The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-10-29
Lesson for November I
WORLDS TEMPERANCE SUNDAY


GOLDEN TEXT--And be not drunk
with wine, wherein is excess; but be
filled with the Spirit.
LESSON TEXT-Gal. 5:13-26.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Danger Of
Strong Drink.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Peril of Strong
Drink.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
CO IC-Reasons for Total Abstinence.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-The Progress of Temperance Re-
form.
This lesson Is taken from the por-
ton of the Epistle to. the Galatians
which has to do with the application
of the doctrine of justification by
faith. BY faith the believer is linked
to Jesus Christ. AS a result of this
union with Christ, the believer expe-
riences a new birth, and thereafter
lives a new life. The divine way of
freeing the world from the curse of
.intemperance is to secure the regener-
alton of the individual.
!. Christian Freedom wv. 1879.
I. 1t is not an occasion to the flesh
~. 49,. Liberty is not license. The
notion that when one is free from the
law he Is free from restraint is wick
eddy erroneous. License of the flesh
means not merely the indulgence of
the flesh in actual material sins, but
in the expression Of self-centered life
in chickering's, etc. ". 15).
2. 1t is by love serving one another
Nv. 13). Freedom from the Mosaic
love. Love thus becomes the fulfill
ment of the law, ". 14).
II. Walking in the Spirit wv. 1919.
This diScloses the secret of how q
life of love and service to another can
be lived. Walking in the Spirit re-
suits in victory over the flesh wv. 16,
10. BY ''the flesh" is meant the cor
,rupt nature of man expressing itself
in the realm of sense and self. When
the Christian chooses the evil, the
Holy Spirit opposes and when he
chooses the good, the flesh opposes.
III. The Works of the Flesh wv.
1920.
The one who chooses to live accord
ing to the desires of his natural heart
will be practicing the following sins:
1. Sensuality ". 1917. The sins emu
merated here are practiced in the
sphere of the body and are:
a. Fornication (the word adultery"
is omitted from the best manuscripts).
Fornication includes all sexual sins in
the married and unmarried state.
b. Uncleanness, which includes all
sensual sins, open or secret, in thought
or deed.
e. Lasciviousness wanton indul-
gences in the shameful practices of
the flesh.
@ Irreligion ". 20). These acts
take place in the realm of the spirit
and are:
a. Idolatry, which means the wor-
Shipping of idols.
b. Witchcraft or sorcery-all dealing
with the occult such as magical arts,
spiritism, necromancy, etc.
g. Sins of temper wv. 20, Ply. These
axe place in the sphere of the mind
and are:
a. Hatred. b. Variance, which means
strife and contention. C. Emulations,
which expresses itself in jealousy. d.
Wrath-bursts of passion. e. Solutions
factions in the state. I. Heresies-
factions in the church. G. Envyings.
h. Murders.
1. Sine of oyoocc ~ OILY
a. Observation-Disclosures in in
toxicating liquors.
b. Revelings-acts of dissipation,
under the influence of intoxicants.
Those who are under the sway of
the flesh, who practice such sins, shall
be excluded from the kingdom of God
Il Cor. 6:10).
~. The Fruit of the Spirit wv.
22-24).
The Holy Spirit, who is the source
of all life indwelling the believer, will
bear the following fruits:
/. Love to God and men.
2. -glad-heartedness because of
what God has done.
8. Peace with God and men.
4. Long suffering-taking insult and
injury without murmur.
5. Observation-Disclosures to others.
G. Commissioning good and doing
good to others.
Z. Faith-believing God and commit
ting all things to him.
S. Observation-Disclosures to God, the
spirit of humility before him.
g. Temperance-self-co in all
things. The one who is thus ruled by
the Holy Spirit will totally abstain
from all intoxicants and do his best
to keep his fellows from its destruc-
tive power.
Good Preaching