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Presbyterian
Leaders Plan a
United Drive
Delegates at Annual Conference Dis
cuss Promotional Idea for Ne
braska Congregations.
Fairbury, Neb., Oct. z. Delegates
to the 62nd annual conference of
Nebraska Presbyterian churches here
Tuesday discussed adoption of a pro
motional plan for all Presbyterian
congregations In the state.
Conferences would be held during
November with church boards in a
united approach.
The Christian education program,
a part of the plan, it was said, would
be the first attempt of its kind in the
Presbyterian church. The plan would
include an official visit of some mis
sionary or church official to every Ne
braska church to conduct young peo
ple's and other special meetings.
Many Speakers.
Leaders behind the movement in
clude Dr. A. B. McCoy, Nero pastor,
who is superintendent of all Pres
byterian Negro missionary work; Dr.
Bible School
Sunday, October 6th
"Isaiah Portrays the Suffer
ing Servant"
Isaiah 53:1-12.
We are entering the last quarter of
the year, and conclude our studies
with- the "later Prophets and Leaders
of Jtidah, from Isaiah to Malachi.
These studies are to throw light
upon this period of Hebrew history
and to become more familiar with
the record of these great leaders, so
that from their lives we may gain
guidance for our own lives. The time
covers about 400 years.
Isaiah was the St. Paul of the Old
Testament; the greatest of all the
glorious prophets of Israel. He labor
ed under four kings, Uzziah, Jotham,
Ahaz and Hezekiah. The great crisis
in his life came in the year 740 B. C,
the year when Uzziah died, described
in chapter 6. His ministry extended
over a period of forty years. Uzziah's
reign ended in 740 B. C, Jotham was
ruler -from, 740 to 73G B. C, Ahaz,
from 736 to 728, and Hezekiah from
728 to 699. His book is the greatest
masterpiece of Hebrew literature.
It foil the lot of this great man to
witness and describe the omnipotence,
the transcendence and holiness of
God. From such a close conception of
Jehovah, there necessarily came a
terrific and uncompromising hatred
of all sin, hypocracy, idolatry and
wickedness. Yet to Isaiah "was given
a revelation of God's grace such as
no other writer of the scriptures, save
St. Paul himself, had. This is the
reason that he is called the evangeli
cal prophet.
No book of the Old .Testament re
veals in such fulness or with such
glory and beauty, the Christ, as Isa
iah. He speaks of the forerunner,
the root of Jesse, born of a virgin, the
servant of the Lord, the branch of
the Lord, the annointed of the Lord.
The gospels name him directly and
indirectly thirteen times; more than
two hundred references to him are
found in the New Testament. But the
heart and climax of the whole proph
ecy is to be found in his portrayal
of "the.. suffering servant," .Chapter
52:13 and 53:12) which reals like
a historic summary of the Gospel
narrative, although spoken centuries
in advance. "It looks as if it had
been written beneath the cross upon
Golgatha. It is the mcst central, the
deepest and the loftiest thing that the
Old Testament prophecy, outstripping
itself, has ever produced." (F. Del-
i'tzsch). .
Jerome, when translating this chap
ter from Hebrew into Latin exclaim
ed in wonder and praise: "Surely this
is the chapter of a New Testament
evangelist, rather than of an Old
Testament prophet.".
"The'e is nothing iu the whole
word of God in which the sin-atoning
death of the Son of uoa is set Deioreinis life tor us." (1 Jonn, 3:ioj.
Lewis E. Black, West Virginia, super
intendent of missionary work in the
southern mountain states; Dr. Seldon
L. Haines, secretary of the board of
pensions; The Rev. T. Raymond Al
sonton, Omaha, field representative of
the Nebraska Christian Education
board, and Dr. J. W. Pressley, Omaha.
Dr. Glen L. Rice of Grand Island,
moderator for Nebraska, gave the
communion address Tuesday after
noon.
Three addresses featured the morn
ing session. Two pertained to mis
sionary work and the other to Chris
tian education.
Hear Missionaries.
