Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-30
A LESSON ON
FORGIVENESS
Sunday School Lesson for July 81, 1910
Speedily Arranged for This Paper
Specify ArranEsd for mis- Paper

Gauice
| Suggestion and Practical Thought.
! The Ocrn sion of Peters Question -
Matt 1S- l20 After tle return from
iAe Tram igur1tiou scene. when Jesus
! with his disciple were together I'm a
house iu C8peruaum. Jesus gave them
some practical teaching and training
on how obey should feel and act in "a
time of growing opposition from un.
godiy men among whom they must
live and work
First of AN they must cease ambi-
! uous striving for place and honor.
/ They must fling away ambition. bv
( that sin fen the angels" This self
seeking spirit was exactly opposite to
I the kingdom of heaven. ana NJ they
did not overcome it. their lives would
( De failures. lf also tended 90 awaken
hard feelings between brethren. Cut
/ on your foot. pluck our your eve. N
you must. bat hold on to the spirit Of
the kingdom
The second lesson was from their
I Heavenly Fathers seeking not TO de.
stroy those who hate and revne and
disobey him. but 90 give himself to
seeking and saving the lost.
The third lesson was upon the way
/ they should carry out this divine spirit
toward those who siuned against
/ them
Peters Question and Jesus Answer.
Concerning the Duty of Forgiving En-
emies.-Es. 81. % "The Rabbits who
. bad been the disciples. teachers hlth-
| erto. required an offender to go 10
/ the injured party and obtain forgive
| ness by owning his fault: but Jesus
: told them that among hIs disciples
: me person wronsed was to 10 to the
4 "ror Edoer that such humility and
love might strengthen his owl rraces.
and win the guilty one to coutrition. q"
/ -Maclarcn
This VAS hard saying. but by
united prayer this spirit. as well as
every other blessing. could De ob
tained. But wrongs 20 others real or
tancied. are very common. and Peter
naturally asks how long one must
carry out this instruction toward those
VINO Keep on SHINING and apparently
repenting
Jesus Illustrates Ills Teschlur bv
Farable-Ns. 1854 Contrasting tho
debt sinful man owes 90 God with
what any man wronging his fellow
man owes 90 the one he has Injured
II therefore God to-g.ves freely the
great debt forgiven man certainly
should forgive the little debt
The Two Methods OF Treating tho
Debtors %. Commanded him 20 be
sold and AN that De had %
80 in Syria now. when the debt grows
tiil 10 equals iu value the entire proD.
erty OF the debtors. the creditor saizo,
, all they possess.
The same servant went out From
+ his kings presence. lie acted ln tbo
very heat OF his own experience Of 30
lease. And found one of his fellow,
servants An Inferior officer Owed
him an hundred pence" When the
common translation 90 the Rible was
made the pennies were an silver CON
per pennies not being coined tiu 1917
Took him by the throat" Literally
went 10 choking him Thus Tfyv
Nv. ODD relates how. difficulty hav.
Ing arisen between the consul
Nalerius and one Nenanirs 49,.
triounes put an end 90 the contest.
and the consul ordered into n-lson
'collum torsisset. twisted the neck,
! the few who appealed. And cicero
PRO CIuentio NXID. Lead him to
the judgmentse3' with twisted meek
lcolio obtortOl Compare Cicero ip
c. Nerrem. ". l0"-Vincent
Fell down 40 his feat
VIII pay thee an" The very ACT and
words he himself had SO lsteL en-
ployed 60 his creditor
And he would nov. but VENT.
lwent away and cast him into
prison"
He had reasons iu his own mind
as CD that the man deserved the Nun.
ishment. 02l IL was his own fault
that be was In debt: CD n was no,
! good Tor the community tina, sucb
men 90 unpublished But not one os
these did he want applied 10 himself
The Lesson in Daily Life.-V "a
! The Punishment OF Those Who Refuse
10 Forgive Those Who Iniure Tbe,,
80 likewise shall my heavenly Father
90 also unto you" The torrents must
follow 10 you If We from your hearts -
really and not merely in words. FOR.
give not every one his brother their
trespasses." Every such person Is 90
Ing IN the straight road 20 the tor.
mentors
mere Is no greater torment than
those conscience and the working on,
or the laws OF nature and OF spirit
produce in order 10 make the wav ~
transgressors 50 hard that they NAV
De persuaded TO turn. and repent and
obey and be saved.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Forgiveness Is mans deepest need
and highest achievement "-Busbneu
BE ye therefore imitators OF Goa
as beloved children" An unforgivins
Christian is. therefore. a moral mon.
ster.
An old Spanish writer SAYS. To
return evil for good is devllish. 10 "a.
turn good for good Is human. but tn
return good for evil is Godllke -
Archbishop Whately.
i nave known man nurse the tinv
II cOckatrtee agU ~ rspf,r.f.-.....