Holy City selections to be performed at First Presbyterian service
The First Presbyterian church will host an evening program at 7 30 featuring selections from The Holy City by A R Gaul. Soloists include Martha McCormick Norma Chalser Jesse M Church and C L Tarbell with Mrs Oliver Stevenson at organ and Mrs Harold Smith at piano. The concert follows with multiple arias choruses and a second morning service with Rev T R Niven and Dr Roy Leslie Smith delivering sermons amid a full musical program by the choir and guests.
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the Holy City
A. R. Gaul
First Presbyterian Church
Martha McCormick
Norma Chalser
Jesse M. Church
C. L. Tarbell
Oliver Stevenson
Harold Smith
Mr. Church
Miss Galser
Miss McConnick
Harpers
Mr. Tarbell
Roy Leslie Smith
Malcolm ©. Morse
Stalner
Leroy Furry
Fm Comet
Holy City
Adams
Christ
Lord Jesus
Batiste-Brackett
Avatus Crain
Farewell to Power and Wealth in Death's Quiet Hall
A reflective poem laments mortal vanity as a powerful man dies leaving wealth and influence behind. It contrasts the living crowd mourning, the transfer of possessions, and the inevitability of emptiness after life ends, questioning how long earthly treasures endure beyond the grave.
New Morality Shift Calls Sportsmanship Over Fear
In a Carnegie Hall sermon Dr Stephen S Wise argues a newer morality rooted in sportsmanship and human understanding is replacing the old fear based code. He says the supernatural morality is fading and morality must adapt as the world changes, citing the Graf Zeppelin arrival as an example of fear giving way to welcome.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Carnegie Hall
Dr. Wise
Jesus
Peace Pact Highlighted At Briton Harvest Service
New York Oct 27 British harvest festival observed at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church with a service also honoring the Kellogg Briand peace treaty. Assistant secretary William Richards Chase cited the treaty as a global move to settle disputes without war, with remarks echoed by Prof J J Foakes Jackson. Daughters of the American Revolution American Red Cross English Speaking Union Society of the Cincinnati and other patriotic groups attended alongside St Andrew's St George's and Daughters of the British Empire societies.
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New York
Trinity Protestant Episcopal* Church
Wiliam Richards Chase
Kellogg
United States
J. J. Foakes Jackson
Jesus College, Cambridge
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Red Cross
English Speaking Union
Society of the Cincinnati
Society of Colonial Dames
St. Andrew's Society
St. George's Society, Daughters of the British Empire
The
British Empire Chamber of Commerce
Open the Door and Your Heart for Hungry Children
A poem from the New York Times urges readers to feed the hungry, describing children crying in the street and the elderly lacking coins. It calls to open doors and hearts, offering food and compassion as the greatest act of service to the hungry. The piece references Raymond Kresensky and emphasizes charity beyond mere alms.
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Casey
Ben
Raymond Kresensky
New York Times
Churches in Iowa gain 147,022 members in 10 years
Washington Oct 26 The department of commerce reports Iowa religious bodies grew membership from 937,394 to 1,080,156 in the decade ending 1926 while church organizations rose from 5,732 to 15,173. Church property expenditures and parsonage values increased though some categories fell.
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Washington, D. C
Iown
Alside
Department of Commerce
Iowa State Teachers college football squads to attend vesper service
Cedar Falls Oct 27 football squads from Iowa State Teachers college will join a vesper service at 4 o'clock in the college auditorium. The program features organ preludes choral numbers and a sermon by Dr Howland Hanson followed by additional music and a postlude with plans for morning services at 10 o'clock and a church school gathering at 9:30 in Professor Fullerton's room.
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Christ Episcopal
O. F. Weida
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Wilbert Meyers
BE. B. Mounsey
Inmanuel Lutheran
Martin Luther
A. E. Semmenn
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
College Hill
Coleridge-Taylor
George R. Samson
Henry Waltont
Guilmont
Prof
Samson
Howland Hanson
Beethoven
Stebbins
Rotary Trapshoot Monday at Reserve
Rotarians may try a Jeerenone style trap shoot Monday afternoon at Rotary Reserve. A trap has been installed with arrangements for a shoot starting at 3 p.m. Rotary members and Rotary Anns will share in a Halloween dinner after the event.
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Rotary Reserve
Rotarians
Rotary Anns
Hallowe'o
Annex Dedication Promises Bright Sunday at Graves UB
The Graves Memorial United Brethren church will dedicate the new Sunday school annex on Fourth Street at Allen during the 11 o'clock morning worship. Music includes solos and orchestral pieces under Dan Jensen. Other churches, services, and topics follow a busy program with sermons on church life, faith, and public issues.
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Fourth Street
Allen
Graves Memorial United Brethren Church
Moore
C. G. Ellefson
Laveta Anderson
Dan Jensen
Stony Point
Laurendeau
Nelson
Sarasate
Beards
Vincent
EB. W. Wardle
Rolfe
Snider-Turner
Blanchard
J. H. Ray
Pastor Rebuffs Fearful Youth Morality Sign
New York Oct 27 Rev Charles Francis Potter preached at the Universalist church of the Divine Paternity. He argued fear over youth immorality is superstition and not a sign of judgment day. He urged people to abandon fear of an angry God and face the future calmly.
