovery of a prayer which may be used for opening and closing C. Y. O. meetings. With this end in view they are doing a bit of research among prayers collected for Catholic Action groups. Other projected activities of the spiritual committee are assistance to soladities, the fostering of C. Y. O. communion days and communion breakfasts and inter-parish religious observances. Miss McGrath's previous experi-
ence includes terms as prefect of
the sodality of St. John’s Academy and president of the Students’ As$bciation for Catholic Action, a citywide inter-school, spiritual group of about 700 members now part of the C. Y. O. Her mother also was sodality prefect and her aunt is a Sister of Providence. Mr. Quill is a former Butler University Newman Club president and now is president of the Shamrock Club, social service organization at Washington St. and Arsenal Ave. The grandfather with whom he lives has not missed mass on Sunday or feast days in more than a quarter century. The C. Y. O. sponsors a varied recreational program but its mo-
tive, as expressed by local officials,
SUNDAY SCHOOL 'LESSON
is spiritual, based on the belief that religion and the church are the center from which all activities and interests should radiate.
Reading Room’s Formal Opening Set
The Catholic Information Bureau and Reading Room at Capitol Ave. and Georgia St. will be formally opened early in September.
It is now in use in the old St. John's Grade School, where many Indianapolis people once attended classes. = The corner room, used for the new library, has been freshly decorated and furnished. The long, old fashioned window frames and woodwork have been enameled in antique iyory and venetian blinds, hung. Tables, chairs and lamps have been installed. Books in gay, colorful jackets and others with worn bindings and magazines ‘and ‘pamphlets fill the shelves and racks. Readers find there general information concerning the Catholic Church and its activities, along with reference material on Christian doctrine, philosophy, church history, economics and the social sciences. A union catalog to Catholic literature in public libraries and collected. news clippings of Catholic
ps \nterest is available. .
The bureau promises special aid to. study clubs and preparation of reading courses, It is indorsed by the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis and sponsored by the Catholics of the city.
® 8 & 40 Women to Join In. Marian Retreat
Miss’ Mary Ryan is chairman of a retreat for 40 Catholic women at Marian College beginning Friday and ending Sunday. Conferences will be conducted by the Rev. Fr. Ethelbert Harrington, O. FP. M. of the Franciscan ion: astery at Oldenburg, Ind. and sponsored by the Infernational Federation of Catholic Alumnae. The Rev. Fr. John J. Doyle, Ph.D. Marian College chaplain and moderator of lay retreats, expresses sat-
isfaction’ in ‘the steady growth of the retreat movement in the state.
Text: Il Chronicles 26:3-5, 14-21
By WILLIAM E. GILROY, D.D, © - Editor of Advance
NE may say for the comfort of
those who have to teach this lesson
on Uzziah, “the king who forgot God,” that it is a most difficult lesson to teach. One wonders at times why, with so many fine passages in the Bible which are clear and beyond any question as te their meaning and their application to life today, the distinguished Christian leaders who have selected the lessons should have gone so far out of their
way culties. It is not often that one has such a complaint to make concerning the lessons, for most of them are at least very clear in their application. But if any teacher feels himself in difficulties with this lesson, he may take some comfort from the fact that commentators, like the present writer, also do not find it easy: The facts as recorded in the lesson are simple. 'Uzziah began to reign as King of Judah when he was 16 years old, and he reigned for 52 years. On the whole his rule is recorded as good, and it is stated that it was right in the eyes of the Lord “according to all that his father Amaziah had done.” We are told also that he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, and that as long as he sought God he prospered. But the record goes on to say that when he was strong and his heart was lifted up, he turned from this good course and acted corruptly. 7 ‘ It is especially charged against him that he went into the temple t6 burn incense upon the altar. The priests, who regarded this” as their sacred and holy right, strongly opposed him, and we are told when Uzziah was angry and was proceed ing with the censer in his hand to
burn incense he was suddenly
stricken h leprosy. Sis The s leaves one with some embarrassing, questions. The record
choose a passage which inevitably involves questions and diffi-
offense a real sin, an ‘act of paganism, or was it merely an ecclesiastical offense, a matter of authority and privilege? It is easy, of course, to modernize the lesson and make it'a case of the head of the state invading and interfering in the offices of religion and to have an offense against our modern American idea of the separation of church
land state, But somehow, one would
like to have Uzziah’s side of the story. Did a king so noble and good, whose reign was so fraught with all that was fine and progressive, suddenly become so arrogant a’ sinner that leprosy was the natural and just punishment? = ; Also, are we to teach the young that when they do wrong judgment will come upon them thus quickly and severely? The Bible itself, in its whole teaching, is in conflict with Shit laa. It teaches clearly enough that sin finds man out, and that evil-doing inevitably and surely brings evil consequences. But it also teaches that these are not always apparent. ; of the wicked flourishing an spreading himself like the green bay tree, while at the same time it presents to us the saints of God suffering cruelly and unjustly, but ‘sacrificially, for the sins of others. If we are to teach a lesson like
we have was probably written by
this with any realism, it must be in
| same area included in the former
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of this larger exf the Bible.
