Ligonier Banner., Volume 84, Number 9, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 March 1950 — Page 2

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A Column of Opinion . ..

LINCOLN BELIEVED

IN SELF-RELIANCE

No one ever lived who understood America better than Abraham Lincoln did. Lincoln was born in Kentucky, spent his formative years in Indiana, and then went on to Illinois where he lived until he was elected President. ‘

He was always close to the‘ heart of his country and his countrymen. He spoke their language. He understood their thoughts. He knew the source of their progress. ' Lincoln, himself, tested the American philosophy and found it pure gold. He reached the very peak of the ladder of fame and achievement by his own honest etforts. » '

Whether the job was railsplitting, public speaking, a lawsuit, story-telling, or saving the nation, he was the top man. ; Lincoln knew the value ot self-reliance and personal initiative. Those were good American virtues. He once said: “You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could or should do for themselves.” There never was a truer statement. It contains a lesson which everyone should learn early in life. -~

Great men have seldom been fed with a silver spoon. If they were, they overcame the handicap. For character and ability do not come from being coddled. They grow from being tried and tested })i" the conflict and duties of ife. ;

Individuals and Governments need to know what Lincoln knew, that the most priceless opportunity a man can have is the freedom ‘to use and develop his Godgiven “talents. If he seeks to have his Government or his family do for him those things which he can best do for himself, he will be weakened and perhaps defeated in the process. If his Government or his family presume to take over his responsibili= ty, the \same disappointing results will follow. .

Nobody could have made Lincoln, except Lincon. It just is not j@sthe nature of things that the building of such a noble character and such a wise leader could have been an outside job. The impulse and the effort had to come from within. Few Americans have had less advantages handed to them than Lincoln, but his name is first on our roster of the great. .

ELEPHANT GRAVEYARDS

One of man’s most persistent myths is that elephants who are about to die trumpet majestically and stalk off through the dense jungle to a mysterious graveyard where they lie down forever. No explorer has ever found where the elephants go to die — but we have. The trumpeting by the Republican Party in the jungle of Republican policy is the sure sign that the old elephant is about to die. And this elephant has gone South on its last journey. The mysterious elephant graveyard is no longer a secret. It will die of starvation if nothing else. The best that the Dixiecrats can feed the elephant is peanuts. o

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trail of extraordinary graces. — M. Henry.

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Presbyterian Church _ Rev. Arnold Schaap, Minister Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. | Supt., Mrs. George Green; Pianist, Mrs. Darold, McDonald; Secretary, Miss Madelina Denny. )\ Meeting of the L = Men's Fellowship > ; fi" Class in our s i ” church kitchen, £ A b {1 Morning Wor- ~ - @& ship, 10:45 am. e .T { = Sermon by the E - astor. The ordination of all newly elected officers will be held.

Thursday evening, meeting of the Junior Choir beginning at 7 o’clock. : Thursday evening, meeting of the, Communicants Class for membership from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening, meeting of the Adult Choir beginning at 8 o’clock. : ~ Monday evening, March 6, 'meeting of the Christian Service ' Guild with Miss Madalena Den‘ny and Mrs. Ed. Williams, hostes'ses. The following will have charge of the- program: DevoItions by Mrs. Gordon Warstler, Church Symbolism by Mrs. Way‘land Spears and the Study Period by Mrs. Minnie Bush. ~ The following were elected as officers of the Church at a con_gregational meeting last Sunday morning: Elder, Kenneth Franks; Deacons, Carlyle F. Herald, Burl Lepird, Eldon Miller, Ralph Wade; Deaconsses, Mrs. Adrian Biddle, Mrs. Milton J. Hull, Mrs. Paul Thurman and Myrs. Edith Walters.

Evangelical United Brethren Church

David E.. Livengood, Minister The Sunday School Hour, 9:30 a.m., Ellsworth Peterson, General Superintendent; Halle. Goshorn, Children’s Supt.; Bernice Cochran, Youth Dept. Supt. ‘ 10:40 a.m., The Morning- Worship Hour. Sermon, “Unto Him Who Is Able.” Junior Church with Marie Sprague and Mary Schlotterbach in charge, meets this same hour in the church basement. . :

5:45, The Youth Fellowship meetings. Junior-Hi Group meets in the basement chapel and' the Seniors in Sunday School auditorium. ¢ z |

.At 2 o’clock, the symposium with our visiting foreign students will be held at the E. U. B. Church.

