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14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturdey, April 23, 1966 BIBLE LESSON stretched out his hand in an at- tempt to silence the prophet, God rendered it paralyzed, This drove Jeroboam to plead that kingdom. After enumerating os ae eee rm persistence jah predicts that the house of ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Seripture--1 Kings 12:25-14:20 VUE eT Jeroboam Misuses Religion the prophet pray to God to fore- give him and restore his hand. The prayer was answered. Despite the prophet's rebuke and the temporany physical punishment meted out, Jero- boam turned away !rom God's grace and salvation, stubbornly continuing his. evil practices. Realizing that the Real priests of the tribe of Levi would not follow-him-in-the establish t of idolatry, Jeroboam took it Jeroboam Establishes New Place Of Worship By R. H. RAMSEY Jerusalem should remain the Last week we saw how the| Ne shrine for worship of all the ten tribes drew apart from the|Hebrew people. The kingdom ad heen successfully divided but Jeroboam feared it would be difficult to maintain the separ- ation if the people continued to practice a religion centered--in the Temple at Jerusalem be- cause the religious tie would/upon himself to ordain priests eventually return them to their|indiscriminately. Some of these former king and dynasty, the! priests were "from: the lowest house of David. |of the people," possibly illiter- Insecure in his position, andj ate and certainly unfamiliar not quite believing in God's|with God's law or the ordained promise to establish a sure.dy-/form of worship. | nasty, Jeroboam took the "'ex-| As one step leads to another, | pedient" way out and estab-|Jeroboam assumed the priestly | lished new places of worship at|duties himself, ordaining feasts Dan and Bethel--ancient sacred|/and offering sacrifices at the | shrines in the extreme north|shrine in Bethel, thus putting and south of the kingdom, re-| himself in the place of God and, spectively--setting up "calveslat the same time, sealing his of gold" to represent Jahweh,!own destruction and the final "the God of physical forces." | overthrow of his people. Worshipping the true God at) Now an unexpected tragedy these local shrines was M0loccurs in the royal household. | breaking the Law. The sin lay} ahijah, the son through whom| in the making of the golden! Jorohoam expected his dynasty| bulls; and the worship of them|ty continue, spice ai ill. Pel Jeroboam will be destroyed and its descendants will not continue to reign over an Israel which ultimately will be destroyed. Ahijah died, followed by Jero- boam. Another son, Nadab, reigned over Israel, but two years hefore heing seeaseinated. Thus the Jeroboam dynasty was extinguished and a new dynasty came to rule Israel. form a separate Northern King- dom, Israel. After the death of Solomon, the people asked Re- heboam, --his--son,; fora --reduc- tion in the oppressive taxes and forced labor of his father. Arrogantly, Rehoboam rejected their plea, adding that he would afflict them even worse. This foolish reply was but the straw that broke the camel's back. There were other rea- sons, too, the tribal jealousies existing since the Israelites en- tered Palestine; Jeroboam's own ambitions, and religious apathy on the part of the people. Unwittingly, Rehoboam sparked the revolt that split the nation, even as God had prom- ised, Jeroboam, who had been a REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS |] (World Headquarters, Independence, Missouri) ? ORANGE TEMPLE SIMCOE & BRUCE, OSHAWA Ahijah's prophesies of the destruction of the house and dynasty of Jero- boam come to pass--l Kings 14:1-20. GOLDEN TEXT: Galatians 6:7. keep his people from worshipping When Jeroboam tries to silence the Continuing in disobedience, Jeroboam OS iomea, Jeroboam sets up idols prophet sent from Judah, God tem- ordains his own prieses and feasts, at the ancient shrines of Dan and porarily paralyses the king's hand. even assuming priestly duties him- Bethel--1 Kings 12:25-33. It is restored.