Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-12
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for August -
Notwithstanding for the sake OF
OtherS-I Corinthians S-I-I3

IArranged from Peloubets &otesl
| GOLDEN TEXT:--For none OF Us ityeth
1 THE SECTION includes the story of the
| founding or the Corinthlan church fActs
/ lsl-iO ana the first ten chapters Of Cor
TIME.-Ih!s Epistle was written in
1 April. A. u. 81, toward the close Of Paulss
! three years at Ephesus.
Z TEMPERANCE LESSON.
! /. Some Practical Questions That
1 Perplexed the Corinthian Church.
/ v. l. Things offered unto IDOLS" Were
those portions Of the animals offered in
sacrifice which were not laid on the
altar, and which belonged partly to the
! priests, partly TO those who had offered
them. These remnants were some.
times eaten al feasts holden in the tenn
pies (see Y. 1o), or in private houses
(Chap. 1927 f., sometimes sold in the
markets, by the priests, or by the poor.
or by the niggardly.
The question, therefore, was:
Whether it was right for the disciples
OF Christ to partake of food 50 connected
with idolatry.
IL. Such Questions Cannot Be Set
tied by Mere knowledge and Rights
VS.. IL l. I'VE all have knowledge
The difficulty does not lie in our igno.
rance Of the facts about idols referred tr
below
Now begins a Kind Of parenthesis.
which continues through verse ).
knowledge puffeth up" Greek, in
fiates, fills with wind, as a bubble.
con"eited person is one whose nature is
so inflated with self-opinion that he ap.
IN To-
really is.
But charity edifeth:" Love build
eth up" builds up the soul into Gods
spiritual temple. Itenlarges its nature.
ITS powers, its character
2. And if any man think that he
knoweth anything" Thinks that with
out love he really knows anything in
its completeness, IN its relations, with
out which there is no true knowledge
lie kuoweth nothing yet as he ought
to know" He has mistaken part for
the whole.
3. But if any man love Cod" The
first and deepest love, and therefore
the love which must extend to man. He
has the principle of love in his heart.
4. AS concerning therefore" Hav-
ing laid down the principle, he returns
10 his subject to apply the principle
we know that an idol is nothing i'm
the world" The image is nothing but
wood, or brass, or stone.
:. "Howbeit:" We are not alone and
we cannot act as if alone, for there is
not in every man that knowledge"
about meat offered to idols Many were
very ignorant, having just escaped from
idolatry. And this fact must affect our
conduct
III. The Question Settled by Love,
Aided by knowledge and Liberty-Vs
7-13. For some with conscience of the
idol" Recognizing the idol as a reality
and feeling while eatingfhat it is par
taking in its worship. And their
conscience being weak" A weak con-
science is opposed to a strong. which /
very strength consisted in the tender /
ness or quickness of discerning a per-
ceptive power weak conscience is, |
therefore (D, one which either regards |
as wrong what is not in fact so; or (2) I
one which is not clear and decided in /
its judgments (Hodge); or 90 one
which has not power enough TO restrain |
o person from doing the wrong it con-
dennis. rs defiled:" BY yielding to
what il regards as wrong
9. Take heed" For what is right to 7
you may do wrong to another. BE
come a stumbling block over which |
the weak fall into sin.
10. For if any man." who may feel /
that the act is wrong. "see thee
sit It meat in the idols temple" at some
social feast or festival. although YOU do
not regard il as favoring idolatry or its
sinful accomplishments, and can do it
safely. or think You can. Seeing this.
the man who regards it as wrong may
be tempted to go against his conscience
Weak be emboldened; Built up: the
same Greek word is used,in charity edi-
feth." Verse /, the weak are built up in
evil, as charity builds up in good.
H. "Shall the weak brother PERISH"
The II. V. has the right pointing. This
is not question, but a statement of
fact. He who sins against his con-
is in the swift road to destruc-
ton For whom Christ died." There
is a great power and pathos in these
words. Shall we. for the sake of eating
one kind of meat rather than another
endanger the salvation of those for
whom the eternal Son of God laid down
His life?
10. wherefore, ~ meat told English
for food in geueraD make my brother to
Offend" Cause him TO stumble and fall
into sin. Christ declares that we had
better have a milestone tied to our neck
and we be sunk into the sen than to Of
fcnd the least Of His disciples Matt
1850. Il viii eat no flesh" In order /
to insure my avoiding flesh offered 10
idols | would abstain from all kinds of |
flesh in order not to be stumbling /
block TO my brother.
The principle laid down by Paul is one |
of the two great foundation stones Of !
the temperance reform We will not |
drink wine or strong drink even though |
we believe them 10 be harmless to our