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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1921
Page
7
Corresidents report birthdays and anniversaries in Richland. A church scaffold collapse injures Bert Paxon while families welcome a new baby girl and mourn a relative. Local moves, illnesses, farming shifts, and social club plans fill a busy period.
Bell and Karr sold to Bunk Booth who took possession Tuesday evening. Booth plans four shows weekly replacing three and may raise the theatre floor. Local notes include a Royal Neighbors bazaar, a Wellman cemetery burial, and various town updates.
Crawfordsville area notes list Mrs. F M Smith traveling to Colorado after a brother's death. Visitors include Mrs. John McConahay from Mt. Union and Mrs. P L Huber with Mrs. J A Moorhead in Winfield. The Lanoue family and others visited in Washington.
Rev. A. M. Malcolm uses Luke 9 32 to urge awakening to Christ's hidden glory. He notes Jesus as son of a carpenter and the Mount of Transfiguration granting a glimpse, then warns believers today drift from the spiritual. Christ pleads for watchfulness and awakening in Zion.
Sunday sermons from local ministers are excerpted each Monday under this heading. The selections run about one hundred fifty words and cover themes of sin redemption and faith. The passages reference biblical phrases such as boldness to enter the holiest by Jesus blood and drawing near to God with a sincere heart.
Rev. M. R. Regan argues believers receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon them. He notes Pentecost marks the Spirit’s official entrance for this age and urges full surrender to God to enable bold witness and transformed lives through the Spirit.
Rev. Leslie Mountford urges that true wealth is measured by where the heart rests. He argues possessions reflect personality, warns against hoarding, and contrasts earthly wealth which decays with heavenly treasure that endures beyond death. He asks readers to examine current use of possessions.
A sermon by Rev. A R Oates discusses choices in devotion. He cites Joshua 24 15 and warns that loving money can be a modern tin god, urging commitment to the Lord and rejecting half measures.
A two part sermon excerpt discusses the temple veil rent at Jesus crucifixion as a sign of the end of Israel's prerogative and the dawn of a new era. It contrasts divine light with sacred closure and includes a second piece on Elijah calling down fire, urging Israel to renounce idolatry and seek the true God.
Harry M. Allen of 1009 Saint Martin Street Pittsburg Pa declares Tanlac grandest medicine, noting a 30 pound weight gain since starting treatment. He says it renewed energy, appetite, sleep and work capability, alleviating rheumatism and stomach trouble. Advertisement mentions local dealers Sherman Bros Wellman Mac Gugin Drug Co The McFarlane Co and leading druggists.
Atonement sought as Elijah prays on Carmel while Ahab feasts, the text contrasts prayerful urgency with worldly feasting during drought. The Evening Journal notes a morbid, sensual plea for rain tied to Israel and royal indulgence.
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