--1 Kings 13:1-10. self at Bethel.--1 Kings 13:11-34. hold its anniversary May 1. The DISTRICT NEWS church service will be at 7.30 Iraq Plans Rice 2 Growing p.m. with Rev. John Romeril as a un on . _NewMembersGreeted 2; pe." Project At "Eden's" Site At Courtice Church Congratulations are being ex! wasiINGTON -- Iraq hopes|It was of this area that iherelseocier whae tee' Gat oe meet at 2.30 p.m. tended to the members of the ' hier jto make the Garden of Edenjdotus wrote: 'The blade of the ted him of a plot. Jeroboa da } Courtice veg pas the 5UN-|y109m again, |wheat-plant and barley-plant is aed . tally eee sata lind as "gods" of convenience Waslretly the queen is sent to seck| sadhana egy gee Re pelle An old Arab tradition holds|0ften four fingers in breadth. ASithere until the death of Solo-\{d0latry and absolute disobedi-| 9,1 Ahijah, the prophet who had/ » COURTICE (TC) -- A recep-| Courtice church from the Cour-| : : nei " ence to the second command- "ton of new members and Come: es, Ebenezer and Maple Grove|"e@ding was Easter Sunday. The responsive! h \ BE prea Ao Dor-|that present-day Al Qurnah, a|f0r the millet and sesame, Ilmon, Then he was called back prophesied the division of the a " dustaAlcdstieal chatee leen Wright, the scripture read-\town in. southeastern Iraq on | shall Pc say to what height/,, a Jeader of the northern| xg on tees Ont: pthe north east zone of Osh-|ing by Gregg Simmons, the of-|the tight bank of the Tigris), 0°Y 8 h isnorant Abat a Me Po nate| tribes and was at their head b : { Nanantay River, is the approximate site|!82orant a a ve/when the revolt took place and tice United Church. |awa Boy Scouts held a ' pre- rer a oe ae godess the Biblical Garden of Fgep.|@/"eady written concerning the|the new nation, Israel, founded Those received by profession|Camporee at Courtice with Billy i. God?" was delivered|Here the Tigris joins uitfulness of Babylonia must|Quite naturally he was made of faith were: Richard Ellis,|Werry as camp chief. He "h:|by Dan Carpenter. An anthem|Euphrates to form the majes-|Seem incredible to those who|king over Israel--as had been Todd Penfound, Lee Penfound,|assisted by David Barnes. The) i Sia ong Angels" was|tic Shatt al Arab that channels|have never visited the coun-|prophesied by Ahijah (I Kings Bonnie Bishop, Donna Johnson, pela pa ay Gotaad tran, ene by the group under the di-|the waters of both great iV0re escee UP PICTURES _|12'29739)--and God promised to Debbie Vetzal, Marilyn Ryan, i a held May 13 at Camnirection of Archie Campbell,|into the Persian Gulf ede eee ati ie te continue his dynasty if Jero- Marian Ellis, Vickie Reynolds, je nac aie 8 bees ook 7 my | Members of the group had| This area was a corner of| The lan ree ih on would serve Him faith- Pat Estabrooks, Cindy Castle/* Tinnhy awards we she t.|breakfast at the home of Mr.|Mesopotamia, the ancient hb ul ag Soe e |fully. ; and Bonnie McGee. led 6 a yh rine oa ie Jand Mrs, Allan Down after the| world's foremost granary. In| 6, coats ae : ae Pe The founding of the Northern) Adults joining the congrega-/,/..° 9. oP ke patrols, the |service. Herodotus' words, Mesopotamia| Bebe :20), ig ve $/Kingdom immediately brought 'tion by certificate of transfer|ii7 nena v Teoh pice} Courtice UCW members were|WaS & "forest of verdure from|4S pedy onia, and after Alex-jon a controversy as to whether | were: Mr, and Mrs. Glen Tier-|, 408 and Ax" Trophy, which| end to end," but the centuries|@nder's time as Mesopotamia. | - The ney and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cretan. A congregational meeting was uests of the Harmony UCW re- ae had been held by the 17th Osh-|% , since Babylon emerged there in|!t has been peopled by various) \i 94 by building a --_ 6 Tomorrow: held following the service :to 10:00 A.M. Church School For Children end Adulte 11;00 A.M. Morning Worship All Ave Invited Phone 728-9606 Courtice United Church will ------ IF YOUR ANSWER IS "YES" | 1, Do you believe in the broth- erhood of man, irrespective of nation, race, or creed? ent, i era By divine command, an un- |known prophet came from Ju-| \dah to the Bethel altar where UNITED Jeroboa yas burning incense ey iret hcl Ghat the king! PENTECOSTAL had done. When the king CHURCH 320 Ritson Road South (near Olive) 723-6325 The Whole Gospel to the Whole World | Sunday: || 10 AM,--Sundey School 14 A.M,--Morning Worship | 7:30 P.M.