Can You Prove It Faith Tested by Abraham's Obedience
A sermon-like reflection on Abraham's willingness to offer Isaac as a burnt offering to prove his fear and love of God. It argues faith requires visible proof, citing Genesis 22:12 and Matthew 10:37, urging regular church attendance prayer and sharing Christ as practical steps to demonstrate love for God.
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Abraham
Isaac
Mom
Moriah
God
House of God
Christ
Devout Israelites and the law in faith and power
Sunday School lesson examines Psalm 119:97 praising God’s law while noting the drift from moral value to ritualism. It warns that laws, biblical or civic, can be perverted by rulers, turning protection into oppression, and calls for law to uphold freedom and human rights amid fear.
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God
Religious Services To Honor Navy Dead At Pensacola
Navy and Marine Corps dead honored at Naval Air Station Pensacola with a 2 p m service next Sunday. Chaplain Brooks leads ceremonies aboard the docked carrier as flowers are dropped on the Gulf waters. Gold Star Mothers may join. flowers can be sent to the executive secretary of Pensacola Chamber of Commerce or Chaplain Brooks. Other chaplains including Hoffman Liebert Salisbury join Navy band and choir for the event.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Air Station
Chaplain Brooks
Will J. Davis
Julius Liebert
Usar
Staunton W. Salisbury
USN
Atlantic Fleet
Gulf of Mexico
Christmas Seals Campaign Manned In Jackson County
Mrs Sadie Lind named general chairman of the Jackson County Christmas seal sale by the Pilot club and Rev Charles Corbitt. The sale opens November 22 to support the county tuberculosis and health association for 1949, the 10th annual drive. A countywide committee of volunteers includes Mrs Doc Lawrence J W Brown Mrs Daniel Bevis George Bryan Mrs Mixon Cooper WW B Shores Miss Bernice Gainer Mrs TE E Tharpe Compass Lake Mrs J W Branning Round Lake Mrs Earl Preston Cypress Miss Jennie Mitchell Dellwood and Mrs Victor Bevis in Bascom.
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Doc Lawrence
Grand Ridge
J. W. Brown
Sneads
Daniel Bevis
Malone
George Bryan
Greenwood
Mixon Cooper
Graceville
Campiehton
WW. B Shores
Cottendale
Bernice Gainer
Alford
E. Tharpe
Compass Lake
J. W. Branning
Round Lake
Earl Preston
Cypress
Jennie Mitchell
Dellwood
Victor Bevis
Bascom
Sermon topics announced for Dothan churches
In Dothan area services today Baptist and Christian churches reveal topics. First Baptist Dr Henry A Parker discusses The World's Need of Christ in morning and Strive for Sincerity in the evening at 7 p.m. Grandview Baptist Pastor Gillis Partin covers What the Bible Says About a Christian Smoking Drinking Dancing and Going to Movies in morning and Is Jesus Sufficient for the Twentieth Century in evening. Headland Avenue Baptist Pastor A D Zbinden preaches Living for God in the morning and Stopping Short in the evening. Percy Kohl Alabama Christian Churches secretary directs First Christian Church at 11 a.m with 7 p.m. service led by Rev E Tipton Carroll.
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Christ
Henry ‘A. Parker
First Baptist Church
Gillis Partin
Grandview Baptist Church
God
A. D. Zbinden
Headland Avenue Baptist Church
Percy Kohl
Alabama
Christian Churches
First Christian Church
E. Tipton Carroll
Church of Christ Pastor Discusses Finances Topic
Church of Christ hears Pastor B L Anderson discuss Church Finances this morning and his evening sermon focuses on Precious Promises of Christ.
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Church OF Christ
B. L. Anderson
Episcopal Sermon on Youth and Religion Set at Nativity
The Rev. Joseph Kellermann will speak on Youth and Religion as the sermon topic this morning at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, outlining the church’s stance and inviting participation from congregants and families.
