The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-03-27

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i0si-it Matthew sei-N
GOLDEN TEXT-Our Father who art
In heaven. hallowed be thy name.-Mat-
thew 80
ADDITIONAL MATERrAr,-p.u,.roro-
my 80 s Psalms iE.i-2i; Isaiah sl-a.
Matthew % &-ss John ..2t. John .f.N
PRIMARY TOPfC-The Heavenly IA.
Tiers care Tor his children
JUNIOR TOPIC-God our Creator ana
Father
INTERMEDIATES ToPIC-what W..
owe TO our Father In Heaven
!. God the Creator tGen. III. ~.
God was before oil things. God the
uncaused cause II the cause Of all
things Before the mountains were
brought forth. or ever thou hadst
formed the earth and the world even
from everlasting 10 everlasting, thou
art God" psalm 90 ~. The uni
verse came into being ny the will and
act OF the personal being called God.
In verse one Is enunciated the sub
lime philosophy 81 every right life. In
the beginning 81 all science and phIlos-
ophy-God: In the beginning Of every
llfc-God; In the beginning OF every
year-God; In the beginning OF every
day-God; In the beginning Of every
business-Gdd; In the beginning 81 ev-
cry thought. plan and human relation
ship-God. Conviction as 10 this sets
one free from the false philosophy OF
the age, Man himself IL a creation OF
God. not an evolution. Man was Gre
ated In the likeness and image Of God
This precludes the foolish idea that
man assembled from and through n
brute. lie came into being by spe-
cial crestive act OF God. having been
preceded by special council Of the
Godhead tGen. I :26. 2T). Those who
believe this record repudiats the Oar
winlan theory Of mans origin AZ not
only n human vagsry. hut vicious
philosophy inspired by the devil. when
man came forth from the Creators
hands he was neither q savage nor n
baby: he possessed the powers Of
mature man. As an example of the
maturity Of his intellect. he named the
animals ms they passed before him.
u. God the Preservsr Psaims 1903:
I'D.
All created things would perish were
II not for the preserving mercies OF
God. II embraces the following grac-
ious beneficial acts: 1. Forgiyes all
iniquities ". ~. Pardon IL the prime
necessity n moral things are TO he
preserved. 2 Healeth all diseases ".
~. This refers 10 the healing Of the
body and the soul Renovation OF
mans moral nature Is necessary. 3.
Redeemeth the life from destruction
". ~. Redemption implies the pay
ment ~ all deinsnds against the debt
or. God In Christ performs the part
which the individual failed to perform.
and crowns him with the full right OF
citizenship In his kingdom. T. "Sat-
isheth thy mouth" ". 81. This means
that God satisfies all legitimate desires
AMI thus the youth IL renewed. The
original capacities are restored 10 their
native vigor. 3. Executeth righteous
ness and judgment (vv. GID. The
wrongs ~ life are rlghted and thus
they entail lie extends his pity to-
ward rs
~. God Our Father (Mstt. 6 ;24-S4).
Christ came to reveal the Father.
The subjects ~ the kingdom will love
him as child loves Its fsther.
I. Undivided affection ". 2D. The
child Of the heavenly Father makes the
unequlyocnl choice between God ana
the world. for unless God has the nrss
place he has no place.
2 Not anxious about food and cloth
ing wv. 25-32). uD II Il useless w.
2O. Anxiety can bring nothing, MY
4:l9). (2) II shows distrust OF the
Father wv. $500. In the measure
tina, one Is anxious about these things
he shows his lack Of faith In the abil-
lty and love Of God. II we would
please God we must come 10 him In
ers shame us In this wv. 26-2s). t3)
II Is hcathenish ". 32). We do not
wonder that those who are ignorant OF
God should manifest anxiety. but for
his childrsn 20 do so Is 10 play the
heather. lie knows that we have need
OF temporal things and II he cares for
the flowers and birds he will surely
not allow his children TO suffer.
3. He diligently seeks the kingdom
OF God wv. 33. 34). lie subordinates
temporal things TO things OF the spirit
This shows the right relationship that
. child OF God Is 10 sustain to secu-
lar affairs. This does not mean that q
child OF God does not exercise proper
forethought In making a support for
himself and family. The warning 10
not against legitimate forethought,
but anxious worry.