--Evangelistie Wed. 8:00 P.M.--Bible Study ond Prayer Fri., 8:00 P.M.--Young People EVERYONE 2. Do you believe that "reli- gious truth," to be acceptable, | must be in harmony with the | truth in every other field--sci- ence included? WELCOME then you are | professing the } Unitarian beliet | APRIL 24th 11;00 A.M, Speaker: MRS. _GREGORY TOPIC PSYCHOLOGY IN RELATION TO EDUCATION UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP Boys' Club Eulelie St, 1350 RADIO | HARMONY ROAD BAPTIST 135 Harmony Rd. South Pastor: Wm. J. D. LEWIS 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. SUNDAY SERVICES es Sr rr ORS Fomily Bible School 11;00 A.M, -- "UNDER ORDER" ~~ DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE -- SUNDAY 2:30 P.M.--Healing Service and Open Circle cently a speci ship servi awa Troop for three years. ee oe en fue about 2200 B,C. have seen des-|TACces. The backgrounds of to- smeared ark that carried thel orig ped ata & small ors, An Bastar pageant was pre-|ert sands blow over fertile day's Ma'dan include Sumerian, family members and animals.| ae eS) SORRY Wee NED {sented and a conducted tour of|fields; clogged canals have aa, wer TOSI OMS the oak subsided, the| Reveals the startling signi- discuss the separation of the Racoud prize went to the ath {lt new church was enjoyed. turned farmlands into swamps The naib. Mesonotaiiia sti Sumerian "Noah" sent out al ficance behind world news! _ Oshawa Sea Scout Troop: while|MTs. Lloyd Courtice thanked the|@nd marshes, wena aay stares: it dove, swallow, and raven to look| . with PROPHECIES next Co ed the third prize was awarded to| Harmony group for its hospital-/RICE TO BE PLANTED the Garden of Eden, the Tower for land, The ark landed on a} 20 yeors! Gold be ver the 21st Oshawa Troop. ie Since 1950, oil-rich Iraq was|0f Babel, and the Great Flood. vila | Monday - Saturday | Thhe prizes won by the 2ist) _ lturned over a large portion of|The oldest religious chronicles 9:05 - 9:35 P.M, Bibl Given |Troop were presented by Mr.| Sinners above all men I tellloit reyenues-now 50 percent--|f Mesopotamia tell that the LISTEN TO (or immediately following | 3. Do you believe the primary 1Die hedeg A at the wane horseshoe thee, Nay.--Luke 13:2-3. |to an Economic Planning Board|¢arth was created from a THE FAMILY BIBLE ah hk Veen ' ibility for h prog- an e prize to the 8th Troop| Suffering is not always due to ] use ivati jwatery chaos. These chronicles ae ond Sunde An historic milestone is béing|phy David St. Andrew's. The|sins of our own, nor those of Boel le YT seete ouaie at the '"'fall of man" to HOUR 10:30 - 11:00. P.M. ress rests upon man? bape ogo -s etn "q|ttoPhy and prizes were donated|others. The vagaries of Nature health, education, communica-j€ating a forbidden fruit, In SUNDAY UNITED SPIRITUALIST cad ia teen works by Charles Carpenter, 'show no respect for persons. _| tions, 'and industry. Among the/ancient tradition, a deluge| cxin DIAL 1350 Gidions International in Canada. current agricultural projects is|Covered the inhabited earth; | CHURCH OF ONTARIO A beautiful gold-covered Bible jone to plant rice in the aAljone family, forewarned, sur-|------ was presented to the manage-| [epee a, ela try to restore : Orange Temple, oyal York Hotel, | ; , ~ sist 7 z speciht function! Whatever Al Qurnah's ancient H E A R GRACE Bruce St., orens Poh ore past may have been, it is no) (Upstairs Travellers, hospital patients,| Eden now. All around Al Qurnah LUTH ERAN prison inmates-and many others} ll Sd Velen cata