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(3) David (2 Sam. 24:10-18). Hymn—“What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” Benediction—Numbers 6:24-26. Meditation on the Lesson No more solemn words do we find any where than those in Galatians 6:7. The warning, “Be not deceived,” has a sober ing effect. It startles one into the realiza tion that there is a danger not only that we can be deceived, but also that we may be. Then follows the arresting statement, “God is not mocked.” He cannot be treated with contempt without His righteous judgment being provoked. Finally, there is stated that irrevocable law of God and of nature: “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” At first, this law may seem harsh, but on further consideration, it will be seen that it is a wise provision. What a satis faction it is to the farmer to know, beyond a peradventure, that when he plants wheat, he will reap wheat; when he plants corn, his crop will be corn; his potatoes will pro duce potatoes; and so on! If he could not count on this great truth, his labor would be purposeless and useless. He who is a sluggard, and “will not plow by reason of the cold,” will have a harvest of thistles and of weeds. “Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ?” Again, a beneficent design of the Cre ator is seen in the fact that by harvest time, the seed of the sower is greatly multi plied. The same law that brings blessing when good seed is scattered leads to multiplied evil when other seed is sown. Let us con sider this great truth in its moral counter part. Man sows to the flesh, or to the Spirit. If he sows to the flesh, he will reap corruption; but if he sows to the Spirit, he will reap life everlasting. Here, too, the sequence is inevitable. Like fol lows like! Here, also, is the multiplied harvest. Youth is the seedtime of life. How necessary that good seed should be sown f If wild oats have been sown, wild oats will be reaped in abundance; for every lie, there will be a harvest of lies; for every impure thought, shame will multiply, per haps sixtyfold. On the other hand, how glorious it is to contemplate that each act of faith, of worship, of love, of duty, and of integrity will bring rich reward, thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold, in blessing and satisfaction! God has thus written into the law, both in the natural and in the spiritual world, that wrongdoing carries within itself retri bution, in addition to the just act of God in inflicting punishment for unforgiven sin.
FEBRUARY 4, 1934 YOUNG PEOPLE’S PART IN INTERDENOMINATIONAL WORK L u k e 10:1; P h il ip p ia n s 4:15-19 Suggestions for the Meeting Hymn—“All the Way My Saviour Leads Me.” Hymn—“Day is Dying in the West.” Prayer. Scripture—Luke 10:1; Philippians 4:15- 19—Read by two members. Hymn—“A Call for Loyal Soldiers.” Leader’s Message. Symposium—What Can I Do for the /oung People’s Work? Hymn—“To the Work.” Quiet Hour. Benediction—-Psalm 19:14. Ask the poster committee to make a number of large, attractive posters, calling attention to the different forms of work carried on by the Interdenominational. Committee. Decorate the room with these. Advertise the meeting beforehand. Urge for a large attendance. Ask the young man who is the strongest speaker in the group to lead the meeting. Arrange for special musical numbers. Have roll call answered by scripture verses. Endeavor to have every member take some part, even if it is small, in this meeting and in the work of the society. Distribute cards re questing information regarding personal preference in the matter of the kind of work in which each member is most in terested. Meditation on the Lesson The sending forth of the seventy to pre pare the way for the Lord Jesus recalls to mind the choosing of the seventy elders to assist Moses in his work. The men mentioned in Luke 10 were not ordained in the same way as were the twelve, but they had important work to do, neverthe less. It was their duty and privilege to go into every city and place of the pro posed itinerary and prepare the people to receive the distinguished Guest who was about to visit them. What an honor ! What a distinction! To prepare the way of the Lord ! Notice Christ’s wise provision for the seventy. They were to go out “two by two.” This method, used also by the apos tles a year previous to this, was employed perhaps for the following reasons: (1) To teach the necessity of concord among the ministers of righteousness ; (2) that in the mouth of two witnesses everything might be established; and (3) that comfort and support might be provided for each other in their difficult labor. This scene was enacted nineteen hun dred years ago. Today the call is still sounding out from our Lord and Master to young people : “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.” What a commission ! He is coming back again to this world, and He wants men to be ready. What a chal lenge to the youth, to take the message of the coming King! “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.”^ B S
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This is the age of youth. Young people are peculiarly fitted for the carrying forth of this proclamation. Will you not answer, as Isaiah did: “Here am I, send me” ? Leader’s Helps I. “Two B Y Two” The earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ was a lonely one. In His babyhood, there was no room for Him in the inn (Lk. 2 :7). His own people receiyed Him not (John 1:11). His brethren did not believe on Him (John 7:5). His nation hated Him (Matt. 13:54, 57). His friends said He was insane (Mk. 3:21). Out of His own utter loneliness, there came tender solici tude for His followers and thought for their comfort. Therefore, He sent them forth “two by two.”— S e l e c t e d . II. W h a t Y o u n g P eople C a n D o The following are a few suggestions of what young people can do for Christ, through Christian Endeavor. 5. Visit small or struggling churches with a view to encouraging fellow En- deavorers. 6. Conduct evangelistic services in vacant churches. 7. Assist the established missions. 8. Give out tracts and leaflets. 9. Visit two by two every young peo ple’s society in the district. 10. Plan services to be held in hos pitals on special occasions; FEBRUARY 11, 1934 DOES GOD ALWAYS PUNISH WRONG? HOW? G a l a t ia n s 6 :6, 7 Suggestions for the Meeting Hymn—“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty I” Hymn—“My Faith Looks up to Thee.” Pr.ayer. Scripture. Duet-C>Christ Had Come to His Own.” Three Bible Characters Whose Wrong doing God Punished—Described by three Endeavorers: (1) Pharoah (Ex. 14:13-31). (2) Moses (Num. 20:10-13; Deut. 32:48-52). 1. Hold street meetings. 2. Conduct jail meetings. 3. Visit hospitals. 4. Form gospel teams. Quiet Hour. Testimonies. Leader’s Message.
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“For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7). Jacob de ceived his poor, old, blind father with his brother’s coat and a kid. Some thirty years afterwards, his sons deceived him with their brother’s coat and a kid.— P ic k e r in g .
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