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SUNDAY I chool Lesson • Br RgV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. wu of tfo Moody Bible Imtitute ox Chicago. e Waatarn Nawapaper Union. July 4 LESSON TEXT—Exodus 1:6-14; 2:23-25. SquIEN TEXT—Before they call, I will; Hweri sod while they are yet speaking, fem beat.—lsaiah 63:24. ffitMAHY TOPIC—A Prayer for Help. JUNIOR TOPIC—In Need of Help. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— Rhat Cries Rise to God Today? I YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC jQod Cares When a People Suffers. I Independence day—and we are to /Study about a people in bondage!. Now much that is like life. But, ■thanks be to God, no one need stay in bondage. The way to liberty is Men and free. The Lord Jesus; (Christ opened it at Calvary’s tree ; and anyone who is still the bond .'slave of Satan may make this a. 'great and glorious Independence day by now declaring his faith in (die deliverer of our souls! V We begin today a series of les sons in the book of Exodus which (reveal the high and mighty hand •of God working on behalf of his Ipeople. Many are the precious spir itual lessons and rich is the practi cal instruction for daily life to be (received in the weeks just ahead, let us not make the unfortunate mistake of many thoughtless folk (who miss the blessing of Bible 'school attendance because it is a bit warmer than usual. ! The family of Jacob—or, as the Bible calls them, “the children of Israel”—prospered in Egypt partic ularly as long as Joseph and the rulers who remembered him were alive. But they soon learned one ( of life’s bitter lessons, namely, that— » I. Prosperity Often Brings Opposi tion (1:6-11). The Hebrews were a peaceful, law - abiding people. They were God’s chosen people and as he blessed them they prospered, and thus innocently they brought upon (themselves the hatred of the sus picious Egyptians. Prosperity is never an unmixe"' blessing. We as a nation know that ■to be true. Not only does it lead tc; a certain softening of the sinews, but all too often it results in a weal: • Cling of the moral fiber, which l akes man easy prev to the attac.’ •yt the enemy of our sou’s. The Egyptians made plans which appealed to their brilliant leaders as politic and wise, but they reck • oned without God, and the burdens and afflictions they placed on the -Israelites only served to bring fur ther blessing. 11. Adversity May Bring Blessing ?<vv. 12-14). The people of Israel did not know (it and undoubtedly did not appreci jate the fact that the bitterness of .itheir bondage was a blessing in dis guise. Note that— 1. It kept them separate as a peo ■ pie. Affliction often serves to keep ,God’s people separated from the (world. 2. It disciplined them and pre pared them for the hardships of (their wilderness journey. We too do well to remember that “whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,” and * that if we are properly “exercised” thereby our sorrows may yield rich Tfruit in our lives. 3. It threw them back upon God. Many are the saints of God who : Slave found that the fiery trial, the burden so hard to understand or some affliction of their body has caused them to bring their burden (to the Lord. We have traveled far ton the road of faith when we have* (reached the place where we learn i that “Man’s extremity is God’s op-- portunity.” They had only one place to turn.; They were hemmed in on every side but, as ever, they found that' ,the way up no man can close. They called on their God. 111. Prayer Always Brings God’s Answer (2:23-25). Does God really know when his people suffer? Does he really care?! Yes, he does. “They cried,” and< “God heard” and “remembered.”| ,That’s all we need to know. The groanings of his people had aU ready stirred God’s gracious and tender heart. But he waited to hear ,their cry before he answered. Such is the law of prayer. May we not forget it. Far too often we turn jto everyone and everything else and finally, in desperation, to God.- Why not turn to him first? As we opened this lesson with an, •appeal for all who knew not Christ! 'as Saviour to make this the day of (their Declaration of iso we close by appealing to all) 'God’s children to let him make theirj ears as sensitive as his to the cry) •of the oppressed, that this national (holiday may find every Christiart •citizen tender in heart and liberal ’in deed toward the oppressed. 40,000 TIE IN CONTEST New York City—Of 2,000,000 en tries in the $200,000 Old Gold Cigar ette puzzle contest, 40,000 submitted correct solutions. These contestants must now answer another and much more diffeiult set of puzzles, and perhaps still another, to qualify for (the prizes. The contest sold $13,- 900,000 worth of cigarettes. VOICE FROM DEAD’ CLAIMED RECORDED Spirit of Indian Who Died 300 Years Ago “Heard” At Spir itualist Meeting. Lily Dale, N. Y„ July I.—Spir itualist leaders claimed tonight to have completed the first successful mechanical recordng of a “voice from the dead.” While a railroad train whistled drearily through nearby hills last night, 25 spiritualists sitting in a hotel room said they heard the “voice”’ of a dead Indian address a microphone. Today they listened in silence to the wax record of the seance. A voice intoned: “There is no greater manifesta tion of God than in the beauty of a human hand clasped to help a human hand. . .” R. G. Pressing, editor of the Dale News, publication of this spiritual ist summer encampment, explained the procedure and said it was the first spirit “recording.” .... “The spirit was that of an In dian who died 300 years ago,” he said. “His name was Moon Trail. “The seance took place in the brightly lighted lounge of the Ma plewood hotel (a small summer ho tel). In one corner was the record ing machine, bought here from New York by a representative of the manufacturer. “Moon Trails’ intermediary, Mr. Horace S. Hambling, of Lond,on, England, stood before a microphone 30 feet from the machine. When the people seated around him were quiet, he went into a trance.” As soon, as Hambling”s “etheric body” was in tune with Moon Trail’s, Pressing said, he took on the ap pearance of the Indian. “Moon Trail”s spirit,” Pressing said, “then took control of Mr. Hambling”s vocal cords. Mr. Ham bling increased in stature slightly and through him Moon Trail began giving his message of philosophy in a foreign tongue not known to the listeners. Then Hambling translat ed: “Learning is living . . . every soul is a brick in the mosaic of the uni verse. If one were lost the universe would fall. . . .” All this came back through a. loud-speaker on the recorder today. Even the train, passing a half mile away, could be heard whistling insistently through the Indian’s monotone. The records will be sent to spir itualist churches in England. o Flea beetle attacks in Forsyth County have slackened, and tobacco has improved considerably, accord ing to R. W. Pou, county farm agent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS *•* • * • * * • DR. ROBERT E. LONG • • Dentist * • Wilburn & Satterfield Bldg. * • Main St. Roxboro, N. C. • *•*•*«** Dr. R. J. Pearce OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED— —GLASSES FITTED Thomas Building Roxboro, N. C. MONDAYS ONLY 10 A. M. To 5 P. M. DR. W. C. 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