Milford chronicle., 1931-09-11

Spirit and delighted in such work.
| There will have to be a radical
, change in the methods used by the
churches of today before the world
can ever be conquered for Jesus.
We may laugh at the old fashion
ed notions held by our fathers and
mothers. From a religious stand
point they were the kind that build
up the churches and kept them
alive at all times, and not as they
are today going backward.
Can the churches ever again be
the means as they once were in ca
tering to religious needs of the peo-
pie? Yes! but there will have to be
a great change in the means used to
win back into the folds of the
church those people who have wan
dered away. Yes! the world is pro-
gressive and we should welcome
those things which have proven for
the betterment of mankind at large,
but we should watch our course
through life and not drift into ways
which are sometimes called pro-
gressive, which often degrade and
has not the power to lift the people
to that high moral position, which
all should enjoy. offs
When ministers and people be-
come more Christ like, in spirit and
their daily lives are more in con-
! formity,with the sacred laws of the
Bible, then will the change come. 1t
will be simply a return to the old
time methods used by our fOTepar-
ents, who believed in the old time
religion and lived it and through
the old time religion the world will
be saved (if ever saved) foc Jesus.
Church School
The Church School Sunday morn
ing took a move forward. Seventy
three teachers and scholars were
present. The. school from now on
should have an upward tendency,
until the highest limit is reached.
1t will take hard earnest work to-
accomplish this, but to Christians a.
work of this. kind is a delight to
them at all times. s '.s -a
The morning lesson entitled "Uur-
ming to the Gentiles' was carefully
studied by all present, and some
useful thoughts were brought out.
The more the people study about
the life of Apostle Paul the more
they are convinced that this great
man was the greatest preacher
(outside of Jesus) the world has
ever known. 4~. 49, -
Paul was an educated man, under
the attention of GalmOnd he had Tis-
en- to great heights in the world OF
letters He had become a shining
light among the Pharisees and then
when the time came that sect OF
Christians has risen up at Damas-
Gus, Paul was selected as the man
to persecute and destroy them ana
while on the missio nhe was strick-
en- on the way by Jesus and from
that time Pauls life was changed,
and from the prosecutor, he became
one of the greatest interpreters OF
the new dispensations which came
through Jesus and throughout his
life he had continued to preach
Christ and Him crucified.
Paul and Bornabus first tried
preaching to the Jews, but they
would not agree with any doctrine
which in any way upset any of the
teachings of the Mosaic Law, and
instead Of hearers the Jews became
prosecutors and Paul and BOrnabus
were compelled to turn to the, Cen
tiles where they were more kindly
treated and listened to and where
the preaching of Paul was so con-
vincing that thousands of converts
were made.
So the more the students study
the life of the APOSTLE Paul the more
convinced they will become that he
was a man of faith and courage, his
fearlessness often led him into
places of danger, but there was one
cry that came from the mouth of
Paul and he repeated wherever he
went-it was this: "For I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for
it is the power of God unto saliva
ton to everyone that believeth to
the Jew first also to the Greek" Ro- |
mans 1-16. a*s
The morning sermon by the pas
tor was of that high order which,
was completely enjoyed by those +,
present. The evening service was in |
charge of the Epworth League. Mrs.
Rachel Coverdale, leader. g., @
Miss Coverdale presented a very /
nice program.
No preaching service. The mos
quitoes had charge. .cs
Sunday services, September 10:
Ellendale: Morning, 10 a. m. - !
Church school. IL a. m. Preaching .
by the pastor. Evening, Z p. m. Ep- i
worth League. Mrs. E. T. Wilson,