SOAY SCHOOL
LESSOH
PUTTING GOD FIRST
International Sunday School Lesson
For June 6
.Golden Text: "Be it known unto
thee, 0 king, that we will not serve
thy' gods, nor worship the golden im
age which thou hast set up." Daniel
8:18.
Lesson Text:
6:10.
Daniel 3:4-7, 13-18;
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The book of Daniel consists of two
distinct portions, the first in narrative
form containing a series of stories
about Daniel or his companions, while
the second in prophetic form contains
a series of visions of Daniel, often
called "The Apocalypse of the Old
Testament"
The background for our lesson for
this week is the old familiar story
which practically everyone has known
from childhood. It is similar to that
of our lesson for last week when we (
saw Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego standing firm for' their
convictions. Then they were brave
enough to request that they be not
fed the rich food from the king's
table and in this lesson we see them
still standing for what they knew to
be right.
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
had a totalitarian view of govern
ment, believing that all people should
be loyal -to the king of the land and
if they were loyal to the king, they
must also be loyal to the king's god.
This has often been true and history
reveals the mistake of such a position.
A nation of people cannot be regi
mented into loyalty to anyone or any
thingloyalty must come voluntarily.
However, Nebuchadnezzar issued a
decree that anyone who failed o fall
down and worship the image of his
god when he heard the sound of the
harp, the flute, the trumpet, or any
kind of music, he would be thrown
into the midst of a burning furnace.
The majority' of the people obeyed,
but some of the Jewish exiles in
Babylon refused to do so. Some of
the officials of the court, who were
jealous because of some political rea
sons, reported that three of the Jews
were disobeying the king's order,
with Shadrach, Meshach and Abedne
go named as the offenders.
Brought into the court, Nebuchad
nezzar gave the young men a chance
to deny the charge, stating that he
would give them another chance to
worship the golden image but, if they
i- u i x
mneu, iie wouiu nave xnem cast inio j
the burning furnace. How much
courage it must have taken for the
three young Jews to reply to Ne
buchadnezzar, in the words of our
Golden Text: "If it be so, our God
whom we serve is able to deliver us
from the burning fiery furnace, and
he will deliver us out of thine hand,
O king. But if not, be it known unto
thee, 0 king, that we will not serve
thy gods, nor worship the golden im
age which thou hast set up." (Dan
iel 8:17-18).
Of course, the king was enraged.
He ordered the servants to heat the
furnace seven times hotter than it
had ever been heated. The Jews
were bound in their clothing and
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HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
C. W. DuUng, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Evening Worship, 8 o'clock.
Mid-week Services, Wednesday
P. M.
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JODG
TELLS
Can we be obsolutely honest in our
thinking about juvenile delinquency? A
judge of Nashville, Tennessee, who tried
4,000 juvenile cases during the last four
years, reports that only seventeen of those
involved were in regular attendance at
Sunday School at the time their crime
was committed. Of these seventeen, nine
were found not guilty. Do our education
al leaders have the intellectual integrity
to realize the import of this survey? The
tragedy is that we must wait to hear
these words from o judge on the bench.
thrown into the fire. The heat was so
.terrible that those who threw them
into the furnace died of it, but Shad
rach, Meshach and Abednego walked
in the fire unharmed. When the king
inquired whether the three had been
thrown into the furnace and was in
formed that they had, he was aston-
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Coy S. Saunders, Pastor
Sunday School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Young People's Meeting, 6:30 P. M.
Evening Worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Mid-week Services, Thursday at
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D. L, Fouts, Pastor
Church School, 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Youth Fellowship, 7:15 P. M.
Evening Worship, 8 P. M.
Mid-week Fellowship, Wednesday
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W. H. Marler, Pastor
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Rev. J. R. Byerly, Pastor
Church services first and third Sun
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Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
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PERQUIMANS CHARGE
CHURCHES
E. B. Edwards, Pastor
First Sunday:
New Hope Church, 11:00 A. M.
Oak Grove Church, 3:00 P. M.
Second Sunday
Winfall Church, 11:00 A. M.
Cedar Grove Church, 3:00 P. M.
Woodland Church, 7:00 P. M.
Third Sunday
Oak Grove Church, 11:00 A. M.
New Hope Church, 7:00 P. M.
Fourth Sunday
Cedar Grove Church, 11:00 A. M.
Woodland Church, 3:00 P. M.
Winfall Church, 7:30 P. M.
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Woodland Church, 11:00 A. M.
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E. T. Jilson, Rector
Holy Communion, 9:00 A. M.
Every Sunday except first Sunday
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Church School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Sermon. 11:00
o'clock.
Holy Communion first Sunday at
11 A. M.
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UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH
Elizabeth White, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Church Services, 11 A. M.
Christian Endeavor. 6:30 P. M.
WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. Harry F. Bean, Pasto-
Sunday School, 11 A. M. every Sun
day except third Sunday.
Sunday School third Sunday, 2 P. M.
Church services every third Sunday
at 3 P. M.
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MEETING
3ertha V. Smith White, Minister
Bible School, 10 A. M.
Meeting for worship, 11 A. M.
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CHAPPELL HILL BAPTIST
CHURCH
A. H. Outlaw, Pastor
Sunday School, 2 P. M. every first
Sunday.
Church Service 3 P. M. every first
Sunday.
Sundav School at 11 A. M. every
second, third and fourth Sunday.
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