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AKRON BEACON' JOURNAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 19U i i NEWS OF AKRON CHURCHES 11 I'liTTiNf. the nn if hist FOUR 1 His mision, and exemplified His power. As the church has been able to teach anil influence people to put first things first has it fulfilled its spiritual min- istry. We must put the rhureh first for it is the symbol of (lod'a love ami righteousness, of His truth and justice.

The church is a citadel of democracy, of freedom, of peace and brotherhood. If the church goes, then freedom and democracy go. The church must come first in a creative civilization. If ever the church crumbles there will be nothing else to live for. When we neglect the church, when we make it secondary, or give it Ihe last and least consideration in our lives and homes, by so much are we weakening the structure of Christian civilization.

Iy neglecting the church we are helping in the destruction of our civ ilization and its rich gifts of liberty, of education, of peace, of morality, and of human helpfulness. The church stands for culture, for spiritualized character, for Christianized personality, for democracy, for all that is good. It strikes deep into our human experiences. What place do you give the church in your life! Do you give it the These September rlays make us aware that vre arc in lie midst of a seasonal transition. We were informal this week that autumn started officially at 33 minute after five, Tuesday mnrninsr.

Wp felt the autumn tanjj in the air these latter days these eiuinnxial days. The landscape is giving us evidences of the approach of autumn. We already anticipate autumnal brilliant and the flaming glory of the forest. A we are about t. say farewell to another September and to hail another October, ur thoughts deepen with the deepening year.

(Mir thoughts turn to life's sanctities and reverences. We think of the rhureh with its opportunities and manifold inspirations. We all owe much to the Church. Wc began mir hes in homes which were touched by the rhureh. Our i htdhood and youth were guided by the church.

In adulthood we have fourd it necessary to turn to, to lean upon the rhureh in all the crises which u. We acknowledge that the rhureh ought to have a large place in nn li cs. We must always put first thincs first. We must not permit secondary and lesser things to usurp the primal place in life. It is always tragic to pur-s jc secondary thing.

Here lav the genius of Jesus He knew what should ennie first in life. He emphasized the fact that men seek first, things first. He made primary the Kingdom of fiod, the kingdom of love and righteousness and peace and motherhood. He always turned men's minds from secondary things to the first things of life. Here is also to be found the genius of the church.

As it has exalted Jesus and His nay of life. His insight into (iod and into human personality, as it has recognized his supremacy of love and sacrifice, has it been successful, fulfilled primary place which it deserves? Does the church come first in your thinking, and in your action! Do you keep it in the forefront of your thought and behavior! Or does it come in for only half-way consideration and loyalty! Or does it come last in your life, which means that you do not take it seriously, perhaps do not give it passing recognition. Perhaps you ignore it, forget it until you want the sanction and respectability which the church gives. It is tragic that it takes death to turn some people to the church, to stir them out of their letharsy and indifference and inappreciation. Do you give the church its fair and rightful chance! In these autumn days put the church first.

If you are new in our city do not neglect the church. Find a church tomorrow and go there to worship in sincerity ami truth. If you have not been to church for a long time, start tomorrow and put the church first. You will be the happier for doing it both vou ami your family. Put the church first for the sake of your children you ow it to them and do not deprive them of their spiritual culture through your neglect and indifference.

If you have always gone to church keep on putting the church first this sacred practice will have its reward now and forever. Kemember that, you need never to be ashamed of going to, and belonging to church. There are other things that you might do of which you might be mortally ashamed. Church going carries honor, respect, and decency with it. We need the church in these confusing and difficult days.

Be in church tomorrow and find God precious to your soul. Next week will be a happier week if you will do this. WILLIAM HENRY HUBER (hrUlian churchet throughout the world are to ohterre a World-Vide Communion Srrrlre on Sunday, October S. V.rery church in Akron it expected to ohtrrre a Communion Serrice in honor of thit day. The Akron Minitterial Attoriatinn hat requrttrd that erery minitter in our city arrange hit own terrice for thit tpecial day.

