INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON for NOV. 25,1951
These commentaries are based on the International Sunday School
Lesson Outlines, copyrighted by the International Council of Relig
ion Education and used by permission.)
THE PEOPLE AT WORSHIP
MEMORY SELECTION; “Tak*
Jt from among you an offering
unto Jehovah: whoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring R,
Jehovah’s offering."—Exodus 35:5.
lvss»n Text: Exodus 29:43-46;
35:31-29.
The great horde of people which
carr-e out of Egypt had to be
tra.ned in even the simplest rudi
mer.js of government, since they
ha. been slaves for years and
bad had no government of their
owr.. Up to this time in their
history, and even t>efore their
journey into Egypt seeking good,
the Israelites had not been organ
ized into a Hebrew state—they
were a family, with their herds
men and workers. The last fifty
years they spent in Egypt had all
but crushed them and the genera
tion that went ont with Moses
had been thoroughly cowed.
One of his first duties, there
fore, was to teach them the fun
damentals of organized social and
political life and, it is highly sig
nificant, that, at the very outset,
Most* began by organizing the
nation's religious life. It is also
significant that the first building
that they undertook to construct
was a religious structure—a tab
ernacle.
Following the orders of Jeho
vah, outlined in Exodus, chapters
25-31, they built the Tabernacle,
or tent, to form the visible place
of Jehovah in the midst of His
people, the place where he would
meet them and receive their wor
ship. It had to be constructed In
the form of a tent so that It
would be easily and quickly mov
able.
Just 12 months after crossing
the Red be», the tabernacle was
completed and sanctified as a
place of worship of Jehovah.
There Cod’s five-fold promise is
fulfilled: (1) The promise of God
meeting', for he meets those who
come reverently to his place pj^
worship; (2) the promise of Cod
glorifying, for the very tent glows
with his glory; (3) the promise
of God sanctifying, for he conse
crates the tent, the altar, and the
priests to minister in his courts;
(4) the promise of God indwell-!
ing, for he will abide with a peo- j
pie who desire his presence among
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them; and (5) the promise of
I God over-ruling, for if he is their
God, he is also their refuge ami
strength.
In Exodus 28:1, we read that
Cod set apart Aaron and his sons,
Nadab, Abihu, Eieazar and Ith
mar, for the priesthood. When
the tabernacle was completed their
ordination took place and Aaron
was exalted to the position of rul
ing priest of the nation. It was
not until this time that Israel had
a national priesthood. This does
not mean, of course, that the peo
ple had not worshiped God up to
this time. The period of their
history from Abraham to Moses
is known as the “age of the patri
archs,'* which means that the fa
ther exercised rulership over his
family, leading them in their wor
ship of Jehovah. The priests were
to be responsible for planning and
conducting public religious serv
ices., They were to offer sacri
fices for sins, and, as the repre
sentatives of God to men, they
were to seek God’s will for the
people. This the role we assign
to our Christian ministers today,
with the exception, of course, of
offering sacrifices for sins.
Man is by nature a religious be
ing. Scientists tell us that they
have never discovered a race of
human beings which does not
worship some god in some way.
The desire to worship is a deep
seated instinct, placed within the
nature of man by his Creator. I
One worships that which he con
siders of greatest worth. The
worship of one Supreme Being
prevents the dissipation and waste
of spiritual energies.
Our nation has emphasized four
freedoms which it wants alt peo
ples to have. One of the four is
the freedom of worship. One as
pect of this freedom is the matter
of voluntary response in worship,
as it was demonstrated in the
gifts received for the tabernacle.
Several times in the early account
of the establishment of the “meet
lwr-tm~ a‘s the place of worship
is the idea of voluntary response.
“Whosoever is of a willing heart,
let him bring it” (Ex. 35:fi) and
*“And they came, both men and
women, as many as are willing
hearted" (Ex. 35:22). Just as we
do not appreciate a gift made to
us when it is made under com
pulsion, so God asks that what we
do for Him or give to Him be
done "of a willing heart.”
Realising that the most Im
portant part of a structure is its
foundation, Moses wisely set the
Hebrew nation on a strong relig
ious foundation. It has endured,
with ups and downs throughout
the centuries. Our own nation
had a strong religious foundation
—religious convictions guided the
early settlers. Bibles and hymn
books were the texts for our fron
tier schools, and leaders among
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the eolonists emphasised the im
portance of regular worship.
