The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-10
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Topic For the Week beginning Sept. II.
Comment by Rev. \. III. Doyle.

Topic For the Week beginning Sept. IL.
Comment by Rev. :. ii. Doyle.
ToPIo.-Bible directions for practical life
Eph. vi, 10. "a memory meeting suggested.)
In this passage the apostle refers 10
the duties incumbent upon four classes
of people, which include most of the
duties of every day life. These are the
duties of children, of parents, of SER
wants and of masters.
]. The duties of children TO parents,
verses 1-3. In these verses the duties of
children TO parents are set forth with
the reasons for so doing. /. The first
duty is Children. obey your
parents in the Lord" 2. The second
duty is honor-'Honor thy father and
thy mother" The reasons given are: Cd
1t is right. (2) 1t is the first of the COM
mandments with promise. (3) 1t carries
with it the promise of prosperity and Of
long life. Children owe honor and ODE
dience to parents. This commandment
cannot be too much emphasized today.
The commandment is largely reversed
today, and children are demanding obe-
dience from parents. This is contrary
to right and justice and to the direct
command Of God. The scripture con-
stantly enforces the precept, Honor
thy father and thy mother" and in
obeying parents children obey God. and
in disobeying parents they disobey God.
Q. The duties of parents to children,
verse 4. "And ye fathers, provoke not
your children to wrath, but bring them
up in the nurture and admonition Of
the Lord" The duties of parents are
here expressed both negatively and pos
itively. 1. Parents are not to provoke
their children to wrath. 2. They are to
bring them up in the nurture and ad-
monition of the Lord. These are the
two duties of parents to children. The
child nature is like q very delicate in
strument. 1t may be played upon in
such way as to make life sweet and
pleasant and harmonious, or harsh and
discordant. Our children belong to God.
They are precious gifts from God. We
should train them up for Him. His
command is, Bring up this child for
Me, and will pay thee wages.
3. The duties of servants to mas
tiers, verses 81. These duties are sum-
med up in the word obedience. "Serv-
ants, be obedient to them that are your
masters in the flesh. I" This obedience
is to be rendered D with fear and
trembling; (2) as unto Christ and not
unto men; go not with eye service, to
please men, (4) but as the servants of
Christ, doing the will Of God from the
heart. These characteristics should be
seen in the work of all those who labor
for others.
A. The duties of masters to serv.
ants. Masters are to do the same thing
that is, do to the servants as they
would have them do to them. They are
not to threaten. If tempted to grinC
! them down, to defraud or to make life
bitter, they are to remember that One il
! their Master in heaven, who will hole
| them responsible. God will hold al
men who have had others employed fol
! the way in which they treat them. Goo
| will hold us all responsible for the per
| Torrance of our duties.
Bible Readings. -Ex. Xxx, 10; Deut
vi, 60; xvii. II; Sam. j, 9-2S; Ps
cxliv, 11-l5; Lev. xix, 80; Prov. Xxx
II; xxi, 10; Nal. i, 6; Cor. X, 81
Gal. vi, 8; Col. iii, 20-25; III Tim. iii
14-17; Titus ii, 9-15; Pet. ii, 1l-25.