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A God's rule will come and his kingdom will not Derish
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UOU'S RULE WILL COME
(OuMI:l, IMS)
i "There was given Him dominion,
! and glory, and a kingdom, that all
j people, nations and languages should
serve Him: His dominion is an ever
! lasting dominion, which shall not
? pass away, and His kingdom that
which shall not be destroy ed " (Dan
iel 7:14)
God is the Lord of history Nations
come and go. Leaders rise and fall.
The life span of an individual on
eartrhis limited to a few score years.
"We spend our yean as a tale that is
told." (Psalm 90:?) But to God be
longs eternity, and the ongoing sweep
of history is in His hands.
Whether men and nations choose to
' walk the ways of God, or whether we
set ourselves against Him, he will
prevail. His ultimate will shall be ac
complished. Our lesson for today
deals with this truth. "No nation has
emerged from the womb of history as
a surprise to God, nor came to it's
demise without God's hand."
(Hershal M. Hobbs).
The Hebrew nation, about which
we have been studying for the past 13
weeks, originated in an act of God.
God chose this people to His mission
people to a pagan world. They were
in Egypt in bondage, so God, through
the human leadership of Moses, re
moved the people from the grasp of
the Egyptian Pharoah's hand, and
eventually settled them in the land at
Pa man
God gave them laws which they
were to live by. They were to be a
show-case nation so that the pagan
nations of the world might ice the ad
vantage in serving Israel'* Jehovah,
the one true God The nation turned
to sinfulness and idolatry? and con
tinued in sin generation after genera
tion.
God raised up prophets to be His
spokesmen, and for centuries gave
the people guidance and warning.
When this failed to bring the people to
repentance and a return to righ
teousness, He used Babylon as His
rod of chastisement. The people were
now in Babylon, in exile, having been
defeated and captured by the armies
of Kins Nebuchadnezzar
God disciplined the people but did
not destroy them for He had plans for
their future? at least for a remnant
of them. God used Daniel in a mighty
way during the exile.
DANIEL'S VISION
(Daaiel 8:1)
The young prophet Daniel had been
taken into Babylonian exile about the
year 906 B.C. The time of this vision
was some 56 years later. It was dur
ing the time that Belshazzar reigned
asking. Belshazzar was the grandson
of King Nebuchadnezzar.
The vision which Daniel had from
God, in this instance, covered a pe
riod of but a few centuries into the
future? about 400 years. In the vision
Daniel saw a two-horned ram push
ing west, northward and southward,
with no beast able to withstand him.
From our knowledge of history we
understand this to be the Medo-Per
sian rise to power. The vision contin
ues.
A goat, having one horn, comes
from the west, attacks the ram,
breaks his two horns and stamps him
into the ground. The he goat is the
kingdom of Greece, and the great
horn, Alexander, the Great. He was
powerful, and the Persians were
powerless before him. Alexander
died less than ten years later.
The horn of the be goat is broken
and four little horns come up in it's
place. When Alexander died, the
kingdom was divided between four of
his generals. Prom one of these four
horns, a little horn sprouts and exalts
itself greatly, even against "the
Prince of the Hosts." (the Lord) One
of the four generals was named Se
leucus.
Prom history we understand that
that king, "a king of fierce counte
nance," to be Antiochus IV. his reign
was a time of fierce persecution
against God's people. He has been de
scribed as "the incarnation of evil."
Verse 24 tells us, however, "His
power shall be mighty, but not be his
own power."
This evil king would rule only by
the permissive will of God. Space
permits us to but barely touch on this
important lesson. Read the eighth
chapter of Daniel for the full Story.
God is the God of creation and his
tory. Men and nations may defy Him
for a time, thwart His devine plan far
a season but "God's rule ride will
come."
i Church News
Revival services set
The Rocky Hock Baptist Church
will hold its Fall Revival August 24
29, with the Reverend Bobby Hewitt
as the guest speaker.