The the activities of sitors rate --| H Lutheren Chi ~ The Gelstin Wer 180 tase how the brooding marshlands. This Baas" to ie " (Mon Sone) = this organization started its is the stronghold of the little-| roacicas PARK ROAD & HIGHWAY 40} world-wide operations. known Ma'dan people who earn| DAILY Messiah lee vee A bedtime conversation be-| a precarious existence from the Mon. te Sot. cuneate tween two Christian salesmen, reed beds, mud flats, and who were sharing # room in a waterways. crowded Hotel, led to the foun- Farther south, the flat and ding of the well-known lay featureless delta country movement in 1899. Today there changes. Near Basra, the south- are 22,700 members in 73 coun- ern port city, grow millions of tries. Two thousand one hund- date-palm trees. Iraq produces red and fifty of these members about 80 percent of the world's are Canadians, organized into date supply, and the south- 169 local" branches, called eastern end of the country looks Camps. Members work quietly! like one enormous palm grove. o @nd unobtrusively in their com-| Iraq's great central plain be-| munities, seeking to give a spir- tween the Tigris and Euphrates itual and moral uplift to others. remains productive; here much Gideons, themselves, voluntar- of the country's grain is grown ily provide about 30 per cent! pf the Canadian budget of $400,-| 000. The balance comes from fnterested Christian friends and through the operation of a Mem- orial Bible Plan. Qualifications for membership call for a per-| sonal faith in Christ as Saviour} and Lord and a belief in the Bible as the inspired Word of God, The first Bibles were placed) in a Canadian hotel by the Gedeons in 1911. By 1952 the first million copies had been distributed. The three millionth 'milestone was reached in 1961, indicating the ceaseless activity of this modern Gideon army. Internationally, four million Scr- iptures are distributed yearly. |, A major program in Canada | involves the annual presentation | of more than 200,000 New Testa- ; ments with Psalms and Proy- erbs to Grade 5 public school | children. And thousands of Bib | les have been place in the dor- mitory rooms of College and University studenis, A Ladies Auxiliary present -- attractive white bound Testaments to stu ; dent nurses. AS A consequence of their | Scripture placement activity | the Gideons receive a steady | flow of letters from persons who | have experienced spiritual help. | The writers are cla folk and | youngsters, drinks and drys saints and sinners, but al! with th same basic message-"Thank You". Gideons look upon them- selves as an arm of the Christ- Jan Church, helping te carry! Out Christ's great commission | to take the Gospel to every, creature. 7:00 P.M, -- DIVINE SERVICE MR. BRIGGS & MRS. FITTEN Clairvoyant: MRS, HUGGETT 9:45 A.M SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 A.M. 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BEHOLDING HIS HANDS Church School and Morning Worship at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1164 King St. E. Call Now... 123-3492 acti CLASSIFIE 11:00 A.M. BODY AND SOUL Colossians 1: 15-20 Solo; 'My Cathedral' Blans. Soloist: Mrs. G. Hawker Anthem: Lift Up Your Heart 11:00 A.M.-All departments of the Church School at the Seventh Dey Adventist Church. Please enter by,side door Tues. --- 7:45 Youth Meeting Wed. -- 8:00 Bible Study and Proyer Fri, --- 6:45 Children's Church ee ee ee oD King Street Is -- A Friendly Chureh ( ~~ A Family Church ~-- A Full-Gosmpe! Chureh WORSHIP WITH US THIS WEEK BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES 11:00 A.M. -- "The Overthrow Of Opposition" 7:00 "Engaging Our Enemy' 7:00 P.Mx--SERVICE BROADCAST OVER CKLB RADIO 9:45 AM-- 9:45 A.M, BIBLE SCHOOL 11:00 A.M. Mr. Morrow Worrrbyt €.5.B. 7:00 P.M "LIFE AND WALK OF FAITH" 7:43--BIBLE and PRAYER Cers will leave et 10:40 am, sharp, corner King ond Charies Ste Oshowe and Dis Wednesday 7:45 Bible Study and Prayer we. 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