The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-07-05
The Duty of
Forgiveness
Sunday School Lesson Tor July 8. 1905
Specially Prepared for This Paper.

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SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. = For
/ givcness OF God. as an example OF on.
forgiving: tx. sos; 81: Mum. ie.'',
Sam. 1873. rhron. 7lt, en- ST.
sal. 81, ISIS. iog.2i 1904. Prov. BIS. lra-
i.is. ts.a5; a.7. Jer. a.22. u;4i Ices
1881. 80 ~: Dan. 90, Hos. N'i; hic' t'lef
Matt b;f5. Glt. Mark So Luxe 80
Acts SAL 2s;is. Rom. 20. So pls. hih-
! q. 2g-i. Col. 2ls; ! John Is IofEN-
ing one another. Prov. 1911 MsW 80
I q. 6.it: 1871. q. Mark ne, Luke t.s.s
! li.f. i7.a, 6: cor 81. Eph t.S-, Noi.
/ SIS. ! Pet 3.s Forgiving eneinies' fiov.'
2t.lT. IS. 1921. q. Matt. b.a{; Luke 80
Rom 1915. i7-@. parabies ilusraune
| forgiveness. m Forgiveness % God
Matt. isi2-il. Luke i5. 90 our raft IN
! forgiveness Matt is.43-1.. Luke N-so.
/ Examples OF forgiNcneest Jofeph ',en.
| C,5-iD Moses tNum ili. i9; DAVE a
sam. si7. 500; christ tLaks E"'
stephen tAsts ZOO. Paul % TIN. lsl'
Comment and Suggestive Thought
vs. 1920 In our last lessen We
we're warned agains, givins ouense-
Here We are taught what 70 do when
We are the receivers. for onenses are
sure 10 come Everyone receives
criticisms and wrongs which try his
/ temper TO the utmost. Especially r.
/ this true OF the ambitious spirits who
seek 20 be first. "a described In our
last lesson. As Prof Bruce says.
An ambitious man IL sure 20 be The
receiver Of many oiienacs. real or
imaginary. lie Is quick 10 take OF
Tense. aud slow to forgive or forest
wrong" But the danger assalls all
classes. and even the very young
l. Go TO him privately ana alone.
II our object Is 90 gain our brother
and help him 20 DO right We VIII
not make known the wrong 30 others.
make IL a matter OF noioueiy, FOR
that makes the settlement Ear moro
difficult His pride. or even scli-re-
spect. will tend 10 keep him from ac-
knowledgine bis fault This Is most
important principle. Tho wise head
~ a great asylum told me that Ia deaf
ing with the insane Il was OF tbe ui-
most importance 90 keep away the
audience. and that almost everyone
was Influenced hy the presence OF Oh.
ers The wlsest teacher OF my ac-
quaintance deals IN the same way
with his boys Deal with them alone
whenever u Is possible Thus thy
brother viii be- most likely 20 heai
thee. and thou hast gained thy broth.
or. gained him fer righteousness for
salvation for a Christian llfr. aud
probably as a friend.
p. n this fails. then the next ster
IL 10 get help from one or two Others:
and II this fails from the larger com
munuy n this fails. he is 20 be 20
you a heather. and a publican. out
side Of your religious and social COM
pany. but not outside OF your love
and care and desire 70 help (seo
Rom. 1919. 20) In all cases the OBJ
jet Is not revenge. but to save aud
help the offender. Henry Ware
Beecher used 20 say that he looked
upon those who mailFned him. and
said bitter things against him. as-sick
people whom he must try 70 cure %
their moral disease.
Then follows a principle concerning
prayer In the familiar discourse OF
Jesus with his disciples II was natural
to change from ono topic 20 another
But this. coming between two discus
sions on Injuries and the treatment
Of those who inIure us, Is appropri.
ate. II implies that Jesus understood
that his prccept vas very hard 10
practice. almost beyond human pow
or TN filed with the spirit Of God.
Therefore he urges not simply prayer.
but united prayer. even OF two or
three II more cannot be obtained For
al
/ in faith and earnestnesa Two Gre.
brands together make a larger hotter
flame than II they were separated.
I'VE must not fancy that God has n
Partially Tor a little meeting. or that
there Is any virtue in a small num-
ber."--Brbse
VS. 81 22 Bishop Warren suggests
that the preceding discourse on for
giyeness hal so stirred up Peter that
be put Il Into practice Found fault
with often. a. impetnous men are apt
TO be. he asks how long he Is 10 bear
II. The rabbits said forgiveness was
20 be exercised three tines" Compare
Amos "a and Job $3.50 (margln).
vs. 23-27. A Contract Between Two
Debts. %. "A certain king. which
would take account o." Better a.
r. w. make a reckoning with his
servants. his officers. as governors or
-obles who we're farmers Of taxes.
V. "a. zone was brought unto him"
No debtor would come OF his own ac-
cord. Owed him 10000 talents"
According to the oxford Cyclopedic
Concordance, talent OF silver In
New Testament times equaled 5000
denarli 1.-THE pence OF the PARALLEL.
SO that a talent was about 1870. and
the 10000 talents so.70O.0OO Harpers
Classical Dictionary makes the
amount a little over sl0.000O 900.
Practical Application.
$50 likewise shall my heavenly Fa-