Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. IS.

DRY Verses, -, 13-Golden Text, Rom.
xiv, Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
stearns.
1. "Now as touching things offered unto
idols, we know that we all have knowl-
edge knowledge puffeth up but charity
edifeth." The r. V. has for the last
clause, "Love edifeth, or buildeth up"
The words "Now as touching" introduce
us to new section of the epistlc. Com
pare chapters vii, /; xii, /; xvi, 1. This
section seems to reach to the end of chapter
XII, and might be summed up in the words
of chapter < 81. whether therefore ye eat
or drink. or whatsoever We do, do all to the
glory of God. The great incentive to
this is Remembrance of Him till He
come" (chapter xi, 24-26).
2. "And if any man think that he know
eth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as
he ought to know 1t is said that ITO
know our ignorance is the first step to
knowledge" The great men of the Bible
story knew nothing except as they were
told by God. Noah knew nothing concern
ing the ark, nor even when to enter it OF
leave it, except as God told him Moses
knew nothing concerning the tabernacle,
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God told him. The prophets and even ou1
Lord Jesus Christ, were told by God what
to say (Ex. iv, IL; Deut. xviii Is; Jer. /, y.
3. "But if any man love God, the same
is known of him The Lord knoweth
them that are His, and those who know
His name will put their trust in Him.
We love Him because He first loved us
He SO loved as to give His only hogotten
Son, and the Son of God loved me and
gave Himself for me. Unless His great
love So takes hold Of me and constrains
me that I give myself wholly to Him to
serve and please Him only do not know
His love as | should Love seeks not its
own, and is not provoked; but suffcrcth
long, and is kind and bearcth all things
(chaptcr xiii, 10 God is love, and will
manifest it in us.
4. eve know that an idol is nothing in
the world, and that there IS none other
God but one This is fully set forth in
lisa xii -; Xiv, 9-2O: eye are worse
than nothing, and your work worse than
of IL viper. An domination chooseth you. "
"They that make craven image are all
of them vanity, and their delcctablc things
shall not profit, and they are their own
witnesses. They see not nor know; that
they may he ashamed" But the people Of
God are witnesses that He is the living and
true God, and that there is none beside
Him lisa. XIV, 81.
o. o. FOR though there DE that are
calico gous TO us there Is nu1 one Uod,
the faJner' Oh Whoh are an Things ana
we ID HIM. ana one LORD Jesus Chrlst,
ny Whom are al thlhgS' ana we ny HlIn.
Al ohlhgs Were created py MN ana loI
niih' ana ne Is before al thihgs' ana ny
all ~1s~4 81
alih an thlhgs consist (CoL l. TO- IC
run NOV w. ~ anu feu w. 49, we
may learn 10 say 1hou arU worthy, y
Loru, ana am lor 1hy pleasure, that zoo
III al thlHgs may pe glorlneu through
Jesus Ghrlst'
Howbelt There Is not IN every man
thtt knowledge; 4here are uhoSG To-Day
as there Were those ho Oorlnth' VINO beal
the name OF Christ and yet offer their time
anu strehg1h anu money 10 Ohe luoIs Of
fashion ana pleasure ana the vain things
Vi this "orIu' ana MINK IL an rlgnt SO tI
CO. II you ASK are they truly Chrlst
people, we can only answer thaI II they
are they are not truly serving Ann. As
TO th'lr belhg MS chapters H. IA, 49, ana
" o. seem TO suggest That possibly they
ma! p'' ana they may DC saved as by ire
JuSt p'r'N saved
0, but meat commentator US hou u
Nou, "H"' we eau UT GO hoO eau Is d
sil'ali question except as regarus inc oouy
hoaI'n' ne AihGuOli' u Nou Is hoo meet
anu "rlnh' put NERVOUSNESS anu peaCt
anu Joy III tho luiE uhost hoih' XIV ~
our Loru llllllselI salu' whatsoever Ihlhe
from without ehterfth mo Che man. IL
cannon uellic MIN that Whlch coiiieth OUT
Oh Uhe man. thlt uellleIh Jhe man CMarb
VII 10 .uJ, Inc s"lNaUloh ol tnc Suul ue
pehus WholIE upon the Hhishou WORK Oh
Ihe horu Jesus, anu we are accepted Iy
goa as ms chlIurGh eh'lrelY upon the
merits Oh OhIlSt' we deserve houhln8 pu'
punishment lor our SINS lcU' coming a.
sinners, we are JuStliieu lreely ny ms
grace NOM ~ az me same grace ana
that alone makes acceptable What we &c
unto nm
huC 'aNe heou lesu ny any means mean
tHla HpVr'E OF yours become stunning
DOCK TO lheill 'haO are weak. Liberty Is
Always CUT Oh place Wheh IL hurIs others'
Love seekc'h not hVr own Many thlhgs
may Dc lawful Tor us tfltit arc not cNpOUl