The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-10-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Prepared Especially for The Repub-
lican by Rev. L. S. Wright, DID.
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1921.

SUNDAY, NON EMBER z, 1924.
THE PRODIGAL SON-World's
Temperance Lesson Luke 15:11-24.
| will arise and go to my father. Luke
-15:1S.
THE FACE OF GOD
There are no beating of Times
wings where God IS. You have had
hours when there was no sense Of
time and you realized that the clock
had had no part in your thinking.
That is what one means in saying
that there is no time with God. And
this picture Of Gods winsom face
holds across the years so that even
centuries are forgotten in the look
ing. The lesson is not in the order
in which events occurred in the life
of Jesus because Of the special en-
phasis to be laid upon it but that
makes it all the more striking in its
likeness. 1t was drawn in answer to
the currish criticism Of narrow eX-
clusivenesss that could not under
stand the attitude Of Jesus toward
Zaccheus and other outcasts. Bless
their snobbery that brought such res
ponse To take such a position re-
veals an utterly mistaken idea of God
and they We're worshiping at a shrine
whose Deity wore full dress suit,
had an eye-glass and earned a cane.
Jesus rushed full TIT against Their
caI1cature OF God knowing that II
that could be changed to truth their
whole lie would De altered.
He dared draw God with sense
OF loss. In want and IN dire poverty
What GOD IS TINS! For the hrst
line was that OF the anxiety over a
fold that lacked a sheep, OF woman
who wanted coin, Of home that
mad lost son. ana the whole mind
OF Jesus was intent upon making men
see God as He knew HIM so that was
no careless line but stroke Of artls-
try revealing God W.th aching heart
and passionate longing instead OF the
DEITY lhou1ereht to all things eAcep,
clothes. humanity has been busy
Win gods galore Who possessed ali
IhligS ana were shl'lhefed IN tne
sense Oh richheSs b'l Jesus cared 70
ihp"le poverty 70 lhe a1i'ei OF f1lS
revealing II Is so caring mat II
must De Viue' II ooes net seem u
nave Deeh III ltle lhl'Htalale purpose
OF Jesus TO create stiAp"ya! lof ths
loser 50 mUcii . 20 ci-a!ieilse CO.
opef@Iio" III V'e q~es, oI Noo' 70 III
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nave the chahce 70 Go as ne pleased
any Wiefe' 1t might cluclIy MS Ia'h
anywhere. II might cfucl1y MS fath
er, IL might thro" AIDED burdens up
on ms brother 1t might disturb al
the aHalfs OF the nome II might CIV
Tree reign to all the gambler
and crooks IN the Far Country, bu
ne would have It nevertheless. Con
ceit that derlded all the reasoning o
others and hung experience TO tn
winds IN the pursuit OF His rights
is the outstanding characteristic o
tins young fellow. Did his lathe
abet HIM! Only so Tar as he kneI
that he must get his degree IN tn
costly school OF bufsted bubbles wit
the possibility OF reason afterwar
did that tne lathe give him ire
rem. Getting ms third OF the estat
with unseemly haste he hurried ava,
TO the glory OF the country IN Whlc
ne had been living mentally tho bod