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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1927
Page
8
Church page notes list sponsors including Nelson Cady Gooding Auto Laundry The Bee Ohio Electric Co Red Star at Station Citizens Central Bank Excel All Auto Paint Bettie Shop Union Restaurant Cornwell Jewelry Varsity Inn.
Local directory fragment lists Athens area establishments including steam laundry studio security savings bank union street battery shop hatch library banks Vogue Hair Shoppe Modern Shoe Repair Coe s Cash Shoe Store and more. The items appear as a business ledger or street directory with multiple firms and services.
A fragmented OCR list shows businesses including Beasley Milling & Grocery Co in an Athens area, Home Telephone Co, Kgile Davis, Lairds Restaurant in Logan, Ohio, Auto Sales Co, Nelsonville Floral Co in Nelsonville, and Strawn Wheaton Hardware Co.
The Church of Christ meets at No 4 Stimpson avenue for Bible study at 9:30. Morning worship and communion follow at 10:30 with another evening service at 7. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 7:30.
Sunrise prayer 5 30 to 7 00 with Sunday school 9 30. Long service led by Rev J L Schell and preached by Rev Hays. Evening evangel services at 7 with special singing. Revival continues nightly all week. Afternoon service Sunday at Oak Grove P H Church 2 30.
Rev. A. B. Adams presides at city playground services on September 11 at 10 30 a m. He will preach again at 3 p m. Rev. Nelson of Lancaster preaches at 7 30 o'clock in the church service.
G C Johnson, pastor, schedules Sunday school at 9 30 and preaching at 10 45 with the topic Fundamentals. Youth meeting at 5 45, children at 6 45, evening service at 7 30 on The Handwriting on The Wall. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 30.
M E Chatley will speak at both morning and evening services as Sunday returns to normal. The Bible school led by T R Bennett meets at 9 15, morning church at 10 15, and evening service at 7 30 with Prof W H Maurer as chorister.
An all-day gathering will be held at New Marshfield church on Sunday per Rev. Pugh and Mrs. M. L. Kimmey who have conducted a two week revival. the Sunday service will conclude the evangelistic meetings.
The Church of the Nazarene hosts a Sunday school at 9 30 a m led by Pastor Anna Aurand at the I O O F Hall on the first floor.
Pastor J. R. Fields leads Sunday School at 9. Worship and sermon at 10 30 in the morning and 7 30 in the evening. The conference year ends with next Sunday's services. Baptism will be administered to children presented at the morning service.
Public worship at 7 PM opens Fall work. Christian Endeavor at 6 PM. Wednesday evening features Hour of prayer.
Rev. E. L. Pielow rector. Sunday 7 o clock Evening Prayer and sermon. Sunday Holy Communion at undetermined time.
Elmer Bliss pastor leads Sunday school and Bible class at 8 o'clock. Divine services at 10 o'clock. Rush Creek services also at 10 o'clock. Logan service listed at 7 2 o'clock.
Logan Circuit M E Church notes J H Walker pastor. Smith Chapel Sunday school at 9 30 preaching at 10 30. Ebenezer Sunday school at 1 preaching at 2.
T. C. Harper, pastor, leads public worship with sermon at 7 PM after morning services. Morning worship and sermon at 10 25, Christian Endeavor at 6 30, evening service to follow.
Amos L Heyde pastor leads Sunday school at o clock and worship at o clock at Hunter St Lutheran Church.
Sunday schedule lists at St John’s near Enterprise with Sunday school at 1 o clock and worship at 2 o clock.
The Plains reports Pastor Rev A J Laird leading worship at 16 36 with the sermon Seeking God So as to Find Him. An evening evangelistic service follows at 7 30 with a Wednesday prayer meeting also at 7 30.
Athens county churches organize a Prince of Peace declamation contest for youths 14 to 18. Thirteen churches are entered with 1,509 possible entrants. Winners receive medals and progress from county to district to state, with cash prizes and scholarships in Columbus.
The essay reviews Solomon’s oppressive reign and Jeroboam’s revolt, warning that sacred glory can mask injustice. It argues tyranny breeds downfall, notes Israel’s split into Northern Israel and Southern Judah, and urges allegiance to God over human rulers. The piece calls for lawfulness grounded in conscience, not mere legal obligation.
A church page asks readers to send problems to the church editor and promises answers later. It features Bishop Theodore Henderson urging leaders to base their work on spiritual authority, not mere administration, and to foster conversions among pupils. A Kansas man, Ralph McEntire, provides a chart on why students withdraw, offering to mail the chart on request.
The article describes a planned Episcopal missionary home on the Berkeley Divinity School campus as it moves to New Haven near Yale. It notes high auto costs in China and the need for attendants for travel. It also highlights a Los Angeles church plan featuring an astronomical observatory atop the parish house.
Dr. William H. Foulkes offers twelve advice points for married life. He stresses careful courtship and timely marriage, avoiding cohabitation with relatives, owning a home, budgeting, valuing anniversaries, practicing empathy, daily Bible reading and prayer, and church involvement.
The Minnesota Supreme Court decided that requiring Bible reading in public schools is legal and within constitutional limits, upholding the duty placed on public school authorities.
TO KNOW HIM by M and Rice offers five addresses urging a mature knowledge of Jesus Christ with Christ preeminent in life. NASON THE BLIND DISCIPLE a sermon drama by Lydia M Glover suggests worship ideas for a Sunday evening service and youth outreach.
The message urges worship in a concrete visible temple, arguing God’s presence is shown through a tangible place of worship. It emphasizes that abstractions fade without an actual temple and encourages attendance the coming Sunday.
The passage blends reflections on life gratitude and light, the value of suffering for deep love and growth, and contrasts worldly vanity with spiritual aims. It urges sharing love with friends, embracing discipline from hardship, and finding best values in life through truth, virtue, and cheerful restraint.
The article suggests cheap means to lift a dim space via bright accents such as an orange chair or gilt mirror. It advises adding selective color and reflective items to counter depressions from dark corners.
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