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LESSON ;.i
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP — 1
Jolla 1:1.7; Revelation 21:1-7
Golden Text — "Our fellowship le
_with the Father, and with .his Son
Jesus Christ," 1 John 1:3.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time—The first epistle of St, John
and the Revelation of St. John were
written toward the close of his life,
the former probably about 90 A.D., and
the latter perhaps as late as 96 A.D.
Place — We do not know where
John was when he wrote his epistles,
but probably in the city of Ephesus,
He himself states that, when he re-
ceived the visions recorded in the
book of Revelation, he was on the is-
land of Patmos (Rev. 1:9), which is
in the Aegean Sea, twenty-four exiles
southwest of Asia Minor.
The word translated "fellowship" in
our lessen means "association," "com-
munit, "joint participation." It is re-
lated to a verb meaning "to enter into
fellowship, to join one's self as an as -
Societe, to make one's self a sharer or
partner," and then it -also means. very
significantly, "so to make another's
necessities one's emir as to relieve
them."
Our Fellowship's Foundation
ning." The beginning here is not, or
course, the beginning of the life of
Christ. or even the beginning of hu-
man history, but it refers to a time
long l efore man had been created, the
very beginning of all things. "That
which we have. heard." With this
clause we paws from eternity into
time, The first clause refers to some -
thin, prior to the Creation. Here both
the Creation and the Incarnation have
taken n'^.re. "That which we have
seen with our eyes, that which we be-
held." The additional phrase 'with our
eyes" rninbasizes the idea of direct
personal e:•aerience in a matter mar-
velous in itself. The vision was not
of the seri within, hut in life. There
can be no doubt that the exact word
is used with a distinct reference to
the incitation of the Lord after his
resurrection, 'Handle me.' "Concern-
ing the Word of life." The fact that
'Word' is printed in the text of the
Revised Version as a proper noun,
with the first letter as a capital, in-
dicates that the phrase is to be taken
as a direct reference to the person of
the Lord Jesus Christ, Christ is both
the word of God and the life of man,
Words of Eternal Life
Jesus himself said: The words that
i have spoken unto you are spirit and
are life,' and the apostle Peter confes-
sed to the Lord shortly after: "Thou
hast the words of eternal aife'
"And the life was manifested." This
phrase simply means that Christ, who
was from eternity, and lived in heaven
out of sight of men, became stiff that
he could be seen by men. "And we
have seen, and bear witness." It is
one thing to see and handle something
and even to be convinced of its real-
ity. It is another thing to bear wit-
ness publicly, to others, concerning
'that which we have investigated and
found true. "And declare unto you the
life, the eternal life, which was with
the rather, and was manifested unto
us." ,
"That which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you also, that
ye also may have fellowship with us;
yea, and our fellowship is with the
rather, and with his Son Jesus
Christ." Fellowship, in this verse, is
spoken of under two -different aspects
— there is tate fellowship which be-
lievers have with one another, and
there is tate fellowship which believers
have with the Father and his Son
Jesus Christ, Lot us be clear that
there is no true fellowship, as John
is speaking of it, except in a common
belief, concerning the Lord Jesus
Christ and an acceptance of hint as
Saviour. Fellowship with God as to
privilege is communion with him; as
to responsibility, itis partnership with
him. Fellowship with God means we'
have conte into business with God, and
that his etterprises are to be our en-
terprises. With God fellowship is my
privilege, to pour out everything that
is iu my heart, saying anything, say-
ing everything 1 am thinking. Con-
verse with God reaches its highest'le-
vel when alone with him.
There is no sweeter fellowship in
the world than that which believers
have who are nutted in Christ.Where
in all the world can such a fellowship
as this be found, except among the
Christian believers? It is love that
has bound us together, and no other
fellowship can ever be as permanent,
as enriching, as genuine, as spontan-
eous, as the fellowship Christ has gi-
von to us in our common salvation.
"And these things we write, that our
joy may be made full." The joy is
that serene happiness, which is the re-
sult of conscious union with God and
good men, of conscious possession of
eternal life, which raises us above
pain and sorrow and remorse.
