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BIBLE SOCIETY HEWS
By MARY ALLRED
Kiabtr of Womon’a Speakers
■areas. American Bible Society
Jose is only one of the
millions of newly literate
adults who are now able to
read the. printed page for
the first time. HaVing
struggled through some
elementary primers, he
will want to read the
Scriptures in his.
mother tongue, bttt unfort
unately the language' of
the traditional forms of
the Scriptures in the
Spanish language. is too
elaborate in style and
much too difficult in its
grammatical forms to be
fully comprehensible to a
person such as Jose, who
is only now beginning to
read.
But something can be
done for Jose, for the
basic truths of the Scrip
tures can always be ex
pressed in simple language,
particularly selected, pas
sages which are relatively
free from complex terms
and difficult grammatical
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JOE HQU.OWELL, owner ■'Mgr.
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Jose and to prepare some
additional materials for
those who may be some
what further advanced in
reading, but not yet ready
to master the complicated
forms of the traditional
•Scripture style, the Bible
Societies have prepared a
New Testament in simple
Spanish and are working
.on passages for very new
■ literates,- ..
What meets Jose’s needs,
however, is not satisfact
ory for men like Elder
Martinez who are accus
tomed to the traditional
forms of the Scriptures
and find beauty in the
style of the revered langu
age. Moreover, they are
concerned with the needs
of the church, and feel
that the public reading of
the Scriptures needs to be
in an elegant language.
But the forms that sat
isfy Jose and Elder Mart
inez will not meet the re
quirements of a young
university student like
Francisco, who has often
thought of the Bible as a
collection of ancient leg
THE CHOWAN HERALRjIPENToIf. NOE*H CAROM**. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1967,
ends. He has sometimes
looked in the Book for
historical references in
connection with some of
his university courses. But
if the Bible is -to be rele
vant to him, he insists
that it be in strictly con
temporary language and
have such marginal helps
as will make it possible
for him to understand
something. of its historical
background and the manu
script traditions which un
derlie the differences in
various translations. Hence,
for Francisco and thousands
of univerity students like
him, a new form of trans
lation must be considered
if the Word of God is to
speak to them.
The stories of Jose,
Martinez and Francisco
can be repeated over and
over again, in language af
ter language. In the early
days of translation, the
translators were concerned
with geographical dialects,
but today dialects are prim
cipally socio-economic,
rather than geographical.
jAs a result of national
education programs and the
general spread of literacy
and literature, new prob
lems have arisen. From
the new to the so
phisticated university stu
dent, thefre are three lev
els of learning. The Scrip
tures! must be available to
each level in language it
understands and respects.—
Reprinted from Christian
Mission Digest.
This Is T.he Life
By D. R. THOMAS
Immanuel Baptist Church
THE HOUSE OF SAND
Take your Bible, please,
and open it to .St. Mat
thew 7:24-29. How-, many
build their house''upon the
sand? There are two
kinds of people here, the
wise and the foolish. There
will be storms in our life
but will the house still be
standing after the storms
have passed? Satan want
ed you to build a house
tbatj».will pot .island, for
God that will * not wit
ness— that will not fight
sin or speak out against
it—that will not warn sin
ners about hell and the
terrible price that they
will have to pay. Our
salvation should be upon
the blood of .Jesus who
died for you. Have you
accepted him? Is your
doctrine upon the Bible or
does it came from men?
If we build our. house up
on anything than Jesus,
we are in trouble. I ask
you, “is your house built
upon sand or rock?”
The Bible .says: “shall
be likened unto a foolish
man, which built his house
upon the sand.”—Matthew
7:26.
To Bad
“My -wife has been
Jpursing a grouch all -the
week.”
“Been laid . up, have!
you?”
Let's Go To Church Sunday
Sunday School Lesson
THE CALL TO REPENTANCE
International Sunday School Lesson for April 16
Memory,Section: “Repent, and be baptized .
every one Jbf you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.”—Acts 2:38.
' Lesson Text: Acts 2:22-24; 32-19.
The theme of our studies today is REPENT
ANCE and the healing power it brings to our
troubled souls.
Through repentance of our sins (no matter
how grave- those sins may be) we are renewed
in Christ.
Personal witnessing, by dedicated Christians,
and effective preaching by those ordained to
the ministry and a life of service to Christ can
bring this wonder into the lives of every human
being upon whose lives they touch.
The sermon of Peter at Pentecost is—from
beginning to ehd—a call to repentance. And
in it—if we but study it closely and earnestly—
we can find the igUideposts for an effective wit
nessing for Christ. -
The Resurrection of Christ from the dead and
His ascension into heaven had left their mark
on His disciples. So much so that they could
not fail to be moving in their declamations to
the populace on the promise of a life everlasting,
assured by God’s sacrifice of His only Son, that
their sins might be forgiven and (they would
come to a state of Grace if they but embraced
the concept of Christianity.
And who was in more need of forgiveness
than those who had turned away from Jesus
during His earthly ministry, and had tolerated
His crucifixion on Calvary? Certainly in the
light of what transpired after the crucifixion
was an accomplished fact, many of them had
suffered doubt and a sense of guilt in their in
nermost beings.
The message carried by Peter at this time
must have been of immeasurable comfort to
these troubled souls. By acquiescence in the
ignominous death nqeted out to the Saviour of
mankind, they 'werq guilty of a most henious
sin. But God, in His wisdom and compassion,
had .made provision in His plans for the sins
■of inort#l. men; through the shedding of Christ’s
fnan was cleansed of sin.
For, though Jesus might be crucified by un
believers, ’He could ndt be destroyed. He lived
on in the dedication pf His disciples to God’s
plan for mankind. For certainly no one who
knew these men could fail to be impressed in
the change that had come over them. Fright
ened and confused by the crucifixion, they had
first fled into hiding, rendered useless by the
many unanswered questions which most cer-
MHWfcpHiM them- Then thay -sfdlied, and
stood staunchly side by side to proclaim their
faith in a Leader who was no longer with them
ih the flesh.
Repentence is certainly the cornerstone of any
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The high spot of our family album! We’ve only seen Meg hold this sol
emn expression once before, when she was a freckled angel in the Sunday
School pageant. •. and then she wasn’t quite so cross-eyed!
Meg's trnr darling adopted daughter, and usually she’s a little livewire
... full of surprises. It was Meg’s enthusiasm for Church School that led
us to improve our own record of church attendance. It was Meg’s searching
question, “Why don’t we ever thank God for dinner like the Andersens?” that
revived the custom of mealtime grace in our home. And it was Meg’s worry
about “the poor hungry children’’ that eventually drew us into our work for
the Mission Fund.
Frankly, we used to be “fringe Christians,” giving God very little of our
time or thoughts. Meg was God’s instrument in showing us that our church
really needs us ... and that it is a blessed thing to be needed.
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"v . ,//*, '—- tda, sound reasons why every
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