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SOLC Id, J LT.ITIRS
(Teat prance) '
International Sunday School Lesson
(For September 28, 1952. '
iMemory' Selection: ."A man's Me
does not consist in. the abundance of
his pos sessions. "-Luke 12: 15. j
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Lesson Text: I Kings' 4: 20-26;
lis 4-8.
Solomon reigned for forty years,
from 1015 B. C, to 975 B. C. Thiai
was a time of great prosperity for
the Kingdom of Israel. A merchant,
ileet from Israel plied, the seas and;
caravans irom an over me Known
world made their way to and throu&h
its "bordere. , . )
Solomon was the author of ziany
treaties; he was a poet, writer of
songs and proverbs. He built the
Temple dedicated to the worship of
. Jehovah, which even until this day de
fies description. He had an equally
glorious palace', filled with hundreds
of wives; most of whom were foreign
born and worshipers of Idols.
However, even with the apparent
prosperity and fine living, all was not
weH witSi Israel. . Solomon's wisdom,,
great as it was, was not that of a
true statesman. He was skillful as
a builder, as a teacher, as a diplomat
i in arranging a whole series of mar
riage alliances with foreign . royal
, houses, but he was not wise enough
to , see that buildings might be so
numerous and so costlv as to burden
unduly the' resources of his people. 1
As .. Solomon grew old, he grew old
shamefully. Someone has said that
.'a fitting epitanh on Solomon's tomb
stone would have been, "Bom the
. wisest man on earth: died a fool."
'Solomon was not like his father, Dav
id, who was close enough to his peo
ple to sympathize with their needs
and struggles.' avid knew, poverty
at first hand but Solomon, born in the
king's palace, had his every want sup
plied without effort on his part. He
looked upon his subiects as a means
to an end to gratify his every de
sire.
y While Solomon strengthened Israel's
national , security, extended her , bor-
ders, enlarged her commerce, gave her
.- good foreign alliances and good gov
ernment, in the end, he ruined it all
with his failure "to keep himself in
touch with God. . In his multitudinous
marrlagiswwithfJforeign-'' women, he
" allowed them 'to bring into h's court
their idols and, idol-worship. Religion
'with Solomon became something to be
subordinated to political aims. ' He re
fused to listen to the voice of the
prophets. ' ' s
With everything going so well in his
kingdom, Solomon felt no need of Je
hovah. Adversity is often more val
""uable for a people or a nation, foe-
cause the times that try men's souls
.often result in a Bincere examina
tion of heart to try to discover the
cause of ,ths difficulty. How much
. better it would have been had Solo
- mon given- God : some credit for his
prosperity. Instead, it only served
to puff up further an already inflated
ego.
(Perhaps, the worst condition of Sol
" omon's kingdom was its surrender to
unbridled appetite people as well as
king. His reign was marked by an
"eating and" drinking and, making
merry" sentiment, i The writer of first
., Kings outlines in detail 'the tremen
dous amount of food that was required
for one day In Solomon's court.
The decline. of the Kingdom was
slow, , but sure. Solomon apparently
weathered his prosperous.! times
through his youth and middle age but,
as he grew older, the timbers, of his
character gave way.
' The climatic sin of Solomon was
his weakness for foreign wives, who
; introduced their heathen gods and
'- idols into the palace. - Association
with these heathen beliefs and prac
tices eventually took Its toll Solo
mon gave them his own favor and de
ference. Soon he, too, was Worshiping
these strange gods, -with a resultant
loss of his faith in Jehovah. --
What happened to Solomon living
life in its lowest aspedHwiIl hap
pen to every, man. Solomon did not
-keep his f-Ith in God because he
reflected the wcr -I? of God. Eegu
1 r worcLip of God. in Kis -church,
t 1 f"ow:Vp wlh oCier believers,
v 1 J p f strong. " - ,
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ftSTitVindiimtfttal 4ttetions which we
atk in many, many forms:
The school-boy wonders how to prepare for
his chosen profttsion . and how long it will
take Ma.
The romsntfe swala wonders which girl to
ttarry . . . sad when be will be able to afford
to marty, . .
The ailing bttstaett-ttaa wonders how to re
tain his health . and bow long before bt can
return to work.
.And millions of folks, troubled with sense
of the futility of life, ask "how can we find
happiness . . . and when will we ever attain it?"
