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EE A RE A -- Tyron November 6, 1926 WINNETKA TALK 3 DISSENSION IN CHURCH ANCIENT, PATTON SAYS Bible Discloses Friction in Church When Still Under Personal Influence of Jesus Another laree audience heard Dr Patton last Wednesday evening in the fourth of the lectures given under the joint auspices of Winnetka Congrega- tional and Christ church. Dr. Patton's talk, interesting as usual, pointed out that troubles in the church are no modern development, but an heritage of the earliest days of church history. In part, Dr. Patton said : "It is a common idea that divisions, dissensions and other difficulties to which the Christian church is subject are essentially modern things While the church was still close to the per- sonal influence of Jesus, and still under the personal supervision of the Apostle (so peonle think) everything must have goné smoothly. The best corrective for any such idea is a study of how the early church actually developed, as de- scribed in the New Testament. The sources for this information are the book of Acts and the Epistles of Paul. "If we turn to the epistles of Paul, as the more intimate and personal of these two sources of information, we find that the path of the early church was anything but smooth. To begin with, Paul had to make his converts out of raw "heathen." These converts had no Christian background such as we he oa thece davs. Paul had to teach them in what what their old heathen customs were inconsistent with the new Christian ideal. Could they prop- erly eat meat that had been offered to idols? Should they continue their old B3sociations with non-Christian peo- ple? "Then there was the question of the services of the Christian Church; how were these to be conducted? In many of Paul's churches, after he left them, many marked disorders sprang up. Some members gave up their work, and planned to live from the sacred meals of the Church. In some of the churches, the custom of "speaking with tonenes" grew into a great disorder, sometimes two or three persons attempting to speak at once. Paul had to instruct them as to how thines should be done decently and in good order. "Serious divisions grew up. In the Church at Corinth at one time there were four parties; a party who called themselves after Apollo, a party that took the name of Paul, and a fourth which sa'd they were "of Christ." Tt is doubtful whether any modern con- gregation has been worse divided than this congregation in Corinth. Back of all these divisions was one question that never ceased to trouble the apostle. It was the question, on what terms should the 'heathen' be re- ceived into the Church? Must they become Tews, in order to be Christ- ians? Must they observe the rite of circumcision and all the other Jewish laws and customs? At this point Paul found himself on one occasion at swords points with Peter, and he 're- buked him to his face' And alwavs at this point, he was at odds with the Judaizine party who claimed the au- thority of James. Certain members of this party appear to have followed Paul about from place to place, saying hat he Was > apostle, and that the £s he had tau ; hiner ght the people were . "The greatness of the Apostle Paul lies in the fact that he, out of all the apostles, saw first and clearly, that Christianity was not a mere Jewish sect, but a universal religion, adapted not only to all nationalities, but to 'all sorts and conditions of men.' This idea, (Continued on Page 51) Hear Schipa Monday Night LHD Tito Schipa, world renowned tenor of the Chicago Civic Opera company, will be heard in concert Monday evening, November 8, in the New Trier audi- torium, under auspices of the Winnetka Music club. the first of the current season's series by famous artists. Monday's recital will be Eastern Star Announces Worthy Matrons' Ceremony Monday evening, November 8, Win- netka Chapter O. E. S. will have its Worthy Matrons and Worthy Patrons night. The stations will be filled with worthy matrons and patrons from other chapters. This promises to be a very pleasant evening for all our mem- bers, and it is hoped all who can will attend. Members of other chapters are invited. There will be initiation of a class of four, followed by a social hour and refreshments. Antiques! An antique is an antique, so why pay loop prices when it doesn't make them any older? Read to- day's Want Ad Page: FOR SALE -- FINE ENGLISH antiques in great variety. Also, a few French and Early Ameri- All much below loop prices. Winnetka 243. can. Tel. | New Fire Station to Have Additional Fire Fighting Unit Winnetka's new fire station, the pride of the department in particular and of the village in general, has reached a stage of completion which will permit Chief Houren and his men to move into their new quarters on the second floor today. The apparatus is in its new quarters now. There is a lot of work yet to be done, such as painting and decorating which is being done by A. Franco, and the completion of the concrete drive from the engine house to the street, which will be finished next week. The new apparatus purchased some time ago from the American LaFrance fire Engine company, but which has been awaiting delivery for new hous- ing space, is a city service hook and ladder truck, with a 750 gallon per min- ute pumper and a hose body for 1000 feet of hose, a forty gallon chemical tank with three smaller tanks of two and one-half gallon capacity each, in addition to a large assortment of tools and equipment for fire fighting. Chief Houren says it is an engine equipped to meet the demands of a city of a population of 50,000. This will all be in addition to the old equipment of a pumper with a 750 gallon per minute capacity. It is de- signed as an emergency unit and to provide for the needs of the growing community for a number of years to come. "BILL" TENCHER AWARD NEWEST AT NEW TRIER Annual Prize for Effort to Be Given at High School in Memory of Former Student The board of trustees of New Trier High school announces the acceptance of a new annual prize to be added to the list of awards made at Commence- ment time. This award is to be known as the William XK. Tencher Award for Effort and has been es- tablished in memory of William K. Tencher, former resident of Wilmette, and a graduate of New Trier High school. This award has a special significance in that it differs from most others. It is not necessarily an award for in- herent merit as much as it is an award for effort expended. It is the plan of this award to recognize the student who may have natural obstacles to overcome or other limitations 'in the form of physical or mental handicaps, but who in spite of his handicap shows improvement. Another import- ant feature of this award is the fact that it is confined to the field of American History, a subject required for graduation. Friend of "Worker" The nature of this prize grows out of some of the outstanding character- istics of "Bill Tencher's" personality. He was the friend of the fellow who works. Indeed the very money from which these awards are to be made will be the income from the invest- ment of money which was earned by Bill Tencher while he was a student. It is the purpose of this award to per- petuate his example of earnestness and effort in the nature of these prizes. The awards consist of a first and a second prize. To the successful re- cipients will be given the following certificate accompanying the awards: Award for Effort WILLIAM K. TENCHER AWARD FOR EFFORT This certificate is given to John Doe as evidence that he has been awarded the first prize of ten dollars in gold as a reward for extraordinary effort put forth in the study of American History at New Trier High school for the year 1926-27. The fund for this award is the money earned by William K. Tencher largely while a student at New Trier High school. He graduated from New Trier in 1922 and lost his life while a sophomore at Princeton university, May 15, 1926. Due to the habit of conscientious ef- | fort, he attained pr d s |in his studies, his athletics, and his social life. Tt is expected by the administrators of New Trier High school that this award will be a very effective en- couragement to some of the New Trier students who under ordinary circum- stances would not be expected to achieve a sufficient degree of success to participate in the other honor awards for scholarship. Hearing on Water Mains Postponed bv Officials The public hearing which came be- fore the Board of Local Improvements at its meeting Tuesday evening on the | matter of installing a system of water | mains on Hamptondale avenue, Auburn road and Fig street, was continued for two weeks. Several property owners {were present at the meeting, but a continuation was taken owing to a mistake which was made in the public notice in which Fig street was not in- "cluded.