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Thursday, October 31, 1946
Sunday School Lesson
PAUL CHAMPIONS FREEDOM
AND BROTHERHOOD
International Sunday School Les
son for Nov. 3, 1946.
Golden Text: “For the whole
law is fulfilled in one word, even
to this: Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.’’—Galatians
5:14.
Lesson Text: Acts 15:23-29; Ga
latians 5:13-18.
OUR RECENT lessons have cen
tered in the early Christian
activity which sprang up in the
city of Antioch. Two weeks ago
we saw how the first organized
missionary party was sent out
and the work done in Cyprus and
Asia Minor. Shortly after the re
turn of Paul and Barnabas from
their tour a question arose to
disturb the church at Antioch.
We have seen earlier how the
gospel was deliberately carried to
the Gentiles in Antioch and then
by missionaries to Gentiles in
other regions.
When the news of the acces
sion of many Gentiles into the
church reached Jerusalem the
conservative group there had
misgivings. These Jews, who had
followed for centuries, could not
bring themselves to accept Gen
tiles into Christianity unless
they, too, came into the church
through the ancient Jewish ave
nue of circumsion, and other rit
ualistic requirements.
From Jerusalem then to Anti
och went a group of these criti
cal Jews to advise the new Chris
tians that their entrance into
the faith had been irregular and
their standing was imperfect.
Quite naturally, Paul and Bar
nabas, exponents of liberality and
freedom within the faith, com
batted this viewpoint and chal
lenged its wisdom. The discus
sion was involved and led to con
fusion and misgivings of many.
Therefore, the church at Anti
och decided to send a delegation
to Jerusalem, where the recogniz
ed leaders of the faith resided, to
secure an authoritative utterance
on the question.
To Jerusalem, Paul, Barnabas, |
Titus and other proceeded. In his
epistle to the Galatians, it is |
generally accepted now, Paul
wrote about this conference.
The three leaders from Anti
och held preliminary conferences .
with Peter, the foremost apostle, j
and with James, the earthly
brother of Jesus, who seems to i
have been accepted as the head
of the Jerusalem church. So mo-1
mentous was the question in
volved that a general meeting of ;
apostles and elders was called.
At this meeting, fortunately, !
the exponents of the liberal view- I
point prevailed over the narrow i
and restricted opinion. Peter re-1
counted his well-known experi
ence with the Gentile Cornelius
at Caesarea, and reminded the I
conference that his action there |
had been specifically approved •
subsequently.
Paul, Barnabas and probably
others, related the outstanding
events of their missionary enter
prises, dwelling particularly upon
the fact that, as at Caesarea, the
Holy Spirit had confirmed the
conversion of Gentiles, inespeci
ally to the conclusion htat, as
had been said before, “to the
Gentiles also hath God granted
repentance unto life.’’
The decision of the conference
was adopted upon the recommen
dation of James, who suggested
that only a few necessary observ
ances be requested from the Gen
tile Christians. These were par
ticularly necessary to make sociall
intercourse with Jewish Chris- j
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I tians possible and friendly.
I The verdict was forwarded to
j the church at Antioch in a writ
j ten communication carried by
I Judas and Silas. The latter re
mained in Antioch and subse
quently accompanied Paul on his
second missionary tour.
The decision of the council
made no ritualistic observance
necessary for salvation. It was a
charter of liberty for the Chris
tian conscience, although in sub
sequent centuries organized
Christianity forgot the principles
declared.
In subsequent ages, with one
predominant church, “the com
munion of saints was a chain
gang at lock-step with one long
whip cracking down in the line
to prevent any man’s deviating.’’
At length, under the leadership
of outstanding exponents of free
dom, such as Luther, Calvin,
Knox, Wesley and others, the
principle of freedom in Christi
; anity from super-imposed re
■ quirements and dictated think-
I ing was achieved.
Pays to Be Clever
A minister and his wife were
dischssing two men who were in
i the news.
“Yes,” said the minister, “I
knew them both as boys. One was
a clever, handsome fellow; the
other a steady, hard worker. The
clever lad was left behind in the
race, but the hard worker—well,
he died and left $300,000 to his
widow. It’s a great moral!”
“Yes,” replied his wife, with a
smile, “t is. I heard this morning
j that the clever one is going to
marry the widow.”
A Shame
“I’m sorry, madam,” said the
attendant at the movie, “but you
can’t take the dog into the thea
ter.”
“How absurd,” protested the
woman. “What harm can pictures
do a little dog like that?”
SUCCESSFUL
PARENTHOOD
| “T JUST DON’T see how you ever
A manage!” If you are the mo
ther of four or more children, you
are probably used to hearing
these words from friends who
find that just one or two
children can create plenty of
, work- Sometimes you can’t see
how you manage either. While
you’re busy preparing the baby’s
formula, Jack and Arlene may be
quarreling nosily in the kitchen,
with small Peter adding his
sound effects to the already blar
ing radio program . . . well, you
wonder how DO you ever do it
and remain sane? But, of course,
there are saving graces in the life
of the larger-than-average fami
ly. Several children of the same
age group will help entertain and
aid each other in a hundred
small ways. Arlene lends a hand
each day when you’re bathing or
feeding the baby. Jack helps get
Peter dressed each morning.
When at times you think with
envy of your next-door neighbor
who has just her small Peggy to
care for, remember that she
probably spends almost as much
time on her one as you do on your
four. When Peggy was a baby, her
mother had to struggle alone
with the work of bathing, dress
ing, and feeding her. Now she
devotes part of each day to amus
ing Peggy and playing with her.
Your older children do most of
that for you! Os course, Peggy re
ceives a larger share of her moth
er’s attention than any one of
your children receives from you.
A recent statistical study made
in the farm homes of Vermont
and New York state bears out
these common-sense observations.
“Where there was only one child
in a family,” the report states,
“about the same amount of time
was used as where there were
two or more children of about
the same age.” Os course, as your
children grow older, they take
less of your time, no matter how
many you have. In Vermont
homes where the youngest was
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six months or less, the time given
to child care was about 27 hours
a week. When the youngest was
4 to 5, the time spent was 12
hours. When he was 6 or 8, the
time was only three hours. By
the time he had reached 8 to 11
years of age, most mothers re
ported on time spent exclusively
on child care. For you mothers
with four children, the total time
spent would be slightly higher
than this average, although as
we said before, each child would
be receiving less individual atten
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You may not put much stock
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four children, to be only slightly
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yourself:? the extra richness in
your life, not to mention the live
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young and on your toes as well
as on your feet!