The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-20
The SABBATH SCHOOL
International Lesson Comments For
March 23.
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| IL. Have no fellowship" Have no
connection with or sympathy for anything
done in the dark-under cover. We may
not actually commit certain sins, but il we
| tolerate or encourage them, we are par
takers with the transgressors. We should
| never be accessory to the sins of others,
either by commendation, counsel, consent
| or concealment. Sec 2 Cor. @: la-lS. The
| gospel standard demands a complete
| separation from this present evil world,
both in spirit and practice; ! John 2; 10,
Sins are called works, not fruits lGal.
5: 1922; their only fruit is death from.
| Q: 81; Gal. Q: 81, which is not fruit in a
true sense. Darkness" Sin is dark
ness and its parent is the prince of
darkness. Plants cannot bear fruit in the
absence Of light. The graces Of the Spirit
flourish in the light. Sinful works come
from the darkness of ignorance, seek the
darkness of concealment and lead to the
| darkness of hell. "Reprove them" Speak
| against them. Take a firm definite stand
against every form of sin, as did John
| the Baptist, Jesus and Paul. The parent
| OF crime and pauperism in our country to-
| day is the liquor traffic. 1t thrives in
darkness, behind screens, 1t could not for
moment endure the gaze of an enlight.
| ened people. And yet this iniquitous
traffic is entrenched behind the law Of
the land and public opinion. The super
lative duty of the Christian citizen is to
| oppose and denounce this vile, soul-destroy-
| ing business, by voice, by pen, by vote.
| u. 1T is a shame" etc. They are too
vile to he mentioned or even thought of
with but adherence. The only sign of
| their shame was that they sought the
cover of secrecy. How low they must
have sunk when it was shame for the
| apostle to even speak" about what they
| fa1id ~ Rut thprp anhipnta ahnnt
which it is our duty to remain silent. It
is a shame and disgrace for the public
| prints to be filed with the low and nau-
| seating details of crime. I'm secret" Oh
the abominations that are carried on in
secretl No Christian should join himself in
| any way to those whose actions must be
| kept covered. Jesus said, "In secret have
l said nothing" The apostle seems to
| speak here of the Gentle idolaters, and of
| their horrid mysteries which none were
permitted to divulge on pair, Of death.
l3. That are reproved.' When they
are reproved. v. by the light" It
is the light which discovers what was
concealed before in darkness, therefore
we ought to be shining lights in the
| world, and by a holy example and a
godly life make light! Let us know the
truth about the devastations of the liquor
| curse. Let it be known that it makes
ninety per cent. of all our paupers and
one hundred million dollars each year.
Draw back the curtain and let us for one
moment see the heartache and sorrow and
disease and death that it brings to us;
bhghting, running, cursinS wherever 1T
| touches; and then with an enlightened and
awakened public conscience we will rise up
and drive out this monster.
IA. Awake thou that sleepest," etc.
Sleep is an emblem of DEATH and both
sleep and death are used to represent the
soul in sinful state. Sleep is state of
~ Inconsistencies, ~ seeming security,
(3) darkness, az inactivity, (5) unconcern;
while death includes the idea of corrup-
ton. From this state, through the power
of the Holy Ghost, we are to awake and
arise God uses means to awaken men,
and by His power we Ere to come forth
from the death OF sin to new life in
Jesus Christ. Chap. 2: 46. "Shall shine
upon thee" (R. W Shedding forth His
love, joy and peace into our hearts, and
thus bringing us into state OF rest, COM
| fort and holiness.
l5. "Circumspectly" See R. V. Watch
| full and cautious in order to avoid danger.
The Christian needs to be prudent.
! l6. "Redeeming the time" To redeem
time is to regain what is lost and to saw,
what is left. Buying up the opportunity"
+. " margin. By eagerly seizing the mo
ments. by diligence, by continued applica.
ton this can be done. Days are evil"
The present times are dangerous, and are
full OF troubles and temptations, and only
the watchful and diligent have any reason
to expect to keep their garment, clean.
| is a most evident allusion to the orgies of
Baechus, in which his votaries acted like
| madmen, running about, tossing their
heads from shoulder to shoulder, appearing
| to be in every sense completely frantic.
| 49, "Be not drunk" Do not become
al -.
madmen. There were doubtless converted
drunkards among the Christians to whom
Paul wrote, and wine was their especial
danger. Intemperance is a folly, waste,
degradation, sin. 1t ~ divests men
of their native dignity; (2) sinks them
below the brutes; (s) Injuries body and
mind; (4 wastes their substance; (5) de-
stroys the sacredness of the home; (6)
is the parent Of other vices: ~ is prohib-
tied by the Scriptures; (S) must be re-
wherein is excess" Wherein is riot"
r. V. The word here translated excess
means prohgacy and debauchery of every
kind; such as are generally connected with
drunkenness. and especially. among the
worshipers of Bacchus. Paul's prohibition
is positive and absolute. Wine that causes
riotinx is forbidden. "Filled with the
Spirit" Here Patti shows the difference
between the worship of the true God
| and OF the heathen deltles. After oher-
ing sacrifices to Bacchus, the god of wine,
It was the custom of the people to get
drunk in his honor. The JOY that is
| kindled by wine il degrading, that which
is kindled by the Holy Spirit is edifying
and soul-inspiring. To be filled with the
Spirit is to be in possession of the graces
Of the Spirit; it implies divine guidance;
it is to be filled with God and to accept
Him as the only portion of the soul.
10, Speaking" etc. Men filled with
wine eng vile songs, but Gods people
sing the songs of Zion Christianity is a re-
ligion of song; iIfdelity does not sing.
''With your heari"( R. W. The Lord
is not satisfied until He gets the heart.
| Christianity is heart religion.
| 90. Always" In times of adversely and
trial as woll as in times of blessing For
I all things" Rom. s. IS; ! Thess. 5: Is.
unto God" James |: II.
81 Submitting" etc. There is a mu-
tual submission that Christians owe one to
another, condeseo". ding to bear one an.
other'G burdens, not advancing themselves
above Others, but in love serving one an.
other.
Thought the Doctor Knew.
| At the last annual meeting OF the
Association of Military Surgeons Of the
| 81 IAk. IIaR