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PAUL'S GOSPEL HOLDS GOOD AFTER NINETEEN CENTURIES, TRESSEL The Rev. O. T. F. Trcssel, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, Sunday preached on. "Do We Need a New Religion?". Using Romans 1:30-20 for his text, the Rev. Tressel said in part: "In this age of economic, social and spiritual unrest the church of Jesus Christ with ita religion has been under the fire of searching criticism. And the age has been prolific in the production of new and strange religions which make the claim that they are able to supply what is lacking in the Christian religion. "Proud Caesar on his throne in Rome made the imperial claim that all the world was his- debtor, and exacted tribute from every corner of the world, Greek and barbarian alike. But Paul, the ambassador of Christ, yearning to unfurl the banner of the cross in the midst of the glories of pagan Rome, eaya that he will come with a mighty acknowledgement of duty and love. 'I am debtor to all the world was his confession; 'both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and the unwise.' "This conviction was rooted not only in hia call from Christ to be the apostle to the Gentiles; but also in the firm belief that by the untold exhaustless riches of God's saving gospel he would pay the debt and enrich Rome and the world with eternal pos sessions. Old Doctrine Holds Good "Nineteen centuries have elapsed since that time, but the changing ages have neither supplanted nor rendered useless the religion that Paul desired so much to preach in Rome. "We need no new religion, for with Paul we can say from a full heart; 'I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.' "The purpose of the gospel is the rescue of those who are in mortal danger and would uterly perish if God would not extend to them this powerful means of rescue. The apparent or real unreasonableness of the gospel might make not only the hearer whom it would convert, but also the preacher who is to proclaim it suspicious. But the power that conquers all such suspicion lies on an altogether different plane. "He who is fighting for his life amid storm-tossed billows never thinks of asking whether the lifesaving appliance thrown out to him is constructed according to the laws of reason; despairingly he grasps at a straw, and much more at a mighty cable which, lie sees, others around him are grasping and are saved beyond question from destruction. Faith in Jesus Christ saves. It is the only way a man may bo saved. Every believer has that experience. Faith Saves Paul. "Faith in the gospel drives Taul across land and sea; brings him to Jerusalem into prison, bonds and suf fering; holds him confined in Caesarea for years! plunges him into the deeps of the sea in the shipwreck on his journey; locks him fast to a soldierguard in Rome, and finally lays his - head on the block for the sake of Jesus name but it saves him, so that lie exclaims: 'Nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus!' "To speak of God's wrath is little relished in our day. The words sound harsh to the weak rferves of our race. Is God a man that He should be angry as we are? Is not God love, altogether love? As thouch we ever intended to deny that! But let us beware lest f draw God down into our human limitations. In religious things we dare never make assertions simply to quiet weak nervous systems. Truth liiui-t ever be supreme, lest we belong to thof-e who hold down the truth of God's uprighteousness. Nothing will deliver us from God's wrath, as long hs we elase our eyes to the truth as it. is proclaimed in the gospel of Jesus Christ. "One of the fundamental errors of our time is the idea that religion has developed from crude beginnings to a loarer and purer knowledge of God. On account of our guilt the very reem has tnken place, and still takes j'lafo this very day. All these ideas me a unit in assuming that God's righteousness is our well-earned merit. It is duo to ourselves if our lives fiually meet God's approval. Strange to Man. "How strange it sounds to men when the gospel proclaims an entirely different righteousness to them! We t an well understand the hatred of the Pharisees agains-t Jesus for daring to pluce above a Pharisee a miserable publican who could do nothing but pray: 'God be merciful to me, a sinner'; find declaring that this man vent down to his house justified, rather than the other. 13 that righteousness? "It certainly is according to the Scriptures, which declare that God rebitteth the proud and gtvelh grace to the humble. This righteousness was fully brought to light by the gospel of Christ. For, according to the preaching of this gospel, undoubtedly this is revealed as the righteousness i c? God. that every believer in Christ h accounted righteous and acceptable in the sight of God. "And it was this righteousness of hi-ist.. appropriated by faith, that made Paul so sure that the religion v.-hi oh he proclaimed was a religion that would never be supplanted. For viihout that righteousness a man may never stand in the day of judgment. "Men may spurn this blessed gos-th-1. They may turn away from it as; Ving either a stumbling block or foolohness. They may turn to one of the many false religions of our day that seems to meet their needs because it suits their fanc3 But this one thing is sure: If they have not the spotless robe of Christ's, righteousness, offered in the gospel an appropriated by faith, they will not be able to escape 'the wrath of God revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold down the thuth is unrighteousness."' Bears dislike the odor of musk, but are especially fond of the odor of nsafetida.

