The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-01-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.


q How helpless nature lies
= Unconscious Of her load!
The heart unchanged can never rise
To happiness and God
Can aught but power divine
The stubborn viii subdue?
'Tis thine. eternal Spirit. thine
To form the heart anew.
o change these hearts Of ours,
Aud give them love divine;
Then shall our passions aud our
powrrs,
Almighty Lord. Ice thine.
7extuaI study.
| This ought to be studied Bible in
hand.l
NICoDEMus, was a member OF thn
grand Sanhedrin. Th,. members pf
the Sanhedrin were considered az
rulers. tie was the son of Gorion,
counted on,- Of The three richest men
In Jerusalem. He aftprwHrl become
. exceeding puor. His daughter gath
erred barley corns for food from un-
der the horses feet. This was be-
lieved 10 be the result Of persecution
because he accepted the teachings OF
Jesus Christ CAME TO JEsUs by
NIGHT Might studies were consdd-
cred the proper caper among law
students. Their old maxim was,
"God draws a thread OF mercy by
day around him who studies by
night Made the night inuruey be-
cause he wanted TO iind Jesus alone.
VIZ KNOW THOU ART TEACHER ooNE
FROM Con. The Sanhedrin had eyi-
IDENTIFY looked into the case. The
ability to teach is always looked
upon rs God given. While the sau-
hedrin were convinced uf this truth
they were not willing OF frank T.
enough TO admit the same These
miracles were too great 90 be per-
formed by devils. BoRN AGAIN, OF
from above. Every man must have
two births. one from heaven and /
one from earth; one Of his body aud 1
the other OF his soul Born OF God"
Il common expression. Sea Cor.
., IL EXCEPT A MAH BE BORN A0AJN,
HE cANNoT sEE THE KiNGDOM. Sin
must be pard0ned and man must be
made into harmony with heaven be-
fore be can enter into Il with any
satisfaction. Ssc John 8. % Find
same principle in Psa. 80, L., Eccl.
o, G; Heb, T.. IL This new birth l. a
vital Introduction 10 "a new order OF
things. How can A MAN DE BORN
A0AINg When "A prnsrlytc was IT.
cciyed his relations were 50 chang
cd that be was IN sense a new born
babe. Like the naturalization OF a
foreigner In this country Hnw is Il
possible 10 start afrssh2 How can
he undo The paste Can the accumu-
lation OF ages be changed and the
Individuality s,ill nemainG fE n0RN
or wATRR ANn or THE SPIRIT. Water
l'eing external nsfccted the external
Kingdom, while spirit being Internal
has refcp,noe 80 the internal king
dom. when We mad thgse words
they n,niiud rs ol the words, "And
the Spirit Of God moved upon the
face oi the waters" gSse Cieu. IlI
We mad Ia Mark 10, i6, "lie that be-.
lievvth and is baptia,'d shall he say-
cd; but be thar bylicveth not shah
i,o damned - Re docs not say, he
that Is not haptircd shall be damn.
ed. baptism, for many reasons,
might he Impossible, yct DO not t,,,-
lhvc they would he damned Il not
hapti1ed. This is not "a nsason for
person declining 60 accepl the hrI-.
tian life. A new birth l. AN abSo-
luto necessity for cntFance into heay.
en-. TnAT wHlrn fs BORN uF vHE
FtEsH Is ri.EsH The wori flesh &,
tho hihle does not always naler ta
the human body. hut relcrs 20 the
fallen aud perishahlc. Thru. Il nA,
hsgcts Ike, that which Is horn Of Iln.
flesh needs 10 be- operated upnn by
the Holy Spirit. Ne must b.. born
from a holy natups II We would H.
nc for holy cnmpanionshlp for ail
eternity. THE WIND nLowEru. Hena
h the best Illustration OF the new
life and change. IL Il as mysterious,
yet as real, a. the wlnd, Thrre = a
certain amount uf el,ctricity Ia lhe
atmosphere all the time. VT li's
ane NOT always vvi
dent. SO IN man the divine els'mrns
b always pneseut, tho not always
manifest. VIZ EFEAg fuAr wE 10
SNow. Christ might have said, ana
Ioy disclp - do nos teach what ~
10 aoe vadegstsnd ESpTkuU cas.,