CHURCHES --- THEIR ROLE IN CARTERET COUNTY
I *
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
< STUDY FOR DECEMBER 4, 1949 |
By Wm. Southern, Jr.
Jeremiah was always between a
rock and a hard place. He felt he
had explicit directions from God
to denounce the administration of
his beloved Judah and, although
he knew it was a dangerous thing
to do he went at the job and did
it adequately. So adequately did
he do the job that he was arrested,
4 thrown into jail, tortured and told
that he was no prophet, but a
traitor to the country- The nation
alist spirit was prevailing in Pal
estine and it was the general belief
that the Jews were the chosen
people of God and that He would
not permit, by miracle or other
wise, His people to be defeated
and His city to be destroyed.
Jeremiah saw Babylon on one
side and Egypt on the other, and
r ;oned that little Judah did not
h a chance. But he always in
s I that Jerusalem would again
I home of the faithful and
tl ' the temple service and belief
i I would return to a repentant
r *<\.
: h laid the scorn of words]
vho differed and called j
Use prophets. From the j
own through the whole!
# including- the priests,
? hoi ! that God \vouId !
? K people to suffer
Th ? king's counselors'
in t hat way and when'
i tbev w ere wrong, he
w;is punished. Jeremiah
? 1 iem false prophets but
i i- not that exactly. They
X i .hat they said and the
V J - , war. ted to believe the same
tiiiiig^and so the prophets told the
kit;}! what he wanted to hear. We
prubahly would call it wishful
thinking.
There is one incident recorded
yhich illustrates what I am trying
to say. King Ahab once wanted
to fight. He was mad but at the
snne time cautious and asked his
prophets, there were 400 of them,
whether if he went into the fight
he would win. They told him he
would, to go ahead and win. But
King Ahab had heard of a prophet
named Micaiah, a man he did not
like but had a lot of respect for
him and so he called him in. Mica
iah knew the score and did not
want to tell the king he would not
only lose the fight but be killed,
but under pressure he did tell him.
And so it turned otit. And thus one
prophet discredited the 400.
Those in' power like to be told
that they are right and the one
who tells them the bitter truth is
liable to suffer for it. Men in high
places are by human nature the
same and these ancient stories of
an ancient people present human
nature as it was then, has been
ever since and always will be.
Those who stand near the thrones
, of greatness today do not contra
dict the mighty ones. They know
that place and power do not come
to those who differ too strongly
with the one who holds that pow
er. So there are false prophets
near the thrones of today who tell
the powerful ones what they want :
to hear and never by any stress
contradict or disagree.
In this country a free press is
free only when it does not fall into
the category of false prophets. I
think most of the editors of this
day respect and guard the right' to
say what they believe, but there
arc always some who belong in the
list of false prophets. They may
believe what they say and if they
di! they have a right to say it. But
if the commentator deliberately
prints what he knows to be untrue
Hi at once becomes the worst en
en v of the free press, much more
i d rrous than the one who makes
no claim except expediency.
false prophet is often the
r-, : j opular. The doctor may
i !-? liciit to undergo that ser
ic . r.ition, t;ikc bitter and un
li medicine Perhaps the
t (. . y even tell the patient
ir i nit thitic he does not like
? S ij i".t tj'inrs he does like,
fi ' (hi, k that when a diet
>:?, . icned it is always to not
;i:;. we like best. Then
ti . 1 Cook tries to tempt the
r" etiu, offers delicious foods,
r!r.: tii.s and cat this. Which
oU- of these is the most popular?
ilius it happens in politics and
policies Those who promise Utop
ia, that everybody shall be rich,
that there is to be no more pain,
and sickness will be abolished are
always more popular than those
who insist ?n certain principles of
action which we do not like to
take.
In a republic like ours this kind
of a thing might happen because
men and women are selfish and
everybody wants to have a good
life at as little inconvenience as
possible. We have learned to shun
the patent medicine which promis
es a cure for every ill the body
heirs. Our common sense tells us
that such a medicine has never yet
been discovered.
The false prophets of the world
in Jeremiah's day, and in our day
too. always have .1 following.
Based on copyrighted outlines
produced bv the International
Council of Religious Education and j
used by permission.
LESSON TEXT? Jer. 23:16,21
32.
