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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-09-10, Page 2t. ”*** fashion afte eniaigemett which we must straggle .will then more easily be overcome. A person t-> r I I A' 4 :W go no 'at JI'S’ i;. s been appre- vs r sr £■ V4 t. of our Lord'regarding.this most diffi- ? 11, and our such a lofty ccran.unity is dependent, not oh any ' ' ’ f his- own, but on the measure of his faith, and that faith is the gift v. ■ h- L^: I^ESSOjyflL—September 20. CHRISTIAN LIVING.—-Romans 12. PRINTED TEXT . < Romans 12: 1-3, 9-21. ' < GOLDEN TEXT < Christ liveth in me. Gal. 2: 20.. ' THE LESSON' IN ITS SETTING Time.—The Epistle toi the Romans was written in A.D. 57. ' Place.—This epistle was written from .the. city of Corinth, while Paul was on his third missionary journey, and was written -to the - Christian be­ lievers 'living at Rome. • . ■ ~ 1.1 beseech you therefore, breth­ ren. Never once does Paul command his reader^; his favorite word is be­ seech (Eph. 5: 1; 1 Thess. 4: 1). By the mercies of God. (See 2 Cor. 1: 3). These .mercies refer to all the won­ derful promises and truths recorded " by the apostle in the preceding: eleven "chapters:—To—present—your~~ bodies;- —Christianitydoes—not-eondemn--the- body, but demands that the body shall 15. Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. Cf. 1' Cor. 12: 26. See also the account cf our -Lord'^t"Caira:' (John' 2TTT2L^and“ at Bethany (John 1|: 1-44). If we are members of one body, we have the samewishes and the same feelings. The joy of one member is the joy of another; the. sorrow 'of, one should be. the sorrow <?f all. ; Y 1 ”* 16. Be of the same mipd one toward another. The word here translated Vmind” really means a mental rand moral disposition. Set not your mind op high things, biit condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your Own conceits. The. word here translated” “condescend’’ does “not mean, as the reader would at first- take it to mean, to have an attitude of patronage, but it means that we rare to be carried along with those who-are of -a -lowly- place ijv life. i .e^.^. -we- arc-r-.ot tn-assunie-aix-attltude-of^ arrogance and superiority over those 2 Cor. 8: 21). Our Lord was one who, when reviled, reviled not again (1 Pet 2: 23). 18. If it.be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with "all men. (See Matt. 5:9). Of course there are occasions when Christians, because of the attitude of other people^ are pre­ vented from being at peace. The em-i phasis here is on the pronoun you. Let it never be said that • we are re­ sponsible, for antagonisms and bitter­ ness. , 19. Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto.the wrath of God: fos it is written. Vengeance- belonget-h unto me: I will recompense, said the Lord. The quotation here is frem DeuL 32: 35. We are to stand out of the wav and leave the matter of Ven­ geance with God, whose prerogative it is alone to punish. 20. But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if be thirrt, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shak he^p coals of fire upon b:s head. To heap coals to fire upon t “y. one is a punishment which no one- can bear. Kindness is no less effectual. The most mannan*’ enemy cannot always - withstand i The true and Christian method to subdue an enemy is to ‘overcome evil with good.’ ” 21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil .with good. If mir life, is; fillpfi wiiH tl.c cvi 1 HfFZtiiist DURING SIEGE OF IRUN Ottawa Journal Somebody, it ■ seems, is forever, la­ menting something that has passed observes the Ottawa Journal. Lat­ est' lament, spoken by an eminent- divine, is that the family Bible, once > inseparable from the .front parlor table has been relegated, out of s»ght. Instead of reading the Good Bohk now wf listen to the latestthing on the radio. How true is this - Everybody, of curse, remembers the. family Bible. t It reposed on the parlor tabte, a sort of outward proof of the fam­ ily's'respectability but whether all or many' of the family read it,- ->r read it very tfi Hough!.;, is anther matter. Oiir own meifiorv seems to be that as ’’the' parlor w-s ■ a dart . , 4of inviolate place opened only for favored guess, tfie’ Bihtip...was even, more i,ieglected- than the family al­ bum, with its tin-types of side-whisk- , ered ancestors which made us laugh- The older .members of the family read it, of course, cr, if they didn’t read it, went to it often.because it was there they .kept records of births, _ - marriages; and deaths pLro some be^purified^and-be-united-with-Ghrist. A living sacrifice, .This is in contrast are in the things of this life, and es­ pecially in our service in the church.. 17. Render to no man evil fof evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. (See Prov. A living sacrifice. This is in contrast to the dead sacrifices of slain animals presented in the temple. Our sacri­ fice has to do with our daily life. Holy acceptable to God, which is your spir­ itual service. The margin here is prob­ ably much better when it substitutes “belonging to the reason” for the word “spiritual.”. The service we give to God is not an automatic one, but one that results when we begin to , comprehend what God has done for us. 2. And be not fashioned according to this world. “The spirit of this pres­ ent age is absolute selfishness as Con­ trasted with divine love. Its object is the gratification of self, rather than the doing of the will of God, and its authority springs from Satan because it has refused the one true Ruler of the Universe. By the . renewing of your mind. Our minds are no longer to he enslaved by our fleshly nature,: but are to be renewed and purified by file Holy Spirit. That ye may prove. “Tile result of This purification is to. make the intellect, which is the seat of moral judgment, true and exact in • judging on spiritual and moral ques­ tions.” What is the good and accept­ able and perfect will of God ? The will Of God is good because it comes from .God, who, alone, deeth good, and be­ cause, in our doing it, only good can possibly result (£eut. 10: 13; 28: 63; , 30: 5). By “acceptable” is mfeant the . impression produced on us when .we contemplate his wHl, as realized in our life. For I ;say, through the grace that Was given me, to every man that, is among- you, not to think of himself- . inore highly than he ought to think, Satan fell because he became proud . ’ ■ and was determined to. take the very place of God in heaven; our first par­ ents fell whern Satan appealed to their pride in telling them they couW be as gods. In the renewed life of the iChristiaa, pride is the first thing that must be got rid of. But so think as to think soberly, according as God bath dealt to each man a measure of , faith. “The wise and’ prudent man will remember that his position in the communi: merit of , _____________ of God. Faith is used here for all those gifts which, are given to man, With, or as the result of. his faith.” 9. Love without hypocrisy simply means love that is sincere, that is not put on. Abhor thai which, is evil; cleave to that which is good. Charles Hodge has finely interpreted this sen­ tence in his paraphrase: “A striving 1;o avoid what is 'injurious to others and earnest sy .endeavoring to do what- • 'ever isuki’-,^ useful.” 10. In love of the brethren ,be ten­ derly affect;oned. one to another. The word translated “tenderly affection- ed” comes from a verb which denotes “the.delicate ssttenticns 'mutually ren­ dered by those who. chjerish one an­ other . with matural affection, as par­ ents and children, brothers and sisters. 'The apostle, by using this term, r wishes to give tb the k.'ve of'the mem- j bers ot the churro --.ne another the ■tender -character ro’-a fam ’■fino.” In h oner j other. The v-.trd he f er” • mean s * t *• g- '' “It. is rot fcess. bu Xi i -ki.ro 11. I: Eccles, fsert-insr is pf-'h-i a mar. . 