Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.
A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instruct
i've Lesson, and Where 1t May Bo
Found-A Learned and Concise Re.
view Of the Same.
Lesson for Dec. 20.


Lesson for Dec. 20.
Golden Text have fought a gooa
fight, l have finished my course. have
kept the faith. 20 Tim. 4: u.
This is a review lesson. Panrs last
charge being the subject: Tim, A. lS.
Paul is nearing the end of his course.
How cheerfully and hopefully he looks
forward. Death to him has no terrOrs.
1t is only the long waiting that tests and
tries his soul. II charge thee" pnurs
own "charge TO the church and tc The
pastor, too. The word means 10 sol
emnly admonish or entreat. The apos-
ties last strong message ere his depart
ure. We may well give serious heed.
81 have finished my course" iIarpy the
man who sees Gods providence in his
life and works at il as Il prest ribcd course.
How this dignifies and ennohles III SER
vice in the Masters name! Some pastor
once thoughtlessly and perhaps impa
tiently exclaimed. I'm throw ng ny life
away in this shoe-town." SAID his friend
more wisely. considering the po.siblii-
ties for soul-servicc all about: ''You
couldn't make better throw Fight
the good fight; il is good fighting all 'long
the line. And after the cross--l crown.
Quarterly Review.
We may glance back over the lessons of
the past three months, SO rapi..ly ilown,
with the thought in mind of the vicissi-
tudes of life and the trials and triuinpbs
which come to us, in the pro Sulen:e Of
God, through days of earth. And all these
events, be it noted, are for mans better
ment.
1. The time of the Judg ,s-,Jndlges
2: 1-12, 16.
This was one of the downs OF IsrGnl's
career, a time of departure, d.sobedence
and declension. And yet the very sa'nrss
of the times was voice call ng the pco-
pie back to God. and a voice tia: kept on
speaking Horatio Seymour, was Z
not? who said he had learned ;lhd proiited
more in his life from his f'ilarrs ;'iau
from his so-callcd successes.
2. The triumph of Gidc"n.--.Iudgcs
Z: 1923.
A day Of conquest when lsra"lS star
was in the ascendent, but conquest hy
faith, 300 against 10000. 1t is tioi That
gives us power to prevail. Lirllcnrs nn-
der God is else than weakness. This IS
the victory that overcometa the weld,
even our faith"
3. Ruths Choice.-Ruth. / ;l22
A lesson. in this ease. of the triunphs
of love. Love leads Ruth by II somewhat
hard and self-denying way ont of her
native land aud into the barlc! -Iiclds OF
Bethlehem, but at last to qucs nship aid
blessedness. Love. like faith is brru Of
God and leads toward God.
4. The Child Samuel sam, .: !. 13.
The return Of the prophetic >!,Irit in the
person of a simple child. The ..osl loves
simplicity. When he would az. Israel
40 better things he sets little child in the
midst. And the humble prayer of Hannah
that called down the gift was in Il like
spirit: Truly the meek shall inherit the
earth.
<. Samuel the Judge sam. Z: 5-l5.
1t is at the MiZpah of cons nation and
devotion that the people give opportunity
for the man of God To judge th"il as they
SHOULD be judged and for Jehovah {" ,le-
liver and honor them as he ever loves TO
do. 1t is in the attitude Of prayer That
man is highest unto God.
G. Saul Chosen King.--1 Sam. 10:
1927.
God moves in a mysterious way his
wonders TO perform. Saul goas to seek
his fathers strayed asses, and finds in
stead a crown. His humility here, so
soon, alas, exchanged for arrogance, is
his best adornment Little in his own
eyes. he is great in Gods eyes.
z. Saul Rejected Sam, 10: 1923.
Disobedence is again proven hans
worst foe. II costs Saul his crown. How
many times has il lost us all pre.erment
and progress at Gods hands! TO obey
is better than sacrifice
g. The Woes of Intemperancc.-.lsa 5:
11-23.
A practical exempliication of the sin Of
disobedience. The man who puts appe-
tite between himself and God Is his own
hatefulest enemy. 1t pays to keep Gods
laws. 1t IL runous to break them.
o. David Annointed King.-,1 Sam,
16: 1-13.
God always has his man in reserve,
and true worth, as God views il, will
come to its reward. Be faithful in little
things and i'm obscurity. In ,!ue time God
will brush aside apparently stronger ap-
plicants and give the honor to- his "wn.
10. David and Goliath.--l Sam, II:
3S-51.
There is a loyal, God-fcaripy Davioic
spirit in every one of the Lords own. Bid
that spirit to the fore. Shame The apa-
thy land we all have something of it)
that hides in the trenches. Say bravcly.
trustingly against every embodiment of
evil, II come to thee in the name Of the
Lord Of hosts!'
IL. David and Jonathan.-1 Sam, 20:
22-42.
The nobility of friendship when it is
entertained and exercised for Gods sake.
Jonathan forgot himself and his own in
tercsts in serving David and Dayid's God.
In this he suggests one far above in aclf-
forgetting love, the "Friend that sticketh
closer than q brother"
II. The Birth Of Christ.-Luke ,: 20.
Here is brought to full and blessed view
the one preHgured and promised in all
that has gone before. "Chiefest among
ten thousand" and ''altogethcr lovely
Worship him.
Next Lesson-"The Forerunncr Of
Christ."-Luke 1: 5-17.
Literally True