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CHRISTIANITY AS LOVE,—Acts 181,
14; 1 3orinth tans 13: 1.13, •
Golden Text, ---Now abideth faith,
hope, love, these three; and the
greatest of these is love, .1 Corin-
thians 13: 13.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING.
TME.-,A.D. 51, 52.
PLACE.—The city of Corinth, in
the lower part of the Greek Penin-
sula, about forty-five miles from
Athens. •
ed -by injuries, whether real •or sup-
posed. "Taketh not account of evil."
Love docs not register evil, It
stores up : no resentment and bears
no malice.
"Rejoioeth not in unrighteousness,
but rejoiceth with the truth." (See
"Beareth all things," Literally
this passage means that love is proof
against all things, Love protects one
from foes and crushing troubles
when one has to endure. them, • "Be.
lievetli'a11 things." Not that a Chris-
tian should knowingly ant willingly
suffer himself to be imposed upon
not that he shoulddeprive himself
of prudence and judgment so that
he may be the more easily deceived;
but that t'.e should esteem it better
to be deceived by his kindness and
gentleness of heart than to injure his
brother by natural suspicion, "En-
dureth all things." Patient even in
moments and days and long, long
years when hope is deferred, love
grows not weary under the burden
of prolonged delay, it holds fast,
hopes on, bravely perseveres.
"Love never faileth: but whether
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there be prophecies, they shall be
done away; whether there be tongues,
they shall cease; whether there be
knowledge, it shall be done away."
Prophetic utteranceswill one day
cease because there will be no need
for them. All predictions will be
fulfilled,
"After those things he departed
from Athens, and same to Corinth."
Corinth bad perhaps the largest popu-
lation of .any city which St, Paul had
as yet visited with the exception of
Antioch in. Syria.
"And he found a certain Jew nam-
ed Aquita, a man of Pontus by race,
lately come from Italy, wit`_ his wife
Priscilla, because Claudius had com-
manded all the Jews to depart from
Rome: and he came -into them."
What great surprises he has for us
in the moments of discouragement!
Paul had not been in Corinth long
before he met a certain ;,ew, Aquila,
and his wife, Priscilla, who had been
driven from Rome by the edict of
Claudius.
"And because 'he was of the same
trade, 1-e abode with them, and they
wrought c for by their trade they were
tentmakers.No higher example can
bo found of the possibility of com-
bining diligent labor with the utmost
spirituality of mind.
"And he reasoned in the synagogue
every Sabbath and persuaded Jews
and Greeks." Paul worked with his
hands,. as he tells us in 1 Thess. 2:
9, that ue might not be a burden to
-the Christians with whom he labor-
ed, but his week's toil never divert-
ed him from the great business of his
life—proclaiming the Lord Jesvl
Christ.
"if I speak with the tongues If
men and of angels, but have not love,
I am become sounding brass, or a
clanging cymbal." Paul simply
means to say that if he had the very
eloquence of angels, speaking on the
loftiest themes, and yet did not ut-
ter the divinest truths in love, it
was only noise,
"And if I have the gift of proph-
ecy, and .know all mysteries and all
knowledge; and if I have all faith,
so as to remove mountains, but have
not 'love, I am 'nothing."' Though a
man should be used as a channel for
direct revelation from God, profound-
ly versed in the deepest mysteries
of life, and even powerful in faith,
and yet is void of love. he is to be
reckoned simply as nothing. What-
ever God may be pleased to accept
through such a than, he is person-
alty worthless.
",end if 1 bestow alt my goods to
feed the poor, and if I give my body
to be burned, but have not love, :t
pro; teth inc nothing." Charitable
alt:,, though they benefit others, are
of no, profit to the one practising
thr:m, cxeept they '.,c ,,one in love.
"Leve suf£eretb long, and is kind.''
'1, -,'hero kindness obtains not, love cam
nc:t be boasted ot, "Love envieth
trot." Envy is the parent of malice
and ill will. "Love vauntoth not
itself, and is hot puffed up," Love
does not parade iter gifts, swells not
with self-conceit.
"Doth not behave itself unseemly."
Tho phrase means to behave in an
unmannerly er untact£ul way, "Seek-
oth not its own." Love refrains from
demanding precedence, recognition,
applause, oven the consideration
which might rightly be expected. "Is
not provoked. Love isnot embitter -
"For we know in part, and we pro-
phesy in part. But when that which
Psalm 5: 4, 5; Hosea 7: 13; 2 Thess,
2: 12.) Professor Moffatt has very
beautifully translated these words as
follows: "Love is never glad when
others go wrong; love is gladdened
by goodness."
is perfect is come, that which is
in part shall be done away." We
do not know all there is to know
about the universe, but as knowledge
becomes more and more perfect, par-
tial knowledge passes away.
