The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-06-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ENTERTAINING DISSERTATION ON
SERIOUS SUBJECTS.

Learned ana Concise review Oh the
| Same
The lesson for Sunday, June Is, may
be found in Luke IL: 1921.
INTRODUCTORY.
We have hero one of series Of OPEN
air sermons. Never before nor sincs
perhaps were such crowds gathered to
hear single man. Peter the her.
NIT had his thousands, Whiteield his fv.
thousands. This one had, as the open.
ing verse of the chapter indicates (see
margin to Revision), his ten thousands.
1t was great opportunity for the procla-
nation of the truth; time to speak
plainly and impressively into the listen
ing ear of the world. What tho Prince OF
heaven says on such an occasion may well
engage our reverent attention.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
One of the company. Literally, one
ont OF the crowd. Ii was q great throng
The first verse of the chapter says
myriads were gathered. Said to him
The topics of Christs discourse her,
seem to have been suggested either by
wants made Immediately manifest or by
questions proposed on the spot. He hai
Just been speaking of hypocrisy, then o.
the counter spirit of sincerity. Now he
takes up cupid ty.-Master or teacher.
This was not necess lrily one of his dis.
ciples, though probably one who had
come to inquire. to my brother
that he divide. The simple Greek is,
tell my brother to divide.-The inheri-
lance, or patrimony. The root of the
word means lot. He wished a change in
the usagts of primogeniture.
Man: There is shade Of rebuke in
the language. me, or appointed,
In official relations. "A Judge. One
whose place 1t is to settle earth's dis
putes. or apportioner. A
kind of arbitrator.--Over you. Christ
Is not in this dispensation a judge OIL
divider over us but in us. Received into
loval hearts he becomes the worlds great
arbitrator and divider; not from outward
force, but inward love.
My soul. The life principle. psyche.
Much goods, or many good things.
-Laid up for many days. AS il
the things of earth were held by indis-
soluble links.-Take thine ease. Lit.
orally, be at rest-Be merry. As on,
might who had nothing to fear.
Thou fool More accurately, unwise.
He had not planned with even ordinary
sagacity. -Required of thee. To de-
mand back. AS of thing loaned
Whose, or for whom.-Provided. Lat
by for himself, fallen to others.
Layeth up treasure. Our word, thesau-
rus, comes from this yerb.-For him.
self. This man was not, as some are
doing laying up for posterity, but for his
own earthly appetites, which in a.momeni
were cut off.--Kich toward God, o.
unto G Cd els. Our treasure deposited
with God. Matt. 6: 1921; James 2: ).
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Master, speak to my brother that he
divided. Some men seem TO have no
higher conception of the privileges and
preroR atives of the Christian life. The
church, in their notion of it, was formed
but to secure them their rights in this
word. We used TO know rural pastor
who was in a state OF perpetual grievance
over some slight, some impo ,ition OF
other. We never heard him say word
regarding the blessings OF God upon his
life and work. We doubt whether he
realized any He was 80 taken up with
dividing old fancied inheritances. So il
is with grasping after earthly things, we
miss almost wholly the real inheritance
in the skies
Take heed and beware of covetousness
Let the world hear the warning. Let the
church give heed. No sin is more crying
to-day than the sin of covetousness
Christ foresaw the evil and he threw for
ward this word of admonition perhaps
for the sake of our nineteenth century.
We have come to an age of great accumu-
lations, an age that has its peculiar temp.
tations. Wealth is a good thing, rightly
used. Wrongly used, the whole thought
concentrated upon it. il is the root of al
evil. Beware of it. Be exceedingly
careful, for before one knows it the poi
son has begun its work. See Christ look.
ing at us to-day out of serious though
tender eyes and saying, 'Bewore of covet.
BUSINESS"
Man, who made me judge or dividel
over you? The glory which is Christ's is
something other, something vastly high
Ell. He could have come and made him
self by divine right an arbiter and a die
tator. But he had larger, infinitely larger,
DIES gns. When we appeal to him on this
point he looks at us and says, He that
will save his life shall lose it, and he th AZ
will lose his life shall preserve it." Tha
is the way Christ divides. He cuts right
between us and the world. severing us
from all possessions. And then when we
stand there stripped of all things, with
nothing-he freely gives Us all things.
He divides his own inheritance with us
What shall / do? 1t is good question.
Let our men of me ms take it under con-
sideration. Only let them be very care
full how they answer, what shall We do
with the money God has given? How can
we best employ it? This man responded
to the query in utter selfishness, Il will
pun NY anu bIedteI.
and there will bestow all my fruits and
my goods. Do you see how everything
was conferred in self2 Soul, my soul
take thine ease; eat drink and be merry.
FOOL The human soul is very small
thing, unchanged of God; very weak
thing, unhelped of God. Intrust to such
cupboard and you will lose all you
have. Put out TO heavens usury, use for
souls good and God will bless. Friend,
what are you doing with your talent?
Rich toward God. Who are the wealthy
of earth9 The truly rich? At the An
niveisary meetings Joanna Moore, stand
ing. simply clad and modest, before the
va>t congregation, but with bright
smile upon her face and joyous halle
lujah in her heart, did not represent large
possessions of earth. Likely as not, she
had no more than would take her to heI
distant Louisiana home. (Somehow her
little Hope" accounts always just bal
ance.) No matter. She was the wealth
lest woman on the platform, and there
was not little there represented. She
was rich toward God, and those who
looked and saw could not but envy such
rosaas aion-