There trill he a great bond of fclloirthip the tcorld round through thit Communion Service for people in erery land trill thare with ut in the obterrance. of the l.nrd't Supper. It ought to he a tignificanl day in every church. KIDYVKIX Episcopal Churches Plan Mark 25th Anniversary The Most Rev. Josenh 'YoulhSimday' Observance! lx SUNDAY HAS BEKN DESIGNATED as "Youth Sunday" for Episcopal churches by Rt.

Rev. Henry St. Ceorge Tucker, presiding bishop of the church. The day has been set aside for a place in the activities of the church in response to the request made by the delegation of young people who attended the church's triennial convention in Kansas City last year. St.

Paul's Episcopal church ami i Day Devoted To Missions La I i 'SI ft "ti KM. MR. STAMHU (.11 KF.Y. Ff (Sh" vwiu iCTtwe- XLSSWC. HF.V.

MR. IH HKK R. Z. Stambaugh is dean-of Episcopal courses, Rev. William Henry Huber is chairman of the general assembly and Rev.

Maurice D. Kidwell is dean of special credit courses. Well-known visiitng churchmen will teach the courses. The school is sponsored by the Akron Ministerial association and the Y.M.C.A. Against the background of nrace Evangelical and Reformed church, where the Community School of Religious Education will soon begin its 22nd term, are shown Akron pastors who form the faculty of the school, of which Wilbert H.

Wright Is dean. Rev. J. Carroll Wright Is dean of courses in the general school, Rev. j.

Church of Our Saviour, Episcopal, will join with other churches throughout the world in ohsei-y-anre of the day. At St. Paul's the day has two main objectives- to Interest and enlist the young people in a united endeavor and to make the whole church youth conscious. The il a. m.

service will he read hy two young people, Jack McVsy and Shelby Pbvis. The Young People's society, the Girls' Friendly circle, the Acolyte guild, the boys' choir and the church school choir will be represented In th nrnirm The voting people will help with the ushering, read part of the service and take up the offering. At the end of the service the church youths will come to the altar steps for a service of re-consecration. Plan Communion Holy Communion will he celebrated in the ch rlier service beginning at 8. Rev.

Walter F. Tunks, rector, will speak at the 11 a. m. service on "What the Church Expects of Youth." The youth day will coincide with the annual Michaelmas festival of "Fonvard-in-Service" st Church of Our Saviour. There will be several outdoor proresslons and the making of motion pictures to be exhibited at meetings In the winter.

Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8 a. m. by Rev. B. A.

Stambaugh, rector, with Rev. Ralph E. Fall, curate, as Gospeler. The church school will meet in St. Nicholas' chapel at 9:30 a.

m. and, if the weather permits, will go In an outdoor procession to the church, led by St. Ethrldra's choir. The school's worship service will he held in the church, and the classes will meet in their usual school rooms. An outdoor litany, "For the Church's Task," will be said on the Crosby st.

side of the church at 11 a. m. For this service there will he a silent procession of St. Nicholas' Boy Scout choir, troop 11, the Acolytes and the clergy. Portions of the hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers" will be sung.

At 11:15 the congregation will go In procession into the church, where the psalm and lessons will be read by young men of the youth organizations. St. Nicholas' choir Will sing. The Young People's society, Kappa Beta Kappa, will meet at 7 p. m.

in the common hall of the parish house. 'Texas Sliin Hearts Krumroy Revival Evangelist Emmett T. "Texas Slim" Vestal of Jacksonville, will hold revival services in Krumroy Pentecostal church fill next week. His topic Sunday st 7Ai will be "The Death Mask." He will relate his expVriences in being condemned to die twice and of being pardoned hy the grace of God. Rev.

David Karlsson is pastor of the church. i in Ill, 1 i 1 i 1 iV i It i i ti I ii Ht It, i 1 1 Lt' i I i 'i rl i 22nd Community School 01 Religious Education To Open Next Month; New Course For Pastors Will Be Included A T.FSnS Minn a mnnfh plncana will nrrain Vinrrin fny IVin 00 KKV. MR. WKK.IIT Art of Church Manacement His topics for the six weeks will be "The Basic Church," "The Minister and the Official Board," "Evangelism," "Church Finance," Mrs. Long Will Al First Baptist SETTING THE Rally day at First Bantist church anart from AKitm i-murnes aurniay will ne a em-m-r wno nas school of that church She is Mrs.

