The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1953, Page 3

ugene Roberts To Talk Ley Memorial Sunday SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Bugene Roberts, Jr., will deliver n |leaders who would settle the mat- service| convince ourselves that it is the Rev. Meeker To Talk Sunday Night ‘The Sunday service be- zz Paul Champions Christian Lib- erty; Gelatians 2:1-10, 19-21 BY RALPH ROGERS Apparently the Christians in Ga- | latia had been having a little con- | troversy - over personal matters. | Paul had established the churches | and taught them the fundamentals | of the new religion. Other teachers | had followed undermining Paul’s | work and sowed doubt and dis- content in the minds of the peo- ple. When these trouble makers | questioned the authority and teach- | ing of Paul because he did not in- sist on Gentile converts ing with all the requirements of | the old Mosaic law, it naturally disturbed their faith and they need- ed some assurance. At this time Paul was in Cor-| inth about 56 or 57 A. D. and al-| though he was busy combatting the | pagan worship there, he took time out to write the churches of Ga- latia. ‘In this letter he sought to establish himself as an apostle of Christ and to convince his read- ers of the truth of the new Gos- pel. The second chapter of Gala- tians reveals the seriousness of this bothersome problem which had become rather acute with the Gentiles in Galatia. To solve the problem once and for all an elec- tion is held when Paul and Bar- Nabas are elected to proceed to Jerusalem and there present the matter to the Council of church ter, Titus goes along as sort of un- official delegate. Paul was not only a most con- vincing preacher but a good stra- tegist as well. He says, “I went up again to Jerusalem with Bar- nabas taking Titus aiso with me.” P. had been preaching fourteen years at this time and now a seri- ous question faced these new chur- ches which would either make or destroy them for the future. Paul was thinking over the debate which he was about to face so he very cleverly took Titus, an un- circumcised Greek, with him who had already been received into the membership of the church. Paul said he went up by revela- tion which means that he was being led by Holy Spirit in which he fully trusted. It seems that he was not going simply -because’ he had been elected or directed to go, but he was convinced that he was led of God. Paul always laid great stress. and emphasis upon the Place and importance of the Holy Spirit, Too often we are led into saying and doing things which are not.in accord with ‘the teaching and spirit of Christ, and try to spirit of God when in fact it is the Devil himself. Individuals and churches today, as then; are ef- fective forces for good only in pro- portions as they render willing surrender to the Holy Spirit. There are differences of opinion and disputes today. Too often they deteriorate into such persis- tent controversies of malice dnd hate as to show no evidence of love-and brotherhood which are at- tributes of the Huly Spirit. The Galatian churches were rapidly plunging into the abyss far more destructive than any of the pagan . The idea of carrying these differences to Jerusalem’ was an excellent idea. Since Paul and most of the other church lead- ers were Jews their decision would satisfy both sides. Paul believed in Christian liberty and was will- ing to abide by the decision of the majority both in the loca) ‘church | and in the Council at Jerusalem. He wanted to present his side of | the question however, and th: Church Council was fair in allow- ing this to be done. Dr. Frank Mead tells of a church controversy many years ago when churches used the cld tuning fork and sang without instrumental music, The young people of an up- per New York church wanted an organ while the older and more conserative group did not. The young people raised money for an organ and secretly sneaked it into the choir loft one Saturday night. On Sunday morning there was |] WSNU | He suggest that | furnished trouble. The old fy'k pulled the or- gan out and placed it in the coal bin in the cellar. The young people | vice the Rev. Jack Dunning, a lo-; 48 his subject, “The Double Por- Finally the | cal preacher from the First Meth- | - yanked it out again. minister proposed a compromise, | they sing one} dymn