(16) Thus saith the Lord df
hosts, Hearken not unto the words
of the prophets (hat prophesy unto
you: they make you vain: they
speak a vision of their own heart,
and not out of the mouth of the
Lofd. (21) I have not sent these
prophets, yet they ran: 1 have not
spoken toithem, yet. they prophes
ied. (22) But if they had stood
in my counsel, and had caused my
people to hear my words then
they should have turned them
from their evil way. and from the
evil of their doings. ( 23 > Am 1 .i
God at hand, saith the Lord, Id :
not a God afar off? (24) Can apy
hide himself in secret places that
I shall not see him? saith the Lord.
Do not 1 fill heaven and earth? !
saith the Lord. (25) 1 have heard!
what the prophets said, that proph- ;
esy lies in my name, saying. I have ,
dreamed, I have dreamed. (26) |
How long shall this be in the heart '
of the prophets that prophesy lies? !
yea. they are prophets of the deceit
of their own heart; (2) Which
think to cause my people to forget
my name by their dreams which
they tell ?very man to his neigh
bour, as their fathers have forgot
ten my name for Baal. (28) The
prophet that hath a dream, let him
tell a dream; and he that hath my
word, let him speak my word
faithfully. What is the chaff to the
wheat? saith the Lord. (29) Is not
my word like as a fire? saith the
Lord; and like a hammer that
breaketh the rock in pieces? (30)
Therefore, behold, I am against
the prophets. , saith the Lord, that
steal my words every one from his
neighbour. (31) Behold, I am a
gainst the prophets, saith the
Lord, that use their tongues, and
say, He saith. (32) Behold, I am
against them that prophesy false
dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell
them, and cause my pople to err
by their lives, and by their light
ness; yet I sent them not, nor com
manded them: therefore they shall
not profit this people at all, saith
j the Lord. k
UNCLE JED SAYS...
Listen, Folks! A new man makes
everything new. and an old man
makes everything old. Isn't that
true? Arc you old or new? I'm
not talking about age. but about
spirit. If you are a real Christian
you're new. and you make every
thing around you seem better.
Don't you know people who
make you feel mighty good every
time you're around them? I do.
But I know some people, too, who
make me feel mighty bad nearly
every time I'm around them. I'll
bet life is mighty sour to them,
too. If we want life to be new and
interesting to us, then we'll have
to get new inside first.
We need millions of "new" peo
ple today in our world, and then
it would be a happy old world.
Let's be new ourselves first,
Folks, then help our neighbors be
come new.
Yours.
Jed
Church to Sell Barbecue
Barbecue will be sold today and
tomorrow at the Church of God
parsonage. 207 S. 12th st. Proceeds
will go to the church
Bazaar Tomorrow
The First Christian church will ;
hold a bazaar tomorrow in down- i
town Morehead City.
Better Than Com Lifeker
And Lots Cheaper!
SEVEN SPRINGS
MINERAL WATER
FREEMAN MOTHftS, Distributor
THE LITTLE COUNTRY CHURCH
The rural chorch of today is keenly conscious of the health
of its people. Years ago the country people regarded their health
in almoaUthe same way as did their forefathers. Tcday they have
all kinds of aids in keeping up with the advancements in health
protection that modern science has made possible. Radios, news
papers, farm magazines and othr agencies have kept the modern
countryman abreast of present day health measures.
Notwithstanding these facts, there is a great need for doctors
in the rural sections of our nation. Most doctors of today feel
that they must practice medicine in the city where they can be
near a hospital. But there is great need for thousands of coun
try doctors today. Many rural people live thirty or more miles
from a doctor, and fifty and a hundred or more miles from a hos
pital.
In a recent survey it was found that scores of counties had
only an average of 59 doctors per 100,000 population. In 1943
there were 81 counties with no doctor at all, and 161 others with
less than 20 doctors per lOO.iJOO population.
The Virginia Conference of the Methodist ''hurch has made
a praiseworthy beginnm ',:tive to these i irfiimns, by encour
aging young men to i el ; 1mm medical -a- i i ! 1 : 1 ' he rural areas.
It is offering each year a ! i ' scholarship .. . medical school
for use by any young i. o will promise >me a country
doctor.
