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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1928
Page
8
Religious notices list F J Beasley Milling and Grocery Co Virgile Davis Moler Auto Sales Co Co V Strawn Athens Home Telephone Co Lairds Restaurant Logan Ohio and other local businesses in community notices with service listings and advertisements. The brief item lists entities and places connected to church and service announcements.
A church page acknowledges support from local Hocking Valley residents and businesses including Coe's Cash Shoe Store Citizens Central Bank Nelsonville Bettie Shop Cornwell Jewelry Wheaton Hardware Varsity Inn The Hatch Library Athens Steam Laundry The Bank of Athens N B Security Savings Bank Athens National Bank.
The church schedules Sunday school at 9 AM and morning worship at 10 30 AM with an evening service at 7 PM. The program features organ preludes and meditations, a sermon series on Relating to Christ and Ourselves, plus midweek prayer on Wednesday. Attendance drive urged for Easter.
Morning 10 30 service features vested choir and organ recital by Miss Thelma Mills with special numbers by the Men's choir. Sunday school at 9 30 led by W L Hudson with John W meet as orchestra leader. Intermediate Christian Endeavor at 6 30 led by Misses Wolf Achuler Porter and Smith. Evening worship at 7 30 includes sermon No Credit and Devo tions taught by Rev Evans and Miss Rayboned.
Abbott Y Wilcox leads an Athens church program with an 7 o'clock evening service on "Lessons for Life the Tournament" featuring Prof Olson from Ohio University and Harold Wise. Bible school at 9 15 with Pavey and Goldsberry supervising. home hour at 4 20 and student group meetings at 6. Morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon titled Life a Warfare.
Sunday service at 10 45 a m and Sunday school at 9 30 a m with subject ce golden text Prov 3 9 Honour the Lord with substance and with the first of all thine increase Also a testimonial meeting Wednesday at 1 p m Reading room open Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p m
Gate and Carpenter Streets. Rev. E. L. Piclow rector. Third Sunday in Lent. Church school 9:30 a m. Mass, communion and sermon 10:30 a m.
Bunney Schoold the usual hour. Pickering serves as superintendent for Sunday school. G W Pierce is listed as chor, with Mrs Lucy Reefer on the church organ indicating a small-town church program and choir roles.
G C Johnson pastor. Sunday school 9 30. Preaching 10 45. 2 30 pm Lucy B Smith of North Hamilton Ohio to speak. Children’s meeting 6. Evening service 7. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30.
The Church of Christ No 4 Stimpson avenue holds Bible study at 9 30 and worship at 10 30. First Methodist Episcopal led by Charles M Coulter with morning service 10 30 sermon Practical Attempts at Christianizing Industry. Evening service 7 with out of town speaker Dr Frank Kingdor of Lansing Mich. Epworth league 6 vesper 7 special evening services through the week with Dr Kingdor.
Mt Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter and Congress streets lists services led by pastor B R Smith with Nellie Pettiford organist and Violet Russell superintendent. Worship at 10:45 with sermon The Enthusiasm of Jesus and 6:30 B Y P U topic What Do Missionaries Do Matt 10 5 15. Mid week worship 7 30. Free Methodist Church led by Rev Harry V Webb with Sunday school 9 a m preaching 10 a m and 7 p m prayer 7 p m Thursday Strouda Run and Redtown services included.
Howard Ely Warren leads Bible School at 16 a m with Ralph Ladd as superintendent. Morning worship at 11. Mrs Maud Vorkes plays piano Miss Julia Stanley directs the choir. Sermon by the minister titled All Is Yours. Young People meet at 7 30 p m for discussion on Why I Go to Church and Why I Do Not Go to Church by Edward Guest and W O Laudner.
Sunday morning services begin at 9 and 10 with sermons at 9 and 7 pm. Epworth League meets at 6:30 pm. Monday through Thursday include Boy Scouts and Home Guards activities and a mid week service on Thursday at seven. Similar Tuesday social events accompany Epworth League activities.
Preaching at 9:15 with Sunday school at 10:15 led by superintendent Mr. James McHarg. Young People’s meeting scheduled for 7 in the evening.
