The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-10-14
Sunday School
Lesson
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FOR OCTOBER IL, 1920
Jesus begins mis- ministry
(By e. M, Berwick.)

How natural for Jesus to begin at
home with his own people. He sent
the man in Luke back nome and
Nehemiah put every men to work next
to his own door when he vas nuild-
ing the wall In the Rams Ho:n
some years ago | read: If a man
can't prove himself in his home, it is
oil off with him. Jesus did not go
at his work alone but he called his
helpers to carry on his work and to-
day he calls all his own to help him
and he wants to send each to his
or her own class. But the work went
Oh very slowly. Why? Why, Jesus
was a reformer and the devil don't
like that and he often gets church
people to take sides with him. Any
one who thinks he has made friends
with the Lords cause will find they
are mistaken if they tie unto sin. Like
John his theme was repentance. La
ter Jesus said duke 1880 Except
We repent We shall likewise perish :"
Sc repentance is the only door into
the church--the body of Christ Some
one has said: Repentance was stop
SHINING" but that Is not SO; that is
the fruit of repentance Another has
said "The prodigal son had to leave
the far country and go back home be-
fore he could be restored in favor
but that Is wrong if he had gone
back without repenting he could not
have gotten along with his father nor
any of the family. I've known men
to stop wrong doing to get good
girl for a wife or a good position
That Is not repentance. I've said be
fore the word of repentance comes TO
us from three words-a new mind. a
gcdly sorrow, and turning around.
was known by three names, Bro, jim
Our Jim, and Jimmie.
Well, I'd hear of people talkins
about him, losing his mind. Say mis-
ter. I'm so glad did and | got new
mind concerning our God; then you
see I soon had a new mind concern
ing myself and I can say with Paul
| What l am, l am by the grace Of
God" Since I've seen Jimmie no good
God OF all grace my heavenly Fathe,
land Jesus my precious friend. Their
began to see things in my life thai
was wrong and stop them not be
cause I was afraid of God but be
cause l loved him because he love:
me and I wanted to please him. The
prodigal son had to come to himself
before he could come to his fathe,
from. 2:4) "The goodness of Got
leadeth to repentance. Two farmers
in Ohio--Mr. c and Mr.. W.-livet
on adjoining farms. Mr.. W. s hog go
In Mr.. C.'s corn. He killed it ani
told Mr.. W. he'd killed it and If an,
more got in he'd kill them. Mr.. w
said, "All right; saw your hogs
hogs in your corn yesterday, turned
them out and put up your fence, anc
it see them in again I'll turn them
out. A few days later Mr.. G.. wa,
stuck in the mud with a load OF
wood. Mr.. W. appeared on the scene
and said, NO don't wade through tho
mud to unload; I'll pull you out "
He hitched his team and pulled him
cut; said that is better, and was gone
A few days later Mr.. W. was sit
ting on his porch thanking God 70.
the growing shower falling on his
corn crop, when Mr.. G.. appeared
wet as he could be. Mr.. w. quickly
got coat, put it over his shoulders
and began talking about the good
they ere going to get from the rain
When Mr.. C. said: Il didn't come II
talk about rain. Tell me how | must
be Christian and must have tho
kind you have" He became a power
for God. A fellow came to s. H. Had
ley and said: I've a friend in jail AMI
| want you to help me get him ont
Mr.. Hadley got him out and took him
to the mission; he wasn't there Iona
until he stole an overcoat and wa
gone. Later he met the fellow on the
street, told him how glad he was to
see him, How he'd missed him and
wanted him back. A few days latei
he came back. Sometime after he
took other clothes and was gone Bur
they got him back again and il was
not long until he was so blessedl,
converted and said the chief cause
vas that Mr.. Hadley had never asked
him about the coats, and he is one
of the greatest powers in the New
York pulpits yet today. THE goodness
of God leads to repentance.
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