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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1927
Page
3
The article on Christian stewardship cites II Corinthians nine six to eleven Luke sixteen ten to thirteen I Corinthians four one to two and I Peter four seven to eleven. It notes historical church shifts from poverty to tithing practices and missions support. It argues many churches today still avoid providing for benevolences and foreign missions despite ability.
A sermon themed piece urges Christians to prove salvation by service not sentiment, stressing denying self, giving time and money to church and benevolence, recognizing God measures gifts and calls for diligent use of talents. It cites Dr. Gordon and Pestalozzi, notes judgment day outcomes and the duty to employ abilities for God's work.
The message urges teachers to help children use their hands and minds for God in home, school, and play. It cautions that everyone faces daily judgment, aligns final judgment with God and Heavenly Father, and presents Jesus Christ as a helper. It warns against defying God's law and asks who is to blame for self-inflicted harm from stubborn choices.
The piece recounts that talent was a weight with values from $1,000 to $150,000 and argues that each person must use their gifts. It urges wealthier church members in America to act as disciples of Jesus by applying their abilities to social problems, comparing Christ’s sending to sacrifice with modern corporate leaders.
The writer reflects on the biblical promise that tithing unlocks heavenly blessings. He notes personal experience of abundant finances supporting church and welfare needs, with a consistently sufficient salary balance. He asks why more people do not study this Malachi-based financial plan.
The excerpt presents Dr. Amos Wells’s view on Verse 30 as a crucial part of the lesson. It stresses the unprofitable servant’s punishment as outer darkness, describing hell as dark, gloomy, and utterly sad, contrasting with heaven’s light and joy and noting its separation from the Divine Being.
This afternoon at 5:30 Gysbert Van Houweling son of Mr and Mrs A W Van Houweling east of Pella weds Cora Van Englehoven near Otley Rev H J Pietenpol presides. Officiants and relatives witness at the bride’s parents home. They will reside on his father’s farm six miles northeast of Pella.
Louis Wanders and Julia Brand were married at the Brand home near New Sharon at two o’clock Wednesday afternoon February 2 1927 by Rev William Youtsler of the Presbyterian church. The bride is granddaughter of Mrs John Brand of Pella. Uncle Gerrit Brand attended the ceremony. close relatives witnessed. They will live on a farm near New Sharon.
This week Gerrit Brand announced the marriage of his nephew Marion Brand son of Jacob Brand of Faulkton South Dakota and Olive Opal Crane of that vicinity on January 25th. The wedding surprised relatives at Pella. The couple plans to reside on a South Dakota farm.
Peter Lubberden of Pella and Miss Bernice Glenn of Pleasantville were married last Friday at the Presbyterian manse in Knoxville with Rev. George C. Crockatt officiating. Witnesses were Mrs. W J Glenn of Pleasantville and Mrs. Emma Garrison of Knoxville.
Abraham Vander Beek and Hattie Grootvelt wed at noon February 2 1927 at the bride’s parents home in Pella. Rev D Hollebeek officiated. Close relatives and a few friends attended the ceremony. An evening reception at the Vander Beek home east of town hosted eighty guests.
About a hundred members of a charivari party attended the wedding to help start the couple’s life together. The bride, long a clerk at Van Niewaal store, has many friends in Pella, as does her husband in his circle. The Chronicle adds its best wishes and congratulations.
Dr Fred F Carpenter announces removal to his new ground floor office three doors east of Pella Bo tor Co at 606 Franklin Street. Wanted at Chronicle office clean cotton rags.
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