7:00 p.m.,, The Evening Worship Service. Sermon subject, “Appointment With Death.” The Junior-Hi Youth Fellowship will compose the choir and have the scripture and prayer of the worship service. The special number will be David Wisner playing his clarinet, accompanied by Marie Kitson. |

Following the service, the Jr.Hi Fellowship will adjourn toi the basement for a social hour. Monday, 7:30, the Church Council of Administration and the Quarterly Conference will convene, ; =

Tuesday, 7:30, The Women’s Society of World Service -will meet in the church parlors. Wednesday evening is MidWeek Service and Thursday, the choir rehearsal at 7 o’clock.

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First Methodist Church

G. Ben Hershberger, minister.

: ~9:30, Church School! with classes for all ages. Otto] Binkele, General Superintendent. Dean Carmichael, Youth Superintendent. Mrs, Dale Hayes, Children’s Superintendent.. [ 10:30, The Morning Worship ‘Service with the sermon by the }minister on the subject, “We 'Destroy Ourselves.” The "Adult Choir will sing the anthem. “5:15, The Methodist Youth Fellowship in the church for recreation, refreshments with Mrs, Paul Roderick and Mrs. Milo Weirick as hostesses, and the program by Shelley Hammer. Tuesday, March 7th, The Warsaw District Settlement Day program will be held at the New Paris Church. s 3

1:30, The Missionary Studyl Group will meet at the home of Mrs. Quentin Stultz. ° : l Thursday, March 9th, 7:30, The Lenten “Preaching -Mission in the church with the Rev. Evan Bergwall of Kendallville as the speaker. : v

Church Of Christ Everett Reynolds, Minister. Bible School and preaching each Lord’s day beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Nazarene Church L. E. Shoemaker, Pastor Sunday School, 9:30. Morning Worship, 10:30. N. Y. P. S. Service, 6:30. Evangelistic Service, 7:30. Prayer Meeting, Wed., 7:30. W. F. M. S. Meeting, Thursday, 7:30. \

Sparta Congregational Christian Church Mark B. Spacht, Pastor. ' Worship Service, 10:30, : Sunday School, 9:30, Arnold Werker, Supt. . The Willing Workers will meet the last Friday evening of the month. Mrs. John Doll, pres.

Catholic Churches ST. PATRICK'’S CHURCH

Rectory, Ligonier, Tel. 188. Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Rev. Edward Mahoney, 0.M.1., Phone 188. TR Pastor. Residence, 300 Grand St.,

"BLESSED SACRAMENT | CHURCH Albion, Indiana Mass Schedule: o Mass—Every Sunday at 10 a.m. Holy Days at 7:00 a.m. ;

Christian Science 411 Lincolnway West

“Mind” was- the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, February 19. - \ o The Golden Text was: “The rord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salva- ‘ tion” (Isaiah 383:5, 6). v Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and | every man his brother, saf'ing, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord” (Jeremiah 31:81, 34). The Lesson-Sermon also included the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “Divine metaphysics, as revealed to spiritual understanding, shows clearly that all is Mind, and that Mind is God, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience,—that is, all power, all presence, 'all Science. Hence, all is in reality the manifestation of Mind” (p. 275). ;

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ELK MEMBERSHIP

REACHES A MILLION

Active membership of the Ben-1 evolent and Protective Order of 1 Elks has -reached the million mark, Richard Botts, exalted ruler of the Ligonier Lodge, announced this week. i |

The honor .of becoming the millionth active member of the nation’s only exclusively American fraternity and the oldest and largest of all fraternal groups, went to Raymond Cole of Bay City, Mich,, Exalted Ruler Botts has been advised by Grand Exalted Ruler Emmett T. AnderSO F . B i@ Identity of the millionth Elk was disclosed when Cole was introduced at the annual banquet February 18 of New York Lodge No. 1, celebrating the founding of the Order 82 years ago onj February 16, 1868. Cole, 42-year-old department store executive, was initiated by Bay City Lodge No. 88 on February 7.

Richville Church Rev. L’Dean Cornelius, Pastor. Sunday School at 9:30. Morning Worship at 10:30.

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