Wesley and church calendars honor John Wesley figures
Several area churches hold special services and sermons across a day of memorial observances. Grace M. E. and other congregations feature Wesley inspired hymns, readings, and soloists, with topics ranging from life and work of Wesley to themes of faith and the Trinity. The day includes baptisms, choir performances, and varied sermon subjects at First Lutheran, Spiritual Church of Christ Truth, East Park Presbyterian, Mt Carmel Baptist, and other churches.
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Henry Mueller
Jocelyn
Francis Mead
Lord
Petrie
Glenn Seaborn
Church of Christ Truth
Sophie F. Smailey
Franklin’ Street
Linden M. E
Yolme
Patriotic Music Features Concert at St Pauls M E
A sacred concert of patriotic selections by the St Pauls M E Church choir is planned for Sunday evening readings by Mrs. Carl Kinsell and Mrs. Charles Storm. Performances include Hay and Holton songs, Goerdeler solo, and a mixed quartet with offerings by Miss Read and others.
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St. Paul's M. E
Carl Kinsell
Charles Storm
America
Hay
Holton
Melba Read
Jerusalem the Golden
Goerdeler
W. S. Sherburne
W. A. Borden
George Muzzey
F.a. Cunningham
London
C.A. Borden
Nadine Harden
Aubrey Jos
Hamlin
Ackley
E. C. Margadant
T. P. Shaffer
Anna Morse
Virginia Berry
Cecil Miller
Tom Hadsell
Maytime in Wyoka Garden Poem
A poem reflects on cycle of seasons and youth. It contemplates spring return each year despite aging, praising blossoms, April, and May as enduring symbols. The speaker suggests beauty can recur in old hearts, while questioning whether youth ever truly returns.
Toc H Lauded for Its Advancement of Human Fellowship
Rev M P G Leonard a former army chaplain and Toc H leader spoke at Grace Protestant Episcopal Church New York May 25 praising Toc H as an effort to apply Christ's methods from Monday to Saturday. He said the group unites war bred sacrifice to counter greed and aloofness aiming to form one family of God’s love using a Swiss Alps parable to illustrate fellowship as the rope binding climbers with Christ as guide.
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New York
M. P .G. Leonard
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Swiss
Alps
Stogether
Christ
Bible Drama Set For District Meet at Church of the Brethren
The Tri Art class will stage One of the Nine, a biblical drama cleansing lepers in three scenes at a Jerusalem housetop a merchant’s door and in the desert. Directed by Mrs Floy Kough, the performance for the district young people’s conference runs June 1 and 3 with a June 9 public showing.
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Church of the Brethren
Jerusalem
Floy Kough
Missionary credited with halting communism in Ghina
Rev John R Edwards of the Methodist Episcopal church told Madison Avenue church that American missionaries helped keep communism from Ghina. He cited a 1927 incident in China where an American missionary's death prompted settlers to reconsider their stance against missionaries and helped rebuke communism.
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New York
Ghina
John R. Edwards
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Madison Avenue
Moscow
Individuals Over Industry in Rev Buttrick Sermon
New York May 25 Rev George A Buttrick urged Madison Avenue Presbyterian parishioners to value people over external events. He argued Jesus focused on persons not things and warned progress through invention should not eclipse human happiness and moral growth. He challenged civic pride and urged concern for how communities act.
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New York
George A. Buttrick
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Dr. Buttrick
Christ
Jesus
Pr. Buttrick
Chamber of Commerce
Hymn on Conversion by Charles Wesley and Bohler
Tradition says Charles Wesley wrote this hymn on his first conversion anniversary in May 1729. It traces his early Christian life with eighteen stanzas and notes Bohler’s influence. A Nottingham tale in 1757 tells of a condemned prisoner who, aided by Mr Mather, is converted and sings the hymn on the way to execution, especially the line He breaks the power of cancelled sin.
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Charles Wesley
Peter Boanler
Charles
Christ
Bohler
Alexander Mather
Wesley
Nottingham
Mr. Mather
Veteran missionary to speak at First Baptist services
Dr. John Firth, returning after 40 years in Assam, India, will address both morning and evening services at First Baptist this Sunday. The day features a memorial sermon, special music by multiple choirs and soloists, and a liturgical service with the American Legion and other groups.
