The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Puplls
Edited by Charles X. Meyers.

Sept. 30. What 1t Means to Be a
Christian. I Cor. 13.
We have come to the end Of another
quarter in the Sabbath school lessons.
might go into the matter of re-
view of the lessons OF the past quar-
ter. After all in the, space at my dis.
|posal there could not be satisfactory
talk on the wonderful lessons we have
Just passed over. There is assigned
1 for the date that most remarkable
chapter on Love from the pen of
| the Apostle Paul, and this will give
full call for all ! can write at this time.
What it means to be a christian"
There are not books to tell to the
|uttermost the right answer to this
theme. Only when we get to heaven
and have the full Importance OF the
plan of salvation unfolded will we be
able to estimate what it means to
be christian The apostle says
that eve hath not seen, neither has it
entered into the heart of man to con-
slider what God has in store for those
who love Him. What that is, will
have a bearing on what a christian
life means.
We know the bible says God is
love" and this being so, it is not
strange that the highest form of the
christian will be one whose highest
ambition is to show forth what love
in action means. The chapter is the
one which begins IF speak with the
| of NOV, nd ne o,, ua1c HIT haua
not love, am become as sounding
hrass and Changing cymbal." Then
There follows, that one might have all
knowledge, faith to remove noun
1tains, give gifts to poor, and even sui.
fer great bodily toment in the name
of religion, and not having the spirit
of love to. God as the active diminat
ing motive, all these would be as moth
ing. s.,s !. 5se
This matter of love as the motive
power of life marks the distinctive
principles of the christian religion.
In India, persons suffer to the utter
most to gain peace with their gods,
but to no avail as those who have done
this tell on conversion to the chris
tian faith. 1t is the experience. of ev.
cry grown up reader who has had the
responsibility Of self-direction that
there is difference between doing
right, generous, kindly deeds from the
sake of policy, desire to stand we'll
with the community, and doing these
things from love to God and ones
neighbor.
| Note the grand beautiful qualities
of soul which come as the fruits of
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love is long suffering, has no envy, is
not pulled up, is not provoked, think
eth no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity
but rather in the truth, it beareth all
things, hopeth all things. o that we
all could come up to. this high stand
ard of living and thinking. How we
would love such a one to live with,
land talk with daily. What a wonder
full religion is that of the blessed
IJesus which calls for such true love
and the fruits Of it. ~ @
i One of the great hymns we delight
to sing begins "In the cross of Christ
Il glory, towering DER the wrecks of
time" Paul in this chapter holds up
the love he is speaking about as sur
viving over everything. Other quail
| ties of the soul and abilities may and
will fail but love being part of the
VERY God will reign triumphant. May
God give us this love.
Paul was a master in his writing
and so often worked up to great eli
max in his thought. .NThe chapter in
Corinthians has magnificent glorious
ending. Paul, says now we know in
part and gaze to, the future of heaven
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tells a time when with perfect vision
the glories of heaven and the true i'm
port of christianity and the love of
GOD will be ours and I'VE "see face to
lface." With what ecstacies of joy can
you and l contemplate this glorious
thine, and the fact that we can have
part in. it. Let this thought nerve us
jail to be all Christ wants us to be, hav-
ling the love which is immortal and
which will be passport to the pres.
lanca Of Cod and h1acood otorpol 1;fo