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crazy moth. But even grown men and women, who know better, are often every bit as foolish. God has given them minds and consciences, and yet they let them selves be dazzled and destroyed by the fas cination of sin, as the moth is by the flame. —M a r tin 'L ewis . III. C hris T'4 F amiliarity with the si S criptures “It is written.” No one can follow Christ in His temptation in the wilderness, and study the way in which He overcame His adversary with the sword of the Spirit, without a greater desire to possess and use that sword himself. With marvel ous facility, Christ afterwards made use of the Old Testament Scriptures to en rich His teaching and enforce His doc trines. He had learned to know the Scrip tures as a boy in His home at Nazareth.— S elected . H How to A ttain T rue S cholarship When Senator Hoar died, the news papers, from one end of the country to the other, commented upon his broad and deep scholarship; and yet there was no way in which that scholarship so frequently ex hibited itself in his speeches as in the apt ness and force with which he quoted Scrip ture. His great speech on the Philippine policy was a notable illustration. The Bible is the poor man’s greatest university, for it is absolutely free and it fulfills the highest ideal of education—character and knowl edge together.— S elected . V. S entence S ermons Apply thyself wholly to the Scriptures, and apply the Scriptures wholly to thyself. ¿ ^ B en g a l .
To go into temptation to find out how strong you are is as wise as to go before a mirror with closed eyes to see how you look.— P an in . I will never presume, because I am a man. I will never despair, because I have a God.— F eltham Triumphs over temptations strengthen for future struggles.— S elected . VI. F aith and P resumption Faith is confidence in God. Presumption is confidence without warrant. When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, they risked their lives on the divine promise. That was faith. But the Egyptians had no promise and ventured what others had done. That was presumption.— A dams . VII. L ooking unto J esus A bright Christian girl was asked, “What do you do when Satan tempts you?” “Think of Jesus!” was the beautiful answer. “Looking unto Jesus,” should be the motto of every Christian.— S elected . FEBRUARY 25, 1934 GREAT RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF TODAY G alatians 1 :ll-24 Suggestions for the Meeting Hymn—“Jesus is All the World to Me.” Hymn—“More Like the Master.” Scripture. Prayer. Hymn—“A Soldier of the Cross.” Solo—“Love Sent My Saviour.” Leader’s Message.
Hymn—“The Son of God Goes Forth to War.” Benediction—Psalm 19:14. Meditation on th e Lesson Among the great leaders of the early church were James, Cephas, John, Barna bas, and Paul. Several of these come be fore us in this lesson, and our hearts burn within us as we call to memory their work for the Lord. Every one was a leader of high type, and yet each was different from the other. James, a “son of thunder,” was impetuous and ambitious; Cephas, or Peter, was impulsive, daring, and elo quent; John, the beloved, was the one who leaned on the breast of the Lord Jesus; Barnabas, the encourager, the comforter, was the one who could give the second chance; finally, there was Paul, the in trepid, the scholar, the one who stood be fore kings and thrones, who traveled far and wide, carrying the gospel, who bore shipwreck, persecution, want, privation, and torture that men might know Jesus Christ. What a category I A noble army, truly! Great leaders were they for us to follow I They were not perfect, for they were human, but all agreed on the one great fact, that we are saved by grace through faith, “not of works, lest any man should boast.” “For if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” Peter was such a Jew that it was hard for him to realize what a wonderful freedom he enjoyed under grace; but Paul, the keen analyzer, the brilliant thinker, and above all, the humble believer, had such a keen grasp of the subject that he was abje to show clearly that a “man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus
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