If we, as a people, neglect the
worship of God, the inevitable re
sult will be a nation weakened in
its incentive, its ideals and its
purposes. The caustic Thomas
Carlyle once asked, reverently,
“What greater calamity c.»n fall
upon a nation than the loss of
worship?”
In this Thanksgiving season, let
us stop and quietly and rever
ently give thanks to God for the
privilege of worship—^the freedom
to worship bought at such a price
by the Pilgrim Fathers—and then
let us all make a resolution that
we will be more earnest in our
worship—both private devotions
and public worship.
September Balding Total
Permits $14,600,551
RALEIGH.—Building permits
issued in 76 North Carolina cities
totaled $14,600,561 during Sep
tember, increasing more than $5,
500,000 above the August figure,
the State Department of Labor
reports.
Main reason for the large in
crease • was an unusually high
figure for additions, alterations
and repairs to nonresidential
buildings, said Labor Department
Statistician C. H. Pritchard. Ad
ditions, alterations and repairs to
all types of buildings normally
total little more than $1 million,
but in September these jobs soared
to $4,037,726, most of which wur
for work on nonresidential build
ings, Pritchard said.
The September figure for new
nonresidential building construc
tion, which totaled $5,849,166, also
was a couple of million dollars
higher than the August total.
Permits were issued for 53 stores,
29 workshop buildings, 12 office
buildings, six school buildings,
one public building, two institu
tional buildings, two amusement
places, eight churches, three com
mercial garages, 13 service sta
tions, and 61 private garages.
New housing permits, which
also were issued in greater dollar
volume during September than in
the previous month, totaled $4,
713,662. These included permits
for 548 single-family dwellings
to be built at an average esti
mated construction cost of |7,336
each, 39 duplexes for which the
estimated construction figure av
eraged $6,058 each, 20 apartment
buildings costing an estimated
$365,000, and six tourist cabins.
Permits were issued for a total of
715 family dwelling units.
Four cities reported more than
$1 million each in building per
mits during the month. These
were Durham $3,312,175, Char
lotte $2,290,185, Asheville $1,892,
538, and Raleigh $1,099,890.
Greensboro reported $959,729,
Rocky Mount $646,544. All other
cities and towns were below $500,
000. The four top cities com
bined had more than half of the
State total for the month.
City Detective Floyd Niswon
ger got a straight answer to a
straight question.
He asked a man picked up on
suspicion of illegal entry into the
United States:
“How did you get into this
country?”
The man replied:
“Mister, I’m a full-blooded
Sioux Indian, I was bom here.
How did you get here?”
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NEW LAW PROVIDES TEN MORE INTEREST-EAR NINO TEARS FOR
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Ark you one of those smart and patriotic Americans who began an
automatic saving program with Series E Government Bonds in 1941?
Then you’re one of the lucky people who can profit by a new law nou !
A bill recently passed by Congress now makes it possible for your United
States Defense Bonds to continue earning interest ten years longer than
was originally planned.
Tr For example, a Series E Bond which cost you $18.75 in
1941 w ill pay you $25 in 1951. Bui if you hold that bond ten
extra years, until 1961, it will pay you $33.33, an average
interest of 2.9V* compounded annually. You get similar
increases on Series E Bonds of every denomination.
And there is nothing for you, as a bond holder, to do.
You need not exchange the bonds you have. You need
not sign any paper, fill out any form. You simply keep
your bonds as you have been keeping them.
You may still redeem any Series E Bond at any time
after you’ve owned it for sixty days. (The tables on this
page show what you can get for it.) But unless you
really need the cash you’re much better off to hold
your bonds. For U. S. Defense Bonds are as safe as
America itself.
When you buy your bowls regularly and hold then, they
are steadily building a sun big enough to buy something
really north while — a home, a business, a retirement fund,
an education lor your children.
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it’s gone for good. But when you have your caah in Defense Bonds, the
U. S. Treasury will replace lost or destroyed bonds at no cost to you.
So if some of your bonds are coining due, take advan
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adding to your savings by buying more United States
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Series E Bonds,in blocks
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