with the organ and one, without it. The organ crowd won| and finally they were all reconcil-| preach in the fall of 1949 and was | world. Some, like Elisha, devoted ed to the change. Tne decision was | in favor of the organ which today | adds much to the worship and | music of Christian services. Paul was a good politician. When , jhe arrived in Jerusalem, he spoke} quarter he enlisted in the Navy comply- | to “those who were of repute,” no| where he is at present connected doubt the twelve, and held a little | caucus with them. He told them | that he had been preaching the | same Gospel when they had pre- viously approved, the Gospel which | ¢ had been preaching since his | Damascus Road experience, and asked if he was wrong. Was he in| error? He wanted to know from| those who had know Jesus whe- ther they thought he was preach- ing heresy. This was clever to pre- sent the matter to each of them before James rapped his gavel for order, Here was a iiving example of a Gentile convert, doing splen- did work in the church, and would anyone question his faith? The answer to this question would de- cide whether or not there would | be one or two Christian churches - | one organized on the ground of keeping the law of Moses and de- manding circumcision of its mem- bers, and another organized with- out reference to the Iaw. Fortuna- | tely the decision sctiled the fote of the early church and proved ac- ceptable to all. Paul objected to “the false bre- thern privily brought in. . .to spy out our liberty.” These false bre-| thern were not unconverted out- siders, but Judaizing Christians who had infiltrated into the church like a fifth column and were sec- retly seeking to discredit Paul. Had this opposition won the de- cision the old Mosaic rite would have been a primary requirement for church membership and the | new found freedom in Christ would have been lost. While Paul did in- sist on the circumcision of Timothy because of its social and racial | significance, with Titus, a Greek, | it was different and Paul was simply trying to say that this rite is not necessary to salvation. Not once did Paul yield to the Judaiz- ers and James and Cephas and John gave him their hands in fel- | lowship seeming to tell him to go! right ahead and preach this Gos- pel to the Gentiles. The law is dead as far as Paul is concerned, since he “thought the !aw died unto the | law.” Jesus and Paul and others | were lost to Jewry, Luther was | lost to Catholicism, William Booth | was lost to the Methodists and Norman Thomas was lost to Pres- | byterianism, all due to insignifi- cant legal technicalities. Christian Science Theme Outlined “God-the preserver of Man™ !s| the subject of the Lesson-Setmon | to be read in all Churches of} Christ, Scientist tomorrow. Read- | ings from the Bible and from “‘Sci-| ence and Health with Key to the/| Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy | have been chosen to stress the con-| stant, protecting love of God for| his children. ss | A verse from Proverbs (9:25) the Golden Text: | “Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.” Selections from the Bible (King SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Services — Saturday 1215 PETRONIA STREET Near WHITE Sabbath Schoo! . Wershia .............. Prayer Meeting { Tyas. Evening cece noe 1245 Everyone Welcome — Psalm 122:1 CHURCH of CHRIST M. A. CREWS, Minister Ashby and Von Phister Streets SUNDAY Bible Study ____. 10:00 A.M. Morning Service St. Petersburgh, 620 en Dial WOAM .... _ 1:00 P.M, ~~ 7:38 PLM. WEDNESDAY Bible Study 7:30 PLM. Everyone Invited | service in the Navy he plans to Rev. Touchton Will Attend Annual Meet The Rev. J. Paul Touchton, Pas-| tor of the First Methodist Church, | is attending the session of the An- nual Conference of the Methodist Church in Lakeland, On Sunday, | services will be conducted at the | usual hours. At the morning ser- | odist Church in Jackson, Tenn, will be the guest speaker. | Mr. Dunning was licensed to. graduated from high school in 1950. | That fall he entered Lambuth Col- | lege to begin work on the degree | of bachelor of arts, but after one with Advance Undersea Weapons School at Naval Annex. As soon as he is released from reenter college and then to study theology looking toward a life in the Methodist Ministry. Mr. Dunning is married to the former