The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAy1
CCHOOL Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
q Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for September 10
CHOICES AND THEIR CONSE-
QUENCES IN A NATIONS LIFE
SON TExT-Deuteronomy 1882. rs.

QUENCES I'm "A NAHUM . LII -
LESSON TEXT-Deuteronomy 1882. 26'
30.
GOLDEN TEXT-Choose you this day
whom We will serve.-Joshua 24:15.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Our Country.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Choosing Sides.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
The Importance of Our Choices.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
My Part in Making Up the Nations Mind.
Nations as we'll as individuals are
responsible before God for the man.
ner in which they live. They enjoy
the blessings of right living and
suffer the penalty of wrong moral
choices. While it is true that ma
tional leaders may not always re-
fleet the true character of the peo-
pie, it is generally true that there is
a sort of national character which
over a longer period of time accu-
rately represents the moral condl-
ton of the people as a whole.
Many earnest men and women be-
lieve that the United States OF
America stands today at the cross
roads of national moral decision.
There has been an unquestionable
decadence of true religion, of home
life, of social purity, and growth
of moral Indifference and outright
wickedness which causes men who
think to cry out for revival Of old
fashioned spiritual and moral stand
ards ere it be too late. The most
>noo4;,,o ooJ ~ foot tho op1y rna11U
effective way to bring that about,
is a revival within the church of
Christ, and a resultant renewal Of
its service in winning men to Jesus
Christ as their Saviour and Lord.
A 24-page booklet Lessons in Soul
Winning" by DR.. Will H. Houghton,
will be sent by the writer without
charge to those requesting it. If
possible enclose a 3 cent stamp.
1. Right Choices Result in Blessing
wv. 8, 81.
Making the right choice is in fact
simple matter, for it means only
obedience to Gods commandments.
God is the author of the moral
law. He alone can and does deter
mine what is right and wrong. Man
need not determine, nor is he
equipped to decide that question. He
can and must relate the details of
his life to the law of God. How inn
portant it is then that he properly
understand that law, and what folly
it is to neglect the study of God S
Word, where the commandments of
God are made known unto men.
Choosing Gods way means for
both men and the nations which
they make up (for my country is in
the final analysis myself, and other
individuals like me) the assurance
of Gods blessing and prosperity.
ii. God Encourages Right Choices
wv. 1922.
Our God is the great and untiring
"giver of every good and perfect
gift" We need but to lift up our
eyes and look. at His handiwork,
or stir up our memories to recall
his goodness, and we know that he
and all his blessed works encour-
age us to do right-to live right.
But, alas, all too often Gods
choicest gifts are perverted and are
used to bring the very opposite re-
suit. The most beautiful lakes and
naturally delightful surroundings
are used for resorts and clubs which
all too often lead men to moral de-
struction. Parents almost fear that
their daughters may be too attrac-
tive, for the world, the flesh, and
the devil are constantly out scout
ing" for beautiful women whose
very God-given beauty may be used
to glorify sin and lead others into
disobedience to God.
III. Right and Wrong Are Funda-
mental and Eternal WV. 26-3O.
It needs to be repeated over and
over again in these callous and in
different days that there is laid
down in the very constitution of the
entire universe a moral distinction
between right and wrong. Right is
always right, and wrong is def.
nitely and eternally wrong. There
is no moral twilight zone, where
things are neither white nor black,
but neutral gray.
Note that the difference between
right and wrong was to be the same
''on the other side of the Jordan. y
Time and place have no power tt
change moral law. What was righ
or wrong for your great-grandfathel
is right or wrong for you. What
was right in your home on the farm
is right in the city where you now
live, or vice-versa. The passing o.
the years or change of residence
does not alter that law of God.
May God help the people of oul
nation, and all the countries Of thu
earth, to remember that it is still
true that righteousness exalteth ;
nation: but sin is reproach to any
people" prov. 1899.