The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
No international sunday School
Lesson for June 20. 10 "A Prayer
Ter the Tempted" Psalm i4i.
10y William 7. ElIls.)

OF the temperance Queeton' Ni"e
students OF the uniform lessons hav
moro than once suspected that IN
committee IL careless in its choic
OF Scripture for the temperance le'
son.
Certainly this Is 30 IN the presen
peaIrn. which has never before beel
selected for study by the Sunda'
schools. The most learned critic
confess themselves baffed by TIL
psalm. one OF the most dlficult II
the psalter. SO II Is not easy Y
fsthom the mental processes OF tn
\ committee that could offer 10 th'
untrained Sunday school teacher'
and pupils of the world Scripture
portion which Is batting alike L
The ordinary reader and 10 the e1
pert exegetist IT, however. IN
4 Nth. sixth and seventh verses o
J the psalm are omitted. or disre
sarded, the passage becomes olea'
\ and helpful. Here is the Psalm 1t
; self:
~Jehovah. I have called upon Thee
make haste unto me
Give ear unto my voice. when ! cal
unto Thee.
sI,et my prayer be 80. forth as in
cense before Thee;
The lifting up OF my hands as the
evening sacrifice.
~eet watch. o Jehovah. before my
mouth
Keep the door o. my lips.
~Incline not my heart to any evil
thing.
no practice deeds OF wickedness
With men that work iniquity:
And let me not eat Of their dam
ties.
sIet the righteous smi;s me. Il
shall be q kindness.
And let him reprove me. II shall be
a. oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse IL:
FOR even In their wickedness shall
my prayer continue.
Their Judges are thrown down BY
Se the sides OF the rock:
And they shall hear my words; for
they are sweet.
~As when one ploweth and eleayeth
the earth.
Our bones are scattered at the
mouth Of Sheol
~yor mine eyes are unto Thee, o
Jehovah the Lord:
n Thee do I take refuge; leave not
my soul destitute.
keep me from the snare which
they have laid for me.
And from the gins OF the workers
OF iniquity.
s.Iet the wicked fall into their Own
s nets.
Whilst that ! withal escape"
When a Man Needs Help.
.s What plea did the angels towering
over the sinking Lusitania near ris-
\ ing from the lips OF the doomed
The same cry that Is rising hourly
1rum human spirits facing inevitable
death. or sorrow worse than death
Il 10 the note that sounds In pro
zpundest literature. II II the theme
e all the immortal psalms, and the
opening words OF the present one
the call unto Jehovah for help.
In all ultimate hours. man calls
upon God. Nobody eecapes this need
The spirit OF mortals turns TOWARD
the Infinite, In times OF distress. a:
little child cries for its mother
That Is the keynote OF this lesson
When down. look UP. where Coo
I waits TO help. The Lord OF all the
0ulNcIct II nOt w bdtF AIi
the welfare OF a single human spir
Il. God hears and answers prayer
Whatever emergency Is grea
enough to vex the spirit OF men Il
also great enough 10 claim the at
tention OF God.
When a man breaks a leg. or hi'
house burns down. or his business
goes 20 smash, friends rush q
: aid. But in the worse troubles o
life. when his heart Ia burdened ant
Z anguished. when his manhood 4
threatened. when his faith seem
blinded, when In desolation OF spiri
ne cries aloud In the silent. lionel,
hours, then he rarely has a frieni
70 succor him. Indeed. men CON
meath smiling countenanoes.
The real troubles OF life are spill
y itual. Write that down large. tn
4 state OF the human spirit IL OF vast
~ more concern than the condition
Of material prosperity We bes
help the world when we help me
4 In the things OF their soul. Iro
the lines OF anguish out OF huma
spirits and you remedy most Of IN
4 ills OF society. Ais well. IF you
heart keeps right" So the psalm
lst's plea IL unto Jehovah for sue
cor In spiritual distress
All over the world. In Christia
and non-C Christian religions. incens
\ q used m a symbol OF prayer.