The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-07-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils
Edited by Charles K. Meyers.

Edited by Charles K. Meyers.
CRAWFORD NO coy .s. LEI sS = DAY
President. = Sears lMeIIenry, Denisor
sec.-Treas. .Chas. x. Meyers, Denisol
Executive Committee
F. L. Hoffman, Denison; VIM. Lindberg
Kiron; F. L. VanSlyke, Manila; II. J
Cook, Denison; Frank Woolston. DEM
son; E. G. . Wiggins; n9W CITY,
........... Miss Susie Craft, Densor
Secondary Grade, F. L. Hoffman, Densor
Adult Department .. 3 ,,;;, Msnt,,e
~ Mrs r. W. Pierce, Denisor
Teacher Training Ra1' E q rourteiiot Denisor
......: Miss Manetta Jorgensen, Val
Missionary Department ........ -.
, Mrs. Anna Williams, Denisor
July 80. I Cor. Ito IL 1.-THE Word OF
The Cross
Our lesson last week toll us Ut the
founding of the first christian church
at Corinth Today we have our lesson
out of the first letter which Paul wrote
to the church there. 1t might lie noted
that the letters to the Corinthians are
two of the strongest written by the
great apostle. In the fifteenth chapter
of the first comes that remarkable set.
ting forth of the certainty OF the res
direction from the dead and the glOr-
ious triumph over death by faith IN
Jesus, -,
The opening verses of the first chap
ter which are not printed in the les.
son leaves, are congratulation to the
Corinthian christians over the TACT
that Christ has called them, and eA-
pressing the hope that they would hold
fast so that in the end they may pc
blameless. God, who has called them
to the fellowship Of Jesus Christ, is
faithful and will hold at all times.
= It would seem there had been some
division among members, some having
thought that they were different IN
gifts and Importance because they had
been converted or shown the better
way by different men, as Paul, Apol-
los and Cephas had all labored in this
field and made certain converts. PAU
most urgently discouraged such dis
putes as injurious to the cause OF
Christ. He disclaimed anything In his
career assuming glory or power to him
self, but that he ever placed Christ in
the foreground and himself in the back.
OF course, the christians at Corinth
had to meet objections and ridlcule.
The Jews insisted that the coming OF
Christ and His death was not foretold
in the old scriptures and therefore He
was an impostor, and the Greeks urged
that the new religion was not in ac-
cordance with reason. Paul said that
to the scoffers the gospel seemed fool
ishness, but to them who believed it
was the power of God unto salvation.
1t did not appeal to those who thought
themselves possessed Of great knoWl-
edge, but rather to the humble, tol
those who were ranked as the UNI
learned in the world. In fact God had
chosen the weak things OF the world
to confound the mighty.
Not many brilliantly educated men
have been the most powerful in NOV
ing the world for Christ, but rather
the consecrated ones with hearts of
love, who appeal to the heart and sym
pathies of their hearers. Jesus came
from a lowly family; Peter was
humble fisherman; Paul tent maker
Luther the obscure priest; Moody, a
man of no college education; sol
among the leaders from whom littlel
was expected have come those Who'll
have been most powerful in bringing
sinners to see the errors of their way
and bringing them to the foot OF the
cross. On the mission fields the first
are made upon the lowiy
and a great triumph is scored when
the class Cinnamon, Braman, arel
brought to know Jesus and to publicly
profess him.
The great central thought of the les.
son can be found in the golden text
which is taken from Galatians 6:14:
Far be it from me to glory, save in
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ"
One of the strongest hymns sung in
the church is that whose opening |
verse reads:
Sin the cross Of Christ is glory,
Towering DER the wrecks of time, |
All the light Of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime"
Saint Paul said that his motto in life
was that he had determined not 10
know anything among the people with
whom he labored save Jesus Christ and
Him crucified, and this can we'll be
the guiding star of every christian. !
The most important event in the world
excepting it's creation was the birth
and death OF Jesus. He came into his.
tory at the time when Roman and
Greek civilization had shown inability
to uplift the world and most blighting |
darkness was about to- descend. With
his declarations that God is love and
that he best pleased God who loved
his fellow men most, the world has
been gradually uplifted and made the
more perfect in consideration and love
for others in honesty, morality and
civilization. Therefore, Jesus Christ
is the center of all hope for the world,
and his ministers and follows could
ever uplift His banner etfacing their
own individuality in their enthusiasm
to honor Him. OF course, ministers
in the pulpit cannot make the subject
of every discourse glorification OF
Jesus and His wonderful sacrifices for
men, but His life can be like a thread
of red pervading every effort based
on the teachings of the bible. 1t seems
a fact, however, that the story OF
Jesus and His love never gets to be
an old story to those who knew 1t not
hafore and who apDreciate what It'll