The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-06
The Duty of
Forgiveness
Sunday schsol Lesson for JuIys. 1896
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

GOLDEN TEXT.-"F Forgive us our
debts as we forgive our debtors. Matt
6.l2
TIME.-summer A. d. %. Immediately
following last lesson.
PLACE.-Capernaum near the Sea OF
aGlilee.
SCRIPTURE PREFERENCES. - For
Z giveness Of God as an example Of our
forgiYing: Ex. 2o:6; SAT-; Mum. l4:lS; 2
I Sam. 1913: 2 Chron- TIA: eh. s;ll; Ps.
s2l; 81: 7S.sS. 1852; 1904: Prov. 2s.lS; lsa.
i:lS; 1875: s5:7, Jer. s.22' Sl.54; Ezek.
1881; s6-26; Dan. 9.9. Hos. 1874. Mic. l.le;
Matt 5:45; 6.l4; Mark 3.eS; Luke III;
Acts 5.3is 26:ls; Rom. "a; So; lo:l3; Eph.
IL; 2:4i. Col. 2:l3; ! John l.9. ForglV-
ing ore another. Prov 1871; Matt 9.-s'
"a; 6Is; lS.M. p; Marx l1.25. Luke 6's1;
ia; I7.3, s: 2 Cor 81; Eph 1872; Col
s:ls; ! Pet s:e. Forgiving enemies; Prov
2i:l7. l9; 1921. 22 Matt 5:44i Luke 6;zl
Rom. 1914 1890 Parallels illustrating
forgiveness. O) Forgiveness Of God.
Matt. lS:l2-l4; Luke Is % Our part in
forgiveness: Matt 1S.23-35; Luke l:4l-5A
Examples Of forgiveness. Joseph tGen.
45.5-ll) Moses Mum. 1871, 10; David q
sam. 2i.7. 26.9: Christ duke 23.SDi
Stephen lActs 7.60; Paul q Tim 4.l6l.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
VS.. 1920. In our last lesson we
were warned against giving offense.
Here we are taught what to do when
we are the receivers: for oifenses are
sure to come. Everyone receives
criticisms and wrongs which try his
temper to the utmost. Especially Is
this true of the ambitions spirits who
seek to be first, as described IN our
last lesson. AS Prof. Bruce says
AN ambitious man Is sure to be the
receiver OF many odeHses. real or
imaginary lie is quick to take o..
fense. and slow to forgive or forg
wrong" But the DANCER assails an
classes, and even the very young.
I. Go to him privately and alone
If our object is to gain our broihar
and help him to do right, wa viii
not make known the wrong to others,
make It a matter of notoriety; FOR
that makes the settlement far more
difficult His PRIDE or even salf-re-
spect win tend TO keep him from ac-
kuuwiedaing his fault This IS e NEST
important principle. The wise head
az q great asylum told me chat N deal
ing with tie tn nona f Uas or the ut-
most Importance 10 keep away the
audience; and that almost everyona
was Influenced by the presence of oth-
ers. The wisest teacher Of my ac-
Qualnianco deals in the same way
with hts boys Deal with them alone
whenever 70 is possible Thus thy
brother viii be most likely 10 hear
thee. and thon hast gained Thy hroth-
er, gained him Tor riehtoouaness, for
salvation for a Christian life, ana
probably as q friend
2. If thls fails, then the next step
IS to get help from one or two others;
and ii this fails, from the larger CONF
munity. u this falls. be IS to be TO
You a hoathen ana a publican. out-
side OF your religions and social COM
pany, but not outside OF your love
and care and desire to help (see
Rom. 1919, 20) In an cases the OBJ
ieet IS not revenge, but to save and
help the offender Henry Ward
Bsecher used to say that he looked
upon those who maligned him. and
said bitter things against him, as sick
people whom he must Try to cure OF
their moral disease.
Then follows a principle concerning
prayer In the familiar discourse Of
Jesus With his disciples it was natural
to change from one topic to an sr.
But this, coming between two discls-
sions On injuries and the treatment
Of those who iniure us. IS aporopri-
ate. 1t implies that Jesus understood
that his precept was very hard to
practice almost beyond human pow
er till filed with the spirit Of God.
Therefore he urges not simply prayer.
but united prayer, even Of two or
three If more cannot be obtained. For
they mutually encourage each other
in faith and earnestness. Two fire.
brands together make a larger. hotter /
flame than If they were separated.
eve must not fancy that Cod has a
rartiality for a little meeting. or that
there is any virtue in a small num-
ber. Bruce
VS.. p, p. Bishop Warren suggests /
that the preceding discourse on for I
giveness had so stirred up Peter that !
he put it into practice. Found fault I
with often. as impetuous men are apt /
to be. he asks how long he is to bear /
it. The rabbis said forgiveness was
to be exercised three times" Compare /
Amos "a and Job 1929 (margin).
vs. 1927. A Contract Between Two
Debts. %. "A certain king which /
would take account Of" Better as /
R. ", make a reckoning with" his /
servants, his officers. as governors or
mobiles who were farmers Of taxes.
V. a. "One was brought unto him"
No debtor would come Of his own ac-
cord. Owed him 10000 talents"
According to the Oxford Cyclopedic
Concordance, a talent Of silver in
New Testament times equaled 5000
ienarii 1.-THE pence Of the parablel.
So that a talent was about 1870. and
he 10000 talents ss,7OO.0OO. Harper's
Dictionary makes the
mount a little over $4,000, 900.
Practical Application.
$50 likewise shall my heavenly Fa-
her do also unto you. II We from