Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-09-21
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER z4th.

Lesson Title: "The Things Which
Are Not Seem" (Review.)
Lesson Text: II. Cor. ALBA.
Golden Text: eve look not at the
things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen; for the
things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which are not seen are
eternal" ii. Cor. 4:1S.
l. The Unseen Things.
There is no more important bit of
christian philosophy than that ex-
PLANTATION of outlook which Paul wrote
to the church at Corinth:
We look not at the things which
are seen, but at the things which are
not seen; for the things which are
seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal"
The declaration of the witches,
"Things are not always what they
SEEM" is a commonplace truth. Often
the things seen must be measured and
corrected by those unseen. We may
not always be able to explain the un-
seen things, yet of their verify we are
fully satisfied. When we analyze our
lives, We discover that they are large
ly ruled by unseen motives and agen-
cies. Some of them come to us out of
the dim past, through ancestral chan
u,tth obi N,
but never lost impressions. We are
never loyal to truth and right" be-
cause Of this heritage. We believe
with Dr. GLADDEN. that they have the
universe on their side. Gods uni
verse-en which we can depend and
for which we ought to fight. Men who
dc really great things in the world
are sustained by that universe, so that
they are mistaken by the mob or any
defeat Of truth today. Are you aware
of the unseen things? Do they
challenge and uphold you?
ii. The Man-PauI.
DR.. Jehn Lord calls the great men
of the ages the beacon light of his
terry" Paul was such man and DR.
Lords character sketch of him is very
Interesting. The lessons of the past
quarter have given us some rare
ghmpses Of his work. AS you looI
over these pen pictures, tell which
one Of them appeals to you most
Do his sermons "hit" you as they
seemed to hit the people of his day
Are they modern in their application
what are the reasons Paul lives In
his influence today?
Paul was a wonderful letter writer
1t would not be strange If he wrot,
other letters, which have not beer
preserved for US. We get new ligh
On his spirit by reading his letters
His friendships. his travels, his suf
ferings, his teachings, are all familiar
ly portrayed. 1 have been looking
over some family letters written from
fifty to seventy five years ago. The,
are written by people my parents hav,
teld me about. 1 read them with
reverent thrill and an eager desire +,
know what the people used to do IL
the pioneer days of New York an,
Michigan. Here are instructions iron
the grandfather to his son in Yorl
state to be sure to get through tn
Maumee swamp in winter, while tn
roads are frozen, or 1t will be difficult
% svot
to read these letters Of Paul, givin
the pioneer conditions in making
thoroughfare for Christianity fror
Jerusalem to Spain, and "the region
beyOnd!" Are you acquainted wit
this thrilling literature?
Ill Ancient Cities.
Paul struck for the strategic cit
centers. He knew how they deter
mined largely the life in the countr
places. Think of Rome, Corintl
Hphesus. Phillippi, Colosse, Thessa
oAiea, In which he founded churches
Their history is the story of that age
DO you think they were harder
work in than the cities of our day
What Is your church doing for tn
town in which you live? At the pres
ent rate of progress, how lnog will
take to evangelize the town? Ho
web does your denomination suppo
it's work in the cities? What aid q
yen lend, when you move from ii
country or small town to the city,
the work of the church? Do you wa
to be sought ont, or do you find 20,
church and place of work in it?
No Lived on Fruit