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Representative of American Firms Hanged By Turks ATHENS, Jan. 22. The execution of Thomas Joannides, for 10 years a representative in the Near 'East of large milling concerns, is reported in messages from Smyrna. Joannides is said to have been hanged by the Turks with seven prominent Greeks after being convicted of giving money to Greek patriotic societies in Smyrna. American official and unofficial agencies have been making urgent appeals to the Turks in Joannides behalf for the past fortnight. . CHRISTIAN SERVICE, NOT DOGMA, MARKS MAN, REV. WOODMAN "Unconscious Discipleship" was the subject of the sermon at the West Richmond Friends church Sunday morning preached by Charles M. Woodman. Tho man who does not acknowledge Christ as Lord and the man who does not put himself within the limits of our definition of the kingdom of God usually comes in for a heavy scoring from the Christian pulpit. In this sermon Mr. Woodman had a word to say about many such people which pounded an entirely different note. He stated that many of them are the possessors of an unconscious faith. He based his remarks upon the words of Isaiah, the prophet, in which he said of Cyrus that God had surnamed him and girded him even though Cyrus had not known or acknowledged God. "He was uncon sciously the channel of the divine plan, the agent of the divine will, and the Instrument of the divine power. There are men and women in our community whose lives are above reproach morally, whose characters ring true on every occasion, whose hands are busy with unselfish service, and whose carers are colored with the spirit of kindness. They are outside th echurches. They make no profession of religion. They never call such conduct religious for all the definitions of religion ever given have not concerned themselves with such thing3 as service, helpfulness and deeds of kindness. One may well ask why are such outside the pale of the Christian church. Attitude of Churchmen "The answer lies in a point of emphasis. The average churchman is known today by his attitude toward certain doctrines, toward the Bible, and his freedom from certain sins which lie in the commonly recognized list which all moral and honest people shun. It is recognized as more important to be right about the things of doctrine, dogma and creed than to be engaged in definite service for the sake of humanity and the needs of the Z'?2!LJ 1L. IclUfeUL ludi a. mat, o hjui.v . . good unless he first gets right with the creeds of orthodox Christianity. "In this emphasis we have made a mistake and have put the emphasis in another place than did our Christ when he lived on earth. He said that a man's entrance into tho kingdom depended upon what he did and not upon what he said. Ecclesiasticism has been built un around certain tenets of belief and thousands have found themselves outside the pale of the organized' church whose lives of service, kindness and self-sacrifice followed in the footsteps of the lowly Nazarene. It is our business to get the basis of church fellowship back to the platform where the Master placed it, and stress the fact that character and service are In reality the supreme expression of the truest faith. Disagree Over Dogma. "Some are placed outside the pale of the church because in their honest search for truth some of the dogmas. xrliicli at best are only human internretations of truth, have failed to fit their expanding souls. Many of these have faced hersey trials and have been bitterly criticized, not because they failed to live lives of devoted service, but because they failed to subscribe to a certain set of theological state ments. The man betore trie eye or me public just now who finds himself under the threat of just such a heresy trial is Dr. Harry Fosdick whose books on the "Meaning of Prayer" and the "Manhood of the Master" have been iBiiiuiiniiiiliiiiiHMmiiimmiicmiuiiiiiiimuuniiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiii mw 1 We Bake Fresh Daily rl"W 5 ' J SI 1 Our Bread, Rolls and Cakes I Henry Farwig & Son 1 1031 Main St. BilHtltlimilMtlMlllllllinUIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIMIIIHIIIIIIIIMtMlHtlMIMIIIIJttlllMtllHHial Classified Adagt W HO hastens too much often re mains behind. And who hastens to buy with first consulting the A-B-C Classified Ads often comes out behind. Read Them Todas! Copyright, 1923

