The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-07
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for June IL, 1898
The Creator Remembered + eel. IL;
IL. I3. II.
lArranged from Pelonbet,s Notes

IL. IS, IA.
Arranged from Peloubets Notes
GOLDEN TExT.-Remember now thy Gre
ator in the days Of thy youth.-Eccl, l2:l,
ISTRoDUCTIoN.-As the book draws TO a Close
the preacher passes to more direct teaching
" Whatever else was doubtful IL was clear that
TO do good must be right To use opportunities
for wide charity, without over nxious care
as to immediate results this was the path of
wisdom dl:l-G) This at least made life worth
living even though darkness lay beyond It.
And with this clearer insight into the true
law OF life there came o clearer faith, Joy and
pleasure were not in themselves evil, but they
might easily become 50; and the young man in
the midst Of the glow Of life must remember
that the Creator is also the Judge."-Ql:7-l0).
LESSON TEACHING.
How to Live the Best Life. Chap. IL.
yer. 0. This verse is closely connected
with the first verse of chap. 70. Some
have taken the Rejoice O young man,
in thy youth" as a sarcasm. But it is
plain teaching of duty. The young ought
to rejoice IN their youth, in its delights,
its 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 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. II. /. 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; (3) as our Benefac-
tor, from whom comes every good and
perfect gift, and to whom we owe an
infinite debt of gratitude; a. as our
Judge, who will condemn and punish
us if we do wickedly. Such remember
ing our Creator will (1) lead us to obey
Him. (2) Will make us give our hearts
to Him. Some writer has said that nc
one can think of God and his future
destiny one-half hour each day and not
become Christian. (3) VIII keep us
from sin and help us to overcome
temptation. az Will give us the joy
of living consciously with our best
friend, and of enjoying his presence
his love and his protection. SIN the
days of thy youth" Youth is the best
season for beginning to serve the Lore
| (D because then there are fewer hin.
ORANGES, the heart is more tender, there
are fewer bad habits to break off, ant
fewer alliances with evil men. (2) Be
cause it gives longer life for the serv
ice of God. (3) Because we may no
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 il
the most unfit time for beginning t.
serve God, as shown in the words tina
follow. ~ Because youth of piety
preserves from the evils of old age
Here, however, the great enemy meet
us with the ungodly adage: Youth TO
pleasure, age for business, old age TO
religion" Let the devil have the prime
and God the dregs, Time enough t.
think of religion when we are old, whel
we can serve the world no longer. Nov
is the time for pleasure, to see as niue,
of life as we can. Religion will com
in course. Frightful delusion! the dc
fusion of him who is a liar, and the fl
Their of it.
The conclusion from this broad stud
of life as to what is the true life t
live.-Vers. 10. Let us hear" TIL!
verse begins in the Hebrew with larg
letter las Deut. 6:4), as Buxtorf r,
marks, to excite the more attention
1.-THE conclusion of the whole matter:
The sum of the whole Discourse; til
main thought toward which the who
discourse has tended; the practical col
clusion to which, after all this wild
view of life, we come. Fear God an
keep His commandments" The fear {
God denotes internal piety, and tt
; keeping of the commandments of &C
denotes the expression of it by extern;
obedience. This religion of heart ar
life is said to be the whole duty {
man, or rather the whole of man.
beautiful order, under the genial ra,
of the sun of righteousness, the in
planted fear of the Lord ripens into
golden harvest of duty. For this
the whole duty of man" The wol
duty" is not in the Hebrew, and "
might supply 1.-The whole end" or ''tl
whole work." or with another and be
ter construction: This is for every mai
i. e., a law of universal obligation
What is meant is that this is the onl
true answer to that quest of the chi,
good in which the thinker had been e.
gagged The whole man. This is a
his duty, all that is necessary for h
; good. Or this is mans part, all tn;
belongs to man to do This is his pa
of life, and God will take care of Il
rest. He that has true religious Ii
within, and in his daily conduct, has a
the essentials of life. He has four
what shall profit man, the way to tr,
happiness.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
l. But this very fact should NAL
them look forward to the end, and d
, eide as in the presence of God.
. 2. OF all times youth is the very Ia
in which to be careless aGd thoughtles
Be trivial on the brink of the grave,