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IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
© Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for April 24
RECEIVING VISION
FOR SERVICE
LESSON TEXT—Mark 9:2-10.
GOLDEN TEXT—This is my beloved Son:
hear him.—Mark 9:7.
PRIMARY TOPIC—On a Mountain with
Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC—With Jesus on a Moun
tain Top.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
How Worship Prepares Us for Service.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
The Place and Purpose of Vision.
“Where there is no vision the peo
ple perish’’ said the wise man of
old (Prov. 29:18). For want of a
true vision of God, a knowledge of
His truth, and the God-given con
straint which makes men give them
selves in sacrificial service, the
people will perish in their sins.
But let men come to know the truth
as it is in Christ, learn to know Him
as the Son of God glorious and pow
erful, and then let them translate
their knowledge of Christian truth
and their personal spiritual expe
riences into the daily ministry to
the needs of their fellow-men, and
there will be songs of salvation and
joy.
The transfiguration of our Lord
meant much to Him as it brought
new assurance of His divine Son
ship, His acceptance with the
Father, and His resurrection to fol
low the death of the cross. We do
well to recognize its testimony to
Him, but we think today especially
of the experience of the disciples
and their preparation for service.
We, like them, must
I. Know Christian Truth.
Fundamental in both Christian
life and service is a clear under
standing of the person and work of
Christ. One may come to Christ
knowing little more than that He is
the divine Saviour, and one may en
ter into Christian living with a
meager knowledge of the doctrines
of the Bible. But the Christian who
fails to grow in knowledge will not
grow in grace as he should.
The disciples came to a fuller con
viction that He was the Son of God
as they saw Him transfigured and
heard the Father say, “This is my
beloved Son.” They learned more
plainly the truth of His coming
death for the sins of all mankind.
They saw in the indescribable beau
ty of that moment the foregleam of
His coming glory. What important
truths these are—His deity—His re
demption—His coming kingship. Do
we have a clear grasp of these
truths?
11. Experience Spiritual Power.
Great experiences of spiritual re
newing and power are necessary to
effective life and testimony. They
may not be in outward manifesta
tion, in -fact they are more often in
the inner recesses of the soul, but
they transform men and send them
forth to magnificent living for God.
The disciples had an unforgettable
mountain-top experience. Even so
have many others found the secret
of power. It came to D. L. Moody
as he walked down a New York
street, praying in agony, “Deliver
me from myself. Take absolute
sway.” The story of what happened
to him and through him as a sur
rendered instrument in God’s hand
is written large on the pages of his
tory. Others had similar experi
ences. Let us remember that such
privileges are not reserved for a
few, they are the birthright of every
Christian. Power without knowledge
is a dangerous and destructive
thing, but knowledge without power
is a dead thing, resulting in a stale
and unfruitful orthodoxy that in turn
produces a dreadful and unchristian
religious system. It is not enough
to know the truth, to be able to
discuss it, to divide it, and possibly
to fight about it. Let us study God’s
Word, but let the truth be baptized
in the overflowing spiritual power of
a personal experience with God.
111. Serve Needy Humanity.
Dr. Moore beautifully suggests
that Jesus and the disciples went
up to the place of prayer, into the
place of glory, and down to the
place of service. How fitting is that
sequence. Much confusion exists in
the church because those who have
foolishly abandoned their interest
in the truth of God’s Word and
have substituted the energy of the
flesh for spiritual power, have been
most diligent in service to human
ity, while those who know and ac
cept the truth about Christ, and who
profess to believe in the power of
the Spirit-filled life have failed to
serve their needy neighbors. How
delightful and useful is the normal,
well-rounded life of the true Chris
tian, one equipped with an under
standing of Christian doctrine, en
dued with Holy Ghost power, and
humbly serving others.
Smiles
I am persuaded that every time
a man smiles, but much more when
he laughs, it adds something to this
fragment of life.—Sterns.
Following After God
A heart rejoicing in God delights
in all His will, and is surely pro
vided with the most firm joy in all
estates.
Patience a Virtue
Forbearing one another ill Isvs.—
Ephesian* 4; 2.
GOOD TIDINGS.
By THOMAS D. LYNN.
Subject: The Three Unclean Spirits.
Text: And I saw three unclean
spirits like frog's come out of the
mouth of the dragon, and out *f the
mouth of the beast, and out of the
mouth of the false prophet. For they
are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto
the kings of the earth. And of the
whole world, to gather them to the
battle of that great day of God Al
mighty, Rev. 16:13, 14.
This is a very unusual subject and
there are three things to learn: 1.
What is the dragon? 2. What is the
best? What is the false prophet? If
we study them separately, I perceive
that we can understand them better.
First we will study, WHO IS THE
DRAGON ?
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold,
I am against thee, Pharoah, King of
Egypt, the great dragon that lieth
in the midst of his rivers, which hath
said, My river is mine own, and I
have it for myself. Eze. 29:3. As we
think upon Pharoah we find that he
made a decree against the children
of Israel, Saying unto the midwives,
when ye do the office of a midwife to
the Hebrew women, and see them up
on the stools; if it be a son, then ye
shall kill him: but if it be a daugh
ter, then she shall live, Exodus 1:16.
And Pharoah charged all his people,
saying, Every son that is bom ye
shall cast into the river, and every
daughter ye shall save alive, Exodus
1:22.
Now let’s turn to Rev. 12:3. And
there appeared another great wonder
in heaven; and behold a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten
horns, and seven crowds upon his
heads. And his tail drew the third
part of the stars of heaven, and did
cast them to the earth: And the dra
gon stood before the woman, which
was ready to be delivered, for to de
vour her child as soon as it was
born. Rev. 12:3, 4.
