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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1928
Page
11
The message lists reasons to attend church including peace, music, preaching, guidance, charity, and moral atmosphere. It emphasizes the church as a source of consolation, hope, and spiritual and material aid, inviting readers to come next Sunday.
William A. More presides at 9 a.m. Sunday service with Sunday school and brief sermon. Evening sermon at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening program. Fourth quarterly conference led by Dr. H. J. Holcombe. Officers to report. Guard meeting Thursday at parsonage 3:30 p.m. No prayer service.
Revival crowds fill Logan grounds as evangelists J W Steen and W W Loveless preach nightly at 7 30. Three Sunday services follow a 9 30 Sunday school with sermons at 10 30 2 30 and 7. Services under the auspices of the Church of the Nazarene.
Sunday schedule lists 9 a m Sunday school and Bible class 10 a m Divine Service An all day meeting 7 30 p m Divine Service at the Mission on Pratt street Fairfield county Charley Hill preaches at 10 a m 2 p m and 8 p m Everybody welcome
A church notice invites all for a warm welcome and class, with evening worship and preaching at 7 30 p m led by the pastor. Services at Silver Run M E church are scheduled for 2 p m.
The Free Methodist Church on Campbell Street off Morris Avenue lists Sunday School at 9 a.m. Worship services follow at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. A Thursday prayer meeting is held at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Harry V. Webb conducts both morning and evening services.
The Redtown Free Methodist Church invites members to a prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Attendees will join in guided prayers and communal reflection.
Sunday school at 1 30 p m followed by preaching at 2 30 p m at Strouds Run Church inviting all local residents to attend.
The Church of Christ meets at 4 Stimpson Avenue for Bible study at 9 30 a m on Conscience. Worship and communion follow at 10 30 a m.
E L Woodworth pastor leads Sunday at Rockbridge Advent Christian Church with 9 30 am Sunday school 10 30 am sermon Perfect Peace 7 30 pm Loyal Workers 8 pm sermon Come Now and Let Us Reason Together Wednesday 8 pm Prayer meeting quote It is not the function of the pull to tell the pew how bad it is as how good it may become.
F E Mann pastor outlines Sunday school at 9 30 and class at 10 30 with Christian Endeavor at 7 and junior at 7. Sermon at 8. Thursday prayer at 7 30. Enterprise church follows Sunday school at 9 and class at 10 with a midweek prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 30.
Communion service at 10 30 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 6 30 p m.
Fred C Weed pastor leads Sunday school and church service at 9 am. Combined service lasts one and a half hours. Evening service at 7 30 pm with sermon subtitle The Implications for Christian Brotherhood. The fourth Quarterly conference set for Monday August 27 at 8 30 pm. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 pm.
Merman pastor leads Bible school at 9 15 a m with Rhodell Steffy as superintendent Morning worship at 10 15 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Wednesday prayer and official board meeting at 7 30 p m Week midweek service listed.
Heath M. E. Church announces Sunday 9:15 a.m. Sunday school 10:30 a.m. morning worship with the topic Is It Worth While. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. on A Life Standard. Epworth League 6:30 p.m. Quarterly conference 7:30 p.m. Friday August 24. Mid-week service 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Pastor Lineberger leads Sunday school at 9 15 with F G Mutchler as acting superintendent. Seventy five new Songs of Praise books issued. Morning worship at 10 30 with sermon John Mark in the Making. Orchestra to perform sacred music. Fourth quarterly conference at Rutland on Friday August 24 at 8 pm.
Syracuse M E Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Bert s as superintendent Aimed at every age group and featuring a dedicated teacher for each class
Reverend Mrs. M L Kinney will preach at 10 a m on Sunday and again at 8 p m Sunday evening Rev Hill in charge. Sabbath school at 2 p m. Prayer meeting Tuesday and Friday. Preaching each Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Christ Jesus topic covers John 1:14 and Hebrews 1:1-9 with a weekly schedule. Sunday school at 9 30 a m and service at 10 45 a m. Wednesday meeting at 7 30 p m. Reading room open Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 2 to 4 p m.
Rev C M Coulter pastor leads Sunday services at 10 30 a m after 9 15 a m Sunday school.
Paris August 24 Gaston Doumergue France's president earns 2,000,000 francs yearly but faces heavy costs. He pays 25 percent income tax as a bachelor and funds Paris charities. He funds Elysee staff salaries and private service costs, including chauffeurs and domestic help.
The Acts narrative shows Paul and Silas beaten and imprisoned after false accusations by city masters who profit from a young girl's spirit. An earthquake frees all inmates, the jailer seeks salvation, and the family conversion follows as Paul preaches belief in Jesus.
The Congregationalist essay discusses Lydia’s conversion within Paul’s Philippian mission, noting it as not entirely typical of his wider experiences. It highlights how his teaching affected the women listeners and marks the notable influence on a young woman among his converts.
The article notes President Doumergue struggles to cover numerous official expenses from his salary. It imagines the King and Queen of England’s visit, suggesting options from carriages to cars, and jokes about tips and the lack of outriders.
A final decree of divorce was issued to Lita Grey Chaplin from Charles Chaplin in Los Angeles. Mrs Chaplin plans a nationwide vaudeville tour and is expected to remarry within a year. Roy D Arcy, named as a future husband, will tour vaudeville. he seeks a divorce from his current wife in six months.
Eleanor Early of New England birth and Boston journalism fame writes the new novel length serial Whirlwind for NEA Service and the Athens Messenger. The Boston society girl Sybil Thorne drives the plot with war’s lost romance and sharp gossip fodder. It begins in The Athens Messenger on Sunday September 3.
Gypsy Smith to lead Boston pre Easter revival at Madison Square Garden by Evangelistic Association of New England. Victor Emmanuel a Catholic donor from Dayton Ohio contributes 300000 for a library. Ward named executive secretary of Methodist World Service. Bequest of five million dollars funds Episcopal hospital building adjacent to Union Seminary and Grant's Tomb.
The forum argues for elders to support rather than crowd out youth in church programs and for young people to gain initiative and freedom. It urges the value of trial and error as growth and recommends elders encourage moves and offer guidance. It also suggests education beyond formal schooling through travel, books, lectures, and magazines.
Julianehaab Greenland August 28 Governor of South Greenland announces a plane believed to be the Greater Rockford was seen Sunday passing over the village of Fiskenaesset.
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