Miss Patsy Ruth Howell. They have two daughters, Patricia Sue and Jane Marie. Mr. Dunning’s topic for the morning worship ser- vice at the Old Stone Church will be Taking The Church For Grant- ed, The guest preacher for the eve- jning worship service will be the Rev. Peter Brice, a local preacher Forest Lake Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa, Ala, where he served as associate pastor for sometime. He is a graduate of the high school in Tuscaloosa. in the class of 1952. Mr. Brice received his call to | the ministry May 16, 1951 at Sum- atanga Youth Camp near Birming- ham, Ala. Now connected with the Naval Ordnance Unit at the Na- val Annex he plans as soon as he is released from active duty to en- ter college at Birmingham South- ern College for the degree of Ba- chelor of Arts. He expects later to study theology at Emory Univer- sity. Mr. Brice will have as his topic for the evening worship service: Why Uphold Methodism. The choir under direction of Mr. Earl Anderson will render special mus- ic. James Version) include the fol- lowing and I John (4:18): “There is no fear in love; but perfect love | casteth out fear:” Correlated citations from Sci- ence and Health include “Though the way is dark in moral sense, divine Life and Love illumine it, destroy the unrest of mortal thought, the fear of death, and the | supposed reality of error” (p. 596) ; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 327 ELIZABETH STREET Sunday School, 11:00 A.M, Nursery for Pre-Sunday School Age Sunday Morning Service at 11:00 O'Clock | Wednesday Evening Meetings at 8 O'Clock Reading Room in the Church Building is open on Tuesday Posy Friday evenings from 7 to % Church Of God Of Prophecy 909 ANGELA ST. Sunday School ....... 10:00 A.M, Devotional Service . 11:00 A.M. Evangelistic Service 7:45 P.M. Prayer Meeting, Tuesday .... W.M.B., Thursday V.L.B., Friday 7:30 PLM, 7:30 P.M. om» 7:30 PLM, Mrs. Dolly Hall PASTOR Church Of God 1008 OLIVIA STREET E. M. BEARD PASTOR SUNDAY SCHOOL 10 AM. MORNING WORSHIP TAM, EVANGELISTIC SERVICE 7:30 P.M. Prayer Meeting, Tues., 7:38 om Young People’s Endeavor. Thursday, 7:30 p.m, -+ Everyone Welcome -:- | observed. |terment of mankind, while others ‘Church Of The Rock Will Hold) 2222" Special Confirmation Service A special service will be held | Sunday morning at eleven o'clock when candidates for membership will be confirmed at the Church of the Rock, 535 Frances - Street. ! Following the confirmation and re- > ception of members the - Sacra-} ment of the Lord’s Supper will be The Rev. Ralph Rogers will} preach again next Sunday using It seems that some are endowed with a double portion of talent and ability and if directed into proper channels wouid reve.utionize the their spiritual strength to the bet- lost theirs in selfish and futile ef- forts. to reap temporal power. No! one had a better opportunity to! help his people than did Saul, the first King of Israel, However, he wasted his talent in fits of jealous rage as others grasp- | ed and carried the beacon light of | Evening Rites Are Announced The First Presbyterian Church has announced an evening srevice beginning at 7:30, Sunday, June 14. The public is cordially invited to attend and join in singing the old gospel hymns and to see a picture of religious truth, beautifully il- lustrated. The public is also invited to at- tend the Church School which meet at 9:30 a. m. with classes for each age. Church worship is set for eleven o'clock, | This Sunday the pastor will use| as his theme, the subject of re-/ pentance, emphasizing its positive nature. - CHURCH OF | JESUS CHRIST| Of Latter Day Saints |) SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 A.M. SACRAMENT MEETING— 7:00 P.M, 1100 VARELA STREET { progress for their people and for! posterity. It seems that our por-| tion of joy and happiness is wholly dependent upon what we ourselves | give. In that porportion we get. / The Bible School for children | and oldsters as well, will meet at) ten o‘clock. Mr. Williim Hill, the | superintendent, has arranged clas- | ses for “all ages. Bring your chil-j dren and sit in on the lesson. Be-| ginning Monday Jure 15th at nine | o‘clock, the Daily Vacation Bible; School will be open for two weeks | session. You can kelp your chil-| dren by sending them to this/ school where they will find a com- | petent