The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-25
CHAUTAUCUA RIVAL
TO CHURCHES HERE
Decrease Shown in Services
Yesterday Was Very
Noticeable.

Services at the Chautauqua yester-
day morning caused a noticeable de
crease in the attendance at the local
churches. Following the close of the
assembly the churches will begin
holding all the regular services. after
dispensing with the evening worship
during the month of August.
Following Christ" was the subject
of the Rev James B. Meacham, of
Rushville. who occupied the pulpit at
the First Presbyterian church. There
are three ways of following Christ, he
said. by doing giving and being All
three are essential if people would he
real Christians Christ left teachings
for the guidance of the Christian life.
By doing according TO these precepts
is one way to be a Christian. But it
is not enough TO follow them only at
times The Christian must be Chris
tan in all his acts and thoughts all
the time.
First Baptist Church.
At the First Baptist church, the
Rev. w. o. Stovall discussed the pas
sage from the scripture, Il have set
Jehovah always before me-
IF Jehovah is always before us" he
said, "he is our source of inspiration.
1t is in contemplating him that we
find incentive and enthusiasm for life.
The same quality that made the
soldiers bare their breasts TO the bul
lets at Gettysburg, that gave the ideal
TO the painter of the last supper, that
put the poets soul in In Memoriam.
must be brought out in us 10 make us
great Christians. That quality we
must get from the Lord.
There is something wrong so long
as life is the drive of necessity Llte
is more than meat, and the body is
more than raiment So long as we
thus continue to put ourselves as
weary sacrifices on the altar of neces-
sity, we have not learned what life is,
when we might be soaring to the
mountain peaks of Christianity
through Christ"
Grace M. e. Church.
That Christ's followers are the
light of the world" and "the salt OF
the earth" was the point made by the
Rev. Arthur Gates at the Grace Meth
odist church. Just as salt loses its
SAVIOR when exposed to the weather
for long periods of time. so the Chris
tan loses his aggressive strength
when he drifts away and does not stay
near the heart of God.
Upon the Christians, the light OF
Christ's teachings have been confer
red and 1t is for them to let this light
penetrate the darkness and sin OF the
world. and not keep it hidden under
bushel measure.
The world, he said, was just as it
had always been, following its own
WAYS and devices, so the Christians
should feel no alarm when noting It's
tendencies The cause for alarm was
the lack of aggressiveness on the part
of the church.
Sermon by Rev. Howard.
The restlessness of the age, the
lustful desire for pleasure, and the
frenzied scramble for wealth are the
Home Made Gods" of the present
time. said the Rev. E. G. Howard at
the First English Lutheran church.
These he said were modern examples
of the story of the false god erected
by the Isrealites, when Moses was on
the mountain top for forty days
The idol which they built, he said,
was no better than themselves, since
It was a creature of their magma
tions. Their desire for such god
was due to their failure to appreciate
the presence of God at all times.