The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-06-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

pleasure were not in themselves evil, but they
might easily become so: and the young man In
the midst Of the glow Of life must remember
that the Creator is also the Judge"-Ql:7-l0l
LESSON TEACHING.
How to Live the Best Life.-Chap. IL,
yer. 9. This verse is closely connected
with the first verse of chap. IL. Some
have taken the Rejoice, o young man,
in thy youth" as sarcasm. But it is q
plain teaching of duty. The young ought
to rejoice In their youth, in its delights,
it's opportunities, its hopes, its pos
sibilities. God has given so much
to youth that the young should rejoice
in it with great joy. "Their heart should
cheer them" They should walk in
the ways Of their heart" enjoy the
pleasures that are natural to youth,
have free play of their activities,-but
always within the limits of righteous
ness, always in a manner that meets
the approval of God and their con-
sciences, always with regard to the
future in this world and in the world to
come.
When We Should Begin the True
Life.-Vers. IL 1. Remember now
thy CREATOR" Call to mind who and
what He is. and His relations to us; live
consciously as in His presence and under
His government. Remember Him Q)
as our God who made and owns us, and
therefore has right to our obedience;
(2) as our Father, to whom we should
be loving children; ~ as our Benefac-
tor, from whom comes every good and
perfect gift, and to whom we owe an
infinite debt of gratitude; ~ as our
Judge, who will condemn and punish
us if we do wickedly. Such remember
ing our Creator will Q) lead us to obey
Him. (2) Will make us give our hearts
to Him. Some writer has said that no
one can think of God and his future
destiny one-half hour each day and not
become q Christian. (s) Will keep us
from sin and help us to overcome
temptation. (N Win give US the joy
of living consciously with our best
friend, and of enjoying his presence,
his love and his protection. In the
days of thy youth" Youth is the best
season for beginning to serve the Lord
~ because then there are fewer him
ORANGES, the heart is more tender, there
are fewer bad habits to break off, and
fewer alliances with evil men. (2) Be-
cause it gives a longer life for the serv-
ice of God. (3) Because we may not
live to grow older. az Because it pre-
serves from the dangers that wreck
many souls. (5) Because the danger
grows greater every day, of never be-
coming good. (6) Because old age is
the most unfit time for beginning to
serve God, as shown in the words that
follow. % Because a youth of piety
preserves from the evils of old age.
Here, however, the great enemy meets
US with the ungodly adage: Youth for
pleasure, age for business, old age for
religion" Let the devil have the prime,
and God the dregs. Time enough to
think of religion when we are old, when
we can serve the world no longer. Now
is the time for pleasure, to see as much
Of life as we can Religion will come
in course. Frightful delusion! the de-
fusion of him who is liar. and the ia
ther of it.
The conclusion from this broad study
of life as to what is the true life to
live.-Vers. ID. Let us hear" This
verse begins in the Hebrew with large
letter las Deut. 6:4), as Buxtorf re-
1.-THE conclusion of the whole natter"
The sum of the whole discourse; the
main thought toward which the whole
discourse has tended; the practical con-
clusion to which, after all this wide
view of life, we come Fear God and
keep His commandments" The fear of
God denotes internal piety, and the
keeping of the commandments of God
denotes the expression of it by external
obedience. This religion of heart and
life is said to be the whole duty of
man, or rather the whole of man In
beautiful order. under the genial rays
of the sun of righteousness, the inn
planted fear of the Lord ripens into a
golden harvest of duty. For this is
the whole duty of man" The word
''duty'' is not in the Hebrew, and we
might supply 1.-The whole end" or 1.-The
whole work." or with another and bet
ter construction: This is for every man;
l. G., law of universal obligation.
w uS1C Is meant Is CildL CQlS IS Inc Only
true answer to that quest of the chief
good in which the thinker had been en-
gagged. The whole man. This is all
his duty, all that is necessary for his
good. Or this is mans part, all that
belongs to man to do This is his part
of life, and God will take care of the
rest He that has true religious life
within, and in his daily conduct, has all
the essentials of life. He has found
what shall profit man. the way to true |
happiness.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
l. But this very fact should make |
them look forward to the end. and de- |
eide as in the presence of God
9. OF all times youth is the very last |
in which to be careless AID thoughtless |
Be trivial on the brink of the grave, be |
careless in a powder-mill. be thought
less amid the transactions of mature !
life, but never. never in youth.
g. The young should rejoice in their
youth, because such infinite POSSIBLE
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