The Detroit times., 1916-06-08
The international Sunday School
= Lesson for June H., is Sowing
). and Reaping."-Gal. ch. 6.
by WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.


= But the Bible, like the mercy or
.Cod. rs fresh every morning and
new every evening, This is be
cause the Bible goes down deep,
deep. deep into the vital principles
OF life. lts teachings pertain 10 al
.fplaces and all practices in ali times.
In every reform movement the
Bible exercises a corrective and re-
straining influence because u con
stinuallv calls men hack 20 funda-
mentals. More than one jealous
Temperance advocate has wished
that the Bible were more explicit
: and detailed in its treatment OF the
liquor evil, not seeing that II 1t
! were. the Bible would soon be as
out OF date as last years temper
ance pamphlet. The power OF the
Book is that II establishes all its
teachings upon the bed rock OF
eternal principles.
A declaration of interdependence
lis the substance OF the portion of
!. Scripture which has been designat-
Led q temperance lesson for the Sun
day schools. The idea OF mutual re-
srcnsihility. OF mans obligation TO
man, pervades Paurs letter 10 the
! christians In Galatia. This letter.
IL will be recalled, was written to
.s.s Gelatian churches at lconium,
Derbe, Lystra and Antioch, about
which we have been studying. The
new Christians were singularly do
cile In matters OF faith and prac-
-,tIce. They wanted 10 know how to
live in the way that would please
Jesus. So they were hungry for in
struction from the Apostle who was
their father in the faith. The pres
ent passage is series OF somewhat
detached injunctions strung on the
thread of the obligations which
Christians have one TO another, and
to God.
4 FINGER eosrds On Lies Highway.
What Paul himself wrote is more
seifective than any comments upon
&c, and I quote the lesson passage:
I. Brethren. even IL a man be over
taken in any trespass, We who are
spiritual. restore such a one in a
.Dpirit OF gentleness; looking TO thy
self, lest thou also be tempted. Bear
- one anothers burdens. and so
fulfill the law Of Christ. For IL a
man thinketh himself TO be some
thing when he Is nothing, he de-
celveth himself. But let each man
peove his own work, and then shall
he have his glorying in regard Of
himself alone. and not Of his neigh
bor. For each man shall bear his
own burden.
But let him that 10 taught In the
word communicate unto him that
teacheth in all good things. Be not
deceived; God Is not mocked: for
Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap. For he that soweth
unto bis own flesh shall OF the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth
unto the Spirit shall OF the Spirit
reap eternal life. And let US not be
weary In well doing: for In due sea-
son we shall reap, II we faint not.
So then. as We have opportunity. let !
Ms work that which is good toward /
AL men. and especially toward them
that are OF the household OF the
faith"
When a Man StumbIes.
The badness OF good people lies in
their censoriousness. Ii is hard for
them to make allowances for others
not so correct as themselves Ian
Maclaran drew this type 10 pertec-
ton In his portrait OF Lachlsn
Campbell. who drove his own daugh-
ter from his home In his hardness
Of self-righteousness. To be so en-
crossed In ones own goodness that
he u intolerant Of another's weak.
ness. is the very essence of Phar-
isaism, and the one sin against
which Jesus contended more than
any other. The exceeding sinful.
ness OF this sin consists In it's pow
er to harden the heart 80 that the
divine plant Of love is starved to
death.
Big-hearted Paul, who knew that
: among the new Christians there
would be many TO stumble. bade the
brethren restore such a one in
spirit Of meekness. Thus they
would save the offender and serve
their own souls. This kind OF min
Istry ueed to be called "the cure OF
souls" and applied to the pastorate.
Ny friend. Dr.. Robert Hume. at
Ahmednaser, India. has his shingie
cut - Maker and mender OF men
and boys In the name OF the Lord
jesus" The program OF Christ con-
templates the greatness OF soul
among His disciples which can be
patient and forgiving.
The Book Of Paradoxes.
Within a few words OF each other
there are two contradictory injunc-
tions in this letter. Bear ye one
suother's burdens. Every man
shall bear his own burden" Both
are true: obviously so. The para
dox stassers nobody; for each in its
own sphere is n binding law.
Christians are commanded 10 full
oil their gospel by the practice OF