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H I N T S A N D H E L P S For PULPIT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL I________________________ ill Bible Readings
TH E PRAYER QUESTION W HERE? Matt. 6:6; Luke 18:10; Acts 21:5; 1 Tim. 2:18. When? Ps. 55:7; Acts 16:25; Jas. 5:13; 1 Th'ess. 5 :17. To Whom? Job 8:5; John 16:23; Eph. 3:14. Through Whom? Eph. 6:18; Rom. 8:26. By Whom? John 14:13, 14; 16:23-26. With Whom? Matt. 18:19, 20; Acts 12:5. For Whom? Eph. 6:18; 6:19; 1 Tim. 2:1, 2; Matt. 5 :44. For What? Jas. 1:5; Matt. 6:9-13; Luke 10 : 2 . W ith What? 2 Tim. 2:22; Heb. 11:6; Jas. 1 : 6 . Höw? Heb. 4:16;_^10:22; Jas. 5:17, 18; “Luke 22:44. How Long ? Rom. 12:12 (R. V*-) ; Luke 18:1, 7; 11:8; Isa. 62:7. FINGER-POSTS "Stand, ye in thé ways, ask for the old paths, where is the good way." —Jer, 6:16. Judah had missed the way. The pit of destruction yawned ahead. The prophet threw himself in the path with our now familiar cry, “B ack to the F undamen tals .” I. L ife . It is a “voyage,” “journey,” “pilgrimage.” Everybody says that. And well. But few think of it as having a destination. Said the King (adying) to the fool, “Farewell, I am going on a journey.” Said the fool to the King, “And whither?” “I know not.” “Here, take my staff, my cap and bells, for I will not be such a fool as to take such a journey and know not whither I’m going.”
How‘Then? 1 John 5:15; Mark 11:22, 23. Now,—Then? Luke 11:1; Rom. 8:26.—S.
HOPE /'NNCE we were without it.—Eph. 2:12. '- 'B u t we have been born into it.—1 Peter 1 :3. It is based on justifying faith.—Gal. 5 :5. It is of- eternal life, i. e. the eternal life we now possess is the ground and life of an undying hope.—Titus 1:2; 1 Cor. 13:13. It is a hope of glory.—Col. 1:27. It is Christ Himself.—1 Tim. 1:1. It is a blessed hope.—Titus 2:13. And therefore both anchor and helmet by which we slia.ll outride the storm and outwit the Devil—Heb. 6:19; 1 Thess. 5:8.—S. II.- “S tand ." 1. Settle the question, Whither? Be definite; deliberate. “My son, what are you going to do when you graduate?” “Practice law.” “Yes, and then ?” “Make a fortune.” “And then ?” “Get married.” “Good; next?” “Oh, re tire and enjoy myself.” “After that?” “Oh, now, grandfather, I suppose I shall do as other folks—die.” “No doubt, my boy; and after that?” 2 . You ve chosen the Celestial City f Have you found “the good way?” In doubt? “Stand”—till you are safe in that. “First, be sure, then go ahead.” “Ask for the old paths.” There is no new road to the old country (Gal. 1:8-9; Rev. 22:18, 19). Be a Berean (Acts 17:11; 8:26-35)! The strong that never grows old,” is the story that saws.
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