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T " ? Church Sunday School Lesson Old Testament reveals some characteristics of God '?? GOD CALLS JEREMIAH TO PROPHESY (Jeremiah 1:4-1*, 13-14. 17, It) "The Lord said unto me, say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall end thee, and whatsoever I command thee shalt thou speak, be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee, saith the Lord." (Jeremiah 1:7 8) With today's lesson we begin a fourteen week study from the books of the prophets: specif ically Jeremiah, Ezekiel and N.C. House Of Representatives 1st DISTRICT RUN-OFF ELECTION Tuesday, June 3rd. . . 6:30 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. VOTE FOR R.M. (Pete) THOMPSON HE IS INTERESTED IN PROMOTING MORE JOBS AND INDUSTRIAL RECRUITMENT! (Pd. Political Adv.. J.C. (Pate) Dail, Tr.) i Card of Thanks The family of Seth W. Long, Sr., wish to express their deep appreciation to everyone who remembered them during their time of sorrow. The cards, tele phone calls, visits, flowers, all of the food, & mostly the prayers you made mean so much to us. Also, we wish to thank Or. Robert Lane, the workers and pa tients of Morgan's Rest Home, & Swindell Funeral Home for their help during the death of our father. May God bless all of you. Virginia Mae, Cyril, Elwood Lee and Marie Daniel. Tbe lesson Scripture texts are divided thinly ; six from Jeremiah, five from Exekiel and three from Daniel. These should prove to be interesting studies. Some Christians spend very little time in studying tbe Old Testa ment, believing, I suspect, that the New Testament which covers the period of tbe church on earth to be most applicable. However, I have said on occa sion that the New Testament may better be understood if viewed through the eyes of the Old Testament. Both are impor tant, of course. The Christ of the New Testament was present be fore creation, was part of the cre ation and was present during all the cen tries prior to His physical birth in Bethlehem. The Old Testament has so much to say to Christians of to day. Through it's pages we see, at least, some of God's charac Expression ol Affection lot us holp you choos* a beauti ful memorial to appropriately porpotuoto the memory of a loved on*. Call or com* by soon I Our OMy location Mwy 17 Sow#? ocroM from Moort fr tdoy I A M 5 P M So?wrdoy I AM 12 Noon US-1S70 MMi ? SKwIa Clrfton omwi tens tics revealed, how He acted and re-acted to the good and bad of mankind. We see God's loving mercy, His grace, His forgive ness to the repentant, His pa tience and long suffering. We also see His almighty power, His righteousness, justice and judgement. We hear His stirring words, "I am the God of Creation, I change not." The thread of redemption be ginning with the fall of Adam and Eve, running through both the Old and New Testaments. God, through His infinite wisdom, chose to use men and women to work His redemptive plan; His perfect will. He called some peo ple to special service? which is our Scripture lesson for today. A PROPHET IS CALLED (Jeremiah 1:4-10) The Bible records that God raised some peopole up for a par ticular mission. John, the Bap tist, in the New Testament, was one of those; Jeremiah, the pho phet, was another. Jeremiah's mission was to deliver God's message to the people of Jerusa lem and Judah. His message was one of dread ful condemnation and doom for his people for they would on be taken away into Babylonian cap tivity. The great city of Jerusa lem, including Solomon's temple, was torn down and the country side devestated. What had brought God's chosen people to this state? It may summed up in uiese woras; dis obedience, idolatry, wickedness and evil. Jeremiah's assignment would not be an easy one for ije would do so under the threat of death, prison, beatings, etc., any- ( thing that would stop his voice. By his own admission Jeremiah was a prophet with "fire in Ms bones." '.?> He spoke with boldness and conviction. God had called him. Those whom God callls He en ergizes, equips and protects. Je remiah was preaching under the protective hand of God; nothing could happen to him. The time of | Jeremiah was roughly 600 B.GJ; but the same holds true for those whom God calls today. '' GROUNDBREAKING? John Mansfield, Chairman of the Board of Deacons at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church recently turned the first shovel ? ? 1 of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony f4r the church's new fellowship building. ? ?? m. t Do You Remember? Kendall Hastings Woodville Baptist Church Rt. 4, Hertford Remember the story of Adam and Eve, out of the Garden, how they looked for a place for shod*, a place to plant Mtdt, how they found the ground hard and full of thistle* and thorn* with little rain to grow their crops, how Cain killed Abel, all the hardship* they hod when God did not care for them, when they rejected God? Listen to their story of finding God in later years - of once ogain feeling God's presence. ADAM: Eve, How Wonderful I I can feel God's presense. I can feel fresh ness come back into my life. I feel happy. Come, let's walk with God. Let's sing praises to His name. Oh, God, thank you for your groce to forgive. EVE: Adam, Do you remember what it was like when we walked wtth God? ADAM: Wonderful! The