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ToVed .Sunday The' wedding of Jenny Lynn Underwood and Randy C. Lassiter will take place Sunday. Feb. 20 at 3 n.m. in r. . . . ---- - --; , tne ueruora AssemDiy 01 God Church. Miss Underwood is the J Li - . . mm . aaugater 01 nev. ana Mrs. T.irn Ilndorwnnil Mr Lassiter is the son of Mr. and Mr. Elmer Lassiter. Both families are from the Belvidere area. Friends and relatives are welcome. Circle Meets Mrs. Julia Winslow recently served as hostess for a meeting of the Mis , sionary Circle of the Riddick Grove Baptist Church. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Julia Winslow, and opened with singing and scripture reading by Mrs. Eulia '.-Smith. r After prayer, meditation and groups .discussion, the president made remarks and called for the roll call. xne meeting adjourned with Mrs. Marie ' White leading the group in the Lord's Prayer. Mission Study Slated A study on Home Missions will be conducted Friday night, Feb. 18 at the Hert ford Baptist Church begin ning at 7 p.m. The book, "A Sense of Spring," will be taught by Dr. Garland Hen dricks, the Interim Pastor of the host church. Mrs. Dewey Perry Jr., the county W.M.U. Mission muu vuau pel suu, tuvues the Baptist women and their husbands . to attend this study and learn more about A mission work. ' Fellowship : o ivieei Th Perquimans Weekly, Hertford; N.C., Thursday, February 17, 1977-Ptg J : A I r P....'.:-.. A Sunday School Lessdn vTt j 1 y -in r -"""- , tftZ HERTFORD FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH New Book Reveals Local Church History . )The Women's Aglow Fellowship of Elizabeth City will meet Feb. 19 in the VFW Building on U.S. 17 north at . 9:30 a.m. -Guest speaker will be -Maxine Lytle of Pinehurst, N.C., Provincial President of the Daughters of the King in the Episcopal Church. Ms. Lytle has traveled ex tensively speaking in many states on the east coast and in the Virgin Islands. IFor reservations for the meeting, phone 264-2683 or 264-2877.' Nursery facilities are available by phoning 3354950. ' ' Card Clubs :Assemble .; Mrs. C.R. Holmes was hostess to her bridge club, .Thursday afternoon at her home on Front Street. Those playing were Mrs. C.A. Davenport, Mrs. J.H. Newbold, Mrs. S.P. Jessup, Mrs. S.M. Whedbee, Mrs. H.A. Whitley, " Mrs. T.B. Sumner, Mrs. J.R. Futrell, and Mrs. William Nixon. Mrs; Whedbee - was high score winner. A sweet course was served. ;,. . . . Mrs. Johnny' Broughton was hostess to her bridge Club Tuesday night at her home ' on Church Street. Those playing were Mrs. Catherine Ward, Mrs. Charles Whedbee, Mrs. C.E. Johnson, Mrs. T.B. Sumner, Mrs.. Jack Brinn. Mrs. Fldon Winslow, Miss Thelma" Elliott, and Miss Louise Chalk. Mrs. Whedbee , won the high score prize. A, sweet course was served. ' Mrs. H.C. Stokes enter- Uined her bridge club Tuesday afternoon at her home on Front Street. Those playing were Mrs. T.L. Jess:-), Mrs. G.W. Barbce, - -Mrs. W.C. Dozier. Mrs. C.R. Holmes,' Mrs. John Coston, T!rs. Jack Kanoy, Ki:s Ruty White, and the t" ' ' :s. tlrs. Kanoy won the ' siore TTke. A sweet , . ;e was served. ' . J ' i. J.E. I rr!s wzj - tD ' r r : c" i tt ! r (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a book review by Marie D. Moore which appeared in the January, 1977 edition of The North Carolina Historical Review, .Vol. LIV, No. 1. It is 'reprinted here in the in terest of our readers.) "The first home of the .oldest Negro Baptist con gregation in the town of Hertford was a bush shelter erected on Academy Square in June, 1866. Hertford blacks had for some years previously used the Hert ford Baptist Church for their : meetings, but the political activity of (heir leader, L.W. Boone, prompted their evic tion from the white church. The present-day thriving First Baptist Church developed from that primitive bush shelter. Following many months of research, Mrs. Alberta H. Eason and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Hines have compiled and published History of First Baptist Church, Hertford, North Carolina, 110th An niversary Celebration, 1866-1976. This- book is historically valuable because it outlines the story of the" church and lists the names of all its known ministers, church officers, Union To Convene The Perquimans County Fellowship Union will con vene at Leigh's Temple A.M.E. Zion Church on Sun day night at 7:30. Rev. CO.; Parker and Saunders Grove Baptist Church will be in charge of the service. Rev. M. Ebron is the host pastor. and active members. The factual information has been enhanced by the inclu sion of numerous pictures of those who once were or still are close to the life of the church. The 44-page book is printed on a good quality of coated paper and is bound in a hard cover lettered in gold. Copies may be pur chased at $5.00 each from Mrs. Alberta H. Eason at 307 Dobbs Street, Hertford, N.C., 27944." (NOTE: Two copies of this book have recently been donated to the Perquimans County Library as memorials.) SPECIAL EStf FRIED HERRING ALL YOU CAN EAT 4.50 POWER TO TRANSFORM LIFE ' Crowds of pilgrims accompanied Christ on His journey to Jerusalem for the last Feast of the Passover before His death. Among the curious masses who wanted to see Christ as He passed through Jericho was a well-known and well-to-do man named Zacchaeus, about whom we shall note four things. HIS CHARACTER ' v Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaeus was a Jew by nationality and a publican in position. He thought more of money than he did his nation, the respect of his fellowmen, his soul, or God. He was an ex tortionist, levying