1 ' r , ...... tn :-u<a'<>3 T breaking- u;-r.' < Within f.- r, years a written. C/r.t.'r.' • prayer. '“Tt^' ;; w^ri stead fa .-t 4. ■eroce and c-.r.staj 1 'CoriraurJc ties Of the rain is Hospitality has dated by thrse fv'as espcdaily few centuries <• JChristiar.s were 'driven away, .and. : - 1'4. Bless them t bless, and curse nd • i^ult virtue in Matt Lord's own practice o: ideal in Luke 22: 34. • ins ; “* 't'a fairroy -affee- J referring, one an- > translated “pre- s-*:a-4.” ‘"to lead.” j-jnro.on -of polite- all .acts of respect braid take the lead. f. t sk.thful. (See Fervent in spirit; i r.e reference here- bur j i n .; r.-i ri.i, within. ■ patient in •rat-.-n ■ wraid be ro.2 n chutch fror this letter was r c ' steadfastly in :■ /x*reused -by the that rf fra adher- "'3.,t.-T.g. ■at.ng t > the necessi- s: gtvt'b-'t'? hospitality., a I-a- r * * it, but th:si n the first church- when- fron ridiculed, •. put tn death. persecute you; See the teaching . ___ , . ig does ' noMiave time or inclination to practise evil.- A life that is filled with good has no place for the incoming thoughts and evil desires. txiulTii public-"squ ei: and nearer ■oni the north. Fight unto the death with avowed by residents and troops, now .aware of fate of of war in Spanish strife. J 1 awarded President Frankli n- Roosevelt at Gary, Ind., as special train bearing him to area on inspection tour stopped in that city. Above is view of timing, of over 10,000 persons janimihg the house square as F. D. R. (left.) spoke fro^ rear plat form. ■ l ----- --------- -----------------, .—— ---------------------• YOUNG BRITISHERS'GET RUTHIAN TOUCH f, "!■ • ,'i 1—Btli ■g . g - 5j, 1I■ . Tadeinicwspaper clippingro .a'nd"S'oime=- timeS receipts, • but were not so ^uFe^bb‘uFTfte“"yo-en-g?r~-"b-nes<"'^Vey'--“-^- knew more about -the -lirilfg room and kitchen. •>tor can we bc’ieve that’the, old- fashiohed . parlor was the--sort’,, of thing to .call for, -nostalgia.’ .Our .recollection of it is that. it was a 'sort, of ’cheerless -place, with, drawn shades excluding the sun from it. There would' be the', inevitable pic- ■ ture. of Queen Victoria .op .the wall, and perhaps another ?ot- the Scots Greys charging at. Wate-j'Ioo, and in the corner there would Le an -up­ right, piano, with, a look of “Heart Throbs” on it, and ■somewhere.' of course, 'the horse-hair, settee, which was as-, uncomfortable as , anything . in the world’could be. . We' are not 'sure, either that the •• passing of the family otble, or its .passing from the parlor* table, means 'that the Bible isn’t .ary.' longer’ read. -■ On the contrary, we have' an idea, that the people wg ''meet »today. in­ cluding young people,- know more about the -Bible, .or h .ve read more ■ of it, than' the-people we'knew m the long ago. Ire a day when - the tabloid is- with us. and the radio and the moving .picture, 'that sound strange, yet<('it is supitorteS by the'truth that the, Bible'remains ■ a best seller among books; this is at age when more bo<fits a~e being pub­ lished than et^Jr befo- o irt t“e‘ worlds t' history. ' Just one thing more-- The' thing that perhaps we shouldn't always - be holding up the radio as a symbol of-our. barbarism. The radio has its'■ penalties* hut when people talk about its replacing the' piano they foregt. that to . countless homes ' the radio brings music - that the piano never ■ could bring. W'e are. hearing musfu. . now, and great musicians that, o-tr forefathers never heard and jte**er could hear. Because of that.' we think, there'is d wider ' knowledge of goo I music', and a vide* love-cf it, .jjhap eVer before. So perhaps.- tfie passi”. r of the ■oldr fashioned parlor." even with .the family Bible on its' table, isn’t' such a lure that i bring, end . than hope, among t:s Jy Bible on its' tab’®, isn’t ?' a calamity. .The past hr-? the present ' never c-ih .memory ,is even’ sweit 'r yet we doubt if raax: .... .., would really like to g ve tin the fortable modern Iiv:r« room, w'-j-.h _everybody in the' far: tri ros?.; e'cry­ day. fk^nne that y-?