Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-12-28

Lesson Text: Rev. 22:6-14, 1921.
Memorize VS.. 12-14.
Golden Text: "The Spirit and the
bride say, come. And he that heareth,
let him say, Come. And he that is
athirst, let him come: he that will,
let him take the water of life freely"
Rev. 22:17.
|. Stock-T aking.
The lesson for this date marks the
end of the quarter and also the end of
the year 1t Is a good time for stock
taking Have you any idea how much
Christian stock yOn have on hand?
year? Have you developed Christian
grace and character as you ought?
Has the fruit" of your life been such
as your Lord had the right to expect?
Why not make the quarterly re-
view time for spiritual stock TAX
ing? OF course it will be profitable
to consider the lessons for the year
and take out those teachings which
have been especially helpful. But let
us plow deeper than that and discover
whether our Christian character has
developed as it should.
One question we should all ask as
the year closes: Have we grown in
love? "There is little story told of
John when he grew to be Il very old
man and so weak that he could
preach no longer. On Sabbath days
he used so the story says, to be car
ried before the people. Each time
that old. old servant of Jesus would
speak to them and these were the
words he said, Little children. love
one another That was all. At last
some one said to him. why do you
always give that same message,
john And Jerome. who told the
story. said that John replied Be
cause it is the Lords commando: and
if only this be done, it is enough. "
ii. The Great Invitation.
The Golden Text for the quarter is
taken from Rev. 22:17. The Spirit
and the bride say Come And he that
heareth let him say Come, And he
that is athirst let him come; He that
will. let him take the water of life
freely" What are you doing to spread
this wonderful invitation? Is your
church awake in extending it? Does
your church impress its people with
its culture and wealth. or with its en-
phaSiS upon the call of Christ:
believe there are thousands OF
people waiting for the invitation tC
"come!" OF course they ought tc
come anyway, for all of us come
when we are asked. Why not make
it your business to give an invitation
every day to some individual to come
to church? Or to come to Sunday
school? Or to come to prayer meet
ing? Or to come to Christ? The rea
ministry of the Church and the rea
ministry of Jesus Christ will be car
ried out when the individual christian
extends the e7invitation.
The Christians command allows
us for no vacation. An incident in thu
life of Thomas Spurgeon shows how
well he REALIZED this fact. Three trav
cling men entered railway trail
and he entered into conversation Will
them They discussed various topics
He says: LAS usual, the weather wa
commented upon, the state of Ireland
and the dullness of trade. This las
subject seemed to be the most fruit
full for each traveller had his own tai
to tell As the different towns wer
mentioned which were the markets 70
tie goods Travelled in by the thre
gentlemen, i mentioned various Incl
dents in connection with most o
them, and through constantly visitin
these places displayed some acquain
tance with nearly every one spoke
of by the commercials until one c
them said Are you on the road
Yes, said i, 4 have been on the roa
ever since i was nine years old A
looked surprised. and then aDbthe
made the remark. That was rath.
early to begin such rough life
This produced the following repl
upon my part: oh. there is nothin
like starting young-'a good begir
ming is half the race May I as
what you travel for?' asked a thir