The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-10-20
Lesson for October %
PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN
HOME

Joshua 24:14, Is; Mark 1O:2-12; Ephe-
slams 6:1-9.
GOLDEN TEXT-And If it seem evil
unto you to serve the Lord, choose you
this day whom ye will serve; whether
the gods which your fathers served
that were on the other side of the
flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in
whose land We dwell: but as for me
and my house, We will serve the Lord.
Joshua PALS.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Pleasing God in
My Home.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Rules to Live By at
Home
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
1C-My Home Problems.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
1C-Problems of the Modern Home.
!. A United Home to Serve the
Lord Josh. 24:14, 15).
Joshua had succeeded Moses as
Israels leader. He was conscious of
his being taken away soon in death
from the people Josh. % ~, and of
He reviewed before them the history of
Gods goodness to them, and appealed
to them for a rational consideration
of their responsibility, and the exer-
else of sober judgment ". 14). He
wanted their choices Of God as over
against the false gods to be a balanced
judgment. He followed this appeal
with his own example ". 15). He told
them that his mind was already made
up. He associated his household with
himself. His decision was not hasty
one 1t had been talked over at home,
therefore, he uttered the united senti-
ment of his family.
II. The Father and Mother In the
Home Mark 10 :2-12).
God constituted the race male and
female. His purpose was that they
should be united for life in holy we'd
lock, with love as the bond of union
between them.
1. Marriage should not be degraded
by divorce wv. 2-5). God ordained the
marriage relation, and intended it to
be indissoluble. God, through Moses,
suffered, limited, and regulated di-
vorce, because of the hardness of the
hearts of the people.
2. Marriage is Gods primal law
wv. 6-S). The ideal law of life for
the subjects of Christ's kingdom is
marriage This is proven by the funda-
mental fact of sex, "God made them
male and female" ". g..
8. Marriage has Gods sanction
". 81. God declared to Adam that
man should leave father and mother
and cleave unto his wife.
4. Marriage of the divorcer forbid
den wv. 4-12). The marriage relation
should be broken only by death, or by
SIM The party responsible for divorce,
who marries again, is guilty Of adul-
terry.
III. Members of the Household (Eph.
6:1-9).
In the home are found father, moth
er, children, and sometimes servants.
Each member has rights and priv
ileges which must be respected
j. Children wv. 1-3).
a. They should obey their parents
". u. The ground for this obedience
is the fact that the parents stand in
the place of God with the children.
b. The children should honor their
parents ". p. Obedience to parents
is limited to the period of immaturity.
When children take their place in the
establishing of new units in society,
they are no longer under obligation
to obey their parents. Honor means
to have in reverence.
2. Parents ". A.. Doubtless the
word fathers" is intended to be in
elusive of the mothers.
a. Provoke not your children to
wrath. Parents should not irritate or
aggravate their children.
b. To bring them up in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord Nurture
doubtless means to educate, and ad-
monition to discipline.
3. Servants and masters W.. 5-9).
a. Servants are to obey their mas
tiers wv. 5-S). This obedience should
be ~ Servants should have proper
respect for their masters, and an ear
nest desire to please them. (2) Serv-
ants should perform their tasks as
though they were doing them for
Christ's sake. (3) The servants aim
should not be merely to please the
eyes of the master, but to render hon
est and acceptable service. "a With
good will. 1t should not be primarily
for approval or pay. Christian serv-
ants will perform their duties to their
masters with the same fidelity as they
would unto Christ. 90 Rewarded by
the Lord ". 81. The Lord takes &C.
count of our service in the common
ways of life, and will some day re-
ward us accordingly.
b. Masters to be considerate ". 81.
Just as servants arr to give whole
hearted consideration for their mas
tiers, so masters are to look after the
best interests Of their servants