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Thursday, September 17, 1936 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. *..............IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL UNDAY I cHooL Lesson WORLD’S BEST COMICS S By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, Dean ot the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Unien. Lighter Side of Life as Depicted by Famous Cartoonists and Humorists Lesson for September 20 CHRISTIAN LIVING LESSON TEXT—Roman» 12:1-3, 9-12. GOLDEN TEXT—Christ liveth in me. —Galatians 2:20. PRIMARY TOPIC—How Jesus Want» His Friends to Act. JUNIOR TOPIC—Paul Explains How to Act. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—What Is Christian Living? YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —How to Live as a Christian. As a fitting conclusion to a three month study of the Spread of Christianity to the gentile peoples of Western Asia, we consider the teaching of the great apostle to the Gentiles concerning “Christian- Living.” The early chapters of Paul’s epistle to the Romans present the greatest exposition of profound Christian doctrine ever written. But even as it is true that the fruit of Christian living can grow only on the tree of Christian doc trine, it is equally true that the knowledge of Christian truth should result in Christian living. “Faith without works is dead.” Our lesson pointedly presents the true Christian life as being I. A Life Yielded to God (Rom. 12:1-3). A recognition and deep apprecia tion of the mercies of God leads to a yielding of body and mind in living sacrifice to God. If we are Christians our bodies are the tem ples of the Holy Spirit. We must not lend our bodies to activities which destroy their usefulness or hinder our service for God but rather yield the body with all its abilities to God! But after all “it is the inside of a man that counts." The pre senting of the body in living sacri fice is possible only when there has been the inner transformation by the renewing of the mind. One cannot live physically without be ing born; it is equally impossible to live a Christian life without hav ing been born again. The Christian life is yielded to God not only for its own peace and satisfaction, but it is to be II. A Life of Service (vv. 9-15). We are not saved by serving but we are saved to serve. In the first place the Christian serves the Lord. He abhors evil, but his life is not merely negative, for he cleaves to that which is good. He is not lazy, but diligent. His spirit is aglow with zeal for God and his cause. He is full of joy and hope, patient under trials, a man of steadfastness in prayer. Such a man will not fail to serve his fellow-man. He will really love the brethren, not merely make a hypocritical show of loving them. He will seek the honor of others rather than his own glory. He will be given to the almost lost art of hospitality. He will be ready to stand by his brother, in the day of joy or of sorrow. He will go even further, for he will bless those that persecute him. The measure is not yet full for we note next that the Christian lives— III. A Life of Humility (v. 16). In these days when we are urged to assert ourselves, to demand our rights, to “succeed” at any cost, and when men are measured by their worldly achievements, it sounds rather old-fashioned to talk about humility, about condescend ing to lowly things, of not being “wise in our own conceits.” But humility is still the crowning grace of a truly Christian life. Those who follow the lowly Jesus, in fact as well as in profession, are still strongest when they are weak, and mightiest for God when they are humble. Note also that we follow a vic torious Christ who calls us to IV. A Life of Victory (vv. 17-21). It is possible to talk much about the victorious life—to discuss it at length as a theological question— and have little real victory. Paul speaks plainly. The Chris tian is honorable in all things. He meets every obligation. He is a man of peace. He is not con cerned with avenging himself upon one who has done him wrong Spite fences, boundary disputes, family quarrels, are not for him. Evil is not to overcome him. God gives the victory. A great lesson, and one that we | cannot study without some dis quieting thought. Christian, how does your life and mine appear as they are held up to the mirror of God's Word? Let us make a cove nant that by God's grace and power we shall go forward in real “Christian living." A Human Being There cannot be a more glorious object in creation than a human be ing, replete with benevolence, medi- | tating in what manner he might ren der himself more acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to his creatures.—Fielding. Visions of Better iLfe It is well to have visions of a better life than that of every day, but it is the life of every day from which elements of a better life must come.—Maeterlinck. 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With a triumphant gleam in her eyes she approached I him swiftly and said: “Isn’t that rather a primitive way of cutting a brick in half?” The man looked up, smiled and said: ‘Lor’ bless yer dear heart, lidy, there's a far more primitive way than this, believe me.” “Really, and what’s that?” she inquired. “Biting it, lidy, biting it.” Useless Clock Pat always was late for work. and the foreman advised him to buy an alarm clock. The Irishman did so. but still he continued to put in a belated appearance at his job. “Why can’t you turn up at the right time. Pat, now you’ve got an alarm clock?” asked the foreman “Bedad," replied Pat, “it’s no good; it goes off when I’m asleep.” —Exchange. By GLUYAS WILLIAMS RESTLESS A A GREAT 1RLA1, 5 TAKEN 10 SEE PLAY 6NEN BV OLDER CHDRE OF TE SUNDAY SCHOOL suD15 Down DBF SEAT AND HAS 10 K HELPED UP AGAIN REPEATS Ous SEJERAL 1M£5 suppEMIY ASKS FOIR IS K ALMOST OVER . 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