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How God Restores LUy REV. LEW W. GOSNELL Aaasitant I)oan, Moody Bible institute, Chicago. TxT--so .when they had dined, Jesus gaith to SImon Peter, Sine-n, son of Jonas, lovest thou mo more than these? lie saith unto Him, Yea, Lord: Thou knowest that I love Thee. Ile snith unto him, Feed my lambs.-John 21:15. Adelaide Proctor tells the story of a nun who kept the portal at a con vent in France. Her 1tart went out t a soldier she nursed; she lefc the convent and in Paris fell Into a life of sin. After years she . crept back to the convetit steps to die. She was tak en in and nursed back to health, when 101 Bi4e f o u n d another had filled her place in the con vent through the years, and now that e had come baclj it was awaiting r. She slipped back into her old sition and few knew she had ever oe away. The late Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman used to tell this story to illustrate God's gracious 'v of restoring his erring saints. In oue text we have one of the great scriptural examples of such gracious restoration, from which all may take comfort. Christ Inquires of Peter, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" Peter had protested that though all others might forsake Christ, he would never leave Him. But he had shown, too sadly, thit he did not love his Master "more than these." How Christ's question must have rebuked him ! And in his reply it is to he noted that all the old spirit of boasting is gone and there is no claim to love Christ more than others love 11111). Some Searching Questions. Peter's humility is shown in another way. In Christ's question, the word used for love, in the original, indi cates an unselfish love which expects no return-the love of friendship. When Peter replies, he uses a lower word for love, indicating a personal, clinging affection whhic seeks return. In other words, he has ceased to boast of his love, not only as to quan tity, but also as to quality. le only dares to assert he is fond of Jesus! Moreover, the third .time Jesus in quired as to Simon's love, ie used the same word, in the original, which Peter had been using, as if to say: "Are you sure you have even this lower kind of love, that you are even fond of me?" No wonder Peter was grieved when Christ said unto him the third time, "lovest thou me?" He can only reply: "Lord, thou know est all things : thou knowest that I love thee." Peter feels he has so 'wing his love that only . 1o knows all things, can i not lose sight of the game m.j-.ing the searching ques tions of Christ. Thrice laid Peter de niedl Him in public, and he is here given tile prIvilege of thrice publicly :'onfessinlg 11111. But our text deals not only with Peter's confession, hut also with his sonmmI ssion, "Feed my lambs." Inideed, after b~oth tile secondl atnd third con fessions. Chis t says: "Feedl (R- V. !end) my sheep." Thsese are tile lambs p1nd shleep for whom the Great Shelp serd dlied. What a greait evidence of Hlls love for l'eter, and of tihe confi. :lence Hie reposes in tihe once erring :llsciple, that le will commit to his :'are those who are. so precious to Him!I Christ hadi said( to Peter' he (ore his fall : "When thlou art con v'erted, strenlgthenl thy brethren." Now that l'eter has1 been conver'tedJ, or trned, andic knowsv Ils Own weakness, he is prepain~g to help1 others. It hias been heautifuly said: "Whlen brotught to nothing, ie canf use0 us in our nlOthinlgness, and1( whlen lie can use us, ie wvill." The Privilege of Martyrdom. There is still aniothmer way in whlich Christ's grace was mnanifested toward Simon)5 On tile occiasion we are conisid erin~g, ualt houghl it 1s somtimes111 not appreciated. After the third c.onlfes sion, JIesus saidl: "Whenl thou1 wa'lst youngl thou01 gi rdedst thiysel f, a 14nd ak edst whithe11r thou1 woldest : lut whien thou1 shal1 t he old(, thou 81518 sh l'tretc forth thly handl~s, and1( anot1her shall1 -gir'd thlee, and( carr~y thlec whlithe1r thlou wold~est lnt." .14)hn1 e'xplains1: "Tis spoke he, signif'yig by whalt death he0 should( glorilfy God." Trad1i-. lion tells us thlat Pecter wa'ss crucified