Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-05-23
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SERIES OF SERMONS !
MAKES BUSY DAY FOR
MEMBERS OF CHASSIS
Or. Richards breaches At
Morning Service.

Strong addresses featured the ser.
vices of the day, with good attends
ance on all occasions, the usual con-
gregations being supplemented by
a number of people who came from
nearby and Virginia valley points to
attend one or more of the services
Dir. George w Richards. president
of the Theological Seminary at Lam
easter. the dean or tho church his
torians, spoke at the morning ser-
vice on the text Turn not to wine,
wherein there is excess, but be fill
ed with tho spirit" and the burden
OF his sermon was the utter inefii.
caey OF wine as means of escape
from life and, ON the other hand.
the complete efficacy OF religion. He
declared that men have always turn-
ed to either wine or religion in their
efforts TO escape the unhappiness OK
life, that both wine and religion
serve this same purpose OF escape
but they carry far different effects
Wine, he said, was merely an ir-a.
toxieant, leading 10 the gutter; that
the term wine" may be used to-
cover many physical expressions /
which may become intoxicants TO
the individual, that 1t may be ltl
quor, a book, a midnight carousal. /
anything to get away the sorrows
and miseries of life, anything that
may press towards forgetfnlness:l
but he added that refuge In these
intoxicante Is only temporary and
leaves tho individual in a state
worse than that In which he entered
It, Religion, on the other hand, -
an inspiration, he said, leading to
godliness and manliness. does not
| lead merely to the temporary exaI.
| tation OF reason or passion, does not
come from the air but comes rather
through personality and must be Ina
terpreted in terms OF the personals.
! ity OF Jesus Christ.
Christ Knew Problems.
He said the times OF Jesus were
similar to those OF today,--times OF
change and unrest, times when
things thought to be permanent
were found to be fleeting, an age
which was dominated by skepticism
and materlalism; and the cure for
those troubles was the spirit ct
Jesus Christ, he said, even as that
spirit will settle the doubts and
ekepticism of today. There is no
reason for fear as to the realities of
life Goods IN His heaven, ais
right with the world" he quoted.
Men today have constant and plain
/ evidence OF tho truth Of Christian.
ity. he said, in the form of the ptrs.
petual miracle demonstrated when =
! bad man becomes good man, u1.
/ der the power OF Christ, a phenon-I
1 enon which we call conversion oI
regeneration. a phenomenon whirh
we cannot explain by science ~
j philosophy.
The purpose OF Christianity II
not to solve particular human prob.
lens, DIR. Richards declared. but
rather to inspire In spite of the 10r
/ coo problems, not to solve difficult
ties but merely to show God. We
do not need solution OF problems
50 much as to find the source %
power that expresses itself. he said.
not In intellectual keenness but 10
faith and hope and loYe,-a return
to the older days when the people
read and pondered upon the Word
OF God and lived in and believed
in It, FL
Sunday School Expert Here. & |
At the Sunday School service yes
terday morning the Reverend A. G.
Ilauser, Educational Secretary o.
the Sunday School Board, OF Phila-
delphia, spoke on the present basis
for optimism In the Sunday School
work, reporting that consolidation
of the directing bodies In the Sun-
day School field. heretofore not CO.
operating in detail, had been effect
ed and that plans were not being
made to carry tho Sunday School
teachings by means OF institute
work into every community In thu
country. He declared that CONSOLE
dation OF the resources and efforts
promised great things in the way Of
saving Of time and eliminating dn-
plication OF teaching and that II
would provide complete uniformity
OF method ard subject matter I
AZ the Christian Endeavor services
last nieht the Reverends A. C. Peel
tr= If stanton. Va. and n. w. Wis
tler of Mt Crawford, aV,. MAIDS
brief addresses on the opportunities
for Christian service The service
also included special music by a
male quartette and selection ny
three young sons OF DR.. S. T.. Flick.
niger, OF ShepherdstoWn. who Is In
attendance upon the meetings et
Chassis. The service was in charge
Of Henry j. Seibert.
An organ recital by Mrs G G.
! McKown. featured by the rendition
Of Sibelius' "Finlandia preceded
the regular service last night which
was addressed by the Reverend A.
I jf Smith superintendent Of the
/ It9naW Orphanee, al I.ittletown.
Pa, IN the interest OF the orphanage,
and by pr. W. II. Meminger, OF Lam
"a ter. Pa, in the interest OF ths
Ministerial Relief Association.
on Saturday evening the Reyer.
end \. V. fasselm5H OF Lancaster.
Pa. Field Secret 4f7J OF the Board OF
Foreign Mjssoa poke on The
Modem World. the Menace to Chris
family" his story being illustrated
with sieregp.ron views taken on
trips VII ~ has made through
he land o which he talked
The cle service OF the CLASSIC