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the means of stimulating literally thousands of people to holier living. "He is being roundly denounced in certain circles because he denies a certain list of dogmas. It is that man, however, who in a recent sermon uttered a plea for sane and Christian inter-racial relations, for a belief in the fact of God to offset the tide of materialism that sweeps through society today, and also for a program of peace and goodwill as the only solution of the international problems of the hour. Let us thank God for all such as Dr. Harry Fosdick. Eternal Qualities "Three things need to be said. First, Truth, Goodness and Love are eternal. They are alike on earth and in heaven. They are of the very nature of God. He who possesses them possesses somewhat of God within himself. " 'God is in all that liberates and lifts In all that humbles, sweetens . and consoles.' "Second, Jesus put the emphasis not on the head, but on the heart, not on a man's creed, but on his life. In fact a man's cjeed ought to be his character, ringing true like a good coin every time. "Third. The man with the unconscious faith has a responsibility resting upon him to open his eyes and give allegiance to Him who hath been the inspiration and only source of all the goodness which has found expression through his life." PREJUDICE, IGNORANCE DISTORT OUR VISION SAYS REV. RURBANCK The Rev. G. G. Burbanck. pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Sunday preached on "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord." He said in part: "Christ came into the world to 'still the rude wills of men's wild behavior.' Prophets and precepts had failed previous to His coming, but they had prepared the way for Him. Some received Him and with these as leaven the whole lump of humanity is grad ually being permeated. We must believe, in the ultimate success of God's plan or we would not pray 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth.' Christ's kingdom was not to be a buffer-state among earthly kingdoms, it was not to be a shock-absorber, or an insulator to head off currents of national greed and ambition. The kingdoms of this world are to become the kingdom of our Lord by means of a bloodless revolution. "The early Christians did not plot against empires, they believed that civil government was of divine ordination. The citizens of the kingdom of heaven vere to set the example for the citizens of the kingdoms of earth and it is due to this celestial example that civil statutes are being more and more refined as the years go on. This means that the kingdom of heaven is the purpose of its Founder. "When Christ came, every nation said: 'We are the people.' There are nations which say, or think, that same thing today. National conceit blinds a race to its own faults and to the virtues of other races. Christ taught his followers to appreciate men of other nations. If they had not been worth saving. He would not have said to His apostles: 'Go ye into all the world and baptise every creature; make them citizens of the kingdom.' Hu manity is the only least common de-! nominator. When it is divided and sub-divided, jealousy, fear and other j evils result. . ' Numerous Complexes. "Our minds are filled with what the I psychologists call 'complexes'. A man j who has been jilted by his sweetheart, hates all women. A man whose wife or daughter has been raped by a ne-; COUGH? Try Piao's astonisKinalv auick re PJSO'S lief .A syrup unlike aU others Dieaa. ant does not upset stomach no opiates. 35c and 60c erery where tSfiffl 9 ' Thistlethwaite's The Original Cut-Rato Seven Convenient DRUG STORES Our "One-Day' lets at Cold Tab24o Menthol Cherry Bark Cough Syrup. .24? & 49 DeWitt's White Pine and Metjthol Cough Syrup now at :..23 and 43

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gro begins to exterminate all negroes. A settler whose family has been massacred by Indians says: 'No good Indian but a dead Indian." A man who has been bitten by one dog shuns all dogs. A child who dislikes a teacher dislikes the subject which he teaches, possibly the school, or education as a whole. "Multiply these complexes for yourself, they all lead to the same inference we are all more or less unbalanced. There is so much prejudice, ignorance, animus in the best of us that our vision is distorted, we see men as trees walking. That Is why God says: 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay.' - The momentum of our ignorance, or prejudice, unfits us to administer justice justly; we are liable to commit injustice. "There are those who 6ay that a black man is not as good as a white man. Be that as it may, we know that- some white men, too many of them, are good for nothing. But these figures tell us something about the children's of vesterday's slaves: 500 authors, 578 dentists, 125 chemists,! 1.000 inventors, 2,000 lawyers and judges, 237 civil and mining engin- j eers, 4.000 physicians and surgeons, 2,500 nurses. 28,000 school teachers, and nobody knows how many preachere. Why Limit Negro? "Why should the negro be limited and predestined to the inferior roles of porter, furnace-tender, or houseman? A Robot can do these things, but one made in the image of God has greater potentialities. Why handicap him eternally? Where is the sportsmanship of the so-called red-blooded American? Is he afraid that the negro will distance him in the race of life? Must he trip the negro and fosce him to run over rough and stony ground in order to reach the tape? It must be fear or contempt which we feel toward the negro, but neither is justified by facts. "And there is the alien, the man who looks upon America as the land of opportunity as our forefathers looked upon it. Now that we have "ours" shall we put up the bar and say: 'No admittance, this means you.' By all means let us be just to ourselves but cannot justice for ourselves be guaranteed without dealing injustice to the prospective American? The evils which we notice today are caused by incompetents in charge of immigration. What we need is not to bar all immigration, but to have some workable system of selection and distribution. Much has been said against the Jew, but even a short perusal of the Jewish cyclopaedia will open the eyes of America's greatest assets. . Contrary to Christ "Not only is prejudice racial, but it is religious. Might it not be better to say that it is 'irreligious'. How can anything contrary to the mind of Christ be religious? A great religious communion infuriates some shallow thinkers to unseemly rage and more unseemly statements and deeds, but these might cool off if they were to read the great Catholic cyclopaedia and learn what an asset the Roman Catholic has been to America. We may and do differ with our friends or. some points but can we not respect Stops Coughs Loosens Phlegm Heals Membranes Use BALSAMEA Now illIIIIIIIHtllMlllltltUlltlllliniMlunilllllHHMIIIIHnilMUMItllllltlHItlliMtMllllUI I That is -what She will consider 1 1 a heart box of our delicious I Chocolates if your present them 1 to her on St. Valentine's day. or any other day. 1 1 have ready for your selection a variety of special valentine boxes already packed or vi -will pack to your special order. 1 1 Remember those away from 1 home with a box of Price's Can- I iy. 1 Special Individual Ice heart. molds for your Valentine's par1 ty. Our 5thS Year I :illMI!llllfnillMIUIIirnMUUllM1IHIIMUMIIIIIIMHIIMIIIIHIttllMtlll(MtUll)IIIIIUi? Shoe Store. Largest Shoe Dealers 724 Main Street

