Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-07-28
Observation-Disclosures School
Lesson For Today

circle Then comes tho man.iesieii1u
Jf love ir .eres ~ and % The qpeE-
illu 0f Judas mot tha isciriot
brings in verse 20 another emphasis
upon fhe circle OF love Il love
Christ s t0 obey him. and t0 obey
bin o. ~ receive the Father love.
and 10 obtain the blessing a the in
dwelling 0f both the Father ana the
son Finally The contrast ol The I'm
believing and dlsobed H .rlnsht
t0 mind BOD verse a. and fha sin Of
such d.aobadienfe Is empha 1rd by
the thought that the th.uf tO be-
obeyod is The word OF tho .1fDfcign
Father
I ait o. ObrGi0nrr.
! Obedience 10 God BE- the highest at
tainment Tor ones self for The dis
obodirrt man delules anl Injuries
himself. buf the door o. 'h- word is
hlrfsed b finds the law OF liberty
10 D. The perfect law. FOR The high
est liberty Is based 0u a true obed-
fence 10 God The 0bodieut man dis
covers ana realizes his true self and
develops biz purity and power Think
what me four disciples gained as
against what they lost. and how they
gave Jesus occasion no recognize
their twc advantage. af shown iu
Matt 10 27N. and similar prsrarcs
Moreover this foil obedience 90
God and doing his Wlll aH lprome
means me best service chat wc can
render % man A. sample james
mentions works of charity. visiting
he Widow and the faibcr.tes l0 their
aiflirtion and iu such deeds keeping
himHcli uuapotted from the world. Boz
'N iWpurify ana soifshrn T0 love
God surromely has Co., counterpart
~ loving our ueighhor a ourselves
To obey God o. 90 DO Nh. right aud
kind thing 20 our noighh0r God cx-
poets us io be good to men u nolu
loyal to himself
Filial Obcdicncr.
So TOO. obedience is cminontly ac-
copiablo before God and fle Faith
err II h. pure and undc0lad religion.
% Is kluship 20 Jesus. 30 b. evidence
pf the possession and of hp IndweU-
ing of God God loves thu lhelipnt as
earthly parents do. No. goo tyrant
To exact, bur he Is sovereign t0 com
mand pc desires me reverence fha'
Is due to himself not w iHr spirit of
mere despoiism but In ne realization
that this BE- indeed the best for man
II g. NOT an accident that the first
petition which Jesus teache. us 10 Mt
Ter 10 our heavenly Father s. "HaI-
lowed he Thy name"
Practical Suggestions.
W. cannot TOO pr uurdlv ro.
tleci upon the need OF obedience ir
these days OF ours IN family and
state th" need OF respect for author
~ was never greater Boo fho world
'han if b. today Dig0HHlIauco a.
home leads 10 disfespoci Tor law. and
This 90 crime and anarchy The fail
nrc of discipline Iu Tho armies and
The lOOsoniug of ohUdionca t0 authur
ny within the state have brought the
great empire Of Russia 40 % terrible
'or eS,eri"uc r. 49, 20 ,baa,r
III Tho countries ai wai not exolud
NIX our own there has been sad
md threatening increase OF juvenile
crime
The root Of right obedience
among men lIw IN mo- prime duty ~
obedience to God This o. is which
needs new cmphas. and prpsenta-
zion Ia O. new way way that shall
ppeal to the heart and the intellect.
md NOT merely 10 tear We must
avoid The extremes. both 0f sroldinr
and threatening On tho one hand. and
oi mere casy-e1.ug. weak persuasive
moss Ou the other