The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-09-09
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items Of Interest Cleaned from
Pulpit and Sanctuary.
Christian Church.


Sunday was a good day at the
tChristian Church. 1t was Rally Day in
the Sunday school and the attendance
was fine. Prof. Athern of Des Moines
was present and gave a very helpful
talk to the school A special quaTtette
was rendered by Mrs. Baker, Miss Vic
! tor, Robert Hardness and VIM. Skel.
ton. The same group sang at the morn
ling church service. Both selections
were appreciated by the audiences.
Prof. Athern spoke also at the church
service in the morning. His address
was peace message. 1t was thought
full, scholarly, interesting and inspir
ling.
| Mr.. Athern is a member of the In
| ternational Sunday school Lesson
Committee. He is the author of a
number of books on religious educa
ton and is one OF the leading think
ers on this subject in the country to
day. 1t was a great privilege to have
him with us. The pastor being back
from his western trip had charge OF
both morning and evening service. He
spoke at night on the subject, See
| that We abound in this grace also" 1t
was a sermon on giving" Giving as
a JOY, a grace, a measure OF love and
as the best investment in the world
There is no JOY like the joy OF giving
Paule speaks of it as a grace" which
means favor Hence God has con,
lferred upon us the great favor of be
ing his partners through this means
of giving. Our giving is the measure
Iof our love. If We love much we give
much, Other investments may fail,
but that which we give bears com.
pound interest until the judgment day
Miss Alsie Holms sang the solo of
the evening. The music of the day was
under the direction of Will Shelton,
Mrs. Thomas being on her vacation /
There were two additions by let
ter at the evening service.
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Congregational Church - Sunday
marked the return of the pastor after
q months vacation. The cordial vel
come home of the people, was heartily
reciprocated by Rev. Waters who
SPOKE OF. his thought of his flock when
absent from them. Thinking thus of
his people led him to choose the
. Parable of the Talents" as the !
theme for the morning sermon be |
cause in it is contained an interpre. |
tation of the successful and joyous
life which expresses this earnest de, |
sire for each one of his congregation !
The Lord has richly and bountifully
equipped his servants, even the man
who received but one talent was not
endowed.
Success came to the recipients OF
the talents not because of the number
of talents employed but because such
as each man possessed were faithful
ly used.
The Christian who serves, not the
one who shirks responsibility, and
sign" is the one who really reaps the
joy of Christian living The church
needs faithful men and women not
cutters.
While the parable is a parable OF
success the other side is also pre-
sented in the man OF one talent, to
point the moral that failure is pos
5ible, though not necessary. Failure
10 use the powers and abilities be
slowed upon us means failure
Another excellent and inspiring
sermon was given at the evening ser
vice on the Great Venture" from
the text. Follow Me"
The preacher reminded his hearers
Of the fact that our delight in good
fiction is due to the unknown ele-
ment. 1t was and is a great venture
when human souls accept the chal
enge, Follow Me-" When we set
forth religion to the young as a sim
pie and easy thing we rob it of it's
most yirile and attractive qualities.
Carol Barnett with violin, furnished
the special musical feature OF the
morning and the mems quartette rem
iered a selection at the evening ser
vice.
The Sunday school is planning to
observe Sept. 26th as Rally Day.