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Text: “A Christian in an
unchristian world.”
A very learned doctor of
dignity said that you cannot
be « Christian in an unchris
tian world. When I heard
that I laughed till I cried. If
that were true then nobody
could be a Christian.
• I wonder what St. Paul
: would say about that. He
• preached his sermons through
. the bars of the jail. Like
• wise John the Baptist held
: his last service in a court
; room where the judges and
: the jailors were souzed up to
: their gills and the dancing of
; a naked woman was the main
• attraction.
: This old gag that “Dr.
• Whimsical” was trying to pull
• was that our environment de
: termines the who and the
• what. In other words we are
: tree frogs that take our color
; from the bushes around us.
• In other words you could put
: a bell on a hog and let him
; sleep in the parlor and
t change him into Mary’s little
• lamb. All you would have to
• do for a polecat would be to
:bed him down in the dining
• room. All you would have
•to do with a scoundrel would
:bc to make him some dates
•with some nice girls.
: Andrew Jackson would
; never have been converted
[ had he not met up with an
: honest preacher. “Reforma
’tion of manners” is not the
: Christian message. The mod- '
;ern death rattle will not be
•cured with a salt-water 1
: gargle.
Why is it one sometimes
has such prankish thoughts
in church?
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YESTERDAY HAS PAST
By MARY LIZZIE LANE
When the nights are long and dreary,
And our thoughts are running low,
Our memories will go back to our lov4d ones
That were called and had to go.
Some nights we may turn and toss,
And dream of the years that’s past.
But when we were living them,
We knew they could not always last.
Time is really fleeting swiftly by,
It don’t wait for you and me.
Soon the harvest time will come,
Then our reward we shall see.
We HvP today, yesterday has past,
God holds the unknown in His hands.
And whether it be sad or joyful,
Yes, we know Jesus really understands.
We can’t call back a single day,
But on into the future we must go.
Where I live or where I die,
Give me flowers as they grow.
Yes, I’ve lived for many years,
And watched the sun rise in the east.
I have paused along the way,
And on God’s Word 1 did feast.
I can remember the by gone days,
And how it really used to be. 1
When we gathered around the fire,
And prayed on our bended knee. |
Bandon Notebook {
By Mrs. Eleanor F. Jackson
All kinds of nice surprises
greeted the unusually size
able congregation in Arrow
head Beach’s Bandon Chapel
on Sunday morning.
f Mrs. H. Truston Bunting,
organist and alternate teacher
of the senior Sunday School
class, presented Miss Joyce
Harrell, 14, of Chesapeake,
Va., who sang a hymn “My
Jesus, I Love You,” which
she had composed herself. I
Joyce is the granddaughter [
of Mr. and Mrs. John S.
Johnson of Arrowhead Beach.
Just too late for publication
last week came a phone call |
from two proud Arrowhead ■
parents who stated that their I
younger son and his family
would be visiting them for a 1
couple of days. j
The parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Solomon J
Barnes. He is one of the |
deacons and trustees of Ban
don Chapel. The son is Rev.
George William Barnes, pas
tor of Parkview Baptist
Church, Blucfield, Va.
Stephen Brady Long, also
a deacon and trustee, was
scheduled to teach the adult
class, but invited Mr. Barnes
to take his place at 9:45 A. M.,
which lie accepted.
After being introduced to
I lie congregation, he said he
was “just plain Bill” and that
the one difference between
teaching and preaching is that
“a preacher swings his arms
about more than a teacher,”
so he would “try to hold his
firmly on the Iccturn."
Born in Rocky Hock, he
grew up in .Portsmouth, Va.,
attended Blucfield College,
University of Richmond,
Southwestern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Fort
Worth, Texas, where he re
ceived his degree of Bachelor
of Divinity (8.D.)
Mr. Barnes married Miss
Barbara Wirt of Christian
burg, Va. They have four
sons: Danny, 16; David, 14;
Dwayne, nine, and Darell,
five.
He has been a minister for
II years and pastored four
churches: Big Spring Baptist;
Church, Ellislon, Va., .Poca-!
hontas Baptist Church, Poca-1
hnntas, Va., Round Oak Bap
tist Church, Corbin, Va., and
his present church.
