The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-07-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Words on the Lesson for July 8
1.-THE Golden Rule"
From the Chicago Standard

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And Noses turned and uent dossn. Pause
long enough to get the scene wildly before
you. Two men are coming down noun
tain side. The one In front. OF warrior-like
mien. servant fashion Is carefully picking
out the path OF descent along the steep. Jag
ged hillside. 1t Is familiar ground TO him.
for here he has been tarrying and waiting
for his master who from a lofttcr height has
but "a moment since summoned him TO his
attendance. The latter. older by some years
than his companion. but still virile and Wig
orous. has In his eye the Tar away look OF
seer. such half absorbed look as one has
when he comes from the contemplation OF
Michael Angeles Last Judgment or Rubens'
Descent from the Cross. Suddenly sound
Is waited over the parapet OF rocks In front
OF them. as of confused cries from the plain
below. The face of the older pedestrian
changes not, except to grow more stern in
expression. His attendants startled note
OF wonder Is met by a calm word OF yet
graver approximations as they move forward.
A moment later. turning from out the hills
dehle. the plain bursts on the view. and the
picture presented arrests their steps there
upon the outstanding ledge OF rock. Below
them at the hills near base is "A dancing.
shouting multitude and In their midst an
image Of the hated idol OF Egypt. There Is
moments pause in grieved dismay, and
then the people. gazing shocked and shame
facedly upward see the man OF God take
from under his mantle double tablet Of
stone and hold IL aloft above his head. The
next instant its shattered fragments are
minglng with the shale at their feet. and
with shuddering horror they realize the ruin
they have wrought.
The t,ro tables Of the testimony ,cere in his
hand. See the intent Of the divine overtures.
Gods approaches to man are all in mercy
and in mans behalf. His appointed messen-
gers come bearing in their hands tables OF
testimony for the amelioration of the race.
So came God in Eden; so to Noah 8 descend
ants. after the compelled catastrophe of the
Hood; so journeyed Abraham; so came the
Law-giver TO Pharaoh in Egypt: so came
prophets, priests, and kings OF Gods or
daining: so in these last days came Jesus
Christ the Son-always and everywhere it
was with overtures OF good which man, de-
spising. turned into judgments Of wrath. So
goes the preacher OF righteousness to-day,
tables of testimony in his hand. Who will
make peace with God and enter into cove
nant relations with Him? The first overture
is on the part OF the King himself. Ours
but 10 accept. I've been seeking" said the
anxious woman in the inquiry-room. "all
these years" No you haven't answered
Moody; IAN anxious seeker and an anxious
Savior cannot be long apart"
And the i1riting lcds the 1ritin1 Of God.
1t was. as it were. Gods signature to the
law and in anticipation and epitome his in
dorsement to the whole volume of sacred
truth. All came from him. though through
instrumentality. as in this case. of man.
Paul more than onoe Il Cor. 1921; Thes. 3:
II; Gal. GIL; Philem. 19 spoke of letters he
had written with his own hand. and It has
been supposed that not all his letters were
autographs; that at times he took the man.
uscript from his amanuensis and wrote
u word or two in uncial lettering with his
own crampt or perhaps manacled hand.
That did not set aside the rest as uninspired
or else than Pauline. He could simply die
tate and put his name on the whole. so this
"A Twin arItnx anh wa an Gull
Sinai confirms and sanctifles the whole text
of Scripture. This book is Gods writing.
Treasure it, teach il as such. We were called
in the other day TO see mother in Israel
sign her name to what seemed to be be-
quest for her children. There was Just a
stroke or two of her own lettering at the bot
tom OF the parchment. Yet all the page was
hers. and each syllable breathcd the mothers
love.
IL is not the roice of them that shout for
mastery. Think once of how the voices
that rise from the church Of God sound in
the higher regions. There is much noise
to-day in the camp; never was there more.
But what does ii all mean? Is 1t the sound
of war-the voice of them that shout for
mastery. or that cry for being overcome?
Or Is it the song Of wanton indulgence. of
laughter at the feast and at the dance. of
praises round about a golden calf? Noise
Is not worship. and a certain type Of tambo-
rine and snare-drum Christianity Is in jeop-
ardy lest it fall into the folly of Israels camp
at the foot of the hill. Music is not neces-
sarily worship. chant and cant are but one
letter apart. Doubtless there were some
fine professionals around that golden i'm
ages and there has been. under the name of
religion since, much Of meaningless hymn
ing about brass and wood and stone. Sac
rifce IL not always worship. and presumably
many Of the Israelites tried to see in this
tribute to the calf an offering unto the Lord.
Their praises were mispraise. as Samuel
said to Saul, the lowing Of cattle in his ear.
TO obey is better than sacrifice. and to
hearken than the fat OF rams" Let the cry
that goes heavenward from the camp of Is
rael to day be not the ribald voice of COM
promise with the world. but the call to battle
and the word Of prayer In faithful grapple
with &ho powers OF evil.
Break them beneath the mount They had
already been broken beneath the mount. The
people. not Moses, cast down and shattered
Jehovah's covenant. Moses but gave them
in graphic picture the animus and outcome
Of their wretched SHINING. Gods law lay
broken beneath their feet. We are told little
of the form OF worship here. but other init
nations of the lewd heather dance, the
lascivious rites Of the alien altar. convince
us that Israers sin. in its later intent and
development, at least. was no slight trans
gression. 1t was face-front toward Egypt.
the back toward God. the feet on the very
edge of bestiality and corruption. They had
disowned God. That was what their dane
ing about the calf meant. When interpreted
il showed up in the awful wreck of the sacred
tablet on the hillside with the wrath Of God
frowning above. God grant we see at the
outset the serious significance of sin. The
papers told us not long ago that as a GER
tain culprit stood upon the gallows he said:
IF any of you ever take glass OF whisky.
before you put IL 10 your lips think of Macy
Warner. with this rope in his hand. and then
look into the bottom of the glass and see il
Won can Z see q rome there"
Thou knotcest the people. The political
excuse. The people want II. er0o-shame
on the priest that would plead such words
of paliationl They all do so. forsooth. it's
the fashion. you see. We mustn't offend the
ing God. in breaking Gods law? Aaron
apparently knew the people much better
than he knew God. But yet did he really
know the people? He Is the peoples best
friend. and will ultimately. though after
much persecution. be acknowledged as such.
who lifts them up toward Gods law instead
of attempting to adapt Gods law to them
and their passing whims. We are" says
Prof. Taylor. ito stamp. not to overlay; we
are to coin. not to gid" Thou knowest the
people," Somehow we cannot help wonder
Ing how many will be pleading such puny
and pitiful apology for doubtful concessions
In these election days which are now up
on US.
Next lesson. Gods Presence Promised
lex. 80: 1928.
VIENNA is to have an electrical lab