Walk in the Light
"And this is the message which we
have heard from him and announce
unto you, that God is light, and in
him is no darkness at all" There are
three statements In the Bible which
stand alone as revelations of the nat-
ure of God, and they are all in the
writings of St. John: 'God is spirit' •
(John 4:24) ; 'God is light'; and 'God
is love.' They are probably the nearest
approach to a definition of God that
the human mind could frame or com-
prehend; and in the history of thought
and religion they are unique. The
more we consider them, the more they
satisfy us. The simplest intellect can
understand their meaning; the subt-
lest cannot exhaust it. The statement
that there is no darkness in God,
means first, that there is nothing hid-
clen in God — he never expresses any
truth, he never undertakes any act, in
which the slightest shadow of un-
truthfulness, or compromise with sin,
can ever be discovered..
"If we say that we have fellowship
with Bien and walk in the darkness,
we lie, and do not the truth." The
apostle John, in this very epistle we
aro studying, says that a man who
hates his brother, 'is in darkness.'
"But if we walk in the light as he
is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus,
his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
Walking in the light is presupposed
as the condition for this application
of the virtue of Christ's life and his
death. The marvelous thing is that
when you put your trust in the Lord
Jesus, the blood of Christ cleanses et-
ernally and completely in the sight of
God.
"And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth are passed away; and the sea is
earth for the first heaven and the first
no more." When John says that he
saw a new heaven and a new earth,
it is not to be understood that the
earth itself has been destroyed, or
that heaven has been destroyed. There
are two words to indicate the idea
of newness in the Greek language —
one means something newly created,
something brought for the first time
into existence; the other one means
something that has been changed, of
renewed, or restored, arid this is the
word here used. What a glorious day
that will be when the earth will be
restored to its original beauty, and all
who are upon the earth will be in the
perfection of God's image, without a
blemish and without stain!
"And I saw the holy city, new Je-
rusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, made ready as a bride is
adorned for her husband." There are
three Jerusalem in the Bible the
earthly city by that name; our home
in heaven is sometimes called the Je-
rusalem which Is above, then there is
the Holy City, new Jerusalem, which
comes down out of heaven.
"And I heard a great voice out of
the throne saying, Behold, the taber-
nacle of God is with men, and he shall
dwell with them, and they shall be his
peoples, and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God," Here we have
the perfection of all fellowship, for
God is now found actually, -dwelling
with men, the consummation of all his
purposes, for his 'redeemed people.
"And he shall wipe away every tear
front their eyes; and death shall be
no more; neither shall there be any
mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any
more: the first things are passed
away.' There is infinite wisdom here,
infinite love, and infinite power, God
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By VIRGINIA DALE
It is a toss up whether Madeline
Carroll or Loretta Young will be the
most -exquisitely dressed screen star
this winter. Miss Carroll writes from
Paris that she is having the time of:
her life selecting costumes for "The
River Is Blue" which she will start
-making for Walter Wenger when she
returns to Hollywood.
Loretta Young was in New York
recently buying fur coats, hats, and
dresses by the score just as if she had
not had any new clothes in ages. Hol-
lywood designers have just about run
out of ideas for Loretta since in her
last four pictures she has had altoge-
is not ignorant of nor aloof from the
sufferings of men, nor is he, knowing
man's deep tragedies,, powerless as he
looks upon them, for he not only
takes away our tears, but he takes
away all that causes tears — death,
and pain, and sorrow.
Father and Son
"And he that sitteth on the throne,
said, Behold, I -.make all things new.
And heaith Write: for these words
s Wt e
are faithful and true. And he said
unto me, They are come to pass. I am
the Alpha and the Omega, the begin-
ning and the end. I will give unto him
thatis athirst of the fountain of the
water of life freely. He that overcom-
eth shall inherit these things; and I
will be his God, and he shall be my
son." Itt the last clause of the seventh
verse — 'I will be his God, and he
shall be my son' — we have the ulti-
mate achievement of the great re-
deeming work of God's only begotten
Son. Beloved, now are we children
of God, and it is not yet made mani-
fest, what we shall be. We know that,
if ate'shall be manifested, we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as
he is, (1 John 3:1, 2.) In,tbese..saven
verses we have three"distinct forms
of fellowship that which is repre-
sented by a .city, that which is symbol-
izedkby the loving relationship of a
bride and Iter husband, and that which
is indicated by the living, vital rela-
tionship of a son to his father.
