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Background Seripiures Acts 18:23-
21:16; Ephesians 5:15-18
Devotional Reading: Proverbs 23:1-5,
Fighting Paganism
Lesson for June 10, 1956
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HRISTIANITY has seldom if
ever spread smoothly and eas-
ily like gravy over mashed pota-
toes. Its history is more like a
river which meets with immense
srocks and boulders which tear the
water into foam and spray. As the
Colorado river has t fight to make
its way westward,
so the Christian
church has had to
fight. It is not
true that all men
are eager for the
Gospel and that
all we have to do
is to tell people
about the love of {
God and they. will &
all be grateful and Dr. Foreign
glad to hear it. On the contrary,
Christ has his enemies now as he
did in Galilee, and has always had.
The name ‘paganism’ is some-
times given to everything in con-
temporary life and thought which
is actively hostile to Christ and
his cause.
Did the church conquer paganism?
Already in the city of Ephesus,
when St. Paul was the main
preacher there, Christians ran into
trouble. We sometimes think if we
could get rid of our preachers and
get the Apostles to take charge of
our churches for a while, sve would
eliminate all our troubles; but St.
Paul for one would not have
agreed with us. We hear of oppo-
sition that became quite serious.
Certain men ‘‘were hardened,”
“did not believe,” and far from
keeping their unbelief to them-
selves, “spoke evil of the Way”
(i.e., Christian life) in the most
public places (‘before the multi-
tude’’). This is a sample of what
Christianity, the Christian church
and individual Christians, have to
contend \with in all ages of the
church: hardened men, who are
not only without faith but who will
go out of their way to attack. the
Christians’ faith. This is pagan-
ism; i# has many forms but its
spirit is always anti-Christian. The
church-both has, and has not, over-
wo
come paganism. It has won many
of these enemies of Christ to be-
come his followers, and is still’ do-
ing so. It has taken the control of
society out of their hands, in vari-
ous times and places, as happened
at Ephesus for a time. But the fact
is, paganism is far from dead. In
one form or other its attacks go
on and on.
Missionaries of paganism
When an army stays for any
length of time in a foreign terri-
tory, it usually leaves behind it
words or phrases which the natives
pick up, and which may become
a permanent part of the local lan-
guage. It was so with the English
language. The Roman military oc-
cupation of England, which lasted
into hundreds of years, left many
souvenirs in the English language.
One of the first words the Britons
learned from the Romans was
“‘wine’’ from the Latin vinum. (In-
cidentally, also, another word bor-
rowed but not now used in English
was a word for ‘buy’ that comes
from a Latin word for tavern-
keeper.) So our very language
bears testimony to the fact that
the pagan Romans were every-
where missionaries of paganism,
and that part of the gospel of pa-
ganism is, Liquor is a Good Thing
. so let’s all have more of it!
Paganism still sends out its mis-
sionaries. On a slow boat to China
not many years ago two men
shared the same stateroom. One
was being sent out by an Ameri.
can’ Christian church to preach’
the gospel of Christ. The other was
a man who was keeping his son in
college by selling liquor in China
—sent out by a large distillery
firm. Every convert made by the
liquor-missionary was going to
make it more difficult for the
Christ-missionary; and also the
other way around.
Paganism’s progress
Christians too easily sit back in
their easy pews and think, Pagan-
ism has been licked. St. Paul
licked it, or Luther, or Wesley or
somebody. We live in a Christian
era, in a Christian land. Do we or
don’t we? There are some figures
that ought to make us think. The
statistics of the Internal Revenue
Service of the United States, as
analyzed by the Methodist Board
of Temperance, show that for ev-
ery church being erected in the
U.S., seven retail outlets for liquor
are being licensed. As 0f the latest
count, there are 141,733 more sa-
loons, cocktail bars land stores
selling alcoholic beverages than-<
there are churches, synagogues
and temples combined. The break-
down shows 441,789 ‘spirits
sources’ as against 300,506 *‘spir-
itual sources.” J
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, Na-
tional Connell of the Churches of Christ
in the U. S. A. Released by |Community
Press Sis
des a i
GLEN VIEW P. M. CHURCH
Sunday morning at 9:45, Rev.
Wesley Frey, new pastor of the
Glenview Primitive Methodist
Church, Fernbrook, will conduct the
service.
