PAGE TWO. UNION PRESS-COURIER Thursday, December 21st, 1939. THE SOWER Department of Religious Thought Contributed TURNER, Patton, Pa. \ Weekly and Secular ww REV. JAMES A. ‘astor, M. EK. Church, CHRISTIANITY AS up! The white slave traffic, the op- WORLD- POLITIC. What a vista the very phrase opens ium traffic, the traffic in all other narcotics, the liquor traffic, trade barriers between peoples, war, the unsanitary for the many, nations bleeding weaker nations, weal- two or three men with the wreck civilization— ti-Christian. Not only faith there destriuction. lies in the Christian faith the obliga- tion to call the creation of traffic in war materials, sweatshops, superabundance the strong homes, faw and poverty for race discrimination, th centered in a score of hanas, power all such are so, but And even more, those who accept it an- in the Christian lies the promise of their there “a new heaven and a new earth, wherein dwelleth right- eousness.” It is not that the church as such to to IRR A RE SRL ese. Aes ws 0 0 00 0 05 5 05 UB SS BS RE RE PER Ee RE A Merry Christmas and gsin- cere best wishes to all of our many friends on this happiest of all the days of the entire year! Albright’s Service Station PATTON, PA o TR TR AA RR RAP RESINS PAT wa REP To NEE 1 6 5 REN Tab IEA CE PETE, SERRE | = Had PR PPL BET TL TRI PL TTL TT May Christmas bring you joy and may each day of the year add to your enjoyment of life. And may we continue to serve you in the future. £) _ 0 mw F. Pitt Co. PATTON, PA. N | RR RS TET RRA BARAT RS RAREST ne TR J 0 vn 0% ER IRR | TP RE PE REE PE PR PS RE RRA TE REE 3 RT RT TS TAA SS RS RA BLL, re KEIR ISK, DE We extend the season's gree- tings to you and yours at this most joyous of holidays. May you enjoy the day fully, and completely. Biller’s Garage PATTON, PA. ¢ RRP TEAL AL TIS wi = 2) ? = NE A 5 v1 SEA PATGT a N For Christmas, may you » » 3 =| and yours enjoy all the en- a joyment that this merriest of holidays can bestow! May each day of the New Year be better Huber’s PATTON, PA. Ts — rT EERE RE Good health, good cheer and good fortune—may they all be yours during this festive holi- day season and may the New Year bring you manifold bless- ings. Joe’s Cut-Rate Store BARNESBORO, PA is to rule the world. But it is that the | FORMER PATTONITES Church is commissioned so to pro- BUY AN AMUSEMENT claim the truth of Christ which brings also love for others, that the vision | PARK AT LEWISTOWN which inspired the mind of John | an——— should become a reality. | Of interest, particularly to Patton Consider his vision: “And I saw al people, will be the following story new heaven and a new earth: for the | appearing last week in a Lewistown, Pa., newspaper: John H. Moren, 21 West Market St., and his son, James E. Moren, today announced the purchase of Kishaco- quillas Park from Pennsylvania Edi- son Company. Possession was taken on Friday and that day Mr. Moren, Jr, who is also proprietor of Moren's Haberdashery, 21, West Market Street moved to the park and is occupying the house, formerly the residence of Arthur Jarvis The Morens purchased 45 acres of real estate, including the swimming pool, parking field, park proper, the dancing hall restaurant and concess- ion buildings. Mr Jarvis had held the lease to the park and operated it for the past seven years. Recently on the expiration of his lease he moved to New York City. first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea (the sym- bol of division) is no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voi- ce out of the throué saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God: and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away. And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, “I make all things new.” This is not simply a religious pic- bs | GE TB EE BET 2 RR RAR RI RR BR AW lio «FE 1s mo —— ies = RTE a ERRA REL BRR REEL EKA 1939 = May we thank you for your patronage, your good will and your unfailing