Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-11-24
Nov. 2eth, 1909.


Copyright. 1909. by Rev. T. s. Linscott. DID,
Paul on Self Denial. (World's Tenn
perance Lesson.) Rom. xiv:10-21.
Golden Text-It is good neither to
eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any
thing whereby thy brother stumbleth.
Rom. xiv:21.
Verses 1O-13-Is the Bible a book of
rules in any sense, or is it a book Of
principles only?
Principles never change. but may a
good rule under one condition become
a bad one under another? Give ex-
amples.
There was a controversy in the
church at Rome between the Gentle
and the Jewish believers about meats
and days; but in the eyes of God was
it in any ems a moral issue, as to-
which were right, those who observed
certain days and ~refralned from GER
tain kinds of meat, or those who es-
teemed all days alike and ate all kinds
of meat fit for food?
Did one Christian in Rome have any
right to impute sin to another Chris
tian, who believed and, therefore. act
ed differently in the matter of meats
and days, to what the o%bjector's con
science would allow him to act?
Does this commandment not to
judge. forbid US forming an opinion
concerning any doubtful action Of our
brother; and If not what does it for
bid?
To-day one party In the church
thinks that renting pews Is wrong. an
other that any kind Of games In the
church parlors r wrong. while others
think quite the opposite on these mat
tiers; now has either party any right
to Judge" the other party to be guilty
Of moral wrong?
What should be both the constrain-
ing and the restraining influence with
us, IN all matters OF conduct! tv:l2.)
Verse IA Does God morally esti-
mate actions in themselves or the mo
tives which prompt the actions!
Give an example Of how 1t Is possible
that one mar may do q thing and
please God, while another may do the
same thing and commit sin.
How many outward actions can you
think of that are always wrong under
all circumstances?
Verses 1915 If your neighbor is
very Ill and your singing and piano
playing hurts him, and you refuse to
deny yourself the pleasure Of singing
and playing, what kind Of a person
are you?
If you enjoy and drink your glass
of wine, when you know wine drink
ing is doing vastly more harm than
good. what sort of a person are you?
To what extent should l deny my
self any pleasure the qualification of
which hurts my neighbor?
No sensible parent, will allow any
thing in his family, however good 1t
may be in itself, If it proves to be in
juricus to the children, should he or
not, apply the same principle to his
neighbors?
Verse 17-Should our chief thought
be given to the needs of the body or
of the soul?
What does the Kingdom of God pre-
eminently stand for?
What, in the last analysis, Is the
real wealth of the Individual, the fam.
lily, the community and the nation?
Can the highest good be enjoyed if
the Holy Spirit is not recognized as its
source?
Verses 1S-20--What do we need tc
lie, In order to be pleasing to God and
to good men?
Verse 21-If we deny ourselves
things we enjoy. for the sake of others
what Is the effect upon ourselves, anc
do we get as much, or more, out Of
the self denial as we would out OIL
self qualification? (This question
must be answered in writing by mem
bers Of the cIub.)
If all who drink wine in modera
ton, would obey the principles OF sell
denial Ia this verse, how long would 4
Be before we should have total prohi
bition Of the liquor traffic?
Lesson for Sunday, Dec. 9Th. 1909
Paul On the Grace of Giving. II. Cor
viii:1-15.