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JimfeySchool •Lesson l Valon - > Leswn for September 13 -« ■“ t :ix o ’* ica tE ?r l es I TrxT^”e’®'* lftl o tMsni “pRIMAKI topic — Lovins Ood’» topic - Studying Ood’. ’mTERMEDIATE AN’D SENIOR TOPtt. Scripture*. I, Paul Preaching In Thewalonlce (W. 14). 1. His Method (w. 1-2). He observed the divine order, to the Jews first wherever he went (Acts .. g . Roni. 2:9-10). He was exceedlngt inxlous for his kinsmen In the Lh but whenever they proved themwives unworthy, he turned to the Genres His own kinsmen first should te the method of every missionary, but should not stop there. He went out ou the Sabbath day so as to find them assembled together. 1 His Message (v. 8). His message was always and ever the same, viz., that Jesus Is the Christ To the Jew the essential thing was to be convinced from the Scriptures. So Paul expounded to them the Scriptures This Is the business of all ministers, to expound the Scriptures, to prove their positions by the Word. Concerning the Christ, he set forth three propositions: (1) The Scriptures prove that Christ must be a sufferer (v. 3). “It behooved Christ to suffer.” No plainer reference need be made than Isaiah 58. but It seems that the rabbis of that time had explained away the fact of a suffering Messiah so that the Jewish people were only looking for u glorious and powerful king to come; therefore they rejected Christ because of His lowly appearance. The same method of exegesis Is employed by many Bible teachers and preachers today. Only the emphasis Is placed upon the literal suffering of the Messiah, while they spiritualize and allegorize the teaching of the glorious coming of the Messiah to Judge Hfs enemies and to reign upon the earth (H Sam. 7:8-16; Isa. 53; Jer. 23:5-8; Zech. 9:14; Luke 1:1-13; Acts 15:141T).

(2) That Christ Must Rise Again From the Dead (v. 3). This he proved by the Scriptures. The resurrection of Christ, and the bodily resurrection of lellevers, needs wand and practical exposition In our churches today. (3) That the Historic Jesus Whom He Proclaimed Did Suffer and Rise From the Dead; Therefore, He is That Christ, the Predicted Messiah (v. 8). 11. The Attitude of the Jews (w. 440a). While some Jews believed and many Greeks, the envy of certain Jews w aroused at Paul's success that they jathered together the worthless fellows of the town and set on foot a riot. They assaulted the house of Jason and dragged him before the rulers, having failed i-P get the missionaries. In their Indictment of the missionaries they uttered unwittingly some great truths. They said: “These that have turned the world upside down.” It is true that the gospel Is revolutionary, but it Is not treason to right government The real truth, however, is that the world Is now upside down. The work of the gospel Is io set it right side up. They turned t e preaching of Paul Into a specious He did preach the kingship of (see verse 7), but not as they en eavored to make it appear. Jesus most assuredly coming to reign on . 8 *‘ ar,h 2). Let all men acowledge Him in humble submislion. 10645) PaU ' Preaohln «’ •" Berea (nrb His Method (v. 10). He entered the Jewish synagogue •nd preached Jesus unto them. “• Tl'e Reception of the Gospel by uie Bereans (vv. 11-12). *t was with gladness of heart. The "ssage was Just as new to these ■ r" ( 8 and Just as counter to their way tlilnklng as ft was to the Thessanol it a? eWS ’ but tl,ey ,lad a Euso t - d !< SPOsltion- Tl,e succesa of the r ? ndS alt °S“>er on the dlsJon of the hearers. Two things ar, ‘ said of them: b k'ludly. They recelvea the message <2) They searched the Scriptures 2chn rth : of the g ' * Or 0118 wor thy act Paul ■’'ney were more noble than those •t thessalonlca. Human Welfare M nh e f a, “ Uatlon of the forces °r achieve ?T aD Welfare can onJy hft tl “>t-Llly y ]s o r u t g h a[ rhoo<l aDtl C<>oPera ' Peace for him'u4° Pe^ Ce ' “ ow or hereaf t»r, hues/ h ° reJect * the Prince of ■.» - — - -

