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' 4 fi" t, "iff i . V r v THE PERQUIMANS WEEKlrt ,' HERTFORD; W. CL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1947. " 3 SUNDAY SCHOOL IT LESSO THE BETTER REVELATION International Sunday School Lesson For October 6th Golden Text: "Jesus saith ... he that hath seen me hath seen the Father." John 14:9. All through the ages, from the be ginning of recorded time, man has been searching for God. As far as any known ruins indicate, the earliest buildings ever erected were structures used in connection some way with re ligion. The significance of this fact lies in another fact the instincts of man never lead him astray. As the geese fly south in the winter through instinct and the salmon return to their beds to spawn for the same rea son, wherever you find a great in stinct, you find some good reason for it. Certainly, the Bible is a record of man's search for God, as the first paragraph of our text from the Book of Hebrews points out. A study of the Old Testament reveals this ' fact. Select a monument from our wide variety of designs, or suggest one to be specially built for you. Enduring and beautiful, our monuments are of superb quality granite. Lynch Funeral Home HERTFORD, N. C. Horace Lynch 104 W. Main St. Phone 412 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Abraham discovered there was one (Ml' Isaac that God loves children; Jacob that God is everywhere; Joseph that God has a plan for our hves; Micah that God wants as, to live to gether peacefully, and Amos that the poor are not to be oppressed. In the New Testament, Jesus brought to us a portrayal of what God is like and declared, in the words of our Golden Text, "He that hath hath seen the Father." If we would really know" what God is like, we have but to study the life of Jesus, for He is the real revelation of God to -man. If we would know how God would act in any given sit uation, let us find how Jesus acted in that situation. If We want to know what God thinks about anything, let us find out what Jesus thought about it. These need never be any doubt. While there is no certainty as to just' who the author of the book of Hebrews was, there is no uncertainty as to its purpose. A careful reading of the book will reveal that it was written for the purpose of strength ening the hearts of the Christians in a time of real danger, just what period of persecution we do not know. The writer speaks of his readers as having "endured a great conflict of sufferings" and a knowledge of the earlv history of the Christian faith reveals just what this might have been. They had been held up to scorn, their civil rights abridged and, in many instances, actually denied them, their property had been con fiscated, they were set apart as a DeoDle to be despised and every method was made to make life as dif ficult as possible for them. Another fact which had caused a "falling away" on the part of some believers was the failure of a con spicuous doctrine of the early Chris tians and this was the second com ing of Jesus. We know that Paul be lieved that Jesus would soon come and that many others expected his imminent return. As time went on and the promise of a speedy return was not fulfilled, many began to grow faint-hearted. The writer of He brews, therefore, is pointing the be lievers back to a living faith in Jesus Christ, reminding them of Christ's sufferings as an example to be fol lowed and urging his fellow Chris tians to be steadfast, that they, too, may be perfected through suffering. Dr. Theodore H. Robinson has written: "Jesus is the theme of the epistle to the Hebrews and the author begins hia work, not with the saluta tions and introduction common to ancient letters, but with this solemn ecordium. Seldom has so much been LOOKING FOR.... Building Materials CALL ON US WE HAVE O CEMENT O BRIXMENT O LIME O BRICKS O SAND O GRAVEL READY FOR DELIVERY Hertford Hardware & Supply Company "Trade Here and Bank the Difference" HERTFORD, N. C. '. lit !X ., .;. :iv i 3 J , , x :. 