The Republican journal., 1922-05-25

invited to these services.
METHODIST CHURCH. Peoples Meth
odist Church, Rev. Charles w. Martin,
pastor; parsonage, No. Court ST.; tele-
phone, 2l3li. Sunday morning service
at 1915. Sunday school, IL m. Evening
service at 7.3O. Prayer meeting this,
Thursday, evening at 7.30
TIE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev.
george C. Sauer, pastor; residence, IL
Cedar. Telephone 123 III. Sabbath SER
vices at lO:45 and 1880; Bible school at
~; Young Peoples Hour, $50; evening
service, 7:30.-
1.-THE Unfadine Glory of the Grand
Army" will be the theme on Sunday
morning and "The Brave Three Hun
dred' in the evening, when an attractive
musical program will be given by the
large chorus choir. Cornet solos by Le-
roy Green, vocal solos and duets by
members of the chorus. The public cor
daily invited.
This church heartily commends the
earnest labors of the laymen who made
the county conference for boys SO fine
success. The task of securing so large
an enrolment of boys from the county
was no small one, nor to entertain this
crowd of boys, nor to bring the business
of the conference to a worthwhile eli
max. But the efficient team work of
officers and committees wrought won
ders. The program of the conference
was we'll conceived and carried out with
enthusiasm and growing interest. The
speakers were excellent, the recreational
features most attractive, the hospitality
abundant and sympathetic, the moral and
spiritual fleet strong. The total effect
for good upon the boys cannot be meas
ured. 1t places new responsibilities upon
the churches of the county to encourage
and inspire these boys with their larger
vision of life, that they 'be not disobedi-
ent unto the heavenly vision"
Engagements: Monday evening, Boy
Scout groups and Rangers in the vestry;
Tuesday evening, leaders conference;
Wednesday afternoon, ladies' sewing cir
Gle with Mrs. Benjamin Robertson, Al
Miller street; Wednesday. 80, choir re-
hearsal; Thursday afternoon, meeting of
Miss Hopkins ella of girls in vestry;
Thursday evening, midweek service;
f'Thus saith Jehovah" Jer. 26; Friday
afternoon, senior Bible class with Mrs.
Knowlton, Cedar street. Troop Nv Boy
Scouts at the camp for open air supper.
The Federated Church: Rev. w F.
'Skerrye, minister; residence, 26 High
street; telephone, Sc A. Please do not
fail to telephone the minister of any case
of illness or distress where his service
may be helpful. Sunday morning SER
vice of worship, with sermon at 10.45.
On this Memorial Sunday the veterans
of the Grand Army of the Republic, with
the associated military and patriotic or
ganizations, will hold their annual SER
vice of worship and devotion here. Ser
mon topic: ''The Price of Freedom. A
cordial invitation is extended to all. Here
let no man be stranger. "Whosoever
thou art that enterest this church, leave
it not without prayer for thyself, for
him who ministers, and for those who
worship here" Sunday school at twelve
o'clock, or Immediately after the morn
ing hour of worship. The church is a
human institution, in that it is organized
and conducted by men and women SUBJ
iect to such emotions and modes of
thought as characterize US all in varying
measure; hence the church has the faults
of its humanity. But it also has, or
should have, the beautiful gifts and
graces of spiritually bred humanity. A
church is in vigorous health only when
its adherents have sense of'personal re-
sponsibility for its welfare; only as long
as they try to give as well as receive.
AL men and women desire and need
friendly recognition, and some more than
others. A handclasp may mean more
than service or sermon TO convince
! person that he, or she, is welcome and
wanted there; word of hearty greeting
may touch the heart of one who is op-
pressed with a feeling of loneliness just
because all the others appear to be mem-
bers of the family. If the individual
church cannot be the spiritual home of
al souls, because OF the limitations Of
our humanity. it can profoundly modify
it, limitations by maintaining that ideal;
ii faith and practice necessarily assume
diff erent forms with different groups of
speople, it yet remains true that the
str ength of any group depends quite as
much on the eraciousness of its human
ity % on the definiteness of its theology.
Depth of thought without depth of feel
ing never perished from blood pressure.
The " who make the church their spirit
ual home are its hosts and hostesses, re-
spo nsible therefore for the reception Of
the ir guests and for their desire, on part
ing, to come again. The hospitality of
the church should not be less evident