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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1927
Page
8
Local church page lists supporters from Athens Nelsonville Logan and surrounding towns. Providers include milling grocery coal automotive service jewelry banking and other businesses. Article notes sponsorship by community businesses for church activities and services.
A condensed notice lists multiple churches and service times. Christian Science Society hosts 10 45 a m services and 9 30 a m Sunday School with reading room hours. Pilgrim Holiness and Christian Church announce sermons, Bible school, and Christmas programs led by various pastors and organizers.
Sunday school begins 9 15 A M with Tickering as superintendent. Worship and sermon at 10 30 feature The Dawn of Christmas. Epworth League at 6 P M. Christmas entertainment at 7 P M. Prayer services Wednesday at 7 P M.
Sunday school at 1 30 led by Mrs Nellie Phillips superintendent Preaching at 2 30 followed by baptism and consecration services at sermon end A Christmas entertainment planned for Saturday evening before Christmas
Charles M. Coulter, minister, leads Bible school at 9 15 with Alex Moot as superintendent. Morning worship 10 30 features The Incarnation sermon and special Christmas music by the quartet including Alsatian Noel Steep Little Dove and Ye Burghers All. Junior church 10 50 Epworth League 6 John Bolin to speak. Evening worship includes a Christmas program and pageant on Peace.
Abbott Y. Wilcox asks the congregation to attend all services as Christmas falls on Sunday. Bible school meets at 9 15 and morning worship follows.
K H McCorkle conducts Sunday service at 10 30 with sermon The Prince of Peace. At 7 00 the choir offers a Christmas Cantata King all Glorious directed by Charles F E Poston featuring solos duets and choruses from Mrs Glen Allen Mrs Ralph Howe Scott Bowers Miss Mary Parry Max Bowers and others concluding with Silent Night.
John Lloyd Evans ministers Christmas Sunday with a 10 o clock morning service featuring vested choir and solo by Mrs Stiers. A 4 30 p m Christmas Vespers presents Pub of The East a cantata by Ira B Wilson with four numbered selections led by Prof Charles Poston and soloists Mrs Earl McCune Mrs Edith Stiers and the men’s chorus.
The article argues for starting a new year by seeking the realities of Christ through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It foregrounds John the Baptist as forerunner and emphasizes preparation, repentance, and humility as the path to recognizing and welcoming the Savior. It links the wilderness experience and baptism to the revelation of Christ’s glory and calls readers to seek a sincere, factual understanding of Jesus.
The program lists numbered musical pieces and performers for a Christmas concert. No 5 introduces We Have Seen His Star sung by a choir. No 6 features He is Not Here with a men's trio Cecil Shafer Leland Krieg and Charles Bartels. No 7 is But Thou Bethlehem a women's two part choir. No 8 Have Ye Not Heard features Jack Naybould and choir. No 9 The Star Went on Before Them with Raymond Raine and choir. No 10 Fairest Lord Jesus with Charles Bartels and choir. No 11 Thee We Adore by Thelma Mills and choir. Finale The Bethlehem Song with contralto Thelma Mills soprano Mrs Stiers Woman's chorus and Organist Mrs I P Rice.
Logan churches announce Holy Communion at 11 15 p m on Christmas Eve led by Rector kK L Plelow with a community service inviting all to share in the blessing of the Lord s Feast at His table
Clergymen from many denominations will study community churches during the Ohio Pastors Convention in Columbus January 25-26. Rev. Orvis F. Jordan will advise on community church problems. Committee members include Rev. Oliver G. Weist Rev. Gilbert Counts and Rev. Harry Trust.
Every class of the Christian church Sunday school will be represented in the Christmas program at the church Sunday night. Organist Mrs William Russton will play Hark The Herald Angels Sing. The Cheero wee choir will perform carols and the children's home group will offer a selection. The primary department plans a Christmas fairy exercise with Mary Helen Lee and Iris Fierce in O Little Town of Bethlehem. Doris Giesecke will tell the story of the wise men with Robert Holdren Junior Darst and Darrell Tom portraying the three kings. Pearl Drake will sing Star of the East and a tableau Silent Night will feature various Biblical characters including Esther and Deborah.
Pollyanna Higley Gleaners and Up streamers with Loyal Boys and church departments will participate. Beatrice Saunders will tell the life of Jesus and Dorothy Minameyer will read scripture. Bertine Sidders will entertain with a reading. R. Bennett will give a talk. Joy to the World closes with the congregation singing. Mrs. Kuston plays Handel chorus.
Columbia University will run its largest religious education program with two religion courses and expanded facilities for religious activities. A $30 million endowment drive aims to fund Washington Cathedral’s Protestant Episcopal project. General Pershing chairs the promoting committee. The North American YMCAs total membership surpassed one million for the first time, reaching 1,005,714 in the U S and Canada. Dr. Landes, new general secretary of the World Sunday School Association, starts November 1 with a study urging church growth. between 1906 and 1926 Protestant denominations added 8.7 million members, a 46.4 percent rise, while U S population grew 36.5 percent.
In London Magistrate Tooth ruled that wives are not property and husbands have no right to discipline them. The decision marks a shift in marital status and domestic authority, reflecting evolving views on gender and family rights.
The article argues punishment of children lacks universal rules and requires case by case study. It offers clearly defined guiding principles for parents to follow and suggests posting these guidelines in a conspicuous place for reference.
The notice urges readers to claim ownership of their church as a personal spiritual home. It emphasizes that services benefit all, invites active loyalty, and calls readers to attend church next Sunday to support its mission.
A collection of maxims and sayings from Hlosa Pallou Gfford Confucius Pope Dryden Ovid Temple Herbert Fuller Shakespeare Franklin Coleridge Seneca Smith Addison Rochefoucauld and Ella Wheeler Wilcox on love faith modesty self control and resilience. The compendium highlights the value of virtue, self respect, truth, and courage in facing adversity.
The article argues penalties should fit a child’s age and relate clearly to the offense. It urges constructive, non severe emergency measures to help children separate from fault, avoiding harsh or unusual punishment.
Question posed to church readers about the project method. Defines a Christian education project as a unitary experience extending over time, engaging the learner with Christian motive, whole being, and cooperative effort to contribute to the Christian world order.
Three senior classes produced a Christmas program titled Tin Prince of Peace in three episodes. They studied the Old and New Testaments, rehearsed diligently, and held an evening of prayer to present their Lord. The project aimed to foster clear Christian meaning, fellowship with Jesus, and early habits of Christian life and service.
In Chicago two defendants were arraigned. the judge instructed them to go home and read the 133rd Psalm together. The unusual directive highlights a moment of reflection in a criminal case.
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