The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-25
The SUNDAY SCHOOL
'he senior 6erean Lesson for Sun
day. June 27. 1909.
TEMPERANCE LESSON
Rom. 10, S-l4.

lo'e one another: for he that loyeth
another hath fulfilled the law.
= For this. Thou shalt not commit
adultery. Thout shalt not kin Thou
shat not steal. Thou shalt not hear
ialse witness. Thou shalt not covet !.
ana II there be any other command.
ment II Is briefly comprehended in
MS saying. namely. Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
~. Love woTketh no ill 10 his
heighbor: therefore love is the fulfill.
ing Of the law.
IL And that. knowing the time.
that now II is high time TO awake out
OF sleep; for now Is our salvation
nearer than We believed.
Il. The night is far spent. the day
Is AT hand; let US therefore cast OF
the works Of darkness, and let us nut
on the armor OF light.
H. Let US walk honestly. as in the
day. not In rioting and drunkenness.
not IN chamhering and wantonness.
not In strife and envying.
u But put We on the Lord Jesus
christ, and make not provision for the
mesh. TO fulfil the lusts theOr.
THE LESSON EXPLAINED
Verses s-lO-Loye is the Fulfilling
Of the Law
owe no man anything. but ("save')
70 love one another-Pauls attention
IS sun directed 10 the Christians re-
latlon 10 government and society.
Leave nothing unpaid which YOU owe.
whether OF money or courtesy or def
erence. Debts are necessity 10 civ
ilized life, and promises made with a
reasonable probability OF keeping them
are therefore not wrong This verse
does not forbid contracts for future
payment or performance: il rather
commands prompt payment and per
formance of all promises made Live
not 20 owe. but 10 pay But there is
one debt which by its nature must al
WAYS be due, and that is the debt of
love. We pay other debts for the pur-
pose Of getting rid Of the duty Of pay
ing; but. As someone has said. he
loves not truly who loves for the pur-
pose Of ceasing from loving He tina.
loveth another ('-his neighbor') hath
fulfilled the law-Love secures the
Of every duty. Verse 9
Is summary OF the second five OF
the Ten Commandments. which relates
10 mans duties 10 his fellow man.
Paul sums them up as our Lord had
done in this phrase, Thou shalt love
thy neighbOr as thyself-Iaw is
framed for the very purpose of COM
pelling the good results that come
spontaneously from love Liquor laws
and prohibition laws alike furnish IL
Illustrations OF this truth. Love work |
eth no i'll TO his neighbor: therefore
love is the fulfilling c'fulfillment') OF |
the law-L4ove, then. is the ground |
and principle OF all good behavior !
But what OF intemperance? Here. as 1
In every other verse OF this Temper |
ance Lesson. the alert student will I
ind truths for practical application. |
We suffer more year by year from |
ntemperance." wrote Mr. Gladstone. i
than from war. pestilence and famine \
three great scOurges
II the human family"
Verses 11-l3-The Light OF God.
spiritual. Intellectual and Moral. Is
rhe Christians Privilege.
knowing the time (--the season.
the conditions under
which we live. Now il is high time
ALREADY il is time for yOu') TO awake
UT OF sleep-a specially weighty rea-
on for the fulfillment Of all Christian
uties. especially OF the duty OF love
Cow is our CONT our salvation
carer ("tO u.s. than when we
first believed-That is. the time
rhen the salvation begun shall be
ompleted and there shall be perfect
eward and eternal glOriGcation. Every
ay OF conscious Christian life empha-
ICES the duty OF helpfulness TO our
elbows. Every day abbreviates our
pportunities. increases the claims OF
theirs upon us; gives US Tor should
i've u.s. greater moral strength: and
lcreases Cor should increase) our
aith in God. The battle is on. but
ictory is in sight We should act
) trusty souls in a moral crisis The
light is far spent. t"and'D the day
at hand. let us therefore cast of
le works OF darkness, and let US put
D the armor OF light-Night and day.
lrkness and light. are figures OF spir
ual conditions. Paul had in mind
lie contrast between pagan ignorance
III Christian privileges Sleep" here
'fers 10 the conditions in which the
ne activity Of the moral life is bound
own and hindered BY sin" Every
orning earths millions lay aside
elT DlEDL garments duu Ett Ttdul lot /
e new days work. SO the ancient
dier each morning invested himself
lih armor. for service TO his country
ID conflict with its enemies. And so.
US Paul. should the Christian do
the multiplication Of his opportun-
es for service TO God he should rec
nize the dawn OF the brightest days
at have ever yet shone- II he has
er dozed over duty let him do so
longer How protective an armor
light. even in the physical world.
AZ be seen by a consideration of the
oral effect OF street lamps in the
graded city purlieus Only those
len love darkness rather than light"
lose deeds are evil" The truths
the gospel food the spiritual world
IN light Let US walk honestly C'be-
mingly') as in the day with no
sanness to hide); not in rioting
-eveling'D and drunkenness. not in
ambering and wantonness. not in
life and envying ('iealousy") The
IS here mentioned had been charac-
-istic OF the early lives OF those TO
om this letter was written, but no
ristian can becoUingly yield to In
lcafion or sensualty. Elsewhere
nj announcpg other PRINCIPLES which