Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-26
Sunday School Lesson

increase our determination to do the
Lords will and work.
In our lesson upon stewardship,
drawn from the parable of the
talents" we learned that we were
stewards of life as we'll as money.
Our whole life is partnership with
God. The reasonableness, respon-
sibility and rewards of faithfulness
were taught us and the consequences
of being negligent and unfaithful.
Every Christian gives expression to
his personal faith by performing the
duties Of the hour as they come.
His fidelity to the Lord serves to in
crease his spiritual life and insures
him a larger capacity for enjoying
Christ and doing His will.
Organized Service.
The next six lessons emphasized
the cooperative work of the Chris
tan life. While men are learning the
value of organizing their own 1ndl-
vidual days work to make the same
more efficient, the Christian follower
of Jesus starts his organized work
for Christ by trying to win others for
the Master In his own home. The
true center and base for his Chris
tian service is the home, which is the
oldest organization instituted by our
Lord for the development of the race
and the handing down from genera
ton to generation the truths or
righteousness and religion.
Our Lord recognized the need for
an organization that would enable In
dividual Christians to give the great
est force to their lives. The church
was established by Him to carry on
His great work after His death and
rac IN hn affQPffVl
to help develop the Kingdom Of God
among men. The church exercises
it's greatest influence in the local
community, where 1t exists to help
make that neighborhood Christian.
Every true follower of the Lord Jesus
will identify himself with His church
and help to make the community ir
which he dwells Christian through
his personal life and labor in his home
and community. Every Christian be-
comes more like the Master by reach
ing out to help win the world for the
Risen Redeemer.
Missions indicate the vitality of
any church. The body of professed
followers that is not missionary will
soon be missing. Growth depends
upon carrying out the commands OF
Christ to evangeliZe the world. We
must share the good news OF God
that Jesus taught men or suffer a
decline in our own spiritual life and
power. Making our own section
Christian is not sufficient. We are
closely related to the other nations
of the world. If the Christians fail
to win the world for Christ, then
chaos is certain to follow the present
unsettled condition in Europe, Asia
and Central America. Not until the
last man has been won for Christ.
enlisted in His service and educated
to observe all that He has COM
manded l1s can any Christian or
church cease to be missionary.
The Waiting Worlds.
Civilization culture and commerce
can't save mankind in this crucial
moment. The world is waiting for the
churches of Jesus Christ and the fol-
lowers of the Lord Jesus to demon
strate the power of the gospel by
their life and missionary zeal Civil
ization is by-product of Christianity.
The world welcomes in pagan lands
the gospel, when it is not associated
with the adoption of the social ETH
quette and mechanical equipment Of
modern professedly Christian nations.
Commerce and culture follow the path
the missionaries blaze among men.
The world without the knowledge
of God Is selfish and brutal in its
treatment of man, not realizing it's
own sins, ignorant of the great sal
walton, brought by Christ and facing
a future in which no star of hope
shines" We are moved by the prom
Use of the presence of the all-power
full Christ to preach to them the only
message Of hope of a life beyond the
grave that has been proven. We
ought to be encouraged to live for the