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ISAIAH'S RESPONSE TO GOD'S CALL
Utah 1:1-1
Capable and ambitious Uzziah ascended the throne of
Judah at the age of sixteen, and reigned for fifty-two
years. He began his reign as an ardent reformer, and of
the early part of it the Bible said: "He did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord." Uzziah erected great
towers, built strong defenses, and made noteworthy
achievements, such as overthrowing the Philistines, Am
monites, and Arabians.
Among Uzziah's fondest admirers was Isaiah, a young
man of honor, insight, versatility, wisdom, eloquence, and
literary genius, who was superbly endowed with those
qualities which equipped him for the greatest usefulness.
When his hero, Uzziah. died and was buried, Isaiah made
his way to the temple to meditate on God's ways and to
find comfort. In the record of his transforming experience
three things stand out prominently: a vision, a voice, and
a volunteer.
In the temple Isaiah received a vision of the Lord, which
was vivid, vital, and victorious. He saw the Lord "sitting
upon a throne" reigning in majesty and glory, waiting to
reveal Himself to Isaiah, who had not been looking His
way, hut had been leaning too heavily upon Uzziah. Isaiah
also saw some celestial beings standing near the Lord's
throne, full of swift energy, blazing with enthusiam, and
glowing with fervent love. Each covered his face with two
wings, because he was overwhelmed with a sense of awe
and reverence and was not able to look into the face of the
Lord. Each covered his feet with two wings, because his
keen sense of unworthiness caused him to do so in order
that he might not be seen. Each stood with two wings
outstretched, exceedingly anxious to render swift and un
questioning obedience to the Lord.
Isaiah's vision of the Lord made him aware of his own
impurity, which almost overwhelmed him. His vision of the
Lord resulted in Isaiah's conviction, confession, and cleans
ing. Divine forgiveness and cleansing enabled Isaiah to
enter upon a life of usefulness, honor, and promotion.
Isaiah heard the voice of praise, the seraphim sang,
"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is
full of his glory." He also heard the voice of pardon, for
one of the seraphim, speaking for the Lord, said: "Thine
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged." Isaiah also
heard the voice of purpose: "Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us?" He knew that the Lord was calling for a
messenger to deliver His message.
In response to the vision and the voice, Isaiah became a
volunteer. He became an unhesitating, unselfish, and
unserved volunteer by saying: "Here am I; send me."
Without consulting anyone, Isaiah unhesitantingly,
unselfishly, and unreservedly offered himself to teh Lord
just as he was and with all that he had to carry the Lord's
message to those who needed it so much. Isaiah fully in
tended to deliver the Lord's message, with which he was
being entrusted, to the very best of his ability to whom
soever would hear and heed it, firmly believing that the
Lord would richly bless and use him.
Social Security office
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J Have you ever had the ex
rience of calling Social
curity and getting a busy
Jignal for hours?
' Have you had occasion to
?alk into a Social Security
office and find yourself at
fee end of a long line? If
you have suffered either of
ftese incidents, then chances
ire you are trying to con
flict your Social Security
lousiness at a time when the
office is most likely to be at
is busiest. People who don't
Save urgent business with
$eir Social Security office
giould not have to fight busy
phones or long lines. They
&n pick and choose the
?me they conduct their
business.
'Lost checks, delayed
checks and checks in an
amount different from that
txpected, are the basis of
inxious questions that the
?ocial Security office
handles around the first of
die month.
* So the best time to call or
fcisit the Social Security of
$ce, if you don't have
argent business, is during
Hie last two weeks of the
month.
f
* Generally the latter part
ff the week is less busy than
the first part of the week,
and afternoon hours get less
traffic than morning hours.
They have four persons
who handle applications and
other Social Security
business in the Elizabeth
City Social Security office.
However, for most people it
saves time to conduct their
business by phone.
In recent years they have
streamlined their procedures
so that almost any Social
Security business can be
handled by phone, from ap
plying for benefits to chang
ing your name because of
marriage.
When you call you should
make sure you have your
Social Security number han
dy. If you're calling about
Medicare, be sure you have
your Medicare card.
Even if you know you
need to come to the office,
its still a good idea to call
first. That way they can tell
you what documents you
need to bring and perhaps
even handle part of the
business right on the phone.
The Elizabeth City Social
Security office is located at
111 Jordan Plaza next to
Southgate Mall (phone
338-2161) and is open 9:00 to
4: 30 weekdays.
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Dear friends,
? Death is one of the most important
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BURGESS BAPTIST CHURCH ? This county church is
located on the Harvey Point Rd. The pastor is the Rev.
Noah Toler. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. with worship ser
vices at 11 a.m.
