Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-03
DOD ACTS
NEW YEAR,
lSTOR URGES
Rev. W. B. Farmer Says
.ntions Should Be Put
in Practice.
;EssARY FOR LIVES

lat good intentions are essential TO
- ccsssful and progressive life was the
ton Of the Rev. William B.. Farmer,
Il Of the Broadway NJ. E. Church,
ight In a New Years sermon OF
pd Intention" He pointed out
at outstanding debts from the old
h not be settled and what left
pck" is on hands should be left
& e old year and the new year
be filled with intentions for the
weeks.
would be of more advantage for
adopt the creed let the past bury
lad than the way to the Internal
is paved with good Intentions
I'd intentions are necessary for our
the Rev. Mr.. Farmer said. How
they should not remain as inten-
put should be put in practice until
= become part Of our fixed habits
* RESOLUTIONS
PUT TO SLEEP.
200 Emany New Years resolutions are
to sleep. We feel proud that they
good enough and worthy enough Of
We feel proud that we made them,
"a then we put them to sleep about
anuary 5. In making our intentions
|ney should be active intentions, not
bnes which are so dormant that we, our
1slves, become sluggish too.
Intentions serve also as a measure Of
persons character. He can not ex-
press all that is in his heart, and if
be could there would not bet very much
there. There are not many people who
are purposely wrong and hypocritical
Most Of them are ignorantly mistaken.
and hence we Judge them not by what
~ actually do, but by what their in
A9E is. Since We fall behind our
49, intentions Il is important. that we
49, our hearts full OF high ideal and
- aims. We can forgive a mistaken
u intention, but we are not expected
- give the purpose of a slow, careless
= S Hon.. So we are Judged by God, not
8 e amount put in the contribution
but By the intention with which
8 8 put IN.
s.< compromise ourselves by not do
Z best. Nor are we doing our best
& We make a perfectly good inteu-
put no steam back of it. Good
! sSs@ ms mean that we fight TO make
ore than Intentions; that we fight
In through our entire life, not for
days"
- sWs SERVICE
YENTY YEARS.
1921 Rev. James D. Stanley, pastor
- r.st's Church, preached a sermon
&8sy morning relative 10 his twenty
~ service as pastor Of the church.
ewed the growth of the congre-
pointing out that in the, twenty
40 harmony, consideration and conf
IencsV2gave always marked the activities
5f allfthe church affairs. In discussing
the future Of the church he advocated
n endowment for the purpose Of Offset
ting the decreased congregation bound TO
pc brought about by the increasing num-
Ter of churches erected in the resident
districts.
1.-THE Life Of Christ" was the subject
Be lecture by the Rev. W. E. Cissna,
pastor of the West Washington Street
n. E. Church, at the boys, big meeting
at the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday afternoon. The
talk was Illustrated by twelve-reel
motion picture film. Chorus singing was
given under the direction of Paul Birch
field. A new cabinet. to act IN the ca
pacitv Of an executive board. was Rp-
poihteu 81 the meeting, composed OF the
following members: William VOgus,
Dwight Graves, Harry Hancock, Law
renee Thieseman, Harry Gray, Walter
Davidson and Charles Heuss.