Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-11
9nttrnatiunal gessalls.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 22.

LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 22.
Text OF the Lesson, Cor. Kill, 1-13-Mem-
ory Verses, 4-7-Goldcn Text, I Cor.
Kill, 1s-Commentary by the Rev. D. NJ.
Stearns.
/. "Though / speak with the tongues Of
men and Of angels, and have not love, I
am become as sounding brass or tinkling
cymbal." 1t is said that this is the only
chapter in all Paul's epistles in which he
does not mention Jesus In one or other Of
His titles. But it is a portrait SC wonder
full that one cannot fail to recognize the
| likeness even without the name. The first
three verses set forth love versus prophecies,
tongues, knowledge, faith, goods. eto. All
are nothing apart from love, but Jesus
combined oil in Himself, and He spoke
with more shan tongues Of man or angels.
See Isa. /, 4 Math. vii, %, 80; kill, 54;
Luke iv, 90; John vii, 15, 46.
Q. "And though have the gift Of proph-
ecy and understand all mysteries, and all
knowledge, and though have all faith,
so that I could remove mountains, and
have not love, 1 am nothing" He foretold
all things. In Him are hid all the treas
ures Of wisdom and knowledge, and He Is
the author and flnisher of our faith MARK
xiii, 90; Col. ii, 8; Heb. xii, p. Apart
from or severed from Him we can do moth
ing John XIV, 81, but through Him, or 10
through us, can do all things.
L r h1,% ol1 lo
to feed the poor, and though I give my
body to be burned and have not love, 1t
profteth me nothing" He actually gave
up everything, all the glory of heaven, and
became so poor for US that He often had
not where to lay His head, and He gave
Himself sacrifice for US that we might
by His blood be saved, and then eat Him
and live, and 1t was from first to last love
to God and to us (John vii, 5S, with viii,
]; Luke tx, SO; Cor. viii, 81; also (Ex.
xii, s; John vi, Sc, 81; Phil. II, 8; GAL
ii, 20l. c.). When this great love of His
constrains us or takes hold Of us as burn
ing fever, we will reflect Him.
4. "Love suffereth long, and Is kind
Love envieth not; love vauntcth not itself,
Is not puffed up" His patience, kindness,
this love seen perfectly on earth except IN
our Lord Jesus. Oh, Jesus, Master, give
me this lovel Love passive, love active,
love to those in the same work, love at
Jesus feet, willing to be used in any way
or set aside, willing to be used to open
some ones eyes and then to be washed off
into the pool. Delighted with Christ,
wholly occupied with Him, and fully
yielded to Him.
s. "Doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, Is not easily pro-
yoked, thinkcth no evil" The r. V. says,
els not provoked, taketh not account Of
evil" He never pleased Himself, nor
sought His own will nor glory, but did al
ways those things that pleased the Father
(Rom XIV, 8; John v, 80; vi, 3S; viii, 20).
When oppressed and afflicted, He opened
not His mouth When reviled, He reviled
not again. When Ho suffered, He threat
encd not lisa ill., z; Pet. ii, 23). There
is no way to live this life, which every
Christian ought to live, except by yielding
to Him that He may live 1t in US. If we
are willing, He will do it.
g. "Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but re-
joiceth in the truth" has no part In nor
fellowship with that which Is evil. Mol
thcr docs evil, nor toleratcs it in others, but
loves tho truth, lives the truth and speaks
the truth. He said, II am tho truth. I"
Tho Holy Spirit Is tho Spirit of truth.
God is the God of truth (John xiv, 6; xvi,
l3; Isa lxv, 16). Ho dcsircth truth in
the inward parts (Ps. lvii, O., and when
He WHO is tho truth has full control it
will bc even so.
T. "Beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things" In mcekness suffers rs IN the
sight of God, and for Christ's sake puts up
with everything, believing that al things
arc from God and for our sakes to esccom-
plish His blessed will until He come. I'm
complaining. unrcsisting, mcekly yield
ing, simply trusting, having confidence In
God and seeing Jesus only.
| s. "Love never faileth. But whether
there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether
there be tongues, they shall cease; wheth-
er there be knowledge, it shall vanish
away" Whatever else may cease with our
sojourn here love shall not cease. Every
prophecy shall be fulfilled and prediction
be no more needed. There shall be one
language as before Babel, and all our pres
ent knowledge of the future be swallowed
up in the sight and enjoyment of the ac-
tual realities, while love shall be known,
manifested and enjoyed as never before.
God is love, and he that dwelleth In love
dwclleth in God and God in him Il John
iv, 16).
| 9, 10. "For we know In part and we
prophesy in part But when that which is
| perfect is come, then that which Is in part
shull be done away" We may know much
now, but we shall know more hereafter,
| for "if any man think that he knoweth
anything, he knowcth nothing yet as he
ought to know" II Cor. viii, q. The child
of God in this world has not what he will
have, is not what he will be, sees not what
he will seo.
II. "When was q child, spake as a
child, understood rs a child, thought
as child. But when became man, I
put away childish things" He refers to
some phases of the talk of little children
in chapter Ill, 1-5, which arc often mot with
today All talk that sarors Of church or
dcnominational pride, or that boasts Of
what wo do, or of what we arc, Is mere
childish prattlc baby talk. But with this
difference, whilo the children's talk may
be innocent and ever attractive, the baby
talk of Christians is positively sinful The
| cure for all such thoughts and words Is
found in Isa. ", 70. Let tho thoughts
and words of God take the place Of ours,
and as we are filled with them ours will
be crowded out.
12 "For now we see through a glass
darkly, but then face to fnce. Now know
in part, but then shall know even as also
| am known" All our knowledge here Is
but partial, and believe that when we
shall bc at home with the Lord, even the
| most familiar words from His book will
then open to us with breadth and length
and depth and height of meaning that VIC
| po,.or 1roo,up5 of