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infinite power against you. The children of the King should be above all deceit, for they have a mighty and a jealous Protector . . . We may for a time seem to humbug men, but not God. It is indeed worldly silliness to be deceitful. Oh I Be open in all your ways. It is a girdle around your loins, strengthening you in all your wayfarings. “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.”— C h in e s e G ordon . II. H u m il it y When Mary chose the better part, She meekly sat at Jesus’ feet. And Lydia’s gently opened heart Was made for God’s own temple meet; Fairest and best-adorned is she Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven’s brightest crown In deepest adoration bends; The weight of glory bowSihim down The most when most his soul ascends. Nearest the throne itself must be',; -The footstool of humility. ¿ ¿ ^ A u t h o r U n k n o w n . HI. . “ T h e B ond of P e r fec tn ess ” When the Forth bridge was building, the immense arms from either side were com pleted; slowly and steadily they had been built out, and now at the center of the mighty arch all that was needed was the final riveting. But the day' fixed was cold and chilly, and cold contracts metals. Con sequently, in spite of fires . sot under the iron to expand it the inch or two required,? the union could not be completed, and the day’'s( program was a failure. But next morning the sun rose bright, and the day was warm and genial; the iron then ex panded, the holes came opposite one an other, and the riveters had nothing to do but drive the binding bolts home,. So love unites men—“love ,never faileth.” B. F. 11 ali . oc : k . AUGUST 30, 1936 THE WILL OF GOD AS SEEN IN JESUS J o h n 8 :29; 5 :19, 20 M editation on th e Lesson To contemplate the character and person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is to be engaged in the greatest exercise that can occupy one’s heart and mind. Christ’s person and work must ever remain the noblest study of all men oLevery age. Our lesson reveals that side of His matchless character which has to do with His rela tionship to His Father. Here we find per fect oneness, perfect love, and harmony between the two.; Because of this complete union of will and purpose, Christ at all times pleased the Father. Next to the giving of “his life a ransom for many,” the Lord’s great mission on earth was to reveal to His disciples a lov ing, tender Father, who, though absolutely holy and righteous, is at the same time merciful and compassionate. Just as our natural eyes cannot see the sun, but only the rays by which the existence of the sun is proved, so our spiritual eyes could not behold God. Hence Christ took on mortal flesh, veiling the glory of God, so that we might behold Him. “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father,” our Lord said to Philip (John 14:9). Charles Had- don Spurgeon expressed the situation thus: “The grace of God the Trinity, shin ing through the Man Christ Jesus, becomes
III. T h e S uccess F a m il y The father of Success is Work. The mother of Success is Ambition. The oldest son is Common Sense. Some of the other boys are: Persever ance, Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm, Cooperation. . The oldest daughter is- Character. Some of the sisters are: Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Economy, Sincer ity, Harmony. The baby is Opportunity. Get acquainted with, the “father,” and you will be able to get along pretty well with all the rest of the family. -—London Opinion. AUGUST 23, 1936 WHAT TO TUNE IN AND WHAT TO TUNE OUT !! C o lo ssia n s 3:9-17; P roverbs 4:14-19 M editation on th e L esson This third chapter of Colossians covers a large territory ranging from that moun tain-peak truth, “Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God,” down to the most practical duties of everyday life including the responsibility of ggrvants. Certainly we have no excuse for failure to know what will please our heavenly Fa ther and what will displease Him. The subject, “What to Tune In and What to Tune Out,” so suggestive of our privilege of choice in radio programs, has a bearing on the choices this chapter presents. Our lesson tells us what to “put on” and what to “put-off.” We should know not only what to “tune out”-—'“put off”-—but also what to “tune in” or “put on.” Con tinuing the radio term, we find in verse 8 that we are to, “tune out” all these: “anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communi cation out of your mouth” and must “lie not one to another.” How can we do this ?, ■The apostle continues: “Seeing that ye have put off the, old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man.” There is the secret of the whole new program. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature” (2 Cor. 5:17). The surrendered, joyful Christian does not like the old tunes that he once loved—those jazzy nerve-racking noises caused by anger and malice. But now—since he ig in Christ Jesus—he loves the harmonizing melodies of mercy, kind ness, humility, meekness, long-suffering, and forgiveness. ‘‘Above all:.these things put on love” (R.V.). If love be allowed to dominate the broadcasts received and sent forth, “the peace of God” will rule in, the heart. Finally, “tune out” the overabundance of secular reading, the foolish fiction, the sen sational stories, and “tune in” to the Word of God. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ;meaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” The final injunction, “and whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him,” will become the rule of your life if you have obeyed from the heart all these previous commands as to what to “put off” and what to “put on.”
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