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November 17, 1909. J Sunda PAUL ON November 28, It GOLDEN TEXT.?"It is drink wine, nor anvthina < Romans 14:21. SHORTE Q. 83. Are all transgres A. Some sins In themse gravations, are more helnoi DAILY HC M.?Rom. 14:10-21. T.?Rom. 15:1-7. W.?Matt. 18:1-11. S?1 TOPIC; How Paul Settled Difficult By the thought of judgme By the example of Chris By an appeal to Ch LESSON Rome was and has been probably the most cosmopol every nation under the sun the time Paul wrote his gre Christian Church there, R< the world. Every belief an tending for a standing plac Out of this mixed and se( Church of the Lord Jesus C the Spirit of God. The vari leave behind them all of the dices when they entered the one Jew, gentile, worshippt false gods or of no gods, ei some measure of his fori changed to this good day. Nothing but the Truth pot diverse could save the wh "The Truth shall make you scription for that church an the unifying force permeatii administered by the hand < nees in its verhiaee Its lor comprehensiveness, its gra and power. The student of der well in the presence of < it will be seen that a few of that he makes to stand ou lead naturally to a right at differing elements in the ch ference between Jew and (Jod. Both are on the same lessly sinners. This is true of a great father, Abraham cision, and of the fact that 1 of God. (2) They were alike device, contrivance or work of them in whole or in part, that each accepted by the that God had wrought thr alike in the fact that the were not seen in them but electing love. Thev ? in Christ and their eternal, i Such one-ness in the cor it out of all bounds of reas gate anything to himself 01 ately be or fail to be, do o and save his brother for w own, Christ died. , THE PRESBYTERIi Ly School | SELF-DENIAL. )09. Romans 14: 10-21. good neither to eat flesh, nor to YvnercDy iny orother stumbleth.? R CATECHISM. sions of the law equally heinous? Ives, and by reason of several agis in the sight of God than others. )ME READINGS. Th.?Rom. 13:7-14. F.?1 Cor. 8. S.?1 Peter 2:7-14. Thes. 5:4-10. \L OUTLINE. Church Problems? int to come, vs. 10-13. Jt, vs. 14-18. ristian love, vs. 19-21. I COMMENTS. through much of its long history litan city in the world. Well nigh i has been represented there. At at and justly famous letter to the >me was the throbbing center of d every form of unbelief was cpn e. 'thing mass, the materials for the Christ were selected and called by ous and differing elements did not ir differentiating beliefs and preju> Church of the Lord Jesus. Each jr of the true God, worshipper of ach one imported into the church ner self. This custom has not ared into a mixture of elements so ole mass from self-destruction, free." This was the Spirit's pred it was compounded with love as iir iho xrhnlo TVilo T-"AU .Q ITUV1V. XUIO IJXJKIJ UL ruin of Paul is a marvel of complete;ic, its boldness and precision its ce, its marks of heavenly birth this lesson should read and ponGod the entire letter. In so doing the great and fundamental truths it in great clearness and which id safe dealing with these widely urch are (1) that there Is no dif Gentile in their standing before low level?both are sinners, hopealbeit the Jew had the distinction , of the national mark of circumle was a depositary of the oracles helpless and lost. There was no of theirs that could save any one . (3) They were alike In the fact same empty grace the salvation ough His Son. (4) They were inducements for their salvation In God's own eternal purpose and re re alike in their right to peace mmovable safety. iditlons of sin and salvation put on or right that one should arro discredit his brother or deliber r fall to do what would build up hose salvation as well as for his . * * \N OF THE SOUTH. The unmerited death of Christ, nal salvation, should lead the Je surrender of themselves, body ai (reasonable) to God, it should no missive and loyal citizen in his k lead him to have a care for his Tuof />*?*-? "?* "? " ?wv. c r. c uiaj easily see t present lesson. Strange as it mi tion of food was at the fore froa tian had a lingering, but right < meats (unclean in Old Testamer by a Jewish Christian, nor ind< converted heathen wt?> had wor deities largely by eating meats I consecrated to some false divinit tian, felt that no one could eat 1 at least appearing to worship the been slaughtered. The fact on th offering (death) of Christ had p between clean and unclean mea shut up to eating just one line c was the fact that there is no fa of the faith of the Son of God an or not eating had nothing whate of the kinsrHem nf ti...? o ??. v.vu. i iicae were the purchased righteousness ed not by eating meat or drinkii peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, liberty and peace and joy had all of these Roman Christian and no posed to nay little heed to their and so eat and drink as might a under their fuller light. The r brethren from among the Jews i sincerity of the stronger disciple good. On the other hand the he the stronger brethren were reall; weak as to hold on in part to th gods in whose honor they were good of the stronger brethren was TllO - ? " me i?uH wao ui necessity nuitli 1. To the Strong. First of all not evil spoken of by any. Pre found the eating of which would hurt. If not, eat no meat at all r of one's own personal influence, and use one's rights in such case a weaker brother. Such a coursi brother's peace and joy and powe "Whatsoever is not of faith is sin This advice has a place In our could with impunity to themselvei of theatres, play cards, drink wii moderation. But there are still faith. Many are weak! Also tb on. It is easy, fearfully easy for c by claiming and using his rights place of almost entire weakness a A young man was fighting a b? was invited to a banquet. Win< afrnnor ???? J ..I ? 1- U TA ?? * vxioa uimiv iv. u aid not that young man's duat is now in a result. To the Weak: Do not assume is his Judge and He will not fail To his own Master he standeth c stand before (not some man's ju ment seat of Christ. The weak brother by with-holdl examination can always secure ht if he sincerely seeks edification, it comes. Fayetteville, Ark. What we need is not a new new determination to steer stralgt is the Word of God in Christ.?] 13 His free and great and eterw and Gentile not only to a 3 well as soul as a sacrifice t only produce him as a subingdom or republic, it should brother. lie main line of truth in the ij seem to us now tlie quest. The devout Jewish Chrisabstinate belief that certain it law) should not be eaten ;ed by any Christian. The shipped all manner of false that in the killing had been y, now that he was a Chrisneat so consecrated without ! god to whom the meat had e one hand was that the one ut an end to the distinction ts and so the Jew was not >f meats; on the other hand Ifip frnrt nnH on tn 11 ~Y. 4. O-- WW 1U nio llgui id His kingdom, eating meat ver to do with the realities great and blessed realities 5 of the Lord Jesus, (receivig wine but by faith alone). This last great position of eady been realized by some t unnaturally they were disbrethren of smaller growth ppear legitimate and proper esult was that the weaker vere beginning to doubt the s and to sneak evil of their athen convert believed that f not strong but actually so eir old worship of the false still eating meat. So the evil spoken of on two sides, ul to all. , be sure that your good be ibably some meat could be be occasion of no blame or ather than forfeit the power In the second place to claim would not be a loving act to e would destroy the weaker r were he to eat such meat, i" and sin is destructive, day. There are many who s attend at least some kinds ne and whiskey with entire many grades of Christian ie unsaved world is looking >ne's good to be so impaired, of libertv. ns to cinV into ? nd uselessnesa. ittle with strong drink. He s was served. He saw the hurt them personally; but a cemetery in this State as to judge your brother. God to care for every such case. >r falleth. Each of us must dgment seat but) the judg ng Judgment and by patient ;lp from a stronger brother, no matter from whose life R. B. Willis. compass every year, but a it by the old compass, which Henry Van Dyke.