Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-06-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON CONSIDERED.

The lesson for Sunday. Juno 80. may be
found In Cor 8: Ala
Less on /. The Triumphal Entry. Mark
IL: Ill. Memorize 8-10 Golden Text:
"Rejoice greatly. o daughter OF Zion;
shout. D daughter OF Jerusalem; behold
thy King cometh unto thee" Zech. Q; o.
Lesson 2. Jhe Rejected Son. Mark II: liz.
Memorize 6-8. Golden Text; He came unto
his own, and his own received him not
Lesson 5. The Two Great Commandments.
Mark IL: 1884. Memorize 30-31. Golden
Text Love is the fulfilling OF the law
Rom. IS: 10.
Lesson 4. Destruction OF the Temple
Foretold. Mark IS: 1-13. Memorize l. 2.
Golden Text: But say unto you. that In
this place is one greater than the temple
Matt II: 6.
As concerning therefore the eating. What
does religion have to do with 80 Indifferent
a thing as eating? Need We concern our
selves about meat and drink2 No, certainly
not. IL we are going to stand still. Neither
does that engine standing on the side
track concern itself about water for the
boiler or the right sort OF fuel for the fur
naces. But II 1t were about to go somewhere.
or thinking OF pulling something np the
grade. 1t would have q regard for such
things. Are any OF us on the side-track2
We knoc that an idiot is nothing. Yes. we
knOW very great deal. There is no trouble
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know too much. We kn0,c. for instan 20.
that there is no intrinsic vileness In cards.
OF course not: they are made OF paper pulp
just like tracts. you see. Too bad that
after awhile the outside OF them should get
to looking and smelling so bad. Can II be
the assoclationsP We kno,c. too that the o
is nothing wrong In the dance, In itself.
David danced. you remember. before the
ark OF the Lord. singing Psalms. But therel
1t must have been something else than the
1 4ANald
think of the ark OF the Lord or OF psalm
singing in ballroom? And do we not
knOtc also that there Is no evil necessarily
in a glass OF vino? Especially II. as Kate
Field urges. 1t be strictly pure. There is
nothing bad about il -per Sc. But then. as
Col Bainf observes. when you put 1t along
| side OF a man with strong appetite for
drink it Is no longer simply per Sc" Per-
dition rather.
But to US there Is but one God. Is 1t SO ?
Then why are some so inclined to make a
| god OF their belly? The trouble with this
| knowledge OF ours is that it concerns itself
too much with the things temporal and
sensual. Do we know God? Rather. do we
know the "one Lord Jesus Christi" Take
your Bibles and read the opening verses OF
| this chapter-why omitted ?--Now as touch
| ing things offered unto idols. we know that
/ we all have knowledge. knowledge puffeth
up. but charity Qove) ediaeth. That is.
knowledge sloelleh up. but love 0uitdeth US
1
| than see knowledge. And IL any man think
that he knoweth anything. he knoweth
| nothing yet as he ought TO know. But IL
| any man love God, the same Is known OF
| him." Better to know little and love much
/ only that we are known OF God. rather than
| to think 10 know much OF earth aud miss
the communion and love OF heaven. 1t is
| the blessed thirteenth chapter anticipated.
-Covet earnestly the best gifts: and YET
show ! unto you more excellent way.
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| and of angels and though hare al
knotcled0e and hare not charity. an
nothing. which Is to be interpreted, 0OOC
for nothing.
Neat commended us not to God. other
wise some OF US would be In great honor
with God. for we live for the meat that per-
isheth. 1t Is love and self-confidence tha
makes us commendable to God. for Jesus
sake; that is pretty strong language useC
at the close OF the last paragraph: But take
little comparison OF passages. Your New
Testament lexicon will tell you that the
same word (ouden) is used in two othel
familiar verses of Scripture. They are II
place. Look at them. III. Says Christ
John 8: 54) Il honor myself my honor Il
nothing (amounts to nothing); IaKe an'
rusalem to Paul. Acts 81: 24). "and all ma!
know that those things. whereof they wer'
informed concerning thee. are nothing
(have nothing In them). And so We say h
| that mas not love anu kuOWb hOL nOW W odc
| rifice is not only not commendable to God
but -he is nothing"-in the kingdom OF grace
| and goodness he amounts to nothing II
the ministry OF life. God finds nothing IL
him; in a word. as a worker for the DIVINE
Master he is good for nothing" He ma.
be saved, though as by lire. but his work
they do not follow him; for meat commend
eth us not to God.
Take heed lest bv any means this liberty o
yours. o this liberty OF ours, how prou
| we are of II. And yet like knowledge.
unguarded by love. 1t Viii lead US SAL ai
G. Morrow. OF Minneapolis. has so whole
| some a message for some OF us here tina
we willlet her speak in her own Language
Take heed, Christian UOter. lest by an
| means this liberty Of yours, to vote Tor an
candidate you please. become stumbling
block to the weak Take heed to the teach
ing in the following parable: A farme
found a rattlesnake, carried 1t homo an
called his neighbors together. saying; Be
hold, have captured snake and It Is bi
and strong; now. what shall do with It'll
Then one of the men said: This is
harmless looking reptile. think he nigh
bel allowed to go wherever he pleases.
Another said: my friend. do you nc
know that this harmless looking Gel
pent has sting? NoU. therefore,
more that all people. and especially voun
people, be toarned faithfully to Keep out {
| the tcdv Of the serpent, lest they De 0ttten.
, This counsel eemed to impress the Assem-
| blv favorably. Then a third speaker saic
| -Since the bite of this reptile Is so yer
dangerous. submit that It might be we
| to make certain regulations; IA, Tor IN
!, stance, that hesis not to go abroad on sur
day; and that he must not be allowed
sting anybody who Is not OF age; that n
| shall not be let out from his cage at all un
| III a council OF citizens shall so decidt
that the farmer pay the city SlOOO Tor IN
| privilege OF allowing him to go ABROAD
and finally that an oath be administered
, the keeper OF the snake. that he Will fRith
? fully carry out all those provisions. NOV
, II came to pass that all the neighbors wei
| so moved With these words that with or
voice they cried out: $50 let IL be. an
. the snake still lives and many Thousand
l are annually bitten and die.
For aphom Christ died. This the potel
4 and paramount argument. IL the love
Christ will not constrain us what WHY ~
IL does constrain, and will constrain mo-
and more. Our hope Tor the temperanS
4 cause and for all reform Is that It Is indissS
I lubly connected with the growth OF Il
Kingdom OF Christ The saloon, the broth
and the gambling house are to be moro an
q more forbidden place on earth as the prli
. ciplss OF Christ find sway In mems heart
There Is but one position for the Christia
when We sin so against the brethren. an
wound their weak conseiences. ne sun again
: Ohrist- All, Christ. we love thee too we'll
4 | knowingly sin against thee. and so we W
v | not sin against the weak brother Tor who
! | Christ died. Yea. as the spirit OF Chri
4 | grows I'm the church we shall all be able
: 1ast. as one man. to say. as the ideal
: | Christian living: Wherefore. II meatmak
nv brother to offend. will cat no hel
9 while the world standeth. lest i make n
{ brother to Offend" Christs love, how mu'
9 OF response has there been TO ttn o.
l. own lives2
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