The Rev. Frank W. Bible, Chicago,
I who spent 10 years as a missionary
in China, discussed mission work in
the Orient and told of the educational
work there. Mr. Bible is secretary of
the church's board of foreign mis
sions.
The Rev. Harold M. Robinson,
Philadelphia, secretary of the
church's board of Christian educa
tion, of the program of Christian edu
cation, and the Rev. Arthur H. Li
mcuze, New York, secretary of the
church's board of national missions
discussed missionary work in the
United States.
Lesson Study!
By L. Neitzel, Murdoch. Neb.
the faith of a sinner, as it is. here."
(Alexander Whyte).
The sentence in verse 2 of the les
son: "He hath no form or comeliness
.. .. . there is no beauty that we should
ldestre him" needs some explanation.
""JSfiW'e.hayemuch scripture proof that
Jesus was a very attractive child .and
man. The attributes "Fair" and
"Beautiful" are ascribed to him. See
Ps. 45:2; Songs of Solomon, 1:16;"
Isaiah 33:17; Ps. 27:4, wherein he
is likened to the rose of Sharon and
the lily of the valley, because of their
purity and fragrance. There is no
blemish on him, the perfect Lamb of
God. He represents the first Adam,
who bore the image of God. Isaiah,
in our lesson, portrays "the suffering
servant" and as such he sees him,
"wounded" and "bruised." As such,
Pilate sees him, and was moved by
the sight when he exhibited Jesus to
the Jews, saying: "Behold the man."
From this standpoint, then, we try to
visualize Christ in his suffering. After
the scourging, buffeting, struck
cruel blows when blindfolded, spit
upon, the thorns driven into the
flesh, blood streaming over his face,
features distorted by the pain there
was no "beauty" that we should de
sire him. Surely not an inspiring
sight. Eut He bore our grief, and
carried our sorrow, the consequences
of the sin of the human race. "Smit
ten of God, and afflicted." The latter
verb describes one suffering terrible
punishment for sin. His suffering
was of a vicarious nature; He took
my place. What the first Adam lost,
Christ, the second Adam, regained.
Disobedience lost for man the im
age of God; obedience restored it to
man. Suffering in various aspects are
called to our attention by the prophet.
they were mental and spiritual. But,
having paid the price for our redemp
tion, the ransom for our. soul, satis
fied the demands of the law, "where
for God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above
every name. That is the name of
Jesus. Every knee should bow
every tongue confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord to the glory of God, the
Father. (Phil. 2:9-11).
Now Christ is our intercessor with
the Father, as we read in Romans
8: 34, -"who is even at the right hand
of God, who also maketh intercession
for us." In Hebrew 7:25, we have
this sure promise: "Wherefore he is
able also to save them to the utter
most that come unto God by him
seeing he ever liveth to make inter
cession for us."
Question: What led the Son of God
to endure these, terrible sins for. us?
Could the world have been redeemed
in any other way? Could any other
person in. the world every accomplish
for us what the Messiah is here said
to accomplish? "Hereby perceive we
J the love of God, because he laid down
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Catholics are
Addressed by So
licitor General
New Deal Plans Are DefendedV
State Autocracy Is Hit by
Omaha Bishop.
Peoria, 111. Solicitor General
Reed told the national conference
of Catholic charities that a primary
business spirit of service, rather than
profit, was a requisite for American
progress.
He delivered a defense of adminis
tration policies and described "large
scale unemployment" as "such a ser
ious economic threat that the govern
ment is compelled to step into the
situation to protect the method of
living to which we have grown ac
customed and to protect the system of
government in which we believe."
Earlier the conference heard a Ger
man economist describe one new deal
Drolect unemployment insurance
as an undertaking that would defeat
the purpose for which it was de
signed. .
Doctor Goetz Briefs, professor of
the Technical university of Berlin,
asserted employers desirous of avoid
ing the costs of the program could
dismiss workers and institute labor
3aving devices. He said social legis
lation with its risiig taxes and de
cling business impelled the German
middle class away from a belief in
democracy to an acceptance of nazi
ism. The Most Rev. James H. Ryan,
rector of Catholic university and
bishoD - elect of Omaha, warned!
against the'dangers of state autocracy
in the social field.