the taxes to the limit, paying the demands of the Roman government, and adding the balance to his personal savings. He was held in contempt by the people. HIS CONDITION . Zacchaeus was small in Stature. Being a traitor to his country, he was hated by his fellowmen. His riches enabled him to purchase many things, but there were two things which he could not buy peace with God and true happiness. Dissatisfied with himself, he resolved that he would go to see Christ, who had just come to town. It was not easy for him to accomplish his purpose because of the multitude sur rounding the Saviour and his own smallness of stature. Un daunted by these handicaps and obstacles, he went ahead of the crowd and climbed the famous sycamore tree. That was a very undignified thing for a public official to do, but Zac chaeus was out for something far better than dignity, name ly, to see Christ. HIS CALL When the Saviour arrived at the tree which Zacchaeus had climbed, He looked up at him and said: "Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house." Christ knew his name, nature, position, and thoughts, so the call was quite personal. Knowing that startled Zacchaeus was an outcast, the Master invited Himself into the home of this great sinner. This is the only known occasion that Christ ever did such a thing. HIS CONVERSION When Christ singled out Zacchaeus, addressed him by name, and called upon him to minister unto Him, it broke his heart to think that here is One Who sees me, knows me, cares about me, and needs me. He descended the tree swift ly and joyfully received Christ into his home. Zacchaeus' conviction of sin, unfeigned repentance, reception of Christ, confession of faith in Him, restitution of possessions, joy of heart, and reformation of life were ex cellent evidences of his genuine conversion and salvation. A terrible grafter had been transformed into a generous giver. ' I Mark8:34-36 : ' In pointing the way to true discipleship, our Lord Set forth ' three requirements: - 1) Self-denial. "Whosoever will come after me, let him-' deny himself." Self-denial means choosing Christ instead of self ; saying "no" to self , but "yes" to God. 2) Self-renunciation. "Take up bis cross." "Cross" here ' does not mean various afflictions which commonly are ; called crosses. It means something to be taken up voluntari ly and not merely endured. ; , 3) Self-abnegation. "And follow me." Self-abnegation , means to accept obediently another Person rather than self as the leader of one's life and activities. This threefold requirement may sound like a very dif-" ficult assignment, but it guarantees the most joyous and useful life possibleThere is no other way of opening the-' door to one's highest possibilities. If we are to enjoy the ; most abundant life, we must put down self-conceit, self- ' assertion, and self-indulgence, and practice self-denial, , self-renunciation, and self-abnegation. ' ' The Sunday School Lesson is sent in each week by Clear ; Creek Baptist School in Pineville, Ky. and is written by Dr. -H.C. Chiles. Obituary RAYMOND KERMIT LANE Raymond Kermit Lane, 67, a retired mechanic of Rt. 2, Hertford, died Sunday morning at 4:35 in the Albemarle Hospital. A native of Perquimans County, he was the son of the late Add and Mrs. Annie Nixon Lane. ; Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Maude Copeland Lane; two sons, Raymond Kermit Lane Jr. of Toledo, Ohio and A.L. . Lane of Rt. 3, Hertford; a brother, John D. Lane of Rt. li -Hertford ; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the , Chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. Thomas 1 Hoogerland, pastor of the Woodland Methodist Church. "How Great Thou Art" was played during the service by i Mrs. Preston Morgan. The casket pall was made of white chrysanthemums and red carnations. Pallbearers were Barry Lane, Mark Lane, Mike Lane, Donald Ayscue, Hilbert Harris, and Larry Copeland. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. For Your Information Dear friends. i "The most useful part of the whole funeral process is the moment of truth that comes when living persons confront the fact of death by looking at the body", remarked Dr. Erich . Lindemann of Harvard Medical School. He f added, 'People tend to deny painful reality to deny the fact that death has occurred. But when they experience that moment of truth that comes when they stand before the dead body, their denials collapse" and a return to mental health is possible. ; 'Respectfully, SWINDELL FUNERAL HOME v,. HiHtljpHO. Hc ' CARD OF THANKS We would like to take this media to thank our friends and neighbors for all the prayers, cards, flowers, words of sympathy, telephone calls and any other acts of kindness extended during the illness and death of Adrein Smith, Jr. His Mother and Brother, - Grace, Paul Smith and Family. 3 r (1 CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY - Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge , Stallings were honored on their 40th Wedding Anniversary ' at a reception given by their children and grandchildren. ' The event took place Sunday, Jan. 30 at the home of the honorees from 3-5 p.m. Approximately 110 guests attended. Darden Department Store 109 111 N. Church St HERlfORD PH 426-5464 D3E CCOJSOLI DATOR Get all your bills together and see us v about a debt consolidation loan ... another simple, dependable way we help agriculture plan for greater profit. - fiDEMAR'LE PRODUCTION c r. zd it r.sG 3 ! "in o :j 207 e. c::u:ch st. eliz:::th city, n.c. . u.s. ::c::;.nV 17, n. izlkxx n.c. 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