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differences, if not, what is wrong with our charity? "A dear old lady once said to me: 'I believe that there are some good Episcopalians.' What condescension, but cannot we say at least that for those with whom we differ? . Why should we suspect Christians of an other name of plots and intrigues against America? "Years ago. when the Episcopal church was trying to gain a foothold in Ohio, it was oposed by an old farmer, who said that the clergy were English spies and were plotting to betray America into the hands of the English. The old gentleman must have had a very complicated complex to suspect things of that sort. But, such thoughts are in the air today in regard to another communion equally innocent of evil designs. Fredom in Peril "Where are we now in the land of the free and the home of the brave? We need all of our bravery to main tain our freedom. Racial and religious prejudice that has cursed the old countries now menaces the new. Agitators write and rant and run the gamut of epithet and Invective. To unbalanced minds all minds are unbalanced. These irresponsibiles are saturated by toxins wnich disturb or destroy calm judgment, hence mob rule and lynch law, hence sheets and pillow cases used to veil cowardly fanatics. The world is full of Don Quixotes tilting against windmills. If there were not so many blind and silly Sancho Panzas to follow them these self-styled knights would soon see how ridiculous they look. "Study the persons who organize these cult sand secret bodies. Of low kindling point mentally, highly neurotic, largely paranoiac, of grandiose and suspicious notions, seeing shapes in the lark where none exist, even' noise an alarming and hostile demon stration. Unstable, decayed at the roots, they fall like trees in the forest and drag down with them men who are sound but unable to resist the impact.. Emotion Overcomes Reason "Sober-minded men are drawn into the vortex because emotion is stronger and more elementary than reason. We have within us the dormant and latent prejudice of uncounted ages, extremely inflammable and highly explosive, let use be careful how we allow ourselves to be ignited by passion. "Forts follow fears. We have no fear of Canada hence no forts mar our northern boundary line. There are Frenchment living in Canada, there are Germans living in the United States, but they are going about their SORE THROAT DISTANTLY RELIEVED BY HYDROSAL At the first sin of soreness farf le orsprsy ' itb Hydrosal Liquid. Will not stain or injure teeth harmless if swallowed. Sold at all druists 25c. 50c and 75c. THE HYDROSAL LABORATORIES CO.. Gachuti.Oaw A Clean Shave Gives you new pep. 6 skilled barber Harter's Shop In the Murray Btdg. $100 size Cedar Oil Polish Special 45c at FACTS ONLY

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Rev, E. Howard Brown, pastor of the East Main Street Friends Church spoke Sunday on the question: "Doe's Man Have Another Chance?" He told the story of Jcnah and his trip from Jopp to Tarshisn. He emphasized the cost of going wrong. He declared that it cost more to do wrong than it did 'to do right. He said, "It cost Jonah his fare to Tarshish, although he never reached the town. It also cost him his position as well as his reputation. Going wrong cost Jacob his home, bis father and mother as well as the association of his brother. "The prodigal son paid all his share of his father's estate, his home and his reputation beside what his father paid in sorrow and grief. Great volumes could be written on the cost of going wrong. Jonah paid his fare. I do not know how much it was. Cain paid banishment for his wrong doing. Esau paid his birthright. Men have pawned their mother's birthright, junked their father's advice and counsel to pay their fare. Judas paid with his discipleship. Others have given their all and mortgaged their future. "If we consider the disappointments on the journey Vhen a man goes wrong, it is always a sad story. peaceful pursuits. Over in Europe, Frenchmen have invaded Germany. Love has yet to cast out fear in Europe. Perils will pale before appreciation. The great leson of the Epiphany season is the conversion of men to one great, and fundamental truth the brotherhood of man as the true Parliament of the world, the instrument for carrying out God's will for man's good and God's glory."

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Jonah's journey ended in a storm, his arrest and himself thrown Into a dungeon, not made by man. "The only man on board that knew God, was asleep. Are we as a church awake? Men who should be preaching the Gospel are playing. Men who should be singing God's praises are making merry with the world. Many who should be supporting the church are squandering their money in riotous living. "Jonah had been called of God. Jonah had a great task. T3ut here was Jonah asleep on a etrange ship, unconcerned and a prayerless backslider. He made a voluntary surrender and pronounced his own judgment. "It costs something to be a Christian, but it costs more not to be. Th farther away from God one goes the more it costs. "There is another chance for every man but that chance is here and now. The man that turns away from all the opportunities here would very likely do the same in the eternity were the

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