"True social philosophy must look
toward acceptable ethical standards
in all business, political and social
relationships," he, said.,; "It rnust
look to the state to enforce many of
the objective standards it needs. How
ever, it must also beware of the state.
It must be on guard "lest the state
take unto itself everything, for once
the state has acquired control over a
few of the important spheres of life,
it will be tempted to extend its con
trol to all life."
51,200 CORPSES 4.
In the eighteen m'onlh's that 'ended
June 20, 1935, 51,200 persons met
death in motor crashes in this coun
try. ' More than 1,300,000 were in
jured. J
The bare statistics, thought pro
voking as they are, cannot give an
adequate picture of the horror of ma
jor automobile accidents. Figures
cannot express broken bones mang
led bodies crushed skulls obliter
ated featurs decapitated bodies
and all the rest of the results of fatal
motor crashes. Nor can figures pic
ture the tragedy of parentless chil
dren and broken-hearted dependents
of the victims of recklessly driven
cars. -
In a recent article in Readers' Di
gest, F. C. Furness wrote: "A first
class massacre is only a question of
scale and numbers seven corpses
are no deader than one. Each shat
tered man, woman or child who went
to make up the 36,000 corpses check
ed up last year had to die a personal
death."
That is worth thinking about next
time you take the wheel of your car.
Driving at excessive speeds may, if
you get away with It, save you ten
minutes in a fifty-mile run. If . you
don't get away withit , it may mean
your death, or the death of an inno
cent party. Passing on hills and
curves, weaving through thick traf
fic and taking other chances may save
you a minute or two more or it may
mean a crushed body on the pave
ment, its bones twisted and broken,
its eyes staring and sightless.
It's up to you to everyone who
drives a car. Is recklessness wortn
its horrible cost?
Improved crop conditions and
higher prices for farm products
will stimulate business. Shrewd
advertisers recognize this and will
qo after increased trade. .
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Con Watkins ha3 traded his old
car in on a new Ford V-8.
The Frans Lumber company was
unloading a car of lumber Monday.
Jack Lidgett shelled and delivered
his two year old corn crop Friday of
last week.
W. H. Marks, who moved to Platts
mouth a few weeks ago, was visiting
in Union last Saturday.
Oswald Bible, Jr. and wife were
calling at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Taylor last Sunday.
W. C. Davis of Nebraska City was
a guest last Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs.' George A. Stitcs.'
Clifton B. Smith, Nebraska City
insurance man, was lookins after
business matters here one day this
week.
Maxine Jarvis, who has been visit
ing here over the .week end, return
ed to her home in Beatrice Monday
morning.
Don Galloway, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Galloway, of Palmyra, was a
guest of friends in Union over the
week end.
Frank Bauer and Jack Roddy were
in Eagle last Sunday,: whore they vis
ited with friends and also transacted
some business. t .
Everett Suddith and family, of Ne
hawka, were guests last Sunday at
the home of Willard Suddith and
family of Union.
Mrs. Dan Llynn, who has been
rather poorly for some time past, is
able to be up . and- about the home,
but is not feeling very well as yet.
Ray Crawford has been doing some
carpenter work at the home of Mrs.
Rachel Pell, getting the place ready
for the coming of cold weather.
Lawrence Meisinger and wife, With
their small child and the mother of
Mrs. Meisinger, Mrs. C. E. Noyes, were
guests last Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Leach.
L. V. Davis - and George Hall, of
Elmwood, were 'in Union "last Mon
day, coming ove to look after some
matters of busrncss regarding the
sinking of a well here.
Lester Schumacher and family and
Mr. and Mrs. EcTSchumaeher, the lat
ter of Murray, were visiting at the
home of friends in Denton a number
of days last veoK; returning heme on
SundayeveniH ;
Misses' Ma rTha" X"p ton and Edith
Foster, who" are taking nurse train
ing in an Omaha hospital, visited at
the homes of, their parents over the
week end', returning to, Omaha to re
sume their studies Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs.' Will C6ok "and Mr.
and Wrs. W. A. Taylor were visitors
at the Joe Lidgett home last Sunday.