Frank O. Long, 1ST F.lhvood who has taught the 107-year-old Grace Thilathea class for the last 20 years and who taught Sunday school classes in her home town for 30 years before that. Mrs. Long earlier was honored by the presentation of 20 hymnals one for each year of teaching by the members of her class to the church. The service will begin at 10 a.

under the direction of Mrs. Frank Buresh and J. B. McDon-ough. The various classes of the church school will be seated together during the service.

Piplomas and Bibles will be presented to pupils to be promoted. Rev. O. E. Myerscough, pastor, will preach a sermon especially for children.

Bethany Lutheran Consecration of Sunday school members and workers will be a When Rev. Carl Rostrom. nstnr i 'U 1,1 -in At 9 i I'irstU. IL All departments of First me Kally clay sen-ice there. The Adult christian Endeavor society ll i I i i session of the Community School of Religious Education at Grace Evangelical and Reformed church.

Under the direction of the new dean, Wilbert H. Wright, nnd sponsored by the Akron Ministerial association and the Y.M.C.A., the school will offer in addition to its other classes a new course for pastors. Classes have been held in the past for church officers, teachers and publisher of "Church Manage-, mcnt" magazine, who will lecture and laymen, but this year the pas- on "Th Schrembs, S.T.D., LL. arch- bishop of the Cleveland Catholic diocese, and Auxiliary Bishop James A. McFadden, S.T.D., will pontificate at a solemn mass in St.

Mary's church Sunday, Oct. 5, at 10 a. m. The occasion is the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the church which took place Oct 1 15U6. The Rt.

Rev. Msgr. John P. Treacy of Cleveland will deliver the sermon. Msgr.

Treacy, a former assistant of the parish, is now head of the society for propagation of the faith. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph S.

O'Keefe, present pastor, built St. Mary's church soon after assum- ing the pastorate Oct. 22, 1914. Work began in the summer of 1915. The stone edifice at the corner of VV.

Thornton and Coburn sts. is patterned after a basilica of Rome and is a faithful reproduction of Italian art. It was erected at a cost of $150,000. Architect There The dedicatory service, which is oeing commemorated this year, took place with the Most Rev. John P.

Farrelly. late bishop of Cleveland, pontificating. Forty priests were in the sanctuary, in-eluding Rev. E. A.

Mooney, D. who gave the sermon. E. P. T.

Graham, architect of Boston who designed the church, was also present for the ceremony, as were 1,600 other laypersons. The late Rev. J. M. Paulus and Rt.

Rev. Msgr. J. Scullen were deacons of honor to Bishop Farrelly at the mass on that occasion. Rev.

Father Cletus Bradv of the Passionate order, Louisville, was deacon and the late Rev. J. J. Gilhooly of Hudson, sub-deacon. Both Father Cletus and Father Gilhooly were former members of the parish.

The Rev. William A Scullen, D.D., then chancellor of the diocese, was assistant priest, and the Rev. R. A. Paterson, secretary to the bishop, was master of ceremonies.

Rev. Richard J. Gibbons, newly appointed pastor of St. Agnes church, Cleveland, was then assistant to Msgr. O'Keefe.

He and ivrv. 11. i Keever, then of Orrville, also took uie late Rt. Rev. Msgr.

J. A. Mc- an important part in the ceremonies of the day. Choir Will Sinr Confirmation was administered i was aminisiere to 400 boys and girls that eve cv- illiiK Plans for the silvor iuh bration will be confined to the religious observance on the morning of Oct. 5, according to Msgr.

O'Keefe. St. Mary's choir will sing the mass in Gregorian chant. Mrs Edward Ahern, at the organ, will play "Ecce Sacerdos" as a processional at the entrance of the bishops. During- the offering, year-old Billy Lutz, boy soprano, lens.