tieadl downlward, since lhe did( nlOt feel worthly to be uiprighlt on his cross as was his Lord. Not ll would covet gsuch a dleathI, blut it is to he0 rcalled that Peter had boasted of Is willing ness to (lie for Cihrist and1( then1 had1 miserabitly failed. How 11e mulst hlave Bppr'eclated tile oppor'tunity of ma~lkin~g good even at tis point I Tile nun11 in tile stor'y onily got baclk her position, but ['eter wa'ls adv'an'edi troml being at "115sher of 11101" to be ing a shleph~erd of tile flock of God, wh~o shal11 receive tile "crown'z of glory," and a martltyr, wh'lo shall re :reive the "crowni Of life." With what aewy meaining may Wve sing: "Hie re storeth my soul I" e~.- Wi,' Q.< the Lord. i V thy namle will - hee; for thou, - - 0 IMPROVED UNWORN INTERNATIONAL SundaySchool (Dy REV. P. B. FITZWATIER. D. D. Teacher of English Bible in the Mood: Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Unior LESSON FOR JUNE 25 REVIEW: JUDAH'S PROSPERIT' AND ADVERSITY GOLDF/N TEXT-"Blessed is the natioi whose God is the Lord."-Ps. 33:12. PitlMARY A ND ' UNIOIlt TOPIC-Moi Who Obeyed God. 1NT31~M 1DiATE AND SENIOlt TOPI( -True and False Leaders of Judaih. YOUNG PIDOPLE AND ADULT TOPI( -Some Lessons F1"om Judah's lHistory. I. Central Thought of Each Lessor Gathered Around the Key Words o the Day's Leson Subject, Namely Prosperity and Adversity. A good outline is the following fron Orannell's Pocket Lessons: L Judah's Prosperity. Base(d on (1) Reliance on God, le:.,;n 1. (2) Courageous Venture for God, lesson 2. (3) Business Methods for God, lesson 3. (4) The Vision of God, lesson 5. (5) The Law and Leadership of God, lesson 7. (6) Wise Leadership Back to God, lesson 8. 2. Judah's Adversity. Due to (1) Presuming Upon God's Bless lug, lesson 4. (2) Presuming Upon God's Pur Posr. lesson 0. (3) Rejecting God's Word, lesson 10. (4) Persecuting God's Messenger. lesson 11. (5) Disloyalty to God and Man, lesson 12. II. Golden Text Review. Assign the texts to your class the preceding Sunday and ask them to show how the lesson illumines the text, or ask the class to prepare on all the texts and have the members of tle class draw the text and give the answer. Ill. Character Study or Portrait Re view. Assign the following characters the Sunday before: Asa, .Toash, Jehoiada, Uzziah, Isaiah, IH, zeklah, Ililkiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Jeholakimn, Ebed mnelech, Zedeklah. IV. The Summary Method. This method calls for the salient facts of each lesson with a state ment of its outstandI9g teaching. Note the following suggestions: Lesson 1. Asa cleared the land of idolatry and called upon Judah to seek the Lord. Because he rested upor the Lord, God gave him victory over his enemies. Lesson 2. Athaliah attempted to destroy the seed royal and then usurp the throne. Jehoiada checkmated her by hiding away Joash for six years At an appointed time .Toash was crowned king anid the usurper slain. Every attempt to titwart God's pur pose fails. Lesson 3. Jesus arose from the dead, showed himself to Iis (lisciples and sent them forth as witnesses f'or IHim. Certainty of the resurrection of Christ is essential to witness for Him. Lesson 4. Uzziah made a notable civic andl military record, but in his pridle lhe presumnptunously Intrudled into the priest's ofice. As a judg ment God smote him with leprosy. "Pride goeth before destruction, andl a haughty spirit before au fall." Lesson 5. Isaiah's vision of God brought him to a sense of his sin fulness. Man's supreme need todlay is a vision of God. Lesson 6. Isaiah foresaw the end of all strIfe In the wo 'Id through the establishment of Christ's kingdom. Peace and restoration shall come to the earth when Christ shall come and remove from men's hearts the cause for strife. Lesson 7. Hezekinh led his people back to God1. This he (lid by means oIf the passover f'east. The only way for a sinning and dlividled people to get back to God andI he united is around the crucilledl Lord. Lesson 8. Through tihe repairing of the temple the law (if God was found. When it wa read before the king It brought penitenit sorrow. God ac ceptedi his penitence andl postponed tihe