Teacher William E. Gilroy frames Jesus critique of scribes and Pharisees as a call to sincerity. The sermon argues true religion rests on inner fidelity, not mere outward ritual or tradition, citing Mark 7 1 15 and examples of legitimate faith among Pharisees like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea.
The author argues that making laws is easy but enforcing them is hard and that laws alone cannot replace institutions like the church, school, and home. Eternal vigilance is required to maintain good government and liberty, as emphasized by a Pathfinder quote referencing President Grant.
Jacksonville church with L A Donnally pastor schedules sermons at Millfield 10 30 a m and The Plains 7 p m saying preaching services announced.
Sunday School at 9:00 Worship 10:00 Luther League 6:15 Len ten service 7:30 Lent service Wednesday 7:00 Illustrated Life of Christ St Johns near Enterprise Sunday school 1:60 Worship 2:00
Rockbridge U with B F Mann pastor holds class at 9 30 prayer at 10 30 and evening preaching at 8. Thursday prayer meeting at 7. Enterprise also shows 8 9 30 class and 7 p m prayer meeting. Gibbonville S E notes revival at M E church with no preaching and no midweek prayer meetings during revival.
Sunday school at 9:00 a m worship at 10 30 a m titled The Magnetism of the Cross. Epworth League and Class at 6 00 p m sermon The Offense of the Cross at 7 00 p m evangelistic services begin March 25 and run through Easter.
Pastor Tilmer Bliss holds Sunday school and Bible class at 5 00 p m. with a 10 00 a m divine service. Another service is at 2 00 p m in Fairfield county and a 7 00 p m Lenten service on Thursday.
T C Harper pastor leads revival meetings beginning Sunday March 26 with Sunday school at 9, worship at 10 15, Christian Endeavor at 6 and sermon Philip Gods Show man at 7 all at First United Brethren Church.
The speaker warns against outward observance without inner reality. Scrutinizing motive, they contrast churchgoing and national rituals with inner faith, noting leaders may show punctilious form yet lack true love and sacrifice. This echoes Jesus challenging Pharisaic formalism and urges sincerity.
The second meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood will be held tonight at 6 o'clock in the parlors of First Methodist Church Columbus. Dr Ralph E F Davis pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church Columbus will give the address. Dinner will be served by the young married people's class.
The passage urges self examination of personal conviction and outward conduct. It contrasts inspirational and perspirinal churches and argues for outward activity that truly reflects inner faith and the goals of salvation and social righteousness.
More than 1.61 million dollars has funded London Westminster cathedral with years of work ahead. In Washington a campaign by atheism opponents is said to aim for publicity, not action, per Frank Ballou. A national church of the air expands via WJZ and other stations led by Dr Fosdick. Cardinal Hayes bans dances at Catholic university venues in New York. Mrs Mary Henderson’s gifts total 2.6 million dollars to Battle Creek College for race betterment, following a prior 200 thousand dollar gift and a 4000 acre Missouri farm deed.
Lewis Robeson Akers cites in The Real Road to Loyalty that 50 million Americans never enter a temple and a two thirds vote ends Sabbath strictness. The plea urges readers to answer by accepting the invitation and come to church next Sunday.
A collection of maxims on restraint, honesty, effort, and character. It argues that comfortable preaching harms virtue, urges self discipline, and warns that one sin or careless word can ruin a life. It cites Dante, Franklin, and general wisdom about happiness, money, and truth.
Rev Walter F Doctor of Concordia Lutheran Cleveland has accepted the call to Emanuel Lutheran Lancaster to succeed retiring Rev A Kaumeyer who has served the congregation for 44 years in this city.
Church forum invites problems for Sunday school teaching methods. Reader contributed thoughts on Christ’s approach: capture attention, hush, hold interest, avoid long talking, prompt listeners to think and speak.
The text portrays a teacher whose skill in questions sparked discussion and left students grounded in truth. After his departure, they became masters of truth, powerful and visionary, ignited by his passion to lead a world changing movement.
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