SATURDAY, JULY 11, .1959 Sunday School Lesson (Continued from Page 2) The listeners were to be all the citizens and resident aliens? especially the children. The seventh year was also the sabbatical year of release from debt (Deuteronomy 15:1-6). The Jews were greatly concerned about instructing their children in the religious heritage of their nation. Therefore, they read the Bible both publicly and privately. Religious education was a prime concern of the Hebrew people. (See Deuteronomy 4:6; 6:7, 20-25; 11:19; and 32:46). .The wholesome influence of such Bible reading is hard to estimate. This public reading of the F when } p SALE V I HE FUTURE OPTH tion than passed over England during the years which parted beth from the meeting of the the middle of the reign of E'.izaLong Parliament. England bethat book was the Bible. It was came the people of a book, and . . . .read at churches and lead at home, and everywhere its words . . . kindled a slrutlirg enthusiasm." Today's world is desperately in need of such regular and thoughtful exposure to the Scriptures. LESSON PRAYER Teach us to realize, O God. that laws, freedom, and truth T] Law in ancient Palestine has been echoed in more recent times in our own British-American history. At the time when the Bible was first being translated into English, people were so eager to read it that six copies of the Great Bible were chained to lecterns in Saint Paule's Cathedral in London. Huge crowds gathered with eagerness to hear the reading of the Scriptures. So hungry were persons for this reading that the church authorities had to rule against it during sermon time because the congregation could not hear the preacher! The impact of such reading has been estimated by the historian, John Richard Green, who said: ''No greater moral change ever passed over a naCOOK ASTER K WITH m See dea dur POWER CC (Q. I Ifou cook wi ON ALL APP "al I I w y|j! ~_ 1 Easy te DUK,Eo - luiuv nuin nice uuu uuu wo can enjoy true prosperity only as long as we are loyal to thy commands. Save us from compromise and from a weak and waviSS^I ??-? ?? ? I.; .'V H) - -1 '.-'.tl t' ; V ith a modem LIANCES 1 tE KMC ering commitment. Grant us th( courage to act in terms of greai convictions. Through J c s u : Christ we pray. Amen. It Pays to Advertise In In THE FUTURE OUTLOOK P0&&. :vjv: 'f HECK y KITCHEN C CLEANER EVER B! life** kg - II KM^riCIC day's successful horaemakers i : because electric is faster, i ?h speed units in direct coi nsfer heat into the food fast ,n any other method. ly half the heat is required f ich needs no perpetual pilot ] king. Your kitchen stays as 1 ler when you cook electrically sal comfort because an elect iduce 2 to 3 quarts of water ii t adds to the humidity and i r weather, and helps peel you llpaper. ALE NOW! ht now all of the handsome n trie water heaters, clothes di ibination freezer-refrigeratoi te Power. Low budget terms the new electrical appliance lers, or visit the Duke Powe ing this sale. >MPANY 'AO&naL THUMB t We're open 'til 8 p. m. s so if you need anything, stop in at CITY GROCERY 223 W. Lewis Street THE HEAT ijpn|h) YOUR OOB-iR, ? $3; / THAN % '<>? EFOL3E jf RANGE! prefer electric cookcleaner and cooler, atact with the pot er, more efficiently or electric cooking, light as with flame nuch as 16 degrees . You'll enjoy addiric range does not 1 the form of vapor discomfort of sumr paint or sag your lew electric ranges, ryers, freezers and s are on sale at , :f desired. is at your favorite ir appliance center

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