The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-12-12
FoRoIvE SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN

FORGIVE SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN
Matthew xviii, 15-35-ose. IS.
aB, ye Rad one 70 another. tender hearted,
\ for5iring each other, epcH as God, for
4 CbrisTs sake. f0rgare you. "-Eph. &c, s.
~O learn todays lesson well
u a means a blessing for life to eve
" cry true Christian. The lesson
relates 10 the consecrated, the
members of the Body Of Christ, the
Church. Of which He is the Head
The Mas, rule for His followers
| is. II a brother lnjure you, go to him
alone. striving to reach an understand
ing. The probability is that misunder-
standing is all that there is Of It But
II this does not suffice and you con-
slider the matter serious, ask two 9TH
ers to accompany you to the offender,
without explaining IN
the missiOn-leaye w Y \
their minds free to ~ M
hear the case. N E.J:Aa
The agreement Of %SfP-<S
those brethren and YSSsA-
'Dcis '1sir pdyIoo "iS55'iI should @ld kEc89ff71'
be followed by -SSIls ~ ;
both II they dis X iAl
agree with you, you ! S~%-z9
should acknowl- A-,N-S-,
edge that you have ~ ~~41ri
erred. II they agree
with you, and your "The Adster had
opponent refuses to w. C"Pu'''O" ="
heed their counsel
and persists in doing you injury, and
YOU still think 1t Of sufficient impOr-
tance to trouble the Church with the
matter. you are then at liberty so to
do. The Churchs decision is to be
final binding upon both. The one re-
fusing TO hear the Church is to be
treated as an outsider, not in the sense
of doing him injury, but abstaining
from appointing him to any position,
or honor in the Church, until his course
shall be changed. How simple the Di-
vine direction; what a blessing would
come from following it!
Forgive Seventy Times Seven"
St Peter put a hypothetical ques-
ton, of how many times a brother
might trespass and ask forgiveness and
vet be forgiven-wOuld seven times be
the limit? The Master practically de-
clared that there could be no limit,
that any brother cOnfessing his fault |
and asking forgiveness must be forgiv-
IN. If It should recur 400 times. For
,iveness is obligatory when asked for.
We must not be afraid Of following |
he Masters direction.
Then our Lord gave a parable, to il |
ustrate this matter, A certain king |
ad a reckoning with his servants. |
me owed him ten thousand talents. |
lis master commanded him to be sold, |
nd all that he had until the payment !
hOuld be made But the servant fell |
own at his masters feet and besOught |
lin to have compassion on him and |
lie would pay the debt. And the mas |
.er had compassion on him and dis
continued any further prosecution.
The servant then went out and
'Ound fellow-servant who owed him
IN hundred pence He took his fellow
servant by the throat, saying, PAY
ne the hundred pence thou Owest." His
besought for mercy,
saying, "Have patience with me, and |
will pay thee ALL But he would not,
and cast him into prison till the debt
should be paid. The matter reached
the ears of the master, who called him
and said, Thou wicked servant! ]
released thee from the penalty Of thy
debt; thou shOuldst also have had
mercy upon thy fellow-servant, even
as | had pity upon thee And he de
livered him to punishment till he should
pay all that was due"
An important Lesson Here.
What is the lesson? The lesson is
well expressed in our text. We should
be kind to one an
6.wN other, tender-heart-
e. r1\$ ed, as God in Christ
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