Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-08-18
HE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for August =.
Iso7-The Excellence OF Cbristian
Love-I CorinthIan. I3II-I3.

Iso7-The Excellence of Christian
Love-I Corinthians 13Ii-I3.
ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notes.l
GOLDEN TEXT-And now abdeth
faith. hope. charity. these three; but the
| greatest Of these is charity Cor. 1913
THE SECTION includes chapters l. and
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
| 1. The Soul. the Life, The Heart of
Christianity Is Love.-Vs.1-3. /. Though
speak with the tongues of men and of
angels Although 1 have the gift of
tongues bestowed by the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost, can express in every Ian
guage with the utmost eloquence every
rapt emotion, every highest experience
and ecstasy of the human heart, that
harp OF thousand strings" yea,
though 1 have eloquence and the per-
feet language of the angels. And have
not charity" Love. a word as impossi-
| BILE TO define as il is impossible To de-
fine life. Il am becoming as sound
| ing BRASS" Not musical instrument
made of brass, which has some dignity
about it, but TO u piece of Gathering
brass, which makes a senseless noise.
/ The same brass of which were made
the thinking DIETER changing, Is L. W
cymbal," large, broad plates OF brass.
crashed together by the hands 1t is
mere noise, and nothing more.
,. And though l have the gift of
| prophecy i. e, the gift of speaking
| Gods will, not confined TO predicting
future events. And understand all
Mysteries The hard questions that
had perplexed rabbits 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 L have all faith" Not
saving faith, bat miraculous faith: the
| faith by which persons were enabled
| 10 work miracles. so that | could re-
move mountains" as promised in Mat
! thew l5:2O; 2l:21. The highest and
| strongest faith as 20 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 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 n MARTYR.
but from pride, or self-glory, instead OF
! love for Christ. Even of these things,
! which Christ so praises in Matthew -,
when done without love, it must be said,
lit protiteth me nothing" There is no
virtue in il to be rewarded
! Love IS a compound thing. Paul teIIs ~
! II Is Ike light. As you have seen a man OF
! science take a beam of light and pass IL
! through 4 crystal prism. as you have seen
! 1t 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
! so Paul passes this thing, love. through
| the magnificent prism of his inspired in
! tellect. and II comes out on the other side
! broken up into It's elements. And i'm these
| rev words we have what one might call
! the Spectrum Of Love. the analysts of Love.
| VIII you observe what its elements are?
| VIII you notice that they have common
names; that they are virtues which we
| hear about every day: that they are things
| which can be practised by every man
| In every place in life; and how, by a null
| titude of small things and ordinary Vir-
| tues. the supreme thing. the summum
bOnum. is made up The Spectrum of Love
mas nine Ingredients: Patience. Love suf-
! 'ering long kindness. And is kind"
generosity. Love envieth not" huml-
| ity, Love vaunteth not itself, is not pulled
Up" courtesy. Doth not behave itself
unseemly;" unsclnshness. 'Seeketh not
! her own" good temper. 1t ia not easily
provoked Guilelessncss. "Thinketh no
evil" sincerity. "Rejoiceth not in in
| EQUITY. but rejoiceth in the truth" These
make up the supreme git. the stature or
the perfect man.-Prof. Drummond
III. Love the Most Enduring Thing in
the World-Ns. s-13. s. Charity never
! failcth:" like fading flower lisa. 2S:1,
| -. 1t is eternal in is very nature, as
! long as God and goodness endure.
| prophecies" the gift of prophecy,
they shall fall" II. v. be done
away. There will be no need OF
them 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 in the light OF
! the sun.
o. For we know in part" and n
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 n
the whole. The separate parts. seen in
n different relation, become other than
, they were.
u. For now" in this earthly life,
eve see through" lin. by means OF
glass or rather, In mirror The best
mirrors were made at Corinth These
mirrors were small. and only part Of a
large object could he seen i'm them.
Them" in the life 10 come Face
TO face Without the Intervention of
any distorting media or imperfect COM
PARSONS.
10. And now" i'm conclusion,
"abidcth faith, hope. charity" These
three graces-faith. hope. remain
impcrishable and immortal. But
the greatest OF these is charity d"
Love. II brings us closest to God.
makes MS partakers OF His nature. Il;s
children and heirs II is the ono thing
without which faith and hope are Of
little avail