The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-04-30
The Sunday Schools.
LESSON FOR NEXT SUNDAY.
Eph. 6. lib.

Eph. 6. lib.
Commit to memory verses IA.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this
is right
commandment with promise;
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest
live long the earth.
And, ye fathers provoke not your children to
wrath: but bring them UP in the nurture and admo-
milton of the Lord.
Servants, be obedient to them are your mas
tiers according to the fesh with fear and trembling,
in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Not with eye-service, -pleasers; but the
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart;
With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and
not men:
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man
doeth, the shall he receive of the Lord, wheth-
er he be bond free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them,
forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master
also is in heaven neither is there respect
with him.
10 Finally brethren, be strong in the Lord, and
in the power of his might.
II Put the armor of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil.
IL For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principaities, against powers, against
rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
ID Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of
God, that ye may be able to Withstand in the evil
day, ana, having done all, to stand.
GOLDEN TExT.-"ChiIdren, obey your par
ents in the Lord for this is risht."-Eph. 6. l.
Time-A. D. 50, about the middle of Pauls impris-
onment.
Places-Wrtten from Rome to the Church in
Ephesus, in Asia Minor.
A prison wall could not subdue the
brave spirit of the Apostle, nor lessen in
any particular the earnestness of his
work in the ministry, for he could teach
the word even from his prison at Rome
This lesson is from his epistle from the
prison at Rome to the Church at Ephesus,
in Asia Minor.
The first passage in the lesson contains
within few words, vast amount of
good advice, which, if fully and conscien-
tiously carried out, can only result in
happiness. "Honor thy father and moth
er." Let every Sunday School scholar
take that command-which is repeated
here in the form of eXhortation-in it's
full meaning. No nobler thought finds
lodgment in the young mind than that of
honoring parentage, the Divine as we'll as
the human. Let every student of the
lesson follow this injunction, and verify
1t twill be well with thee"
The fourth passage contains a power
full sermon within itself. If there is re-
sponsibility on the part of the child, how
much greater and more exacting the re-
sponsibility on the part of the parent
The greatest Importance attaches to the
example and influence of the parent in
bringing up the child. If these be holy,
and blessed of the Divine Spirit, they
cannot fail to exert some influence for
good upon the child. If they be indiffer-
ent, the spiritual growth of the child will
be smOthered or DESTROYED.
The eXhortation of obedience on the
part of servants comprehends not merely
the covering, physical fear of some one
by mistake regarded as SUPERIOR as the
world regards superiority, but implies
that grand and beautiful meekness and
spirit of obedience which looks through
all things of time to Christ as the great
Master, to whom obedience is due, and
obedience to whom is a pleasure. The
earthly or worldly master is cautioned
not to forget that he too has Master in
Heaven, and that He regards His chill
dren alike, no matter as to the difference
of station in this life.
To be strong in the Lord we should
put on His whole armor, taking the ex-
ample of Christ as the guiding star of our
religious experience and life. Tremen-
dous forces are of the enemy are tireless
as well as useful. No Sunday School
scholar can stand in his or her own
strength, but clad in the Armor of The
Lord may become strong, and wise unto
salvation. There is not word in the
lesson which would not be profitable if
carried out in the lives of the peaple. A
spirit of Christian meekness and obedi-
ence, a spirit of charity on the part of the
strong toward the weak, and an earnest,
faithful discharge of duty toward the Sa-
vior, as recommended and enjoined by
the Apostle, cannot fail to lift up the
soul, purify the heart, and perfect the
Christian character.