Rev. Frey, who comes from Cleve-
land, Ohio, was recently graduated
from the (Cleveland Bible School.
Prior to that time he served with
the U. S. Army for three years.
There are three Frey children, two
boys, aged seven and four and a
little girl, aged four weeks.
. The family will reside at 96 Ab-
bott Street, Plains, where the min-
ister will also preach.
Rev. Frey replaces Rev. Harold
Horne who left to study at Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Sunday School will be held at 11
o’clock.
THE WHITE CHURCH ON THE
HILL
(Trucksville Methodist)
Rev. Arthur B. Mayo, Pastor
Morning Worship, 8:30, “Launch-
ing into Life.” Sunday School, 9:45.
Morning Worship, 11:00, “Launch-
ing into Life.” Methodist Student
Day will be observed, and the offer-
ing for the Student Loan Fund will
be received. Books of Worship will
be given to graduates of Westmore-
land High School and Wyoming
Seminary from the Church Fellow-
ship.
Monday, 9:00, Daily Vacation
Bible School for children in the
Kindergarten, Primary and Junior
Departments of the Church School.
Rev. Mayo will be the Director, Miss
Georgiena Weidner, secretary; Mrs.
Allen Grey, superintendent of the
Kindergarten Department; Mrs.
James Bottoms, superintendent of
the Primary Department, and Mrs.
Cedric Griffiths, superintendent of
the Junior Department.
7:30, Official Board in the par-
sonage.
Tuesday,
Bible iSchool.
Wednesday, 9:00, Daily Vacation
Bible School.
9:00, Daily Vacation
Thursday, 9:00, Daily Vacation
Bible School. 7:30, Senior Choir re-
hearsal.
Friday, June 15, 9:00, Daily Va-
cation Bible School.
BEUMONT BAPTIST CHURCH
‘Pastor, Rev. Truman Reeves
Activities of the week:
Monday, 7:30, Young People’s
Meeting.
Sunday, June 10, 10:00, Sunday
School; 7:30, Evening Worship ‘Ber-
vice.
Watch for the date of Daily Va-
cation Bible School.
ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN
Rev. Frederic H. Eidam, Pastor
9:45 a. m., Sunday School. Ser-
vices honoring the members who
are graduates. Speaker, James A.
Martin, [Supervising Principal of
Kingston Township-Dallas Borough
Schools. 11:00 a. m., the Service.
Nursery for small children. 7:30
p. m., Luther League.
Annual Vacation Church School
will be held beginning Monday and
continuing through Friday, closing
Friday evening, June 22. Sessions
will be held from 9 to 11 in the
morning. ‘Courses of study upon
the theme ‘The Bible and the
Home,” which have been especially
written for this purpose, will be
used in all classes. Children from
Aursery through junior are especial-
ly invited. They need not be mem-
bers of St. Paul's congregation.
Tuesday, 8, the Dorcas Society
will meet at the church.
SHAVERTOWN BIBLE CHURCH
Sunday: 10:00 a. m., Sunday
School; classes for all ages. 10:45,
a. m., Morning Worship. 7:45 p.
m., Evening Evangelistic Service.
Wednesday, 7:00 p. m., Boys’ and
Girls’ Club (8 to 12 years). Young
People’s Meeting.
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Howard E. tml L.H.D.
The alchemists of old sought
for the combination of materials
and magic words which would
produce gold out of cheap sub-
stance.
In spite of the failure to find
easy money in wizardry, there
have always been those in each
generation who held out the
hope for some scheme that would
guarantee something for nothing
and provide a magic substitute
for work:
One recent plan was to take
gold out of circulation and sub-
stitute paper. We could imprint
paper with the seal of the United
States Government they said, as
much of it as was needed and no
one would miss the gold. Gold
was too scarce and hard to get,
but we could have enough paper
money to make life easy.
With all the easy money our
social magicians have not pro-
duced wealth without work, se-
curity without patient, painstak-
ing effort. They may try to hide
their collectivist theories in the
words of love, fellowship and
sharing which Jesus used in ex-
plaining His Gospel, but most
people have not swallowed so-
cialist concoctions, even in Chris-
tian religious disguise.
We must constantly beware of
subversive programs regardless
of the sugar coating.
Christian Freedom Foundation, Inc.
New York 19, N. Y.
