Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON CONSIDERED.

ing tho scriptural Lessons IntelligentIy
and ProfitabIy.
The lesson for Sunday, June 8. may be
found in Luke IL: lis.
INTRODUCTORY
We come to-day to thu study OF "the
Lords Prayer" though that designation
might more properly apply to our Lords
servants prayer. as taught by his Lord.
There are two uses tnat We make OF IL.
First. wo may treat 1t according TO the
name that has been rightly applied to 1t as
The Pearl OF Praye g." As such We ac-
cept it as gem Of Heavens granting. and
use 1t just as it stands. a perfect and fin
ished word OF supplication. So. indeed. we
have been taught to use IL from our earliest
childhood.and. though often unintclligently.
We can never say amiss. Second, Il may be
looked upon in accol dance with its desig-
nation as The Model Prayer" that is. the
pattern and mold Of all petitions. AS
such. especially. we studys IL to-day. as
long ago in its first application we learned
IL by heart Now may God enable us to
take 1t moro fully to heart that all our
praying may henceforth be more reverent
more fervent. in Christ's name more effect
uall
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
1t came to pass. The ordinary transition
al Introductory (cf 10: 38). This particular
incident seems to be thrust in here along
tion as not belonging to the journey
through Perea. OF which We have been
studying. but to some other time. Luke Is
not studiously chronological In any OF his
accounts. though more so than John,-As
he was praying. AS often. CT. Luke 5: 16;
6: IL; o; 2s. We do not know how often.
See Luke %: 81 In certain place. Not
known. Bible Union: I'm certain place
praying. When he ceased. They seem
to have been. watching him In sort Of
And yet they had doubtless prayed in their
own way before. As John also taught.
A lost rubric.
Daily. Literally. for the coming days.
or the recurring days.
When we pray. Implying habit
Say, or express speech Qego).-Our
Father which art in heaven. Rather.
Father CTischendorD. The fuller form Is
found In Matt. 5: 8 So. alon with the Ser
mon on the Mount.-Hallowed. First
meaning. set apart. hence. counted holy.
WHAT TIE LESSON TEACHES.
Lord. teach US to pray. Men had well
nigh forgotten how. Christ came. and one
great lesson ho taught humanity was the
lesson OF effectual prayer. When Ulys SOS
returned he found the long bow unbent.
Grasping IL he proved his masterful identity
by the arrow he let fly. So came the Lord
OF tho skies. The bow OF supplication he
drew to its full tension. The arrow OF
petition sped clean over the battlements OF
heaven. 1t was not strange that as he
turned from the sacred ordeal his disciples
should say to him, witt subdued and reyer-
ent mean: Lord. teach Us to pray" Amen.
So. come we. Lord. to whom shall We go 2
thou hast the words OF eternal life." Blessed
Master, teach US eternity's words--heaven' s
every day thoughts. "Teach us to pay"
Hallowed be thy name. Rove, ence is
Itself grace, a fruitful git To hallow
Gods name and worship instinetively be-
SFs bin df IL 9t 9%h SIMPLY SE {fASBsftm L! S Il sSkS
us strong. In Acts 8: 81 We read that the
churches OF all Judea, Galilee and Samaria
had rest (peace) and "were edited; and
walking In the fear OF the Lord. and in the
comfort OF the Holy Ghost. were multi
piled. In what way wore they edited:
how multiplied From two especial causes
intimated here They were walking ~ in
the fear OF God AMI ~ in tho comfort and
encouragement. the cheering influence OF
the Holy Ghost. That W; no slavsh fear
or paralyzing alright, else they would not
have been walking" making progress. 1t
hope to love. n spirit in which all the Chris
tian virtues iiourishe !. All. We realize lit
Ito how gracious n thing we ask for when
for the church mt large and for ourselves,
In particular, we pray, -Hallowed be thy
namc."
Thy kingdom come. It has been the hope
OF the Christian church aud the Christian
forward TO 1t; priests typiiled IL. There on
the banks OF the Jordan John announced
It: Repent yo; for the kingdom OF heaven
is at handl" This new nearness of God to
man and man to God here tokened. the
rule OF heaven and the kingship OF Jeho-
vah.' was. as Edersheim has discrmina-
tingly characterized 1t. the whole Old
Testament Sublimatol, and the whole New
Testament realized That kingdom we
realize to-day In new poter every time We
INT olA INT Ina With God II ic
this prayer that is answered every timo the
church is newly awakened. every time a
human soul rs converted TO God-yea.
every time new grace is realized In Chris
tian experience. Gods kingdom. 1t is not
mans. Open to Psalm 70 and re-read the
fifth verse: we will triumph in tiny VIC
tory (See II. V. and margin), an in the
name or our God we will set up our BAN
ners." No. not "our banners Just ban
ners;- Gods ensigns. not ours"
Where he leads We will follow
We will follow all the war.
Knock and il shall be opened unto you.
Holy boldness is what it means. a righteous
insistance and zeal. When ono knocks at
the door, IL 10 a plain and pointed indica-
tion that he wants TO come In. No place
there for hesitancy. Knocking at the door
means a mind made up. The other day we
were in the home OF a godly Swedish fam
lily. We couli not understand each other
very well but we knew that we were trust.
ing in tho same Christ. And there was one
place whore we could meet and in a real
sense rejoice together; that was over God 8
word--one truth to us all. One OF the num-
ber tried TO set over into our language the
text OF Scripture on which she was ponder
ing, and this was the way she put 1t: Pray
anu you will act; hunt and you will find:
round on and il will be opened." We un-
derstood; and somehow in the new. blunt
phrasing. understood better than ever be-
fore. God means us to come boldly Qt
means also to come near unto the throne
OF grace that we may obtain mercy. and
lind grace to help In time OF need"
How much shall your Heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit2 He does not say here.
as above, good gifts" He throws In a
word and name tha at comprchends all gifts
the Holy Spirit. II earthly fathers know
how to give good gifts. much moro your
Heavenly Father not only knows how to-.
but will give-the Holy Spirit. There Is the
measure OF heavens giving. the supremest
bestowment OF Gods grace. The gift OF
his Only Begotten-who can compass it 2
But the gift of the Holy Spirit. tho Com
iorter. Christ himself counts this as great
erl God himself can go no farther. When
he wishes to tell his love for sinners he
grants his Son. and, as the lttlo chill said,
"the only son he ever had W en- he wishes
to speak his lovo for saints he sends his
Spirit. IL Is the best he can do-God's very
best Now have you received that gift
Has the Heavenly Father sent his Holy
Spirit to yo1 in vain2
Next lesson: Luke ~; 1t.21. The Rich
Mans Folly