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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
5
Sabbath school and worship schedules for Second United and First United Presbyterians. Activities include morning and evening services, Sunday school at 9:45, youth meetings, midweek prayer, and special music programs led by pastors and lay leaders with detailed hymn and anthem listings.
Sunday service at 11 a.m. invites all to hear a sermon on Everlasting Punishment with golden text Isaiah 1.18 and responsive reading Isaiah 63:7 14. The cordial invitation emphasizes inclusive attendance.
The church invites all scholars to attend next Lord's Day with classes for everybody. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon titled Knowing But Not Doing. C. EB leads 6:30 p m junior and adult gatherings. Evening service at 7 36 presents Sin, It Utter Uselessness. The chorus and organ promise fine music as W H Hampton minister Bert Campbell chorister Edith Boileau organist.
Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Sermon titled An In glorious Compromise. Epworth League 6:30 p.m. Dorothea Thompson leads Intermediate at 6:20 p.m. Mrs N M Spidel on Japan. Evening service 7:30 p.m. Congregational singing, choir music, sermon by Dr. Edgar Tullar of Chicago. Music program lists Dvorak and Wilson pieces with solo and offertory. W. W. Bowers pastor Jesse J. Miller director of music Mary Hunter organist.
The pastor's Sunday messages will be Whiting and Singing for the morning sermon and Our Sole Possession for the evening. Sunday schedule: 9 30 Sunday school, 10 55 morning worship, 6 30 B P U, 7 30 evening service. Prayer meeting is set aside for Sunday school convention on Wednesday evening.
Sabbath school at 9 46 a m last week drew good attendance. This Sunday aims to exceed it with morning worship at 11 o clock where the pastor discusses The Divine Impulse to Foreign Missions. Evening service at 7 30 features an Old Testament character talk A Man in Hard Luck Who Kept a stiff Upper Lip. All welcome, especially those without a church home. Arthur R Oates Pastor.
Files of the Dubuque Times from 1857 to 1861 are donated to the Iowa Historical Department for exhibit at the state historical building on Capitol Hill. John W. Taylor of St Paul funds, in memory of his father, will have the papers indexed and bound by curator Edgar R. Harlan to document Iowa's pre Civil War politics and activity.
Services held at the West Chester United Presbyterian Church with preaching by W G Robertson pastor. The sermon titled Sanctified Citizenship was delivered at morning services.
The New Haven Baptist Church outlines a 2:00 p m Sunday School session to decide its Mother’s Day program. Public worship follows at 3:00 with the Lord’s Supper observed at the sermon’s close. Pastor A E Aldrich.
Public worship at West Chester Baptist Church with Sunday School at 10:00. Morning sermon titled A Springtime Sermon focusing on four essentials for a good harvest and a Scripture reading Philippians 2 1 11. Evening sermon How to Fish for Men and theme Unifying and Upward Pull of Love. All welcome.
All services at usual hours with baptism at the close of the morning sermon. A church picture will be taken including the audience and cars, for Iowa Magazine to show country churches active in their communities. All parishioners are urged to attend next Sunday morning, A. J. Unthank, Pastor.
Local groups announce meetings and changes including D A regular meeting in K C hall Friday May 4 at 8 o clock Sunday School board and A C E League joint session tonight Literature department Fortnightly Monday 2 30 with Mrs T A Michels Union Choir final rehearsal Friday evening Fortnightly Washington Lodge 26 A F and A M monthly meeting Friday May 4 6 30 Music Department Fortnightly not meeting Monday due to convention rescheduled May 14 Children story hour at library tomorrow 1 pm Queen Esthers West Chester meet with Houghs P BE Os luncheon Monday 4 to 6 at Mrs Orville Eiders Five Supreme officers expected Fortnightly program committees urged to send programs Household Economics last meeting of year May 9 Ladies Aid church West Chester members on entertainment committee Bring ten cents for demonstration All church ladies invited
Rev. W. G. Robertson will preach next Sabbath morning May 6 1923. This will be his last day to preach before Mr Boyd Patterson takes charge. Sabbath school 10:00 a m Morning worship 11 a m. Miss Lucile Fisher pianist. W E Leet U S Supt.
The morning worship features a sermon on Ascension and a special evening service at 8 o clock devoted to the history and singing of America's greatest hymns. Epworth League meets at 7 p m and midweek prayer is Wednesday at 8 p m led by Pastor J F Rex.
The elder Taylor, who acted 95 editor of the paper, was the son of John W. Taylor of Saratoga N Ya congressman and close associate of Clay Webster Calhoun and De Witt Clinton.
Delilah, a biblical figure, betrays Samson by learned secrets of his power. The Philistines compensate her to uncover the source of his strength. Samson reveals that his strength lies in his hair, and Delilah shaves his head while he sleeps.
A Kansas City writer asks if success comes from birth and connections and wonders how one could be born into such status or whether they would choose to be. The piece probes social privilege with irony.
An old writer notes men wore rings to signal status from engagement to marriage. He claims a gentleman’s ring moves from the left hand index finger for a wife to the second finger for engagement, third for marriage, and fourth for lifelong singleness.
The clog almanac appears as a square stick with notches on its edges for weekdays and festival symbols. Even older are Scandinavian runic calendars carved in wood or bone and inscribed with runic letters.
Berlin and other ports report dire hotel business as Berlin taxes on foreign guests push up room charges to about four dollars a day. Hotels in Hamburg and Bremen face similar complaints while visa restrictions deter visitors from America and Europe.
Royal Neighbor camps of Washington, Louisa, and Muscatine counties held the district assembly in Riverside Iowa on May 4 with 134 delegates. Kalona will host next year. officer selections included Minnie Beck president Ione McGugin vice president Emma Smith treasurer Mae Snyder. committee for arrangements includes Oberhaus Gabriel Salladay. The event featured a sun bonnet drill and an initiatory by Muscatine, with a Methodist church dinner and festive decorations in purple and white.
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