Mr. and -Mrs. Taylor wish to' express
thanks ? for the spring chicken and
grapes which Mr. and Mrs. Lidgett
presented to them.
Mrs. Jesse Dyaa'rt, who has been ill
for a long time, is feeling consider
ably improved at this time and was
able to be taken'from the hospital to
the home of her- daughter- in- Omaha
last week,' whei-'e she will continue
her period of recuperation. While in
the hospital she underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis and is getting
along very nicely.
W. B. Banning, who spends most
cf his time in Lincoln looking after
the duties of his office, visited at his
home here Saturday and Sunday, at
which time he was looking after the
harvest of his apple crop. Frank L.
Anderson is in charge of this work,
and Mr. Banning found on arrival
here that like the marines, he "had
the situation well in hand." ;
John Porter and wife of Platts
mouth and son Howard, accompanied
by D. B. Porter, pf Union, made a trip
to Memphis, Mo., last Friday, where
they visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Forest Porter until Sunday. In
speaking of their trip and the coun
try down that way, D. B. Porter said
thing3 were looking fine and espec
ially the pastures which had a' heavy
growth of (grass, providing food for
the stock right up to the coming of
cold weather.
Seeing the Northwest
Charles Land, the garage man, ac
companied by his wife, departed last
Thursday on an auto trip through
the northwest. They expected to visit
the Black Kills country of South Da
kota, also at points in Wyoming and
Colorado. They .will be" gone about
ten days. Cards received from them
by friends here on Sunday, were mail
ed from the Black Hills and told of
their enjoying a' fine time, although
they had found 'the weather cold up
that way. They .expect to arrive
home the latter part of this week.
Mrs. Clara Davis Much Improved
Mrs. Clara Davis, who has been ill
for .a long time apd whose recovery
Was quite doubtful for a number of
days, is reported as being much im
proved at this time. Mrs. Davis and
Mr. William Carrier are enjoying a
visit from Mrs. G. L. Sherman and
Mrs. A. G. Wright, of Arkansas City,
Arkansas,. who are close relatives of
Mrs. Davis, at whose home they are
staying, having come here on account
of her serious illness. On their ar
rival, they found Mrs. Davis showing
considerable improvement. - They, ex
pect to remain for some time.
Visiting with Friends Here
Mrs. Luther J.' Hall, of Snohomish,
Washington, arrived in Union last
Friday and will spend some time vis
iting friends and relatives here. The
family formerly resided in Union and
Nebraska City and have a large num
ber of old friends in this part of the
country. She has been visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Stitcs, also at the home of Charles
Hall and family at Nehawka and with
friends in Nebraska City.
Morris Brothers Win Prizes
The Morris Brothers who were en
tered in the contest at KMA recently,
won the first prize of $10 by receiving
105 votes from the studio audience to
65 for the second prize winner and
23 for the third. They also received
more than 50 per cent of the mail
votes, thus winning the grand prize,
which is a week's playing engagement
at KMA at a good salary. It is not
known at thistime, just when they
will be called upon to fill their en
gagement there. ,. .
To Improve Station Here
George Trunkenbolz, president of
the Trunkeubclz Oil company, of
Eagle and Lincoln, was looking after
some business matters in Union last
Monday. It is the plan of the com
pany to make some worth-while im
provements to their station here. In
cluded among them will be the addi
tion of a ladies rest room that will
be strictly modern and- sanitary in
every way. This is being- done to ac
commodate patrons and the public
generally and is in line with the pol
icy of the company to give the best
of service at all their stations. The
work will be started immediately.
Tekamah Couple Wedded Here
Gerald E- Webster and Miss Dor
othy R. Clement3, botbof Tekamah,
Nebr., were joined in holy wedlock at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tay
lor here on Tuesday afternoon, Oc
tober 1st, this being the date of the
fortieth wedding anniversary of the
parents-of the -groom? -.-Mr. Taylor
read the lines that made them one.