Thursday, 7:45 p. m., Mid-week
Prayer and Praise Bervice.
PRINCE OF PEACE EPISCOPAL ..
CHURCH
Rev. William McClelland, Jr., Rector
Sunday, June 10, 8 a. m., Holy
Communion. This will be the only
service at the Church. 11/30 a.
m., Service of Morning Prayer at
Camp Acahela.
Monday, June 11th, 6:30 p. m.,
Supper at the Parish House for
Campaign ‘Canvass committee.
SHAVERTOWN METHODIST
CHURCH
Reverend Robert DeWitt Yost
Sunday: 9:45, Church School with
classes for all ages. 11:00, Nursery
during Church for pre-school chil-
dren. 11:00, Morning Worship Ser-
vice—Recognition of our graduates,
and Sacrament of Holy Baptism.
4:00, Children’s Day Program in
Sanctuary. ;
Monday: 9:30, Dailly Vacation
Bible School begins and will run
through June 22nd each morning.
8:00, King’s Daughters Class Meet-
ing in Chapel Room.
Tuesday: 7:30, Boy Scouts, Troop
231. 8:00, M. Y. F. Minstrel at
Westmoreland High School, spon-
sored by the Shavertown and
Trucksville M. Y. F.s.
Wednesday: 6:30, W. 8. C. S.
Covered Dish (Supper in Social
Rooms.
Thursday: 6:30, Youth Choir re-
hearsal. 7:30, Senior Choir re-
hearsal.
Friday: 8:00, Keller Class Meet-
ing in Chapel Room.
Lt. (jg) Eugene Roan, third from left, of the Dallas-
Franklin-Monroe school faculty and football coach,
and Chief Albert L. Ray, second from right, Harris
Hill Rd., Trucksville, are among the instructors who
train young men of Division 57, Naval Reserve
Battalion 18, each Thursday night at the U. S.
tunate in having the opportunity to train young
men in rates adaptable to civilian skills. Other
advantages include training at home with pay end
retirement under the Naval Reserve program. Oth-
er instructors are left to right, Chief E. W. Young,
Chief E. F. Patterson, Lt. Roan, J. D. Heller, Lt.
Naval Reserve Training Center,
and boilertenders. Lt. Loan says
They (jg) Leonard J.
the unit is for- BT.
Zavada, R. E. Matthews, M. G.
John
and Lt. Steve
“FARM TOPICS
Protect Strawberries-—Spittlebugs
attack strawberry plants about the
time the bloom starts. Spittle is
evidence of their presence. For
control, spray or dust with chlor-
dance, heptachlor, or toxaphene.
Get the Best—Get replacements
for your dairy herd from cows
which produce consistently well and
advises Donald Ace, Penn State ex-
stay in the herd for some wor
Good dairy
tension dairy specialist.
brood cows also must be of the de-
sired type and should have those
characteristics which dairymen like
Prices Rising—Hog prices are ex-
pected to move slightly higher this
month and next, reports William
Carroll, Penn State extension agri-
cultural economist.
PAGE NINZ
YMCA Da-Camp
Opens July 2
Will Continue Until
Friday, August 10
Back Mountain Branch YMCA
Da-Camp will open its 1956 season
on July 2. As has been the custom
in other years, the camp will be
open to boys and girls, ages 8 to 14,
|and will operate three days per
| week, Monday, Wednesday and Fri-
| day, for six weeks. Closing date is
| August 10. The daily schedule will
| start at 9:30 a. m., and continnue
ito 4:15 Pp. m.
Parents may solve the transpor-
tation problem - by forming “car
pools” in a neighborhood—or in
many cases, Dad drops the youngs-
ter off at the Shavertown “Y”
building on his way into town in
the morning and then picks him up
on the way home at night. The “Y”
building will be open 8 a. m. to 5
p. m. to accommodate parents.
The program will consist of dd
crafts, stories, sports, games, hikes,
trips, songs, movies, tours, and
many other things that boys and
girls like to do. The “Y” secretary
will supervise the entire operation,
assisted by a Girl Worker to handle
the girls’ phase of the program.
Interested parents are invited to
write the Back Mountain YMCA,
for a copy of the Da-
Camp folder which will give com-
plete details. Folders may be se-
| cured at the Shavertown “Y” build-
|ing or at the Central “Y” building
in Wilkes-Barre.
7.
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