evIl day. Lesson 9. Jeremiah was arrested1 rnd birouight to t rial b(cauulse he~ bo1lly prochlimed God's word to the nation. The oneic whlomi Godl *15 to proclaim illis word should faithfully dilschiarge his duty regardless of whaint men~ may d~o untio him. L~essoni 10. .Jeholakim tried to de stroy God's WVord by burning it. Try ing to destroy God's Wordl wIll not avert Ills judtgmients. Lesson 11. Because of .Jeremiah's ldelity' to God lie was cast into prison. (Casting the prophet into the (dungeon will not turn aside God's jud~gments. Lesson 12. Nebuichadnezza r captured1 .Jerusalem and1( carried away the peo pile caiptives. Tlhough God's judgments tarry they event ually fall. In HIs Steps. For even hereunto were ye called: becanuse ('hrist also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his stops.-I I'eter 2 :21. Trusting Men. The nman who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.~-Cavour. SIlence Is Golden. Well-tImed silence hath more elo quence than speech.-Martin F'arquhnr Tupner. HOME TOWN 4@ IELP&> SLOGAN WELL WORTH WHILE Campaign for the Ownership of Homes a Movement All Good Citizens Should Boost. It is to beI' hoped that the eatipaign the object of which is to have every family in Its own home may not lan I guish soon, as it is all too likely to do. Tenantry in large cities cannot be abolished altogether; purhaps it would be ufnlesirtble to do so. However, tens of thousands of people would be better off physically, lientally and morally d(i they live under their own vine and jig tree. Vastly too many people are still' unnecessarily dependent upon the wish and will of otfhers, industrially, politically, socially ; a condition tend Ing ever toward slavery, injustice gnd unhappiness. Ownership of anything spells independence in some measure, though it often means restraint, too; and to own one's home, where none dre intrude or make afraid, is the most satisfying of all. The owner of a home Is logically q better citizen, a more public-spirited person, than he would be otherwise. The condition of a neighborhood, the quality of government, sanitary atil social matters, are at their best where most eople own their homes. What does the average renter care for the condition of his neighborhood! A bird of passage, he seldom identiitles him self with the progress or welfare of the community, its does an owner, and at the merest whim he is on the wing. To own one's home is not generally an easy accomplishment, but requires resolution, self-restraint and tenacity. Few slogans are more worth while. Ciicago Journal. CITY PLANNING PAYS WELL Haphazard Method of Allowing Com munity to Develop Is Poor Policy and Costly in the End. The civic leagues and societies that get after the authorities to compel the cleaning up of cities and offer prizes and other inducements for welI-kept .awns, attractive flower beds, re formed back yards and the like are advancing culture and civilization. Many cities have followed Washing ton's example and have art commis sions that pass upon all public work to keelp it in harmony with some es tablished plan of artistic development. We should go further than that. Our building departments carefully ex amine every plan made for private as well as for public buildings and pre scribe just how the walls shall be for strength, how high the building may go, what the sanitary details must be. The people have become used to such control and direction. The city art commission should have greater power and should co-operate with the build Ing department and pass on all plans for all buildings, privaite as well as punblic.