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PcrquiniLis Church Services LESSGU ELIJAH CHALLENGES BAAL WORSHIP International Sunday School Lesson for May 9, 1954. v Memory Selection: "How long go ye limping between the two sides T If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." I Kings 18:21. Lesson Text: I Kings 17:1; 18:17-39. Highly dramatic is the lesson for this ""week. Spectacular and hign strung are the scenes in the drama enacted from life as they are told to us in living words. - " ... Approximately seventy-five 'years ' had passed since the division of the kingdom. Judah had been ruled by several kinsrs and, at this time, by Jehosaphat ; Israel had seen several ' dynasties and seven kings until Ahab's day, and all her leaders had been false to Jehovah. The start toward nation al heresy began with Jereboam, who set up golden calves for political rea ' sons and these had led to idolatry and v the abandonment of the worship of Je hovah. ., Ahab was even more wicked than ' his predecessors and had for his mate . 8 Phoenician princess, Jezebel, whose name has been synonomous with evil. , She, at least, was vigorous and ardent in the support of her pagan gods and v goddesses. Her influence over the king had been such that the priests of Baal were supreme and the priests of Jehovah had been killed, scattered, ' or were in hiding from the " royal wrath. The nation had forsaken its t ancient - religion,, although here and i. there were those who still secretly , clung to their racial faith and worship clandestinely. ;. 0 ? ' 1:; 5 Onto this scene comes a strange, 1 mystic figure that of a rugged priest emerging out of the wilds east of Jor dan, dressed in skins and contrasting sharply with the luxury and vice of the capital. Before the amazed courts in Ahab, Elijah stalks, representative of the ancient Israelitish Jehovah, and, : in words which were to be long re membered, foretells the drought of several years: "There shall not be : dew nor rain these years but accord- - ing to my word." From then on, he , land thirsted for water. ' During this great drought, Elijah remained in seclusion. In the ravine Cherith first, .where. he, was. miracu lously fed either by the ravens, or the Arabians some difference exists as to the correct translation of the original Hebrew. This refuge afterwards suf fered from the drought, along with the rest of the country, and Elijah went into Phoenicia, where again by miraculous manifestations, Jehovah , testified to the credentials of his pro phet. At length the time came for the final act of the play and Elijah went back into Israel. Encountering Obadiah, a member of the court circle but who had remained a faithful though timid believer in Je hovah, Elijah sent word to Ahab to meet him. The king came, greeting the prophet with the question:: "Art thou he that troubleth Israel T" How often do human beings attribute their suffering to unreal causesl How hu man it is to try to relieve our own ; selves from responsibility for disas , ter! But Elijah points to the real trouble: "I have not trouble Israel, but thou and they father's house in that ye have forsaken the command ments of the Lord." s Elijah, great prophet and courage ous spokesman for righteousness, was not afraid to contest with the forces of evil, and he proposed to the king that the false priests of Baal be sum moned to Mt. Carmel, where a contest could demonstrate which god was the greatest. The king agreed and, on the appointed day, there gathered 450 priests of Baal to oppose the lone pro phet of "Jehovah. What a climax this scene represents! Evil enthroned and in power but about to be defeated by ' one brave, faUhful, and daring ser vant of Jehovah. . Elijah placed the issue squarely up to the assembled ; people: "How long halt ye between two opinions T If the Lord be God j follow him," otherwise, if Baal be god, follow him. . ,' 1 . The test was carried out Two al- tars were erected and the priests of Baal given the opportunity to have their fire lighted by their gods. In vain they prayed. In vain they danced , and performed. In vain they gashed themselves, wounded their bodies, in zealous efforts, , but no answering soarlr. came. Elijah taunted him un til finally they ceased their efforts and , it becomes Elijah's opportunity: This prophet has his altar and the. wood ; thoroughly wet but in answer to his " prayer that Jehovah demonstrate his ' power, the fire strikes from the sky (Continued on Page Eight) GO TO SOMK , CHURCH , NEXT SUNDAY' W-J I Vs. 1 I 111 s ' tiaybt mart I tbota cuts and teratcnts would heal without any medicine. But who can tell when a simple scratch it going to develop into torioua infectionr Mother It alert to every possibility of danger lot her children. Guarding them against Infection it Dart of her daily responsibiity. 'incidentally, that account! for Mother's constant eoncern for her children's religious training. She kaowa that there are "infections" which destroy our moral and spiritual well-being. Every Sunday, with her husband and her children, you'll find Mother in Church. For the Church la on of the few things that Mother considers even mora essential to the well-being: of her family, than. -thai bottle of antiseptic infhe medicine closet THE CHUH CH FOR AIL . . , ALL FOB THE CHURCH The Church to the greatest fao lor en earth for the faulldlng el eharaetor and good dtltnukip. It too storehouse of (plritual value without a strong Chureh. neither denoeraer nor OTilixatton eon urn. There are lour sound hT mrf pertoe should "tlend senrices regularly and sup. port the Church. They are: (1) TZ,.mm ,oU- W For hit ehUdren-, ok. (I) For the sake el his ooamunity and nation. (4 For the take al the Chureh itself. hkh need hi moral and terlal lUDmri di h rjgularlr md Hod yeur A ' mm. Wto.id Luke""" ,7 jil THIS PAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: Lynch Funeral Home PHONE 2811 HERTFORD, N. C CANNON CLEANERS PHONE 2511 DEPENDABLE SERVICE Simon's OUTFITTERS FOR THE FAMIL1 Hertford Livestock & Supply Co. HERTFORD, N. 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BETHLEHEM CHURCH OF CHRIST Joe Brlckhonse, Pastor First Sunday 11 A. M. and 8 P.M. o BURGESS BAPTIST CHURCH W. E. Thompson, Pastor Church services second and fourth Sundays at 11 A. M. Sunday School at 10:00 A. M. 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, Id A. M. Woodland Church, T: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 at Winfall Church, 7:00 P. M. Go To Church Your Church Any Church But Do Go ANDERSON'S METHODIST CHURCH C H. Beale, Pastor Church SAool, 10:00 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M., sec ond and fourth Sundays. o " ' WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH Harvey L. Coppidge, Pastor Church Services on second and fourth Sundays at 11 A. 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