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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
7
Rev. D. D. MacAdams will preach on Christian Optimism next Sunday morning. Sunday School starts at 9 45 with Calvin Carter as superintendent. Morning worship is at 10 45. Evening services follow with the pastor in charge and Christian Endeavor at 6 30.
Rev. E W Bartley of Sikeston Methodist Church will preach on The Difference of a Letter at the morning hour Sunday October 26 with L M Standley in charge. Morning worship begins 10 30 oclock. Evening service subject Road s End Epworth League at 6 30 and the evening service at 7 30 p m.
Pastor G C Schramm of Concordia Lutheran Church will preach Sunday morning October 26 on The Meaning of the Reformation in the Light of World History. Worship starts at 9 with Sunday school at 10. Children’s class meets Saturdays at 2. Adult Bible Class on Mondays at 7:30. Announced by the pastor.
Rev Joseph P Read of the Christian church will preach The Value of a Soul at 10 45 Sunday worship. Sunday school starts 9 30 under Supt Houck Mitchell. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30 with subject What the Christian Church Believes About Confession. Attendance workers listed.
Nathan Nelson pastorates at Church of God with Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer Service Tuesday 7 30 p m Victory Leaders Band for youths meets at 6 30 p m each Sunday evening.
Rev E D Owen, pastor of the Baptist church, will preach on Spiritual Sitdown Strikers at the morning worship Sunday October 26. Services begin 9 30 for gin and 10 45 for hours. Baptismal services follow the Baptist Training Union in the evening at 6 30 as the pastor conducts them. In the evening he will preach on Regeneration or Degeneration.
Nazarenes hear a morning sermon titled A Warning to the Christian by Rev. J W Hoffert of the Church of the Nazarene on October 26 The Cape Girardeau contest ends today Sikeston leads but the morning and evening services will determine the winner Church service at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm Young people service at 6 30 pm
The St Francis Xavier Catholic Church on Front and Stoddard Streets lists Rev J J ONeill and Rev A H Hoermann as pastor and assistant. Summer Masses are 7:00 and 9:00 a m, winter 7:30 and 9:30 a m, Holy Day Masses 5:45 and 8:00 a m, weekdays 7:00 and 8:00 a m, Saturday 8:00 a m at the Convent. Baptisms after the last Sunday Mass. Confessions Saturday and eves of Holy Days 3:30 to 5:45 p m and 7:00 to 8:30 p m, with flexible times on request.
Rev. Gayle Jackson pastor leads Sunday School at 10 and morning worship at 11 with an Evangelistic sermon at 7 30 pm. Prayer meetings Tuesday and Friday at 7 30. All welcome. East Prairie Christian church members invited to a Halloween party next Friday in the church basement.
Rev. G. C. Schramm pastor of Sikeston Lutheran church will return home tomorrow from Concordia Missouri where he attends the Western District Conference of Lutheran pastors in Tennessee Arkansas and Missouri.
Rev. and Mrs. W D Reaves of Hubbard Texas will conduct a three week revival at Sikeston Christian Church beginning Tuesday night November 16. Reaves formerly Billy Reaves assisted here years ago and will preach direct music while his wife plays piano.
Rev. E. W. Bartley newly appointed pastor of Sikeston Methodist Church and Mrs. Bartley were honored at a church basement dinner. Congregation officials, stewards, Sunday School teachers, WSC S officers, choir members and the Co-Workers Society served. Musical numbers featured solos by Mrs. Cook and Miss Michell, with a vocal trio.
Members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of Methodist churches in the Cape Girardeau District held an all day meeting at Portageville beginning at 9:30. Mrs. Frank Elrod of St. Louis, conference president, led the session with other conference workers and local society leaders in attendance. Rev. E W Bartley of Sikeston also attended.
The Modern Marthas Class of the Christian church met Tuesday night at Mrs. Ralph Bailey Jr. home to honor two members Mrs. Robert Sizemore and Mrs. Ernest Kellett with a nursery shower. Mrs. Pete Johnson assisted with the entertainment.
The lesson argues that obedience to divine commands sustains a nation, while disobedience brings curses. It links Israel’s fate under Moses with America, warning that sobriety, clean living, and moral integrity protect the state. It critiques liquor legalization as worsening budgets and debt, urging caution from history.
The piece explains that worry stems from a perceived loss of hope and argues that God loves people while demanding little. It urges readers to light their own faith, attend Sunday school and church the following Sunday to restore spiritual confidence.
A historical sermon argues nations should not rise through violence or injustice and warns that moral decay follows liquor legalization and public tolerance of vice. It cites Habakkuk, notes prize fighting resurgence, and condemns coarse depictions of women in media as signs of degraded public conscience.
A historic remark claims that alcoholic drinks corrupt public morals, supported by numerous proofs cited as infallible. The quote reflects temperance rhetoric common in reform era discourse about alcohol policy and social impact.
A New York Times report claims the United States pressured Canada to allow a Windsor Ontario slot machine importer to bring in machines despite Canadian wartime import curbs. The duty reportedly totaled about 11 000 dollars, with Canadian officials citing exchange controls and the producer arguing preexisting orders. Diplomatic notes followed the dispute as Ottawa refused to defer the ruling.
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