The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-24
Sunday School
Lesson
Sunday School Lesson for June 90

church. One has put it, how to make
Christians socially minded. To that
my answer is, a church filled with
the Holy Spirit. No man or set OF
men can be socially minded or Cody
minded without being filled with the
Holy Spirit and after that is done he
can't be anything else, because that is
his office and he is true to his Office
in every sense of the word. He takes
cut all selfishness and sets you in tht
ether fellows place. Divine grace re-
stricts no nation or individual. See
John 3-16. The lack of this is the
cruise of our wars, creeds and sects
Many accept Gods grace for justifi-
cation through Christ, but despise and
reject the provision of the same grace
to work in them practical sanctifica-
ton which is true socialism. Such
peOplc lang the church bell and othe'
ways are like the fellow on top
the mountain with his fish hook and
line, saying to the fish, now come VI
and I'll catch you. Math. ia. Pete1
wanted to stay but Jesus took them
down, not with, but to the helpless
in the valley, to make them river OF
everlasting life to the other fellow
There are spiritual beggars IN tht
by ways who have never been invited
to the marriage feast. A cody min
lister told me his fathers house had
been a stopping place for ministers
but none had ever spoke to him abou
his soul And he found a little trac
after he had been a protesting Chris
tan six years and in college tive
years preparing for the ministry IN
that he learned for the first time how
he might know and thank God he die
know he was Christian. Send loo
to Asher Publishing Co., 1853 Mime
sofa street, st. Paul. and ask foI
Safety, Certainty and Enjoyment ana
you get the same thing.
1t is not an uncommon thing to go
to church and never hear a thing tina!
would teach you how to become a
Christian. Yes, they may ask you to-
make the coed confession, but they
cant tell you how to make the con-
fe3sion good.
Years ago fellow of Buffalo. n
Y, went to New York City on bust
ness He was well received and made
large circle CT friends. He ar
ranged to give big supper in the no.
tel to his friends. The hour arrived
but not a friend. My wasn't he put
out and was going to leave at once
and in packing up, to his disgust and
yet relief. he disc overed in his eX'
element he had failed to send out the
invitations. So you sec-the devil
what does he care about our singing
our preaching, our praying. our
teaching, our church membership, ii
there is no salvation in it.
Jerry McAully, the founder of the
Water Street mission in New York
City, backslid twice and was sent to-
prison, and he said afterward, I'd
zone down again if | had not gone
after the other fellow.
When l hear a minister say, don't
know but some how | think | know
the devil has him at sea, or when
heaH1arf say. ! know In Chris
tian because I Belong to the church,
or anything of that kind, I know
where he is. Jesus gives a look at
such in Math. 23-15. Jesus said, By
the fruits We should know them.
Math. 1920. And in l John 3-14, We
know we have passed from death unto
life because we love--not cur set or
Hear Paul, Acts 1920 to 80, 81
kept back nothing, but have Showed
you and taught you from house to
house, repentance toward God. and
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
| have not stunned to declare unto
you all the counsel of God. For /
know, after my departing, grevious
wolves enter in among you, not spar
ing the flock and of your own selves
shall men arise, speaking perverse
things, to draw away his disciples at
ter them. Peter % and 8. Many
shall follow their PERM
cious ways and the truth shall be
evil spoken of and they shall make
merchandise of you. Phil. 2-21, For
all see their own, not the things which
are Jesus Christs.
What one born of God, who has
honestly looked the question straight
in the face and cant see What is
wrong with the church" The name
of a tract, can be had at 96S Burr St.,
st. Paul, MINI. She is losing her
Bible. Kings, chap. %. | see the
word of God was lost, lost in the
house of God. Surely a red hot place
to lose the Bible.
Gypsy Smith has a sermon, title,
"The Lost Christ in the Church" The
lost Bible in 2 Kings was lost under
a lot of rubbish. When cleaning the
rubbish out of the temple. The So
called higher critic would have us
think the rubbish is in the Book, but
they lie about that.
A fellow began to read the Bible.
After reading it bit he said to his
wife, If this book is right, I'm lost
man. Again he read and soon he said,
If this book is right I may be saved
man. Again he read and not long I'M
til the tears of joy began to flow. He
look up to his wife and said, Wife
this book is right and l am a saved
man. To many a church the devil is
gone and the supernatural part of the
bible is gone. We must go to Chris
tian Science if you get anything o..
the healing of the body and sanctifi-
cation. They as rule are afraid OF
IL Jesus is shut out. Rev. 800.