Imagine the rc-i. inister ,i together
tor the total wi-. .. '
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Our faith in ? lui
FRIDAY, D5 . ? i
"In him who stren^i i- ns me I
am able for anything." Hiiiippians
4:13. (Moffatl.) (Koul Pnilippians
4:413.)
Professor Ruin- Jones once told
of a young friend who wont to hi.s
doctor fofr an examination. The
doctor told hiin he had a baffling
disease which would destroy not
only his sight and hearing but
might also destroy his memory.
The young man left the doctor's
officc feeling that thy. death ucn
tence had been pronounced upon
him. Then he prayed! As he pray
ed, it seemed to him that he was
enveloped by God's pervading
love. There camc a sense of unut
terable peace and the sure confi
dence that God would give him the
power to meet whatever might
come. Like Paul, he had been init
v?f Christ"
wail you today, it may bi* a min<
test vcquirin:1 patience, unde -
laiuiin; . the readiness to help an
'her. Or it m ? be a major to
illness descending like an a\ -
bnehe, or the tragic passing ot a
loved one. You, too. may be init
iated into the secret oC trusting
Christ. You. too, may be able to
say, "In him u ho strengthens me
I am able for anything."
PRAYER
| Eternal Christ, enter, we pray
I Thee, into our lives, that we mty
have victory over every hard thing.
Teach us the secret of trust, that
we may have all joy in believing.
In Thy holy name we pray. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Christ is with those who trust
Him in all the storms of life.
1 Lloyd E. Foster (New Jersey)
Fannie Finch Bunn Circle
Meets With Mrs. Beck
The Fannie Finch Bunn circlc of
the First Baptist Church met re
cently with Mrs. Warren Beck on
Bridges street. There were 19 pres
ent. ,
Following a brief business meet
ing presided over by Mrs. John H.
Bunn, Mrs. J. 0. Fussell took
charge of the program, Christ In
Moslem Lands. She was assisted
by Mrs. Ralph Wade and Dr. Bunn.
During the social hour the group
sang Christmas carols.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs. E.
W. Roelofs, served home-made
cake and cookies, nuts and cokes.
Young Adult Youth
Group to Meet Tuesday
The sub-district meeting of the
Young Adult Fellowship will meet
at Franklin Memorial Methodist
church of Morehcad City Dec. 6
at 7:30 p.m. Thomas McGinnis,
the county welfare officer, will be
the principal speaker. Plans for
a Christmas party are under way.
This meeting takes in all young
adult Methodists in the county un
der the age of 35. Each one at
tending is asked to bring a present
(about 25 cents) and an article for
the White Christmas. The boys arc
to bring a present for a boy and
the girls bring a present for a girl.
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Expert body and fender work in our
well-equipped shop will have your' car
back on the roafl a&ain quickly ... at
a reasonable cost. Complete crash over
hauling.
LEE NOTOB SALES. Inc.
J4M Bridges St. Morehead City Phone M 81%
A MiMRiB or ONI OF TMf FOUR I All Gf ST
WOlllf Dl All B OR CAN I Z ATlONS IN TMI WORLD
CHURCH SERVICES
(Announcements of Sunday and weekday church aervicea must
be in THE NEWS-TIMES office, either in Beaufort or Morehead I
City, by NOON WEDNESDAY? The Editor)
FRANKLIN MEMORIAL CHl'Hl'H
Morehead City
W. D. CaviaeM, MlnUter
Sunday. Dec. i
9:30 a.m. . Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Morning Woinhlp. Holy
Communion
7:30 p.m. - Evening Worship. Sermon.
Our Confusiun About God" by I
Mr. Cavlness. New members will
be received Into the church.
Monday, Dec. 5
7:00 p.m. ? Intermediate MYF
Wrdnmday , Dre. 1
7:00 p.m. - Choir practice
Thursday. Dee. 8
7:30 p.m. - Bible study
('AMI* (iLKNN METHODIST <11 I RC II |
\V. 1>. CaiineHH. Minlhtrr
Suaday. Uec. 4
9:00 a.m. - Sunday School .
