Mountain advocate., 1914-03-27

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thee, o man. what In good: and what
doth the Lord require of thee, but to do
Justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God"-Micah SIS
There is no chronological order TO
the lessons for the past quarter.
though they have all been selected
from the period Of the Perean ministry
Of our Lord. The thought Of the Gold
IN Text, rather than the reading les
son, will serve to give US q connected
review.
The lessons have chiefly concerned
Jesus as the great Teacher, thus we
notice the inclusive note Of the first
clause of the Golden Text, He hath
showed thee, o man, what Is good"
AS an exposition Of that note we have
presented Gods plan Of action, out
ward, ito do justly, aid to love mercy"
and inwardly ito walk humbly with
thy God" With this thought In mind
let us divide lessons of the quarters
into two sections: % The first seven
lessons which have to do with mans
relation to the kingdom In its outward
manifestation, and (2) the remaining
i've that have to do with walking
humbly with thy God"
AZ Children.
!. Tho first section. In order to
keep this two-fold thought before US.
we must observe carefully the several
golden texts. In the first lesson we
have set before us the manner where
by we are to enter into thiA new
kingdom. We must enter as chill
dren and the Golden Text, Likewise.
ye younger, be subject unto the
elder for God resisteth the
proud. but giveth grace to the hum
ple," illustrates the humility of chill
dren and the necessity Of our right
relationship to them. The second les
son deals with the possibility Of CO
operation with him in service. as
when the 20 went before his face.
Great privileges, however, when
abused, bring condemnation and deg
radiation. 1T is not you that speak.
but the Spirit Of your Father that
speaketh in you" The third lesson
THE Good Samaritan'-is another ex-
preston of the outward walk of life.
that OF loving mercy. True love never
asks who 1t may, but rather who II
can, serve. 1t always manifests It.
self in sacrifice and in service-"Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself"
The story of service actually rem
dered to our Lord In the days OF his
flesh is the subject of the fourth les
son. All other interests and ties must
be secondary to our allegiance and
obedience TO him-"Inasmuch as ye
did 1t unto one of these. my brethren.
even these least, ye did 1t unto me-"
The fifth lesson concerns prayer. The
parable of the unfriendly neighbor and
the effect of prayer to bring about just
relations is revealed in thef Golden
Text which Is the heart of that les
son. ASK, and 1t shall be given you:
seek, and we shall find; knock. and IL
shall be opened unto you" The sixth
lesson still continues to treat this out,
ward aspect and reveals to us the
fact that great as Satan is, our Lord
Jesus has far greater power.
Must Walk Humbly.
u. The second section. We now
come to a group of lessons that seem
to emphasize the second part OF Gods
requirements, as expressed In the
Golden Text for today, viz. land TO
walk humbly with thy God" This
Is the inward. personal. relation with
God, as against our outward. right
eous relations with men. These re-
naming lessons deal with the abiding
principles Of discipleship which
Jesus gave to his followers. The
eighth lesson reveals the principle or
a true confession of Christ to be that
OF the faith which makes fear impos-
sible. We are TO fear God alone. In
the ninth lesson we see that the true
fulfillment OF life is that of having
the heart set upon the true treasure.
which is spiritual. rather than upon
the false treasure which is material.
for, Where your treasure is, there
will be your heart also" In lesson
ten we have set before US the prin-
ciple of faithful service which is that
OF watchfulness for the returning
King, and which expresses itself In per
petual service In his interest and on
behalf Of his household. Blessed
are those servants whom the Lord.
when he cometh. shall find watching"
The principle of the religion Of Christ
Is that OF compassion (lesson III.
and the true sanction OF the Sabbath
Ia fulfilled In such service as makes
the Sabbath possible to those who arc
IN need. II Is. therefore. lawful to
do good on the Sabbath.
Lesson ~ deals with the vital issue
OF this second section. viz. that II II
Of far more importance that We be In
the kingdom than any other issue. We
must put forth strenuous efforts that
we may enter the narrow door. The
kingdom OF God 10 doing the VIII or
God. rather than calling him Lordi
Lord mot everyone that saith unto
me. Lord. Lord. shall enter into the
kingdom OF heaven" i