Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-27
Sunday School Lesson
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.

saved and q new era was opened. II
our study OF Naomi and Ruth, we saw
how the love OF these two women fol
each other overcane race. pride anC
prejudice to that extent that Ruth be.
came one Of the Masters ancestors, &C.
cording to the flesh. In Hannah we hac
vision of a praying mother. In thi.
vision of the home life of the Hebrew
race we saw revealed the place anC
power that prayer ought to have in oul
own life
Saul, whose accomplishments anC
service for Israel, as their first King
was great yet he failed to pass on thu
kingdom to, his own family because o.
his disobedience of God. Just as lonl
was revealed to him by Samuel, III
succeeded. The burden was too grea'
for any man to carry alone and Sau
broke down mentally, because he hac
shut God, who had made him King
out of his life. In the friendship Of
Jonathan, Saul's son, for David We
studied the greatest friendship in his.
tory and the most famous In all liter.
ature.
Prophets and POtentate.
We have considered the work of three
men who responded to Gods call fol
them to enter His service as prophets
Amos, the herdsman, who understood
the problems Of the struggling masses
left his flocks and small estate to cour-
ageously preach the message of God In
the northern kingdom, where iniquity
intemperance and idolatry prevailed
His messages possess modern ring. In
our day we can see some of the evils
that Amos condemned. He pointed out
that their religion was sham, lacking
in morality and Righteousness. It meant
their doom. It means the downfall OF
any nation that processes the posses
sion of religious life but fails to dc
Gods will.
Josiah, who with David and Saul
were the rulers whose lives merited our
consideration, was q reformer He
showed the influence of his cody
mother and the coterie of religious
folks who had been driven into q re-
ligious and spiritual fellowship through
persecution. He sought to do Gods
work In His way. He tried to reform
the nations life along the lines Of the
revealed word of God that was found
in the ruins Of the temple.
jeremiah was probably the outStand-
whose life we considered. "fIis master
message was the personal responsible
ity and personal accountability Of man
in religion" He looked ahead to the
time when Jehovah would make a new
covenant with men that would be writ
ten upon their hearts. We have been
given that covenant. We have a per-
sonal responsibility and q definite task
has been assigned to us to help evangel-
ize the world for Christ and His church.
IF each follower of the Lord Jesus
would respond to His call and do
their individual share, the world could
quickly be won for the Lord Jesus
Some may have to suffer just as Jonah
did before we will attempt to do the
task that Christ has assigned to us to
do for Him and His kingdom. The
missionary program that we saw started
when Jehovah summoned Abraham He
will complete. We have seen its de-
velopment in the lives of the Godfearing
souls whose personality we have con-
sidered in our lessons of the past quar-
ter. We can help advance the kingdom
Of God among men and at the same time
prove our love for Him by obeying His
commands to evangelize the world.