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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
6
Sabbath school at 9 45 Sunday morning. Morning worship at 11. Sermon The Whole Task of the Wh Church IV Shepherding. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Evening service at 7 30. All are welcome at these services. Arthur R. Oates pastor.
Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:55 with children's program and large orchestra. Evangelist unavailable. tent meetings planned with big crowd from Pleasant Hill. Afternoon service at 3:00. evening services at 7:30. weekly schedule includes prayer meetings and B Y P U. Rev W W Bowers and Rev Leslie Mount ford lead respective churches.
In the absence of the pastor there will be no public worship Sabbath. Sabbath school at 10:00 o'clock. W. G. Robb, pastor.
Public worship scheduled at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Rev. J M Wishart delivering sermons. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. Morning music features a duet by Miss Hamilton and Mrs. McCleery and anthems including Lift up Your Meads. Evening program includes Worship the Lord Most High and Blessed Is the Man with Miss Carolyn Hamilton directing.
No services will be held but a congregational prayer meeting is set for 11:00 a.m. All are expected to attend. Bible study will proceed as usual at 6:30 p.m.
Corner Iowa Ave and Jefferson St hosts a religious service at 11 00 am. The sermon topic is God the Only Cause and Creator with Golden Text Isaiah 45 12 stating I have made the earth and created man. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The evening service time is moved to 10 30 a m for Sunday. Rev William Simon of St Louis a recent Eden Theological Seminary graduate will lead and is a member of the Eden Seminary Sextette performing Saturday at the high school auditorium with the L M Shaw program. Carl W Klein pastor.
The Volunteer Slum Army will hold Sunday school at 2:30 p m and preaching at 3 30 p m Sunday afternoon at their hall over Conner s Grocery. The Hope Mission will unite with us. Rev G L Flowers of Ottumwa will preach next Sunday afternoon. Evening services in the hall at 7 p m. Mr and Mrs Sneath in charge.
Sunday school and service times listed with 10 and 11 a m. Children's Day program set for 8:00 p m. A call to worship and attendance, noting past turnout and urging all to worship God. Reverend E Drebert, pastor, invites the community to attend or join another church if unable to come.
Eden Seminary students lead Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and church at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Wm. Krummel delivers the sermon with special music. Evening Eden Seminary Sextette concert announced.
A renowned college choir touring the Midwest will perform at the local church. The program will feature selections from Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Ohio tours. Admission is free with a voluntary offering collected at the end. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. church service at 11:00 a.m. concert to follow at 1:30 p.m.
A bridal shower for Miss Jane Leone Root at Miss Mary Carmichael’s home included music and gifts for the bride to be. Delta Alpha Methodist Sunday School class hosted a social with 44 attendees, quilt work, music, and refreshments, plus plans for a July Sunset Park picnic. The Braden Club met with eleven members, elected new officers, and served ice cream, cake, and coffee. Alice and John Kirkpatrick returned from West Chester after attending their tenth wedding anniversary celebration.
A society note from Washington recounts the May 15 1920 marriage of Loria Anita Wasco to Ervin Krey with a home reception planned after June 8 at 15802 Pythias Avenue Cleveland. The bride is the daughter of Lorenzo L Wasco and granddaughter of Mrs Martha Johnson. Krey served overseas in World War I on the Italian front. Mrs Krey is a noted musician who once sang as contralto soloist here.
Memorial exercises at I O O F P hall on June 6 at 2 30 led by Rebekahs and I O O F. Public invited. Bring flowers if possible. Committee.
Arthur Orris and Miss Tracy Lantz of Columbus Junction wed in Crawfordsville on Tuesday and moved into the former Hildebrand residence. They receive best wishes from friends. Rev W R Yard of De Kalb Ill and Mr Mrs M D Yard of Washington visited relatives here yesterday. Mrs C A Sprague W P Davidson and children were in Columbus Junction yesterday for business.
A Philadelphia clergyman Rev Dowie visits local pastor Rev G W Hanna on the way from Sterting Kansas General Assembly. He will preach at Sabbath morning services and Rev BE Thompson of Kenton Ohio, a former local pastor, is expected to preach in the evening. Also notes on fishing, Lenin money printing rumors, and a funeral thief roaming the west.
One of the best 160 acre farms in Howard County Iowa is for sale at a price that promising buyers should not miss. Improvements are fair with land quality outstanding. Contact J W Warner in Room 307 Farmers and Merchants Bank Building Washington Iowa for details.
All scouts are instructed to meet at the Y M C A office on Saturday morning at nine o'clock.
The lesson centers on Saul's partial obedience to God's command to destroy the Amalekites, his excuses and hypocrisy before Samuel, and the resulting divine judgment that the kingdom would pass from his house. It emphasizes the danger of heartful disobedience over mere outward sacrifice and notes that rebellion brings spiritual death.
A brief quotation reflects on doing small, routine duties as meaningful actions pleasing God. It emphasizes the idea that everyday tasks, done unseen, constitute true service rather than grand gestures. The speaker, J Perry, urges that prophets heroes and saints valued these commonplace acts.
A compact editorial note cautions that knowledge without grace leads to folly. It argues humility and ethical restraint guard intellect, urging readers to balance learning with prudent character, and to avoid arrogance in pursuit of power or status.
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