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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1931
Page
8
Logan July 17 Under direction of Reverend Faust a religious service will be held at Ash Cave at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon Ranger Lewis Jones said thousands are expected to attend. The cave seating is a natural amphitheater and attendance last week reached 1885 with 3100 visitors during the week after July 4. Large numbers from the Columbus church and southeastern Ohio are expected to attend.
Four Albany area Methodist churches Harrisonville Temple Town House and Albany will hold Holy Communion on Sunday. Sunday School times include Harrisonville 9:30 Temple 10 20 Town House 1 30 Albany 9:15 and Pearl Chapel Snowville 9:30 Hebbardsville 9:30 class meeting 10:30. Rev. Edgar B. Dean leads the parish churches.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Guysville and Stewart Methodist Episcopal Churches led by Rev. Linton Mattox will meet next Monday at 8 pm in Guysville Church. Dr. R O McClure district superintendent will supervise. Sunday School superintendents and officers urged to attend. reports to be given. public welcome.
Dav ies Preston and Merritt Webster of the American Friends Service Committee will speak at the Athens First Methodist Church adult service on peace. Rev. C. M. Coulter’s sermon is The Tyranny of Type, with four Sundays of pulpit supply.
Morning and afternoon sessions of the last district conference of the year will be held at the Rockbridge United Brethren Church next Tuesday. Dr. Arthur B. Cox will lead, with Rev. L. B. Mingery and Charles Brewbaker among speakers. Delegates from Morgan Chapel, Murray City, Salem, South Perry, Oroville, Hollister, Jacksonville, Pleasant Hill, Union Furnace, Union, Fellowship, Bethany, Gore, Gibsonville, Enterprise, Rockbridge and Logan are expected. The conference precedes the Southeastern Ohio Conference in Lancaster August 26 to 30.
Revival services at the Church of God in Haydenville are held nightly by local leaders and Evangelist A. P. Robinson and his wife. Seven were baptized last Sunday and another seven are planned this Sunday at the river bridge near the church.
Father Bernard J Quinn founded the Catholic Church of St Peter Claver in Brooklyn after WWI service in France. The shrine to St Therese of the Little Flower drew miracles and established a perpetual novena, attracting about 10,000 worshipers weekly, the first Catholic church for negroes in Brooklyn named for St Peter Claver to honor missionary work in Cartagena.
Two former pastors of the Hocking Street Church of God will return to conduct services in Athens this week. The Rev. Charles V. Weber, former minister, preaches Wednesday at 7 30 p m. He is now in Moundaville West Virginia. The Rev G Johnson of Lima, also a former pastor, will arrive Thursday night. The Rev Calvin B Hanes, current pastor, invites the public to attend.
Mrs. W L Gard hosted the Women's Missionary Society at the Gard home. Reading by Mrs J E Barker on National Missions. Dr A Y Wilcox spoke on History of the Christian Church. Cress Class met with Mrs O D Morris. Westminster Fellowship to host Hobo Hike for Ohio University students at 5 30. Prof W S Gamertsfelder spoke on Religion in Russia and next Sunday on Religion and Morals. Miss Mabel Olsen leads Bible School Primary Department. Pauline Cone directs youth service with Grace Wood as discussion leader at 6 30. Prof S M Stokes to address Westminster Fellowship on Science and Religion.
Churches across Vinton County announce a strong Sunday schedule. McArthur Methodist led by Rev W W Weiser offers Sunday School at 9 30 with John Howell. worship at 10 30 with Rev J W Blair delivering the local conference final of the year. Epworth League at 6 45 and evening service at 7 30. Other listings include McArthur Presbyterian at 9 30 Sunday School and 7 30 preaching. New Plymouth services at 9 30 and 10 30. Church of Christ Bible School at 9 30, communion at 10 30, Mission Band 2, Christian Endeavor 6 15. weekly prayer meeting at Wednesday 7. Various pastors named include Albert J Wilson J J Hynes P A Harlan and C B Wells.
The Rev Ernest E Shaw of Baltimore Md will speak at evening services at the Hocking Street Church of God Sunday Jail Meeting is planned at 1 o'clock Sunday School at 9 80 o clock preaching at 10 40 o clock Young People's Meeting at 6 30 o clock and preaching at 7 30 o'clock Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 o'clock Pastor Calvin B Hanes leads the church.
The lesson argues that early Christian practice fused faith with social service. It notes communal sharing among believers, the appointment of deacons after a complaint over widows, and Paul’s example showing social religion spreading through acts of generosity and organized ministry.
The Rev G H Wiggin will lead evening services Sunday at Albany Baptist Church on church needs and the sermon title is The Church Need An Holdup on the Jericho Road will be the morning topic for the morning service Sunday School starts at 9 15 Morning Services at 10 15 and Evening Services at 8 o clock.
Logan Ohio July 17 Rev James T Yocom pastors a vast circuit serving twelve churches across Hocking Perry and Fairfield counties traveling about 20000 miles annually by car He lives in Sugar Grove and works with one assistant delivering 400 sermons yearly this year 300 services and 60 funerals with 21 weeks of revival and 104 seekers of pardon 97 additions to churches.
The program at Trinity Lutheran Church Logan includes 9 AM Sunday School 10 AM divine service in Fairfield County and 7:30 PM Logan service. United Brethren hosts 9 to 10 30 AM combined services. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 PM. Choir musicale at 7 30 PM features The Heavens Declare His Glory Love Divine Seek and Ye Shall Find and I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say with soloists and Mrs H V Adams Ruth Roberts Madge Wright and others. Dr E T Dando from Wellston will sing the Eisteddfod number in Jackson this year. The octet includes Mrs Ruth Roberts Madge Wright Bea McNallen Faith Wright Loren.
Willard McNallen Fred Carpenter B Peters and Mr Harry Kearn of Wellston perform solo selections as part of a di`vine service featuring sundown anthem. Bene diction and postlude accompany choir voices in a community event at the church.
The Ee any Methodist Church at Pomeroy will hold morning services with the theme The Underlying Optimism of the New Testament Leaders led by Rev. Glenn L. Tennell. Sunday School begins at 9 15 and Union Services at Simpson M E Church at 7 50. A Sunday School picnic is planned for Wednesday at an undecided Fair grounds location. Forest Run M E Church will hold Morning Worship at 9 and Sunday School at 10 15.
The Church of Christ Middleport led by Rev. Fred I. Gardner outlines a summer program with Bible School at 9 15 morning worship at 10 20 sermon marks of being saved a union service at Asbury M E Church at 3 30 6 30 Christian Endeavor hour and 7 30 evangelistic evening service It Was Night is the sermon topic All services shortened due to heat Prayer and Study Hour Wednesday at 7 30 Devo tional led by Mrs C N Wagner A new series of studies starts this week.
At the Meigs County Young People's Rally in Racine on Tuesday officers were elected. F Presnent from Comas became president, Alice Morris of Panopy elected vice, Lena Eyer of Racine treasurer, Luciille Johnson of land as secretary, and Ruth Fanagan of Syracuse as another officer.
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