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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1925
Page
2
Waterloo churches observe Palm Sunday with baptism, communion, and special sermons. Pastors from Hirst Baptist to East Park Presbyterian headline morning and evening services with choirs, organ solos, and seasonal anthems as congregations prepare for Easter worship.
Rev Dr Jetr Kort Newton discusses over 25 new Bible translations and revisions since 1900 in April International Book Review. He notes the rise of plain language to aid understanding and the aim to unite faith with modern life, while scholars weigh against the King James legacy.
Palm Sunday program at First Presbyterian features the sacred oratorio The Holy City by Gaul performed by 65 choir members and four soloists at 4 p.m. Guest soloist Prof. Lowell E. M. Welles, voice instructor at Iowa State Teachers College, participates. The 11 a.m. service celebrates the Lord's Supper with Dr. Walter Barlow presiding and delivering The Oil-press in the Garden. The afternoon program offers multiple choruses, airs, duets, and a bass solo, including selections from Elijah and The Lord Our God, with Mrs Florence Gates, Mrs A. M. Donnan, Miss Martha McCormick among performers and a large assembled choir and orchestral accompaniment.
Fragmentary religious poem praising divine radiance. The text invokes Goel, Crone, and Christ as sources of light guiding humanity. It envisions a golden casket of truth and a banner of living word, urging seekers to walk in luminous faith.
Palm Sunday observances proceed at Catholic and Episcopal churches with palms distributed at Christchurch, St. Mark's, St. Joseph's, Sacred Heart, St. Mary's, and St. John's. Services include 40 hours devotion at St. Joseph's, a sermon by Rev. Charles Baxter at St Mark's, and multiple Holy Week activities across venues in Waterloo.
Cornell College conservatory orchestra under Horace Alden Miller will present the evening program at First Methodist Church Sunday. The 25 players include Miss Mildred Luce, formerly of Waterloo, who will join a social hour and refreshments in the church parlors at 5 30. Dr J Arthur Young will preach The Triumphal Entry of Christ Into the Modern City. Music includes the choir anthem Christian the Morn There’s a Beautiful Land on High and a solo There’s a Beautiful Land on High by Ikari Zellhoefer. The program features works by Schumann Bach and Rubenstein among others.
Dr Irat Dean, Harrisburg evangelist, opens a four week illustrated sermon series at Graves Memorial United Church. The program covers Christ’s birth through resurrection with life sized paintings by renowned religious artists. Evening services plus children’s talks and daytime Bible study are open to the public.
St Pauls Methodist Church announces a two week study series titled Last Things led by Rev W W Williams with Rev Wiliam Wilkins and Andrew Morris aiding. First week covers Christ's Last Week with sermons Behold Your King and The Silent Christ plus daily topics from the Cleansing of the Temple to The Last Judgment. Final messages on April 19 include Christ the First and the Last and The Last Invitation.
Eight young people from St. Luke's English and sixteen from First Lutheran will receive confirmation after Rev Leland N Lesher's sermon Our Glorious Leader. Class members include Myrtle Larson Bruce Barnes Selena Hartman Stanley Larsen Charles Clarkham Mary Marquis Myrtle Smith Esther Sawyers. Evening sermon Jesus in Gethsemane. Holy week services April 6 to 10 begin 7:30 with preparatory services for Easter.
Grace Methodist church will observe Passion Week starting Tuesday evening at 7. Dr A B Curran will give short discourses after a 15 minute song fest led by Jon DuMovd. The lord's supper will be administered Friday evening and members received. An Easter Story with 35 colored slides will close the week.
Dr J A Laurie received an unanimous call from Moreland Presbyterian Portland to lead Cedar Heights Community Iterian church for the past year. He likely will decline the call. Laurie has spent 35 years in the northwest with roles at University of Washington and Oregon State University training, and service in Bellingham Blaine and Wenatchee Presbyterian churches.
Linden Methodists announce a booster program for their new church-building project at Sunday evening services led by Rev. C. W. Karrep, with musical selections by the nine nine orchestra and the Young Women’s Chorus. Kenneth Moorer will conduct the song service, Ta-Verne Bachtell will deliver the gospel message, and Rev. Mr. Harvey will speak on "Our New Church." The Burton Avenue Baptist Epworth League unit will overseeing its session. Film Co May Locate In Waterloo. Representatives from Sonared Film Co of Osage visited Waterloo to survey sites for a potential headquarters. the firm advertises motion picture services.
Teachers of the northeast division of Towatate Teachers association held their thirty first annual session at East High with a general assembly. More than 1 400 registered for the conference. Florence B Allen Ohio Supreme Court justice spoke on the theme that government belongs to the people and that teachers must instill responsibility in children. She lamented court delays and urged citizen involvement in reform, sharing observations from an English court visit and stressing the role of teachers in fostering good citizenship and respect for laws.
West Waterloo student Olive H Sinclair tops a district essay contest on Scouting values with a piece stressing readiness and duty. Josephine Murtagh, Bonnie Hall, Maynard Rogers, Roberta Worley, Katherine Dougherty also place, while the article notes growing troop activity and a Fourth of July camp celebration.
Article notes a concern for public life durability among families and institutions, citing political lineage examples. It highlights senators’ familial lines, mentions Mrs Ruth McCormick as a potential first woman senator candidate, and references historical figures connected to Hale and Elkins families. It also briefly lists German and English class confirmations at Tripolita church.
Floyd County Consistory club of Scottish Rite Masons plans a Monday Thursday observance in Charles City. The lights will be extinguished after a banquet at the Medrick hotel.
Charles City resident Hoeall Merton visits his mother after five years in Jan Shed Pur India near Calcutta. He worked in engineering at the Pata Iron and Steel plant before returning home on April 4.
The author cites Chief Justice William H. Taft as an example of sustained public service and notes his father Alphonso Taft served as attorney general. He argues American families face fierce competition, immigration pressure, and the need to adapt across generations to stay in business while resisting mergers and trusts.
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