The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-11-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils
Edited by Charles K. Meyers.

Edited by Charles K. Meyers.
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President -. Sears McHenry. Denise,
4 Sec, -Treas .Chas. K. Meyers. Denisol
Executive Committee
T.. L. Hoffman, Denison; VIM Lindberg
Riron; f. L. VanSlyke. Manila; II. J
Cook, Denson; Frank Woolston, DEM
son; E. G. wi IagIas.d Dow City
''' Miss Susie Craft, Denisor
Secondary Grade, f. L. Hoffman, Denisor
Adult Department . I, cal, mo,i,,.
Mrs. E. w. Pierce. Deniso1
Teacher Tra paI e ro,rteilot Denise,
Miss Manetta Jorgensen. Val
missionary Department ........ -.
Mrs. Anna Williams, DenisoI
Nov, 26. A Living Sacrifice. Romans
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We have for our lesson this week
one OF the powerful chapters in the
epistle to the Romans written by the
Apostle Paul. After reading the chap
ter over with care and noting the Won
ferful verses, any one Of the twenty
one Of which would make the text for
as many sermons, there comes feel
ing of undergraduates which makes
one shrink from the task OF treating
the whole in limited space.
Paul has the credit of being most
practical in the greater part OF his let
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strictly So Under the, Old Testament
dispensation the need OF sacrifice to
5 please God had most prominent place
The devOut Jew was to take of the
bestEof his flock, the hest of hisagrain
and present these either to be slain as
a sacrifice for sins committed, or to
support the temple worship. Paul
knowing that this custom of sacrifice
was we'll known, usesgitsto drive home
the obligation that trne christians
should make their lives i living sacri
flee to God, which he calls their reas
enable service. OF course such a life
must come from cheerful willingness
to sacrifice for God. AS parents we
count it no hardship to work, sacri-
flee, spend our strength for the bene-
fit of oar children. We delight to do
so, and likewise if we love GOD we
will gain satisfaction and be pleased
to do things which advance the cause
of Christ in the world Paul says we
ought to do SOFAS a reasonable serv-
ice" p, #a ~
Christians know full we'll there is q
struggle going on in their lives be-
tween the things which would draw
them back to paths of wickedness and
tbn rood inpu1cpo 1uhinh onmp from
the promptings of the Holy Spirit in
the heart There is ever the question
as to how much one should fall in with
the ways of non.christians. Paul says
not to be conformed to the world, but
to have transformation from it com
ing from desire to do the perfect will
of God Some insist that the most &C.
ceptable life is to shut ones self away
from the companionship of all who
are not bent On leading a holy life.
Jesus did not expect this of His dis
cinles for he specially said that He
prayed not that they be taken from
the world, but that they ''be kept" in
the world James says in 1-27 that q
part of the true religion is to keepd
ones self "unspotted from the world"
This does not mean that you should |
wrapa garment of holiness about you |
and live from day to day apart from
ordinary people, or give them to feel
you have no part in their lives. Our
great examples Christ, Paul, James,
Peter, did not do this, but went about
among the common people teaching,
helping, touching other lives in q way
to unfit. This is the true christian
living.
Paul found in the early christians
what is found now, that there were
jealousies among the followers OIL
Jesus as to who had the most favor
with God; inability to see there were
different gifts and that one might eX-
Gel in one way and in another. Paul
called to mind that all are part OF
one great body, with Christ the head,
working for His kingdom to come in
the earth Each muscle, bone, part
having it's use, be it high or low, all
being honorable and duly appreciated.
He therefore urges there be no jeal
ousies as to position. but all work to
the utmost in the place, each seemed to
lit best This is certainly good advice.
Paul next calls for love among
christians, brotherly love which is un-
selfish, preferring that honOrs come
to others rather than to ones self. He
calls on them to be 2not slothful in
business meaning that true chris.
tians will labor hard with hand and
lead to support the family. 1t will be
recalled that in Thes. 319 Paul says
that he had commanded that IF any
would not work, neither should he
eat" Paul prides himself that on his
mission tours he was self supporting,
laboring with his hands so as to be a
charge on no one.
In the latter verses of the chapter
Paul comes right down to practical
things, particularly as to our conduct
toward those who do us harm, He
says "Recompense to no man evil for
evil" to not avenge on those who do
us wrong, but the rather to put away
wrath, remembering that God will even
things UP without our help. This is
very practical. You and ] want to