JESUS AND TRUE WORSHIP
International Sunday School Laaion for July 11. 1946
Golden Text: "God is a Spirit; and they that Worship him must
worship him in spirit anj truth." ? John 4:24.
Lesson Text: Deut. 8:11-14. 18-19; Isaiah 40:30, 31; Mark 12:28-34.
It is not just a "happen-so"
that the Ten Commandments
open with laws concerning man's
relationship to God, for, after all,
one's conception of God is the
most important conception one!
may hnve, because it influences
every relation with one's fellow
man.
After reminding the children of
Israel of his goodness in leading
them out of the bondage of
Egypt, the first commandment
which God gives them forbids
polytheism, the worship of false!
gods: "Thou shalt have no other I
gods before me." The Israelites
were abut to go into the land of
Canaan, where the inhabitants'
had many gods, and, therefore, it
was necessary that they be im-|
pressed with the fact that they|
had but one god, Jehovah, who
had been the means of delivering
Uiem from the hands of the|
Egyptians.
Inasmuch as God had done this
much for them, surely he was en
titled to and deserved their love,
and worship. Had it not been for.
Him, and his grace and mercy,
and power, the Israelites would!
have had no freedom, wouldi
know no God, enjoy no hope forj
the future and would have had:
no nation of their own. Then!
surely the command, "Thou shalt'
have no other gods before me,' |
was not an unreasonable demand. j
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan de
clares, "If God is what he claims)
to be, then he must be the su
preme object of worship. If it be
Irue that he is Jehovah, then the1
Commandment is a reasonable'
3ne, and it must be a very un-j
reasonable thing to have any:
rther God beside him. In the!
/cry necessity of the case, if the
words spoken by God be true,1
;hen God is sufficient and God is)
jod. There cannot be two who
fulfill that description of limit
less life. That becomes an im
aertinence and a sham to a man
vho has had a vision of the truet
Jod. Every man needs a God.
There is no man who has not,
somewhere in his heart, in his
ife, in the essentials of his being,
a shrine in which is a diety i
rwhom he worships." But. "Ye
cannot serve God and mammon." I
said Christ. i
It might be worthwhile, in this I
connection, to point out that the <
reverent, sincere worship of God '
tends to lift a human being high- <
?r while the opposite is true in '
the case of the idol-worshiper. >
Someone has explained this by
the thought that the god of. the
heathen is lower than the wor- '
shiper himself, consequently,
drags him farther and farther
down. The Christian's God is in
finitely higher than man and, asj
man < worships Him, he is lifted ]
up until he inevitably grows in
his image.
Even while these words were
being written by Moses on M?.
Sinai, the Hebrew people, irked ;
by his long absence from them 1
and feeling the need of worship,
erected a golden calf at the foot!
of the mountain.
It is easy for us to condemn
the short memory of these He
brew people, who so quickly for
got the goodness of God to them [
and so easily turned back to idol
worshiping as practiced by the
Egyptians among whonythey had
living for many years. However,
before we condemn them too (
heartily, let us search our own'
hearts.
Jesus gave very definite teach-!
ings about real worship when he
talked with the Samaritan wo
man at the well near Sychar. In
conversation with her, Jesus de
clared that the argument between
the Jews and the Samaritans
about the place for the worship
of God was not the important
thing, for the time would come
when neither would they worship
in Mount Gerizim nor at Jerusa
lem. The important thing to be
remembered, he declared, was
the manner in which God was 1
worshipped. God desires men
and women to worship .him in
spirit and in reality. For, "God 1
is a Spirit; and they that worship
him must worship in spirit and
in truth."
To worship God in spirit means
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To Observe Lees
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Banner Elk ? The Banner Elk
Presbyterian Church is making
jlans for the observance of Lees
McRae College Day at its morn
ing service on July 21. The pas
tor of the church. Reverend
rhompson B. Southall. will pre
;ent a program of information and
inspiration about the story of the
college and her present needs.
One feature of the program will
ae an offering devoted to the
college's endowent. At present,
the college is attempting to se
cure $200,000 in endowment,
with the initial effort in Con
:ord and Holston presbyteries,
which are the official supporting
constituency of the college.
Rosey Farm Picture
Has Its Dark Side
A two-toned picture of the
general farm outlook has been
painted for the remainder of
1946 by the Farm Management
Department of the Extension Ser
vice at State College.
The bright side of the picture
shows higher prices for farm pro
ducts, while the dark portion of
the picture indicates a rising cost
of living, and a continued scar- 1
city of feed and labor.
Many signs point to a real
break through in the price level,
which has all ready advanced
greatly. Farm labor will continue
to be inadequate to meet all
needs now, and will also be high.
Equipment and transportation
facilities will improve some, but
farm machinery will be high in
cost. Most repairs parts will soon
be available.
The price situation for most
crops appears very good. The
average yield of tobacco is
smaller, but acreage is up nine
percent. The price should hold up
to 1945 levels. Cotton acreage is
at a low average and the price is
rising. Peanuts should bring at
least 1945 prices. The support
price will be near 7.7 cents a
pound.