Brother Hewitt, a native of Eliza
beth City, North Carolina, is the pas
tor of the Hobbsville and Sandy Cross
Baptist Churches. He is a graduate of
Campbell and Southeastern Baptist
Theology Seminary. He and his wife,
Carol, have two children, Stacy and
Kimberly. He enjoys rabbit hunting
and golf.
For good Gospel preaching, special
music, and congregational singing
come and bring your whole family
and worship with us. Everyone is in
vited! Services will begin at 11:00
a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday and at
8:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
A nursery will be provided. Please
join us!
Christian fellowship to meet
The Edenton Chowan Christian
Fellowship Union will meet at Pleas
ant Grove A.M.E. Zion Church Sun
day, August 24, 1966 at 7:00 p.m. The
Rev. R.L. Newby is the pastor, and
the Rev. Curtis Newby will deliver
the message.
Providence holds revival
The Providence Missionary Bap
? ' tist Church will hold its Fall Revival
? 'August 25-29, 1986 at 7:90 p.m.
' ?- nightly. The Rev. Thomas L. Walker,
' pastor of the Ebenezar Baptist
? Church in Rocky Mount, North Caro
lina, will be our guest evangelist. The
Rev. Walker is a national known
evangelist, gospel singer, and re
cording artist. Best known by his re
cord "One Day At A Time."
Revival services scheduled
Summer Revival Services will be
held at the Bagley Swamp Wesleyan
' Church Sunday August 24 through
* Sunday August 31, with Dan and
Christyna LeRoy as Evangelistic
Workers.
The LeRoys are natives of Ash
' ' land, KY, and have served as pastor
of Wesleyan Churches in Kentucky,
Ohio and North Carolina. Their son is
pastor of the Bagley Swamp Wes
leyan Church.
The Sunday morning Revival Serv
ices will be held at 11:00 a.m. and all
evening services will be held at 8:00
p.m.
The Bagley Swamp Wesleyan
Church is located Ave and one-half
miles northeast of Hertford, between
Winfali and Belvidere, one and one
half miles east of Highway 37. For
more information, call 426-7476.
Chorus to perform
The Perquimans County Male Cho
rus and the Chowan County Male
> Chorus will render a musical pro
" gram at St. Paul A.M.E. Zion
Church, Hertford, N.C. on the fourth
Sunday Aug. 24, 1966 at 7:00 p.m. The
general public is invited to attend.
The church is located on the corner
of Eden ton Road Street and Dobbs
Street. The Rev. Thomas McPherson
is the pastor.
Fellowship union scheduled
to meet
The third Sunday Perquimans
j, , County Fellowship Union was
cancelled last Sunday. The meeting
will be held this Sunday night (Aug.
24, 1986) at 7:00 p.m. at the Leigh
Temple A.M.E. Zion Church. The
Rev. Walter A. Davis and Ellis
Temple Baptist Church is in charge.
The Rev. John London is president.
Back to school sale set
Back To-Schoot Sale!! Come buy
without price First Baptist Church
youth invite you to go back to school
with Christ Jesus Sunday morning at
9:45 a.m. for Sunday School. Morning
worship starts at 11:00 a.m. with the
? Rev. William Sawyer of Shiloh Mis
' sionary Baptist Church, Camden,
" - N.C. rendering service. All of the
* young people of the church will be in
? charge. The theme is based on scrip
ture Isaiah 55:1 "Ho every one that
thirsteth, Come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no mooey; Come ye, buy
and eat; yes, come buy wine and
milk without money and without
price."
Refreshments will be served after
the morning worship. Come
fellowship with your children in the
name of the Lord.
HOLDING BOOKS TOO CLOSE
If you think your child hold* book* too close to his eyes when
ho road*, you may want to havo hi* oyos checked to find out if ho
hot a vision problem
When children first begin to road, they usually look at book*
with largo print and lots of spoce between the lino*. Once In
school, however, and as they advonce into upper grades, the type
Is not as large. Getting used to the difference in type size may be
the only prubl+irfi at first. To compensate for the difference, they
moy hold boOks closet to their oyos for awhile, tut N the habit
continues .beyond a reasonable timO. it moy bo wise to havo their
eye* chocked by your eye specialist.