courtesy at this season. May you have the very merriest of Christmases! ORCHARDVALE FARM Hoover Dairy PATTON, PA. MR PEACE ON EARTH 1939 | emma "Ws { ; billed babii did di Hardware ET A ax Our sentiments are both simple and old-fashioned, and they're just “A Merry Christ- mas and A Happy New Year to all of you. Cambria Flying Service M. M. NUSS PATTON, PA BERETA RE DE PE RE PEE REE RE RE PETA TE RRR RARAGERARERY On Christmas day we extend to you our sincerest wishes for your complete enjoyment of the holiday! Lacue & Jones Service Station PATTON, PA. Hons FREES KIER KEELE | | 3 a "| nN | | | nl Ni i MERRIE RSNA RATS VATE RESETS mEsssasasevy Shirley Buck. | ture. {| It is a picture of the order of human # | Christian men are its pre- | Suppose that every dictator and pres- | ideal for the world as the | faith sets its forth. | church, the keenest weaponry of the | Christian mind, love and service of |ed as the power of a new social or- x | on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. been started on the Work has already the cleaning and repainting of It is not simply a social picture. | life made Christian. Without Christ exterior and interior of all buildings 4 it cannot come, and Christ's complete ' on the park grounds. There will bey regency is this. It is not an impossi- | some remodeling done and a new ls ble dream. Instead ,it is the will of God for men. It is what every Christ- ian man is to pray and work for. But supposition, and how shall Christian me be se- cured save as men accept the Christ- ian faith, Suppose that every legislator in the world should become a Christian? ghway department, work to be star- ted this week. This entrance from the new highway along Logan in will be a great improvement over the old entrance which was destroyed by | the building of the new road. The! poles which stood in the centre of the | old entrance will be removed and i flood lights installed to illuminate the entrance from the highway to the park buildings. A new parking field will be built | near the dancing hall, making it ge necessary for patrons to walk from the former parking field at the swim- | ming pool, into the park. i | 13 | the world Suppose ident and other ruler in should become a Christian! that every industrialist, and every militarist, and every journalist, and every college professor, and every banker, and every corporation head, should become a Christian; “Impossi- | ble,” you say. But no, not impossible. | That is exactly what God is working for. There is not a man whom God created but he created him to become Skating will continue each Satur- day night and the hall will be open by appointment on week day even- ings for skating parties, etc. conformed to the image of Jesus , Flans are already under way to Christ. bring outstanding dance bands here | for dancing at the park during the' How vast are the involvements of this hardly needs to be said. Perhaps it is the involvements which over- whelm us, and make us willing to accept something less than the divine Christian coming summer ,the dancing season at the park to open on Easter Mon- day. A new heating system is being ' installed to assure the comfort of patrons at all seasons. 4 When weather permits, the swim-! ming pool will be opened and plans ' call for the changing of the water as | of ten as necessary to keep the pool | clean. There will be night bathing, as | well as during the daytime. A thousand questions are involved here which will tax the ripest wis- dom of Christian statesmanship, the utmost resources of the Christian Do YOU KNOW. The little red school house has not ! disappeared entirely, for ,in Pennsyl- | | vania alone, there are 5,000 one tea- | cher schools. Of the state's 2,585 sch- | ool districts, , 2,410 have less than 5- | 000 population and 1,423 do not main- | tain high schools of any kind. Educa- tors admit that equal educational op- | the largest gifts of the Christian heart. But whatever the cost, the