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’iMPHOVBD IfORM JNTEP.NATIONAL INDAY I chool uesson -.bold l lcndquiAt. d. d. ’!r®u^y Bible institute of CWca«o. Western Ncw*paper Union. Lesson for December 5 -ibtects and Sfrlpture texts se- v.,^ hv intern.itioual *U lul^iobs Education; used by [jjE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS lUSON TCJCT-Extwlus 20:17; Luke 12; Shalt not covet tl^ neighbor-i.- tv Ten Commandments (the last which we study today) ^fe terized by their brevity, their „hensive touch with all of '‘iid fidelity to tho rightT But are also unique and different all other laws in that they into the inner recesses of a I’s heart, a realm where only ^ can judge and act. ^jiis last commandment (agai^t fjtoushess) emphasizes that point, . It does not ^pressly require or bid any act. but deals with the idfe of man’s action. Man can another man’s bets, but he ot judge his motives, desires, or bts. God musX do that. ^ man can, by. the grace 6f CJod, :ol his motives; and hence we this commandment and it^ in- etatfcn. L The Sin—Covetousness (Ex. 1:17). • • . - "'ll may be a surprise to many to 1 that coveting—or desiring what Dgs to anotherr^is a sin. It has ne one of the “respectable i” accepted in the best circles 1 practiced’by many church j?e.o- TMt CAMDEN CHWOUHCt-K. CAMOtN. fOtfTH CAHOLWA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER S, 194S, PA(^ CLEV^ announcements Our Laoy of Perpetual Help (Catholic) Sunday mass at 10 a. m. Week-day mass at 8 a. m. Hoty Days of Obligation and First Iridays «t 6:15..a."7n. Rev. J. E. Burie, Priest In Charge. First Baptist Church J. Barnwell Caston, Pastor Matthew M. Rabon, Associate Pastor Sunday school at 10 a. m. Church worship at 11:15 a. m. B. T. U., at 6:45 p,. m. Church Worship at 8 o’clock. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, Dec. 5, A. Douglas McArn, pastor: Church school'at 10 a. lh.~ with a Bible class for every age. The nursery class for small children con tinues through the preaching service Morning worship at 11:15. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Lyttlaton Street Methodist Church - Henry P. ColHns, Pastor Church school wt 10 a. in. Classes !or all ages. * > Morning worship at 11:16 a. m. Worship service for youth, 7 p. m Holy communion every first Sunday at 11: IS a. nt , The nursery department remains open during the morning hour for small children. As a matter of .tact, this sin un- [lies all the otifter sins against I the commandments apeak. He has,a love for money and an desire to have his neighbor’s 5ions-.^wiIl hate, lie, steal, at, kill, in fact, as Dr. Morgan “The whole realm of human errelations is disorganized and «ken up by the dishonoring of the I commandment.” D you have become a lover of ey, or one who longs to have at your friends own, beware. You i in real danger. t-fhe- Result ^ A-Ruinajl *Life ke if: 13-21). [To have such a spirit makes a greedy (v. 13), callous and 1 (w. 17-19), and foolish (v. 20), regarding this life and that liich is to come. [The yardstick of success in the rid—for an individual, an organi* or a nation; yes, even for ny a church—is the possession of ^alth, or property, or other ngs.” Write it in large letters I the hearts and minds of our boys girls, “A man’s life conststeth in the abundance of the things kich he possesseth” (v. 15). [The one who was known to his ds (and to himself) as “a rich n’’ (v. 16), but whom God knew n "fool” (v. 20), had more than : could use for himself. He had i^build new and bigger barns, and lid not see the “bams” that were •dy prepared, for, as Ambrose ». "Thou hast bams—the bosoms ' the needy, the houses of widows, * mouths of orphans and infants.” was a fool who loved money for elf- One wonders what he had for himself when that very ‘ hft-was caHed—inta' of God to give an account of i^^wardship (v. 20). If you are ‘ilarly situated and have the M attitude, what will you say in t day? ^ important point which we _ note is that Jesus expressly dialed the connecting of His ^ with the so-called “social gos- ' m His .reply (v. 14). iffl-pe Cife-Tmst in God (Luke F«-25). ^ause covetousness destroyrs thS “ we ought to shun It like , ^ best antidote (or cure) k f poisoned by It is |o au-out in our trust and con in God. are children of God are «e no anxious thought for