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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1928
Page
9
A series of maxims on self awareness and ethics. It explores recognizing dignity in others, the limits of ambition, the value of honest self-evaluation, and the virtue of giving, patience, and wise use of time. The piece links generosity, justice, jealousy, and the search for inner fulfillment.
Local churches announce Sunday services and lectures. Rev W H Genheimer, returned missionary from Africa, will lecture at Mt Hermon U B Church on The Needs of Africa. Various churches list service times, Bible schools, sermons, and evening lectures.
A number of Pomeroy Bend churches are closed for the vacation periods of their pastors. Sunday schools are going on as usual in most instances.
P. R. Road pastor. Sunday school at 9 30 a m with C M as superintendent. Communion at 11. Evangelistic preaching at 8 p m. Monday night service at 8 p m. Annual church meeting urged for all members to plan the coming year. Thursday prayer meeting at 8 p m.
The Danville Church of the Nazarene on P. R. Road schedules Sunday school in the new church at 10 a.m. next Sunday with Rev. Carl Clendinen preaching at 8 p.m. Sunday. A prayer service is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Pastor Carl Clendenin leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m with George Reed as superintendent. Class service follows at 11 a m and Evangelistic message in the afternoon. Prayer service is held every Wednesday night at 8 p m.
The Racine church reports no Sunday school location yet and holds open air worship at 2 20 p m in the shady grove behind the Kim Tree Service station. A cottage prayer meeting is planned at Brother Roush's home Tuesday at 8 p m. The Hobson Holiness Church led by A W Stewart lists Sunday school at 9 a m with Gertie also mentioned.
The Tent Evangelistic meeting led by Rev. Rood Rev. Stewart and workers with local pastor Rev Allen continues in Harrisonville drawing large crowds. A great revival is anticipated with services nightly and 2:30 pm on Sundays.
Amos L. Heyde, pastor, reports Sunday School at 9:00 a m and morning worship at 10:00 a m at St Matthew s Lutheran. St John s Enterprise holds Sunday School at 7:00 p m with an illustrated sermon Life for Christ at 8:00 p m. No services Aug 12 and 26 due to vacation. Aug 19 services return. For emergencies call Rev Kieffer Sugar Grove.
Pastor T C Harper outlines a Sunday church program with Sunday school at 10 15 am Communion at 6 30 pm Christian Endeavor and 7 30 pm evening worship and sermon set.
The Rockbridge Advent Christian Church led by Pastor L. Woodworth holds Sunday 9 30 am Sunday school 10 30 am sermon The Road to Bethany 7 30 pm Loyal Workers 8 pm sermon The Great Adventure Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 00 pm.
The Lutheran worship service led by Pastor Thoms Wilson will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock in the Episcopal church at East State and Carpenter streets in Athens.
The notice lists a Christian Science church at 6514 Sourth Court Street with Golden Text Psalm 143 10 and Responsive Reading Psalms 51 1 2 6 7 10 13 15 18. Services Sunday school 9 5 am Wednesday 7 30 pm and a reading room hours Tuesday Thursday Saturday 2 to 4 pm.
A regular meeting note shows a group meeting for Bible study at 9 30 and worship with communion at 10 30 at No 4 Stimpson Avenue. The item records weekly religious gathering times and location.
The program lists Rev C M Coulter pastor and staff including Prof C C Robinson director of music and Prof A R Kresge organist. Church school led by Alex Root at 9 15 a m with classes for all ages.Morning worship at 10 30 a m Rev F B McIntosh of Granville Ohio will occupy the pulpit. Evening vesper 6 30 p m and service 7 50 p m features a union sermon at First Methodist by Dr Wilcox joining Presbyterian and Christian churches.
The article centers on Paul and Barnabas in Lystra as they heal a cripple and face mob opposition. It frames Paul’s Roman citizenship and world missionary vision as driving forces, portraying him as a pioneering hero who travels to spread the gospel despite peril.
A mid week prayer service is planned for Wednesday at 7 30 p m with attendees invited to join for reflection and fellowship at the church.
Abbott Y. Wilcox leads a church schedule with Bible school at 9 15 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m The day features speakers Ralph M Pavey Frank E Jolgg and A B Sias Ph D addressing essential doctrines The 7 30 p m union service at First Methodist features Rev Wilcox on The American Citizen and His Responsibility at the Polis with joint sermons by Wilcox and other pastors
On account of repairs the auditorium cannot be used and Sunday services move to the social room downstairs. Bible school at 9 15 a m with classes, morning service 10 15, Christian Endeavor 6 30, final union service 7 30 at First Methodist with Dr A Y Wilcox to speak.
Carpenter and Congress streets B R Smith pastor Mrs Nellie Pettiford organist. Bible school at 9 30. Mrs Augie Cooper superintendent Gwendolyn Lynch pianist. Worship and sermon 10 45 subject Our Greatest Need. BY PU 6 30. Getting the Most Out of Books topic for youths. Mrs Blanch Russell president Mary Louise Pettiford pianist. Worship 7 45 pm subject The Conditions of Power. Mid week service Wednesday 7 30 pm.
Campbell street church near Morris hosts quarterly meeting led by Rev. R. B. Niles of Zanesville with services this evening tomorrow evening and Sunday including 7 30 start times. Sunday school at 9 a m love feast 9 45 and preaching 10 45. Prayer meeting Thursday 7 30. Annual conference set for Wednesday August 8 at 2 p m in Galion Ohio.
Morning services planned in Athens with evening preaching at 7 30. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30. In Columbus on August 2 the state utilities commission was asked by Scioto Valley Railway to publish a schedule of joint through rates with Harry Graves, operator of the Chillicothe Ports mouth freight line.
John L. Dyer inherited a 200 year old violin with Cremona inscription found in a coal cellar. After restoration and appraisal, he sold it for 57 000 dollars, reserving some for his daughter Betty and planning a modest future. He quit the Rye police force and contemplates a cheap bus and a small home while teaching thrift and restraint to his four other children.
Summer tourists enjoy over 50 000 miles of clean concrete road this year. Seven states surpass 2500 miles of concrete highways, with Illinois posting the leading total of 6064 miles.
A historical patent remedy claims cure for malaria and bilious headaches dizziness from constipation. It pledges toxin elimination and high esteem for inducing copious watery evacuations.
A Methodist Episcopal church in San Francisco plans a tall church complex with a five hundred room hotel component. The project aims to combine worship space with hospitality as part of its future site.
Rev. Fred Smith recalls youthful reluctance to morning services but emphasizes the lasting benefit of church attendance. He notes fragrant memories of sitting with his father in the family pew and urges readers to accept the invitation to church next Sunday. D. Carl Yoder.
The Federal Council of Churches plans an International Christian Press Conference and Exhibit in Cologne from August 16 to 22, timed before the Prague World Alliance meeting. The note cites widespread Sunday school expansion, a pope signatory petition for the Feast of Christ the Workingman, and a World Youth Peace Congress in Wered, Holland, August 17 to 26 with delegates from multiple continents.
Mrs. Lester Cummunios of Ogden Kansas reports using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for months of fatigue and insomnia. She says it improved sleep, energy, and ability to work on the farm and will answer letters.
Because Rev. C M Coulter is away August at Lake George New York the Granville First Methodist Episcopal church will have Rev F B McIntosh preach Sunday morning He is Granville Methodist pastor and dean of the Bethesda Epworth League Institute Coulter and McIntosh were classmates at Boston Theological Seminary in Boston Mass
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