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(Genesis 1:1; ?-31>
"God saw everything that He had
. made, and, behold, it was very good."
(Genesis 1:3)
? With this lesson we begin our au
I tumn quarter of studies under the
! general theme, "Begining of the Cov
; enant People." To study the Bible,
? both the Old and New Testaments, is
to study Holy History. It is the re
corded account of God working in teh
world, beginning with creation and
moving forward.
Thus, as we study the Bible we
come to see God as the God of His
. tory. We see God's characteristics as
He dealth with both persons and na
tions. In the beginning, God's
relationship with humankind was on a
. person to person basis? as in the
' cases of Adam and Eve, and noah, be
ing good examples.
? This type of relationship continued
for roughly 2,000 years, until Israel
emerged as a nation and God turned
to a more formal basis for His
; relationship with man; a covenant
and written laws. Yet, even God's
? relationship with Adam and Eve con
tained an implied convenant. A cove
nant is similar to a contract, or an
agreement between two parties.
In the instances of God's covenants,
He was the greater and the other par
ties, Ithe lesser. Most of the covenants
God made with man were conditional.
They would continue in effect so long
as man kept the conditions that God
set forth in them.
With Abraham, however, the cove
nant was unconditional and it contin
ues in effect until now. Holy History
teaches us that mankind failed to
keep the covenant relationship with
God, yet, God's Word is sure and con
stant and He never fails. Man can al
ways depend upon God to keep His
word and His promises. That is a good
point with which to begin this unit of
study.
THE BEGINNING OF THE UNI
VERSE
(Genesis 1:1)
"In the begining God created the
heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)
The first verse of the first book of
the Bible tells us how it all began. God
created it all, including man and
woman. Without a doubt, the Bible is
the in-errant Word of God. It's teach
ing is the only sure and certain thing
in this world. No monkey theories? no
big ban theories. God created the cos
mos, the universe, the earth, and ev
erything in it and on it. If mankind
cannot believe that then mankind's
future is bleek indeed.
THE BEGINNING OF HUMANITY
(Genesis l:Z*-28>
"And God said, Let us make man in
our image, after our likeness." (Gen.
1:28A).
This verse tells us that God said,
"let us". The trinity was creating.
God, the Father; God, the Son;
God, the Holy Spirit? all were in
volved in creation. After creating the
heaven and the earth and all vegeta
tion, the and all the natural
resources, God's crowning achieve
ment was the creation of man in His
own image. God gave man a soul, an
inward spirit. He gave him an intri
cate machine called a body? a brain
with which to think and the will of
choice.
Man would be able to think and
choose for himself. God placed all
that He had created in the earth un
der Adam and Eve's watchers. They
had dominion over it all. The animals,
fish, vegetation, mineral and ore
were created to sustain the life of
mankind.
The natural resources problems
which we hear so much about today
unclean air, unclean water, pollution,
etc, are man made problems. It is
what happens when man's greed
chooses to turn the world's natural re
sources into wealth.
THE CONCLUSION OF CREATION
(Genesis 2:1-3)
"God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it!" The seventh day was
sanctified, that is, set apart as some
thing special, or different, from the
other six days. Scholars may debate
God's intent concerning the Sabbath
day and it's holiness. This writer be
lieves that with the coming of Christ
and the new covenant, lthe first day of
the week is to be set aside for worship
and honoring God. Acts 20:7 makes
note of this.
(Lesson based on the International
Sunday School Lessons. )
Church news
Bay Branch A.M.E. Zion Church
Sunday school begins at 10:00 with
Mrs. Esther Hunter in charge. Morn
ing worship begins at 11:15. Music
wi!l be rendered by the senior choir
with Mr. Larry Felton, organist.
Homecoming will be observed at
2:00 with the Rev. Charlie Moore and
the congregations of St. Paul Baptist
Church, Sunbury, N.C. and Blan
chard's Grove Baptist Church,
Hobbsville, N.C. will render service.
Dinner will be served following serv
; ice.
The public is invite to attend.
Bay Branch AME Zion
Bay Branch A.M.E. Zion Church
Sunday school begins at 10:00 with
Mrs. Esther Hunter in charge. Morn
ing worship begins at 11:15. Music
will be rendered by the senior choir
with Mr. Larry Felton, organist.
Homecoming will be observed at
2:00 with the Rev. Charlie Moore and
the congregations of St. Paul Baptist
Church, Sunbury, N.C. and Blan
chard's Grove Baptist Church,
Hobbsville, N.C. will render service.
