The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.
A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive
Lesson, and Where 1t May BE Found
A Learned and Concise Review of the
Same.

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Opposition TO Christ" is the subject
Of this lesson, which is found in Mark
8: 22-35.
Get ready for revival in church and
Sunday school. Does not Jesus visit us
with this lesson, and prepare our hearts
for larger refreshing? He speaks to us,
one by one, and so he fits us for better
doing. He is standing at the door to-
day, hands full of blessing for us. Does
not the song sing itself TO us?-
Christ is knocking at my sad heart;
Shall let him in?
Tenderly pleading with my sad heart
o shall / let him in?
Cold and dead il my heart with sin,
Dark and cherries is all within,
Christ is bidding us come unto him;
O shall l let him in!'
Shall not the Spirit answer for us?-
"There's stranger at the door;
Let him in.
He has been there oft before;
Let the Savior in"
Points In the Lesson.
"The scribes which came down from
Jerusalem" There was this difference
betwixt Christ and his adversaries, the
scribes and Pharisees. They were COM
ing down from Jerusalem. He was going
ND toward Jerusalem. He steadfastly
set his face along that holy way; they
steadfastly set their obdurate faces in
the other direction.
eff kingdom be divided" Christ real
ly gives three rcjoinders here. In the first
Tvs. "a, 30 he pictures house or king
dom, on their superstition, divided against
itself. 1t is n contradiction, an anomaly.
In the second ". 26) he grants, as it
were their notion, and urges that if Sa-
tan be allowed to go on thus, he puts an
end to himself. Why, then, their anx-
ious opposition? In the third ". 20 he
hints at the real situation. "A stranger
has entered the strong mans house and
is spelling his goods. They are fighting
against God.
Hints and Illustrations.
This lesson brings Christ very close
home to us. We have been studying of
Christ on the sea, on the mountain, on the
plain. This might be termed, Jesus, in
/ the heart He comes to his own to-day,
will his own receive him? He comes to
the hearts door and knocks. Have you
room for him there?
SIN the silent midnight watches
List, thy bosoms door!
How it knocketh, knocketh, knocketh,
Knocketh evcrmore.
Say not tits pulses beating,
IT'S thy heart of sin;
'Tis thy Savior knocks and crieth,
Rise, and let me in!
Now let the message be very personal.
Of old he looked about on them which
sat about him and said, "Behold my
mother and my brethren For whosoever
shall do the will of God, the same Is my
brother and my sister and mother" Can
he say the same of those who sit about
him in his house to-day? Can he look
level into your eyes and say, sister" or
"brother?" The controversy is betwixt
you and your Lord to-day. How the
mothers and fathers used to sing it
"A poor, wayfaring man of grief
Has often passed me on my way.
Who sued so humbly for relief
That l could never answer nay.
/ had no power to ask his name,
Whittier he went or whence he came;
But there was something in his eye
That won my love, knew not why"
"Have you got religion?" And tie
poor, forlorn woman answered, yes
spells of it," She looked it. Would /,
not be better to get Christ, and to keeI
with him all the time?
Live louder than you shout. Let the
life within authenticate the life without
In a word, keep Christ in the heart, and
the life itself will sing and shout his
praises. you see that man there in the
body of the house? He's great shouter
ISN'T hep Yes, he's been making a gooC
deal of noise in the meetings" "Well, III
won't say anything tonight when
speak," Sure enough; he was silent
GLOW do you account for it?' said thu
speaker "He owes me five dollars" &c
right.
In tile meeting the brother was in
ssting on certain exercises of soul, and /
would almost seem postures of body, il
order to secure peace of mind. How re
freshing was the word spoken just thel
by the good sister who, rising, said, ="
have not been able TO be with you in thes
special meetings, but / do believe l hav
been with my Lord! Duties at the coun
ter have so kept me that this indeed j
the only service l have been able to at
tend, yet Christ has stayed beside me al
the day, and 1 have had sweet com
munion with him." Do and know.
Il
had come to him call of duty. 81
young men were asked for India. TIL
young pastors heart told him that b
, was one Of the six. Of late everythin
seemed TO be echoing and re-echoing tn
call. His presiding elder came in. Hi
first word is, Bishop James is lookn
for missionaries for India; hadn't 20
better goY" Says young Thoburn, II
is just what / sent for you to talk wit
you about" But they do not talk much
the coincidence of impression is enough
Young Thoburn goes aside TO pray an
comes back with the seal of Gods al
proval to pledge himself for the wor
abroad. The JOY of that commission ha
never departed, and thirty-f years {
noble service have proven the divinenes
of the impressions. The word obeyed ha
let him, as it were, into the very heart {
God as one of his intimates.
Next lcsson--"Christ's testimony
John" Luke q: 24-35.
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