Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-06-04
t me Sunday
School LESSON
By Ben Newsome


I.ae~on June Il. Galatians s.
The religion of Christ !s not phil
osophy. nor q code Of laws. but a mo-
tive q the soul. a motive which leads
Us 20 a hearty devotion 20 God ana a
loving consideration for other men.
The lfc that IS acceptable % God u
not one that clngs the most Flarish
ly o. doguas or creeds or disc! plines,
but the one whose motives lead his 20
DO night 90 God and ~ an. FOR the ac-
comYiI-tm,ut - this purpose IL the
fuINuucnt 0f the law
But the characteristic of the man
who looks upon religion az set al
rules is t0 hold himself aIo1f IN self
righ'eoIsuess and ty condemn uli-
Eparirgig those Who do not measure
up t. his standard This Is not
Christianity. Paul says that when IA
man is oyertaken by temptation. let
those who are spiritual restore hin.
I'm spirit of mcckucsE.' rcmem ber-
ing that you too are liable to be
Tern pied and 10 fail
We have depended too much In the
past on the threat Of "churchlng' 10
keep tho th0ughtlees straight, with
the result that all sorts of "disoi-
pLnCs' have fallen into cOutemp pt.
There IS growing disregard for care IN
walking uprlghtiy before men. not
because people are less religious than
in other days but because n the force
Of the reaction AGAINST former eras
Of burders0me strictness and unkind
surveillance
II ls urged upon ~ that we bear
one auotherG burdens and so fulfl
the law Of Christ vet Withal We must
not forget that In the end each man
must be individually responsible for
himself You can bear any other
burden for somebody. but you cannot
a g....s "A. 1
responsibility. neither can any man
relieve you of YOUR responsibility The
test ~ a christiou 10 hc who helps his
fellow man without any hope OF re-
ward
Not only is # not our business 10
pass judgment on Ithers. but II rs our
first duty 10 arraiEn ourselves. 1t
Is much easaer for uF to detect the
Shortcomings of others than TO eX-
anime our own sci leg Most Of us ia
fart. are afraid 10 call our own selves
into judgment for II makes us feel.
- very small II IL a false motion
" We think We are toe good too pure
or too dignified to stoop to carry one
Others burdens W are dcceiving
ourselves and no one else.
We often get discouraged in well
doing bccousc We cannot see the re-
cults But when W must acknowl-
edge that there is a taint Of selfish
ness In such announcement We
may be thinking too much OF our cf-
forts But God knows when the har-
vest IS ripe and he will see to II that
We shall reap ~ ~ faint not" "As
we have opportunity. therefore. let
us do good unto AL men
when n farmer soWs wheat or corn
or oats he knows thai in due time he
will reap a harvest Of the ume grain.
Just "A nature IL consistent. so Us the
moral harvest We have our choice
of what the harvest shall be In our
own lives We cannot SOW one thing
and reap another. The flesh is with
all Of us all of the time. II has its
righteous demands but we are not in
the habit Of restraining its tcmpta-
tions to excess and TO unrightcous
qualification II the world and it,
qualifications seem the hest to us and
we live with that selfish end In view
we cannot complain II we reap the
harvest Of the flesh which ~ corrup-
ton. "llc that sowcth to the Spir-
II shall Of the Spirit reap life ever
lasting" The ChoiC". then. is mp TO
US II the iovs Of eternal ifc and
the approval Of our God are put into
the balance against the temporary
pleasures of worldly qualification that
turn 60 Disappointing ashes In our
hands how can We hesitate to make
the choice
CNotc Owing TO the cxigcncics ~
war prices ard tho necessity for
economizinE space. the lessons vii
hereafter be presented In condensed