The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON CONSIDERED.
Reflections OF an Eievating Character
wholesome Food for Thought = study
ing the scripturai Lessons inteiiigentiy
and Probably.

Lesson Tor sept. ~ 1Ounu IN DculctOAOmJ
81 1921, or First Thes. i: 6-lO.
INTRODUCTORY.
Teachers and schools are given their
choice of three lessons, the quarterly re-
view, the temperance lesson ana the mis-
sionary lesson. Perhaps most superlntend-
ents will open or close the school with a
brief review of the lessons passed over In
the three months Just gone by, giving pos
sibly twenty minutes 10 one OF the other
alternative Scriptures. The Importance OF
frequent reviews cannot be oyerestimated.
The next quarter will continue the lessons
from the Old Testament. carrying US through
Judges and into Ruth. In the past three
months we have followed the children OF
Israel from Sinai TO Mt. Nebo, through not
quite forty years Of history. Let us hope
that the pertinent and practical lessons or
the wilderness journey may not be lost
upon US.
FROM EGYPT TO THE JORDAN.
l. July 1. Gods Covenant with Israel.
Elk. "a: la
Golden Text: Il will be to them God.
and they shall be 10 me apeope. Heb. 8; III.
2. July 3. The Golden Calf Elk. 81: l5-Z6.
Golden Text: Little children. keep your
selves from idols" l John 81 n.
3. July Is. Gods Presence Promised. Elk.
33: 1928.
even unto the end of the world" Matt. %: 20.
4. July ~. Free Gifts for the Tabernacle.
Golden Text: God loveth a cheerful
giver." 2 Cor. .: Z.
5. July %. The Tabernacle. Elk. 40: 1-16.
Golden Text: Behold the tabernacle OF
God is with men. and He will dwell with
them" Rev. 2l:3.
6. Aug. 5. The Burnt Offering. Lev. 1: 1-9.
Golden Text The Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity Of us all" Isa. SO: g. Better:
Present your bodies living sacrifice. holy.
acceptable unto God, which is your reason
able service" ROM -: l.
Z. Aug. II. The Day of Atonement. Lev.
16 Lie.
Golden Text: without shedding of blood
is no remission" Heb. 8: %.
$. Aug. 10. The Feast ofTabernacles Lev.
49, 33-44.
Golden Text: The voice of rejoicing and
salvation is in the tabernacles of the right
eous." Ps. us: 10
9. Aug. 2G. The Pillar OF Cloud and Of
Fire. Mum. o. 1928.
Golden Text "Oh. send out thy light and
thy truth; let them lead me-" Ps. 43: g.
TO- Sept. 2 The Spies sent into Canaan.
Mum. -; 1913.
Golden Text: Let us go up at once. and
possess it: for we are we'll able to overcome
it. Mum. ID: 80.
II. Sept. 9. The Unbelief of the People.
Mum. IA: LILO.
Golden Text so we see that they could
not enter in because of unbelief" Heb.
3: 10.
r. Sept. 16. The smittcn Rock. Mum. 20:
lib
Golden Text: They drank of that spiritu-
was Christ" Cor 10: 4.
49, Sept. %. Death and Burial Of Moses.
Deut. 81: LIP.
Golden Text: The path of the just is as
the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day." Prov. 4: -.
TEMPERANCE LESSON.
Severe punishment. you say. Yes, shock
ingly scvere-that was the intention. Great
sin was to receive great penalty, and so the
nation kept from corruption and disintegra-
ton. For, remember. it was u civil statute.
and not simply a matter of domestic disci-
pline. Israel was Il theocracy. and the end
In view was the building up of holy and
happy nation. Whatever hindered so
blessed an accomplishment was a public
crime. a menace to all The nation was
greater than the individual. and the gra-
eiOus purpose of God with reference TO his
chosen people was not 10 be checked or him
dered by the detection or deformity Of any
one.
Severity with sin is in itself kindness and
tenderness. Indulgence is often the deep
est cruelty. Ellis easy priestly discipline
wrought havoc for Israel. David could have
done himself, his nation. and the erring
Absalom, no greater mischief than by the
shutting OF his eyes to his sons treachery.
And when Israel compromised with her
enemies. and left the Philistines intrenched
in the low lands. she was bitterly cruel to
herself and her thorn pricked posterity.
No, strictness is not heartlessness. The
blood of the sixties in this country cries
Peace! peace!" and said. Let alone let
alone!"
There is q deal OF misplaced charity In
this world. Sentimentalsm seems to be the
fashion Of the times. Keep things going.
forsooth, as smoothly as possible without
causing pain anywhere. But sin interferes
with smoothness. and wherever there is sin
there is bound TO be pain-somewhere.
When a man puts himself at variance with
Christian principle. and violates all domes-
tic obligations, he comes under Gods last
earthly tribunal, the state. and must be
judged by the impartial and stringent laws
of the State. Despising church and family.
he invites tho national authority, and by
tn at he must be judged. The libertine and
drum kard have put behind them Christian
compassion and home charity. When the
state deals with them she can treat them as
common criminals. and, as it were. sense
less blocks to the wheels Of progress.
The sage and seasonable lesson for us all.
however. is that public iniquity should be
publicly and promptly removed. so shalt
thou put evil away from among YOU No
terms with sin, no compromise with deadly
error-lo license. The iniquity was to be
stoned with stones. 1t is the only way for
the state to meet the crying evil of each
generation. Stine it. stone it. Stay i'll That
was fatal interruption TO what is reported
as Chancellor Crosbys plausible little
speech: Surprising" said he. there were
a tiger loose in the streets OF the city.
Would you let him run at larger Would you
not advise that he be hemmed in, as much
as possible, restricted in his ravages to the
most limited district" shoot the tigerl"
rang out a voice in the gallery. Sure enough.
why not9
MISSIONARY LESSON.
Followers" we all are, copying after some
one. The word is from nttmos. from which
our term mimic. "Imitators." the Revision
happily puts it. Let us be careful what we
initiate; may we have n worthy copy. And
what shall we say of that company who
through eighteen Christian centuries have
taken for their perfect pattern Christ the
Lord2 What would this world have sunk to
without that uplifting model
And we all OF us are examples. some one
somewhere is influenced by what we say
and do. We may be unconscious of il. The
sentinel on his lonely beat on the wall of
the foreign prison. did not know that. far
below him there through the grating OF
distant cell, the sun caused his shadow at a
certain hour of the day to fall and that the
lone prisoner. otherwise companioness. his
food brought by unseen hands. watched all
day for just that faint reflection. Some one
is looking at you; be careful.