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I . Motp ftmn n year agajthe
Unitefi States .Post Qffjye
Pepaftmeat was requested to
®sue #, cqflunemqrative stamp
during the Year of the -Bible
to h<W the i«Wb aonivers
afy qf the American rEibte
Society a pon-.profn or
ganization that is supEorted
by vtfiimsgr
May, 1906, the very month
in which the ABS was
founded, the Post Office De
partment is issuing a com
memorative stamp though
not for the Bible. It chose,
instead, to honor the clown:
Now we’re sure that none
of us have anything against
clowns, but it does seem
that our American ' 'govern-
This Is The Life
By DONALD THOMAS
Immsnnel Baptist Ctanreh
; .
CONSECRATION
A missionary was preach
ing to some Indians.' He
said that God lov§d . them.
And gave his only son to Alie
\ for them. The old ‘^jhief,
' who was saved already, was
so grateful that he laid his
tomahawk at the mission
ary’s feet. “Indian chief give
his tomahawk to ; J,e su s;
Christ,” he said:’- He then,
stepped back to listen. The
missionary talkedTfen..felling'
how God had giVen? us his
best when he gave his son.
This time the old chief gave
his blanket and said “In
dian chief give his blanket
to Jesus Christ.” Again h#
went back to listen. -The
missionary talked on how
Jesus was rich in Heaven,
and became poor for us.
Born in a manger, he died
on a cross that we might be
rich. The Indian chief un
fastened his pony and said,
“Indian chief give his pony
to Jesus Christ.” Then he
stepped back and listened.
The Indian chief said, “I
have given everything I have
4to Jesus, who gave himself
for me.” As he sat and lU-*
t«r,ed, a new light. broke
over the old chiefs f&?e.
The Holy Spirit was.speak
ing to his heart. Hf gave*
all the things he had, but
failed to give the Lord what
he wanted most. He came
focrward, tears running down
his cheeks, lips trembling,
and said, “Indian chief give
himself to Jesus Christ.”
How about you, frjend?
Have you given yourself ful
ly to the Lord? ' ! ii " V i-
The Bible says, “My son,
give me thine heart.”-—Pro
verbs 23:26. i
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News
.pnqnt should have at least as
much Respect for and pride
in suah a vast jftgaoisatiQP
that was founded by such
map as the honorable J6hn
•fay, first Chief Justice of
the ;U- s. Supreme Court, and
DeWitt Clipton, U. S. Sena
tor and Governor of New
XSffk, as it dqes for a three
ring circys promoted by a
Mr. Bartium and a Mr.
Bailey.
The request for a Year of
the Bible commemorative
stamp was submitted and
supported by Senators Clai
borne Pell of Rhode Island
.and the late Olin D. John
son of South Carolina, chair
man of the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Ser
vice.
Governors of 48 states
have issued proclamations
declaring 1966 “The Year of
the Bible” and the U. S.
Senate has passed a resolu
tion calling upon President
Johnson similarily to pro
claim the year. A support
ing resolution is pending in
.the House of Representatives.
'fYet the Post Office Depart
!prieh .still remains aloof.
*. At "this moment, according
-to a letter from the director
of the Division of Philately
of, the-Post Office Depart
'rnent, “This proposal is
.among those on the agenda
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always happening
on the Telephone
Your telephone is rarely more valuable than whan
helping you to spread good news. Except maybe
when it might help save your life. In every way
your telephone grows more useful each day.
The Norfolk & Carolina
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MAY 19, 1966
to be-centered by pyr Ci
tizens Stamp Advisory com
mittee us the .remainder ,qf,
the 1960 stajnp program is
develop.”
It :js just possible -that the
.Post [ Office Depastm.eht #nd
the Citizens Stamp AAvjspiy
Committee are runaware o f
.how many people «re inter
ested in .this uqited effort to
put the Bible a note
or comment, iqto the .hands
of every man, woman and
child in the world. Inter
ested readers could make
this proposal a mandate.
Letters could be written
to the Postmaster General,'
Tfvwrence M. O’Brien. Prot-j
estants, Catholics and Jews
will be joining in this effort,
since all have indicated their
awareness of the importance
of the Bible in our. cultural
heritage.
If the stamps of this na
tion can portray such things
as a clown .or a rooster,
then certainly it is not un
reasonable to expect at least:
•one stamp to illustrate a
Bible—or perhaps a founder
of the American Bible So
ciety.
The Bible may again have
its day on the stamps of our
nation
As a stamp collector might
say—we’re not licked yet!
(From a statement prepar
ed by Rev. Dr. James Z.
Nettinga, executive secretary
and director oi the 150th an
niversary of ABS.)
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PROSPEROUS BUT
PERISHING
International Sunday School
Lesson for May 22
Memory Selection: “Pride
goeth before destruction, and
an haughty spirit before a
fa11.”.-—Proverbs 16:18.
