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j xiTtaflRTPOBD, N C, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1949. PACK SEVEN su;:iiy school LESSOil PARABLES OF JESUS International Sunday School Lesson For March- 6 Memory Selection: "Do not be de ceived: God is not mocked for what ever a man sows, that he will also reap." Galatians 6:7. Lesson 15:11. Text: Mark 4:1-9; Luke AS' the hostility of, the synasrosnv leaders became more pronoimcrd against Jesas he changed his method! of teaching. Until now he h-v! en plainly and proelaimrd rr-'A"-tJ truths so that all might understand! but, with the Pharisees seeking to en trap him, Jestis began to speak in parables. "Parables are scenes or short stories, taken from nature or from common life," says Hastings' Bible Dictionary, "which present in a pic turesqua and vivid way some thought or principle which is capable of being transformed to the high spiritual life of man." The parable teaches by comparison. The object fit nature or hurrfan happenings is placed beside truth so that it illustrates and Jesus explains the latter. To the large crowd which gathered around the Sea of Galilee, Jesus gave these parables, seated in a boat near the shore to avoid the crush of the multitude which had followed him and awaited his word. Our lesson this week considers what is generally accepted to have been the first parable used by Jesus, one which he explained himself in detail to his intimate fol lowers and disciples. , From his seaside ' seat Jesus doubt less looked over a field and this com parison came to his mind. The sower of grain depended largely upon the nature of the soil upon whjch his seed fell for the 'harvest which would fol low. So, as seed was generally scat tered by the sower, Jesus said, it fell on four kinds of soil, on the foot trodden path shallow ground under lain with rock, in the midst of thorns, and on good tillable soil. In his ex planation of the parable he likened each kind of soil to a kind of hearer of the word of truth spoken by him. Seed which fell by the wayside had no chance to germinate because the birds found it easily and ate it. So, in life, many hearts have become hardened and if the word reaches them it is quickly destroyed and tak- ""eiTawajy evil. ' - Happily for the sower, some seed falls on good ground) takes root, grows into maturity and yields a rich harvest, -So with the life of those who hear the word, accept it fully and completely, pattern ' their lives according to its truth and become a benediction and a blessing to those , who come in 'contact with them. Jestu completed . his parable by saying, "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Almost every person can locate himself or herself in one or the other -of the classes of hearers repre sented in the parable. The parable of the prodigal son is related in Luke's and no other gos pel. To many it is the outstanding parable of the New Testament It tells the story of a younger son se- ( Concluded on Page Two) Perquimans Church Services Scattered along ths roadsides of America are thousands of little country churches where the people of these rural communities have for generations worshipped God. There is nothing pretentious about these plain, square buildings; only the little belfry on the front marks it as a ahrine of God. Usually it is neat and orderly and the grounds are clean and well-kept especially the cemetery, where sleep the honored dead. Here the people come to sing and pray and listen, and thus renew their spiritual strength. Thousands who have left the rural areas and achieved success in the cities look back with nostalgic yearning to the little country church on the roadside. These little churches have helped to build the faith and character of America. They have taught the people of the xural communities the simple truths of religion and the comfort and satisfaction of a life of faith. Whether it be in the quiet rural areas or in the crowded purlieus of the cities, the Church is an indlspensible factor in building a strong, happy, and useful life. THE CHURCH FOR ALT. AU FOR THE CHURCH ,or t''''-' lac cha,0;,.V-0' ".u"ding of port th. -7 lui?"y sup- For hi : i ,n'l al- (1) children', ", r his of his ,.,: ;.. wvor ,ha Fnr 11,. V ' ana nalion (41 lerial sunnnr ni. church regularly onrf J9 ,0 Bible dailv y nd read y" Luke 19:1,.,, I Corinthian, Tuesday For srth.,i . Copricht 1949, E. E. Keiitw, Strubnrff, Va. HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH C. W. Duling, Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock. Evening Worship, 8 o'clock. Mid-week Services, Wednesday at 8 P. M. BETH LEHEMCHRISTIAN CHURCH Harold C. Turner, Pastor Churcn services first and third Sun days at 3:UU P. M. Christian Union, 7:30 P. M. o . Bl RGESS BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. J. R. Byerly, Pastor ohuirn stances first and third Sun dry's at K A. M. tunday School at 10:00 A. M. iiurgfss and Bethlehem Churches '"!:U1 Christian Union together on sec .nd and fourth Sundays. PERQUIMANSCHARGE CHURCHES h. B. Edwards, Pastor First Sunday: New Hope Church, 11:00 A. M. Oak Grovy Church, 3:00 P. M. Second Sunday Winfall Church, 11:00 A. M. Cedar Grove Church, 10 A. M. Woodland Church, 7:00 P. M. ..Third Sunday Oak Grove Church, 11:00 A. M. New Hope Church, 7:00 P. M. Fourth Sunday Cedar Gro Church, 11:00 A. M. Woodland Church, 10 A. M. . Winfall C'.a.rch, 7:30 P. M. Fifth Sunday Woodland Church, 11:00 A. M. Prayer Meeting each Wednesday at Winfall Church at 7:30 P. M. o WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. J. W. Davis, Supply Pastor Sunday School, 11 A, M. every Sun day except third Sunday. Church services every third Sunday at 3 P. M. UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH Elizabeth White, Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. Church Services, 11 A. M. Christian Endeavor, G:30 P. M. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. E. G. Willis, Pastor Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching first and third Sundays at 11 A. M. Preaching second and fourth Sun day evening at 7:30. Be a Better Citizen! Go to Some Church Next Sunday CHAPPELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH A. H. Outlaw, Pastor ..Sunday School, 2 P. M. every first Sunday.. Church Service 3 P. M. every first Sunday. Sunday School at 11 A. H. every second, third and fourth Sunday. BEREA CHURCH OF CHRIST Walker Perry, Pastor Bible School 10:30 A. M., except first Sunday, at 10 A. M. Morning worship on first Sunday at 11 A. M. Evening worship first Sunday at 7 P. M. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH E. T. Jibdn, Rector Holy Communion, 9:00 A, M. Every Sunday except first Sunday At ";00 A, M. Church School, 10:00 A. M. Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11:00 o clock. ,,Hly Communion to8 Sunday at 11 A. M. PINEY WOODS FRIENDS MEETING 3ertha V. Smith White, Minister aible School, 10 A. M. Meeting for worship, 11 A. M. WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH G. M. Singletary, Pastor Sunday School, 10:30 A. M. on first and third Sundays and 2:00 P. M. on second and fourth Sundays. Church services, 3:00 P. M. on sec ond and fourth Sundays. o HERTFORD METHODIST CHURCH D. L, Fouts, Pastor Church School. 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock. Youth Fellowship, 6:45 P. M. Evening Worship, 7:30 P. M. Mid-week Fellowship, Wednesday ' at 7:30 P. M. o BAGLEY SWAMP PILGRIM ' Coy S. Saunders, Pastor Sunday School, 10:00 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock. Young People's Meeting, 6:30 P. M. Evening Worship, 7:30 o'clock. Mid-week Services, Thursday at y:su f. jh. Go To Gh Any Church But Do Go THIS PAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: Mrs. Viola A. Nachman LIFE, HOSPITALIZATION, FIRE, AUTO INSURANCE Phone Hertford 2S41 T. C Blanchard & Company, Inc. "BLANCHARD'S" SINCE 18S2 . Lynch Funeral Home PHONE 2811 HERTFORD, N. C. Hertford Banking Company MEMBER F.D1LG Hertford Cleaners PHONE S851 HERTFORD, N. C. 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