Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19
Sunday School Lesson
By
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.

Christ is associated, with him and help
ing him do his work every day. Paul
helped support himself by working at
his trade while carrying on his mission
airy work as an apostle to the Gentiles.
The duty to work has been taught us
by the worlds greatest teachers, both
by precept and practice. so that we
ought to recognize the truth OF the
words of Maltbie Babcock:
We are not here to play. to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do and loads to lift
Gift.
Christianity has already made great
difference in the men from the East
and from the West by its message of
work and ideals Of service for others
benefit. It has given the world some
social ideals that ought to guide our
labor. It teaches us that at is what
you are working for, rather than your
industry. that counts" Christians can
not be engaged in any line of activities
that would hinder the development of
the kingdom of God. We are called to
principle Of Work to have to give to
God, to others; If you don't you can't"
Some Modern PeriIs.
We are living in an age that has wit
trial world. The advent of machinery
and mass production has brought many
blessings to men. but it also has pre- :
sented some serious perils that Presi-
dent Cutten of Colgate has pointed out.
He states that "the result of our I'M
limited, unorganized, unled and uncon-
trolled leisure is the gravest danger
to which any nation has been exposed.
This is the great threat of leisure, which
conditions in the lack of self-reStraint
as evidenced by the waves of crime with
which we are now deluged. Our laws
and national propaganda have been
against overwork of people in general
and certain classes in particular. We
face greater danger in underwork-or
at least in underemployment for the
latter may be even more fatal" for the
leisure has found many unprepared to
use 1t to an advantage.
In assigning this lesson, the lesson
committee has suggested that it be used
to teach the evils Of gambling, which
is one Of the most gigantic evils of mod
ern society. It probably causes more
ruin and irreparable dismay than any
other social peril Of our day. The gam
bier is parasite who fails to contribute
by his labor to the advancement of So
ciety or human welfare. When Davi.
was in danger he once expressed a de-
sire for q drink of the water from the
old home well. Men who loved him
risked their lives to secure 1t for him
In Bethlehem. When it was brought to
him he refused to drink the water that
had been secured at such a great risk
of human life. Shall we continue TO
permit gambling at the price of broken
hearts and shattered homes? GAMBLING
rewards those who do not deserve any
reward. According to Gods word we
are only to eat our bread in the sweat
Of our brow. If any man will not work,
let him not eat.
Gambling becomes like drunkenness
an overpowering appetite which the VIC
Tins Of gambling overcome with diff
Guilty. They can not resist its power ex-
cept through the grace of God and by
laboring for the benefit of others in &C.
cordance with Christ's commands. A
man has no right to expect, as the gam
bier does, something for nothing
| Whether one loses or wins, gambling
"deranges ones life. It reverses values
upsets principles, undermines character
and inculcates grasping Selfishness. Let
us take no chances with running oul
lives by following the gambler. Let us
seek first the kingdom of God and His
Righteousness, devoting all of ou
energies and talents In the service Of oul
Lord and His chllrch