-:. r.rd tl>ra with a sSyrt • of rerer■ h; dozen ' tjmes a year. Th-.ITOeri of the top-covers i ?>•■'’• lamps an I hat-pins ?.r ■doubtless had its point-, as we like to read abont vtartt to Ico hack to ir. thjrtgs,. I.k?.- far-nwat- seldom as greerr a r t si' but. muciV : it. wp don't- Far-a v.'.y '■ p-L't-jF^s are < r'.-vp-p-i. Baseball has taken great strides in England this summer with' the importation of several Canadian • - and United States players .and coaches. Here’is a picture taken at White City Stadium. - London. showinc . ■“Dne” Hayden, forme mihnr league player, coaching recruits in the art of “hitting the ball on.the nose.” ’ at the stadium' for inst ruction on various points of the pastime. ' • ■ w—-———— ... a fdw’titbits'in his knapsac11'' Irarbo and Mia struck out for Nero York City. A distance of about 3,400 miles “I Can’t”—Not In His Vocabulary f “It can’t be d.m:-.” ■“I can’t make a speteh.” -“I,can’t pUy bri lg^.” ■ “J ronT make tea bis­ cuits.” “I can’t play golf.” “I can’t J .vim.” “I car.’t find a job.” But-27-year-o!d Russel! Darho dris kiiow how to say. “I ciint.” Russell Darbo, a law student -en- . rolled in The University of California, has been blind since he picked at shme 1 • iynamite caps when he was 15. A fewt days ago the New York Times dis- 1 across spanion a shepherd dog, trained' by Wrong filling Station wa|selected by this car which crashed, intvheer s-art driver lost conftplSin Westbury, L.I, Three persons were hurt and Farm Boys and Girls Should Be Educated For Fijrm Life, Speaker Claims Vajirou“There .i-; nothing t »> . good f?r’ th^'ceur.th.- w wn"' Mrs Alfred. Wat:,JLR.E., president of the Assocxat-ri Country Women' of the ■ rtsr.? t> the inven­ tion Of Homen*j Institj'-.-? here. . “City 'wHwn expect • o much f.-'w-t routs try .«w. .merr,’ s’-.e -n ti . ’■They think they r.-ueht to .i^-fy them y.- th eneap f ..<1 and often thp vplv mt they, tr:v.e i; t'o .iitt.j j*'uo the rottnf side with picnic d- hr? . The A Fsnciated f ’ ,”p- n I I vsty. .1 uisuamre m auoug. ->,wo mines 7"”-the two travelled, through thick traf- 11 <>r '*’• ?‘. * 'driega- fier across desert and waste IandT bmt only once, 25 miles out of Reno,'Ne­ vada, was there any desire to turn , back. Mia stuck by faithfully, even • •though her paws were blistered; They, often walked 3$ miles a day. Darbo found it difficult at times to get lodgings .'because of restrictions the W-d.E Include againsf. dogs.., '.Much of the -resting and in-leper, fcr* la. hours were spent at branches of the. united through- 3 - ■ road. •’ Y-MX-AJ They were 33 days -on -y L.->m re of “iy tfid free ■’".’fl 7.a'?i'r.% ■ ' in Lott- j. , . ... educated forfarm life. They should, ri rst be taught uho. cultural subjects shch as liter­ ature, history and geography and after that-given any training srftM to their particular abilities. , - ■ Mrs; ^a<t Ieav?s sh?rtly on a trip J arognd the.jwotld. She has been irt- Women’s Institutes i in New Zealand, Australia and Bn'diia. the don, England. I ■Mrs. Watt though*':’, grids shooH riot only lvrovered that he had hitch-hiked the, continent. His only com] was Mist, the Seeing-Eye in Morristown, NJ-, as a guid£ and protector for the blind. Darbd wanted to be treated as a, normal person, so .he undertook what ordinarily would he consided^d’ an ad­ venture for a normal person. -Early, in June he and Mia left Berkeley,' smiles in Europe--and Asia ou the, . ___________ _____w Cal-, despite the disapproval of subject of American diplomacy*”— ’ Once a resident of' Victoria she now friends. With only m, a small radio, Hugh S. Johnsota. . .' ’ makes het headquarters in’England. “My a .trice to aih'iiieij is to .ahead and get married-.: I hare ddufet' it’s the ortiy sensible way^f life-.I remain a' bachelor, though.’’— Cclone! Jacob Ruppert. “There are no more patronizing-