The experience of the Christian Church an
swers dearly: We find happiness by Mining
the troth Jesus Christ revealed to men . . .
frf that happiness, begins as soon as we have
(trtk in Hub,
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Alt FOB THE CHURCH
The Church la th eraatMl iac
tor os earth for lb bunding oi
dieracter and good eilixmihip. It
i a itorahouM oi spiritual toIum.
Without a itrong Church. Mithw
domoeraer nor cMlizoUon can
urvlTo. Ihoro are four sound
nomos why rrr ponon ihould
attond MnioM ngularlr and tup
Port the Church. Thoy aro: (I)
roc hi. own oak. ) For hie
ehildran's eate. (3) For the ak
of hia communrty and nation. (4)
For the tab a the Church HmU.
which BMd hi moral and ma
tarial support Plan to go to
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Church Services
HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
C W. Doling, Pastor
Surlday School. 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship, ll:Ot o'clock,
Evening Worship, 8 o'clock. ,
a Mid-week Services, Wednesdsy at
. O dir. JHa
BETHLEHEM0 CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Jos Brickhonse, Pastor
First Sander
" 11 A. M. and 8 P.M.
BURGESS BAPTIST CHURCH ;
Colon Jackson, Jr, Psstor
Church services second and fourth
Sundays at 11 A. M.
Sjmday School at 10:00 A. M.
..j Jv'rt8 7:46 R M. second
and fourth Sundays.
O - :'
PERQUIMANS CHARGE
CHURCHES
H. M. Jamieson, Pastor
First Sunday:
New Hope Church, 11:00 A, M.
Oak Grove Church, 7:00 P. M.
Second Sunday
Winfall Church, 11:00 A. M.
Cedar Grove Church, 10 A. M.
Woodland Chttrch, 7:00 P. M.
. , Third Sunday
Oak Grove Church, 11.00 A. M.
New Hope Church. 7:00 P. M.
Fourth Sunday
Cedar Grove Church, 11:00 A. M
Woodland Church, 10 A. M.
Winfall Church, 7:00 P. M.
Fifth Sunday
Woodland Church 11:00 A. M.
Prayer Meeting each Wednesday a'
Winfall Church, 7:00 P. M.
ANDERSON'S METHODIST
CHURCH
R. M. Grsdeless, Psstor
Church School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M., sec
ond and fourth Sundays.
WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
James F. Burke, Psstor
Church . Services on second and
fourth Sundays at 11 A. M.
First and Third Sundays at 7:45
M.
Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH
Elizabeth White, Paatoi
Susday School, 9:45 A. M
Church Services, 11 A. M.
Christian Endeavor. 6:30 P. M.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Bennie Crawford, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching first and third Sundays
At XI A dUe
j Preaching second and fourth Sun
day evening at 7:30.
PINEY WOODS FRIENDS CHURCH
D. Virgin Pike, Pastor
Church School 10 A. M.
Morning Worship 11 A. M.
Young People's Meeting 7 P. M.
WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Caleb Goodwin. Jr, Pastor '
Sunday School, 11 A. M., every Sun
day except third Sunday.
Church sevices every third Sunday
at 3 P. M. '
Hertford' methodist church
A. L. Chaplin, 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.
at WOT? M. Fell0W8hlp' WedneBdny
BAGLEY SWAMP PILGRIM
Coy S. Sannders, Pastor
Sunday .School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Young People's Meeting, 6:30 P. M.
Evening Worship, 7:80 o'clock.
7:80 pllf Services' Thur8dy "
HOLY TRINITY
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Charles F. Waif, Rector.
v9:45 A. M., Church School, every
Sunday.
9 :00 A. M., Holy Communion, 1st Sun
day. 8:30 A. M., Holy Communion, 2nd, 4xh,
6th Sundays.
11:00 A. M Holy Communion, 8rd
Sunday.
11:00 A. M., Morning Prayer, 2nd,
4th, 5th Sundays. ;
. 10:00 A. M, Holy Communion, Fri
days and Saints' Days.
BEREA. CHURCH OF CHRIST
Walker Perry, Pastor
2nd and 4th Sunday at 10:80 A. M.
- - Morning worship on first and third
Sundays at 11 A. M.
Evening worship first and third
Sundays at 7:30 P. M.
CHAPPELL HILL BAPTIST
CHURCH
, - A. H. Outlaw, Pastor
-Sunday School, t P. M. every Unit
Sunday.
Church Set vice 8 P. M. every first
Sunday.
Sunday school at 11 A. M. every
second, tUrd and fourth Sunday.
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