TS TO FINISH MERGER
4 Conferences Scheduled ; ;
‘Social Gospel’ on Radio
Father Fussenegger Named Vice President of Cathalic Charities for Nation; Dr. Backus to Lead | Forum at American Unitarian Session.
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By EMMA RIVERS MILNER : The final unification of Indiana Methodism will be completed
next month.
But it will take four separate conferences to arrange last details
and finish the task.
The first of the four is the Indiana Conference of the former Methodist Protestant Church at that denomination’s camp ground near | Marion, Aug. 16 to 20. About 100 churches will be represented.
This will be this conference's 100th session and its last. It will be presided over for the first time in its existence by a.bishop, James H. Straughn of Baltimore, assigned at the Kansas City Uniting Conference last April to assist in the coordination of Methodist Protestant Work in the (united) Methodist
The Methodist Protestants withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1828 because they insisted ‘upon lay representation in church conferences. After both the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South had accepted lay representation, the three communions were combined as the Methodist Church at Kansas City. Among Indianapolis people attending the Methodist Protestant Conference are Bisho Titus Lowe, who will preac on Sunday; W. S. Arnold, who will preside at the camp ground association meeting, and Mrs. J, E. Andrews of the Broadway Methodist Church who will address the women’s missionary meeting on Thursday. The Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Skidmore, Rev. and Mrs. Ray Stanton, Carl Hastings and Mrs. Gertrude Bettner will also be-present. On Aug. 21, the day after the Methodist Protestant Conference closes, all its ministers from the séction of the state north of U. S. 40 and east.of the Michigan Road will meet at thé First Methodist Church in Marion with pastors from the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Together they will form the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church with Bishop Lowe presiding. Bishiop Lowe will again preside when the Northwest Conference of the united church is formed at Trinity Church, Lafayette, Ind. Sept. 11, Ministers of the former Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant churches north of U. S. 40 and west of the Michigan Road will comprise that conference. The fourth of the group of final conferences necessary to complete Indiana unification will be made at the Broadway Church here Sept. 13. It is the Indiana Conference of the former Methodist Episcopal Church and embraces Indianapolis and all the state south of U. S. 40. Ministers of the former Methodist Protestant Church of the section will attend as full members. No special session of this conference was necessary for the unification. The boundaries of the three new conferences will be the same as the three conferences of the former Methodist Episcopal Church.
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The Rev. Fr. August Fussenegger will - serve as vice president of the National Conference of Catholic Char-: ities for 1939-40. He was elected this week at the conference which he and the Rev. Fr. Charles Schoettelkotte are attending at Denver. Miss Marian L. Griffin. case supervisor for the Indianapolis Catholic Charities Bureau, was made vice president of the conference family division, Father Fussenegger is director of the bureau here. Father Schoettelkotte is his , assistant and C. Y. O, director, ! 2 =» =
‘Social Gospel’ Gets WIRE Hearing
A new departure from the usual early morning devotions over WIRE
is announced for next week by the Indianapolis Chureh Federation,
The Rev. Francis H. Tetu, social service executive for the Indianapolis Episcopal Diocese and vicar of St. George’s Episcopal Church will give a series of talks based on the
Presbyterian Synod, will be the speaker tomorrow morning. Wallace Street Presbyterian Church--William T. Allen, moderator of the Indianapolis Presbytery, and elder of the Westminster Church, will make the morning address at 8 a. m. ; Memorial Presbyterian Church— The Rev. Harry G. Rowe will fill the pulpit tomorrow at 10:45 a. m. Fairview Presbyterian Church— Seward 8. Craig will speak tomorrow at 9:30 a. m. University Park Christian Church —Bert Wilsom will speak at 10:25 a. m, tomorrow. : Central Christian Church—The Rev. Willard Wickizer of the United Christian Missionary Society will
“Helping Churches to Help Themselves,” tomorrow at 9:30 a. m.