chal- | lenge stands. The Christian faith is given that it might be declared to all men, every- where. It is to be declared as the power of a new life. It is to be declar- der: It is to be declared as the basis and the power of a new world-politic. It is to be declared as the means, aris- ing out of God's own nature and will, | every individual, every child, re- | whereby all men mankind shall be-' gardless of social or financial status, | 3 come one family, a brotherhood by —— ¥ the bond of love, children of the same There is no gift that would be more | ¥ great Father God. appreciated by a former Pattonite [of “There can be neither Jew nor than a year’s subscription to the Cn- |§ | Greek, there can be neither bond nor ion Press-Courier. : | ¥ free ,there can be no male and female; mrm—e | A for ye are all one man in Christ Je- Ol sus.” This is the will of | . ... the God who framed Mankind to be family, the one mighty Himself our Father, and the Sis world our Home.” 3 " | 4 —Edwin Lewis, in “The Faith We | 3 wil | Declare.” 3 | 4 | PATTON METHODIS A | 5 EPISCOPAL : HURC H James A. Turner, pastor. Church school at 10 a. m. Preaching |¥ at 11 a. m and 7:30 p. m. every third | | Sunday. Epworth League on Sunday | evening at 6:30 Mid-week Bible class | the is here. With sincere good wishes for your happiness we extend to you our heart- felt greetings. And again Christmas holiday The Trinity Choir will render its | Christmas Cantata on the Sunday ev- | | ening of the 24th. The public is in- {vited to attend and hear this splen- | | did program. The Methodist S. S. will present its | | Christmas program and “The Christ- | mas Pilgrim”, a cantata with dialogue, in costume, on Friday evening, the ERA aRa Davis Millinery | 22nd, at 7:00 P. M. |S PATTON, PA. 8 The program is as follows: | 3 8 Prelude and Processional. EAE IEA AE A AE IE TEAL IE AT ITI: Scripture—Christmas Story. Invocation—Pastor. — Hymn—"“Joy to the World.” ZK Recitation — 6 girls — Under the Stars. Recitation—A Wish—Jimmie Pierre. Recitation—The Christmas Favorite | —Jean O'Leary. Recitation—Christmas Gifts — Al- | phonse Noel. Del- trance will be built by the State Hig oo ETT = i ¥ mn i i g ¢ ¥ i$ portunities are impossible for every | i child in the state. Yet proponents of | i compulsory health insurance promise | ¢ {RAR TET Kinkead’s Stationery Store, Patio: Patton TR EP PR RE RE NEN NS NE RE FATE TATE VA VEE REE MIE TET RATE TERA PENA RA RRS 2 TNT TK RT TE RT TE Te be C mEsT WISHES FOR 4 wry Christmas i o 3 PATTON MOTOR SALES = WE = 2) EEE RAL a TT RR RS RE RR RE RE PA RE VE PE VE PE PE FE REN Fae PE IEE PAPE RE PS PeTEPENEPEIE § | ¥ TEL i y Quality Meat Market, Patton TR TT TH TR TG TT PG RP RP PN Tn TRB TG 0 PP PE NG NEF NG AIPA IED 0 0 0 0 00 7 0 Th Bm HERES WISHING YOU ALL THE HAPPIEST HOLIDAY SEASON RK IAI REA 2 § i HERRERA AREAL ERE ERE REEL " Recitation The Lord Is Come— | BOB F ORSYTHE, Tracker, Patton 2 boys. | a se Paslor. | £0 0 0 8 1 BB CA FEO Offe i g. - A. I Min Eiht A SY lh hl rir issii”iiiiiis fine Christmas Pilgrim. — wen Cast of Characters: Christmas Cheer —Betty Jean Rounsley; Ten girls: | Amy, Dorothy Deringer; Rose, Sarah | Morrow; Clara, Bessie Sunseri; Isabel, {| Gladys Rhudy; Marion, Wahneeta Blake; Ruth, Sarah McConnell; Esth- er, Kathryn Watkins; Bertha, Margar- | et Flemming; Helen, Catherine Noel; | Irene, Alphretta Hobbs. Six Fairies—Joy, Rita Blake; Hope, | Carol Snyder; Patience, Ethyl McCon- nell; Kindness, Stella Yahner; Friend- ship, Mary Lee Garrity; Charity, Mil- dred Murray. Pianist: Dorris Henninger. Singing Fairies: Joyce Hobbs, Sally Bertin} Janet DelPierre, Carol Steir; ERE EE i EEE i To one and all we send our best wishes for a Christmas- tide rich in contentment and pleasure and affectionate com- panionship. May it be the best you've ever had. Sharbaugh & Lieb BARNESBORO, PA. I TR TR I SA A TR SS SS RA RS RATA TS J. EDW. STEVENS FUNERAL DIRECTOR KNOWN BY SERVICE PHONE SERVICE, Day 3651, Night 2651 SEs