The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-10-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared especially for The Republi-
can by Rev. U. S. Wright, D. D.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20.
WORLD WIDE PROHIBITION
Isaiah 61:19. Worlds Temperance
Sunday.
Righteousness eXalteth a nation: But
sin is reprOach to any people
Proverbs 14:34.
RELAXING A MESSAGE
Have you ever seen the lone figure
of a Boy Scout silhouetted against
the sky from the summit of some hill
waving couple of flags? But soon
the motions were seen to be spelling
out words and you knew that from
some faraway spot beyond the rim
of vision he was catching message
that he was relaying to watchers who
could see him. That is what is hap
pening in this lesson. Far-off below
the horizon of history stood the giver
of Isaiah's prophecy with it's wonder
full message of renewed life. Upon
the Nazareth hill appears Jesus in
sight of all the world repeating that
age-old promise to the watchers of
a new age. Very human was He in
wishing to give His best to the towns
men who had been the advisers and
the comrades Of these hidden years
for after all there is always the tug
of the old town at the heart of one no
matter where his work may carry
him. In full consciousness of power
gained in the wrestle with temptation
rusalem news of which had been car
rled back by the visitors at the Feast.
He sought out the familiar LITTLE
church where as a boy He had wor-
shipped. How eager He must have
Deen to make them understand what
lay in His heart! "The Spirit of the
Lord is upon Me-" spoke the utter
conviction of His relationship and
mission and reused at the same time
the village prejudice and race ex-
clusiveness. 1t was a new application
and the ruts of their thinking were
too deep to stand the jolt of getting
out Custom is still labeled con-
science IN many a case. Bats and
owls still fly by night because they do
not like the light and there are hum
ans who do the same. Wrath against
the light bringer stirred the whole
crowd and Jesus barely escaped it's
expression. Light, life, liberty and
law were the implications of that old
message from the hidden Prophet
that were to be the rule of the new
day as they were in the DAYS of the
Exile and as they are in our own.
But In each case the meaning differs.
LowelPs great word. will ALWAYS be
true that Time makes ancient good
uncouth, we must ever up and on
ward, If we'd keep abreast of truth. "
That is the reason Christ never gave
rules Tor specific cases but expressed
Himself in principles that would
broaden with advance of the centur-
les. But men object to the wider an
plication and smite the bringer of
the light and this too has been the
history Of every advance. Slavery
was as far from the mind Of this ola
thinker as was prohibition or world
peace but all were held in the ideas
that he proclaimed that Jesus re-
layed to US.
LIGHT
When a torch is carried into =
cave where bats live there is a whir
OF wings and dash of bodies that
OFTEN leaves the bearer in darkness.
Inc llght-bringer must expect the
buffetlng of the bats. The new loht
upon the effect of alcohol upon the
body has stirred the whole crew,
Yet steadily the use of it has been
outlawed by the druggist and the
doctors until it is labeled as a poison.
DR.. McKitchen of Toronto University
told me that the constant drinking Of
a moderate amount such as 6epr
would contain is far more Dangerous
than an occasional debauch The
findings of the insurance comnanios
are the same. Army tests carry the
same conclusion and efficiency experts
agree Edison's word, 81 have a bet
Ter use Tor my BRAIN" tallies with
Babe Ruth's at dims my batting
eye" There is no lack of light. but it
seems to be needed in new fashion
these days when outlawed liquor is
trying to come back" and the bats
are dimming the torch "Beer and
VINE" is the slogan and there is great
need OF keeping the flame ablaze. For
there is no middle ground with the sa-
loon any more than there was with
slavery. To allow any is to presently
accent all
LIFE -vESgVE
There is no question about physical
life being heightened by abstinence
and physical wel-being carries very
many other things with it. Acct
dents are lessened by alertress. and
the loss thru sickness which in the