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New York
Charles Francis Potter
Universalist Church of the Divine Paternity
Hell
There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood Hymn History
A discussion of the hymn There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood by William Cowper 1721 1800 noting its fame and controversy. It contrasts Cowper and Newton, recounts reactions to the hymn in Belfast mills and London meetings, and cites faith changing moments from reaction to acceptance.
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William Cowper
Immanuel
Cowper
James Montgomery
Calvary's Cross
Bethesda
England
John Newton
Newton
Ireland
Belfast
London
Potter
Speculation on Religion Flits Through Broadway Pulpit
New York on Oct 27 reports Rev Dr Walter Duncan Buchanan marking his twenty ninth anniversary at Broadway Presbyterian urging progress over speculation. He urged reliance on memory for inspiration, warned against endless theorizing about revelation, and urged Christians to persevere and help others despite personal sorrows.
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New York
Walter Duncan Buchanan
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Nldth
Buchanan
Cedar Heights Church Observes Communion Sunday
Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church will observe communion and receive members at 11 o clock Sunday morning. A children's sermon titled The Strange History of a Letter from Stanley will be given. Dr J A Laurie pastor will preach The Parable of the Wheat and Tares at the evening service.
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First Evangelical
Petrie
Jesus
Calvary Evangelical
Building Fund
Free Methodist
St. Paul's M. E
Thomas FP. Shaffer
Plymouth
First Congregational
J. O. Knox
J. Richmond Morgan
Cedar ‘Heights
Community Presbyterian Church
Stanley
J. A. Laurie
Bible Lecture Series by Dr Silas Evans in Waterloo
Pr Silas Evans president of mine college Rupon Wis will deliver a Bible lecture series in Waterloo during the first week of November under church group auspices. Opening address at First Baptist on Sunday Nov 4 and concluding talk at First Methodist on Sunday evening Nov 11. Weekday services at Westminster Presbyterian in the evenings. Evans, a top Bible expositor, spoke in Waterloo two years ago and returns for union meetings with midday talks at Kiwanis and Lions luncheons and talks before the Waterloo Ministerial Association and local high school assemblies.
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Silas Evans
Mine College
Rupon
Wis
Waterloo
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Westminster Frestbyterian
Evans
Kiwanis Club
Lions
Waterloo Ministerial Association
Freshmen at Iowa Cite Mixed Motives for College
Iowa City Oct. 27 UPI freshmen at the University of Iowa offered varied reasons for attending. Some want education and hard work, but many view college as a social jaunt or to avoid labor. The responses show a mix of purpose among the new students.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa
God as joy not police in Transfiguration sermon
Rev Rayndolph Ray urged his New York congregation that God is the source of poise and peace, not a punitive figure. He warned that people fail the law by mimicking worldly rules and said Christ calls with tenderness in mankind's worship of God.
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New York
Rayndolph Ray
Church of the ‘Transfiguration
Christ
The Quest Divine Repeats at Westminster Church
The Westminster Drama league returns with a second performance of The Quest Divine, a three act religious play set in Biblical Samaria. Hosea Amos and Isaiah explore divine love through Hosea and Gomer, with Marshall N. Goold providing blank verse and special stage settings headline the cast. Richard Crane leads alongside Elwin Moore and others under Mrs Wratislaws direction.
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Westminster Drama League
Church Auditorium
Sanaria
B. C
Hosea
Amos
Isaiah
Tor Gomer
Marshall N. Goold
Market Place
Richard Crane
Elwin Moore
W. P. McCormick
King Beal
John Carson
A. M. Wratislaw
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Grace M. E
Burton Avenue
George H. Thompson
Arthur Taplin
Mr. Thompson
Aymen
Donard B. Rheiner
Roy Gilfillan
Choi
C Wilson
Walnut Street
Warren L., Steeves
House of God
Ylan
Geneseo
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Geneseo M. E. Church
Iowally
Wen Lave
Heaven
Edgar A. Guest
American Patriotic Societies
Iowa
Graves UB
First Methodist Episcopal
Christian College
J. Arthur Young
John Bunyan
Mozart
Karl ZeUhoefer
C. Albert Scholin
St. Mark's Episcopal
First Baptist
C. L. Hkenagy
Rogers
Forrest Gilpatrick
Gounod
Nevin
Northminster Presbyterian
Andrew Mc Blain
First Church of Christ
Scientist
John xi
Trinity American Lutheran
H. Moehrmann
Ralph Grim
Luther League
Union Congregational
First United Presbyterian
Herbert
Ahab
Smest R. Bowles
Westminster Presbyterian
Gaul
Harold F. Miller
Miller
Anna LeRoy
Pauline Rader
Eva Edwards
Chicago
Central
India
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle
America
Flitile
God
Preacher
Cedar Heights
Register Today
Republican County Central
Silas. Evans
Cedar Rapids
Greyhound Motor Bus Line
Roosevelt
Cedar, Rapids
DE. Ray
Westminster
Mason City
Phil Caponi
Harley Knapp
Burchinal
Drama League of America
Samaria
Lihat
Yazziah
Isaish
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Congregational Church
Subject
Corer of
Fourth and South
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