The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON w, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 25.

stearns.
20. "Thon Paul stood in the midst Of
Mars hill and said, Ye men of Athens, 1
perceive that in all things ye are too SUI
perstitious. The r. V margin says, Re,
ligious 1t was something like much OF
the religion of today, which is described
In Isa xxx. 10, Eek. xxxiii 81, Math.
XIV. 10 righteousness without any real
ity, without any forgiveness OF sins-ail
outward formality The peoples time was
spent in talking of the news OF the day
Verse 2D; as Paul waited for Sllas ana
Timothy 70 come to him from Borea oversees
! / 70 l6) lac made good use OF his time Tor
his Master both IN the synagogue ana 10
the markctplace and every day preached
Jesus and the resurrection
30 Whom therefore sc ignorantly wor-
! ship Him declare ! unto you. lie said |
| this with reference 10 the altar 10 the un'
J known God for it would seem that IN |
| their worship of many gods or Idols they |
| had an altar Tor one whom possibly they |
might not have heard Of as yet, but II
there was such an one, they would Ike his
favor also. Here is the one business CT the
church. 10 make known 10 those who never
heard Of Him the one only living ana true
! God " no alone is worthy to be worshipped
! "a God that made the world ana ali
things therein, seeing that He Is LORD Oh
/ heaven and earth, dwcleth not in temples
made with hands" Prophets and apostles
dwelt much upon the great truth OF orea-
ton. and emphasized that He whom they
preached was the Creator Of all things.
see Isa. xiv, "a; Jcr. X, -; xxi, II;
Acts iy, "a. People may know of Him
by His works. But no one can truly know
Him except through Jesus Christ, who was
H.. xf =.
John i, 10; | Tim. ill., 16). Lite eternal
is to know Him (John xvii, 81.
20. He gveth to all life and breath ana
all things" Giving is His great charac-
! ter.stic, and His browning act was To give
His only begotten Son, or in other words,
TO rive Himself as sacrifice for our sins.
Having given Himself, He has given all
things, for all things are in Him. The un-
uodly are dependent upon Him Tor the
very breath with which they blaspheme
His name and the words OF Daniel 10
Belshazznr are applicable to them-"The
God in whose hand thy breath is and whose
= | are all thy ways hast thou not glorihed
' (Dan V, 23),
26 And hath made of one blood all
nations of men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth" Not only has He determined
the bounds of their habitation, but He has
done il with reference to His people lsraei
(Deut. xxi, 81, for it is His pleasure 10
Il make Israel the center and bless all ma
IS tions through them. AS all on earth are
l. His creatures and He loved the world and
10 gave Himself for the world, surely it i
g the great business of those who know this
10 TO make it known to those who know II
y not. What else are we here for but TO honor
a Him and make Him known
Is 81. "That they should seek the Lord '
IS Look at lisa. lv, g. z; Zeph. ii, 3; Jer. xxx
s. 49, and Matt vi, 33 on seeking the Lord
)r and observe everywhere that His great de
id sire is to have people turn to Him. by sill
30 we have turned our backs upon Him, ant
sc misjudge Him, and misunderstood Hin
of and think and say hard things of Him
ly The Scriptures enlighten us about Hli
rs and lead us to repent or change our min
es about Him, and when we know Him man
to are glad to receive Him (John |, IL, l2)
#. %. "For in Him we live and move an
o. have our being" If there is one thin
e. that is not known, it is the goodness an
n love of God Those who bear the name {
he Christ are not showing forth His goodnes
go as they might day by day, but are too az
to complain because Of His Christening
rk and thus lead others to think that He
IS not good God is good, God Is love, an
10 If these truths were more manifest In II
it people more would want to know Hin
he for the goodness of God leads to repentan1
a (Rom. II, Al.
lie 90 1--WE ought not to think that I'll
ny Godhead is like unto gold or silver
'ee stone, craven by art and mans device.
TX For 1t cannot be that what we make mac
IN us. The work of mems hands cannot
'se mans creator, and yet what millions see
in to think so as they bow down to idols
Coo hn ~ n
set forth in lisa. Xiv, 9-19, and in verse
see the reason of such folly, "A deceive
,se heart hath turned him aside"
for 80. And the times of this ignoran
ke God winked at Or. V. overlooked), b
mt now commander all men everywhere
Mt | repent" God never makes light OF SIN al
ok never passes it by as If 1t were nothing, b
He He is long suffering, slow to anger, n
of willing that any should perish Oh Pet. !
M o. lO). How 1t must grieve Him to
e's misunderstood as He Is, to be thought u
in kind and cruel when He is wholly al
YER only love Is 1t any wonder that he col
,ge mands all to repent, but Is 1t not gre
wonder that He offers full and free Il
md eiveness to all who turn to HimS (H'
IN xiv, 4; Rom. Iii, 24)
till 81. Because He hath appointed q
In which He will Judge the world
"
be ordained. 4" The assurance of this is fou
in a risen Christ at Gods right hand
fv reference to this day we must rememl
) of that "a day sometimes means thousa
of years (Ps xc, 1; III Pet iii, 81, and fr'
on. other Scriptures we gather that the peri
st. of judgment will cover at least 600 yea
the saints and the living nations bel
Judged at the beginning, and the wicl
dead at the end of the thousand years
.. IN 32. "And when they heard of the res
.Vio rection of the dead some Knocked, and
'uro ers said We will hear thee again OF I
ing matter" The greatest and the CROWN
'ri' event in the work of our Lord Je
TO- Christ, His resurrection from the dead
'ner that which seems to be the greatest stu
bling block Cor. XIV sets forth
'oys fully the benefits of His resurrection
urc, what the results would have been II
49,. had not risen.
sos. 33, a. $50 Paul departed from the
u ! Howbeit certain men clave unto Him
)inB boliovod Tins He went from place