The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-11-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
AN INTERESTING AND INSTRUC.
TIVE LESSON.
Reflections of an Elevating Character
wholesome Food for Thought Study
ing the scriptural Lesson InteiiigentIy
and Probably.
l. sson for November 18.

l. sson for November Is.
GOLDEN TExT-"As ye would that mon
should do u you. do ye also TO them like
wise "-Luke 6f31.
The subject of this lesson. "The Ser
mon on the Mount, is found in Luke
3: 20-3l
"He lifted up his eyes on Greek els,
into) his di ciples. 1t is straight,
level look Christ gives us to-day. No
evasion. no peradventure. He knows
the truth and he knows he is telling
the truth. Look honestly back and
mean penniless? But we have seen
penniless blasphemers Does it mean
timid? But we have seen timid skep-
ii s. Lord, do then tell us what it sig.
nife'. And he does. He is very kind
and considerable ana remembering that
we are dust he has dropped down from
the very skies to give us this expla
nation, Rev. iii. II, IL. To the Laod.
oceans: Because thou sayest, | am
rich, and increased with good, and
have need of nothing, and knowest
not that thou art wretched, and misera-
BILE, AMI poor, and blind, and naked,
counsel thee to buy OF M gold tried
in the fire. that thou mayest be rich,
and white rayme ut that thou mayest
be clothed, and that the shame OF thy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint
thy eyes with eye-salve, that thou
mayest see." 1t is enough, Lord, ap
lndone.
IL am coming To the cross,
i Am poor aud weak and blind,
am counting all but drosS-
shall full salvation find"
tD1 4 Al. u
It is the hungry that win. The bles-
sedness of being unbles ed, the full
ness of want. DO you remember the
cept with thirst, You laughed at him
at first, but O, how hungry he was for
knowledge. And, you recall, he car
ried off the valedictory. Yes, you re-
member it we'll, for you thought to
have it, perhaps, yourself. Henry Ward
Eeecher was not the brainiest or most
promising of Lyman Beechers boys.
He simply longed, and his longing soul
obtained Seek and We sha find,
kno k, and it shall be opened unto YOU"
This is hunger's road to plenty. The
king grassej get the dew, the yearn-
ing earth the showers ASK and We
shall receive" Blessed are We that
weep now There is much of weep
ing in this wor d, there ought to be.
Christ wept over Jerusalem; we are
looking on with comparative indiffer.
ence.
"He wept that we might weep,
Each sin demands Il tear;
In heaven alone no sin Is found,
And there's no weeping there"
Yes, there's a good time coming
when sorrow and signing shall flee
AVA, and God shall wipe all tears
from our eyes. But to-day are we nj
al, together so thoughtless and careless
regarding the sin we see about us an0
the sou that are going down 20 death:
Do not tears go be ore revival joys,
tears mixed with prayers? God bring
the church to tears of grief that she
may presently be led to songs of glad
ness.
Blessed are We when men shall hate
you" Is hatefulness blessedness?
I hen were many blessed. But it is to
be hated or the Son s sake. That
means to be hated for being good.
Thank Col, there are men good
enough to incur the world S ill-will.
Men who by the r purity in the midst
Of wickedness and their very gentle
ness under persecution mortally offend
and more deeply enrage the world
But is the world being made thus an
pry to-day! IL we were more like the
Master, would the world not be more
like itself? The blessednes5 of such a
life is certainly often worldly.
The Sermon on the Mount Is the
nearest we come to a statement of
Christ's system of theology. 1t was
we'll thought out, every word a pearl.
some one has said it was the gathered
fruit of all his years OF meditation and
study. Certainly these sentences will
take us years to sound to their depths.
And yet how simple and practical!
They take hold of everyday life, and
thew fasten on the minds Of the high
catch the spirit breathed here. who
are the meek?" Said the boy of the
Indies: Those who give soft answers
to rough questions.
% 90 grace how great debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be;
Let thy grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone 10 wander. Lord. feel 1t,
Prone To leave the God love;
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal II,
Seal II for thy courts above 4"
Pc satisfied. Trust Goi's discipline,
trust God s providen Q. Ask, like the
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bundle of clamorous wants in its moth
er's arms is also bundle &C sweet sat
issaction. Be Gods child. Be happy
In resting in God. Trust his grace.
Sometimes 1 get sweet glimpses OF his
face.
But that Is all;
Sometimes he looks on me and seems TO
smile,
But that is all;
/ la n
peace,
But that Is all;
Sometimes l think / hear his loving voice
Upon me call
"And is this all he meant when first he
said,
Come unto meY
Ia there no deeper, more enduring rest
In him for thee1
Ia there no steadler light for thee In him7
q, come and see;
Is there no deeper, more enduring rest
In him for thee?
Nay, do not wrong him with thy heavy
thou hts,
But love his love;