The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson VIII, Third Quarter, Tnternn-
tioDaI SERIES, August -.

Lesson VIII, Third Quarter, Tnterna-
tioDaI SERIES, August ~.
1. "Though speak with the tongues OF
men and Of angels, and have not love,
am become rs sounding brass or tinkling
cymbal" 1t Is said that this Is the only
chapter In all Paui's epistlcs In which he
does not mention Jesus in one or other OF
His titles Bnt 1t is a portrait so wonder
full that one cannot fail To recognize the
likeness even without the name. Tho first
three verses set forth love versus prophecies,
tongues, knowledge. faith, goods, etc. All
arc nothing apart from love, but Jesus
combined all In Himself. and He spoke
with more than tongues Of man or angels.
Sec ISM !, 4; Math. vii, 2S, 90; kill, "a;
Luke iy, 90; John vii, Is, i6.
Q. "And though have the gift Of proph
ecy and understand all mysteries and all
knowledge, and though have all faith,
80 that l could remove mountains, and
have not love, am nothing" He foretold
all things In Him are hid all the treas
urcs OF wisdom and knowledge, and He Is
the author and finisher Of our faith MARX
kill, 90; Col. ii, 8; Heb. xii, p. Apart
from or severed from Him we can do moth
Ing John XIV, s., but through Him, or He
through us, con do all things.
3. And though hcstow all my goods
to feed tho poor, and though I give my
body TO be burned and have not love, it
profiteth 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 a sacrifice for Us that we might
by His blood bo saved, and then cat Him
and live, and ii was from first to last love
TO God and 10 ts tJohn vii, SO, with viii,
j, Luke tx, IS; Cor. Will o.; also lex.
xii, s; John Vi, IS, 81; Phil. ii, s; Gal.
II, 90 |. c.). When this great love of His
constrnins us or takes hold OF us as burn
ing fever we win reflect Him.
1. Love suffereth long, and is kind.
Love enyieth not; love yaunteth not itself,
is not puffed up. His patience, kindness,
contcntmcnt and humility. Never was
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 DO 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.
8. Doth not behave itself unscemly
scekcth not her own, Is not easily pro-
| voltcd, thinketh no evil " The r. V. says,
| Is 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
! tRom. XIV, 3 John " 30; vi, IS; viii, 29)
| When oppressed and afflicted, He opened
| not His mouth. When roviled, He reviled
| not again. When He suffered. He threat
epcd not lisa. iii, z; Pet IL, 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. II we
arc willing, He will do it.
F, O. 'Rejoiceth not In iniquity, hut re-
! joiccth in the truth" has no part In nor
fellowship with that which, is evil Mel
Their does evil, nor tolerates IL In others, but
loves tho truth, lives tho truth and speaks
the truth. He said II am tho truth. -
! Tho Holy Spirit is tho Spirit Of truth.
God is the God OF truth (John xiv, o; xvi,
10; Isa Ky, 10). He desireth truth in
tho inward parts ops. lvii, 81, and when
He who Is tho truth has full control II
| Will BIO oven so.
z. "Beareth all things, belieyeth all
things, hopeth al things, endureth all
things" In meekness suffers as In the
sight OF God, and for Christ's sake puts UP
with everything, believing that all things
are from God and for our sakes to accom-.
plish Hts blessed win until He come I'm.
complaining, nnresisting, meekly yield
ing, simply trusting, having confidence In
God and seeing Jesus only.
q. Love never faileth. But whether
there he prophecies, they shall fail; whether
there Ike tongues, they shall cease; whcth
or there be knowledge, it shall vanish
away" Whatever else may cease with our
sojourn horc love shall not cease. Every
prophecy shall be fulfilled and prediction
be no more needed There shall he ono
Language as before Babel, and all our pres
ent knowledge OF tho future be- swallowed
up In the sight and enjoyment Of tho ac
tual realities, while lovo shall be known
manifested and enjoyed as never before.
God Is love, and no that dwelleth In love
dwelleth In God and God In him Il Johr
Nv, 16).
Q. 10. "For We know in part and WI
prophcsy In part. But when that which Ii
perfect Is come, then that which Is in par,
shall bc done away" We may know much
now. but We shall know more hereafter,
for III any man think that no knowctf
anything, no knoweth nothing yet as hs
"ukhe W KNOW u Sor. VIII, ~. The child
OF God In this world has not what no will
have, Is not what lsc will be. sccs not wha,
no will SEQ.
II. when was child, 1 snake m 4
child, understood as child I Thought
as child But mem became a man.
put away childish things" He refers r.
some phases Of the talk Of little children
In chapter Ill, Id, which arc often mot with
today. All talk that savors OF church o,
dcnominattonal pride, or that boasts a
what we do, or Of what we are, Il mcrx
childish prattle, baby talk. BUT with thi,
difference, while the childron's talk ma,
20 innurent and ever attractive, tho bab,
talk Of Christians is positively sinful. IN.
cure for all such thoughts and words /,
found Ia lisa. Nv, 10. Let the thought,
aud words vt God take the place OF ours
! and rs we are filed with them ours WIN
b crowded vut
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