Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-05-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
Comments BY
Rev. Ernest Bourner Allen, D. D.
Pastor of the Washington st.
Congregational Church and the
Marion Lawrence Sunday
School, Toledo, Ohio.
Comments By
For Sunday May 2S, 1916

For Sunday May 2s, 1916
Lesson Title: "The Council at Je-
rusalem."
Lesson Text: Acts 15: 1928. Mem
N orize VS.. 80, 33.
Golden Text: "For freedom did
H Christ set us free."-Gal 5: la.
l. The Get-Together Council.
The early church had its problems.
4 One of them was the question wheth-
er christians must observe the old
u Jewish ceremonials. Two sides were
n quickly formed. Then came contest
4 and discussion. 1t is indeed import
h ant to settle under what conditions
4 men of other faiths-and no faith
Il may become christians. Our mission
v aries abroad must settle this question.
ID What must man in India or China
Il give up of his ancestral faith? Why?
NJ What must he do on becoming chris
II tian? 1t is a far more complex ques-
tion than it is in America.
N A long step toward the settlement
Y of any question is taken when they are
III willing to get together and talk it
N over. Capital must do this with la
III bor. John d. Rockefeller, Jr., started
N on the right road when he went to Col
orado in October, 1915, to talk with
H the miners about conditions of labor,
wages etc. If he had done so in Sep
"A tember, 1918, the labor troubles there
Il might have been averted. Hired men
4 must talk with their employers when
u difficulties arise. Husbands and
wives, parents and children, teachers
Il and pupils, churches and pastors,
Ii brothers and sisters, neighbors and
friends, strangers and aliens, ALL
must come together in conference
when trouble threatens.
N III. Settling Differences
n And when people come together for
conference what rules shall govern
|, their action? What are the christian
rules for settling differences? There
must be mutual forbearance. Posi-
bly each person will have something
to forgive. Patience must be allowed
to work. -mindedness, to see
! another's viewpoint, must prevail.
! Courage in expressing ones convic-
1 tions must be matched by courtesy in
| hearing the convictions of another.
! The spirit of the concessions made, OF
things we desired very much, even OF
i things it was just we should have,
though no concession in matters OF
honor. Let US be very sure that
4 things we regard as points of honor
are not after all matters of pride or
! prejudice. Let US set our faces stead
| ily to see the issues settled amicably
rather than sit in stiff opposition,
making harder all progress toward de-
4 sired end.
iii. Men Who Take Hazards
Hero-worship is inherent in all of
u.s. Instinctively we admire the man
who faces danger for the sake of
! others. The fireman and the police
man have right to their modest uni
form and to the kindly glances of the
crowd. have goodly number of
railroad men among my friends. They
are always in the presence of risks.
They know they will face them every
time they leave home. 1t is all in the
days work.
For what things may man proper
! ly hazard his life? What are the evil
dences that men nowadays are often
doing it for the sake of principle?
Luke speaks with calm but positive
j approval of Barnabas and Paul and
calls them "Men that have their lives
| for the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ" There are countless thous-
! ands who have done it from that day
to this. The missionaries are doing
it in Turkey and elsewhere. The doc
tors and nurses are doing it on the
"far flung battle line" of Europe.
Mothers are doing it for the sake of
their children. There are some things
for which we are willing to put life
itself in the scale and win by losing
it! 1t was Satan who said long ago,
GALL that man hath will he give
for his life" 1t is DEVILS lie! The
l Son of God taught the world different
/ ly. He has had many noble followers
Life is worth less than honor, less
than fidelity to a great cause, less
than a clear conscience, soul un-
tainted.