“Just plain Bill” has an j
older brother, Earle, who is I
also a minister in Longj
Island, N. Y., and twin sis-j
tors, Mary and Martha, both I
married and living in Ports
mouth, Va.
Bandon Chapel was twice
blessed. It developed, for
Rev. Glenn Eugene Bunch,
Jr., its regular “first Sun- 1
day” guest preacher, follow
ed Mr. Barnes by conducting I
the church service, including
Holy Communion at 11 A. M. |
Mr. Bunch announced from i
the pulpit that on Sunday, a .
week hence (July 16) at 4 j
P. M. he would hold Bandon
Chapel’s first baptismal ser
vice at Holly’s Wharf, on the
shore of the Chowan River.
The children’s Sunday
School is having a wiener
roast at 2:30 o’clock On the
grounds of Bandon Chapel
this Saturday.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Make Going To Church A Habit
FINDING GOD’S GUIDANCE
International Sunday School Lesson for July 9
Lesson Text: 1 Kings 19:9-18; John 16:7-15.
Again, in our lesson for today, we apply our
selves to studying the characteristics of yet an
other redoubtable Old Testament character. In
studying the events that befell Elijah, this les
son may lead us to a greater understanding of
our fluctuating moods, encouraging us to look
inward for help from God against discourage
ment, finding in Him the necessary stimulation
to renewed endeavor.
The story of Elijah is one of heroic and per
sistent faith, and an unceasing war on the part
of one man against idolatry on the part of many.
It is also the story of human frailty for, as we
shall see in the perusal of our passages for to
day, Elijah became exceedingly despondent in
the course of events. He literally fled for his
life, seeking shelter in a cave, pohdering the
enormity of the task which lay before him; it
seemed, at this particular time, that he was the
only one left of God’s legions, and he felt him
self a failure in his appointed task.
Reading further, we shall see that God mani
fested Himself to His servant, as was His wont—
in a display of might and elemental majesty; in
wind, in earthquake, in fire. And, finally, in
“a still, small voice”—which was all the more
tolling by contrast.
God 'dealt with Elijah in the best way possible
for the frame of mind he (Elijah) was in. He
assured Elijah that he was not—as it seemed —
a lone remnant of the faith crying out in the
wilderness. God named names; Elijah was to
recruit Hazael to be king over Syria—Jehu to
be king over Israel—and Elisha was to take up
the yoke of His servant, Elijah.
In effect, God was telling Elijah that he was
far from alone in the Lord’s work. Continuity
was assured, until Christianity would come into
its own. He was not to give up in despair—
rather, he was to go forth armed with his faith,
and do battle accordingly.
Today we, as did Elijah, need to bend our
wills and our lives in God’s service. Wc arc to
come out of the caves of despair, or despondency,
of self-interest, and abandon ourselves to God's
on-going purpose. _>
Contrary to Elijah’s belief at thut particular
time, God’s cause was not lost—nor will it ever
be. Elijah was not the only instrument God had
at hand—there were others in long succession,
and it will always be so. When we fall, others
will step in to take our place in the witness to
righteousness and truth.
Today, as in the time at which our Scriptures
are set, God still speaks in a “still, small voice”
to men. He speuks to us through that intangible
(but very powerful) thing that makes up the
soul of man—our conscience.
When we do wrong, we are troubled. We feel
uncomfortable within ourselves, and we cannot
rest. When we do right, we are permeated with
a sense of peace, of well-being. This is the baro-
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“Okay, we’ve landed, now let’s get out and look at this old moon!"
My two small boys are at it again. Today, the old gray stump is a space
ship. Tomorrow it may be a fort or a castle. More practically, at lunchtime
it’s a picnic table.
Right now the side yard is my sons’ world. Behind a picket fence, they
roam the seas and sky in imagination, the sound of their voices reassuring
me of their safety.
It won’t always be this way. Someday, they’ll leave the back yard for- ,
ever, swashbuckling through a world of schools and camps, friends and
parties.
How strange it will be—not to guide their every footstep. Where am
I to get the courage? Fortunately, I can answer my own question. I have
my church, and so do my boys. As a source of great goodness, it will guide
them aU their days.
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