10:00 n.m. - Morning Worship. Sermon
by the pastor
6:00 p.m. - MYF
WedncNday, Dee. 7
7:00 |> m. - WSCS
SALT KR PATH MKTIIODIST < IH IU II |
Louie Lewis, Aetlni; Minlhtrr
SundH>. Dee. I
10:00 a. ii). - Sund.iy School ,
11:00 a.m. - Morninir Worship. Sermon'
by Louie Lr\v Is
ttltOAD ( IliKK MKTIIODIST
( III M II
Louie Lewis, Aitiiitf Minikler
Sunday, i>.
10 oo a.m. S S.-!".o?r!
>*? .i i hi|i. Si'riptfn
idrcss.
1.1 .la- :
FIRST lt.? I* riVT < II I 1U II
lltu'lurk
( Serv ires in < Kerry Tlu-jtre)
Sunday. Dec. ?
0.45 y.ni. - Sunday Srhonl
11:00 a.m. - Morning v > ? iiln
0.30 p.m - Baptist Tialniiii; Union at
church hut, highway 70
7:30 p m. . Evening Woiihip at church
hut
i' ednrftday, Drc. 7
7:30 p.m. - Prayer meeting
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Morrhrad City
Dr. J*ki H. Buon, I'a.tor
Suaday. Dec. 4
9:30 a.m - Sunday School
11:00 am. - Morning Worship. Ordlna- I
tlon of Deacons. A message to dea
cons by the Rev. R T. Willis. Jr.
6:30 p m. ? Training Union
7:30 p!m. - Evening Worship. Young
People will present missionary
program beginning Week of Pray
er for Foreign Mission. Women
of the Missionary Society will
meet every evening through
Thursday and an all-day meeting
Friday.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Beaufort
Winfrey Davis. Pastor
Sanday, Dee. 4
9 15 a m. - Sunday School
1100 a.m. Worship. Sermon subject.
Christian Growth"
6:30 p.m. - Baptist Training Union
7 30 P.m. - Worship. Church confer
ence.
Wednesday, Dec. 7
7:30 pm. - Prayer mooting
8 : lfi p.m. - Choir rehearsal
Thursday, Dec. ft
7:00 p.m. - Young People s auxiliaries
meet
ST. FAUI/S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Beaufort
W. I Martin. K?-rtor
8. do .i m - lloiv Communion
School and Junior j
irch
! > i uiiminion and sei>
;i. .it the i?a. i*h house
[it Or. Wo
home of
Au\ll
\\ :.V. Ml V1(. <fAL PRESBYTKRIAN
? III !U H
H<?rrhcnd City
S.iui.iv. !>,<?. L
. i , .i ni. - mi nday School
1 1 ;taj m. M >i-nlng Worship
7 ou |. ni. - Youth Fellowship
Wediicsd.iy . Dee. 7
7:30 p. hi Cholc. rvhearsal
i.V, PORT 4 III K< II Ol I IIKIST
.1 I i??- M tie* on Nine Mile Koad)
Sunday, lie*-. ?
10 <?? a.m. - Service
7.30 p.m. - Service
FRIii; WILL RAITIST CIIIRCI1
Beaufort
W. K. Anderson, Pastor
Sunday, Dec. ? t
(J:15 a.m. - Sunday School
11 00 a.m. - Morning Worship
6:30 p.m. - Young people's League
Wednesday, Dee. 7
7:30 p.m. - Mid-week prayer service
PBLLKTIER COMMUNITY CHURCH j
J. R. Webb, Paator
Sunday, Dec. 4
10 00 a.m. - Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Preaching
7:. '10 p.m. - Preaching
PENTECOSTAL HOI.INKSH CHURCH j
R. L. Uwrenco, Pastor
Sunday, Dec. 4
9:46 a.m.*- Sunday School
11:00 a.m. - Preaching
6 3D p.m. - PYPS
7:30 p.m. - Evangelistic service
Ttiurnflay, Dm1, g
7:30 p.m. - Prayer meeting
Clothing, Soap Campaign'
Net$ Total of 410 Pounds
The Thanksgiving clothing and
soap collection, a campaign In the
parishes of the United Statei for
usable clothing, shoes and bar soap
for the needy and homeless in Eu
rope, the Near and Far East, clos
ed Sunday, Nov. 27. The campaign
opened Sunday, Nov. 20.