In the livestock field everything
is higher. Poultry has gone up
and eggs will hold high prices
during the fall and winter. All
dairy products continue to lisei
in price. Dairy cows are declining!
in numbers, and are selling at anj
all time high. The number of beeli
cattle and hogs will be smaller!
by next spring, indicating in
creasingly higher prices.
While livestock prices are going1
up, the feed is becoming harder!
to find. Commercialy mixed'
feed will be reduced 20 percent1
by government order. The far-:
mer must depend on pasture,!
home grown feed and farm by
products to help ease the feed|
shortage and the high cost of
mixed feeds.
Dickerson Takes Up i
Duties at Lees-McRae
Banner Elk ? Fred I. Dickerson,
I who is on terminal leave with the
'Navy as lieutenant commander,
jhas arrived in Banner Elk with
! his family, preparatory to be
tcoming head coach at Lees-McRae
college in September.
Coach Deckerson has been con
nected with the physical training
j program of the United States
Navy since 1942. Prior to that
;time he had coached for three
j years at Lees-McRae, three years
?il Mars Hill college, and one
(year at Davis and Elkins college
Jin West Virginia.
Lees-McRae wi] re-enter the
I field of intercollegiate sportsi
I this year in football, basketball,
I track, tennis, and possibly others.
Coach Dickerson replaces John
jMackorell who is leaving thel
coaching field to enter business.!
that we are to worship him by'
communing our spirits with his:
spirit. Of this, J. Ritchie Smith!
said: "He is a person. He is one.'
jHe is not corporeal or material,1
Jand therefore is not apprehended!
by the senses, nor subject to the|
limitations of space and time.
Thus the question where he!
should be worshipped is answer-'
ed. Though for* a time he ap
pointed a particular place that
was an accommodation to hu
man weakness, and under the
new dispensation worship may
everywhere be rendered to Him
who is everywhere present. If
God is a Spirit, rites and forms
and sacrifices will not suffice. He
must be worshipped in that part
of man's nature which reflects
the divine."
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President Truman signs draft extension bill, extending the
draft for nine months and permitting induction of childless mar
ried men in the 19-44 age bracket. Witnessing the signing of the
bill are, left to right. Brig. Gen. C. S. Dargusch, Maj. Gen. I>ewis
B. Hershey, selective service director, and Col. Lewis Renfrow.
President Truman, seated.
Sugar Grove News
Mr. S. F. Horton, who resigned'
as superintendent of Watauga
county schools July 1, has accept-)
ed work with the state board of
education in making school bus
route surveys in different coun
ties over the state. Mr. Horton
will return to Cove Creek high
school as principal this fall.
Rev. H. K. Middleton, pastor of
Cove Creek Baptist Church, has
just completed a course of study
in Duke University. Mr. Middle
ton has accepted the pastorate of
Mount Calvary Baptist Church at
Banner Elk. The Cove Creek
Church released Mr. Middleton
for one Sunday each month.
Several Cove Creek teachers
are attending summer school in
Boone. These teachers are to be
commended for their interest in
improving themselves as teachers.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Horton and
children. David and Betty, spent
last week in Kinston and Wake
Forest visiting Mrs. Blanche!
Horton Davis and Mr. W. M.
Fuller#
Mr. Dale Adams has made ex-|
tensive improvements on his
home. This is the old Lee Os
borne property and is one of the
most attractive of the Cove Creek,
homes.
Mr. George W. Coggin, director]
of industrial education, has ap
propriated funds for an indust
rial arts course in the Cove Creek
high school. Classes will be held
on Tuesday and Thursday after
noons from 3:30 to 4:30 and on
Saturday morning form 9:00 to
12:00. Anyone interested in weav
ing, basketry and other phases of
industrial arts work may contatt
Mrs. Dare P. Strother for full in-|
formation as to the course of
study.
The parsonage at Henson
Chapel Church is nearing com
pletion. This will be a very at
tractive home and Rev. Starling
and the Henson Chapel member
ship deserve congratulations on
having carried to completion
such a worth-while project.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
North Carolina. Watauga County.
The undersigned, having quali
fied as administratrix of the es
tate of Alice V. Watson, deceased,
late of Watauga county, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present
them to the undersigned on or
before the 7th day of June, 1947,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
to the undersimfed.
This 20t* jray of June, 1946.
Ams. P. L. HAMBY,
7-4-6c ' Administratrix.
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MEETS WITH MRS. HENDRIX
The Perkinsville Home De
monstration Club met with Mrs.
Raymond Hendrix and Mrs. Troy
Greene on July 9.
The meeting opened with a
song and Scripture was read by|
|Mrs. Woodrow Greene. After the
business was discussed. the
Imeeting was turned over to MisS
jJoyce Sutherland, who made an
interesting talk on insects.
J During the social hour the
, hostesses served a delicious party
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