Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-03-09
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDNSQlO0L
LESSON
By e. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course. Moody Bible
Institute.)
Copyright. 1915. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MARCH II

LESSON FOR MARCH IL
HEROES AND MARTYRS OF FAITH.
LESSON TEXT-Heb. III: 1873
GOLDEN TEXT-Let us run with pa.
tience the race that IL set before us,
looking unto Jesus. the author and per.
fector of our faith-Heb. 1871. 2.
There are two kinds Of heroism for
which medals are awarded in this
country. Congress confers q medal
of honor for distinguished services
and extraordinary hero,sm in war.
The Carnegie hero fund in peace"
bestows medals and pecupiary recog.
milton for heroic deeds performed in
preserving and rescuing human life.
and the first medal thus issued was
given to a boy for rescuing another
boy from drowning.
!. Faith Defined, v. I. This js per.
haps the most quoted and succ!act
definition we have of faith. What fcl.
lows is but the illustration and ap.
plication of the fact. Faith is an as
surance" (R. W. The ground Of tbia
assurance and conviction is the word
Of God. (See Rom. 1O:17. The only
sure ground for dynamic and intel
ligent faith is Gods word: put to the
acid test of experience it never fails.
u. Faith Declared, w. 4, S. Faith
had been declared and manifested by
many illustrations before the death of
Stephen:
(a) Abel, at the risk Of his brothers
anger, obeyed the unseen God and
earned his approval; his heroic, mar.
tyred spirit still speaks to men ". ~.
(b) Enoch, the diligent seeker after
God. in world of lawlessness lived .
life well-pleasing to him through q
faith that made his presence real wv.
5, 81.
(c) Noah (v.7), lonely man OF faith
(Gen. 6:5), chose the unseen God and
preached Righteousness rather than
avoid the ridicule of his neighbors.
Noah reckoning the invisible as tan.
gible, continued to build his ark and
became q blessing to the race.
(d) Abraham and Sarah (8-12). Not
knowing whittier they went, by faith
these lonely pilgrims unerringly fol.
lowed an invisible God to an unseen
country; but q faith greater still led
them to dwell in the land" and not
possess 1t ". 10Y. Their faith re-
deemed them from the mere emigrant
character. They looked for city,
which had foundations, whose builder
and maker is Cod"
(e) Moses (23-28) showed his faith
BY right choice. He weighed values
and had respect unto the recompense
" reward" His faith endured, az
seeing him who is invisible" Moses
saw by faith the "reproach Of Christ,
that which Christ suffered for the re
iemption of the world, as being ol
greater riches than the treasures o1
Egypt"
These, and others not mentioned
complished ten different things (32
lO). They performed great deeds o.
heroism (32-34D; they endured grea'
suffering and persecution (35.36). Al
Of this suffering was to issue in q
greater reward with the glory thai
was to come rom. S:18, II Cor. All
l8). All these men of faith obtained
good report"
III. Faith Demanded, ~: I, 2. TIL,
Holy Spirit has given US this long lis
Of heroes as an exhortation to stir III
those living to the performance o
their duty. The roll call of triumphan
heroes is not yet completed. All thes'
mentioned are witnesses. not onlook
ers. These are they who have test
; fed to God and to the truth Of hi
word. In the light of this testimon,
and on the same ground of their tel
timony, we are to do several things:
1. To LAY aside every weight" N
runner carries any weight beyond tina
which 10 needful. Some things ar
burdens that are not necessarily sinl
Every such thing hinders our runnin
and should be laid aside.
2. "The sin that doth 90 easily bese
US" Literally. that wrap themselve
about us % an ill-fitting garment. an
. which trip or impede the runner
; progress. These sins mot SIM ar
; those little devil habits and practice
! which must. for that reason, be lai
aside.
8. Run with patience the race %
before us." There must be steadfas
} ness and endurance. II church men
bers were % faithful In following q
90 the average BUSINESS house u, y
would have lees efilapsed church men
bers and fewer boys and sirls vi
drift away from the Sunday. school.
II I. Looking unto Jesus" This 10 Il
keynote 70 this entire epistls and
; tAie snSeCssy q heroes. He y o.
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fai1A. onae W oet on, syee ~ III
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