The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-23
THE RELIGIOUS SERVICE
LAST SABBATH
We're Largely Attended

the season attended the Federated
Church services last Sunday morning
The large auditorium of the Methodist
Church was filled to its capacity. The
Philathea classes of the First Baptist
and of the Bethany Baptist churches
attended in body and occupied re-
served seats at the front of the audi
torium.
Rev Henry Clay Turner who pre-
sided at the service called attention
to the completion of the victory over
the saloon in the ratification of the
amendment OF So states. and asked
the congregation. as an act of graft
tude to Almighty God, to lay special
offering on His altar There was
generous response.
The preacher of the morning, Rev.
Olin Hobbs Tracy. at the suggestion
OF the Philathea Glasses took as his
theme Lovers OF Truth" which is the
English of their Greek derived title
Mr. Tracy found his text in the gospel
of John Sth chapter and 32nd verse
"Ye shall know the truth and the
truth shall make you free" Among
other things he said:
"Philathea is finely descriptive
title. We have only to live up to ii
to make success of our lives. We
live by what We love If we love
greatly, we shall live greatly"
The word 'trath' as Jesus used il
refers to the reality behind the
phenomena of the world and of human
life Can we ever know and know
that we know? OF course we can
not know in a mathematical sense. We
must discriminate between scientific
truths and moral certtudes.
Jesus relates the knowledge of the
truth to freedom There is "A bond
age of mind and of the heart that is
as real as physical servitude, and Of
ten sadder. Much of the freedom
that we prize in our civilization and
all that we experience in our hearts.
delivering us from doubts and fears
comes from the knowledge we have
of the truth revealed by the man of
Galilee." About eighty-fve ladies'.
members of the Bethany and First
Baptist Philathea. attended in body,
The preacher of the evening, Rev.
Henry Clay Turner, gave an enter
tanning story of the home life of the
first man and the first woman, and
made many practical applications.
These are some of the thing Mr.,
Turner said:
III takes a man and a woman and
God to make IA happy home. A man
and woman can not do it alone. AS
| family affairs have decreased divorces
have increased.
When man prefers any other
place to his home. his wife should ex-
anime herself and then examine him. =
If there is no devil. it is hard to
| understand why some men are what
thc} are in this world; and if there
/ Is no hell, it is just as hard to under
stand what will become of them when
they pass out of this world.
Environment is no proof against
temptation Often the greatest sin
nrrs have the least excuse for their
sin There are more thieves among
the prosperous than among the poor.
The devil never presents himself
a- himself. but always as something
clSc Sometime he appears in the
garb of refinement with hideous face
masked with purity.
THE tempted becomes the tempter.
one sinner makes another There Is
no meaner trait in human nature. If
man must have drink, let him play
the fool alone, and let men alone who
would live soberly and rghteously.
If a man delights in filthy communi-
cations. let him talk to himself. Let
him not attempt to pour his filth into
the ears of those who would be clean
in thought and in speech.
Usually there is harm in the thing
concerning which we are compelled
to ask what harm is there in it
Eternal damnation is the CON
sciousness that eternal salvation is
lost forever.
There was an unusually large at
tendance also at the Sunday School
session, and at the young peoples
meeting. The latter service was led
by Miss Christine Pooler, assisted by
Miss Verna Porter. The music thru
out the day was appropriate and in
spring. Next Sunday the preachers
will be Rev. c. H. Mckinney at the
morning and Rev. George Merriam at
the evening service