Four hundred and ten pounds
were collected in Saint Egbert's
parish. The clothes were sorted
into children clothes, ladies cloth
es. and men clothes, and on Tues
day. Nov. 27. sixteen cartons left
Morchead City by freight to New
York City from whence it will be j
shipped overseas.
The campaign was under the aus- 1
pices of the War Relief Service ?
National Catholic Welfare confer
ence. with national headquarters
in New York City.
SAINT KUUKKT'k CATHOLIC
CHUBCII
Morrhcul City
Father Elmer J. Undner, T. O. R.,
Pastor ?
Father Mcinont J. White. T. O. R.,
Assistant Pastor
Sunday, lief. 4
8:45 ;i m. - Confessions
9:00 a.m. - Holy Mass. Sermon,
10. to a.m. - Confessions
11:00 a m. - Holy Man. Sermon, Bene
diction
12 TO p .m. - Radio Program - VV.MBL
Mondn\, I
7 .t in. - Confessions
7. ?r. a.m. Ih?l> .Mass
4 .00 p.m. Child; .'ii - In'!
ii. m." - Mi
lla\eltHk'
Tufwlny, I??t.
7 :.{() a.m. C<i
>\? dl1?Ml I V, l? it,
7 ; K> .i.iit, - k 1 ? ? ??
8:00 p.m. - llo!> N.ui.' * '
Thursday, l)fr. 8
6:15 .. m. - <*t?nf? s>i us
6: .TO a m - Holy Ma s
7:15 a m - C-.ii'W
1:00 p.m. - ' "M Idi'i : - !, ?
llarkers Inland
7:. TO p.m. p Discussion i ;.i!?, llavclork
Friday, ?er. 'J
7:. TO a.m. - Confessions
7:45 a.m. - Holy Mass
7:45 p.m. - Choir reheat sal
Sat unlay, Dec. 10
7:30 a.m. - Confessions
7:45 a.m. - Holy Mass
7:00 p.m. - Confession!*
FBKK WILL BAPTIST flURCII I
Stacy
J. R. Davidson, Pastor
Saturday, Pff. 3
7 00 p.m. - Preaching
Sunday, Deo. i
10:00 a.m. ."Sunday School
11 00 a m. - Morn I nx Worship
6:00 p.m. - Free. Will Baptist League j
7:00 p.m. - Preaching
Wednesday, Dee. 7
7:00 p.m. - Prayer meeting
FBKK WILL BAPTIST CIICBCH
Km I-ovcl
J. R. Davidson, Pastor
Sunday, Der. I
2:00 p.m. - Sunday School
FRKK WILL BAPTIST CHI' RCII
Davis
J. B. Davidson, Pastor
Sunday, IW. I
10:00 a.m. - Sunday School
6:00 p.m. - Free Will Baptist league
Thursday, Dw. H
7:00 p.m. - Prayer me?tlng
Balaam
EDITOR'S NOTE: This Is the
7th of a series of studies (rem
the Old Testament. The text Is
condensed from selections by
Houston Harte for the new book,
"In Our Image." Illustration by
Guy Rowe, flso from the book.
And the children of Israel pitch
ed in the plains of Moab. And Bal
ak king of the Moabites sent mes
sengers unto Balaam to call him,
saying. Behold, there is a people
come out from Egypt: they cover
(he face of the earth, and abide
m ! ' ooie now there
l h': that I
? ' of the land:
licmr thou bless
(I. til id lie whom thou
fur.v. t is cursed.
> 'Vl.ti'n said unto them,
?'i"h? and I will
* .1 :;un as the Lord
! i .lv unto me. And God
camo unto Balaam and said, Thou
shall not go. thou shalt not curse
t < far they are blessed.
A i i ? ? ? ? iii the morning,
.in 1 .ml unto tin* princes of Balak,
the l.ord refuseth to give me leave
to mo with you And they went un
to H.-l; k
? Balak sent yet again
primes, more, and more honor
able. And they eame to Balaam,
ami said. Thus saith Balak, I will
promote thee unto very great
in i; ;i' and I v% ill do whatso
ever thou sayest, come, I pray
thee, curse me this people. And
Balaam said unto the servants of
Balak: Tarry ye also here this
ni1 hi, that I may know what the
l.ord will say. And God came un
to Balaam, and said, go with
them; bui yet Ike word which I
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