The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-03-25
Sunday School Notes
Side Lights on Next Sundays Lesson
for Teachers and Pupils.
Edited by Charlie. K. Meyers
March 20 a quarterly review.

A'A1A I'll 90 d quarterly review
The lessons of the last quarter have
been peculiarly interesting and of vital
Importance. They have been taken
from the gospel of Luke. Nearly ev-
cry incident spoken of in this gospel
is recorded also in one or more of the
others. | have often wondered why it
is that so many of the sermon writer's
persist in dwelling at great length on
the oft hard things to understand
found in the Old Testament when the
magnificent sayings of Christ in the
gospels offeres true spiritual food and
vita directions as to right living. The
faith of Abraham; the master mind of
Moses; the nearly perfect life of JOS
eph; the stirring life of Elijah; the
sterling faithfulness of Daniel all have
their place and are excellent as ex-
amples of men with these great ele-
ments of character, but they fall into
lnsignificance beside the blazing sun
light of the words and deeds of Jesus
the blessed redeemer and what He
said and did should form the basis of
the sermons from the pulpit forty Sun
days out of the fift-two of the year.
AAO AOoooAo VI Tic last QudILCl are
about Jesus and SO are most precious.
They tell of the means He took to SOW
the seeds of His kingdom in the earth,
which have sprung up to such abun-
dant harvest already and promise so
much for the future Take the very
first lesson which has in it that most
precious saying Suffer the children
to come unto me and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
What wonderful showing it gives of
the true nature of that kingdom.
Some had been disputing over who
should be the greatest, and Christ at
this time, as at others, explained that
he very essence of the gospel was low
ness, all being summed up in the
thought that Christ came not to be
ministered unto but to minister and
give His life as a ransom for many.
In the quarters lessons comes that
wonderful parable of the Good Samari-
tan teaching brotherly love; the COM
mand to love thy neighbor as myself;
that rank and station should fade away
before the need for sympathy and bod
lily help. There is also the great pray
er and the statement the even great
err than the willingness of earthly par
ents to give good gifts to their child
rem, is the desire of God to help us.
1t is needless to say that the all
knowing knowledge of Jesus made
Him dislike shams and parading for
what one is not. 1t was the lesson of
Feb. Is that Jesus cried out "Woe unto
you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites"
and in most scathing words rebuked
all who pretend holiness of life and
are within evil and sinful Such as
these it is easily seen will have no
stand in the judgement unless they
repent and do much better 1t was in
the following lesson that Jesus gave
us the promise that those who faith
fully confess Him in this world such
will He confess and own before God
and the angels. This brought us to the
the precious thought that the weakest
Of us can have standing with God if
we are faithful to His cause.
When one reads the words of Jesus |
as found in number of the lessons OF |
the last quarter fair sensing OF them |
does not lead to the conviction that |
hose who make no pretense of serving |
Him can attain to immortal life with |
Him. His gospel is one Of love, read |
mess to forgive repentant ones. There |
is no lire drawn as to the depth OF
sin and degradation from which one
can be rescued. 1t is told that it is |
not the will of God that any should |
perish but all have everlasting lfe. |
AL this is true. There is also the |
further truth that Jesus distinctly said |
that time could come when it will |
to too late for the needed repentance.
In the lesson of January II it is