The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights On Next Sundays
lassor fer Teachers and Pupils
4 Edltsd BY Charles x. Meyers.

May 1.-THE Nature and the Re.
suits of Sin. Gen. 3: 1-13. Gal. 6, rs.
We have for our lesson verses to-
day the oft ridiculed account of the
template and fall of Adam and Eve,
the first parents of the race. In our
treatment Of the matter today no time
Is taken with whether the serpent
walked on two. or four legs, could talk
and understood language, and similar
physical subjects, which have little
too do with the great moral lesson to
be drawn from that great event.
At will be remembered that Adam
and Eve were given home in por-
ton Of the land where God had placed
them and that they were made to I'M
derstand that certain things they
were not to do. The special command
along this line was as to eating the
fruit from particular tree. The rec
ord tells US that Eve allowed herself
to be tempted to disobey the command
as to the eating of fruit from this tree.
It may be both she and her husband
had talked over the restrictions made
and had wondered whether there
would, after all, be harm in disobey-
ing. Be that as it may, time came
when she was led to believe that to
eat would be of an advantage in that
she would know more and there was
the thought that after all the COM
mand not to eat might not have the
penalty which had been told-death.
Note the enticements which came to
Eve as she let her mind dwell on the
question of eating or even touching
the fruit of the forbidden tree The
fruit twas a delight to the eye" and
the tree was to be desired" These
PRAYED her downfall and that of her
husband. They saw, they longed and
lusted after, they could not resist, they
fell. and their punishment soon came,
with its fearful results.
Alas, alas, the same old story which
has been acted out in the lives of ev-
cry one of us many, many times. This
account of the fall of man is fearful
to think upon. Many have tried to
make fun OF it, but it sets forth so
simply and SO we'll the fall of men
and women about us daily that no
amount Of ridicule can put aside or
relegate out of thought the great les
son twas put in the bible to set forth.
e ASOGC NV WAS q " Lle Eye
1t was to be desired" We all know
what that means. Sin, wrong doing,
besets us on every hand with the like |
temptations each day and wise is the
man or woman, boy or girl who is firm
to Withstand the same. The words of |
the great. apostle Paul as found in
Gal. f67 should be burned into the |
heart, written across the sky of our
horizon, become part of our life |
thought, Be not deceived, God is not |
Knocked; for whatsoever a man SOW
eth, that shall he also reap" Physi-
cally, morally. this is true and there
is nOescape, except through the pow
er aof forgiveness from God through
faith in Jesus Christ.
It would be an endless undertaking
to enter into details of how sin con-
fronts US with it's shams of pleasures
to be gained the profits to be enjoyed,
the many advantages to be possessed
There stand out, however, some which
can be briefly spoken of. The sin of
fmpurity, the Gratifying of animal
lusts slOOm up to the front at once
whenN we consider this topic. The
downfall from this are simply awful.
It is terrible to consider that impulse
which are pure can be prostituted to
destroy both soul and body. Sin and
wrong doing of this kind has many
all "a delight to the eyes
Ito be desired and the unthinki3g,
he unknowing, fall as easily as did
he man and woman of the olden
ime. There may be thought that
Adam and Eve were foolish indeed
lot TO believe God rather than the
erpent Of temptation, but this soon
s put away when one thinks of the
opl acts they have committed with