Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for February g.
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1 Pet. 81.
THE SECTION includes the lesson. 6:24-
81, and applications and Illustrations from
chapter T.
Embellishments A. D. Is.
PLACE-On mountain west of the sea
OF Galuee.
LESSON NOTES.
l. Whom Shall We Serve?-V. "a.
NO man can serve two masters" Who
are distinct and opposite in character
and demands, who belong to different
kingdoms, each with its own separate
interest. The Greek word for "the
other" in this verse. means not merely
another person, but one of different
quality. "Ye cannot serve God and
mammon:" Mammon is a Syriac word
meaning riches or wealth. 1t is the
commonest form in which Satan APP
pears and in which men serve him.
IL. Our Heavenly Fathers Care of
Those Who Serve Him-Ns. 1854. 25.
Therefore l say unto YOU" in order
that You may choose the service of God,
without fear; fer anxiety about worldly
things is one chief reason why men
serve mammon. Take no thought:"
This translation has troubled many
tender conscience. Take thought, in
this passage, was truthful rendering
when the y. Y. was made. since thought
was then used as equivalent to anxiety
or solicitude. For your life, what We
shall eat" to support life. Make not
your physical and temporal wants the
special and great object of thoughta and
care. "Your body" Shelter and cloth
ing, together with food, constitute a
large part of the natural, physical
wants of man. Most of the business of
the world centers in these things.
''Is not the life more than meat"
which sustains the life? The argument
is twofold. ~ Since God has given
life, will He not see that means of sus-
tanning life are given with it? For the
one gift is vain without the other. (2)
We should give our chief attention to
the life, the true life, and the lesser
things will come in due measure.
20. Behold the fowls of the air"
Birds were exceedingly abundant in
very time could point TO the birds with
in sight of His hearers. For they SOW
rot, neither do they reap" Notice. tits
not said to us: 'Sow not, reap not,
gather not into barns" The birds are
not our example to follow in their
habits. for God hath made us to differ
from them; the doing all these things
is part Of our 'how much better are ye."
''Yet your" Note the your, not their,
the Father whose children you are
Your Heavenly Father feedeth them"
Not in idleness, not by putting food in
their mouths while they sit still in the
trees and sing and wait; but by provid-
ing the food which they can obtain. and
providing them with the means of see
ing and obtaining food
IS. Consider the lilies how
they grow" Many were doubtless on.
every hand within sight of his hearers.
They toll not, neither do they spn:"
They do not work in mans way for their
gorgeous array. They simply live in
the way God intended. and fulfill their
mission.
90. Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these" Solomon
| represented TO the Jewish mind the
ideal of regal magnficence (see Kings,
chap. 100
30 IF God so clothe the grass Of the
feld:" All the heritage. "To-rnorrow
is cast into the oven" Owing to a
scarcity of fuel this dried vegetation is
still often used to heat ovens fer bak-
ing bread "Shall he rot much more
c.othe you:" His children. who are try
ing to serve liza. 20 We of lite faiths"
In comparison with the faith YOU ought
to have, contrasted with the worthiness
of God to be trusted lis loving kind
ness that delights to minister no the
wants of His children.
III. The Couclus on of the Whole
Matter.-ys. 1884. 81. Therefore take
no thoughts" Be not anxious.
80 For" Giving the first Of two
reasons. 'After all these things do the
Gentiles seek" That is what you would
expect of those who know nothing of
our Heavenly Father. Worldliness and
distrust are heathenish. For" Giving
the second reason. Your heavenly
L dlAti hiONFAil bLidI Nt HdAe Httu OF
all these things:" lie does not forbid
your wants, but supplies them.
80. But seek We first:" Both in time
and Importance. Make it your chief
end and aim n al you do. The king
dom of Cod" Gods reign O. in our
own hearts, 50 that we long to do His
viii as it is done in Heaven, and ~
that His lkiuordorp rnav 7,petaif rvor : no
whole earth. Lest there should be any
Misunderstanding he adds, and His
righteousness" Gods righteousness;
a life and character like Gods, which
lie approves and desires for all His
creatures. And all these things"
food, clothing, and all that is necessary
to our welfare. shall be added unto
you;" God viii see that these neces-
sary wants are sr- died.
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