Chowan College gym
construction underway
Chowan College has
received gifts and pledges
totaling $1.6 million toward
the cost of construction of its
new gymnasium-physical
education center.
The announcement was
made by Chowan President
Bruce E. Whitaker. He said
that Chowan has now reached
80 percent of its original goal
of $2 million through its
"Accomplishing Our Mission"
program. He pointed out that
the basic construction cost of
the building is $2,150,000.
"We are very happy to have
reached the milestone goal of
$1.6 million, which represents
significant progress. For this
achievement, we are grateful
to the campaign volunteer
workers headed by national
general chairman E.L.
Hollowell of Edenton and
national honorary chairman
Mrs. Texie Camp Marks of
Boykins, Va. We are also
appreciative of the many
friends and supporters of
Chowan College who have
helped us come this far with
their gifts and pledges,"
Whitaker said.
Continued Chowan's
president, "Even as I'm
making this announcement
the contractor and his men are
laying bricks and making
steady progress leading to the
opening of the building early
in 1980. Therefore it is urgent
that we raise the $550,000
needed to complete the basic
construction."
Whitaker said the new
facility will be of importance
not only to Chowan's students
but many different groups, to
include the boys and girls who
attend summer camps on
Chowan's campus. "This
summer we have entertained
hundreds of campers. One
camp alone, the Eastern Band
Camp, attracted over 450 high
school students."
Outpatient family center
to open in August
An unused medical facility
in Bethel will again offer
health care to local residents
when the East Carolina
University School of Medicine
opens the facility in August as
an outpatient family practice
center, a satellite unit of the
school's Eastern Carolina
Family Practice Center
located in Greenville.
The center will provide
expanded patient care ser
vices to the small Pitt County
community and surrounding
area and serve as a training
facility for family prac
titioners.
"The people of Bethel have
been very supportive and
enthusiastic during the
development of this project,"
said Dr. James G. Jones,
chairman of the Department
of Family Practice. "This is a
warm and friendly com
munity, and we believe the
center will provide an ex
cellent opportunity to meet the
needs of the citizens while
presenting a realistic picture
of the practice of family
medicine to our residents and
students.
"The ratio of population to
primary care physicians is
considerabley higher in Bethel
than in the state and nation,
and we are pleased to be able
to cooperate with the com
munity in meeting their
medical needs and our
medical education goals."
According to Jones, the
11,210 residents in the area
currently are served by only
one physician.
Dr. John A. Voss, associate
professor of family practice
who joined the school in July,
will serve as clinical director.
Hertford Medical Clinic
116 W. Market St.
Is Open And Will Continue
To Remain Open.
HOURS 9 A.M.-CONTINUALLY UNTIL 5 P.M.
MONDAY-FRIDAY,
CLOSING WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS AT 1 P.M.
for Information Or Appointments
CALL 426-5711
I Tick fever can cause death
' ,
Warm weather brings out
the tick population. So, be
on guard. Particularly,
check children and pets
around the head and neck
areas for ticka.
In order for ticka to trans
mit Rocky Mountain Spot
ted Fever, they have to bite
and usually have to tiled for
six to eight hours. So, if you
spot one, pull it off gently,
using twwri and making
sure the mouth parts come
out, too. Then, swab the
bite area with alcohol
EES
Symptoms of infection
are a raah on the extremi
ties and fever. Never let
tick fever go untreated,
w- ire dedicated to main
taining only
standards rf family health
care.
Evans-Symons wedding is held [
Miss Catherine Faye Evans
became the bride of John Hill
Symons, III in a double-ring
ceremony Sunday afternoon in
Bethel Baptist Church.
Reverend Stanley Nixon of
Hertford officiated.
The bride is the daughter of
and Mrs. Joseph Lloyd Evans
of Hertford. Mr. Symons is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hill
Symons, Jr. of Hertford and
the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Nereus Chappell of Belvidere.
Presenting a program of
music were Mrs. Carolyn
Lavezxo, organist, Rex
Jackson, trumpeter; and Mrs.
Jane Gower, sister of the
bride, vocalist.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a for
mal gown of white silk
organza over bridal taffeta
with an empire waist, Vic
torian neckline, and a full
skirt with sweep train. The
sheer yoke of English net was
embellished withsilk venice
lace and she wore a chapel
length veil of silk illusion
bordered with silk venice lace
attached to a Juliet cap of
matching lace. Her bouquet
was white silk roses, cym
bidiums, and lilies of the
valley.
Mrs. Linda Musten of
Raleigh was her sister's
matron of honor. The
bridesmaids were Miss
Barbara Symons of Hertford,
sister of the groom ; Miss Sybil
Hobbs of Richmond, Va.; Miss
Melinda Seay of Garner; and
Mrs. Debbie Jackson of
Sanford.
