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FAC3 TTTO "5, r. C T 5 V 1 - t LESSGil i . 1 i i OL j 0 "-'v 4 ) MM A WPRLD OF OPPORTUNITY International Sunday School Lemon for November 29, 1958. Memory Selection: "Let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.'' -Amos 5:24. Lesson Text: Deut. 24:14-15; 19:5. Amos 5:10-15, 24; II Thessalonians , 8: 7-10. , There are mut in our world who believe that business and religioni should be kept separate that there isj no place for business in religion, and vice versa. However, if Christianity! has anv application for the individual . .. . i i- t: l i at a'l. ll musi permeate uu wnuic mo or it is worthless. Christianity is a religion for life. This includes one's m.nlirv Viia IwiDi'noaa wolnfinTlH find VULauuiit Ilia vuainvuir his responsibility to earn a livipg forj 1.. 1 e 1 !.! l TkaMAM niniseii aiiu inn xanuty the economic field is an important field for the application of Christian principles. Christianity, with its ac companying justice, must control our economic life if the purposes of God for mankind are to be fulfilled. ;: The Bible is explicit in laying upon us the duty of applying the great ethical ideals of our religious faith to our daily business practices. Work is a privilege and the ability to perform work should be grounds for thanks giving to God. However, we must ap ply God's laws to our work. In Deu teronomy 24: 14-15 and 24: 10, God outlined the relationship which should exist between employer and employee. It should be remembered that a posi tion of power brings added responsi bility for recognizing and respecting , the needs of others. - In the passage above, there is a provision to insure humanitarian concern for the poor, the unfortunate man. A hired ser vant, if poor and destitute, was help less to defend himself. A selfish em ployer might exploit his poverty by not paying a fair wage. So God re quired that the servant be paid at the end of each working day in order that he might immediately buy the necessities of life and also reduce the probability of exploitation by an un scrupulous employer after a long per iod of work. Another provision in the law requir ed that a forgotten sheaf of grain or scattered leftovers be left for the strangers, the fatherless and the wid ow. This Old Testament "law of the stranger" was given as a standard for treatment of those, who, for any rea son, were outside the family group or the group made up of friends and ac quaintances. And, in outlining this rule, an enduring principle was set forth: God forbids ruthless exploi tation of cheap labor, and requires consideration for the victims of mis fortune who need the help of those more fortunate. Amos, the Old Testament prophet, was a shepherd and farmer, living at Tekoa, a little village six miles south of Bethlehem. He was not trained as a prophet and belonged to that select company of great men in the Bible who were humble workers. Although Amos lived in the country, he under stood the life of his age. He saw the wickedness of the cities when he car ried his produce to market. As Rev. Bernard C. Claussen enumerates: "Un scrupulous judges condemned the in nocent for paltrv bribes. The rich grasped the small possessions of the poor. Prices were fraudulently in creased and measures were fraudu lently diminished, and bad grain was sold as good. The most shameful, li centiousness was practiced. Idolatry, . with its bestial immoralities, was ram part. Everywhere Amos saw waste ful luxury and extravagance on one side, contrasted with the wretched pov erty of the people among whom he lived." . Therefore, he spoke out for social justice and uttered a plea which the world has not yet heeded. He told those T'ho had become rich by taking advantage of their fellowmen that al though they" built fine houses, they should not dwell in them. He con demned without fear the social evils of his day. " "The passion of Amos' soul is for the establishment of social justice " declared J. E. McFayden. "and his de nunciations and threats fall upon the heads of those who frustrate that, 'whether by incidental cruelty or, as " here, by deliberate violation of the , principles of equity in the courts of justice. - The worst offenders were those who - - poisoned justice at its . source, those who by their venal de cisions made it a bitter thing" for the poor man when it ought to have been sweet, and who laid righteousness , prostrate upon the ground when she . ought to have been erect and smil ing." y The words of Amos are still appli ; cable for us today. Speaking for God,' he tells Israel to "seek good and not evil and, with emphasis, "hate the , evil and loye the good.'r As for pie ' .formal relim'oim nMnnniu l. ia- . .clares that these mean nothing unless ; wie jwopie nve ngnteously. Outward, . formal worship will not be accepted by God, and Amos appeals to jiis hear . era to "let justice roll downas wa- ters and,, righteousness as at mifchty Stream." - ' a '(Continued on -Page Seven)'. 