And the serpent cast out of his
mouth water as a flood after the
woman, that he might cause her to
be carried away of the flood. And the
earth helped the woman, and the
earth opened her mouth and swallow
ed up the flood which the dragon
cast out of his mouth.
And the dragon was wroth with
the woman, and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed, which
keep the commandments of God, and
have the testimony of Jesus Christ,
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Rev. 12:15-17. For us to understand)
the above scripture let us turn to
Matt. 2:13. And when they (the wise
men) were departed, behold, the an
gel of the Lord appeared to Joseph
in a dream, saying, Arise and take
the young child and his mother, and
flee into Egypt, and be thou there
until I bring thee word: for Herod
will seek the young child to destroy
him.
(Read this entire chapter, for it is
impossible for me to give all the
reading to you in this column.) Then
Herod, when he saw that he was
mocked of the wise men, was exceed
ing wroth and sent forth, and slew
ALL the children that were in Beth
lehem and in all the coasts thereof,
from 2 years old and under, accord
ing to the time which he had dili
gently inquired of the wise men, Rev.
2:16.
John wrote the past, the present
and the future. And the second chap
ter of Matthew is the true interpre
tation of the twelfth chapter of Rev
elation in connection with other
scriptures we shall present in the
next installment, which will be the
spirit that came out of the mouth of
the beast.
(To be continued.)
MAKING PROFIT IS HARD TASK.
(Rome News-Tribune.)
From the careless way in which
profits are discussed and taxed and
blocked the uninformed observer,
might assume that the making of
profit is a simple business attended
by a considerable amount of robbery.
The answer to the theory that
making profits is a simple matter lies
in the fact that about 85 per cent,
of thosew ho go into business or oth
er ventures, hoping to make a profit,
encounter failure and loss. Thus in
a field where only 15 per cent, suc
ceed, and many of these on a hand
to-moth basis, it is clear that ease
does not enter. To turn a profit and
remain in business is one of the
hardest possible tasks.
As to the “robber” phase there also
is little actual basis. Mighty few
business concerns can stay in busi
ness unless they play the game
squarely. Indeed, among the 15 per
cent, that make good, practically 100
per cent, have to be honest in order
to inspire the trust that is essential.
The business concern that isn’t hon
est soon folds up.
Thus, to make a business success
ful, it is clear that great skill is re
quired and also that honesty is es
sential. But while this disposes in
large measure of the thoughtless
views touching profits, there is an
other phase of the subject that the
critics forget. This is the fact that
without some institutions that are
capable of operating at a profit, there
would be no employment and no busi
ness worth speaking of.
Such employment as exists and
such business as exists arises out of
the fact that 15 per cent, of those
who launch enterprises of various
sorts have the ability, the energy
and the integrity to carry their busi
nesses to a success.
The well-being of all depends upon
IV ET’S keep Georgia in its traditional attitude
| j of encouragement to industrial and business
development. Such growth will add to the pros
perity of agriculture the bedrock on which
our state is founded. It will furnish employment
to men and boys on the farms, men and boys
not now profitably employed. It will add to
their purchasing power. It will furnish rich new
markets for farm produce and it will leave
J fewer among whom farm income must he
j! shared; fewer to depend on agriculture for their
jl sole support... Georgia always will be funda
*3 ■■ .■ » ( mentally agricultural, but in the interest of
everybody in the state —in the interest of better
SkJjfflHhk ij roads, belter educational facilities, better insti
tutions and added social security—lets give
Jj serious thought to industry and business, the
i J !j forces which must create the new wealth essen-
Ji tial to support all these governmental services
so desirable for the welfare of the state. P. S.
J ARKWRIGHT, president of the Georgia Power
ij Company, in a speech delivered in Columbus.
Rj jj Georgia, April 6. 19dR.
Simple as A ■ B ■ C
*
EVERY straight-thinking Georgian wants Georgia to have better roads,
better educational facilities, better-equipped institutions, better pro
visions for social security for old and young.
Georgia, however, alwavs'has been and always will be primarily' an
agricultural state —and AGRICULTURE CAN NOT PAY THE BILL!
Agriculture, today, is paying all it can afford to pay. It can’t stand
any heavier burdens.
If our stale is to have what it neeus — what it MUST HAVE —in
the way of governmental services, there is only one solution. Business
and industry in Georgia must be encouraged to grow, to prosper. That s
the only way the state’s material wealth, its purchasing power can be in
creased so that we can afford these desirable improvements in Georgia.
Any blow at industry or business in Georgia is a direct blo\y at
Georgia’s farmers and a blow at every man, woman and child in
Georgia. Georgia’s ONLY hope for her rightful, brighter future is that
industry and business find the sort of treatment and consideration in
Georgia that will enable them to expand in confidence, to
assurance and thereby create in Georgia the new and added wealth
which is absolutely essential to the forward march of the state.
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a few making a sucess of their un
dertakings, which is a thing worth
remembering.
HIGH COST OF SHIPS.
One of the difficulties confronting
the maritime commission, in its ef
forts to build up a merchant marine,
is the high cost of construction in the
United States. Recently, the commis
sion had to reject all bids for the
construction of eight of twelve new
cargo vessels because it was obvious
that ships built at the prices quoted
could not be operated successfully as
a commercial proposition. A bid for
four ships was approved at a cost of
$1,815,663, but the commission stat
ed that other bids were as much as
68 per cent, higher. New bids will
be caled for and the commission
hopes to get figures more in line
with its estimates.
RADIO.
The federal communications com
mission has appointed two committees
to investigate the radio industry. One
will delve into the “monopoly” angle
and the other will ollect data artd
hold hearings on the use of super
power by certain stations.