tli« tJUl' ”0^ forbid p; and foreth Grace Episcopal Church Maurice Clarke, D.D., Rector Services for Sunday, Dec. 6, will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 a. m.; church school at 9:46 a. m.; parish corporate communion at 11:15 a. m. All men of the parish are urged to be present as this is men's fellow ship day throughout the church. Monthly meeting of the vestry at the rectory at 8 p. m. Woman’s Auxiliary monthly meeting in the parish house at 4 p. m. Waterca Baptist Church Sunday school at 10:80 'a. m. Preaching services at 11:80 a. m. Evening services at 7:16 p. m. Prayer servlcea Wednesday etenlng at 7:15 p. m. All are cordially invited to worship with us. paration and forethought, but fnle out fretful anxl^. The ere very clear and cogent LT? ^ ®H, while food and cloth- t w '"'P^rtant, they are not of mportance. The vitfl thing is "sve life. Otherwise things wless (V. 23). We must keep of proportion, of relative too, God is the. One who must w every one of us. And He tor us I Why not trust J. cares for all creation; the all-powerful One, what ^ there for worry, or cov- ss? ' ’ cornea the devastating Worry anything. never accom Anxiety does not anytime, anywhere. So I ft • *''**®usT that a deaire for I whi-lf J belongs to othgirs is a i .‘l^a^roys man’a happiness ,^<»efulness. |t is needlesa-as j.'wety—because <mly God can ^ provide if we »!;^^J^mes simple, pleasant, use- yes, really ChrisMa things and Springdale Baptist Church—Lugoff ^ Rev. John Dabney, Pastor Sunday school at S p. m. Church mil call at 4 .p.*m., followed by preaching serrlce Hermitage Baptist Churon B. A. Davis, Pastor Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching service at 8 p. m. Prayer service Wednesday, 8 p. m The public is cordially invited to attend these | services. Bethany .Baptist Church Weetvllle, S. C. Clyde A. Quinn, Pastor Sunday school at 11 o’clock. Preaching at 12 o’clock. Blsnsy Baptist Church Sunday School at 10 A. M. Preaching Service at 11 A. M. (thej first and third Sunday of each month) B. T. U., 8 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 8 P. M Malvern Hilt Baptist Church Matthew M. Rabon, Pastor Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Church worship at 11:80 a. m. B. T. D. at 7 p. m. Prayer service Thursday at 8 p. m I* ii-J . . _ . f; Providence Baptist Church Matthew M. Rabon, Pastor Sunday school at 8 p. m. Church worship 1st and 3rd Sun days at 4 p. m. rTl'U at 7:15 p. m. "" BUY AN Sandy Qrovs Methodist Church K. S. Carmichael, Paator Preaching services every first Sun day at 12 o’clockl Preaching service I every third Sunday afternoon at four | o’clock. Sunday school at 11 o'clock every] Sunday. EXTRA WAR BOND f yc4 Flint Hill Baptist Church Clyde A. Quinn, Pastor Services each 2nd and 4th Sunday j afternoons at 4 o’clock. Mt Zion Baptist Church Matthew M. Radon. Pastor Services 2nd and 4tb Sundays at| 4 p. m. DECEMBER 7th Union Baptist Church—Blansy Rev. Raymond O. Johnson, Paator Bible class at 11 A m. Church services at 11 noon. ' bums' study at 1:80 p. m. Trinity Methodist Church Rev. W. R. Oregg. pastor, announces I the following servlcos: Church school at 10 a. m. with J. 8. Myers, Supt. Morning worship at 11:80 a. m., ser-j mon theme, "Enemy No. 6, A Sense of Unresolved GuIlL” Evening . worship at 7:30 p. n». A program by theyouth. Meeting of Circle No. 1 of the W. S. C. S., Monday at 6:30 p. m. Official board meeting at 7:80 p. m. Prayer meeting Tuesday at 7:30 ^ m. the leadership of Rev. J. W. A. But-| ler- - HiAt’a a date to remember by ACTION, not words! Our boys on Wake, Guam, Corregidor —in the entire Pacific area hare been doinc sometbsnf about it—dropping tbeir bombs^ and sinking their bayonets, and iknirmg ont tba lead of tboir riflos in paymant to tbo enemy. We at home bare to do something about it too—until the day of Victory! Wo baYo to stick to our * Wtlo ,slatioas” in wbatoYer kind of war job we are doing. We must redouble our eff<^ in dYiliM defense. i We must salvage metal, paper, fat, as though our lires depended M it—because they do! And above all, wo must buy War Bonds with increased ^hut- iasm and DOLLARS! No* only an extra War Bondmen the Anniversary data of Pearl Harbor —December 7tb—but War Bonds until there iano more war! 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