The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-03-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

Faithful is the saying and, worthy of
all acceptatiOn, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sim
ners.-1 Tim. 1:15.
UP TO THE LIMIT.
Having loved His own He loved
them up to the limit" is about the
phrasing John uses concerning those
days of our study. For that is what
was being expressed thru all their ac-
tivities, love that knew no limit save
its power of making itself known. In
these eleven chapters of Luke are
crowded the last month of that at
tempt, probably from January to
March of the year 80. They were
lived largely upon the east side of the
Jordan in Perea where the grip of
Jerusalem was weakest. Late in the
period came the Lazarus incident told
by John only. There was the steady
movement toward Calvary as change
less as the coming Of the tide. Jeru-
salem and Jesus were opposing poles
and discharge was inevitable if they
were brought together. Force and
love are in eternal antagonism as rul-
ing systems an done or the other must
die. This is the story of these last
months. The clash comes in the earl
lest lesson over the Sabbath, shifts
to social contacts, grips more closely
over money and its use, reels into the
prayer place, lunges into branded bus
mess, struggles in the temple area,
takes breath through Wednesday and
Thursday of Passion Week and force
wins its final victory in Fridays trag-
edy on the cross. Love, because it is
immortal, can afford to die upon the
road to supreme success, but if force
dies anywhere it is uttermost defeat.
The lessons close upon the jubliation
over the downfall Of Jesus and the
collapse of love. Fortunately Easter
brings the concluding chapter.
After six months of study one will
wish to take a look over the entire
book and catch what Luke was trying
to present. Matthew's recovered pat
riOtism causes him to see the recov-
cred Kingdom of the PROPHETS
Marks service to Paul, Barnabas and
Peter reflects itself in his fellow Ser
want; what of Luke? Luke, born a
slave and given his freedom thru the
conversion of his master,can think of
nothing but the Savior of the low
est, least man anywhere and the lift
ing him into the freedom of the fam
lily of God. Small wonder that it is
the gospel of singing, Of childhood, of
womanhood, of praise, Of the poor, of
the outcasts, Of the Prodigal, of the
thief on the cross, Of the Fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of man.
More than ever before it is the Cos
pei that the world torn with hatred
and married with tears, oppressed with
poverty and drenched with blood,
needs and in every class there are
those who should give Him right of
way in the life and some should give
Him right of way with the life in ded-
icated service.
PRIMARY TOPIC: FAVORITE
STORIES OF THE QUARTER
Of course the pictures will be used.
If they are not part Of the regular
equipment, Perry or Wilde sets COW
ering the lessons may be had for
quarter and they will prove a good
investment. One method of using
them may be the giving of picture
to a scholar who stands next the
teacher so that only the back of it is
seen by the class. He tells the class
what he sees in the picture and they
guess the story or the lesson it rep
resents. Another takes his place
with a second one and so on. Or the
picture may be shown and the best
teller Of its story may receive it as
a souvenir and reward for the work
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