-WVashington Star. Roadside Tree Always Worth While. The example Met by the state of Minnmesota,. which will plant some 80, 000 trees ailong Its highways thlis year andI each succeeding year will addi~ sev el-al thlousalnds m~ore, conveys a lesson not only in reforestaltion In a relative ly treeless state hut in the esthetic value Eof arbporiculture as well. Un doubtedly thle years to come will bring their rewvardl and traveler's of the fu ture, if they give the matter a thought at ailt, wii l ay tribpute to the fore sighat which furnished themi with grate ful shatde and1( addted beauty of a pecu iiarly rest ful kind to the landscape. A ribbon of road stretching across a freeless plaitn is but a1 bteak thing, whlereas it becomes an "a1venule" when graceful trees n(Pd in the breezes oni bo(thl sides of it antd travelers Ipassig through inito othIer stattes which have tneglectedl their (pil)prtuntities will not rail to note tihe dtifferenc(e. The road sid~e tree on the Pueifle coa3st is a mat :er wor'thy of the at tention of hothl :he0 planter and1( the conser'vationist. -'Pitrltnd OregontiIan. Select Location for Plants. The south11 sidle of ai structur lI'If ful iy exposedt to thle un1 1a:id1 not shadted In any way Is likely to3 provE' partticu-1 iarly trying for mtan plan)1 ts, especial .y those which re~tiire- ti cool loction3. lhelr follalge is likeliy tol b)ecomel scorchted and14 burned dturing hmot, bright lays itn summerlI, and4 'if the p tlat ~hemaselves aire not killed, they comt 'nonty fait to growv we-tIlattl aire urn :litions haive to he tnE't, lattts whlichi anil wit hstand Cegnsidteralle hea t tand~ :Iryness should be selected. On thte ither haund, care shouIld he taiketn that ilants whieh can wvitIhstandt (4old and( ack of direct sunlight should he plantt ed upon the north side of tihe struc :Ures. Oil and Air-Cooled Motors. As thle result oft tests mallde during :he war at the aircraift factory at Warlntboroughl, Eng., it was1 diemonstratI 3d thalt itn sir-cooled inlternl comnbus ~ion eniginies as mul~ch at 40 to 47 per ~ent of tile cootling was, under cer ain condtitions, donte by thle crank atse. The result has been the design of a so-calletd Qil-cooled engine, in whlich tile crankcase has becen greatly mIla1rged so as to almost completely envelop the cylindcers.-P~opular 340 1 unaies Mugazine. Net Contents 5Fluid Daoi ALGOIIOL -3 iE GENT. AVedelablePrparationforAs similatingthclbod byRegut& tingthetomachs andBowltsOf . TherebyPronotingDIgestion Cheerfulness and Rest.Contains neither 0pum,Morpldne nor 'Mineral. NOT NAuOoTIG Aqla t dDOAr i I1Aan/Jt1N A helpful Remedy for Constipation and Diarrhoea, and Feverishness and Loss OF SLEEP resutngtherefromnlnlafanC . rac-Simile Signature of .'nz Ggrva GoPAN1. NEW YORK. Exact Copy of Wrapper. ID Cents i' The Gauge. 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"Thme Slnn FeIn extremists and thme Ulster ext retmists as well risk too munch,'' said Pa draic O'Shiauhnessy, the Irish ship-buIlder, at a dinne11r In Boston. "T.ihey remind m nie of O'lannmigani. "O'Flannigan, with big handatiige round his head, w~ias hobling down tihe street on a pair of c!rutchues. "ait h, O'Flannigan, what's hap penled to yezT' said O'Rteilly. "''I bet O'D)onahiue ai dllalr,' said( O'Flanniganu.'thatt he1 couldn't enarry moe up a four-story ladder, and I won.'" Like honesty, considerat Ion for others pays. MIarriage is a tie, but not necessar ily a noose. So he matc against the su~ and laughed a kept repeating It was the d had been wait the call for hel It's an easy at coffee warn going strong. But a goa Swimmers woi and a good ma are beginning caffeine in coff Mad Children Cry For A A AR Special Care of Baby. That Baby should have a bed of its own all are agreed. Yet it is more reasonable for an infant to sleep with grown-ups than to use a man's medicine in an attempt to regulate the delicate organism of that same infant. Either practice is to be shunned. Neither would be tolerated by specialists in children's diseases. Your Physician will tell you that Baby's medicine must be prepared with even greater care than Baby's food. A Baby's stomach when in good health is too often disarranged by improper food. Could you for a moment, then, think of giving to your ailing child anything but a medicine especially prepared for Infants and Children ? Don't be deceived. Make a mental note of this:-It is important, Mothers, that you should remember that to function well, the digestive organs of your Baby must receive special care. No Baby is so abnormal that the desired results may be had from the use of medicines primarily, prepared for grown-ups. 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