| WHY (JO TO CHURCH? The Coper Commission on Educa tion deviates, ’'Right living depends on right thinking and feeling, and that all right thinking means thinking rightly about God.” it is said that every man hat a god—some objective or Idea), some supreme love or coveted desire—to which he bow > and around which he. builds his life. Fir.it In Importance Is to settle on the right God In America where the Bible is the 800 kof books that qv tion is settled. The second matter of Importance Is thinking rightly about God It Is gen c rally conceded that God Is so great, and so far above a »d beyond the Lih realization of a man, that it Is a mat ter of eternity to know him fully. This life is God's school for us where progressive view points of him are imparted., The best place for the konwledge of God is In the Church where his agents and agencies are given leadership. God's word in God’s In use, explained by God’s servant, affords the best means for thinking rightly about God. WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY? r A——.>-»■ ■WtWWUUMWj ermonogwns Faith gladdens. + + + Fear depresses. ♦ ♦ 4You keep only what you give away. False praise never deceives a wise soul. ♦ ♦ A itsefup Christian is always a hap py Christian. + ♦ ♦ Biting may be fun, but It is suicide. + + + Man is wholly man only when he plays. + + ♦ Three things to hate —cruelty, arrogance and ingratitude. + + + The worst deception i,s self-decep-t un —and the easiest 4- + ♦ Many a pulpit has nothing more than a loud speaker. 4- 4> 4> The devil votes when a good man stays away from the polls. 4’4’ + When we cease to pity ourselves, life takes on a new aspect. 4- 4> 4No work will succeed until it ceases t< he drudgery and becomes delight. 4- 4» + Salvation is .something of which mail) churches mint confess they are 'bld of stock Western ( lifi.ifuui Au vol.’s te. 4- 4- + The devil has been painted black, eleven footed, and horned. I wish lie were, then I should always know h'tn when 1 saw him.”- Or. A. B Mehlriiui 4* 4> The worst grumblers are generally those who are sick enough to imagine life a burden, and well enough to eat three square meals each day.' 4* 4* 4When the ill-doing of another brings us any sense of satisfatcion, it reveals evil in ourselves quite as much as the one horn e condemn. —o Weekly Story Os Early Education In The Homes

Losing the Music of the Soul A young woman was graduated from a conservatory of music ten yearsago. Her nature seemed tuned to re spend to the pleading beauty of the masterpieces and the powerful appeal of great composers. Music was hei life. Physical huhger, comfort, money, were trifles when she was on the trail of music. Things spiritual overshadowed things material. She married a lawyer in a western state. He was ambitious. 'I he materialistic. money-making community called to them to throw themselves into the struggle for a fortune. Gradually the thought of houses, crops, of bonds and investments rose to the surface of her mind. The musical interests settled to the bottom like the sediment of a former life. She talked about property and political affairs and the music of former years were lost for the buzz and dross of the material. Every year the interest in the passing things of earth increased and the noise of commercial battles drowned

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cut the sweet strains of music once heard. Instead of the happy home with the joy of melody and harmony there was round a minature Wall Street den with stocks and bonds piling up for greater attention, and there appeared a pan demunium of harrasslng voices (Tying for that which cannot satisfy the highest Intere-ts of the batter self. Q Comments On The Sunday School lesson Paul in Thessalonica and Berea—Acts 17:1-12. After their rough treatment In Philippi, we might suppose that Paul and Silas would have had .enough of Fur ope, but they still kept their faces westward until they reached Thess alonlca which, under Its modern name of Salon lea, still stands a considerable city and was an important point where .1 large army was encamped during the World War. Paul and Silas no more thought of turning back than did Caesar’s leg ions. Having the gospel wedge inserted into Europe they continued to drive it until It seplit the continent and empire wide open. They were a mightier force than Caesar on his throne. V 2 —IN THES.WATX)NIC|\ -Paul, "as his manner was,” went into a synagogue. Some people go to church according to the weather or their we ought to go ac cording to the almanac and the clock’ declares James H Snowden. Pant went to church by habit and took a part. His ’’reasonings” were not utterances of his own opinions—he drew trtjjhs ofr the Scriptures. V 3 —Paul reasoned from the Scrip ores "opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead.” Two fundanental doctrines preached the atonement and the ressurection of Christ. yVe wreck the gospel'when we tone down and eliminate the atonement or Ihe ressurction. 4 As a result of Paul’s preaching "some believed, and of the chief wo men. not a few." God bless the wo men! A woman without religion is Ike a rose without perfume. V s—-SOME BELIEVED NOT ”—This s the honest record wherever the ■tospel is preached. These* unbelieving Jews "took into them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort” and rose up against the preaching or 1 aul (lUbelief always looks to the rabble for backing in its attacks on truth by violence.) and alleged ihat the missionaries were "turning the world upside down. “The gospel does turn the world itpudde down because it is wrong side up”. Christ came to put everything i nits place. Woe to the mislern church that doesn’t try to turn the world upside down.” V7 Caesar Or Jesus? “Jesus antag ..nizes ~O lighiitll liiUg, i(Ut hO< ’ 10 Ihe bad ones."—Sunday School Journal. V B—"AND THEY TROUBLES THE MULTITUDE AND THE RUL ERS OF THE CITY," A little troubling is just what most cities and city governments need. Vs. —10-12— The missionaries escap ed to Berea. The Bereans were of "nobler disposition." and studied the Scriptures for themselves. They want ed to know the trifth. We must <earch the Scriptures before we can, like Patil, “open" them. The real bentit depends on what we search for: flaws, fads, mere facts, or Jesus Intermittent search finds little. Knowledge, mind, heart and soul all grew ty Scripture search