The recessionoi w-ill be "Magnificat" hv Mozart Preparations are being made to welcome a large number of visiting clergy and former parishioners. Funds Sought For Improvement of St. Vincent's church, has called a meeting for 7:30 p. m. Monday, Oct.

6. in the high school auditorium. In attendance will be captains of an Impendine- ririvo tr i. 000 for church improvements. The mive win oe conducted Oct.

12 to Seats in the Chnrrh ,1,111 u. Placed, the interior will be dec- onuea and new flooring installed. Devotion Rites ontii cunnav in dcvotion will open ChUrCh Sunday i at high mas, 2- A Remptorist at 7 Wi P' m' Sunday Monday and "'udv, i There will be solemn nrocession i There will he snl.m through n.anv visit no- the clos- 1UPBay h'ght. Program broad- by the be heard at MISSION FKST1VAL Sunday will be celebrated in services at Zion Lutheran church Sunday. Rev.

V. Birkner, director of missions of the Central district of the Missouri synod of the Lutheran church, will speak. At 10:30 s. his subject will he "The Saviour's Solemn Charge: Go and Preach the Gospel." Tbc Om'r will sing t'1" Mount How Benu- Mountains." Rev, K. F.

Noack will conduct the li- turgieal part of the service. Rev. M. Bering, associate pas- tor, will conduct the service at i s. m.

The Senior Walther I league will meet at 8 p. m. with I William Friedrich In charge of the meeting. Will.Obscrvc Promotion Day A 40-mlnute description of Bihlc memory work will he given hy the three graduating classes of Trinity Lutheran church Sunday school Sunday, Promotion day. Leonard F.

Heinzman, superintendent, will present diplomas to "8 junior depsrtment children, Bihles to 25, primary department children and ferns to 25 beginners and 37 Crade roll tots. Miss Marion Huher, superintendent of the elementary division, will pre- Graduating juniors will pre sent a chiming call-bell as a class gift. Jcv. Thomas B. Kline, assnrinte pastor, who recently declined a call to the pastorate of the Augs burg Lutheran church, Toledo, will preach at both 8 and 10:30 a.

m. church services on the theme, "Prayer Is Power." In celebration of Youth Sunday, Trinity's two Luther leagues will resume their meetings at 6 p. m. Rev. Mr.

Kline will lead a program on "Always Christ's Way." Dr. Paul P. Anspach, who was director of the United Lutheran mission in Shantung, China, until war forced him home, will discuss life In China at the Trinity Brotherhood dinner Thursday at 6:30 p. m. Rally Planned To Aid Mission A rally In behalf of Haven of Rest Mission, recently opened at 41 N.

Howard will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at Ellet First Brethren church. A group of singers from United Baptist church. Rev.

.1. H. Hall, pnstor, will sing. Rev. John Pringle will be speaker.

Sunday school will be held at the mission at 2:30 p. m. Frank Like of Goss Memorial Reformed church will teach the adult Bible class. REV. KENDAL S.

NORTH p. m. The monthly business meeting will follow the session on Wed- negday. If -Jl -Mi i REV. JOSEPH M.

SMITH A returned missionary from Burma, Rev. Joseph M. Smith will speak in two Akron churches Sunday. He will be heard by the Bible school and congregation of Arlington St. Baptist church at 10:40 a.

in. and by members of Calvary Baptist church at 7:30 p. in. Rev. Mr.

Smith and his family arrived in America May on furlough from the Pyinmana Agricultural school in Burma, where they had hren for 15 years. He was supervisor of student farm projects. Missionaries To Be Heard THE NINTH ANNUAL ary conference of Goss Memorial Reformed church will begin tn-j night at 7 when Rev. William K. Troup, pastor, will interview tw: of the missionary speakers on the Goss Memorial hour over WAKR.

The missionaries to be irter- viewed are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nungesser, former Akronito'. who i now live in Knoxville, Tenn Nun- gesser is district superintendent of the middle Atlantic states uHcr the American Sunday School ti--! ion. Mrs.

