The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-28
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAISC[IOOL
 LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even ing Department The Moody Bible h. stitute of Chicago)
LESSON FOR MARCH 30
REVIEW.

GOLDEN TEXT-"Our fathers trusted in Thee: They trusted, and Thou didst deliver them" Ps. PA.
 The Scripture lesson before us is suggested for reading purposes only. In these verses we have rehearsed the principal events (Saying Easter) of which we have been studying this past quarter but presented from the view point of the values and victories of faith. The golden text suggests three things, first the God of the ia thers; second, the trust of the fathers, and third, the dsliverance of the ia thers because of their trust in God. Therefore it seems to be logical for us to think of these lessons from the standpoint of faith,
 The first lesson of this quarter is suggested in verse three of our read ing lesson. God is the creator and works by his divine fiat, framing these visible things from those that are not; working or framing them by his word" So God today through the Living Word makes himself known to all men. He is the God of all re- source, and places those resources at the disposal of men, becoming to each under varied circumstances all that is needed. Verify God is love-
 Second Great Fact.
 The second lesson presents to us the second great fact of the begin nings," viz, that man Is to have do minion over all of these created things, and that woman is to be his helpmeet Again, there Is set before us mans relation to the Creator, relation of trust, and when that re- lation failed we have presented in this and the succeeding lesson, the dis astrous effect of disobedience. Where trust is active there has always been deliverance Where trust has failed, disaster has inevitably followed. The great central truth of these two les sons is the folly of doubting and dis obeying Gods Word
 Returning to verse four of the read ing lesson attention is called to Abel (Lesson IV.) as an Illustration of man whose faith in God expressed it. self in the sacrifice he offered unto God Abels gift was one of sacri- fee and not that of the labor of his own hands.
 The great fact of lesson five is that Noah obeyed God by preparing for the coming judgment long before there was any external evidence of the food He was moved with godly fear" he saved his house, he con- demned the world, and h. became heir of the righteousness which is accord ing to faith" Those who believe Gods word, live; those who disbelieve Gods word, perish-John SPA.
 The sixth lesson, which also consid- CTS the life of Noah, presents for our consideration Gods everlasting covenant.
 In verses eight to twelve of the reading lesson, the writer seizes upon three supreme events in the life of Abraham when faith was manifest.
 If we properly present these three we shall summarize the remaining les sons of this quarter saving that of Easter, lessons seven to and including the eleventh. The first great event Is of course Gods call to Abram.-Heb. IFS He must leave kindred, native land, yea, even his fathers house. The way of blessing for him, and for us today, is the way of separation. It was when Abraham stepped aside from that path that he made his disas- trous journey into Egypt, and when he returned to Bethel to the place of consecration he obtained that power that gave him the victory over himself in his dealings with covetous Lot, and enabled him to win his victory over the ten kings.
 The second great illustration of faith was that Abraham should ob- tain Gods promises.-Heb. 11:9-10. This he did by obeying the call to be- come sojourner in land not his own, looking for city whose builder and maker is God. God would have us take our eyes off of these of time and sense and fix our thoughts upon him who liveth and abideth forever.
 Necessity Of Faith.
 The third illustration, Heb. 11:11 ,12, was Abraham's willingness to part with his son Isaac in obedience to Gods command to offer him as a sac rffice True faith holds back noth- ing from God. Notice in this illus. tration how Sarah's name is linked with that of Abraham. How it is de- clared that she received power to con- ceive through faith and because she counted him faithful who promised, there sprang of one so many as the stars of heaven in multitude and the sands which is by the seashore innu- merable" j"
 Thus the message of the past quar- ter is the revelation of God and of the necessity of faith in him on mans part He the unchanging ore who was before all things, made himself known to man, entered into human history, and as the Word, became flesh that men might behold his glory. Our wis dom is to know him, to repose our faith in him, to trust him completely. When we turn aside from simple trust and obedience and rely upon our own wisdom disaster overtakes us and there is raised up before us difficulties too great for us to overcome.
 Some may have chosen to use the lesson of Isaac and Rebecca, rather than the suggested Easter lesson. We judged the Easter lesson of the great CT value.
 Therefore in the "nal lesson, that of Easter Sunday, we behold Gods matchless grace and mercy in that he rolled away for those of loving, sim pie childlike faith, the stone of their difficulty; revealed himself in the person of his Son, and sent to the