The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-14
Sunday School
Lesson
Scripture: Luke 1898 to AZ and 8


l think in selecting the golden tex.
they should have taken in Gal. 6-1,
then il would have been much better
Then it would read, Children obey
your parents in all thing in
the Lord. But one block from my ca
bose in Chicago, years ago, a fellow
had grand time in his home drinking.
When they were so drunk they could
lot go for more, he asked his daught-
er, a beautiful Christian girl of II, to
GO to the saloon for more. But she
begged off, so very kindly, feeling so
sorry for him and all of which should
have been a blessing to all, but in
stead, in a rage he, with the old stool
he sat on, knocked the whole top
OF her head off, causing brains and
blood to stick to the wall. l heard
Goddess woman say to her Christian
daughter, Your Bible says obey your
parents" l went to the door and
said you have left out some, and gave
her the verse | refer to. The devil
is quite chap to use scripture, such
rs he thinks he can use for his pur-
pose. A fellow said to me one day,
You see we don't all understand the
Rible alike He made a mistake by
not saying we don't misunderstood ii
alike. The son of a saloon keeper in
Logansport, Ind. was converted and
wouldn't tap any more beer nor put
any more over the bar. His father
drove him from home, but afterwards
was the cause of the whole family be-
ing converted and also became 4
power for boys and young men. One
I a11 oft cir IL
were the print of bare feet which had
been in black tar, tracks about 20 feet
apart A wonder to hear people try
ing to figure it out Only a few morn
ings after and the letters p G be-
tween those tracks, but later we
learned the whole thing had been
made by John Hilderbrant's Prayer
Band. When we think of the home
Jesus grew up in we can't think of
having the smoothest life. Some
thing like Joseph. His mother didn't
understood Him. Luke $50. His
brothers didn't believe in Him. John
10. You see He had no part in any
foolish gossip or SANDER. His thought
was never, what can | get, but what
can | give. Such fellow on the road,
shop or in the home won't have il
easy today, but he will have the
blessed joy of knowing that he has
the blessed approval and fellowship
with Him who is just the same today.
Being a real Christian, following in
tie way OF Jesus, is no sissie job II
is more than calling for verse OF
scripture and being baptized. The
biggest end of the whole thing is be-
ing a''e to take all the snubs kindly,
feeling iy:rrE not for yourself, but the
othes \'llo<' because he is not saved
from lne trap of the devil! l heard
a minister having a great time with
May of John II because of her set
ting around. Among other things he
said, I'm so glad I've none of the
Mary element in this church. If ]
rad | never could have d church sup
per. 1t was easy to see by the mods
and smiles that there were no Marys
there. Also in the prayer meeting
there were none. Blind indeed is the
fellow who cant see the need of both
factors in the good mother and house
wife. | knew woman who was so
very careless. in her home that her
testimony fell flat because of her half
dr. Ssed children eating the bottom
cut of pies.
The word of God starts the testi-
mony of HIS witness at home. Any
enc who gets so very busy working
for his Lord that he can t hear what
his Lord has to say to him is truly
in bad box. The one who gets all
his Lord has to say will not neglect
his home nor his neighbors. In his
Eome-1 Tim. SIS. His neighbor-
Luke 1927.
SO many parents don't understand
that it is very solemn thought that
they are to represent the Heavenly
Father himself to their children. How
eager all should be to learn from His
word how he d have us represent Him.
The only foundation for the church
and state is the Christian home-all
others will fail. God himself estab-
lished the home. The world and the
devil has been knocking at it and
hard. A study and record of one
family of five generations-12O0 per-
sons-ncne were even moderately
educated; only 20 learned a trade
land 10 OF them in the state PRISON.;
Go were professional paupers, kept
in the poor house for an aggregate of
$500 years; 300 died in infancy from
lack Of good care and good condition;
81 were women VIGOROUSLY immoral:
400 men and women physically
wrecked by wickedness; Z murderers
50 habitual thieves, and 1870 others
convicted of different crimes.
The devil is after the home and
what is true of the home is also true
OF the state and nation. In l Pet. A.
is, we read: II the righteous scarcely
be saved, where shall! the ungodly and
the sinner appear? The devi is after
the home. j. NJ. BERWICK.