Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-15
Tops: Work With Others.
GOLDEN TENT-yon are the body Of
Christ. and .eversIy members there.
of. Cor. 1891.
SCRIPTURES LESSON: ! Corinthians
Isit....

II For the body IL not one member
hut many. 10 n the foo; shall say. he.
cause I am not the hand I am not II
the body: II Il no, therefore not Of the
body. 10 And u the ear shall Say. he.
cause am not the eve. ! am no, ~ the
body: n IL not therefore not ~ the body.
~ n the whole body were an eye. where
were the hearing II the whole were
hearing. where were the smelling7 ~
Hut now hath God set the members each
one of them IN the bndv. even rs u
pleased him. Island u they We're all one
member. WHORE were the boiyf 20 hut
now they are many members hut one
body. 81 And the eye cannot say to the
hand. ! have no need 81 thee: or again
the head Ia the feet ! have no need ~
you. 2? Nay. much rather thase mem.
hers ~ the body which seem ,0 b. more
feeble are necessary. q and those PARTS
~ the body. which W. think To- d. less
honorable. upon these We hesiow more
abundant honor; and our uncomcly
parts have more abundant loneliness.
- whereas our comely parts have no
need: hut God tempered the body 20.
rrsher. giving more abundant honor 10
that part which lacked: % that there
should he no schism In the body: hut
that the members should have the same
care one for another. 20 And whether
ONE member sufferc,h. all the member.
suffer with Il: ar one member is hon.
ored. all the members rejoice with n
g Now ye are the body Of Christ. and
severaib members thereof
INTRODuCTIoN--The story OF Rob.
inson Crusoe appeals To US In a variety
a. ways. One % them IL Its unusualncss
The Imagination and interest ARE awak
er~d nv N. thought 81 a man absolutely
alone. We like % read stories like this
hns noboiy would really like to live In
that way. cowper II nearer right than
Dsroe when In depicting the cas,away
IN his lonely island. he says:
20 Solitude. where are the charms
That sagrs have seen In thy face?
Better dwell In the midst OF alarms.
Than reign In this horrible place"
II solitude has Its horrors society has
~ demands. Living together should
mean that we must work together. The
more complicated life becomes the more
varied are IT. relations and the more
minute the divisions 81 labor. II We
work at all. We must needs work 10.
eesher.
Lesson Notes.
Tbe church at Corln,h. composed as
u WIS al various kinds Of people. was
slgnai instance ~ what Paul describes
u THE chapter. He begins by saying.
There are dtverrities Of gifts. but the
same spirit." Diversity In unity IL one
Il the great laws Of creation. We see
u everywhere. Certainly II appears In
the religious life. II was emphaticaiiy
IN existence at corinth. The members
az that church had a number OF spir.
itual gifts vsriousfy bestowed. Some
were better equipped intellectually than
cthsfs; some had more faith than others:
some we're endowed with extraordinary
Sits q healing; some even were quail.
nd to work miracles: some were gifted
~ prophets: some had keen insight into
spiritual matters. good and had: some
had the SIT Of speaking with tongues;
ere oth>rs with power 10 explain these
strange thinssL
Yet. In oil this diversity Of operation
there vas one underlying power. II was
that Of the Holy Spin, who bestowed
thsse gifts and aided and guided In
their working out. This oneness OF spir.
ituai origin and power expresses itself
IN the oufness Of the body Of believers
which may h. compared to the physical
hedy. A church is no, mere collection
a different things. bu, In an organism
actively at work.
Caity In Diversity.
The apostle proceeds to illustrate his
thought NJ unity IN diversity by com.
Iarison with the human body. At every
paint az the inspired illustration there