Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-19
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for august -,
Is07-The Excellence Of Christian
Love-I Corinthians 13.I-I3.
LArrange1 from Pel0ubet'

EXPLORATORY NOTES
/ /. The Soul, the Life, the Heart of
/ Christianity Is LCve.-Es.1 -3. l. Though
| speak with the tongues Of men and Of
/ angels. Although / have the gift OF
tongues bestowed by the Holy Spirit al
I Penfecost. can express in every Ian
/ guage With the utmost eloqnence, every
rapt emotion, every highest experience
and ecstasy OF the human heart. that
/ harp Of a thousand strirss," yea,
! though ! have eloquence md the per-
/ feet language Of the angels. And have
/ not charity" Love, word as impossi-
bic to define as it is impossible to de-
| fine life. Il am becoming as sound
| ing brass:" Not a musical instrument
! made of brass, which has some dignity
about it. but to a piece of gathering
brass, which makes a senseless noise.
The same brass of which were made
/ the thinking DIETER changing. as K. VI
| cymbal,' large broad plates OF brass,
crashed together by the hands. 1t is
/ mere noise, and nothing more.
| ?. And though / have the gift OF
/ prophecy" j. e., the gift of speaking
/ Gods win, not confined to predicting
/ future events. And understand all
Mysteries" The hard questions that
/ had perpleXed rabbis and people. the
| dark things of Gods providence, and
| His Word, and His world; the enigmas
OF the age which all philosophers had
failed to answer. And all knowl-
edge" The truths revealed and known.
the whole range of Christian doctrine
And though | have all faith" Not
saving faith. bat miraculous faith; the
faith by which persons were enabled
to work miracles. 80 that | could re-
move mountains as promised in Mat.
thew 17:20; 2l:2l The highest and
strongest faith as 10 miracles. And
/ have not charity" He does not assert
that one can have these things without
charity, but says if he could Il am
nothing" a moral cipher, without
any moral worth or significance what
ever; weighed in the balances and
found wanting.
3. Though l bestow all my goods to
feed the poor" He may do all this
| from vanity, or from the fear of perdi
ton, or to purchase Heaven So the
Pharisees did, to be seen of men. Give
my body to be burned" As a MARTYR.
but from pride, or self-glory, instead of
1--we for Christ. Even of these things,
which Christ SO praises in Matthew %.
when done without love, it must be said.
iii protiteth me nothing:" There is no
virtue in it 10 be rewarded
Love is compound thing. Paul tells US.
II Is like light. AS you have seen man Of
science take a beam Of light and pass it
through crystal prism. as you have seen
II come out on the other side of the prism
| broken up into its component colors-red
| and blue. and yellow. and violet, and
orange, and all the colors of the rainbow
50 Paul passes this thing, love th Jugh
the magnificent prism of his inspired in
tellect, and IL comes out on the other side
| broken up into it's elements And in these
few words we have what one might call
the Spectrum of Love, the analysis of Love
| VIII you observe what its elements are?
| WIN you notice that they have common
| names; that they are virtues which we
hear about every day. that they are things
which can be practlsed by every man
| in every place in life: and how, by null
| titude of small things and ordinary Vir-
tues. the supreme thing. the summum
| bonum. is made up2 The Spectrum of Love
has nine Ingredients: Patience, Love suf-
ferng long, kindness, And is kind"
| generosity, Love euvieth not" humil-
up" courtesy. Doth not behave itself
unseemly:" unselhshness. "Seeketh not
! her own" good temper, 1T is not easily
| provoked" guilelessness. "Thinketh no
evil" sincerity. "Rejoiceth not in in
/ EQUITY, but rejoiceth ia the truth" These
make up the supreme gift. the stature OF
/ the perfect man.--Hrof Drummond.
| Ill. Love the Most Enduring Thing in
tine World. Us. s-13. s. Charity never
| faileth." like fading flower lisa. 2S:1,
| ~. Ii is eternal IN is very nature, as
| long as God and goodness endure.
PROPHECIES: the gift of prophecy,
they shall fails" Il. ". be done
away. There Will be no need of
| themw when they are fulfilled. Tongues.
| they shall cease" There will be no
need OF tongues. when all speak one
Heavenly language. knowledge. it
shall vanish away" in the fuller knowl-
edge Of the Eternal World, as the stars
are not seen or needed i'll the light OF
! the sun.
.. For we know in part" and a
very small part. How small, science
| is revealing more fully every day.
10. when that which is perfect is
come. etc. All the parts are absorbed in
/ tAAN NAi'tNs tiS ~ tttAdt par SStAl III
different relation, become other than
| they were.
IL. For now" In this earthly life,
we see through" tin, by means of
a glass, or rather III mirror. The best
: mirrors were made at Corinth. These
mirrors were small. and only part of a
large object could be seen in them.
Then" in the life to come. Face
to face. Without the Intervention of
any distorting media or imperfect COM
parisons
Is. And now" in conclusion.
"abideth faith, hope. charity" These
three graces-faith, hope, remain
imperishablc and immortal. But
the greatest OF these is charity"
Love II brings us closest to God.
makes us partakers of His nature. His
children and heirs. II is the one thing