The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-20
THE N SCHOOL.
nsernati0nal Lesson for August -
1sO7-The Excellence Of Chrsstsao
Love-I COrinthlnms 13t1-13.

1aO7-The Excellence OF Chrsstseo
Lowell Corinthians 13sf-1a.
ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notesl
GOLDEN TExT.-And now abidetn
hith, hope. charity. these three; but n
rreatest OF these Is charity.-l Cor. ls.is.
THE SECTION includes chapters Il ana
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
I The soul. the Life, the Heart OF
Christianity Is Love.-Vs. Id. !. Though
( speak with the tongues OF men \ OF
angels. Although ! have the gist OF
tongues bestowed by the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost, can express in every ian-
gaage with the utmost eloquence, every
rap emotion, every highest experience
md ecstasy of the human heart, that
"harp of a thousand strings yea,
though / 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. II 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 II. VI
cymbal.' large, broad plates of brass.
crashed together by the hands. 1t IL
mere noise. and nothing more.
2. "And though i 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 rabbis and people, the
dark things Of Gods providence. and
His Word, and His world; the enigmas
of the & which all philosophers a
failed 10 answer. And all knowl-
edge" The truths revealed and known.
the whole range of Christian doctrine.
"And though / have all faith" Not
saving faith, but 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; 21:a1. The highest and
strongest faith as 10 miracles. And
have not charity" lie does not assert
that one can have these things without
charity. but says if he could. II am
nothing:" A moral cipher, without
any moral worth or significance what
ever; weighed in the balances and
found wanting.
3. Though bestow all my goods to
feed the poor" He may do all this
from vanity. or from the fear of perdi-
ton, or 10 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
love for Christ. Even of these things,
which Christ SO praises in Matthew rs,
when done without love. it must be said,
"it profiteth me nothing" There is no
virtue in it to be rewarded.
Love is a compound thing. Paul tells US.
II Is like light. AS you have seen a man of
science take a beam OF light and pass Il
through a 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
so Paul passes this thing. love. through
the magnificent prism of his inspired In
tcllect, and II comes out on the other side
broken up into its 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 practised by every man
In every place in life; and how. by a null
vi EAAiaAl MI aAl1
tues, the supreme thing, the ummum
bonum, is made up? The Spectrum OF Love
has nine ingredients: Patience. Love suf-
fering long kindness. And Is kind"
generosity. Love envieth not" humil-
ity. Love vaunteth not itself. Is not pu1ed
up" courtesy. Doth not behave itself
unseemly:" unselnshness. "Seeketh not
her own" good temper. 1T is not easily
provoked guilelessness. "Thinketh no
evil" sincerity, "Rejoiceth not In in
ll,,,ftv h,1f rpioiCeth In the frufh-' These
make up the supreme gift. the stature or
the perfect man.-Prof. Drummond.
Ill. Love the Most Enduring Thing in
the World.-Vs. s-13. 8. Charity never
faileth:" like a fading flower lisa. 2S:1,
a.. 1t il eternal in is very nature, az
long as God and goodness endure.
~"rrophecies:" the gift of prophecy.
they shall fail:" X. ", be done
away. There will be no need Of
themwhen they are fulfilled. Tongues.
they shall cease" There will be no
need of tongues. when all speak one
Heavenly language. knowledge, II
shall vanish away" in the fuller knowl-
edge Of the Eternal World. as the stars
are not seen or needed in tho light oil
the sun.
o. For we know in part:" and :
very small part. How small. science
Is revealing more fully every day.
10. "When hat which is perfect Is
come,"etc. All theparts are absorbed in
the whole. The separate parts. seen in
n different relation, become other than
they were.
IL. For now" in this earthly life,
1--WE see through" lin. by means of
q glass, or rather, in q mirror. The best
mirrors were made at Corinth. These
mirrors were small, and only part of Q
large object could be seen in them.
"Then:" in tho life to come. Face
to face:" Without the Intervention Of
sny distorting media or imperfect com.
parsons.
10. "And now:" in conclusion,
"abideth faith, hope, charity" These
three g~races-faith, hope, love-remain