Nuneesser is of nine mission Sunday schools Continue Nightly The conference will rontirrip i every night next week, elosirr; on I Sunday night. The Nungessers speak Sunday through Tuesday. 1 Wednesday night Dr. Donald 0v Barnhouse, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Phila If-'- pnta, will speak on "The Field I' the W'orld." The church's missionary to tbc Hunan province, China, Miss Minerva S. Weil, will speak.

Wh; 1 in China Miss Weil was held in captivity by handits for 17 riav.v Rev. E. E. Lewis, the last tr.s-sionary to leave Ethiopia when it was captured by the Italians, will speak Oct. 3 to 5 and Rev.

Mrs. Edgerton H. Reid. Akmn missionaries, will appear durins the week. Chapel Conduct' Kadio Pro2ram A new half-hour radio is now being conducted by th" chapel at Brown and Vine every Sunday at 5 p.

'rr VVJW. The broadcast is by remote control direct from t'ip church, with the chapel chir. rected by Elwood Emerick. sins-ing in the choir loft and the message direct from the i The Sunday school will m-r! in the chapel at 0:45 a. m.

Moraine worship will be at Rev. Carl Burnham, pastor, will speak on "A Sound Mind." The evening evangelistic service be at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Mr.

topic will be "When Jews Become the Glory of kind." Mrs. E. S. Babcox Session Official Mrs. E.

S. Babcox, vice i'-i'r man of the woman's depart nt of the Ohio council of ctm- and a member of First Conprrr.a-tional church, will be amonp the 2,000 women in Columbus from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 attendine joint conference of the Ohio ri national councils of The greatest al gathering of churchwomen rr held in the state, accorriinc (n convention officials, the confer r'' will be on the theme, There Is No Vision the People Ter-ish." Mrs. Babcox will serve a.J recorder at the seminar, "Churcn Women and Defense." 4v Graham, dean of the school of theology of Oberlin college, who will discuss "Missions Today." He will show pictures taken on his trip around the world inspecting missions during his sabbatical year.

Faculty members of the school will include Rev. M. D. Kidwell, dean of the international council of rclisririus education-annroved courses; Rev. J.

C. Wright, dean of general courses; Rev. B. Z. Stambaugh, dean of the Episcopal eoiiKDaa vi 1 TJ rjm tf vjwuiovo, nun urv, uiiclill xl.

Huber, chairman of the general assembly. Member Canvass Captains Chosen Seven members of First Con gregational church have been ap- nninteH by Director Harry B. the 1941-1942 "every member can vass." They are E. S. Babcox, M.

K. Buck, W. R. Crumrine, S. E.

Danielsnn, C. M. Frederick, M. F. Godard, R.

T. Harper, T. Helm-kamp and H. S. Meyer.

Rev. Noble S. Elderkin, pastor of the church, will speak at 11 a. m. Sunday on "Times Rent With Revelation." Members of Pro Christo, the church college age group, will hear Joe Sing, Chinese Y.M A secretary, speak at their meeting at 8:30 p.

m. Baptist Temple Adds To Services Akron Baptist temple will send patients in Akron hospitals a radio to enjoy while recuperating the toi- u. unn announced. Another new service offered by the ten" Pie is a soundproof room where mothers may Kear Zh pro- grams through loud speakers h.i where their children's 5 "5 annoy other worshippers. i also Includes so "I "I tpmP'e i riA onii I '-ted on the r'L' row oi inHito ''h RfCtfon of th( temple errv IT' Rn1 raker to the sermon to th.

seer on nt ik. 1 auditorium, and loud speakers me sermon to those on i nark no it i .11 "re to he in the tors also will study For the pastors' classes they have secured four outstanding Ohio churchmen. One is Dr. William Leach of Cleveland, editor Lesson-Sermon To Re On 'Reality' "Ronlitv" is the subiect of the lesson-sermon which will be read i in First and Second Churches of Christ, Scientist Sunday at 11 a. m.

