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- , HAY 194S FMr Simdayt May 13 ^1^. Paul Caudill -B: Tng^y of the 3Vorthera Kinsdooi” ne: I Kings 12:26*28; I; 12d3-14; I Kings 17:6 A Bptendid subject for the pres- •ot Issson would have been “The ' ^Mfoe ol Bln”, for that Is what ft® sorry picture presented of the Northern Kingdom amounts to. We are led to see how a nation fts2 deliberately turns its back up on God must ultimately go down Id degredation and shame. From the coronation of Israel’s first Idng, Saul, to the end of the reign of Solomon, Israel was unit ed as a kingdom. With the close of the reign of Solomon, however, that unity ceased to exist. With the coming of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon and natural heir to the throne of Israel, to his post of leadership, there followed a se ries of events that were beset with sorrow Eind tragedy. First there was compromise, and then there was revolt, with the members of the ten Northern tribes standing together as over against the two smaller tribes of the South. There WANTED! Hickory Blocks Cut In Multiples of 30 Inch Delivered Our Plant In North Wilkesboro, N. C. HIGHEST PRICES! HICKORY FIBRE COMPANY SUMMER COMFORT! Your Own Cooling System! Light ' -. Breezy . -. Smart The best-lookinp' ^traws ever are blow- ead off sweltering ese cool, smart and weaves from which Vndise A Telepl»o®* 7 medium bnms. to ^6-95 It store { ...i.. was on fte one hand the ktnguOU of Israel and on^the other the king dom of Judidi. ^ The Curse of Expediency Immediately upon becoming the king of Israel, Jeroboam set about to rebuild and strengthen the city of Shechem, the first capital of the Northern kingdom. His ob ject in doing this appears to have been to hold the allegiance of the people who might be wooed away from him through their return to the Temple of Jerusalem for wor ship on the great feast days of rael. He realized that such a sit uation might be partially overcome if he could but erect a new center of worship in his own king^dom, and this he resolved to do. Jero boam, therefore, bows to fateful expediency and. In his effort to make his own j^sition and king dom secure, losese sight of the purposes and providences of God. In the words of Joseph Parker, “Here was a adroit and subtle ap peal to human nature. Tell the people they are tired; seem to be very anxious about their health; assure them that nothing but a true concern for their physical condition could ever have impelled you to consider the long distance to Jerusalem. Keep them away from Jerusalem, keep them away from the old. songs and the old memories, from the reminiscences that start up and make a powerfid appeal to human pathos; as it were, lay your petting hand upon them and say, “It is too far for you to go to Jerusalem; you could do the same thing much nearer home”. This is a powerful appeal to human nature . . . Whenever you are tempted to make your re ligion easy, know that the devil is in the suggestion. Whenever the devil appears to be kind, he is hostile”. This curse, the curse of expedi ency, has attacked the followers of Christ in no sm.iU number like a death-bearing blight until its presence is felt in every area of our organized life. If Christiani ty is to make itself felt in the world of tomorrow, it must be pos itive, active, vital in its total rela tion to life. The followers of Christ must positionize themselves with reference to every moral question whether in public or in private life, and a Christ-like atti tude must be maintained even at the expense of great personal cost. Unholy Alliances The reign of Ahab, king of Is rael, was one that began with trag edy and ended with disaster. He was by nature a man of considera ble strength, as his position would indicate, and yet one whose life was wicked without measure. “And Ahab, the son of Omri, did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were be fore him. And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nehat". ‘The marriage of Ahab with this princess Jezebel was one of those turning points in the history of families wherein now influenc es runs like poison through all its branches, and transforms it into another being . . . Jezebel was a woman in whom, with the reck less and licentious habits of an oriental queen, were united the fiercest and sternest qualities in herent in the old Semitic race”. In her hands Ahab, with all of his strength, became as a mere puppet. Her name became subse quently a sort of household word for infamy and shame. We are told that John Knox, as late of 1668, referred to the two Marys of Brittain as “those Zezebels”. But Ahab did more than take to wife tke wicked Jezebel, daughter of the king of the Sidonians. He actually went and served Baal, and worshipped him”. Further more, “He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria”. It is little wonder that he did more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Is rael. to anger than all the kingfs of Israel that were before him. Those who would have their lives count for good in the exten sion of Christ’s kingdom, must be ware of unholy alliances. We must live the separated life. One can easily nullify his influence and his further opportunities for worthy service in the vineyard of the Lord through expedient compromise with sin. The Christian will meet at every turn of the