"When I was a child, I spake as
a child, I felt as a child, I thought
as a child; now that I am become
a man, I have put away childish
things." A man's knowledge is 'so
much greater than a child's, and, con-
sequently, when reaching maturity,
childish conceptions are put away
"Far now we see in a mirror, dark-
ly." The little conjunction for should
not be passed by: It confirms the
preceding illustration; for, as child-
hood to manhood, so this life to the'
life to come. "But then face to face."
Our knowledge in glory will be im-
mediate, intuitive, without •imperfec-
Warship Fights Seas.
The tenacious Tennessee, formidable dreadnaught of the U. S. Battle Fleet, made this inspiring scene as she raced through the tur-
bulent Pacific with waves spilling across (leeks.
tions. "Now T know in part;but then
shall I know fully even as also I was
fully known." (See especially Sohn
13: 7 and 1 John 3: 2.) Heaven is
the place where all our questions are
going to be answered, and all our
doubts and challenges met.
"But now abideth faith, hope, love,
these three; and the greatest of these
is love," It is wrong to say .that
faith and hone will have no place
in heaven, -and Paul does not say
this. In fact, he says that all three
—faith, hope, and love abide, out that,
of the three, love is the greatest,
Love believes all things, and hopes
all things. Furthermore, : faith and
hope may be said to be human vir-
tues, while love supremely is a di-
vine virtue, the very character : of
God (1 Cor, 3: 3; 1 John 4: 8 16).
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Conquest of Ethiopia
Not Pecognized by U.S..
ROME — William Phillips, newly -
appointed U.S. Ambassador to Rome
will not acknowledge the Bing of
Italy as Emperor of Ethiopia when
he presents his credentials, ; it was
learned recently.
By simply omitting the reference
to the `Emperor of Ethiopia", Phil
lips will avoid the delicate legal
question of recognition of Italy's
annexation of the African empire.
The Italian Government's accept-
ance of Rene Roynel Saint Quentin
as the new French. Ambassador
caused diplomatic circles to specu-
late on the form he would use in
presenting his credentials. The pre-
sent . ambassador, Charles de Chum-
brun, is suffering from influenza,
and is expected to be retired soon.
Lost For 30 Days in the Canadian Wilds
Air
orce
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'Left September gibr, 7 aft Fortn and Shedaos o otheashore�of lonelyl ointFLak ,p and £aechar c Hart-
Isy, f th17 after spendFlying
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Hart-
ley, of 11a loaduo ship.t Flying erexcaarr carrying.
barren lands
out their compass
became
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result of a of metal they were y g -
on the lake and waited for a recsne putt' to, fend them. This is the first picture to come from the
lonely lake.
New Canadian National Railways Directors Meet in Montreal
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Convening ' in the headquarters of the Canadian National.Railways in Montreal the d embers
Preso af lso,
organization and "get acquainted" meeting under the chairmanship of S. J. Plunger fol
of Transport. Shown in the above picture, from left to right, are: H. J. gymington, I..0, Montreal;
Ron. C. D. Rowe; S. J. Hungerford, chairman; W. H. Robbs, secretary; J. Y. Murdock, I{.C., Toronto;
Winnipeg.
Texas River On the Rampage
Racingwaters of rho Brazos River lapping bridges at, Waeo,
Tex., as flood. reached crest. Martial law
Was declared In the ntnulatea city cove n=0'0.012,000
=0' ti 2,,000part ope1 on were driven fieri their Ironies e -hon
waters poured thr 1,
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new board of directors for the railway system had their first
though not a direcotr, was Hon. 0, D. Ilowe, Dominion Minster
R. J. Moffatt, Bridwell, Sask.; Wilfred J. Gagnon, Montreal*
D. H. McDougal, Montreal and Stellarton, N.S,, and 13. L. Daly,
All Quiet Along Waterfront as Trawlers Wait For Strike To End
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rt +' mid drivers, employed by i! it 1' r m'i : o v,' 11(.1( 1 . t ,i .1i? T:; 1 i
Strike. of se l.c.�,.eea tc ee <nd
tie-up of these cleo!i ac -a trawlers of city's liic urc:±lue fishing Elect, t'
waiting for settlement of control erSy0
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