Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-16
Sunday School Lesson
BY
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.

and legacy that He bequeathed to men.
Jesus in his tactful dealing with the
woman of Samaria surprised her by
His unobtrusiye manner and words. He
did not fail to reveal his loyalty to His
own race when He made an effort 10
win the despiSed and abandoned woman
of a despiSed race with whom His own
nation had no dealings. In one Of His
parallels, the Lord cited the good deeds
Of the Samaritan to teach the world
whom we should consider to be our
neighbors.
Gospel Bridging Chasm.
In the early days of the church its
members were all of the Jewish race.
In fact, Christianity was Graded in
Judaism for, the Lord, His disciples, as
well as the prophets, were all Jews by
birth and training. Our Bible Is
Jewish book, for every part OF the
Sacred Scriptures has come to us
through Jewish sources. They held the
same attitude toward the Romans and
other races as the Jews of their day.
They despised the Romans, whom they
feared as their conquerorS. Peter was
firmly fixed in this attitude until the Lord
by a vision revealed to the Apostle the
folly of taking such a position, so that
he was willing to respond to the call of
the Roman centurion to visit him.
When he saw the evidence of the
Holy Spirits presence among the people
in the house of Cornelious, Peter well
coined them, although of another race,
into the young church without waiting
to confer with the Apostles and lead
ers in Jerusalem. Saul, who had OPP
posed Stephen in his view of the world
wide fellowship of the Gospel, became
after his conversion the ambassador
of the Lord Jesus to the Gentiles. He
recognized his obligation to preach the
gospel to every creature required him
to disregard the racial barriers of the
centuries, because they were incom-
patible with membership in ChriSt's
church and the kingdom Of God among
men.
America has been called the worlds
melting pot. Here all nations and races
meet. Here we must work out in a
practical manner the gospel of the Lord
Jesus by deeds Of love toward all races
and nations. We must see that every
man has square deal in our courts
Of justice, whether he is a Christian or
not. We should seek to help these vart-
GUS nations to preserve their racial in
tegrity, So that they may contribute,
as God has planned, their share to mod
ern civilization in such way that we
may be able to teach all nations how
to live in unity and peace with mem
berS of other nations and races and
preserve their racial life. The people
of every race are DESTROYS of living
pcaceably with the members of other
races. We are called upon to help the
men of the various races who have been
enemies for centuries, torn by feuds
and embittered by race hatreds, to live
as citizens of our Nation filled with
the Masters spirit Of love and help
fulness for all races and nations. We
face in our land the test of our Chris
tian faith in solving the various race
problems pressing for solution. 1t gives
us the opportunity to demonstrate the
power of Christ's gospel to help men
| to live with members of other races
In the ties of spiritual brotherhood.
| All souls differ one from the Others
| The mint sent forth coins that are
alike, but when God sent forth men
into the world He made them all diff
| ferent. Men in the various races do
a right to expect that society will give
to each individual justice without re-
gard to his race or religion. We should
all recognize the true manhood and
character not only of, one another, but
of every race. The reason for the way
that the two great races have lived side
by side in the South is due to the fact
| CEldC CIle WLnCeS IduBuI CLlS NcBIOco GlS
way of salvation and they have been
loyal to the white people. There is
no greater story of the loyalty of one
race to another than that exhibited
by the Negroes of the Southland dur
ing the war between the States. They
were faithful to the women and chill
dren committed to their care and pro-
lection. Haynes claims that the Negro
asks to be left free to laugh and to
sing, to play and to pray, to work
and to talk, to love and to live with
other Americans" Just as long as these
two great races continue to work out
their problems in accordance with the
teachings of the Lord Jesus in help
full way to one another, they will show
the world the way for all to live with
people of other races. Let us SO live
that we may help fill the world with
the knowledge Of the fact that God is
no respecter of persons: but In every
nation he that feareth Him and worketh
Righteousness Is acceptable to Him. "
Let us be guided in all Of our relations
with one another by the Masters COM
mand to love enc anothEr,