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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1928
Page
10
Amid worldly chaos a traveler finds treasures in friendship and shared burdens. He is warmed by companions who lift his cares and by love for his own who support him in dark times. Faith sustains him through trials as fortune’s glare dims with time and distant goals fade.
New York February 11 Rev Dr Ralph W Sockman argues today’s Christians treat Christ as an ideal not a standard. He cites misreading crucifixion and warns followers should aim to follow Jesus amid Protestant-C Catholic unity. He criticizes comparing religious life to others and calls for solidarity and care for the poor.
Rev Joseph Wales of Linden M E church announces a probationers class of instruction and a Bible series. Twenty young people in the class meet first Sunday at 9 90 p m. Miss Lola Strope will lecture each Thursday for seven weeks starting Feb 23. Quarterly conference reports show rising interest and 36 new members since four months ago. Rev Yates attended district conference at Fayette.
City ministers plan union services for Holy Week with nightly meetings during passion week. A city-wide gathering of pastors is to convene at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Y.M.C.A. to coordinate plans. All interested in cooperating are invited to attend.
New York February 11 Dr Irving H Berg pastor of Fort Washington Collegiate church argues science and religious belief are compatible He cites Christ in present modern life and notes religion meets scientific challenges He also remarks dangers shift with age and temptations do not depend on years
Harold F. Miller and Dr. W P McCormick will present a musical program at 7 30 p m tomorrow at Westminster Presbyterian church In the morning Dr McCormick continues his Egyptian Silhouets series with The Great Divide The evening service features a lengthy program including anthems solos recitatives duets and meditations with titles such as Remember Now Thy Creator How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings The Mission of a Rose God’s Messenger and The Lambl of God Notre. The offering reception and postlude follow the musical proceedings.
Dr Charles Bame preached on Hope for the Doubter at First Brethren Church last night urging steps to find God and salvation. He likened doubt to investigation, citing Thomas Gideon Moses and Elisha, and urged asking seeking knocking to attract God's response. The audience filled the church in rapt attention.
Cedar Heights Church outlines morning services featuring Dr. J A Laurie discussing The Voices of God. Children present Lost in an Abandoned Mine. Evening message centers on Women of the Bible with colored stereograph illustrations. When lights go out, Renliemen ALU prefer them.
Sunday services in many churches feature Lincoln birthday tributes. Rev L Kellogy at First Baptist on Lincoln’s tomb visit. morning sermon Christian Education. evening Fireside series with homelike setting. guests include couples married by the pastor and a Beaven gift. Miss Dorothy Holmes to read The Sign of the Cross. choir to sing The King of Love and Majestic Sweetness. Rev E W Main at Graves Memorial. Dr W D Endres at Central Christian. Miss Jennie Do Jensen to speak in Indian costume at Trinity American Lutheran. special children's reading by Dwight Boye Schear. Northminster Presbyterian and other local churches feature Lincoln themes, patriotic music, sermons on Christian life, and outreach programs.
Revival services opening at St. Pauls Methodist Church tomorrow evening continue for two weeks. Rev Joseph Yates of Linden Methodist will preacher with expository style and strong emphasis. Services held nightly except Saturdays start with singing, daily topics include The Great White Throne Ten Commandments and The New Birth.
The hymn Onward Christian Soldiers gained fame as a Sunday school marching tune loved by Theodore Roosevelt and often sung at his campaigns. Its author Rev. Baring-Gould wrote it for Lew-Trenchard England, with Sullivan composing a fitting tune. Born January 28 1834 in Exeter he led parishes before Lew-Trenchard, shaping a globally popular martial hymn.
New York February 11 Rev Samuel Schulman at Temple Emanuel urged dedicating the Washington and Lincoln birthdays to contemplating the American spirit. He defended the American revolution as a founding of a great spiritual entity with a universal mission, stressing unity beyond class and praising Anglo Saxon roots alongside friendship with Britain.
A Walnut Street Baptist Church supper drew about 200 boys and men with a spirit of fellowship. Dr. FE Hampton of Des Moines urged that America’s hope rests on boys and girls staying true to faith in his principal address. Warren L. Steeves spoke on The River that Flows Uphill comparing Petitcodiac tidal behavior to nature’s laws while J S Tuthill and Ward Nelson also spoke. A Archer served as toastmaster.
Rev Warren L Steeves, pastor, starts a Sunday night sermon series at Walnut Street Baptist Church titled Some Fools and Wise Men I Have Met In and Out of the Bible. Topics include The Rich Fool on Feb 12 and The Wise Vagrant Jazz Fool The Wise Bad Woman March 4 and The Modern Fool March 11 with The Wise Penitent March 18. The talks compare biblical figures to contemporary life.
Rev Charles Francis Potter argues that calling others heathens makes one a heathen. He notes elemental experiences across religions, urges a synthesis of beliefs, and rejects claims of monopoly on God as ridiculous. He spoke at the Church of the Divine Paternity in New York.
New York report on Indian author Dhan Gopal Mukerji speaking at Community church about his book A Son of India Replies in response to Katharine Mayo Mother India. He attacks the printed page conspiracy, mocks Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, praises moral focus, and notes Americas home life as the testing ground for a nation’s character.
The oddly garbled excerpt mirrors a literary quotation from the Chitatlan Science Monitor. It references Anita Loos and a query about a book on brunettes, with stray lines about friends, dreams, and twilight. The readable portion names Lewis Worthington Smith and Anita Loos.
The First United Presbyterian Church of Waterloo celebrated its 25th anniversary with a history read by Elder W. W. Templeton. The church lists 15 missionaries, including Mary J. Campbell in India and Elsie French in Egypt, plus several home missionaries. One member was killed by a lion in India and another drowned at a beach. The anniversary featured reminiscences by Ida Jaggar, notes from Rev. E. F. Kimmershue, and memories of charter members Martha Johnson and Ida Jaggar. The congregation totals 176 with 19 new members since organization, despite 26 deaths and 77 withdrawals since inception.
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