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Episcopal
Joseph Kellermann
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Reverend Hildreth to speak on The Dead Church
The Rev. Charles H. Hildreth will speak this morning at Lafayette Street Methodist church on The Dead Church. This evening the Seattle district will present a play titled The Lost Church.
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Charles H. Hildreth
Lafayette Street
Seattle
Nazarene Church to Host Mrs W W Howard Guest Speaker
Mrs. W. W. Howard of St. Petersburg Florida will be guest speaker this morning at the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. R. J. Essary, pastor, will preach tonight on The Quartet That Raised the Roof at the evening service.
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Nazarene
Presbyterian sermon on Joseph-Boy Scout at First Presbyterian
Rev J Norton Dendy preaches this morning on Joseph-Boy Scout at First Presbyterian church and in the evening discusses The Enmity of Friends.
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Presbyterian
Joseph
J. Norton Dendy
First Presbyterian Church
Yankee Ingenuity Wins $700 Worcester Scholarship
In Westboro Massachusetts Philip R Scott Jr 18 earned a $700 Fuller Scholarship for Yankee Ingenuity. He bought odds and ends for 1.25 dollars and built a diving rig from a war surplus gas mask and old tire pumps winning the award to Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Westboro
Mass
Philip R. Scott, Jr
Worchester
Mass. Polytechnic Institute
Scott
Fuller
Views In The World Of Religion Gathered From Earth
A collection of observations by W W Red on global religious interdependence. Leaders like Angus Dun urge shared faith and parental involvement in church education. Reports cover Latin America cooperation programs, Andean mission farms, soil conservation in the Andes, and rural church role in national development.
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Committee On Cooperation In
Latin America
United Andean Mission Farm
Pilalke
Ecuador
Oliver Mabee
Stanley Rycroft
High Andes
Hemisphere
Andes
Paul Streich
Oldest Boston court officer marks 89th birthday and 60 years service
Richard Murray, the oldest court officer in Massachusetts, reaches his 89th birthday in 1968 while completing six decades of service with the Massachusetts Supreme Court, reflecting a long tenure in public duty and the judiciary.
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Boston
Richard Murray
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Fragmentary speech targets GOP and Truman era policy
A garbled courthouse address by Vardamag condemns GOP and criticizes the Truman administration. He denounces public funds waste and incompetence and laments a short lived political splinter. The remarks touch on Democratic positions and southern issues amid a shifting political landscape.
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G. O
Vardamag
Alabaska
Truman
Four Candidates Qualify For Marianna City Commissioner Race
Marianna city clerk Miss Evelyn Davis lists four prospects for the city commissioner post: David Waller Glenn Helier Harry Bell and A J Buddy Lewis. The qualifying deadline is Tuesday October 19 Registrations at City Hall show 35 of 24000 voters. older rolls from 1937 have been discarded. The article also notes unrelated geographic distances across the United States.
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Marianna
Evelyn Davis
David Waller
Glenn Helier
Harry Bell
A. J
Buddy) Lewis
Miss Davis
Allo
Fragmented political note on law and democracy
A garbled text argues for respect for law as essential to democracy, contrasting a 73 percent figure with a devout population. It presents a fragmented reflection on governance and moral duty without clear context or identifiable people or places.
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William E. Gilroy
D. D
Joseph H. Brooks
Pete Williams
Southeastern Mfg. Co
Lafayette St. Methodist Church
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W. F. Calhoun
Christian Educ
Jackson County
Dothan
Churches of
Christian
WAGF
W. W. Red
New York
Bisee Angus Dun
Washington
Archie Buchanan
Grace Episcopal
John H. Reisner
Agricultural Missions, Inc
College of Agriculture and Forestry
University of Nanking
China
America
Dr. Reisner
Belgian Congo
Christian Missionary Forcrs
Accord- Institute
Malungwiebi Congo Belge
Smalley
United Warehouse Company, Inc
J. C. Barber
Mer
N. Cherry
Oldster
Aj Pn. Democrats
Wai Mae Seei
Philco
Rimson Furniture CO
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Maine
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