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LESSON IN HONESTY IS TAUGHT BY THIS WEEK'S SUNDAY TEXT By Rev. W. L. Deminf ' International Bible ichool K on ' for January 25th. 1920, Subject; Teter Stands up for Truth and Honesty. Lesson Text, Acta 8:1-11. Golden Text, Lying lips are abom ination to the Lord, but they that deal truly are Hit delight. Proverb 12:22. While the above subject has been selected by the International Com mittee for this text. I prefer to treat it aa a lesson on Church Discipline, which it emphatically is; nevertheless the true character and courage of Peter stands out conspicuously. The lesson naturally divides itself into four heads, and we should al ways allow the Scripture its natural divisions. 1. The Lie. 2. The De- nunciation. 3. The Punishment. 4. The Result With these four headings in our minds let us carefully trace the fctory and apply its teachings- The first church (The Jerusalem Church) was made as near perfect as it could be with human materials. This implies that exceptions would be found in the case of individuals. So, in the course of time one of its great est virtues became a source of tempta tion and sin to two weak members. One day, while Peter was presiding at the meeting, a brother named Ananias walked forward, and laid at his feet a sack of silver which contained, he said, the price of a piece of land which he . and his wife had sold for the benefit of the poor. If the disciples of that age had been as demonstrative and irreverent in the Lord's house as are some of our modern assemblies, I think there would have been general and very hearty hand clapping and perhaps stamping of the feet at this deed. What then was the consternation of the brethren, when they saw a frown on Peter's brow and a stern look come to his face, and heard from him these blistering words: Ananias, why hath Satan filled thyne heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Thou haa not lied unto men, but unto God. While they listened and gazed, An anias falls to the floor, and the cry is raised. He is dead. A few hours later the wife of the dead man walks in and shares the same fate, because they had agreed together to tempt the Spirit of God. What awful work this was; and how quickly done. Nothing but sel emnity and awe like that of the :idg ment day. And whose work was it? Not that of Peter, but of the great Head of the church, who thus exer cised discipline in His church, so as to show those to whom -it would after wards be entrusted, the promptness with which crying sins must be re buked if the church would please Him. This is a divine intimation on the sub ject of discipline. Shall we learn the lesson, or shall we continue, as soj many churches have long been do ing, to keep the ungodly in the church, under the vain delusion that we are exercising forbearance and mercy which heaven wil approve, or under I the idle impression that we have a I better hope of saving a wicked man I in the church, than if we cast him out. Don't you think that God knows I more than we do about you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 that ye withdraw from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after ; the tradition which they received , from us." 2'Thess. 3:6. j And again: "But now I have written p5 10 Year Old Velie A 8 Good A 8 AVtr Today unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an isol ator, or a railcr, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? Do not ye Judge them that are with in? But them that are without God judeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked per son." 1 Cor. 6:11-18. Such discipline did not scare every-' body away from the church as some: might suppose, but gave everybody to understand that this was a church in which open and manifest sin could not be tolerated. Nor did the repu tation of the church suffer prodigi ously, for we read, just as we might I expect, that: "Great h-ar came upon the whole church, and upon all that ' heard these things," (va 11); "And! believers were the more added to the! Lord, Multitudes both of men and I women" (vs. 14). Just so it will ever be. Let us lay aside our compromises with sin, and boldly follow the model church (God's pattern in the mount) in keeping a high wall and a deep ditch between the church and the world, while we open the gates in the precise words of Holy Writ to those who are in earnest about their soul's salvation. SAN FRANCISCO SHOW TO BE BIG a Motorists of Sunny South to See Great Galaxy of New Cars SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24 The spotlight of public interest in the Southwest will be turned on the auto- mobile industry during the week be-1 ginning February 21, with the fourth i annual Pacific automobile show at the Exposition auditorium in San Fran-! cisco. As one of the national expositions of , the motor car industry, the San Fran cisco show this year, under the aus- pices of the Motor Car Dealers' as sociation, is attracting one of the greatest numbei of feature exhibits in the history of the industry in the West. Hundreds of motor car en thusiasts and Pacific coast dealers have volunteered their cooperation to insure its success. This will be San Francisco's first major entertainment in the new year and the city will don her festival garb for the motorists' week. Ity Hull li.li.tnu You hear it said ever and often, "Where do all the old automobiles go?" and well can one ponder over that question, as there are upwards of a million cars traded Iq or re-placed every year and the old models must ro somewhere. j The majority of old cars go to the junk man, of course. They were im properly built originally and did not stand up a well as the cars of to day; they were too expensive to op erate, and nit at all comfortable or efficient. Those old cars deserve to be melted up and until again. Then there are the fairly good cars which are converted into trucks and serve a period of usefulness before being finally claimed by the scrap man. Then, the majority of cheap cars, whose short life is the joy of the iron dealer, and finally the old cars that are still serviceable and going strong. Our company is endeavoring to lo cate the oldest Velie car in service, and while the search is not yet ended this story is interesting. Dr. William B. Vail of Wayne. Neb. writes ts follows: "My Velie is ten years old, bought in 1909; the origin al paint is atill in elegant shape and luster. I have driven it more than 102.000 miles at a cost of not more than $5 and am still using it every day in my practice. I Vish you could see me climb hills on high with my Velie, that tax the stamina of new cars." ' Not all the old cars, therefore, have outlived their usefulness. As is the rase, with the man himself a car is only as old as it feels. We believe the above performance establishes a rec ord impossible to surpass. Dry Fir Cord Wood and Slab Anderson Fuel Co. 106 J. AUTO TOPS We make and repair Auto Tops, Curtains and Cushions. HORSKY'S TIRE STATION LADIES: When irregular or suppressed use Triumph Pills. Safe and always de pendable. Not sold at drug stores. Do not experiment with others; save disappointment. Write for "Relief" and particulars, its free. Address: I National Medical Institute, Milwau kee, Wis. l-3to6-fi TODAY'S EVENTS (Sulurday, J.muary 24, 1020) Centenary of the birth of Henry J, R.iyniond, one of ho founders of the New York Times, and also noted as .in orutor and statesman. Centenary of th binliofllon. John M. Th.iyer, civil war romnmmler, U. S, senator and governor of Nebraska, and governor of Wyoming Territory. Today is the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the Vlisastor to the steamship Chicora, the mystery of the disappear ance of whleh in Like Michigan, with all on board, has never been f illy solved. The cornerstone for New York's new Civic Auditorium, or "Town Meeting Hall," to be riveted by the League for Political Kdue.it ion and similar bodies, is to be held today by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, Sunday, January 24, 1U20 Scottish soeletlra Ui world over today will observe the'blrthdny anni versary of Robert Burns. The Most Rev. Kdw.ird J. McCar thy, archbishop of Halifax, rvlebratna his seventieth Llnlnlay. 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