Religious News Gathered All Around The World Children’s Hook Week is to be oh served nationally this year -Novem her 8-14. Some unknown iierson has given one million dollars to a retirement fund for Y. W. C. A. secretaries. Students at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, lunched ot mush and milk every Thursday for six weeks to save money to give to the University's eight-million dollar development program. An Indian Christian has been elected mayor of Bombay. The election is significant as indicating the enlarging part being played by Indian Christians in the political life of that country. Joseph O. Cannon, for half a century familiar to Americans as “Uncle Joe,” forme rspeaker of the house of representatives, has joined the Meth-

odist Episcopal Church at Danville, Il . at th* age of 89. Mr. Cannon’s wife wa san active memeer of thia church, but he had never before’’allied himself with any Christian organ:? ation. Through their bureau of reference for migrating people the Home Mis Sion Council and the Council of Women for Home Missions are now keep Ing In dose touch with the religious needs of persons entering this country. About eight hundred names a month are now being sent to pastors of churches In communities to which the immigrants are going, indicating the background of the newcomers. The next Item on the forward moving program for a warless world is a study conference to be held in Washington. D. December 1-3, 1925, In which ail /the churches In the United States will be represented by officially designated delegates. Funds have been given for what is said to I>e the first school for the study of gospel music. It will be located at Fort Worth Texas. Suitable buildings will be erected. It Is claimed that this is the first school for this puropse evere founded. The church building program nowbeing caried forward in the United States is by far the largest in the history of the country in point of actual cost. C. Stanley Taylor, an editor of the Architectural Forum.estimates the total amount of building of all sorts during 1925 in excess oi $5,000,000,006 in recent excavations on Mt. Ophel near Jerusalem, a tomb thought to be that of King David, has been uncovered. A series of underground rook chambers comprising a large central room, with five smaller chambers opening from It, lias been unearthed. The tool marks and autographs are stated to be not earlier than 1200 B. C. There is room in the tomb for the burial of a considerable number of people.. Ail indications point to its preparation for persons of royal rank. ——o — THE QUESTION BOX

1 HOW CAN WE SECURE A MORE REGULAR ATTENDANCE OF . TEACHERS AM) SCHOLARS —The case of teachers must bo in vestigated to find whether the ex ■ euse is valid, and if it is, lead th« class to agree to allow the excuse. Hut if it is not valid, then the teacher ought to he labored with very kindly yet emphatically, making her see the great importance of regular attendance. If the teacher persists in ir tegular attendance with no good reason. seek to secure the resignation, and make popularity a qualification in the one elected. We a re unable to see now a leather taking her task with any degree of seriousness can be apsent without a very good reason. —As to more regular attendance atoofig pupils, have frequent meetings of the teachers and officers planning together for the faithful attendance o the entire enrollment, Discuss plans and methods to secure faithful attendance so that all the leaders will jwork together in the program involved. —Adapt the lesson material to every age; provide for necessary athletic and social needs of the various ages; organize all classes in the teen age as well as the adult classes and see to it that the class works; lead the j classes to be self-governing; secure the best teachers possible; have friendly rivalries between classes in t)te school or other schools; give noble tasks to the class and give due credit for all good accomplished. It seems the greatest attraction for the intermediates is one or more of the popular games—basket hall, foot ball, base ball, etc. Here is a chance tor Sunday school organizations to provide for clean play requiring Sunday school attendance on the part of all who will play with other rules calling for character. —A prepared program, brevity, brightness and snap in all exercises, a cheery word at the door as scholars come and go—will help to create Interest and a homeliWe atmosphere without which a school cannot succeed. —A well organized school, just as many officers and committees as are. needed to do the work, but no fifth wheel; everybody given something definite to do; beginning on time and quitting on time; no dull moments and no drags; a superintendent wideawake but not noisy; plenty of optimism, good cheer and sociability In abundance; groups of men to shake |

and receive people around tha door; ushers who are on tn« Job, teachers who are concentrated, who know how to teach, have something to teach, and who are willing to become pastors of the class during the wee) the evangelistic note sounded all th” time; much hard work, and keeping at it all the time will not only bring ü bout regular attendance but will con tinually increase the attendance oi the school. —o- — QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION Paul Ip Thessalonica and Berea—for Sunday September 13. Acts 17:1-12. 1. —Why did not Paul interpret opposition as a providential dosing of the door? Hwo long should a pastor stay In a church in which there is no Influential opposition to him? 2. —To what degree are we responsible for our belief? 3. —To what extent ous’,ht we to depend on scholars for our views of the Bible and its teaching? 4. —Why does the gospel of Christ make such strong appeal to wo men s—Why is the nature of the gospel to unsettle conditions? 6.—What is the difference between reading the Bible and ’’examining’ H 7 What is the value of daily Bild” study? Lesson Prayer Our Father, make us thankful for the great privilege that we have oi worshipping thee unmolested. Help us to feed on thy word that our Ilves may be complete. Since the Bible is so necessary to us, forbid that we shall be content to keep It for ourselves but make Christ known to others as far as our influence can reach. Amen. Book Review THE CHURCH’S PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, by Herbert Carle ton Mayer, The Century Company. Mew York City, $2.00, is pronounced the first educational treatment of th” subject, and is destined to become the standard text book wherever educational and training courses are given 1 in preparation for workers with young 1 people. | UNFINISHED RAINBOWS, b) George Wood Anderson, The Abiw I don Press. Cincinnati, is a book of s -r---1 mons by one who is well known in this country and abroad as a pastor ad evangelist whose messages have

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