Flower girl was Miss
Dabney Woodard of Hertford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Woodard.
John Symons, Jr. was his
son's best man. Groomsmen
were Lloyd Evans, Jr. of
Hertford, brother of the bride;
Dennis Symons and Mark
Symons, both of Hertford and
brothers of the groom; Roger
White of Crouse; Wayne
Tarkenton of Raleigh and
DonnieLuper of Chapel Hill.
Ring bearer was Master
Jeffrey Roberts of Virginia
Beach, Va.. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Roberts and cousin
of the groom.
Acolyte was Master John
Evans of Hertford, brother of
the bride.
Mistresses of ceremony
were Mrs. Jeanne White, aunt
of the groom, and Mrs. Joyce
Hobbs, both of Hertford.
Immediately following the
ceremony, the bride's
parent's entertained at a
reception in the Church Social
Hall. Later Mr, and Mrs.
Symons left on their wedding
trip to Charleston and Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina. They
will make their home in Cary.
The bride is a summa cum
laude graduate of North
Carolina State University in
Raleigh and is employed as a
programmer by Data General
in the Researoh Triangle
Park.
The groom is a graduate of
North Carolina State
University in Raleigh and is
currently employed as co
manager by Big Star in
Raleigh.
COURTIES
XThe bride was entertained
at a floating miscellaneous
shower on July 6 by friends
and relatives at the Hertford
Baptist Church.
A lingerie shower was given
for the bride July 7 by Mrs.
Harriette Woodard and Miss
Dabney Woodard at their
home in Hertford.
MRS. JOHN HILL SYMONS, III
The bridal couple was
honored at a Luau given by
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Gower
and Mr. and Mrs. Danny
Musten July 27 at the home of
the Gower's in Cary.
On the evening of July 28,
Mrs. Debbie Jackson honored
the bride with a Tupperware
shower in Raleigh.
A pool party, August 3, was
given for the couple by Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Landing,
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Dail, and
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour
Chappell, all of Herford at the
home of the Landing's.
Mrs. Mary Evans, Mrar.'
Delia Nowell, Mrs. Louisij
Evans, and Mrs. JoAnO
Evans, aunts of the bride
entertained the bride and her
attendants at a bridesmaid's
luncheon August 4 at the horn?
of Robert 0. Evans i?*
Edenton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Symons,
Jr. entertained the members
of the wedding party and out
of-town guests with a pig
pickin' at their home in
Hertford, August 4, after the
wedding rehearsal.
Obituary Revival services begin
Doris L. Lucas
Mrs. Doris Lamb Lucas,
age 64, died Friday after
noon, July 27, at her
residence following a long
illness.
Funeral Mass was held
Sunday, July 29, at 5 p.m. at
St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Father Michael DeAntonio
officiated.
Mrs. Lucas was born in
New Jersey, a daughter of
the late Thyele M. and
Josephine Rock Lamb, of
Belvidere.
Surviving members of the
family include her husband
Harry T. Lucas, of Harts
ville. South Carolina; one
daughter, Mrs. Edward
(Doris) Terwilliger, of
Hartsville, South Carolina;
two sisters, Mrs. Thelma
Christman, of Willow Grove,
Pennsylvania and Mrs.
Beatrice Barney, of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
one brother, T.M. Lamb, of
Grand Prairie, Texas; two
half sisters, Mrs. Frederica
Shields, of Albany, N.Y. and
Mrs. Caroline Baldt, of Cape
May, N.J.
Burial was in Magnolia
Cemetery in Hartsville, S.C.
directed by Norton-Dowling
Funeral Home.
Revival will begin at Hert
ford Baptist Church August
12 and run through August
17 at 7:45 each evening.
The Rev. Donald Wagner
of Rocky Hock Baptist
Church will be the guest
evangelist.
Revival Services will begin
at the Woodland Methodist
Church August 12-16 each
night at 8 p.m.
There will be special Choir
Music on Sunday evening.
The Pastor, Reverend
Burgess, will bring the
messages.
The Elder M.G. Copeland,
the choir, the congregation
and the ushers of Sweet
Beaulah Church in Suffolk,
Va. will render services Sun
day, August 12 at St. Paul
A.M.E. Zion Church in Hert
ford at 3 p.m. The services
are sponsored by the senior
usher board of St. Paul*
A.M.E. Zion.
Revival is set at Mt. Sinai'
Baptist Church starting Moo>
day, August 13 until Sunday,
August 19. Morning services
will begin at 11 a.m. and
p.m. Monday through Satur
day night.
The visiting evangelist will
be the Rev. Stanley Nixon. '
Rev. Eddie B. Brown,
pastor of Mt. Sinai invite^
all to attend the week of ser
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