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Church God sends Hosea to Israel to show his abiding love for his people -Sunday school lesson i? HOSEA MARRIES GOMER (Read from yoar Bible. Hosea 1 : 2-Z : 1 > "In the place where it said unto . them, ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, ye are the Sons of the living God." (Hosea 1:10) In the lessons which we have just -completed, our hearts have been lifted by glorious message of the res ? urrection. It may seem strange to go back seven hundred years into the ,Okl Testament to the time of the prophet, Hosea. Hosea was a citizen of Judea whom God called as a prophet to serve the Kingdom of Is rael. The story of Hosea and Gomer is one of the most interesting stories of the Old Testament. Israel, to the north of Judah, was moving swiftly to it's end. God's judgement would sooon fal upon tbem. Yet, God wanted, even yearned for, the nation to repent and so escape the judgement to come. Judgement would come in the form of the Assyrian government, who would invade Israel, defeat her and take the people into exile. God called and sent Hosea to Israel to protray His abiding love and His desire to for give a repentant nation. God used Gomer to help teach and prepare Hosea for the task to which he had been called. Symbolically, Gomer would be likened to the way ward nation of Israel.. .and Hosea, symbolically, would be likened to God. JEZREEL ? GOD SCATTERS (Hosea 1:2-5) The lesson text given begins with verse 2 of Chapter 1, "The beginning of the Word of the Lord by Hosea. Perquimans County I area church calendar Rummage sale The Oak Grove United Methodist Women will have a rummage and bake sale Saturday, May 9, at the Winfall Community Building from 9 12:00 p.m. Proceeds will be used for projects of the unit. First Baptist schedule The First Baptist Church Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship starts at 11 :00 a.m. with Pas tor London preaching from the sub ject "A Picture of A Good Mother." Proverb 31:10. The senior choir will sing under the direction of Barbara Shannon. The Holy Communion will be served. The First Baptist Church Annual Woman's Day worhip will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The guest speaker is Mrs. Fannie S. Leigh. TTie Bay Branch A.M.E. Zion church will sing. Chairperson, Christine Modlin in vites all to attend. Modlin to preach The Rev. James Modlin, Jr. of Bal timore, Maryland, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Modlin, Sr. of Hertford, N.C. will preach at the Bay Branch, A.M.E. Zion Church on Saturday night, May 9, 1967 at 8 p.m. He will be accompanied by the Spiritual Lights with Mrs. Gloria Mitchell, organist. This program is sponsored by the se nior ushers of Bay Branch A.Z.E. Zion Church. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Committee formed 20 YEARS AGO Medical Committee Appointed Tuesday : A Medical Committee was appointed by the Perquimans County Commissioners Tuesday night at a special session held in the Court House. Committee members are Mrs. T.P. Brinn, Mrs. Lucille S. Winslow, Emmett Landing, Charles Harrell, Jr., Thomas Nixon, Jr., and Robert Spivey. The purpose of the meeting was to make plans to set up some type of Medical Program here to meet our current need. Following a lengthy discussion, concerning the difficulties involved in securing a physician for Hertford and the county, it was decided that a Medical Committee should be appointed to contact the doctors in Elizabeth City and Edenton seeking their assistance in supervising a Medical Clinic here to meet the emergency. Wayne College Names Honor Roll: John E. Hurdle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Hurdle of Hertford, Route 1, for his academic achievement is listed on the Honor Roll at Wayne Commu nity College during the Winter Quar ter, 1968-69. Hurdle, a Forestry stu dent, has been enrolled for at least twelve quarter hours and has earned a quality point average of at least 300 for the quarter with no grade below C to be eligible for this honor. Perquimans County HEW Hearing set For June 10: Superintendent C.C. Walters has announced the Perqui mans County Hearing with HEW has been scheduled for June 10. The pur pose of the hearing is to revaluate the situation in Perquimans County con cerning its compliance with HEW regulations. TRY CLASSIFIEDS! Card of Thanks I would like to express my sin cere appreciation to all of you who showed your love and con cern through flowers, visits, tele phone calls and prayers while I was a patient in Albemarle Hospi tal and since my return home. May God bless all of you. Howard D. Hurdle and Family We would like to express our sin cere thanks for the many flowers, food, visits, cards, prayers, and many acts of kindness shown us during the death of Wallace J. Chappell. I want to thank the Nurses at Guardian Care for their good care of me. I would like to thank all who gave food since my return home from Guardian Care, and for your many prayers, cards, visits, and many acts of kindness you are still showing me. May God be with each of you. Dorrie Mae Chapped I And the Lord said unto Hoea, go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms..." This startling command has long puzzled earnest students of the Scrip tures. First, Hoaea was ordered to marry a prostitute. Was Gomer a prostitute before they were married, or did she become a prostitute af terwards? The first child from the union was fathered by Hosea, but the Scripture is silent concerning the other chil dren. Sincere scholars may differ ag bout the interpretive detail concern ing Hosea, Gomer and the children, but on the spiritual trugh, which God intended, there is little to disagree about. The Lord is using a human sit uation to teach a spiritual truth. The Bible pictures God as the husband and Israel is married to Him. Israel has departed from God and she is involved in idolatrous relationship with pagan gods? she is committing adultry. Through the names given to Hosea and Gomer's children God is telling Israel of the coming judgement which will be brought upon them. The first child Jezreel means "God Scatters." The nation will be de feated and the people scattered abroad. In 721 B.C. The nation will be defeated and the people scattered abroad. In 721 B.C. the Assyrian forces defeated Israel and the people were marched off into captivity. LO-RUHAMAH? NO