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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1928
Page
9
Virgile Davis Moler Auto Sales Co and F. J. Beasley Milling & Grocery Co are listed as business entities in the notice.
A church page appears to name Hocking Valley men and women and a list of local businesses including Bettie Shop Cornwell Jewelry Athens Home Telephone Co Wheaton Hardware Co Varsity Inn Athens Steam Laundry Security Savings Bank Hatch Library Bank of Athens N B Athens National Bank Vogue Hair Shoppe Gee's Cash Shoe Store The Southern Ohio Electric Os Red Star Bass Station Citizens Central Bank Nelsonville
Bible School at 9:15 with Alex Root as superintendent. Morning worship at 10:30 with the sermon Renunciation. Wesley choir provides special music directed by G C Robinson and organist A R Kresge. Wesley Foundation hike at 2 and fellowship supper at 6:15 followed by vesper at 6 led by Edith Strock and Epworth League at 6 led by Ted Preston with Prohibition topic. Evening worship at 7 on Undeveloped Lives. Christian Endeavor at 6. A Bible Night Service at 7 features multiple Bibles and readings from Matthew and John. Week of Evangelistic services begins Sunday April 1 and ends Easter Sunday.
Sunday service at 10 45 a m with Sunday school at 9 30 a m on the topic Reality Golden text Philippians 4 8 lists virtues to think on Wednesday testimonial meeting at 7 p m Reading room open Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays 2 to 4 p m
Carpenter and Lancaster Streets hosts enrollment day for the new Sunday school quarter. Pastor B T Kimbrough Ph D leads 8 p m preaching on What must I do to be saved. University students are asked to close for the day.
Harry V. Webb serves as pastor at Athens church on Campbell Street near Morris Avenue with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and preaching at 10 a.m. Evening service at 7 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. Redtown church holds preaching at 7 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7. Strouds Run church offers Sunday school at 1.30 p.m. and preaching at 2.30 p.m.
The Church of Christ at No 4 Stimson Ave holds Bible study at 9 39 and worship at 10 36 with the verse Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
Thos. Wilson, pastor leads Lutheran worship at the Episcopal church located at East State and Carpenter streets, Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o'clock.
The Church of the Good Shepherd on State and Carpenter Streets led by Rev. BE L Pielow holds Fifth Sunday in Lent services with church school at 9:30 a.m. Holy communion and sermon follow at 10:30 a.m.
Ira P. Day minister leads Sunday school at usual hour with A. & Pickering as superintendent Music by the Junior choir motto break the record Worship and sermon at 10 30 o clock Young people services at 6 Worship and sermon at 7 o clock Prayer services Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock
Christian Church on West State Street and Congress with M F Charley minister and Wesley H Maurer choir director invites Bible school at 9 15 morning service at 10 15 and sermon titled What Baptism Does For Us concluding the series. Fr Bennett superintendent of Bible school.
Abbott Y Wilcox and W H Longstreet lead services as mothers visit the city for weekend worship. Bible school at 9 15, morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon from St Paul. Evening worship at 7 features a slide illustrated sermon Blotting out the Boundary Lines. Annual every member can vass set for Sunday April 1.
Sunday school at 9 30. Preaching at 10 45 on Workers Together With God. Children’s meeting at 6. Evening service at 7 with The Necessity of the New Birth. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30.
The Bible school opens promptly at 7 pm with Ralph Ladd as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 am features Mrs Maud Vorhes as pianist and Miss Julia Stanley directing the choir with Miss Lucy Stanley singing There is a Green Hill Far Away. The sermon titled A New Gospel will be given by the minister. The Young Peoples Disension group meets at 7 pm.
The Factory M E Church announces preaching by minister Ita P Day at 9 15 a m Sunday school at 10 15 o clock with James McHarg as superintendent The revival begins Monday evening at 7 50 o clock and continues each evening that week conducted by Pastor Ita P Day assisted by Rev Earl Cowen who leads the singing.
John A. Willys of Willys-Overland argues that success comes to those who start work early and persist. He rejects excuses about lacking chances and asserts hard effort builds character and happiness, regardless of chosen profession. Dr. Carl Yoder.
A sermon-style excerpt analyzes Jesus Christ as the Messiah based on Mark 8 27 37. It discusses public perception, Peter's rebuke, and Jesus's insistence on the cross. It contrasts human glory with divine sacrifice and portrays Jesus as the world’s savior through suffering.
The essay argues Jesus, a Jew, fulfills Old Testament prophecies and Messiah role from the start of public ministry. It notes expectations of an earthly deliverer and examines how Jesus asserts Messianic missions, including proclaiming the gospel to the poor in Nazareth.