staff of teachers, THE KEY WEST cifzen ~ Pages Fleming St. Methodist Church J. E. STATHAM, Pastor Corner FLEMING and WILLIAM Streets SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:30 A.M: CLAUDE E. SALIS, Sunday School Superintendent Morning Worship at 10:50 A.M. Methodist Youth Fellowship, 6:30 P.M. Evening Worship at 7:30 P.M. A Nursery Is Provided for the Care of Childreir During Services | Service Men and Visitors Welcome POINCIANA BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:45 A.M. Preaching, 11 A.M. DR. IVEY Old Negro Home .... «22M, Training Union at Church 6:30 P.M. Preaching, 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, 7 P.M.— % Old White Home, Stock Island WEDNESDAY, 7:30 P.M.— Mid-Week Prayer Service GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE “ASSEMBLIES OF GOD” Cor. Georgia and Petronia Sts. W.K.W.F. “VOICE OF * GLAD TIDINGS”. 9:00 a.m. | Sunday School ........... m. Morning Worship Christ‘s Ambassadors 6:30 p.m. |! Evangelistic Service 7:30 p.m. |) MID-WEEK Tuesday— “Bible Study” ........ 7:30 p.m. Wednesday— “Inspirational - 7:30 p.m. “You Will Find the Fellowship You're Looking For” REV. AND MRS. D. T, NEWMAN, Pastors DIAL 2.5773 GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FLAGLER AVENUE and TENTH STREET On “Peinciana—Navy, City Hospital’ Bus Line EARLY MORNING SERVICE .. SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE 8:30 A.M. CLASS 745 A.M. Morning Worship Hour, 11:00 A.M. “OH COME, LET US WORSHIP... THE LORD” Ps. 95:6 CARL A. SAMMETINGER, PASTOR 2322 Harris Ave. Phones: 2-5161 (Church), 2-7975 (Home) Listen to the Lutheran Hour, Sunday, 7:30 P.M., Station WKWF First. Presbyt WHITE and WASHINGTON STREETS erian Chureh SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:50 A.M. JOHN ARCHER, Superintendent Morning Worship, 11:00 O'Clock Speaker, Rev, I. C. Smith Subject: “CHRIST MAN” Organist, Mrs. Helen Archer Nursery Open During Morning Service PIONEERS, 6:30 P.M. ES HRN St. Paul's Episcopal Church Corner of DUVAL and EATON STREETS THE REV. JOHN S. ARMFIELD Rector 7:30 A.M.—Holy Eucharist 9:30 A.M.—Church School 11:00 A.M.—Moming Prayer and Sermon (Nursery Conducted During Service) 6:97 P M.—Young Peorle’s Service ag 7:30 P.M.—Evening Prayer and Sermon VISITORS CORDIALLY WELCOMED AT ALL SERVICES LJ J t irst C al Ch First Congregation ure 527 WILLIAM STREET R CHAS. H. MEEKER, Minister Chorister: Mr ld Saunders Organists: Mrs, W. R. Dean and Mrs. Paul Archer Sunday School Superint : Mr. Joseph Boza 9:45 A.M.—Church School With Classes for All Ages 11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship CHILDREN’S DAY PROGRAM 7:30 P.M.—Evening Worship Subject: “GOOD WISHES THAT WORK” ' Visitors to Key West, Service Men and Their Families Will Find A Cordial Welcome At All Services The First Methodist Church Preaching Jesus Christ For Over A Century The Old Stone Church * Where Eaton Crosses Simonton, for Over 100 Years 4. PAUL TOUCHTON, B.A. B.D., Minister 9:45 A.M., SUNDAY SCHOOL Allen Carey, Superiniendent 10:50 A.M., Morning Worship REV. JACK DUNNINE, Guest Preacher 6:30 P.M., MYF, MIF WORSHIP SERVICES 7:30 P.M., Evening Worshi P REV. PETER BRICE, Guest Speaker This Historic Old Church Has A Cordial Welcome for All CHURCH OF THE ROCK “On This ROCK I Will Build My Church” TEMPORARY QUARTERS: 535 FRANCIS STREET (Corner Southard and Frencis) SUNDAY SCHOOL, 10:00 A.M. William Hill, Superintendent Morning Worship, 11:00 A.M. Ralph Rogers, Minister Subject: “THE DOUBLE PORTION” PIONEERS, 6:30 P.M. JUNIORS, 4:00 P.M. VISITORS WILL FIND A CORDIAL WELCOME 1 A Warm-Hearted Fellowship The First Baptist Church EATON end BAHAMA STREETS HAROLD H. LINK Pastor Worshipful Music Sunday School 9:20 Evening Worship Training Union 6:35 Fellowship Hout 8:30 P.M. Prayer Mecting; ~ Wednesday +7:30 A Nursery Is Maintained At All Services ~A WARM WELCOME AWAITS YOU HERE Uplifting Preaching Morning Worship 10:50 7:2 Ley Memorial Methodist Church 134 TRUMAM AVENUE ELDON SIMMONS, Pastor PHONES: Parsonage 2-3313 — Church 23318 Church School, 9:45 AM. Miss Miriam Carey, Superintendent 10:50 A.M., Morning Worship Subject: “DECISIVE DECISIONS” (Nursery Provided Dering Morning Service) 6:30 P.M., Methodist Youth Fellowship (30-2 41. Loening orship EUGENE ROBERTS, IR, Guest Spesker Wednesday, 7:30 P.M., Mid-Week Prayer Servlee