'IIS ' HELEN HARVET GIRLS Setting the pace for thrills at the Eastern Six Counties Fair at Elizabeth City during the week of Oc tober 6, will be the Helen Harvey Girls, who perform aerial stunts as a featured attraction of the program. This is a part of the big grandstand show which will be presented each afternoon and night of the fair. The fair will feature exhibits of interest for the whole family. . , , , VfkOi 'tat -na HI J t i i i 'tr isiiFcr. SEE RILEY MONDS, JR., Ageat iftctmr a :inE i; rn fttrettf Mutual Automobile Insurance Corapwy Fftrn Bkiretu Mutual Fir Insurant Compaty home omcK-coLumus. OHM PKONEajoi HERTFORD, N.C nmnroaaed into SO few words. Here (1:1-4) we have set before us the place of Jesus in divine revelation, his relation to God, his relation to the universe, and his superiority to the angels." The writer of Hebrews also re minds his readers that they are liv ing under a new and far more excel lent covenant than the covenant en tered into by God and the Hebrews in the wilderness, by which he was to be their Deity and they were to be his people. "The Old Testament it self bears witness to the failure of the Jewish law. God himself pro nounced judgment upon it when he gave Jeremiah the promise of a new covenant. If the first covenant hart been above all criticism, there would have been no reason for a second. All through the divine promise of Jeremiah there runs the note of cri ticism of the old order. In passing judgment upon the Jewish law, there fore, and challenging its finality, we are only doing what God himself has done. We claim that the new cove nant pr6mised by Jeremiah has been fulfilled in the new relationship es tablished between man and God by Jesus Christ." (Abingdon Bible Commentary). The God of the Old Testament is a God of law, punishing the guilty and rewarding the faithful.' The God re vealed by Jesus Christ is a God of love, showing compassion to the suf fering and distressed, patience with his short-sighted and stumbling chil dren, affectionate solicitude and care for his wandering sheep-and a ten acity of love with which He clings to those who have ever entered into filial relations with himself. Surely, those who have become familiar with the life of Jesus and his teachings have a more perfect comprehension of our Heavenly Father. BETHEL CLUB MEETS Tha Rpthel Hnma DprnnnBtration Club met at the home of Mrs. C. E. White on Friday afternoon, Septem ber 19th. The meeting was opened by singing "We Believe In Our State," followed by all repeating the collect in unison. The roll was called and minutes of -last meeting were read apd approved. Miss Frances Maness discussed the plans for the program for 1948 and the accessories for the fall wardrobe. Mrs. J. J. Phillips gave a very interesting reading on Czechoslovakia and Mrs. J. P. Ward, the clothing leader, told and ehowed pictures of the new fall materials. Mesdames J. P. .Ward, Dan. Simp son and W. D. Perry were elected as a nominating committee. Mrs. C E. White conducted the contest with Mrs. J. J. Phillips winning tb prize The hostess served delicious pine apple cake and bottled drinks to the following: Mesdames E. L. Goodwin, W. P. Long, Leroy Goodwin, J. C. Hobbs, W. D. Perry, J. J, Phillips, E. T. PhilHps, W. E. Curtis. E. J. Proc tor. Reuben Stalling,. l)an Simpson, J. P. Want,. C. E. Whit; and i Misses Frances Maness and Blanche' Good win and one Tisitor, Mrs. William StaUings. . SOIL CONSERVATION Ntt&S The f armers ia i the , TobIl White Millpond eection of PereninjanA Cnn ty are interested in improvinr the dndaage their farms.' "Thejr! re cently let a- contract for the eleanng Land excatatien of main canal whkb will . be approximately f onr saiks leng. It -will require 4he 'execration of approximately M00rubi yards of dirt When W M completed the eanal will benefit a area of apprexi stately 1,000 acres ef bud. : i SoU Conserration Berrioe engi eers worUttf tith the Albemarle Soil ConsenratioB District made lurw of the area and prepared plana and tpedncatiou for tiie eanal. . The district witt assist the farmers fur ther by staUnf ant the eanal and Farm Machinery Repair Runs High On Farms Farm machinery costs on many North Carolina farms are greater than the cost of the equipment when new, says Brice Ratchford, in charge of Extension Farm Management at State College, and most of it is due to inexperienced operators. , Since the cost of parts and labpr is so high at present, the specialist said, farmers Who use hired labor, as tractor drivers should make every, ef fort tq . 'get intelligent and . .competent drivers, who have an understanding of machinery -and )ike to-" dtttratfc' Ifcfilt is important that the driver . 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