Dinner will be served following serv
ice.
The public is invite to attend.
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church will
worship Sunday morning and af
ternoon at the Sixth Mount Zion
Temple Baptist Church, Hampton,
Virginia. The Rev. M. Ivory Jefferson
is host pastor.
A charter bus will leave from First
Baptist Church at 8:35 a.m.; fare is
$8.00. The Rev. London invites all
friends to come and go with First
Baptist members.
The First Baptist Church doors will
be open for Sunday School and morn
ing worship.
Ministers meeting
The Albemarle Black ministers
conference will hold its First Min
ister's Meeting at First Baptist
Church, Saturday, Sept. 6, 1986 at
10:00 a.m. The Rev. Ricky Banks will
be the speaker. The Rev. John H. Lon
don, host. Ministers should attend.
New drug prooves effective
in treating heart attack victims
A drug used to treat chest pain has
been found effective in reducir^ sec
ond heart attacks by SO percent in a
group of heart patients who are prone
to recurring attacks, researchers at
Baylor College of Medicine and eight
other North American medical insti
tutions report.
The institutions tested the drug, dil
tiazem, on patients who are consid
ered highly prone to recurring heart
attacks.
The study results were reported in
the August 14 issue of the "New En
gland Journal of Medicine." Patients
in the study had what are known as
"non-Q-wave" heart attacks? be
cause of the shape of the wave on
their electrocardiograms? which ac
count (or about one-third of all heart
attacks.
There are about 1.4 million new
heart attacks per year in the United
States, of which approximately
400,000 are noo-Q-wave ha eat attacks.
This is the first therapy ever to be
shown to prevent heart attacks in this
group of patients.
Dr. Robert Roberts, chief of cardio
logy for Baylor College of Medicine
and The Methodist Hospital in Hous
ton, Texas directed the study.
"Thirty percent of all heart attacks
are non-Q-wave, which primarily in
volve the inner layer of the heart,"
Roberts said. "Although this usually
Perennials bloom in winter
Cut pampas grass now as soon as
the plumes reach maturity. They do
not require any treatment for pre
serving. Later on this winter cut the
plants back almost ground level.
Lenten roses are evergreen peren
nials that bloom in midwinter with
flowers of purple or white. Have pa
tience, as they are slow to estabilish
themselves. J. C. Raulston, NCSU,
suggests planting in shade, and pro
vide extra quantities of dolomitic
limestone or bone meal for their high
calcium needs.
Severe drought and heat take their
toll on vegetable gardens. As these
situations continue to prevail, elimi
nate growing vegetables that fail un
der stress. State horticulturists have
found that the hardiest veggies in
clude beets, broccoli, Brussels
sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, car
rots, collards, kale, leaf lettuce, mus
tard, radishes, spinch, turnips,
squash, and Southern peas.
Time to feed some of your fruit
plants, but don't overdo it, says
Flower and Garden Magazine. In Sep
tember, feed strawberries one to two
pounds ammonium nitrate per 100
feet of row. Apply when the leaves are
dry.
Blackberries and raspberries
should receive five pounds of 10-10-10
per square feet between rows.
Prune blackberries by cutting
canes that bore this year. Raspber
ries and blackberries are referred to
as brambles (Rubus). Classed as
woody biennials, the roots are peren
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nial, and each year canes grow and
attain their full size. The next year
they bloom, fruit, and die. You can
tell which canes are first year or sec
ond by the color. Any brown or dead
looking shoots should be cut down to
the base of the plant, leaving room for
next year's fruiting stalks. Canes
should be thrown away and never
used as mulch or compost because
they rot too slowly, and may harbor
harmful organisms and insects.
Thin out spindly little shoots to al
low air circulation. Cut healthy canes
back to six or eight inches, which will
result in larger berries next year.
Raspberry plants, both red and
white, require supports in order to
produce well. This is a good time to
provide posts with a strand of wire on
which to train them.
If you raise a lot fo brambles, you
will appreciate "Pruning Simpli
fied", by Lewis Hill, a brand new
Garden Way Publishing book. Mr.
Hill covers all kinds of pruning, from
trees to bonsai. I find it highly com
prehensive and extremely helpful.
means leu extensive injury, these pa
tients run a IS to SO percent risk of a
second heart attack occurring within
. i*..- ?
over a four-year period. Half iwafoad
diltiazem and the other half an inac
tive drug (? placebo). Treatment vas
given 24 to 71 hours after the onset of a
heart attack and was continued up to
14 days. -
A second heart attack occurred" in
9.3 percent of the placebo patients and
5.2 percent of the diltiazem patients ?
a reduction of 512 percent
In addition, the frequency of severe
angina or chest pain, in patients tak
ing diltiazem, was also reduced by 50
a year.'
