Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for October 1. 1898
Tho Power OF tho GospeI-Romans 1871.


Especially Arranged from Peioubet's Notesl
GOLDEN TENT am not ashamed OF tn,
Gospel ~ Christ; for 81 is the power OF Coo
NO salvation 20 every one that bclieveth-
Rom 1910
TIME written carly in the spring OF A. ID
81, soon after tho Epistlc 10 the Galatians
nero was emperor At this time
PLAcE.-Writtcn 20 tho church OF Rome from
Corinth. "a tho close Of tho three months resi
lcncc there OF Acts 2o.3. tho 'wintcring" OF
Cor iG;6
COMPETITION 1t WAS composed apparent.
ly ga the house OF a Corinthian Christian
iaius or Catus (Rom 1923. sec 1 Cor. 1910:
dictated by St Paul, and written down by one
Tcrtius.
LANGUAGE writes IN Grocl, because
~ Greek was universally understood amons
the half-foroign poorer classes OF tho imperial
/ city. CO Greek was the more familiar ian.
<uage 10 Paul, his native language. and ho
could write moro perfectly IA this language
90 Greek was by far the most perfect Ian.
zuagc in which 10 embalm for all ages the word
u God Paul had 20 speak
TuE EPIsrI.N WAS Sfsrr by A Christian WON.
. An. q dcacoacss named Phebo, who was about
q 90 SAIL from one Of tho ports OF Corinth To Rome
TIE CHURCH AT ROME was composed OF
Jews ana Gontiles, tho latter predominating
Tho name OF the original founder OF the Roman
church has not been preserved to US by history
b Nor even celebrated by tradition Early
church tradition says Earrar sis indeed nj.
most unanimous I'm asserting that 81 Peter
T the city did not long precede his death. "
, 10 10 probable that private Christians
, converted In Palestine even as early as the
Frcnt outpourlng Of tho spirit on Pcntccost
tAcis t;lOi made their way 20 Rome: but
probably the larger number OF those WHO intro
Il iuccd the Gospel at Rome were converted In
I various places under the preaching OF Paul
himself There was continual intercourse DO.
tWcen Rome and the cities OF Greece and Asia
Minor We know too from the greetings In
d chapter 10 that Paul was acquainted with =
. number OF Christians there. According To DR..
Schau, the Jews Ia Rome itself numbered from
twenty 10 thirty thousand souls had a even
synagoguos and three ccmetcricA
IuE OBJECT or THE EFtsrLE. written 10 a
church hc had never visited was apparently
ul u send greeting 10 his many friends who
had gone there, and assure them OF his abiding
affection; 90 70 prepare the way for his visit 10
thcn which De was planning To make; 90 to
b comfort and Instruct those who hAd been struc.
sling along without any apostle 90 keep them
iToin error or to lead them into larger truth.
THE POWER or GOD.
The End; Unto Salvation. This
power has particular obiect-salva-
ton. WHAT'S salvation? Forgiveness
OF sins, return TO God the Father. de-
livcrancc from the punishment OF sin,
welcome 90 Heaven, restoration OF the
Soul TO its true condition OF spiritual
health. 1t is delivcrance from the ruin
wrought by sin and restoration to the
holy will, the Heavenly character, the
loving nature, the spiritual life and
health, the grace and glory imaged in
Jesus Christ.
Christ the Power OF God /. Christ Is
the power OF God because in the Di-
vinc-Hluman Saviour are all the sources
Of power by which sin can be over
come. Q) Conviction of sin; (2) way
of forgiveness; (S) revcla ton of God
and Heaven and duty; o. Divine au-
thority; (5) human sympa thy; co. Di-
vine aid in the Holy Spirit; az a rev
clation of our danger; (S) a lSindlinV
of hope; COZ the drawing of the love
/ God; (l0) perfcct example. H. Christ
Is shown TO be the power of God by the
obstacles it overcomcs. Power is meas
ured in two ways-by the difficulties IL
y ovcrcomcs. and by what it does in spite
OF these difficulties Now the CLEANS
/ ing OF the human heart from sin, the
removal of sin from the world, is the
most difficult achievement proposed
, 20 man. Human art and civiliza-
/ ton and labor can do almost every
! thing but this. Here human religions
and philosophers are n failure. Here
I Is that which says: "Thus far, and no
, farther, and here shall thy proud waves
bc stayed III. Christ is shown to be
/ the power of God by what IL has nc
/ compHshed Notwithstanding this OBJ
stacle. 1t has changed the face OF the
world, Ii has renovated its morals, IL
| has lifted whole nations 20 high state
of civilization, tits renewing the worst
! OF men, and yearly changing null
/ titudes of lives for the better. IL has
I doubled the number of Christians in the
last eighty years. II you take map
/ OF the world like those made by the
/ government census bureau, and put
! the countries in white where is the
highest morality and the greatest hap
/ piness, and darlSen the color as the
! morality darlSens, and place beside II
missionary map with the Christian
/ lied countries in white, while the color
| darkcns as the Christianity grows i'm
pure, and the countries descend into
the blaclness OF heathenism, the
I two maps win almost exactly coincide.
J Where is the most OF Christ cruciied
there arc the purest morality and the
/ happicst lives. ~. Christ is the power
D Of God. not only in overcoming sin.
! but for destroying all other evils
..tN-NAaN..'fff 'NfA fNNt AHhAlls ltAuDNhIlOu
Ignorance. "To every one that be
licvcth." Believing is the means by
which thcs salvation is received. The
light OF the sun is abundant for every
one who viii open his eyes. Water is
unliinitcd for every one who viii
drink. salvation Is offered TO all the
world. TO every ono who accepts IL, re.
cciying it i'm his heart 10y faith See
! nest verse "To the jew first" In
time. Christ was Jew and preached
first 90 Thorn, but 81 was meant also e
Che Grccis, the representative OF ali
Gcntilcs.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
T. We got much from the study Of the
Epi-tle as whole, which we do no;
ohtaiu hv detached portions.
.. 10 is good thing 60 have In,
uiuj FUN and ovcrhowing with a great
subject
We how'd c5nrac our memory
with tha choicest portions of tds Epis.
/ tlc
OLD PEOPLE.
NEW HANrsuWF claims the oldest
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