The Plains church of the Nazarene led by Rev A J Land schedules Sunday School 9 30 a m with Mrs Carry Chanell as superintendent Morning worship 10 30 a m N Y P E S 6 30 p m Evening worship 7 30 p m The pulpit features Miss Anna Aurand of Maxville Ohio for both services Wednesday prayer and Bible study focuses on The Marriage Supper of the Lamb Rev 19 6 9 Miss Aurand praised as a Bible preacher formerly pastor of the Logan Nazarene
Pastor KR Smith leads Bible school at 9 30 Violet Russell supervises. Worship and sermon at 10 45 titled The Unwavering Christ with communion. RB Y P U at 6 50 topic What Can Our Young People Do for Missions led by Blanch Russell and Mary Louise Pettiford. Evening service at 7 45 What kind of Religion Do We Need discussed by the pastor. Mid week worship Wednesday at 7 30.
K H McCorkle serves as minster at Nelsonville Church of Christ Bible school at 9 36 a m W L Morrison superintendent Morning worship at 7 30 sermon Take Away the Stone Evening worship at 7 sermon The Bible and How to Understand It Christian Endeavor at 6 p m Sunday marks start of a two week evangelistic campaign with daily services at 7 except Saturdays
John Lloyd Evans presides as minister. Sunday school at 9:30 led by W. L. Hudson with classes for all ages. Morning worship at 10:30 with vested choir and sermon Reflection. Evening services and programs at 6:15 6:30 and 7:30 with music by choirs and sermons including What is Man. Wednesday night annual congregational meeting.
A church editor invites questions for later answers on pupil assessment. It discusses methods used by schools and argues that no single factor suffices. It lists age, previous grades, church schooling, social and economic interests, and especially religious development as key enrollment factors.
Mary Moxey argues children stay in church by better preparation for church membership and weekly class meetings for six months. She suggests pastor and teachers collaborate to make services comprehensible and engaging for youngsters with age appropriate hymns readings and sermons.
Mr and Mrs George Douglas host a kitchen shower at their home on the Athens Pomeroy road on Saturday night March 24 in honor of their daughter Mrs Bam Jeffers who is to be married on March 5 All friends of the couple are invited.
Edwin Lewis Morrell presides as minister at the Methodist Church with Prof Charles E. Poston as organist and choir master. Morning worship at 10 39 and evening service at 7 feature organ preludes solos and offertories plus a presentation of the Original Passion Play by Dr Ira P Berry. Sunday school starts 9 30 with classes in the M C A and church auditorium.
L R Roberta conducts Sunday school at a.m. Bermon by pastor at 10 o clock. Missionary prayer meeting at 6 60 p m. Preaching at 7 80 o clock. Mid week prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 o c.
The piece notes the American Peace society’s centennial meeting in Cleveland next May. It cites a 1926 US religious body membership gain of 489,556 per Dr. H. K. Carroll. It mentions a merger forming Doubleday, Doran & Company with George H. Doran in management. Also covering Home Dedication Day, a redwood log church, a Jerusalem missionary gathering, the Religious Book club startup, and the death of Samuel W. Williams of Ohio Wesleyan University.
Mrs. R. H. Halli and her two children Robert seven and Martha fourteen escape a Thursday fire at their residence 17 Fourteenth Avenue by climbing a porch roof and waking neighbors.
Dr Henry J Doremand president of the University of Toledo caught a thief after a foot race of several blocks. The suspect tried to steal an automobile parked on the university campus.
Four men restrained Miss Eisie Marr in London. They peppered her eyes, stole 310 dollars, and were later captured by police, ending the crime with arrests.
The note defines atheism agnosticism infidelity and skepticism, contrasts Christianity as a saving faith, and invites readers to join the church next Sunday to pursue that faith. It emphasizes the church’s readiness to help each man attain saving faith in God.
A collection of aphoristic lines on morality religion and social virtue. Topics include prayer merit restraint respect love hard paths equality and the reconciliation of science and religion with calls to charity and personal responsibility.
President Coolidge urged press reporters that publicity safeguards official action and aids reform. He argued truth and justice require discernment, noting civilization accelerates responses and abuses creep in. publicity channels public expression and counters counterfeit vice.
In Columbus on March 22 Judge Robert P. Duncan granted Mrs Florence Neil Barger a divorce from Calonel Byron L Barber of Houston Texas after more than a year of marriage on grounds of willful absence.
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