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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1934
Page
10
An illustrated Sunday school lesson presents Jesus responding to faith. The piece attributes authorship to Reverend Alvin K. Bell and Alfred J. Buescher and centers on the Gospel of Matthew chapter fourteen.
A civic notice urges readers to attend church next Sunday, arguing the church’s importance hinges on active membership rather than sentiment. It frames church participation as essential to its success and invites laymen to answer the invitation.
The article notes a decade of merging church bodies in the United States with only one denomination splitting, cites the cost to fund foreign missions, and reports on Protestant growth in the Marshall Islands under London Missionary Society. It also mentions slavery abolition in Britain, 6 million slaves worldwide, and a Protestant protest to Germany over non Aryan birth restrictions. It quotes Dr Hugh Magill on unity based on functional levels open cooperation and preserved denominational autonomy.
Directory of several churches with pastors and service times. Listings include Bible School at 9:30, Divine Worship at 10, Lent German services on Sundays, midweek prayer, and youth activities. Names include Rev. Ernst Irion, Rev. O. C. Smith, Rev. W. L. Ludlow, Rev. Anna Hale, Rev. G. T. Settle, Rev. J. E. Burton, and others. Details cover sermon times, Sunday School, and special services across multiple streets such as Lake Avenue Cambridge, Third Street and East Avenue.
Grace Lutheran Church at Corner Princeton Ave and East River Street lists Rev F J Schumm and Rev J Bond with Sunday School at 9 30, morning services, Lenten and devotional services. Address near Smith Block over Bower’s Drug Store. W Clay pastor offers Sunday morning services and Epworth League devotion. Prayer and evangelistic services noted with times and locations.
A collection of church schedules lists CHRISTS TEMPLE P A OF W at 111 Oberlin Road with several service times, SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH under Rev C Brown, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL at Corner Court and Second Streets with 9:30 Sunday School, and additional ministers and times for Princeton Garford United Bible Students Ford M Fryberger St Johns Lutheran Grand Street West Avenue Rev Armin Schroeder.
A fragment lists multiple congregations with service times and pastors. Magyár Református Church at 119 West River Street with Rev. Tibor Toth and Rev. C. F. Wiseman. MT. Zion Baptist at 403 Lodi Street with Ray J. Bell. Holy Cross Church at Fourteenth Street and West Avenue with Rev. Budny Foster Massez. St Andrew's Episcopal at corner Middle Ave and Third St with Rev. Edwin E. Redhead. Church of Christ at Second and Chapel Streets with Wm. C. Fowler. Service times include morning worship, Bible school, Sunday School, Christian Endeavor, prayer meetings, and evening services.
Salvation Army announces Sunday morning holiness meetings at 10 30. Sunday afternoon Sunday School and FP L at Sunday evening open aid service at 7 15 and Salvation Meeting at 7 45.
Sunday School at 3:39 AM led by J F Greenfield superintendent ACE League at 6:00 PM under Rev R A White pastor at Jones Chapel Seventeenth Street.
Representatives from various cooperative agencies met to foster cooperation among the great denominational bodies. The gathering focused on strengthening Interchurch collaboration and unified action across agencies.
William J. Mayo of Rochester Minnesota argued religion remains vital to medical care. He said emotions drive healing, faith in a physician helps patients, and in dire times belief beyond medicine sustains morale and supports well being amid rapid social change.
A church editor proposes methods to increase child participation in services. Ideas include a formal procession of children entering with the choir, training youngsters to use responses, join in short prayers, and perform appropriate parts. Emphasizes stories for children should convey truth without sermonizing and recommends families attend together to strengthen family worship.
A horseman visits Henry Ward Beecher, presenting a family horse described as good saddle, buggy, and carriage horse. He claims the animal works well and could suit multiple uses, seeking Beecher’s purchase.
A buyer praises a horse as a versatile team worker but declines to purchase. He tells the seller, Mr Beecher, that he cannot buy the animal but would like to have him as a member of his church. The exchange highlights humor and kindness in a modest transaction.
An Illinois businessman pinned a note to a dollar, asking recipients to log its use, then returned it after two weeks. The ledger shows repeated spends on sal ary and eco items, with various categories like candy, haberdashery, groceries, washing, share, toothpaste, and automobile parts. The note ends with a remark that God never had a single chance with that dollar.
A garbled OCR passage presents fragmented phrases about action and speech, warning that a man of words without deeds resembles a garden of weeds. It contains stray lines about a neighbor and a knocker, with unclear context or attribution.
A series of aphoristic notes extolling faith, endurance, and service. It contrasts gain with profitless modern life, emphasizes belief as motive power, and links obedience to Christ with joy. Includes cautions about cynicism, doubt, and temper, and ends with a restless line about a man who can smile.
A Church of Christ Scientist notice announces the Sexton Sermon to be read in all Christ Scientist churches on Sunday March 18 1934. Golden text cites God as salvation and strength and the lesson includes Hebrews 11:1 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy on growing faith to heal and overcome error.
Local notes from Huntington detail visits to Millersburg Wellington and Spencer. Families including Nash Crile Deidrick Hines and Dennier share weekend trips and dinners while Miss Blessing returns to school after chicken pox. Keeling Street and Krage families attend funerals, with Robins spotted signaling early spring.
E A Austin enjoyed a birthday anniversary gathering at his Kipton home on Wednesday evening. Family and friends arrived with baskets and a twelve-seat supper was served. Music provided the entertainment with attendance listed including Horace Allen Frank Furley Paul Bates Ross Martin Bruce Bates Joan Molesky Carl Bates and others. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Matus on Saturday March 10. Camden Farm Women's Club plans a meeting March 22 at the home of the club member.
W O McClellan reports Y M C A secretaries from Massillon district conference foresee improving business conditions in their cities. Attendees included Flyrna Maseillon Warren Alliance Painesville Upper Sandusky Ashland Ashtabula Canton Barberton and R L Dickerson of Columbus. Conference held every two months to discuss YMCA concerns.
Mrs. Erwin Perkins hosts dinner while Miss Bird demonstrates simple desserts. Several residents report illness progress and family deaths. Local clubs, tea bridges, and a beauty trade show are noted along with theater and school events. Families relocate, bus drivers change, and residents travel to Cleveland Lorain and Elyria. Community wisdom closes the column with proverbs on listening and timing.
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