The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-09-13

LESSON TEXT -Dcut @. 1913 Memory
verses a.
GOLDEN TEXT Beware lest thou
forget the Lord "-Dsut FL ~
TIME.-Just before the Isfoeiites cross
"a the Jordan o. enter the Promised
Land A few months after mo last ies-
son Forty years after the Erodus Ac-
cording % the margins Of our Bibles. y.
G. 1881
PLACE The fsraeltcs were encomped
ln she broad space between the RIVER
Jordan aud tho mountains Of Moab.
about opposite Jericho. on The eastern
bank of the rlveT The tract has
breadth OF four OF I'VE miiee
Comment and Suggestive Thought
Reasons for Loving God Supremacy
ID He IL supremely good; he f. the
sum Of all good lie that loves God
loves all that IL good. and haiee al
that IL evil (2) He ia not only good.
but lovable His goodness is at,Tac.
tive; Il IL worthy OF love. (s) All
We have and are we owe % HIM and
the only way in which we can make
any return Is % love him and obey
him IN love. That IL all that IS ours
10 give, 70 withhold n is unutteTaNy
mean. (4) The best thing IN man Is
love. and God wants the best" 90
Such love not only donors God, but
elevates man Love IS the most en-
nobllng act Of the soul. and the nooler
and higher the object. and the more
intense the love. 50 much the more
is the one who thus loves ennoblei.
purified. enlarged. exalted 30 nature
49, In him are found an that ought
TO move the highest affections Of men
Tho Foundation Of Religion, OF
Character OF Righteousness. lice IN a
| right heart, heart that loves God
and loves men. No act of goodness
without this IS true goodness. And
men viii not long continue 90 DO right
toward oil without this deeper motive.
This love If not national but ind
vidual. Each heart must do the low
ing and when all hearts do II the
whole nation will have this heart Of
love.
He that has this love IN he heart
has the fountain and source Of all vir-
| tue Il is 90 the life what the main
spring IA 10 watch. what fountain
Is 70 O stream. what the soul Is 70
tho body what the two olive trees OF
Zechariahs vision were % the lamps
they FED. This Is what faith 10 Christ
brings 20 the soul.
The one great essential. both Tor
The individual and the state. is q new
nfe in the soul that supremely loves
the good and hates the evil This Is
the one way 70 the best hfo here and
hereafter. The state is made up OF IN.
diyiduals. and therefore. II every one
had this new life the whole state
would be free from ne corruptions
and crimes Tho newspapers would
give ne the morning news Of good
deeds. instead OF its food Of crimes
and wrongs
Education IN Religion and Right
sousness - And thou shalt teach
them diligently unto thy children
10 every way. by homo instruction
aud BY schools. and by sabbath wor
ship and teaching And shalt tax
q them when thou sittest IN thine
house" etc The atmosphere of The
home shall be fun Of those truths
Men will speak often Of that which f.
n the greatest interest. Conversation
IA marvellous power FOR culture and
training. The events Of the day. the
deeds of ourselves and Of others can
b made tho occasion Of moral ins,ruc-
ton. In q concrete and vivid form
They are 20 great moral principles
| what tho particles IN tho ar ore %
tho Hight. which would b. generally
invisible but for the objects which 70.
feet and disDerse Il The home Is IN
rs nature "a university u IS a large
part Of the true university eNten'
sion" movement
Family Tgainina is he creates, In
auenco around tho young.
Family Religion IS the foundation Of
church. OF Sunday school, Of religious
life. o. the whole oountrys morality
and prosperity.
Family Prayers are great aid a.
family religion. and the international
Lessons for the whole family are one
Of the greatest helps 10 this end.
The Family Atmosphere. Of reli-
Eious life, Of benevolenco. OF temper.
anoe. Of kindness. Of Intelligence. 81
bright conversation. Is the largest fac
tor In family training.
(sl Thou shalt bind them for a
sign upon thine hand, csc II was "a
literal and formal Interpretation Of
THE command which led 20 the use OF
phylacterles upon the arm and upon
the forehead. These are small cubi
cal leather cases. IN which are Darch-
monts containing four passages OF
scripture in four columns (EX. IS.
40. llI6; Deut 8 40 and Il: 1920
These arc bound upon the arm and b.
tween the eyes BY leather thongs
The real meaning Of thia command
is that Gods low should be IN every
deed Of the hand. IN the sight OF the
eyes in the plans Of the head. Evory
part Of the daily life should be ruled
by Code law II should never be for
gotten.
Practical Points.
The way 20 get the revival Of right
eousness we so much need Is BY q re-
vival Of true religion. a revival that
changes the heart. a revival ~ love
10 God and love 20 man A. Herbert
Spencer said. Golden conduct does
not proceed from leaden instincts
What Charles Kingsley says OF Eng
land Is true Of our land az we'll Men
say AS long as England is ahead OF
the world 10 coal and iron. che mag
defy the world DO not believe H.,
for n she became a wicked nation.