Lesson Text: II Kings 14:
23-29; Amos 5:14-15, 21-24;
6:1-7; 7.
Today we study the pros
perity that came to Israel
under the reign of Jeroboam
ll—the prosperity engender
ed by his brilliant military
leadership, whereby he an
| nexed new territories for his
, land, thereby gaining new
; sources of tax revenue. Yes.
, indeed, Israel prospered
; monetarily but her spirit
. ual decline was equally
; marked.
; Easy living brought in its
, train a lack of spiritual re
; sponsibility, which proved to
.be Israel’s undoing. For
; God is ardent in His stew
. ardship of the blessings he
’ bestows upon His children.
Used wisely, and with pru
dence, it gives Him joy.
. Abused, it brings Him pain.
[ Yes—lsrael paid dear for her
■ misuse of God’s bounty!
How often has the same
; thing come about in history
As recently as in our time,
[we have seen a great and
| arrogant nation humbled and
occupied by foreign troops
; split into factions. Hitler and
1 his cohorts did much for
| Germany, politically, but
greed and arrogance brought
’ about the slaughter of World
War 11. A proud and clever
| nation (for a great many of
the world’s most revered
composers, poets and scien
tists came from Germany)
finds herself an occupied
land. The memory of her
concentration camps still
lives in our minds.
Has the easy living that
I we Americans enjoy—a car
[in every garage (a “neces
-1 sitv” which in almost every
.other country comes tinder
| the heading of “luxury”);
[college for our children; a
Jplentitude of food and cloth
! ing and other consumer pro
-1 ducts—have all these made
1 us morally and spiritually as
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soft as the Israelites in the
days of Jeroboam II?
We have, indeed, much to
be thankful for in this great
America. We are the rich
est nation in the world,
and—sadly enough —by the
same standards, we are the
most powerful. Wealth in
evitably begets power—of a
kind. But the riches of this
world are only transient; the
riches of the soul are im
mortal.
We cannot— as one of the
foremost leaders of the
world—turn a blind eye and
a deaf ear to suffering hum
anity in the far-flung cor
ners of the earth. How
would we feel if the hungry
children crouching in door
ways, parentless, hungry, al
most naked—were our child
ren? We may grumble, as
taxpayers, about foreign aid
—that is our prerogative.
But as Christians, can w,e
begrudge the sharing of our
wealth with the innocent
victims of man’s selfishness
and folly?
The stern and uncompro
mising words of Amos must
still sound in our ears: “Be
hold! The eyes of the Lord
are upon you . . . ”
But although God, through
Amos, prophesied doom for a
sinful nation, He tempered
. his punishment with the
promise that those who were
righteous would be saved.
This is man's eternal hope.
God’s mercy will ever be
extended towards those who
are His own.
We need to be ever mind
ful of the fact that, al
though our hands may be
filled to overflowing with
worldly wealth, our hearts
may be empty of 10-ve and
compassion for our fellow
men. A heart that is so
impoverished is parent to
the death of the soul.
Let us pray that God will
renew a right spirit within
us, His children, that our
presence on this earth will
have enriched His Kingdom.
(These comments are based
on outlines of the interna
tional Sunday School Lessons
1 copyrighted by the Interna
tional Council of Religious
: Education, and used by per
mission).
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GOD’S WORD for aNEWAGE
An old man in Australia holds his Bible with shaking the church for azx • aia for the church
hands. Painstakingly his pointing finger follows along a _ , , _ . . .... .
~ , , T --.i - r „ n . mnln „t_ i-„ lr , j The Church is the oreotest factor on porth for the buildtng of
well-loved passage. In a village in Guatemala an Indian lad and good citizenship. it it d storehouse of spiritual
reads iovfully from a New Testament written in elementary voiues Without o strong Church, neither democrocy nor civiii
„ . , r , - T i-i j. zotion con survive. There ore four sound reasons why every
Spanish. In a rural area of Japan a lively youth group dis- person should ottend services regularly and support the Church,
cusses the Scriptures using Bibles printed in their mother
tongue, of the Church itself, which need* his morol ond material support.
People like these, and thousands more in every eorner Pta"t9. go t«ch l «hfw!*Jr ond
of the earth, read Bibles today because of the work of the _
American Bible Society. Founded on May 8, 1816, the So
ciety’s sole object is the widespread circulation of the Scrip
tures. Now, faced with a worldwide population explosion • jfeL
and mounting literacy, the Society sees an exciting challenge
in rededicating itself to its goal: that no matter what his
language, whether rich or poor, or where he lives no man, J&r EjjL,
woman, or literate child should be without the Scriptures.
In our space age of confusion and change, the Bible re- x 'mß' W
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