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India
First Baptist Memorial
John Firth
United States
Assam
First Baptist Whitch
Firth
Pella
Shelly
Brown
Forrest Gilpatrick
Graves Memorial U
G. Ellifson
Moiris
Don Main
Stenson
First Congregational
American Legion
B. M. Gotshall
O'Hara
Morgan
Margaret Gallup
Homer Albright
Schubert
The Country Faitie in the Country’s Heart
An excerpt-like verse reflecting rural life and nature with imagery of green grass, bells, dawn, and Gad in the talns, attributed to Norman Gale.
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Gad
When Waterloo Was Young by Roger Leavitt reminiscences
Roger Leavitt a Waterloo native now a banker and trusted authority on early Black Hawk county history recalls a childhood in Waterloo. He previews five chapters to be printed in the Courier with memories of 1860s Civil War events, a 1874 cyclone, early hotels, epidemics, and the city’s growth through farms and pioneers.
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Waterloo
Roger Leavitt
Roger Leagitt
Cedar Falls National Bank and
Ceder Falls Trust Co
Courier
Rural School Graduates in Black Hawk County
One hundred seven rural school pupils in Black Hawk County are set to complete eighth grade and receive certificates on the last day of the school year. No general graduation exercises will be held. each school will present its own program. Certificates allow entry to county high schools at home district expense, with four-year costs around five hundred dollars per student.
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Black Hawk County
J EE
Jewett
Barclay Township
Mill Arett Obert
Adem Atkins
Hezel Folk
Loretta Buck
Bennington
Stalinda Riekeberg
Reeka Schmidt
Wilma Gebutte
Irving Baumpartner
Dig Creee
Vera Wildros
Nelle Yarrow
Emily
Black Hawk
Sen Fisher
Roger Bakers
Edwin Gorene
Nose
Arthur Christiansen
Geathe Olson
Cedar Township
Leone Hubbard
Corinne Kemp
Frenn Klein
Betty Breson
Envi King
Cedar Falls
Joseph_the Moore
Florence Randall
Fern Simp
Men of Westminster Dinner Sparks Brotherhood Revival
Men of Westminster Presbyterian church gathered in the church parlors for a fellowship dinner with about a scare and half in attendance. Toastmaster J R Runyan introduced A A Zimmerman to outline the gathering’s purpose a revival of the old brotherhood. Roger Leavitt Cedar Falls delivered the main address tracing “Early Days in Waterloo” as serialized in the Courier.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
J. R. Runyan
A. A. Zimmenan
Roger Leavitt
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
The
Courier
Modern Society Branded as Slavish to Wealth
New York May 25 Reverend John Walter Hauck pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church in the Bronx denounced a modern mania for updating as creating an ugly life outlook. He warned that society worships wealth and possession, urging religion as the remedy to the corrupting quest for material success.
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New York
John Walter Hauck
Pilgrim Congregational Church
the Bronx
Dr. Houck
Frederika Revival Begins With Special Meetings
Frederika May 23 Special meetings in the M E churches will be inaugurated Sunday May 26 under Pastor Rev A W Gable with assistance from Rev Allen Gable New Albion and Rev James Gable Waucoma. The revival aims to draw congregants from Frederika and Republic.
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Courier
Frederika, In
A. W. Gable
M. E
Republic
Allen Gable
New Albion
James Gable
Waucoma
Wilh
Radical church reform and crisis of faith in New York
In New York on May 25 the Rev Charles E Jefferson described a church reformation as radical as the sixteenth century. He cited four signs: creeds challenged, dwindling public worship, loss of magnetic preaching, and youth leaving the church across continents. He urged believers to quit praying at religion and listen to God, saying true faith requires living experience and direct communication with the divine.
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New York
Charles E. Jefferson
Ferman
Hoadway Tabernacle Church
Fifth-sixth Street
Jefferson
Tennyson
New England
West
England
China
Atlantic
Pacific
Italy
Jesus
Last Chance to Register for County Primary Bond Election
Last minute voters urged to register or change precincts to vote on the county road bond issue of 1,000,000 and the county detention hospital addition of 15,000. Registration boards report a surge in late registrations as of yesterday. Out of town voters may register and vote on election day May 31.
Road to Spring Poem and Local Garage Construction in Fairbank
A fragmented poem reflects on spring beauty and divine mystery. A local news brief reports Jacob Minton has built a garage on Main Street in Fairbank and is installing a cement driveway.
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Fairbank
Jacob Minton
Main Street
Iaid
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