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SHY SCHOOL LESSON GOD COMFORTS HIS PEOPLE International Sunday School Lesson for Novemtbr 6, 1949 Memory Selection: "Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Isaiah 41: 10. Lesson Text: -Isaiah. 40: 27-31; 41: 10-13; 61: 1-3. In studying the lesson for this week, it would be well to understand the historical background. The section of the Book of Isaiah which begins with chapter 40 reflects a situation quite different from .that in which Isaiah, the son of Amoz did his work. Jeru salem is in ruins, the Israel to whom the prophet speaks is in exile in Baby lonia. Isaiah remained in that part of Jerusalem which remained unconquer ed although threatened by 'Assyrian armies. Certainly, in a time such as this, the" children of Israel needed words of encouragement and comfort from God through the lips of his ser vant. The prophet of the exile knew that if we could bring comfort to his peo ple, he could open for them new sources of strength. He declared, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength," (40:13). "I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee," (41:10). Once Israel could feel a sense of power, then hope would be restored in her. Defeat' can be turned into victory, loss into gain. The prophet's message is "to give the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness," (61:3). Since new strength means comfort only when it is linked to a definite program of action, the prophet was bringing true comfort and renewed strength to Israel when he challenged her to use her strength in a great mission for which an opportunity was soon to be opened to her. "Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Je-hovah"-that is the task. "Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain" that is the opening of the way, the clear vision of opportunity. The prophet knew that his people needed a clear consciousness of the real goal in life, a personal appreci ation of it, if strength is to be the souice of that deep and happy satis faction, that peace of mind which make up real and enduring comfort. The Israelites knew in theory tnat thu was a glorious task of the most terrible importance, but they had no challenging realization of it to stir their hearts and give them a personal sense of a divine mission. What they need and what the prophet sought to give them was a new self respect, a new appreciation of the value of the lives they were living and the divine mission, which was theirs as a nation. He is calling upon them to make the creeds they professed to believe real principles of thought and action in their everyday lives. There is no doubt but that our own country, our beloved America, needs much the same message today. There are many evidences of general unhap piness, discontent and maladjustment in our nation. While there is a form of material prosperity, higher than ever before in the history of our country, our people, as a whole, are lacking the spiritual balance to make them the happiest people on the face of the globe. Management and labor are continu ally at war with one another, corrupt ion and graft are evident in the seats of government and the homes of the nation are literally seething with dis content. Juvenile delinquency, the ap palling number of broken bones and the rising number of chronic alcohol ics among women, as well as men, are not signs of happiness. How long will it take our people to realize that material prosperity is not all that matters? Spiritual prosperiy, evidenced in the lives of professing Christiana, must go hand in hand with material progress.- We need to come - to the realization that We is not a low thing. Every record of heroic ' . . a 1 1 J n Itin-li i. iivmz. oi unseumu hctiwuu w causes, of noble action in pursuit of irreat ideals, shows how grand a thing i Me lb.- mere is v ? t a I 1.1.. ' .n1jl rtrA laf 'VilfrV.O ir Tnun i.n ih . win smuu ibiiuu An&isb ' V vw - - center is God, sir true, all loving. To leave him out is to lose the great source of courage, the great standard and the power to see it in the face of danger. ' -v GO TO SOME , CHURCH ' NEXT SUNDAY ALfRT Every muscle tens . . . every tense attuned to their surroundings . . . they're ready I A scent, a sound, a (limps of the unexpected and thv will ara.v .ti.-.u. -. forest They're tlttt, but their alertness indicates a readiness to run away. Rightly man scorns, that kind of alertness. For human achieve ment is born of a different alertness. When men art awake to their opportunities, alive to their responsibilities, brave to their challenges . . . then progress is realised, goals art reached. Our religion helped to establish thisjmman standard of alert. a. ...... 1 . a . m.-W . . . " our cnurcnes constantly inspire men to achieve when the mind is attuned to life's environment, and the soul is at tuned to God, then a man has the wherewithal to go forward to greater goals. True alertness btgina when we discover the riches the Church, can add to our lives! mi AT m THE CHURCH FOR ALL . . . - ' OH THE CHURCH The Church is the greatest tee- .1 " " ior tne building of character anrf j . . M . Without a .trong Church, neither .urv. "V civilizn can reason, why every person should attend servim r.,.i-.i.. . u For his own sake. (2) For l. P. Vu "7 ana nation. (4) whchhV.!',,,e Church ed hi n,oral 1 ma terial support. Plan t0 7 BXchdanv9Ular,ir ond b a ?k toW Verses Sundiv P..t ... Mond.y ...Luke Ti il Tuesdsy . 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M Third Sunday Oak Grove Church, 11:00 A. M New Hope Church, 7:30 1'. M. Fourth Sunday Cedar Grove Church, 11:00 A. M Woodland Church, 10 A. M. Winfall Church, 7:30 P M Fifth Sunday Woodland Church, 11:00 A. M Prayer Meeting each Wednesday at Winfall Church at 7:30 P. M 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, 6:30 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. PINEY WOODS FRIENDS CHURCH Carl J. Yow, Pastor Sunday School, 10 A. M. Morning worship 11.00 A. M. Youth Fellowship, 6:30 P. M. WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH G. M. Singletary, Pastor Sunday School, 10:30 A. M. on first and third Sundava nnrl 2:0(1 P M n second and fourth Sundays. unurcn services, 3:00 f. M. on sec ond and fourth Sundays. 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. 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 t 7:30 P. M. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH E. T. Jilson, Rector Holy Communion, 9:00 A. M. Every Sunday except first Sunday at 9:00 A. M. Church School, 10:00 A. M. Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11:00 o'clock. Holy Communion first Sunday at 11 A. M. BEREA CHURCH OF CHRIST Walker Perry, Pastor Bible School 10:30 A. M., except first Sunday, at 10 A. M. Morninsr worshin on first Snrufav at 11 A. M. Evening worship first Sunday at 7 P. M. CHAPPELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH A. H. 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