South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-12
SAYS BIBLE SHOULD
Be IN HANDS OF ALL
If Not. Rev. c. A. Decker AS
SertS 1t is a Lost Book
Services in Other Churches.

The Bible should be in the hands
and hearts OF all the people. said Rev.
G. A. Decker at the First Baptist
church SUNDAY morning. IF II is not u
IS truly a lost book" He took his
text from the second book OF Kings.
%: ] and 2. the story OF the bible
that was lost IN the temple. The
topic Of the sermon was, The Rev
val OF Bible Study" Continuing, he
said, MANY people hear the word oil
God only on Sunday. for them 1t Is a
lost work The religious and moral
condition of the people bears direct
relation 10 the earnestness with which
the people study the work of God
In the evening he spoke upon the
topic. DO We Need a New Religion,
setting forth and arguing against the
new theory OF religion set forth by
Charles B. Eliot, former president OF
Princeton.
Eliot said that We would come TO
know Cod by the term Our Father,
but God is more than our father. He
is father TO those who have acknOW-
lodged him as such but to others he
is a God demanding righteousness
Perhaps il is a radical change from
the accepted religion but in reality il
is not new. God is more than Father
He is God transcendent, Omnipotent,
and creator and sustainer of the
world. He is the father OF the right
eous but the judge Of the wicked
Those who cannot say Our Father
must say God, and there is a differ
ence.'
At Grace M. (.
Rev. r. J. Bassett. who is conducting
the revival services at the Grace NJ.
+. church spoke Sunday morning on
the topic, THE Shadow of the Rock"
and took his text rom the first verse
of the 91st Psalm He that dwelleth
in the secret place OF the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty He said in part: This
is one Of the most precious promises
in the bible for anyone who can claim
it. Like all Of Gods promises it S
conditional Our part is TO choose
and To remain in our home with Cod
TO dwell in the secret place of the
Most High. The promise that we
shall abide under the protecting sha-
dow of the Almighty. The promise is
repeated in the tenth verse of the
Psalm: There shall no evil befall
thee This means that nothing shall
harm us and that until our work Is
done no physical danger shall dis
turb us-that we are immortal 1t
means neither sickness nor loss of
loved ones, nor loss of property shall
y owe an evil TO us"
Trinity Presbyterian.
The Christian s PRAYER was Rev.
John Burns subject at the Trinity Pres
byterian church Sunday morning. The
oft repeated phrase Thy Kingdom
Come. Thy VIII be Done is the Chris
tian's prayer, he said The kingdom
of God is the state of affairs where
all men obey His will as Gods will
is obeyed in Heaven. To pray Thy
Kingdom Come. means that we will
not only pray with our lips but with
our lives. God will help US to be
Christ-like and to help our neighbors
TO be Christ-like. The Kingdom of God
will come into its fullness when all
men. all organizations, obey Gods will
as Gods will is Obeyed in Heaven.
Rev. Mr.. Burns evening topic was
The Living Christ" in which he said
that Christ is not dead but is alive,
working in the hear of men leading
them on 10 victory on next Friday
night Rev. J. l. Gardiner viii address
the Knights of st. Paul, a society of
the young people of the church, at the
church.
Trinity M. {.
At the Trinity NJ Z. church, Rev.
Blaine Kirkpatrick took for his sub
ject. a Workable Program, in
which he outlined a program for the
coming year TO be followed for the
welfare of the church.
Five points which he brought up in
his talk were: First, the re-establish-
ment. re-emphasis of family religion.
lie said that the family altar should
be re-estabhshed ana there should be
more systematic deVOtIOh,,i readings
IN the homes; second, enlistment of
the child life of the community. The
three great agencies toward this end
he said, were the Sunday school. the
Junior league and the Epworth league
third. the enlistment of the work of
men and boys of the congregation. In
this point he advocated strongly the
social service plan as it affected the
work accomplished by the men Of the
church. Fourth, the putting of the
the enlistment OF the whole church in
the missionary program of carrying
the gospel 70 the entire world
A platform meeting was held I'm the
evening at which the following men
spoke: o. L. Julian, T. Kilgore. s. J
Crumpacker, r. N. Fishbaugh, Leroy
Reed and Warren Johnson.
First Christian.
Complying with a request from the
bible classes OF the city Rev. G.. W
aIemry ri the First Christian church
took bible Study for his subject sun.
DAY morning The reader who does
not see Christ foresnadOwed in the
old testament has. searched the Scrip
ture IN vain. he declared He set
forth several methods of bible study
among them the biographical theOlOg
seal and devotional methods and re
commended highly the reading of 3
full book at a sitting to get the full
SWeeD Of its imDDrt He suggested the