Even if your child paMod the eye tost at school, you should not
lake if for granted that ho doosnt havo a vision problem, lye
tests given at school are usually simple tests of what a child can
see at 30 foot. Passing this tost with a "20/20" rating, however,
does not mean that he has perfect vision. It moons only that ho
con sOe at 20 foot what the normal ChMd con see at 20 feet.
Dr. A.P. DOWNUM
103 W. Ecton ft.
fetonton. N.C
nmiiii4<1 IM4
Peoples Bank closes Warrenton office
ROCKY MOUNT, NC-PeopJes Bank
k Trust Co. has applied to the State
banking Commissioner to close its
otfice in Warren ton and serve War
renton cutsomers at its larger office
in North Carolina.
Marshall Tetterton, President of
the bank, said the Warrenton office,
which opened over two years ago,
failed to generate enough business to
justify remaining open.
Tetterton said, "We knew it would
be a challenge for the Warrenton of
flee to meet the financial require
ments we have for any office. But we
opened the office here because our
Bank has always had a commitment
to serving smaller communities in
rural areas."
He added, "Our experience has not
been satisfactory, so we have reluc
tantly requested the Banking Com
missioner for permission to close this
office."
Tetterton noted that the bank's
larger Norlina office is only four
miles from Warren ton and that cus
tomers can be served there.
"Because the Warrenton office has
operated as a 'satellite' branch of
Norlina, our personnel in Norlina are
familiar with our customers in War
renton and their needs," he said.
REVIVAL SERVICES
BAGLEY SWAMP
WESLEY AN CHURCH
DAN AND CHRISTYNA LEROY
EVANGELISTIC WORKERS
I RONTON, OHIO
" AUGUST 24-31
SUNDA Y MORNING SER VICES 11:00 A.M.
ALL EVENING SER VICES 8:00 P.M.
426-7476
DANIEL E. LEROY, PASTOR
Dear
friends.
The selection of the final
resting place is of primary
importance and should be
done well in advance of need
to avoid regrets from a hasty
decision. The family may own
a cemetery plot, yet the
amount of space available
and the legal right of burial
may be in doubt. Your fune
ral director can ossist you to
learn the status of a family
plot or in securing a new
one.
Respectfully,
^uiindell
Jffuneral
Home, 3nc.
509 Dobbs Street
Hertford, N.C.
426-7311
SORROW AND REPENTANCE
George Wilmore Pastor
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
There is one way to avoid sorrow, 6void sin. Even
then sympathy will arouse sorrow on account of sin
of others. As long as there is evil in the world there
will be tears and sorrow. It is not the sorrow which
is to be regretted, but the sin which is its cause.
"For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salva
tion not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the
world worketh death." (II Cor. 7:10).
The ungodly may sorrow because they have
sinned. What are the characteristics of this sorrow?
When the irreligious are rebuked or chastened for
wrong-doing, their vanity is wounded, anger is
aroused, resentment is built up and, of course, an
excuse must be made. Times have changed, every
one else is doing it, I just thought I could do it one
time to see how it felt. The outcome of this sorrow
is death; instead of being profitable, it is a no win
situation, drawing the thoughtsaway from the moral
heinousness of sin, and confining the sinner in
courses whose only end is spiritual death.
The sorrow which is godly is occasioned by the
recognition of the sin as an offense against the Di
vine Law. "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned."
Godly sorrow recognizes that sin grieves the Divine
heart. As a tender child grieves to heart his father's
spirit, so a truly sensitive nature is pained in griev
ing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus suffered
on the cross, that's enough. Let us not abuse the
grace of God.
The repentance to which godly sorrow leads is a
change of mind and purpose. It is a turning from
temptation, excuse making, even societies whims,
to a God who has been revealed to us in Jesus
Christ.
Godly sorrow and true repentance issue salvation.
To be sorry for sin and turn from it only leads one
place, Jesus Christ.
"I am the way, the truth and the Life; no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me."
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HERTFORD, N.C.