ita Perry, age 12, will read a play for the C. F. B. Class tomorrow morning and the Rev. C. B. Coombs of the Coombs Bible College will speak on “Christ, the Master Salesman.” : ; Third Christian| Church—The Rev. Harlie L. Smith, executive secretary of the Disciples of Christ Board of Higher Education, will deliver the morning sermon tomorrow. St. Paul Methodist Church—The Rev. I. L. Brugman will preach on “The Christian’s Equipment” at 9:20
a. m. : Central Avenue Methodist Church —Dr. John G. Benson, Methodist Hospital superintendent, will deliver the sermon at the unified summer service tomorrow at 10 a. m. ’ Roberts Park Methodist Church— The Rev. George M. Smith will preach on “Five Crowns” at the
Smith served as pastor of this church eight years and afterward as Methodist Hospital supeérintendent. Young people will be in charge of the 7:30 p. m. service when the Rev. Elmer L. Harvey, Broadway Methodist associate pastor, will be the speaker. ? : Downey Avenue Christian Church —Dr. G. I. Hoover, executive secretary of the Indiana Christian Mis« sionary Association, will speak on “The Great Refusal” tomorrow morning, ; } : » ” 2 2 Rabbis, 8 Pastors
Back From Vacations
Dr. Sidney Blair Harry, Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church pastor, will preach on “Full Grown”
cation spent touring parts of Canada and New England and visiting the New York World Fair. Dr. Harry is one of several city ministers who are returning to take up their work. ! Rabbi Elias Charry of Beth-El Zedeck Temple is at home again after traveling in the East. So is Cantor Myro Glass. Cantor Glass has begun choir rehearsals looking toward the high holy days, the Jewish New Year, which begins Sept. 14. Dr. Morris M. Feuerlicht, Indian-
: apolis Hebrew Congregation spirit-
ual director, has returned from Atlantic City where he spent his vacation and is in charge of the temple. His assistant, Rabbi Maur=ice Goldblatt, is at" Petoskey, Mic “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills” will be the subject of Dr. C. A. McPheetérs’ sermon at the North Methodist Church tomorrow morhing. Dr. McPheeters spent his vacation in Canada and Yellowstone Park. “An Honest Confession—a Good Beginning” will be the subject of Dr. Richard M. Millard’s sermon at the Broadway Methodist Church tomorrow morning, the first since his return from the Great Smokies.
The Rev. E. Burdette Backus is scheduled to lead::: vesper service at the Golden Gate Exposition and a panel discussion at the General Con-
“social gospel” Monday through Saturday beginning at 6:30 a. m. The speaker declares that “the realization of Christ's ideal is the solution of economic, social and political difficulties and that where
Christian love abides there is géod|
adjustment.” These points he will elaborate in his talks. : > 2 ” 2 ¢
Methodist, Moravian Youth Echo Camps
Three groups of Indianapolis young people will give echoes of sumer conferences at meetings tomorrow and next Sunday. = Most of the 200 young people from the Indianapolis District Epworth ‘League who attended the Rivervale Institute at Bishop Roberts Park near Mitchell, Ind., will attend a
service at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn-|
ing at the Edgewood Methodist Church. Wa : Delegates from the Second Mora-
| vian Church to the Middle States
Moravian Young People’s Camp at Harbor View, O., will describe their experiences at a special service .in the church tomorrow at 7:45 p. m. and those from the First Moravian Church will tell First Church Sept. 3. The Rev. Vernon W. Couillard, minister, and Robert A. Iobst, his assistant, were leaders at the camp.
Ho % #8 = Guest Speakers First Baptist Church—Dr. W. P. Dearing, Oakland City College president, will preach Are the Realities,” at 10:45 a. m. Irvington Presbyterian Church— Dr. Henry B. Hostetter,
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ference of the American Unitarian Association in San Francisco, Aug. 24 through Aug. 27. | } A group of All Souls members who will also attend the conference left here yesterday. They are Hugh McK Landon, Miss Gertrude Schulz and Mesdames Emma McCotter, Elizabeth Tripp and Caroline Shaw. S Dr. F. 8. C. Wicks, All Souls pastor emeritus, who is now at Kennebunkport, Me., the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Booth Tarkington, preached last Sunday at the Bar Harbor Unitarian Church.
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Motor Mission Moves
Into Marion County
The Motor Mission of the Indianapolis Catholic Diocese will hold street meetings in Marion County for the first time Aug. 21 to 25. The Rev. Fr. Dennis Spalding, director, will be assisted by the Rev. Fr. Thomas Mindrup in the services beginning each evening at 7:30 in Beech Grove on Main St. west of City Hall. : \ Lecture subjects will be “The Need of Religion” and “Jesus Christ, God and Man,” Monday, Aug. 21; “The Bible .and the Catholic Church,” Tuesday; “Baptism” and “The Meaning of the Lord's Supper,” Wednesday; “Christian Marriage and Divorce” and “The Forgiveness of Sins,” Thursday, and “Heaven, Hell, Purgatory” and “Mary, the Mother of Christ,” Fri-
yi . The Holy Name Church of which the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Killian is and the Fr. Jame
retiring pastor
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address the Men’s Bible Class on:
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