- The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence E. Webster of Tekamah,
and is a young man held in highest
esteem. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Clements, of
Tekamah, and is loved by all for her
kind and joyous spirit. ,
They were accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Max Thystrup, of Tekamah, who
witnessed the ceremony. Mrs. Thy
strup is a sister of the groom.
Rebuilding His Home
E. Morris, who recently pur-
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Murray, Nebraska
Beginning at 1 : 00 P. M.
This is a Community Sale for everyone. Come and bring what you
have to sell. At present some Holstein Heifers are listed ; also a
span of good Work Mules. Also many other articles to" be sold.
Ren If crasig, Auctioneer
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chased a home in Union, has decided
to tear the structure down and use
what material he can salvage, togeth
er with new lumber, in the construc
tion of a modern home. He has al
ready begun work and is hoping to
be able to complete the new structure
before extreme cold weather sets in.
Xhe new home will be adequate for
their needs and will make a flne'ad
dition to the homes of Union.
PARDON FOR MOTHER BL00R
Omaha. An effort to secure a par
don for "Mother" Ella Reeve Bloor
Omholt, radical leader who Is serving
a nineteen day term in the Douglas
county jail here for activities in the
Loup City chicken pickers strike, Is
being made by Paul P. Crosbie, east
ern insurance broker and member of
the national bureau of the League
Against War and Fascism. Crosbie
arrived here Saturday, bringing with
him a petition asking a pardon for
"Mother" Bloor. to be presented to
Governor Cochran.
FOUND DEAD ON ROAD
Red Cloud. Donald McClure, 32,
highway worker found dead, his body
lying over a road scraper with which
he had been working, was burled
Thursday at Bladen. County Attor
ney George Reinmiller, as coroner.
pronounced death as due to natural
causes, presumably from a-heart at
tack. Surviving are his wife, a teach
er, in the Rosemont schools, and a
daughter.
WAR ANIMOSITY OVER
Adelaiae, Australia. As a gesture
toward wiping out animosities of the
World war, the South Australian gov
ernment on the eve of a provincial
Centenary decided to restore the Ger
man names of four towns. The towns
given English names during the war
will henceforth be known as Kl,em
zig, Hahndorf, Lodethal and Hergott,
as they were before 1914.
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CHECK LIQUOR SMUGGLING
Washington. A3 a further step to
prevent liquor smuggling by small
vessels, the state and treasury depart
ments issued regulations requiring
all ships of under 500 net tons to
carry certificates for importation of
alcoholic liquors.
The new regulations are expected
by officials to give a further check
on shipments of liquor desicnei for
Importation into the United States.
The coast guard has found, according
to the announcement, that vessels of
under 500 tons are specially adapted
to smuggling activities.
LAUNCH MAN 0' WAR
Brest, France. The "Dunkerquc,"
first of four new battleships to re
inforce France's fighting fleet, took
to the sea Tuesday.
The "Dunkerque," more powerful
than any ship in the navies of
France's chief sea rivals, Germany
find It-ily, was the first capital ship
to be completed in Frrr.ce. since the
World war. Already boasting the
world's largest submarine fleet and
the fastest destroyers, France will
have one of the most powerful battle
tblps afloat.
TOBACCO ADJUSTMENT
Washington. Secretary Wallace
approved' a" J production adjustment
pregrama for cigar' iaaf -tobacco. -for
1936-39, inclusive, following an in
vestigation and a hearing held here
on Sept. 16. The AAA said the in
vestigation showed the surplus of
cigar leaf tobacco has been greatly
reduced but has not been eliminated.
GIRL 'NAMES BICKFORD
Nebraska City. Mary Housh, 11,
went to the witness stand Friday and
Identified-Robert Bickford as the man
who criminally attacked her last
July. Bickford is charged with statu
tory rape. Court adjourned Lefore
the state rested its case.
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