The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
Sunday School
Lesson
Sunday school Lesson fOr Dec. Is.
, Tim. 4-6-1S.

: Scripture: 2 Tim. 4-6-1S
Subject: "Paul's Last Words
The talk OF some men is very
cheap until it comes to the last words.
/ knew an inlidel. we'll read in some
ways, liked to talk his infdelity. He
was taken sick; at last the doctor told
him he had Two days more to live.
| saw the doctor coming out of the
gate He said he had told Tom !
waited To give him time for thought,
then went in to see him. | said, Wei!
the doctor says Ntu are at the end
and | thought I'd wait until you could
think il over and tell me what you
think of it now" I'll not forget the
solemn and earnest look i'm his face as
he said, Well jim, believe | am
wrong" and his last words were, Il
know ! am wrong; know that God
is and He loves me. | stood by the
side of one OF the greatest lawyers in
New York state the day before he
died when hc said. For years moth
ers nave been pointing their sons to
me as a model but I'm an undone
man" Said that word between
hreaths-his last words.
one of the richest men in our land
who was 50 busy making money when
ON his feet-to ever think OF God so
lar as anyone ever knew but his last
words were. 81 commit my soul to-
God for salvaiion.' He saw himself
stripped of all his money and power
aud was now Il begar before God.
A fellow who had boosted OF his
morality and told his boys if they
would do as well as he he would be
satisfied. one day came to the end
of his doing and then he told his
boys that he had made Il mistake but
like Lot Gen 1914 he had lived
there so Ing THAT he seemed as one
ihat Knocked unto his sons
A mighty contrast between the
last words OF real child OF God and
one who doesn't know our God at all.
one has said. this was written Tor the
Cncoura gemen. Of Timothy. Well,
Should say; reckon he had not read
Rom. l5-l4: g Whatsoever things
were written are tor our learning that
we might have hope. CIR. lo-l
Are written for our admonition.
, The Holy Spirit caused this Tor all
saints OF all time. The first words OF
Paul We're. What Will YOU have me
.do?" The last, II have fought good
fight, | have finished my course, |
have kept the faith. Hence Il crown
lCi Righteousness. 3" | was called
to The led side OF one who was dying
and he said, Yes. Jim wanted to see
you. want YOU TO forgive me for
making fun Of your religion | said,
oh Harvc, you did me no harm, but
to satisfy you | say and gladly too,
that | forgive you, but how is it with
you-Je1us and your soul" His eyes
! went shut and | don't know what
would have happened ii his wife had
) not been called away from the foot oil
the bed, where she stood looking him
| in the face After she was gone he
, said. "Oh jim don't say anything
about my soul. I've heard sermons;
I've heard the minister say the time
will come when it will be too late, but
never did think that hour would
ever come to me, but it has. and I'm
a lost man. Oh. don't want to shut
my eyes. Every time | do see hell!
: And the water ran out of his face and
the flesh seemed to creep on my bones
and there promised God to never let
IA soul pass me without word for
him if the opportunity was given.
John 6-67, Jesus said, will ye
also go away And Math. 25-46,
" = These shall go away Sad in
deed. when man sends God away
for the last time.
The last words of Ben Wade, as
, they were setting him in the chair to
kin him for murder, Tell Bro Jim,
blessed the day for my soul when he
IN, Tho laath oh M hpT IL
see his Savior and mine
A young girl in Albany, New York,
after pleading with her father to meet
her in glory, he slid down on his
knees shaking with emotion. he
: promised. With IL smile OF heaven in
her face she said, Now l can go to
+ Him in peace She was gone.
Now word about Mr.. Coppersmith.
minister in my meeting at Spring
field, Mass, said, I'VE don't want any
coppers in this Offering. | felt mighty
t sad for the poor people who had
2 nothing more. Jesus saw an offering
= taken-see Mark 1241 to 44-and he
: commended the poor widow and her
, little mite-all she had-above all the
big offerings, and He is watching and
+ keeping the account of the poor.
To close | want to call your at
l tention to the last words OF Jesus: 1T
e is finished" John 1890. Nothing left
: fer us to do or to pay, if we touch it
S we spoil it. We know that the devil
nor the self-righteous man don't like
that, but God does and He's going to
. have it that way. l Cor. 6-19 and 20.
Ye are not your own, for we are
bought with price. therefore glorify
God in your body-or with your body
which is Gods. The unconverted
glorifies Him by receiving His Son
as Savior John 112 The converted
by His witness. j. NJ BERWICK.
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