VOLUME 4.
FAIRFIELD, JY. C., APRIL, 1928
NUMBER 4.
“They first gave themselves to the Lord.”
Hyde County Messenger
Published monthly by the Hyde County Baptist Churches
to promote the interest of God and advance His kingdom’s
work, and to deepen the spiritual life of the church, home
and entire community.
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EDITORIAL STAFF.
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PREACHING SERVICES.
First Sunday—North Mattamuskeet at 11 a.
m. Fairfield at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Second Sunday—Fairfield at 11 a. m., Engel
hard at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Third Sunday—North Mattamuskeet at 11 a.
m. Rose Bay at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Fourth Sunday—Swanquarter at 11 a. m. and
7 p. m. Rose Bay at 3 p. m.
Each Wednesday night, services are con
ducted at New Lands at 7:30 p. m.
B. Y. P. U. each Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m.
at parsonage.—Welcome.
Services at New Holland on Thursday night
after the third Sunday, 7:30 p. m.
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B. Y. P. U. CONVENTION
The Eastern Regional B. Y. P. U. convention
was held at Scotland Neck, N. C., on April 13, 14,
15, 1928. Several of the members of the B. Y.
P. U. of the Fairfield Baptist Church attended.
Your pastor was on the program for a special
message on soul winning at 10:35 o’clock on
Sunday.
The convention was well attended by the
Baptist young people from all over Eastern
North Carolina. Special programs were enjoyed
by all.
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The Sunbeams Band of the Fairfield Baptist
Church enjoyed an Easter egg hunt at the par
sonage Monday afternoon, April 9. They gave
an interesting program on Home and Foreign
Missions Sunday night, April l.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends for the
courtesies and kindnesses shown us during the
sickness, death and burial of our husband and
father.
Mrs. C. C. Spencer and Children.
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BETTERMENT SOCIETY
The Betterment Society of the Fairfield
Methodist Church holes a meeting each Sunday
night except the third Sunday night.
Mr. A. L. Cutrell.
JUST FOR TODAY
Lord, for tomorrow and its needs
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for today.
Help me to labor earnestly,
And duly pray.
Let me be kind in word and deed,
Father, today.
Look to this day,
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the varieties
And realities of your existence,
The bliss of growth,
The story of action,
The splendor of beauty.
For yesterday is only a dream,
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes every yesterday
A dream of happiness
And every tomorrow
A vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day,
Such is the salutation of the dawn.
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It is a rather serious question whether we
are not all living too high. It does not find an
answer in our paying our debts—all should do
that, even Christians. Nor is it enough to say
we are laying up a little for old age—everybody
ought to do that. Even Christians need such a
life insurance. But this is the real test—if we
lived a little more simply, might we not give
much more to the great causes of the kingdom?
Perhaps the most serious comment on our age is
that so many live luxuriously, which every great
cause languishes for lack of funds.
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When friends place confidence in our integ
rity, they raise us to a statuesque height that in
volves watchful guard against falling from the
pedestal to which we have been raised.