The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-11-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL, NOTES
Side Lights on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Puplls
Edited by Charles x. Meyers.
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Secondary Grade, F. L. Hoffman. Denisoi
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the Last. Rev. l.. 49,.
Our lessons for the three weeks just
before Christmas will be in the last
book of the, bible, Revelation. This
book and that OF Daniel contain puch
which the human mind cannot under
stand, and thus are the subjects OF
numberless surmises, speculations, the
cries, all of which have no sound tOun'
dation except in the imagination OF
the enthusiasts holding them. Hap
PLY our lessons will not take up those
parts of Revelation which are in con-
troversy, and so we can go right
straight to the things which we can In
some measure understand, leaving the
other portions to be, dwelt upon by
those who have vivid imaginatiOns and
desire to exercise them.
Is Let us place ourselves back with the
newly founded churches of the times
in fifty years after Christ took His de
rarture from the earth in bodily form.
They were having q, pretty hard time
of it. surrounded by disbelievers by
the millions, and subject to severe
persecutions. They did not have, like
christians of our times, a backing OF
magnificent achievement of christian
ity for nearly two thousand years and
they needed special help to feel that
Christ really cared for them, knew
their good and bad points, was ready
to praise for the good and warn of the
consequences Of the bad. To give as.
surance to the early churches the book
of Revelation opens with Q special
message to seven of them, whose
names are given. Recognizing that hui.
man nature is ever the same much
GOOD can be gained from a careful
study Of the things in the early
cllHrches which the Divine one COM
mended and again condemned.
s., The record tells us that the book of
Revelation was written by the Apostle
John, who related that he was given
q special revelation, glimpse into
the future, a message, an insight. as
to what will come about in the last
DAYS of this earth. The book opens
with a salutation and blessing to all
christians There are words Of adora-
ton, laudation to Jesus who loved US,
and washed us from our sins in His
own blood, and hath glorified all who
arek5elieyers on His name.
4 John then tells how he saw the glor-
flied Jesus and attempts to tell about
it. We SO often have Jesus set forth
before us as humble man going about
despised and rejected of men, having
no place to lay His head, reviled yet
making no answer, indeed q character
witch does not appeal to most people
as something to be desired. The
thought that He was of royal blood, of
highest brain and mind, that He came
to the world to serve others, to lead
them to see what was the nature CT
God. is left in the background. The
noble Miss Glassburner and men and
women of her type, of fine education,
good culture, 60 to the mission fields,
do all things, bear all things, to uplift
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heir instruction But they have an
Their nature which loves music, liter
ture, art, great thinking. refinement,
llture. 1t was to show to us the
80 her nature of Jesus, His majesty,
4 DRY, power, ability, to punish wrong
I'd reward the good, that the revela-
IN was made to John and recorded
n our benefit.
John tells OF seeing Jesus in heaven,
:. commanding person with hair like
white wool, eyes as flames of fire, feet
AS fine brass, voice as the sound of
related that, he felt as dead on behold
ing this sight He is told, however, to
"fear not but to write the things which
thou hast SEEN" Jesus declares II am
he that iveth, and was dead, and be-
Jesus said God is a spirit" and He
would be like Him. Therefore In truth
Jesus has not in heaven hair,-s feet,
shoulders, eyes Of fire, but thus it,
seemed to the mortal eye of John. =,
We gain from this lesson the fact
that Jesus takes note of the affairs of
His people on the earth for he sent
messages to the early christians show
ing this. We have impressed that He
is not now lowly individual to be
scoffed at, but the powerful Son Of
God, the friend Of those who love Him,
and the punisher of those who defiant
ly disobey the gospel message of the
New Testament.
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