The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-07
PLEASANT FIELDS OF HOLyWRlT
TIE INTERNATIONAL sUEDAy.soHOoI
LESSON
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Working aud waiting Tor Christ,

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Paul's stay In Thessalonlea was brief
He left behind him the nucleus Of
church whose members had only the
rudlments OF religion. He ardently de-
sired 20 know now they Jared Timothy
brought him the tidlngs at CorInth. The
state OF the church was remarkably
good. But there were some mIsappre-
tensions, to correct which Paul wrote
the first letter ever addressed 10 a
church by his hand, or that OF any 9TH
er apostle, >, In a refined and deli
cate manner he compliments their work
OF faith, labor OF love, and patience OF
hope, Thus having put the velvet
glove on the hand OF steel, he throttled
the inclplent heresy, The scenic
doctrine Of the second coming had been
magnified out OF all proportion by these
enthusiastic hut ill-instructed converts
Believing the appearing near, they
stopped work and talked excessively. To
such Paul says authoritatlvely, study
to be quiet" 30 your business"
Work with your hands" This course
he afilrms to be Indispensable 90 hon
esty and independence. But upon
doctrinal matter so important he will
not leave them uninstructed, They must
not mourn their recently deceased
friends with that extravaganza and
hopelessness which characterized their
heather neighburs, Jesus is the head
of the body made OF his disciples, What
happened to the head shall happen TO
the whole body and each member
thereof As Christ rose, so shah all who
sleep In him. Further, In the last day
those who chance 20 be alive shall not
have any precedence over the dead.
The dead shall be raised. the quick
shah be changed,an simultaneously all
shall ascend to meet the Lord In the
air. This union between Christ and be-
iievers Is indissoluble, Comfortable
words surely! +. But the exact time
of "the appearing" Is as indefnable as
the time when the thief will come. a
general and constant readiness OF heart
and life is the thing desirable. Anything
more minute than this is impracticable.
Mosaic From the Commentaries.
Brotherly love; Words infinitely new
to them. There is nothing even remote
ly resembling 1t in the vast field of pa
gan observation-disclosures I. Love one
another: Love thy neighbor as thyself
does hot merely contemplate doing good
to our nelghbor in consequence of our
inward affection for him. but 1t looks
to our acquiring the affection by doing
him good.-Kant Increase more:
The more active love is. the more II
seeks It's task to enlarge; for. inventive
as II is. 1t is ever discovering new OBJ
jects for It's activlty.-GOdet. :. Study
to be quiet: Literally, be ambitious to
be quiet. Though in general the church
at Thessalonlca was pure and exempla-
ry, yet there seems TO have been some
idle, tattllng people among them, who.
under the pretense of religion, gadded
about from house to house; did no work,
but We're burdensome to others; and
were continually meddling with other
peoples business. and procuring their
bread by religious osslplnE.-ClarRe :
Others which have no hope: Having
been informed that they lamented over
their dead with immoderate sorrow, and
perhaps that they hired mourners on
such occasions, and were even apt to re-
pine mt the Divine providence for taxi
ing their pious friends and relatives
from them, he here proceeds 10 give
wei NtLlNhAtANfh ~
support and comfort them In such cir
cumstances.-Be Comfort one
another: Make these grand events the
subject OF your frequent meditation:
and when your hearts are distressed
with grief for the loss Of your pious
friends, or on any other occasion which
can arise in this mortal life. find COM
fort In these words which rest on the
Word of the IOrd-Benson
The Teachers QuIver.
~ The Bible Is a wade mecum;
splendid, practical handbook. 1t epit-
omlzes all duties. It shows at glance
what one should be in business, family,
society and state. ~ The Bible
shows the middle way between the
braggadoclo of atheism and the hyster-
ical fear OF nature, as each faces the
hour and article Of death. II brings life
and Immortality to light: assuages
grief, dlspels fear, klndles hope, gives
victory. t3D The Bible is the only
book which satisfactorily unfods the
future. II Is the word Of the Lord, Il
message from the Lord OF life. It Is au-
thoritative; not exhaustive, so that Gu
rioslty is satisfied In every particular,
but sufficient 20 accomplish the end de-
sired E. (4) The inadequacy of rea-
son to cope with the mystery and sor-
row Of death Is evident, Cicero hop
ed to live hereafter but feared total ex-
tlnction" Socrates closes his argument
with the words, "Yet | would not abso-
lutely affirm this" The Bible does. 1--WE
know that II the earthly house were dis
solved, we have a building OF God"
(5) As Paul's Intent in this argument
Is to comfort mourning relatives, the
Inference Ia that there shall be n mu-
tual recognition of the saints at Christs
coming. If he did not intend this in
ference TO be drawn, he would have
guarded against IT, The recognition Of