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. WHAT IS '
TRUE SECURITY? ;
Memory Selection: 'Le any one
who thinks (hat ho stands take
heed lest he fall," .
(7 Corinithians 10:18.)
Lesson Text: Amos 6.
In our -scriptural lesson for to
day we are concerned with the
question: What is true security?
As we continue our study of
Amos, we are discovering anew
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decadence and a false sense of se
curity would be their undoing.
Amos recognized the false securi
ties I m which his people . were
trusting. He flung at fliem I
spiritual challenge, ' which they
scorned.
Today the same symptoms of so
cial disease stalk our nation. We
are vastly preoccupied with fi
nancial security. Amassing wealth
has become a passion with us.
Meanwhile, we teach our children
little regarding hardihood and in
tegrity: And the more we require
of this world's goods, the more
selfish we seem to become.
We are trapped into believing
that presitige cam ' be won and
held by the exercise of national
power. Like the northern king
dom of Israel, "we feel secure up
on the mountain" of our national
nride and eminence. , -j We are
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pie anointed themselves "v': i
finest oils" but were not
over the run of Joseph!" 'I
people, in the eyes of Amos,
light-hearted when they sho,.
have been solemn. They parn ',
superficial gladness , when they
should have been sick at heart.
The moral decline of a great peo
ple is documented "here .
Since these frantic efforts to
find Security can never satisfy
Che basic, fundamental longings of
the human spirit, we must find
an answer to this basic question
In whet areas of life is true se
curity to be found?
Firstly, we find security in a
conscious relationship , with God,
and faith in Him. It matters not
how. lavishly God may reveal his
love for us by lavishing bounty
and blessings'' up us, that love
demands a response
The second element in the de
velopment f of ; security is confi-
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ho despises those whom
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Li t,i the cnurcn. in utoiwh
of i e. just as one example,
a f w ('responsible for the con-
gr. ,..a will insist on' Keeping
the rank and file of the church
menibi'i hip in the daTk. A heal
thy balance in the treasury is
kept secret "If t they know, we
have a balance, they will ease
up in their giving," some sage
will say. But good news heartens
& tifiODle . When all the neovle are
take into confidence, this', very
principle lifts them to a nobler
sense of their worth; and one a
enlevement rives birth to- anoth-
er, and so on, ad infinitum. When
fhnsn who live at the base of the
human pyramid are held in ig
norance no one is secure. ,. The
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covering that they are entitled t"
the rights that iron-fisted minor
ities have denied them. '
Also, , in the development of se
curity we must not overlook that
one of the vital factors is the cre
ation 1 of a vital fellowship with
one's generation, y Today - with
lunar probes, man-made satellites,
breakfast in New York and lunch
in London, the world is 'getting
smaller and smaller. We must
be ipermeated with a sense of mis
sion in , the world, if we are to
survive In harmony with our fel
low-men. For Christians, how im
perative is their sense - of ,. world
mission? :Today, world commun
ism r only 43 years old
CLAIMS more adherents than
Christianity, which was founded
more than 2,000 years ago. Chris
tians are never released from the
timeless obligation to share Christ
The church's very life is in di
rect , relation to its missionary
passion. 1 If your church has fal-
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J. El wood Robert
V Box 355 MARS HILL, N. C.
Phoni Mar. tWl 3648 . '
Decoration
Tlipre will be a decoration at
the Wilson Cemetery the third
Sunday in this month, July 17
Decoration at 10 a. m., and preach-
inor services at 11 o'clock. ..
.The cemetery is located Just a
bove Caney . Fork church on Lit
tle Pine Creek. - ..
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GIVE
The United Way
len on hard times, investigate its
missionary program. The proba-
bility is that it is purely nominal
This is the chronic illness which,
if not - eradicated,; will jeopardize
the health and security of the lo
cal fellowship.
And finally, in' achieving , se
curity, we must practice the ac
ceptance of others end of oneself.
The ' person who looks with the
green eye of -jealousy on the rec
ognition someone else has achiev
ed, or who disparages ma own
modest talent or resources, is
wasting valuable, time and prov
ing his insecurity. - Reasonable as
piration is admirable, but inor
dinate and uncontrolled , ambition
is satanic. Acceptance of others
- and of ' ourselves ( working
out achievments within the frame
work of our limitations, : is a ne
cessary v acknowledgement for the
gaining of security.
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Decoration
Decoration services will be held
at the Chapel Hill Baptist Church
on Sunday, August 7, beginning
at two o'clock. ......
' All singers, speaker and the
public axe invited. ' . - -
James A. Rector, 79, .
Passes Thursday ; '
Native Of County ;
James' A. Rector, 19, " of Phoenix,'
Ariz., a native of (Madison Coun
ty, died Thursday, July 7, 1960,
about 10 a. m., in a veterans' hoe-
pital in Phoenix.
Mr. Sector was a veteran of the
Spanish-American War and had
resided in Phoenix for the past
five years. , - .
Services were held Saturday at
Z p. m., in Phoenix.
Burial was -:. in the National ;
Cemetery there. .
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mable Parker Rector; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Janie Rector Cotter of -Phoenix;
two -sons, James A. Rec
tor III of California, and .William
of Phoenix; one sister, Mrs. Will
Deaver of .. Marshall ; and two '
brothers, Arthur of Weaverville, :
and Charlie of Marshall. , - '
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