A total of 576 patients were stwdid
Dear
friends.
You may ask, why at fu
nerals and visitations da
we view the body of the
deceased? Because if.
helps the bereaved family
to accept the reality of
death. There is no denying
it ? seeing is believing.
The many relatives and
friends who wish to ex
tend their sympathy help'
to cushion the shock and
disbelief. They provide the
family with much needed,
support.
Respectfully,
?>uiini>eU
Jftuncral
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of Thanks
The family of J.E. Jordan of Winfall deeply appreciates
all the kind deeds, thoughts, prayers, visits, calls, food,
cards, flowers and all other expressions of sympathy dur
ing his recent illness and death.
A special thanks is in order to the family physicians and
all the nurses and doctors at the Albemarle Hospital. May
God bless each one of you.
The family of J. E. Jordan
Thank you for the cards, food, visits, flowers, prayers,
and all acts of kindness shown to me during my operation
and recovery.
Frances Merritt
I wish to thank everyone for all the phone calls, cards,
and visits during my illness. Thank you also for your pray- 1
ers they meant so much.
Your thougbtfulness has been sincerely appreciated!
during my recovery.
Sincerely,
Annie (Tup) Winslow
I want to thank my many friends, neighbors, and loved
ones, for the flowers, cards, visits, and all other acts of
kindness and eapecially your prayers. I also want to thank
the doctors, nurses, and entire staff for their kindness and
patience I received during my stay in Chowan Hospital.
May God bless you as He has blessed me.
Pink Hurdle
We greatly appreciate all the prayers for our family,
food sent to the house, visits, phone calls, cards, and kind
words of sympathy by friends and neighbors during the1
illness and loss of our loved one. Your concern has meant
so much to us. We also thank Dr. Robert Lane for his excel
lent care and kindness. Again, we thank each of you for
your ihoughtfulness and continuing prayers.
The family of
Esther T. Lane
"HE'S NOT KIDDING"
Raymond C. Needham, Pastor
Hertford Baptist Church
Hertford, N.C.
When scripture toys, "Be not deceived, God i* not mocked .
. it means that God's word to main is to be taken seriously;
He is not kidding! We live in o day when multitudes give little
6[. no heed to God's word. They seldom reod the Bible or
make an effort to opply its teachings to their lives. They de
cide what is right and wrong by what those around them are
doing. Their standards are set occording to the latest trend or
fad. How easy it is to forget that God will have the last word.
He is the final authority, not man. Every person is accountable
to Him.
Psalm 119:89 says. "Forever, O Lord, they word is settled in
heaven." Matthew 24:35 reads, "Heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass away." Isaiah 40:8 tells us.
"The grass withereth the flower fadeth; but the word of God
shall stand forever."
Someone has called the Bible "God's written voice." In it He
has set forth the woy of righteousness. He has given His stan
dard for the life that will result in blessings from Him. His way
is the way of peate and abundant life. When we reject His
instruction, we at the some time invite into our lives trouble
and sorrow. It is a foct of the moral universe that when God's
word is ignored, there is a price to pay; and when men are
obedient. God i* pleated to bettow Hi* blotting. Many today
havo tho attitude that God it indifferent to how we live, and
that Ho it indulgent toward our violation! of Hit Holy Word.
They toy, "God it the God of love." That it true, for He "to
loved the world that He gave Hit only begotten Son." How
ever. He it equally the God of righteoutnett, and He inttructt
ut in righteoutnett that we may follow it for our good and hit
glory. The fact that God lovot doet not mean that He con
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OOOwt Ol vOO^QIvnCv "O mIo WOt O >
Yet, God hat tpoken to ut through Hit word, the Bible, and
He it not kidding I He toilt ut that "whatever a man toweth,
that tholl he alto reap" (GaloMan 4:7). If one repentt of hit tin
and believet in Chritt at Saviour, he reapt eternal life. But if
he re|ectt the Saviour he tholl not toe life, and the wrath of
God abidet upon him according to tho tcripturet (John 3:36).
Do we truly want Hit bletttngt upon our livet? If to. then let
go to Hit word and learn of Hit will and give obedience to it.
We cannot rett upon mon't witdom, for on every hand we tee
it failing to tolvet our problem t. Would we have our livet and
hornet blotted? Then litten to the ture word of God. He it not
kidding I
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