MERCY (Hosea 1:6-7) "And she conceived again, and bare a daughter And God siad call her name Lo-Ruhamah: for I will no longer have mercy o the house of Is rael." What a strange name for a child. There is a great spiritual tea ching in this People may sin and dis obey God to the point that He with draws His mercy from them. That is stark reality: yet scriptually true. Thfc-e is a point beyond which God says ' enough,' then comes judge ment One can fully imagine what it would be like to be adrift in the world without God's protective hand. I.O-AMMI-NOT-MY-PEOPLE (Hosea 1:8-9) "Then said God, call him Lo Ammi : for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God." (Verse 9). The Northern Kingdom of Israel consisted of ten tribes of the original twelve tribes. Today they are spoken of as the ten lost tribes of Israel ; God did indeed scatter them. Their down fall began with the separation into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms Domestic violence conference Professionals and volunteers who assist victims of domestic violence across the state are encouraged to at tend a conference on domestic vio lence at Peace College in Raleigh, May 27-29. Featured speakers will include Sis ter Elaine Roulet, known for her min istry to women in prison; Rep. Mar garet Keesee-Forrester of Greensboro; Beth Richie, co-chair of the Women of Color Task Force of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Catherine A. Jourdan, a clinical counselor with the Stress Management and Counseling Center in Winston-Salem. Participants will attend workshops covering topics such as grant writ ing, rural program needs, legal is sues, education in this schools and in the community, child sexual abuse and many others. The fee for the conference registra PICK YOUR OWN DISCOUNT UP TO 50% OFF NOW THRU MAY QUALITY CLOTHING HERTFORD tion is $30, covering workshops, materials and breaks. For those who register after May 15, the fee will be $35. For information and registration, contact Julia Reeves, Director, N.C. Domestic Violence Project, 526 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, N.C.? 27604, or call (919 ) 733-2455. The conference is being sponsored by the Governor's Task Force on Do mestic Violence and the N.C. Council on the Status of Women in cooper ation with about 15 other agencies "Each month, programs and shel ters across the state are seeing an av erage of a thousand women who are victims of domestic violence and are seeking help for the first time," said Anna Mills Wagoner of Salisbury. CALVARY CHURCH is planning atrip to Thrashers Reunion DENTON, N.C. please make reservations before May 21 Call Maude Elliss at 426-7200 which were disobedient to God'ftwill. Israel's first king under the separa tion was Jeroboam I. Immediately upon becoming king, he built twp pa gen altars, one in the south. The peo pie were ordered to worship these pa gan dieties, instead of Jehovah pod There is another great spiritual fruth here. "Thou shalt have no other pods before me. (The first command ment.) { (Lesson based on the Interna t|>nal School Lessons. ) I 1 Dear friends. St. Augustine made vthifc comment approximate!^ 400 A.D. "The laying oijft of the body, the buricfl rites . . .are more of a consolation to the living than of assistance to th* dead." Since that timej many other qualified pert sons in religion and psyJ chology have agreed. The funeral service impressed the reality of death, while it brings together relo tives and friends to share the burden of grief of th$ bereaved family. Respectfully} i?uiiniieUr IPuneral Home, 3nc. 509 Dobbs Street Hertford, N.C. 426-7311 "MOTHER'S DAY" Raymond C. Needham, Pastor Hertford Baptist Church The word "Mother" has a very special meaning in our thinking, and our observance of "Mother's Day" next Sunday will surely be accom panied by a sense of love and gratitude for this special lady in our lives and homes. Motherhood has, in recent years, come under attack by some who regard it as a second rate role in life, as something that is degrading, depriving a woman of fulfillment and the attaining of her potential. Yet, what could be a greater achievement in life than to have reared a child who has learned to reverence God, and out of that reverence, become a preserving influence in the society of which he is apart? Our concept of motherhood is also a reflection of the value we place upon the life of a child. Think of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, who became a faithful, God-fearing leader of the nation Israel. She prayed for a son, and when he was born, she regarded him as a gift from the Lord. We are not surprised to learn that her chief desire for Samuel was that he might be used of the Lord all the days of his life. Thus we hear her saying, "For this child I prayed . . . therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord." (I Samuel 1:27,28). Her baby boy was not regarded as a burden and an inconvenience. Another worthy mother from God's word is Eunice, the mother iff Timothy, another young man who became a blessing to others. Whet) the apostle Paul wrote to him he "Called to remembrance the un feigned faith that is in three, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother, Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also." (II Timothy 1 :5). We read also that Timothy had known the scriptured from his youth. His mother sought God's best for him. Perhaps the greatest influence regarding the destiny of our natioft lies with our mothers. This is to take nothing from the tremendotft responsibility of the fathers; but it is the mother who usually gives thS intimate daily care to the child. Her words, her touch, her compas sions expressed are all keys in the formulation of that tender life. It would be unrealistic to say that her responsibility is not a great one; but it would be equally unrealistic to deny that she has one of thc< highest privileges known, for she has in her hands the opportunity df moulding a life for good. As we honor our mothers and express our thanks for all that they mean to us, let us also pray for God's blessings uuon them, for th&r task is indeed demanding, but there is One who is able to supply their needs. People's Bank & Trust Co. MEMBER FDIC Hertford, N.C. Reed Oil Company EXXON PRODUCTS HERTFORD, N.C. HOLLOWELL OIL CO. 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