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titer some 80 changes of costume, and
each one was supposed to be a knock-
out. The extreme and bizarre clothes
are the better she likes them — so
she keeps designer,3 working overtime.
, * *
You will 1-e hearing a lot from now
on about Ilona Massey, who nukes
her American screen debut in M -G --
M'S "Rosalie." Officials of the com-
pany are so delighted with her -oer-
formance in a minor role that they
are going to' give her the title role
in "Pompadour," one of the most
alluring beauties in history or drama.
There is one popular radio player
who will have to mend her ways if
she ever goes into motion pictures—.
and most of them do sooner or later.
Alice Frost of the "Big Sister" cast
comes out of rehearsals with her
forehead all smudged. She holds a
pencil in her hand, and in a moment
of dramatic tension invariably draws
the point across her forehead.
* * *
The jinx that has dogged the foot-
steps of all Hollywood players who
appeared on the Broadway stage this
season has at last been knocked out.
Frances Farmer broke the spell. She
opened recently in "Golden Boy," a
play about a prize fighter, and the
critics went into rhapsodies over her
deft playing of romantic scenes.
* •* s:
Radio performers develop some of
the strangest hobbies, but for the
present Tony Wons, the CBS philo-
sopher, is leading them all. He
makes violins. He makes violins with
the utmost care out of any old thing
he finds lying around the house. In-
spired, possibly by Bob Burns and
his far famed bazooka, he has made
one out of a piece of tin stovepipe
and the tone to his surprise is ex-
cellent,
The battle of the two great glam-
orous stars of the screen, Garbo and
Dietrich, turns out to be no battle at
all when you see their new pictures,
"Conquest" and "Angel." Garbo is so
far in the lead that there is just no
competition at all. "Conquest" is a
lavishly - produced, historically -faith-
ful romance of the time of Napoleon
and Garbo as the lovely Countess
Walewska has never been more ap-
pealing, "Angel," on the other hand,
is just an inconsequential modern
triangle story in which the camera
lingers on Miss Dietrich to the ex-
clusion of any action.
* *
Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mc-
Carthy will be in the cast of a new
comedy that will fea-
ture Irene Dunne and
as a result she is the
envy of all Hollywood
as well as the public
at large. Her out-
standing success as a
comedienne in "Vb. e
Awful Truth" influ-
e n c e d Universal to
postpone their biog-
raphy of Madame
Curie a n d instead of
that story to cast her
in a comedy. Thus
she has established herself as a dou-
ble threat actress, at home in heavy
drama as well as light farce.
Charlie
1VIeCarthy
* *
ODDS AND ENDS — Constance
Bennett is the envy of all the pamp-
ered stars, because Alfalfa Sweizer
of "Our Gang" comedies serenades
her in his hilariously -uncertain tenor
. Ken Murray and Edgar Ber-
gen have evidently decided that they
are in pictures to stay because they
have both bought ranches out near
Al Jolson's . . . Ann Sothern's sis-
ter, Bonnie Lake, has composed a
song and sold it for "Girl of the Gol-
den West" . . . Kate Smith is toy-
ing with the idea of trying motion
pictures again.
Chl, orate or Orange
In Drunkenness Test
A physician recommended that
persons arrested for drunken driving
be given a bar of chocolate or an
orange to determine whether they
are really intoxicated or suffering
from insulin shock.
Dr. Sidney Weinstein, a faculty
member at the Univeisity of Penn-
sylvania Medical school, deseribed the
test at the convention of the Inter. -
national Association of Police and
Fire Surgeons, He said that diabet-
ics suffering from insulin shock—se-
rious temporary shortage of sugar in
the blood—exhibit symptoms closely
allied to those of intoxication.
The sugar contained in a bar of
chocolate or an orange will return a
diabetic to normal in a short time.
Dr. Weinstein said.
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