Evening journal., 1909-12-02
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
NEWS
c. e. Lesson For December 5, 1903.
Life Lessons from 1 .Ioo,

Z, z. Lesson FOR December 5, 1909.
Lifo Lessons from I John.
Into the woods my Master went
Clean forspent, forspent,
Into the woods my Master came
Forspent with love and shame,
The little gray leaves were kind to him,
The thorn tree had a mind to him
When into the woods He came
out of the woods my Master went,
And he was well content
out Of the woods my Master came
Content with death and shame,
When death and shame would WOO Him
last
From under the trees they drew Him
last
Twas on a tree they slew Him last
When out Of the woods He came.
Selected.
c. E. Lesson written by E. C. Trum-
bower, Jr.
The keynote OF this Epistle is Love"
There are many other beautiful lessons
throughout the book but none more ap-
plicable to our present need than this
lesson of love. We are taught here
that love is a divine quality. that God
Is love. and that unless we love one
another we know not God. We are
told that he who loveth God lovett
his brother also.
God out OF His great love for hui
manity gave His only begotten Sor
that whatsoever believeth in Hin
should not perish but have everlast-
ing life. John says here Beloved, Il
God so loved us we ought also tc
love one another. This does not mean
that we should only love those whom
we meet on a social equal but includes
all classes of people. When Jesus was
here he conversed not only with the
Doctors in the Temple but also with
Mary Magdalene. the sinner
DO we really love humanity as much
as we think we do? DO we realize
when we are helping some one that
we are on a level with them or do we
consider ourselves a little better?
Would we be willing to take the street
urchin up In our arms and welcome
him In our homes? Christ did this and
surely We are no better than He.
Christ showed the world what love
meant. and we can do no better than
follow His example. To help those who
need It most we have 10 associate with
them. and the sick need a physician
more than the able.
The negro is a very fair specimen
OF how humanity has thus far showed
lite love I'm this Christian land. For
several hundred years the white people
Of this country held the negro in slav-
cry sand today exclude him from so
ciety. True there are schools and
churches for him. but we do not allow
him 10 belong 70 the same family IN
Christ that we do. that is we try not 20
We are not willing to consider him on
a social equal with us no matter how
much education or money he has. II
Christ should come to this earth with
black skin / wonder how we should
receive Him. The way society and our
churches are now It semes that we
have a White Christ FOR white people
and perhaps a Black Christ for the
negro. John tells ua In this lesson II
VIC hate our brother whom we see
how can we love God whom we have
not seen. Our religion should not lift
one man above another in earthly priv
ileges, 1t should not seperate between
rich and poor, between black and white.
God can have but one people, one
church, one measure OF right for all.
Whatever else there may be In our re-
ligion Is not Of God. The debt we
owe the negro for the labor has been
very modestly estimated at 100000
900 100000. and We are paying It back
very slowly.
God, who is so much superior 10 us
has loved us so much as 70 call US His
sons and make us joint heirs with
= Christ. We say that every man IS
born equal in this country and we
ought to either stop saying Il or make
good our assertion.
l. Throughout this epistle John dwells
on the fact that II we love God we
will keep His commandments. This Is
very true as we can see by mortal ex-
ample. II q child truly loves his
earthly parents he will try 20 do al
those parents wish. and we should b,
Just 80 with God. We say we Low,
Him. but let us show the world thai
love by keeping His commandments.
one thing about our love is that w
should not be selfish with It. We
should not reserve Il for our own fam.
fly and our most intimate friends. bu
let the world have some OF II. Their
Is a lady in this town who makes n,
profession of Christianity whatever an,
a. in very moderate circuun stances