The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Especially Prepared For Readers
of The Republican.

OF Inc Republican.
SUNDAY, JULY 14th.
Reading Gods Word. Acts 1926 80;
Psalm 1911.
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free. John 1892.
U. S. WRIGHT.
The READER.
When the crash of guns echoed oyer
Waterloo, Napoleon scrawled a hasty
message to Grouchey saying that the
battle was on. The latter read it hssti-
~, ''the battle is won," failed in conse-
0uence to see the need of stopping
Butcher and the history of the world
turned new page. Christ lived IN
speaking instead of a reading world
when he said. Take heed how We hear"
If the year had been 1918 He would
have said, Take heed how we read,"
for all the machinery that covers the
world daily with its printed blanket, all
the telling of trees and making of pulp,
all the mining of metals for type and
press, all the army engaged in the
various processes involved and all the
educational forces are existent for the
sake of the reader. The African Kraal
knows nothing of them. The reader is
the most sought after man in the world.
And when he is:the Christian with the
greatest message that the world holds
well it is to Take heed how We read"
The los various denominations in the U.
S. all have read the same message but
with varying meanings. Catholic and
Protestant gather diyerging ideas from
the same page. Autocracy and Demo-
cracy turn to the same chapters, claim
ing to obey God in the resultant act.
May we know the truth after all? Is
there any use in reading the Bible for
ourselves? Certainly. If all unbiased
we will read all the Book with all our
mind and all our will we shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make US free.
Come to the reading in an urhurried
spirit eager to know its teaching and
not seeking to prove something that we
desire. Let the mind be &c open that
even what we have been taught is truth
shall not govern our impressions. And
we should not be content with less than
all the Book. The "Slay utterly" of
Samuel is modified by the Love your
enemies" of Jesus. Nor should we be
content to use less mental energy with
these lines than we would in interpret
ing Shakespeare or Virgil or in solving
an example in mathematics. Then we
must will to carry its teaching, thought
fully, prayerfully and open mindedly
discovered. into the practice of our
lives. So read the Bible will be found
prof able for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction which is
10 righteousness: that the man of God
may be complete, furnished completely
unto every good work"
The READING.
The lesson states certain principles
and then gives an illustration from life.
The section of the Psalm declares that
Gods words are perfect, sure, right,
pure, clean, true and righteous. This
makes the Bible, in the words of Bish-
OPP Quayle,. "the Pivotal Book, the
Heart Book, the Life that-now.is Book,
the Life-that-is-to come Book, in
word it is THE BOOK" President
Cross writes, in the hour of trust it
voices our confidence, The Lord is nv
Shepherd! In the day of trouble 1t ex-
ults in the great consolation, God is
our refuge and strength! In the high
noon of JOY it gives US our song, Bless
the Lord, o my soul! In the valley of
depression it breathes our prayer, I'm
to Thee. o Lord, do lift up nv soul.
In the gathering darkness it voices our
triumphant cry, The Lord is my light
and He is become my salvation! In ap-
preaching death it whispers, in nv
Fathers house are many mansions!'
Such is the testimony of the Book to
itself and of others to it. Turn to the
picture and two men are seen each Civ
ing his attention to the Book. One is
the Treasurer of Ethiopia, the title but
not the name of the ruler being given as
Candace, who has been visiting Jerusa-
lem, possibly on business for if his title
is correct he would not have been ad
mitted even as proselyte of the Jew
ish faith. Probably he had heard of
Jesus as the fultiller of the old Prophets
speech and having plenty of money
bought copy of Isaiah to read for him
self. He was an outsider who wished
to know the truth and open lndedly
read to discover 1t. The other man is
Philip, the insider, who reads that he
may interpret the meaning for the
other he had read these words carefully
and thoughtfully before they were
thrust under his eyes IN the chariot.
Would the claims of the Book be veri-
fed to these readers.
THE RESULT.
The Psalm declares the result shall be