The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-11-05
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 8
SOWING AND REAPING.
Worlds Temperance Lesson.)

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LESSON TEXT-Gal 6:l-10.
GOLDEN TEXT-Whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.-Gal. 6:7.
Nowhere do the Scriptures excuse
men from the results of their own
sins. The effects of sins, and of bless
ings alike, are unto the succeeding
generations. France is still paying in
the physical realm the cost Of Ma
poleon's ambition. Europe will have
greater debt to pay biologically than
any Which will be charged against its
exchequers as the result of this In
human and uncalled-for war.
L. Those Who Trespass, w. is.
Jesus plainly instructs us that tres
passes must needs come" Our prob
lem is (a) to avoid being the tres
passer and (b) the manner of our con-
duct towards those. who do trespass.
In this lesson the second question Is
treated first Though man be over
taken in the very act of trespassing,
those who are taught and governed by
the Holy Spirit (see chapter 5:16-25}
are to prove to the world by their
conduct that they are thus taught and
governed. They are to restore such
an one," considering at the same time
themselves lest they, too, stumble. To
restore is to replace, ito reduce a frac.
| ture," to put a member of the body
| into its proper place. Every believer
| is a member of the body of which
Christ is the head l Cor. ZIP, IA, 27,
| and one who falls (stumbles) into sin
| is a member out of place.
Mans Duty to Man.
The first step is to help our erring
brother to bear his burdens (weights)
of temptation, weakness, failure and
sin, and in so doing we fulfill the law
of Christ" Ch. 5:14; John 49,: "a; Rom,
1853. Jesus Christ not only gave us
this law, but he also lived it as we'll,
| Phil 2:5-S. The true disciple, who is
really trying to help his brother bear
his burden, does SO with the conscious.
ness not of his own rectitude, but rath.
er that through the grace of God he
has been kept from like fate, Other.
wise the man who "thinketh himself
to be something" deceives himself, and
no one else. God knows, so does the
one whom we seek to help, If we are
animated by spiritual pride and boast
fulness This is a measuring line
whereby we may judge ourselves
". ~. Pride and criticism of others
largely comes from a desire to glory
in ourselves, not so much that we
condemn the acts of our neighbor. In
verse three we are admonished to beal
the weights"-of others. II
verse five we are told that every mar
must bear his own burden-"load,"
e., the burden of his own responsi
bility No man can bear that loaC
for another, whereas all men can share
the weights" of temptation, weak
ness, failure and sin.
III. Those Who Are Taught, w. 6-1o
Paul clearly sets before us the re
sponsibility of being enlightened. Being
taught, We must pass on the knowl
edge we have been taught, share the
good things" ". 81 we have re
ceived, see Prov. 11:24 II Cor. 90
. Those who refrain from thus aiding
their teachers gain no personal ad
vantage. The word Knocked" means
to sneer. Men may sneer at God anC
think they escape the result of theil
sin. but like still produces like. Sow
corn, reap corn; figs, reap figs; sin
reap sin; Rom. 81 6. In spite of the
contempt men have for God and il
the face of their acceptance of thi!
, principle in other realms they con
tinue in their sin with a strange ia
talistic persistence.
Habits Bless or Curse.
This principle has wide applica
! tion. Sow shame, reap dishonor; SOW
r hate, reap bitterness SOW love, real
the fruits of love, kindness, affection
and esteem. Every act is a process o.
sowing. Every appetite fostered, graft
fled and pampered helps to produce
a crop of habits either to bless or tC
curse. This gives color and signifi
= cance to the words of verse eight. He
that soweth to his own flesh shall o.
(his own the flesh reap corruption.
If, however, under the leading of the
Holy Spirit (cf. John 6:63; II Cor. 3:6
we SOW to the Spirit, we will real
7 eternal life for this Is eternal life
that we may know him."
q Sow a thought, reap an act;
Sow an act. reap habit;
Sow a habit, reap a destiny.
The practical application is in verse
nine. If there are such possibilities O
development, 'let us not weary of well
5 doing" Our sowing is not matter O.
: caprice or convenience. Nor should we
3 through weariness, cease our activity
/ The temperance application is al
too plain. We must constantly SOW IL
the minds Of the youth the "reapinl
3 of the flesh" for those who cultivate /