The Golden Text is: "Behold, 1 create new nenvens ana new remembered, nor come into mind." mi. mm uir iw.mn Isaiah 65:17. Among the citations which comprise the lesson-sermon is the from tho Bihle: "And we know that all thincs work tocether for good to them that love God, to mem wno sre me cauea according to his purpose." Romans 8:28. The lesson-sermon also Includes the following passage from the vnnsiian science icxmooK, science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy: "Truth has no consciousness of error. Love has no sense of hatred.

Life has no partnership with death. Truth. Life, and Love are a law of annihilation to everything unlike themselves, because they declare nothing except God." Page 243. Kenmore Croup Installs Officers "Pastoral Calling" and "Worship." Set Other Course A second course for pastors will take place from 9 to 9:50 p. m.

For the first two weeks Prof. Clarence T. Craig of Oberlin college, an outstanding authority on the New Testament, will speak on "New Trends in New Testament Theology." President L. C. Wright of Baldwin-Wallace college will speak for the second two weeks, Nov.

3 and 10, on "The Local Church's Relation to the College." The final speaker will be Dean Thomas W. Be Honored Rally Day will present the nroeram. which 'iH include a gone service, a niano MU.in.m, aim. ance churcn a n.tet number ana a consecration service. Rev.

Mr. Williamson will deliver the sermon on "The Message of the Church." Rev. M. r. Kidwell, pastor, will give the invocation.

Redeemer Lutheran Sunday school children of Redeemer Lutheran church will set forth the idea of Christian stewardship in song and prose at the Rally service at 9:30 a. m. One-time members of the Sunday school who are in the army or navy will be honored. They are Carl Miller, Richard Brlgeman, Henry Herbert, Arthur Klein, Robert Seese, Eddie Runge, Donald Gstettner and Adolph Schreiber. Sunday school officers and teachers will be in charge of the service.

Monroe II. P. Theme of the Rally day at Monroe United Presbyterian church will be "Builders Together With God." The choir will sing 'The nl Akrn mil- the summer 5" nt summer in We rltv doino- lv work for the Oh io ConLLT tional board, will sneak in the" tllp mo Congrega First rnuren or Canton Sunday. He will Canton Sunday, He will soon return tri work st Xi'JZ Inary and as assistant pastor at the Jefferson Park Congregational church there, Kenmore Baptists Choose Rev. Mr.

North As Pastor REV. KENDAL S. NORTH of Jackson, has been selected the new pastor of Kenmore First Baptist church. He spoke there for the first time as guest pastor on Sept. 14 and will return Sunday, succeeding Rev.

Sidney Bullock, who retired in June after 40 years In the ministry. Rev. Mr. North has been pastor of the Wall St. Baptist church In Jackson for three years.

He Is married and has two children. He holds a bachelor of theology degree from Northern Baptist 6eminary, Chicago. Sunday morning Promotion and Rallv dav exercises will be held at 8:15 in place of the regular sermon. Sunday school departments will have charge of the service and pupils will receive their diplomas of promotion to new classes and departments. Rev.

Mr. North will deliver a sermon at the evening service beginning at 7:30. He will also conduct prayer meetings Tuesday at 9:30 m. and Wednesday at 7:30 i rcauire or me Kauy dav service I me wimerness" hy Scott Recently installed officers. of the at Bethany Lutheran church.

The wit" Mrs. Harold Metcalf as solo-Senior Fellowship group of Ken-1 consecration will be at 11 a. m. iRt- feature of the Rally day service oice in the Wilderness" hv Scott mfiMMuiH are mr- ence jHiic.ie.ii, presiocni June Crummv. first vice President: Dor- othy smith, second Vice president iifv.

jnr. os- Bet Rolloway third vice preai- trom's topic is to be "When Jesus nrl inJn fTth Indignant." Sunday school president and Pauline Simmons, win hin in a Rev Mr n. Tiiy H.iu i.rasurer. The older youth group of the viuui is maKing pians tor a nox auditorium Th I dition, provide, huVanT bile transport "ti cooperate United on ri ii "cm on uct. ii.

rhureh .7 1 p' m' ot 9 P- m. from those who hv, Rund8y Rev. John no other way tojCocute. pastor, will speak on the 1 topic, "You Must Be Born Again.".