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ISOAY SCHOOL LESSOil Perquimans Church Services 1 CHRIST, THE LIVING BREAD. International Sunday School Lesson j fir Fahmmrv 7th. Memory Selection: "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst." John 6:35. Lesson Text: ; John 6:48-69. . 1 1.1 1 . xou nave proDaDiy Known irvmi childhood the story of how Jesus fed' the multitude miraculously. It is in- teresting to learn that this is the only ' miracle recounted by all four gospel , writers. .. While the actual miracle is not giv en as a part of our lesson text, in or der to get the proper background, we will give a brief recital of it. In his record, John recounts the events atj the beginning of the year, but omits the remainder, including the definite calling of the Twelve disciples and the .Sermon on the Mount. He also omits the early happenings of the next year, including the second rejection of Naz areth, the missionary journey of the Twelve, and the death of John the Baptist. It was shortly after the death of John the Baptist that John related the incident of the feeding of the five thousand in order to properly intro duce thje discourse which followed, which forms the basis of our lesson for this week. . Because of the excitement which followed the news of John the Bap tist's death and because Jesus proba bly wanted to confer privately with his disciples, who had just returned from an evangelistic tour, Jesus journeyed from the westward side of the Sea of Galilee to the eastward side. However, his desire for privacy was thwarted by the crowd which fol lowed him. So interested were they in him, that they prolonged their stay until it was well past time for them to go home. Realizing that they had had no food the entire day, Jesus told his disciples to provide the necessary food for the multitude. You can imagine their consterna tion. In the thinly 1 settled section, supplies " were very scarce. Philip viewed the matter from the material standpoint and saw the enormous dif ficulty which it presented. Andrew, also practical but a little more, imagi native, reported the finding of a small boy who had five "Barley loayes" and two small fishes, both loaves and fish es very insufficient for such a large - crowd.:".v. : ' . However, Jesus had the multitude to sit down in order and, after giving thanks, he broke the small supplv and distributed it. probably through the agency of his disciplles. A miraculous increase took place during the pro cess and when evervbodv had been fed, the disciples gathered up twelve baskets full, which remained. The miracle typifies the large results which can .come from small resources : properly devoted to divine purposes. It also" points up the fact that those who share with those jn need lose nothing but gain much in the end. . The effect of the miracle was that the crowd wanted to make Jesus King, expecting him to free Palestine from the rule of the Romans. , This was entirely foreign to the purposes of Jesus and, in his discourses on the bread of life which followed, he sought to reveal to his listeners the difference between the physical bread and the substance of everlasting life which, he was offering to the world. He reminded the Jews that their fathers ate the manna in the wilder. . ness and were npw dead, but he of fered a spiritual bread, which, if ac cepted, would cause the recipient to live forever. -The great majority of those who heard him could not under stand what he was talking about, and many left, to follow him no more. There are valuable lessons, to be ' drawn from this incident. . Jesus look- ed at the multitude, but he did not confine his consideration of it to an abstract gathering. He knew that the multitude was composed of individuals each of whom had a full capacity for physical hunger and suffering. Many of our modern evils would disappear if their results were, properly seen in their appplication to individuals rath er than to society in general. Jesus emphasized in his teaching that the spiritual values should have precedence over material needs. Mod era man too often puts the cart be- i fore the horse .here. Desire for the accumulation of wealtlh and the grati fication of his needs' qnd desires often leaves too little time and energy for . the acquisition of or development of - spiritual faith. Just as the physical . body needs regular nourishment every day, so. the spiritual body needs food for his soul. Jesus declared, "I am (Concluded on: Page. Two) ,- BE A BETTER CITIZEN! I GO T07SOME ) CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY illiiii ill! Ills! 111! tiff! IPtllfltlts It takti a lot of tntrgy to wield a rattle, tt takes even more to crawl across the room. A fellow just has to take a timt-out once la a while Thafs aa important lesion for all of us to learn. It Is nothing short of suicide to let one's work and recreation rob his body of the natural opportunity to replenish Its resources in rest Our souls also need a frequent timi-oat. Life depletes our spiritual resources. Man needs regular times for worship, for prayer, and for religious inspiration. .. The Church is meeting this need in the lives of many of your neighbors and friends. Are you and your whole family taking advantage of the time-out for spiritual replenishment . ta chuhch roa Att . . Att FOR THE anranu Th ChtiM.ii i. .L. tor on i fae. nout itrong chujchT amithL church 3an 3 Hj to which the Church offers? 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M. n , n 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 ' Winfall Church, 7:00 F. M. o ANDERSON'S METHDlS'l 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 Harvey L. Coppidge, Pastor Church Services on second and fourth Sundays at 11 A. M. First and Third Sundays at r. M. Sunday School 9:45 A. M. 7.45 UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH James Rahenkamp, Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. Church Services 11 A. M., - 7:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor, 6:30 P. M. Prayer Service, Wednesday 7:30 P. M. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Bennie Crawford, Pastor Sunday School, 3.0 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 D. Virgil 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, 10:30 A. M., every Sunday except third Sunday. Church sevices every third Sunday at 3 P. M. o HERTFORD METHODIST CHURCH A. L. Chaplin, Pastor Church School. 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship, 1) :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, 7:80 o'clock. Mid-week Services. Thursday at 7:30 P.M. o HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Charles F. Wulf, Rector. 9:45 A. M., Church School, every Sunday. 9:00 A. M Holy Communion, 1st Sun. day. 8:30 A. M., Holy Communion, 2nd, 4ih, 5th Sundays. 11:00 A. M., Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday. xl:00 A. M., Morning Prayer, 2no, 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 10:30 A. M. Morning worship on first and third Sundays at 11 A. M.s Evening worship first and third Sundays at 7:80 P. M. CHAPPELL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Ralph Knight, Pastor : Sunday School, 2 P. M. every first Sunday.. Church Service 8 P. M. every first Sunday. Sunday dchool at 11 A. M. every second, third and fourth Sunday.
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