Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
for Dec. 1872 Tim. 4:6-18. ,
BY DIR. MARION NH. HULL

contest, for the word translated gooG.
has the idea of something outwardly
beautiful. He had gone through the
glorious contest; there had been ups
and downs in it, but he had not been
q gutter, he had stuck to it to the
end. That's where many are unlike
him; they give up when discourage
ments come; but don't do it, go
through with it; it may seem hard
and discouraging, but it is after oil
a glorious contest and worth while
finishing-to kill out this horrible
self life, that like a hydra-headed
monster keeps bobbing up every
day.
It's a great race, too-let us run
with patience the race set before
us, looking unto Jesus, the Author
and the Perfecter of our faith. But
we must lay aside every weight, we
must keep the body under control
and bring it into subsection, if we
are to so run that we may obtain.
And how careful we must be If we
are to guard the faith! Not only
for ourselves, but for others. Never
in the history of the world were
there so many ''ismS" as there are
tody. The supreme effort of the
devil is to destroy the faith. II he
can make it so nearly a counterfeit
that it cannot easily be distinguished
from the true faith, he is highly
pleased. Therefore, we must be on
our guard constantly for his subtle
attacks; we must guard the OLD
faith, and not allow even the slight
est variation to gain entrance to our
hearts. The faith that has been
To- ;c a
truth of the Three-One-God, as the
Creator and Ruler of all things; the
redemption purchased by the death
of the Incarnate Son Of God as the
only atonement for our sins; the res
direction of His human body and
His presence in bodily form at the
right hand of God, ever interceding
for US: the gift by Him of the Spirit
of God, the third person in the
Trinity, to dwell in the church His
body and His representative on
earth; and His visible, personal and
glorious return at any moment to
establish His kingdom on earth. Any
other faith is of the devil. We must
carefully guard this faith, common
to all evangelical denominations.
against every subtle attack OF the
tdevil to mod fy it in any way.
The crown Of Righteousness! Yes,
| it awaited Paul. Not as a reward,
| but as a gift from Him to all those
| who love appearing. To all, etc! A
| gift! How wonderful is our blessed
Christ. There are various crowns.
The incorruptible crown to those
who run the care successfully Il
Cor. $3.50; the crown of glory Il Pet.
SD that is to be placed on the heads
| of those who have been faithful
as hepherds-Sunday school
teachers, pastors, mothers and
fathers, etc.--when the Chief Shep-
herd shall appear; the crown of life
which the Lord has promised to
them that love Him and who en-
dure temptations and who are faith
full even unto death Rev. 2:10 and
Jas. 1:12). All Of these are good
crowns-not- one of them Of gold.
But the best is the crown of right
eousness to give to ALTO all who
love His appearing. His gifts are
better than any Of His rewards; the
rewards may be won by us. The
gifts which He makes are the re-
wards which He has Won by what
He has done-and they are far bet
ter; they arc enough for ill and to
spare. The gifts which He makes
we may share with others, and that
Of itself viii make them more glo-
| riOuS.