7 i I 1 A 6 Kittens turn up in the oddest placet. ' It's no wonder for a kitten will try any thing once. And sooner or later curiosity kills many a cat r' ' Some ptopl have a penchant for trying anything' once. Occasionally it leads them to the pinnacles of success. More often it leaves them in the depths of despair. Neither curiosity nor daring it the-highroad to happiness. Life's richest rewards are for those who choose paths tried and true . . i who seek goals which the greatest were bold to attain. Vl ,-. . .-,-'.( No surer paths have ever been trod than the "paths of righteousness" of which the . Psalmist spoke. No higher goals were ever achieved than those Jesus Christ made hi own.; . ..... , , ' : If I Awn. . . ". ittz.an j The Church points the highroad to hap if.'. I " piness for men who are willing to try ttlllfL'l'M k I ' Christ'! Way. . . . not one . . . BUT JfMl ' ? I ;AlWAYS-- .. Mm 111 wr'H ml I saasSSsSwt? I I - ml lsya gteKWstt54i " tsW.X, if " THIS PAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: Lynch Funeral Home , PHONE 2811 ' HERTFORD. N. C CANNON PHONE 251J CLEANERS DEPENDABLE SERVICE Simon's OUTFITTERS FOR THE FAMIL Hertford Livestock & Supply Co. PHONE 2501 HERTFORD, N. C. Robertson's Cleaners PHONE 5731 HERTFORD, N. a Hertford Bldg. & Loan Association "Own Tour Own Home Through Building ft Loan" ' DOZIER'S FLORIST FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS PHONE 460 TOWS OIL COMPANY ; SINCLAIR PRODUCTS U. . TIRES W. M. 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M. second and fourth Sundays. , ; ' C - K ' o . PERQUIMANS CHARGE , CHURCHES , H. M. Jamiemn, Pastor - --First Sunday: s . New Hope Church, 11:00 A. M. Oak Grove Church, 7:00 P. M. ' ! t Second Sunday Winfall Church, 11:00 A. M. Cedar Grove Church, 10 A. 31 . Woodland Church, T:00 P. VL Third Sunday' ' Oak Grove Church, 11:00 A. M. New Hope Church, 7:00 P. U. . .' Fourth Sunday - Cedar Grove-Church, 11:00 A. M. i . Woodland Church, 10 A. M. Winfall Church, 7:00 P. M. : .Fifth Sunday Woodland Church,. 1U00 A. M. Prayer Meeting each Wednesday at Winfall Church, 7:00 P. M. - - , "" ; ;" .o r v, i . ' . j ANDERSON'S METHODIST " .CHURCH -C H. Beale, Pastor " Church School, 10.-00 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M, sec ond and fourth Sundays. WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH v , Harvey I Coppidge, Pastor " Church - Services on -second and fourth Sunrlava nt 11 A M f First and Third Sundays, at 7.45 . n t. . . l. JO. . :;;. v Sunday School 9:45 A. M. ' UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH . James Rahenkamp, Pastor ' ' Sunday School, :4E A V t.- i Church Services, 11 A. M. . Youth Fellowship, 6:30 P.M. ,r , BETHEL BAPl'IST CHURCH Rev. Bennie Crawford, Pastor - ' Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching first "and third Sundays at 11 A. M. .. ; Preaching second and fourth Sun day evening at 7:80. PINEY WOODS FRIENDS CHURCH D. Virgil Pike, Pa8tor Church School 10 A. M. Morning Worship 11 A. M. Young People's Meeting 7 P. M. . WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH - - s '. Caleb Goodwin. Jr, Pastor ' Sunday School; 10:80 K. M.. every Sunday except third Sunday. Church sevices every third Sunday at 8 P. M. HERTFORD METHODIST CHURCH ' A. L. Chaplin, Pastor .. . Church School, 9:45 A. M. ,. " Morning Worship, 1J:00 o'clock. 1 Youth Fellowship 6:45 P. M. . Evening Worship, 7:80 P. M. ; 'JPiFSft. FeUowship, . Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. fe;'';!:'::': '-S"'; 0'' ' ' ,,:-'.v ' ; BAGLEY SWAMP PILGRIM Coy S. Saunders, Pastor isunuay cnool, 10:00 A. M. Li Morning- Worship, 11:00 o'clock Young People's Meeting, 6:80 P. M. ' Kvoninv Wnndh it. on .t.i . Mid-week , Rnrvifom Thnul.. ' mi 7:80 P.M. T7, ' " HOLY. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHUSCH . RevCharles F. Wulf, Rector. 9:45 A. M. Church SchooL every ' Sunday. , , , . , . r . , : 8:00 A. M., Holy Commumdn, 1st Sun. 'iday;.?-' ."jili'.VjiW e;:?j $k::rt-rp, 8:80 A. M, Holy Communion, 2nd, 4ih, i . I3i Sundays. - , , , , 11:00 A. M.i ' Holy ' Commuhio V' Srd Sunday. , ; , ' - ov, ; 11:00 A. M Morning Prayer, f . '4th, 5th Sundays. . - "r ' 10:00 A. Holy Communioiti Fri ' i'V and Saints' Days. ' - Wa!i-T rerry, Ps--r. . ., , k ;2-J and 4th Sunday ai'l0:Ca A.'il. - ' ,T;?rirj,wotpihA first jid CIrd Sundays at 11 A. U..-1 -, ,i . Evenirg worship first and ".third . ' -S-unJiy at 7.C3 P. II ' ,, '; . ' Rev. Ralrk Knight PsoUir e Sunday SchooL 2 P. M. every finrt m I 'i Sejyics 8 P. itveryt T &W Vt 11 A. I . . ; geeoai, tJrd .aai fasith-aaiyt'r 1
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