The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05
THE susn.xx scnooI.
Ls~~"n 3, THIRD Quarter rnferna-
tfonuI srri~s., Sepsemisrr 5.

| 1. for az touching the ministering b
| the sninfs, IL IL superfiuous for me 20 wrifH
| to YOU The great privilege Of minister
| ing 10 others. whether in things temporal
| or spiritual, la very Godlike one. for
i"The Son of nun came not to DO miniH-
tered nnto, bnt to minister. and To give
| His life u ransom for mnny" lMath. xx,
2as. Ifs is our great and only example in
| all things II we have first Of all truly re-
ceived Him and thus been saved by His
| blond (Eph. !, q, y. Until we ara saved
| by Him We cannot servo Him, but when
| once wo have became children of God by
| faith In Him then our great work ia to
serve the living and true God.
| .. Your zeal bnth provoked very
many AS we consider Him of whom IL
IN written, Ths zeal Of thine house huth
eaten mo up'' ops. lx!s, o., John il. 10,
and who. though He was rioii, yat fnr our
| sakes became poor, TINT we through His
| poverty might be rich III Cor. will, 81. we
| will be increasingly fllBd with His spirit
| and manifest His zeal IN Cor. i'll, 49,
| Then ns others see Him in us they will adj
miro Elm and want to bs Like Him.
When onre we ara saved by Him, He asks
us 70 hand over 10 Him our bodies that
He may dwell in us and walk in us To The
glury Of Gud thu Father (Rom. xii, /, Q;
II Cor vi IL; viii, 81.
.. ''Ycr Havo | sent the brethren lest
our bnnsting of you should be in vain in
this behalf; ttiit, as I said, 80 nlay DO
rudy" There liz often a seeming rcadi-
ness that does not always result in a per
fnrlnnnce, either through lHck Of sincerity
or some temptation Of the adversary,
Hence Paul senU Thus and brother whose
praise was in all the churches III Cor.
viii, lB-lS) designating them both as "a tho
messengers OF the churches, the glory of
Christi To these brethren, and through
them, the believers AT Cerinth were 10
show tho proof OF their love
4. Lost happy IL they Of Macedonia
come with me anu find you unprepared,
we should be ashamed in this same conf
don't bonsting. IL we trust In people and
in thoir promises, we will be very ant to
be ashamed, for the best Intentions of peo-
Pie may come 10 nuught Jnhn, by tho
spirit, ezhurts us So 10 abide in Christ
THAT we shall not be ashamed before Him
at His coming Il John ii. 2S) II God liz
wartsing in us, HiH Thoughts and works
ara sure To be fulfilled lisa xiv, "a; .Ter.
II, a9) But IL we are apart frnm Elm,
seeking tn accomplish somewhat. iu will
be very apr 60 fall through.
o. Therefore Thought il necessary to
exbnrt the brethren, TINT they would 10
before unto you and make up beforehand
your bounry" There seems 10 me 20 be a
little more of looking 10 man than To God
IN all ulis e2hurtariun and fearfunrss on
uhe part Of Paul It seems good deal
like the way things are done Uodny, rather
than when, in tho days of Moses. the people
gave so willingly and abundantly tla5
they had 10 be restrained from bringing
eek, SSSvi, 4, -.
d. "Buu this | say, He which sowerh |
spailnglY shall reap also spurngly, and he |
which suweth beautifully shall reap also |
bnuntfuily. Or, as it il written in Prov. |
II, "a, There is thaG scattereth and yeg !
incretserh, and there In that withhuldeth |
more thnn IN meet but it tendeth Ia pow
erty And again IN Prov. xiii, T, There !
III flnt naketh himself rich, yet hath moth |
ing there il that mnkerh himself Door |
yet harli grea5 riches No farmer expects
n great harvest from a small sowing; how |
can Christian think 0uherwisep
Eyery man according III he purpns. |
eth in his heart, 80 let him give; nou |
or M necessity for God Ioverh |
u cheerful giver. All service to ha ac- |
ceptabie must he heart service unto God. |
IN the mamie al the Lord Jesus and in tho |
power OF rhc spirit Those who worahip |
God must worship Him in spirit and in |
ruth. No mere outward form counts for !
anything. God so loved rhaG he gave Tho !
SON OF God loved me and gave Himself for |
Inr, and unless wa cheerflllly give we 1
have nor His spirit. The Greek wor, hi
laros, here translated cheerful IN not found |
elsewhere, You can easily see in it our
word hilnrity, suggesting Gods pleasure
IN Gnn who gives with laughter because he /
IL so giad OF the opportunity.
d Amt tod is able TO make all grace
ahound toward you; THAT va always. hay
ing all sutticiency in all things may I
ihound To every gnnd work However
close one may be naturally, and not in
silned 90 give, the exceeding, abundant
grace of God is able 20 transform even
such one into hilarious giver. and
suoh "a miracle of grace brings great glory
10 God. SO in every other phase of the
christian life God il ahle to mako mani
Test IN the rncst unlikely person the very
ipiriu or Christ. Not thar we are suffi-
henu OF ourselves to think anything az of
ourselves, bur our sut,icienny is Of Gud''
IL Cor, Ill ~. A very liUtle Christian
living and Christian work seem to snrisfv
many who bear His beautiful nan,es-
pennies for God, hut dollars many for a
hoyaie or spring suit or cigars, or a
aall dress; a few moments for Him, bur
nany hours a clay for recreation which
ngsb be had.
u 10 This parenthesis is quotation
rom a psalm tcxii), which speaks OF rhe
hiesscdness Of the upright man who lives
n the fear OF uhe Lord TO such God win
give The power CT doing coed beyond their
lrmost thought Flo win not only provide
ihao which we are Go scncter, bub He viii |
less Vi AZ we scaUUer IL and cause it to in
rease and multiply like the five lonyes OF
hs lad which fed the ., Zoo. The seed N
" suwn ~ His whether il be seed in the
o ai OF Ills word er money or good dee,,s.
The seed is the Wort. al God, The all |
er IL mime and the gold il mine, sairh | :
NE Lord of Hosts. Coed works are 1I.n
repaired for W. 10 walk i'm fLnke viii
4; Hag Ii, 8; Eph, Il, 10Y When God
'es any enc who il willing faithfully 10
aatrsr seed, Eie viii ahunGantly H.upIv
10Th che seed and His blessing, without
shsch there can be no increase az Cor.