The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-02-21

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. &
SON n the ri!ternaAi onaI Series
for Februars, 22, 1903-Chris-
tian Love.


THE LESSON TEXT.
Il Cor. 13)
: Though speak with the tongues of
man and Of angels. and have not charity,
am become as sounding brass, or tink-
ling symbal.
And though have the gift Of prophecy.
snd understano All mysteries. ana all
knowledge; and though have ell faith, so
that could remove mountains. and have
not charity, am nothing.
Ana though bestow all my goods TO
feed the poor. ana though my body be
burned, and have not charity. 1t prchteth
= Charity sufrereth long. ana 10 kind;
charity envisth not; charity vaunteth not
itself. = not pufred up.
. Doth not behave Itself unseemly. seek
eth not her own, u not easily provoked.
thinketh no evil;
8 Re1oiceth not In iniQuity. but re5oicsth
II the truth;
2. Beareth all things. belisvsth ali things
hopeth All things. endureth All things.
3 Charity never faileth; but whether
there bs prophecies. they fail; whether
tneTe be tongues they shall cease: whether
there be know1sdge. It shall vanish away.
For ws know in part. and we prophecy
"a But when that which IL perfect IL COM.
then that which Il In part shall b Done
away.
u. When was ch1l4 / spaks a. !
child. understood 40 child, thdught a.
child: but when became man, put
away childish things.
- For now We see through glass dark
W but then face TO face; new know In
part; but then shall know even a. also
] An known.
~ Ana now abideth faith. hope, charity.
these three; but the greatest Of these u
GOLDEN TExT.-,xow Abfneth fssth.
hepe ehar1tys these threep bit the
nreexest Of these = eharity.-1 Cor.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
11o importance of love. ........1 Cor. 13u-a |
ia nature Of love.............l Cor. u-<Q.
11o Duration Of love...........1 Cor. 131-1a |
YI4H.-A D. 81. spring.
PLACE. -EphssuG
NOTES AND colxlfENTa
On account Of their disputings this
lssson on love was needed BY the
Corinthians. In connection with IL
study one should read Drummonds |
famous address, Arst delivered to the
students at Northteld. on .Ths Great
est Thing In the World" What one I
longs for above all else is to him i
the greatest thing. Among the
things that Christians desire paul
does not refer to otfers) the apostle
mentions eloqucnce, the gift Of proph-
ecy miracle-worldng faith, know
ledge Of mysteries, charity. the hero
ism Of martyrdom- Hare Il list
from which one might ind It dificult
10 make Z choice. And Paul set love
higher than all Why7 +
The last clause Of chapter xii. be-
ongs with this section in which Paul Il
speaks Of love. He has told them +,
hat It is right that they should d.
ire and strive for some OF these
yifts-the moro important oncs-and
low, he says, he will tell them how.
EEK lore, and let these giftxSb man 4
festations OF love, for only xo are I
hey really Of any value Tvs. i-s). 1a
Speak with X. tongues: One of d
no gifts of which the Corinthians
vere very proud. II was the utter :
nee OF wild and incoherent words !
nd meaningless sounds when under
ehgious excitement. The same thing
J observed to-day in connection with .
he ''camp-meetings" In the south. G
aul said that he would rather speak r
We words with his understa nding In,
than ten thousand words III a 81
ongue" (14:l0). "Of men and OF
ngels": "Of men. aye. and of an.
els" In whom the gift migIn be
opposed to be even superior to that h
men--even this. without love. !,
ould be only useless noise. .Thc :
II Of prophecy; This was what =
e call speaking in meeting" or y
Ehorting. These things. which are - y
the head. and good in themselves. ! y
q nothing" 80 far as character is /,
'ncerncd, unless the heart is right. Al
5estov all my goods: A man may pt
AXE great gifts to charity and yet ii
an abominably mean and selfish si
an. He may endure great personal y
scomforts and even sacrifice his life II
ther than yield a theological opin- ~ ~
a. and still be prond, narrow " u
nded, unchristian man. Outward IL
tions do not tell. 1t Is everywhere :
question of motive. With love is
e governing motive all life and ac-
n are good; without It nothing ii
Cd. to
Panl was writing to particular Tt
arch about the little riyalries and iil
'lousies of its church life. which tr,
re utterly inconsistent with the pa
rist-spirit. but the lesson is needed !. !
" as much by us as IL was by the -
'ple in Corinth. Love suffereth. ~
g. But more than that, though 'of
ured, love Is progressively kind" &c
nvieth not: When it1aclSs; Is not POI
greatly "set up" over what it
}. "Taketh not account of cvi1":
not always looking FOR personal con