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suddenly sweet voice rang out from
the gallery. 1t was not by pre-
arrangement, but whoever happened
to carry the air was supposed to carry
it through. Prof. James Heaton
again rendered as a solo He Died of
a Broken Heart" The chorus sang
Wounded for Our Transgressions. !"
Rev. G. D. Mitchell, D. D., pastor Of
the Central Christian church. offered
prayer. Rev. r. j. Yoak, pastor Of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, read the scripture lesson.
The Ladies' Missionary Union will
attend the services tonight. 1t is ex-
pected that between ESQ and 800
Moose will attend the services tomor-
row night. The Maccabees will at
tend church services on Friday even
ing. On Sunday Afternoon the Roose-
welt memorial service will be held.
The text was found in st. Matthew
xxi. 90: "Son, go work today in my
vineyard" In opening DR.. Stoetzer
developed the fact that who, what,
where and when involve great inter-
negatives. He stated that simplicity
was always an important factor. The
three qualities Of greatness, he de-
clared were simplicity, sincerity and
service. my son" implies chal-
lenge from God for all of US. He re-
lated a fable of a young lady who de-
sired to have three certain things that
were on top of a high mountain. They
were talking bird that could rea-
son; a tree from which music waited
and the waters of a certain fountain.
The story runs to the effect that after
numerous people tried to obtain the
goal, they were killed by wild beasts,
serpents or demons. Finally after her
lover fell, she made the effort herself.
After stuffing her ears with cotton,
she climbed the precipitous mountain
side, unretarded by the roaring Of the
wild animals or demons, and sur
mouned all the obstacles that she en-
countered. After she reached the de-
sired spot and saw the objects she
sought, behold the springling of wa
ter from the fountain upon the stones
developed life, and her lover and 9TH
ers came back to life.
Even from myths we can CLEAN a
meaning. There is cahrm of gerat-
ness about myths. God is calling us
up to the mountains. We must climb
over the stones ard conquer the de-
Ions in our rear He gives us won
derful power to overcome obstruc-
tions and squelch demons, God is
calling for men and women. .'Go and
serve the Lord" he urged, adding
go play the man." which he said was
not slang phrase. but was found in
holy writ itself. His wisdom beckons
unto men. God, the personification
Of wisdom, is calling to you and to
me. He traced the Latin and Greek
'derivations of the word ecclesia,
which means "call out" He declared
that '.it is God that girdeth me with
strength" It's poor wishy-washy,
shtlly-shally, molly-c oddle indeed that
gcrs throuh life that does not trans
form the dead things in his midst into
life. Nature Is continually changing.
In the book Of Daniel reference is
made that people who do know their
God shall do" He explained the lit
eral meaning of this phrase, which
means in the Hebrew derivation, peo-
pie who grip their God. Too many Of
US have an imaginary view Of God.
He is not real and close to us as He
should be.
He defined the real meaning Of
helpers in the Bible. In the ancient
times a helper was one who could
hurl stones or shoot arrows. Ere
lquently it takes carload Of men to
make one courageous Christian, he
declared. He was particularly inn
pressed with the reference to being
clothed in the spirit Of God. Other
places reference is made to the help
ers Of Joy. He flayed those persons
afflicted with grouchiness, quibblinG
over misunderstanding and actually
believing that they are .-r.cticing
some sort OF religion by so doing,
Some people need joy and lustre more
than medicine. He then related how
a certain man once said that the most
powerful sermon he ever heard
preached was one in which the
preacher had urged one to bear one
another's burdens" with the special
Interpretation that We must, realize
the mental strain some people suffer
with. We sympathize with the hump
ed back man and the short-legged
boy because their Affections are visi-
BILE. but we do not realize fully what
mental strain some people have by
trouble. We have not access to
view of the brain in this regard, and
therefore cannot judge. He urged
more charitable attitude toward all
mankind. This was the big thought
OF this particular sermon that men
tai troubles were not as apparent as
those Of decrepit body.
At this juncture Rev. Stoetzer told
what the influence Of an innocent
baby can have over adults. In pass
ing he cited a local example Of where
the baby was an exponent OF sunshine
iituaIf The rfdiafing sunshine dig.