journey Zez- ebelian influence that will seeek tx> frustrate his mission or divert him from his holy undertaking. The progress of the pilgrrim will be made only in the face of great ad versity, as John Bunyan has so aptly described. A Serious Question Have you ever asked yourself the question, /Why am I v/here 1 am and what am I doing? That is the substance of the question asked Elijah by the still, small voice of God. “And. behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, l^at doest thou here, Elijah?” Elijah’s answer was instantaneous "And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with a sword; and I, ev en I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away”. Poor Elijah thought he was all alone in his stand for Jehovah. The wicked Jezebel and her spineless consort had completely upset him. The 'idoaite of londin^B _ WfliiK lOifr on, | ovary side. In bis own sight ha was by himself as «n ^vbcate of true worship. Jehovah, hoarever, is quick to remind him he is not alone, “Yet will I leave me seven thonsaiui in Israel, all the knees which have not hovved unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him'*. Comforting— these words must have been to Elijah. . . So it is with the Christian in the modem world. We are never alone when on a mission in the name of Christ. He has promised to be with us even unto the end of the world (Matt. 28:19-20). More over, there will be others who like us are on a similar miaaion for Christ—others who have not bowed the knee to Baal. The Wages of Sm The lesson closes with the trag ic account of Assyria conquerag Israel and taking them off into captivity. “In the ninth of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto As syria. and placed them in Helah, and on the Habor, the river of Go- zan, and in the cities of Medes”. And the writer adds, "And it was so because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, and walked in the statutes of the na tions, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Isra el”. _V Structural sections as long as UBder liifurance Protrisioni 480 feet were towed to the coast of Prance to provide harbors for the invasion. —V ■ The average gestation periods are: sow, 114 days: ewe. 147; goat, 160; cow 283; and mar© 340. NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. In the Superior Ccurt Before the Clerk Gilvin Odell Cockerham and wife, Janie Mae Phillips Cockerham vs. Bill Perry Stone and wife, Mae Stone; Ethel Stone Litterell and husband, Karvey Litterell; Fred Walls, Easter Sunday Walls, mi nor, and Bonnie Walls, minor. Under and by virtue of authori ty conferred upon the undersigned Commissioners by an order of His Honor, C. C. Hayes, Clerk Superi or Court of Wilkes county. North Carolina, appointing Kyle Hayes and Hoke F. Henderson as Com missioners in the above entitled ac tion to sell the lands hereinafter described for the purpose of mak ing division among the tenants in common for cash. Now, therefore, we, the under- sig/ned Commissioners, will on the 31st day of May, 1946, at 12 Noon at the Courthouse door in Wilkes county. North Carolina, offer for sale to the last and highest bid der for cash, the following de scribed real estate to-wit: Beginning on a Spanish oak at Adams’ corner, thence south 81 deg. west 7 chains to a stake on the Little Cave Branch; thence with Adams’ line to his comer; thence north to J. B. Rose’s line; thence south 60 deg. west up the branch 11 chains 40 links to a chestnut in a field; thence south 65 deg. east 18 chains to a white oak on a branch; thence south_4 chains 75 links to a black oak in Hanks’ line; east with his line 17 chains 60 links to a Spanish oak south one chain 15 links to a white oak;thence south 6 chains to a Spanish oak, Hanks’ line 50 links crossing the same branch to a Spanish oak; north 64 deg. east 28 chains to a double chestnut, R. G. Phillips’ comer; thence north with Spencer’s line to the beginning, in cluding fifty-seven acres, more or less. This 30th day of April, 1946. KYLE HAYES, HOKE F. HENDERSON, 5-24-4tT Commissioners viwsmm Do jroo suffer from MONTHLY NEHOUS TENSION wM lit wsak, tired feeliies? If functional periodic disturbances make you feel nervous, tired, reetless— at such times—try tbls great medicine —Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Com pound to reUeve sucb symptoms. 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The monthly checks amount to enough to keep tip the purchasing power of thousands of families who might otherwise he destitute because of loss of income through old age or death of the hread-wln- ner. Lack of Information often re sults In failure to file for bene fits and results In loss of money to the family. Men and women workers who may have changod employment frequently may wish to occasionally check up on their own social security wage credit account. A simple post-card form may he obtained free of charge from any social security board of fice for this purpose. Iii*a few days the worker will receive a ' hlut year, more than 48 million vmken were la covered employ ment, yet more than 20 million farm wcrt»ni and other type# of labor, Inolndlng Mlf-employed, Wheh aidmeone’a ham tbard'a ».«lways the expresalon: "The vmrk.iof years gone up in •moke." TSe aame thing happens when the fhm woodland hams. 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