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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR TODAY
TOPiCi PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN
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TOflC: PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN
LIVING
Gollen TeNi--Seei 80 first his King
dom. and his righteousness: aud all
these things shall be added unto you.
Matt. G:33.
Scripture lesson: Matthew @: 1884.
70 laN not up for yourselves troa.
sures upon the earth whore moth and
rust consume and where thieves break
through and steal; 20 hut lay az for
yourselves treasures In HEAVIER. where
neither moth nor rust doth consume.
and whcr" ihcieves de- not break
through nor steal q fur Wh'r" thy
Treasure IT, there viii ihy heart be- alsn
- The lamp ~ thu body N the cN,: u
therefore thine eye bo single. tbs whole
body shall be- fun ~ light % But II
thine eye De- evil. thy whole body shall
be full Of darkness ~ therefore the
light that II In thee bc darkness how
great " the dark ness. q No man can
serve two masters; foI either h." viii
late the one. and love the ether: or
else he viii hold 90 one and d.spise
the other. We cannot serve God and
mammOn. - Therefor ! say unto YOU.
Bc not anxious for your life. what yc
shall eat. or what We shall drink: nor
vet for your body. what yc shall put on
Il not the life more than the fOusl. and
tho BODY than IN" rJimont? % Behold
the birds 1T the heaven. that they SOW
not. neither do they reap. nor gather
into harms. and YOUR heavenly Father
fecdeth them Ar" not Nc at much NOR
value than thee - And which IT YOU
By being anxious IAN add one cubit
unto tho measure ~ his life - And
Why are yc ANXIOUS concerning Ialmont7
Consider tho lilies ~ the field how
they grow: they toll not. neither do
they spin: % yet I fiy unto YOU. that
"von solomon In all his glory WAS no,
1trsyed like one of thcse. 30 Hut II God
doth ~ clo,he tho grass ~ IN" field
which today n. and tomorrow N east
into the oven. shall he not much more
cloihe you. o - 81 little faith n he
not therefor" anxious, saying What
shall We cat? ~. What shall We drink
or Whcr"wi,hsl shall W. 10 clothed
. For after all these things do the
Gentil's seek. for your heavenly Father
knowcih that 80 have need OF all these
things % Hut seek "a first his king
dom. and his righteousness. sad an
hos things shall bo added unto YOU
"a BE- not therefore anxious Tor the
morrow for the morrow viii be- anxious
for itself Sufficient unto the DAY IN the
,vil thereof
INTRODUCTION
tn" woild's Temperance, lesson SUE
PcyieJ taking up the latter part " the
Sermon IN the Mount Zoe special treat.
ir,cnt last SUNDAY. In this lesson We
come back to the regular course OF
thought DEALING with tho great teach.
irgs included IN the sixth and first part
cf the seventh chapter IT Matthew The
lesson covers a number ~ earnest cUun.
stla from our Lord. Tho prccep's given
ne today are ~ incs,imablr worth
LESSON NOTES.
C0unSels on Sincerity Matt. q: llsl
In this So ton "" have from tn. lips
AZ our Master wise cuuns"is en- SINGER.
ity in the religious life Three topics
ere singled OF, Tor especial mention
nlrs.ciyinf. PRAYER and fasting Tn"
swing Of aims WIS and remains vors
Characteristic element ~ Jewish rclig
ious life In IN" nd Testament the civ.
Ing ~ aims is frequently cniuincd. and
IN III" Ap.TNphal Books ia" Idea that
aims GIVING hc accepted ~ work -
ircrit ~ Yer, often set forth The praC.
iiro VAS very common In our Lords
,,y. and he gave earnest warning that
not az I'll moan tina, the giving II aims
would help Ia secure salvation. When
H. saws IN the first verse Take heed
that You do not your righteousness he
ness before men IN order tu h. seen ot
them" he LAYS down the general rule
6 mud"Siy and sincerity IN the perform
anr- 81 religious duties In applying
this general rul" tn almsgiyinE h. says
"pO not sound q trumpet before thee
,s the hypocrit"s do IN the syuagogucs
md In the streets Jesus siyS that
those who display their aims giving IN
THIS way "hSvr received their reward.
Inst IL all th'y viii ever gei-the notice
II men. With regard u giving aims. he
says. let no; thy lci, hand know what
ihy right hand doc'h"
Tn. next iupic Is that u prayer. Here
Jesus says when W. pray We shall
NOT BE- a. IN" hypuCrit"S" llc goes on
20 describe th"s" as loving to stand and
pray In public worship and even on the
corners ui the STREETS In order TINT they
might hc seen In N" posture ~ prayer
md rc'koncJ az being very pious
Jesus urge. secret PRAYER. going into
tho most secluded part ~ tho house and
oven shutting the door and then pray.
ing vher" none but God knows and
fffNs nlN ~ INV ktlu VI IAha'A AtiAN
win bring his recognition and blessing
Then follows that wonderful PRAYER
which wc have learned 10 call The
lords Prayer" because he gave Il toI
us II was not his prayer Tor himself
SPACE does not permit a suitable discus
zion ~ that great prayer. but W. should
1T least notice that II tails into two
parts: We are TAUGHT To- ask first Tor
th. things that God wishes done. and
then for the things that We most need
Tho third point Co he safe guarded is
that a fasting. This practice was much
more common In ancient days than
now. The idea was 10 abstain from
f,.s1 and pleasure in order to cultivate
tll" spiritual life and emphasize PRAYER
Us such sclfcontroi. The hypocri;csI
m, on n ,S,d faco and even dSiieurcd
their faces that they might look aS
NJ overwhelmed with grief. The Lords
counsel IL that when W. fast we should
not put on tho appearance Of grief ~