beautiful paths lived with such beauty. The flowers ? their colors were of such brilliance. Holding hand* we could walk in splendor as the cool breeze soothed our cheeks. His voice from within, speaking words of love, giving all thai we needed. EVE: Yes, Adam, the berries were so |uky and delicious. The apple* were so red and yellow and delicious ? beyond imagination. ADAM: Eve, the oranges, bright as the sun and juicy. The streams of water so refreshing for dips and so cool to the throat. EVE: Adorn, God did give us all that we needed. He clothed our world in beauty and splendor and nourished our appetites with deli cious fruit, berries, food and clothed us with trie wm mth of His love. ADAM: Eve, How can we ever thank God enough, that once again Ha is with us. EVE: Adam, will He be with our children and children's children? ADAM: Ym, Evt. I'm sur* God loves thoi* wno respona to mi ThoM who. Ilk* us, mo that all God *v*r wanted or *v*r wants it to lovo and take caro of us; to take away the thistles and thorns; to cowto tho holds of clover to be beautiful; to give a bountiful harvest; to have tho trees of fruit to be in abundance; to spook to us words of comfort, words of kindness, words of ? ; ? - - incouroQMiMnt . EVE: All that'* in tho world. Adorn, it's horo for thoso who lovo God. Thot# who rot pood to His love. Come, Adam, let's go tell our children lest they 90 through life without God's care. ADAM: We can try. Eve, but one must lot God come in. One must open tho door of his life to God that God might come in. EVE: Adam, how could on* not want God's love, God's tender mercy? ADAM: Remember, Eve, wo thought we didn't. We must assume others feci as we did. EVE: Oh, Adam, if they only know. Com*, l*t us t*ll our story. Perhaps some with listen. Some will find love and happiness. If only one, 1 1 ih nt ralnlrlnn ---til wncn r?|o?cing ivvoi ^Rfiii Dw? ADAM: Eve, how groat God is to forgive, to forgot, to accept ones such as MjinrV Intn. UU ImIjI dock inro nit voia. EVE: Adam, I believe Ho was there oil the while. Ho knew we needed Him If w* wore to live. Ho know if we were to be happy, we needed His love. He know we wore a part of Him, and without Him we would suffer and die. ADAM: Lot us pray we will always be His. We can always keep His pardon . EVE: Hold my hand, Adam. Let's walk with God, together. ? Kendall Hastings The Perquimans Weekly Perquimans County 'a Only Newapaper For And About Perquimana People Reed Oil Company EXXON PRODUCTS HERTFORD, N.C. HOLLOWELL OIL CO. SUPPLIERS OF OIL PRODUCTS Phone: 426-5745 THE MESSAGE ON THIS PAGE IS SPONSORED BY THE MERCHANTS AND PA TRONS LISTED HERE. Church Hews Sermon topic selected ? r The First Baptist Church Sun day school begins at 9:45 a.m. with Superintendent Mrs. R.B. Gibbs in charge. Morning worship starts at 11:00 a.m. Pas tor J.H. London is preaching from the subject "Living In A Haunted House" Matthew 12:45. Youth Day and the Adult Choir is singing under the direction of Larry Felton, organist. The annual celebration of the Rev. J.H. London's birthday us Sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.|n. This is a fund raising for the R^v. London to attend the Hampton University Ministers Confer ence. The special guest will ?>e the Liberty Gospel Singers of jt. Stephens Baptist church ak^ig with other singers and solistsjof the area. The public is cordially in vi tied { to attend. S Freedom Fund banquet set j The fourth annual freedom fund banquet will be held Satur day night at Poole's Grove Bap tist Church Fellowship Hall, Woodville community at 6:00 p.m. The Gates County Gospel Carovan and the J.H. London singers will render the music. The Honorable Attorney Ronald Penny will be the guest speaker. The tickets are $8.00 each. The Rev. J.H. London is president, the Rev. J.L. Wills is the host r 1 Dear Friends, I Occasionally o bereaved person will want to deny the death that has occurred, however, it is necessary for mentol health to admit to yourself death's reality, even though it is a painful experi ence. One of tne ways to im press the reality of death is to view the body lying in state. The acknowledgment of death by relatives and friends con then help the be reaved toward acceptance of death and start the whole some process of grief and re covery. Respectfully, fcuiiniiell Jffuntral Home, inc. 509 Dobbs Str??t Hertford, N.C. 426 73 11 pastor. A door prize will be given. J Clinic schedule I ft % The Perquimans County Health Department schedule for the month of June is as follow}: June 2, Prenatal, a.m. ; Famjly Planning, p.m.; June 4, Pediat ric Clinic, p.m.; June 6, Geneaal Clinic, p.m. and WIC all d<y. June 9, 8:00, teen clinic; June )0, prenatal Redieck, a.m. ; June 11, Child Health, all day; June 13, General Clinic, p.m.; June 16, Prenatal, a.m. and Family Plan ning, p.m. J June 18, Child Health, p.iQ.; June 20, General Clinic, p.m. WIC, all day; June 24, Prenatal Recheck, a.m.; June 26, Ad< Health, all day and June 27, G4r> eral Clinic, p.m. r Pastors i Needed We tare I? king fa lacfll Ministers tht ?re wilUng Is their fmlth frt time ts time arid invested In irritlaijrf ? brief ipiritssl (359-409 wrd) mm eedmte sr tettlme m i m I mm mi em r ekmrek pmge plemse let mt CALL: fL^ ? ? In# r
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