WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON The Cost of Discipleship . — ■ I. mI --V Text: Mark 10:17-27; 12:41-44 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him. and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may Inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments. Do not commit adultery. Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor they father and mother. And he answered and said unto him, Master, all th«re have I ob served from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him. and said unto him. One thing thou lackest; go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them. Children, how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury : and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance: but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. The International Uniform Sun day school lesson for April 29. The Cost of Discipleship. Mark 10:17 27; 12:41:44. BY WM. E. GILROY, D. D., Editor of The Congregationalist. The topic of this lesson for young people and adults is given as “The Peril of Riches.” It is a good title in relation to the incident of the rich young man who came to Jesus, but it is apt to put the cost of dis cipleship too much upon a money basis to be quite as satisfactory as the general topic. Possibly, however, we should face quite clearly and courageously the putting of the cost of discipleship upon a money basis, even though that is not ali that is involved. It is in the sort of adherence to truth and righteousness that means an actual sacrifice of self-interest that both the world and the church are conspicuously lacking. Now and again one comes across types of people who give lavishly to good causes, where there seems to be associated with their gifts a fair amount of vain glory. Sometimes such givers wish to dominate by their influences the causes to which they give. Sometimes the gift is strangely at variance with certain ida-Christian things in their own lives. But. after all. these cases are the exception, as are the genuine freeminded, free hearted givers. The great mass of people are loath to give. They will talk a great deal about religion, but wrhen It comes really to showing Ltietr love ana meir lojany vy micci sacrifice of what they own, it is an other matter. So we should not lay too little emphasis upon the peril of riches, or the love of money. Deeper Meaning But granted the truth of all this, the real sacrifices of Christian life and dhscipleship go deeper than ma terial things, rhere is the surren der of life Itself to the will of God. and when that Is made it carries with It a sense of stewardship In relation to all one's possessions. There are people who have achieved Just such self-surrender. Their gifts do not begin to be to taled in actual contributions of money, for their wnole lives are de voted to the causes In which they believe They would not think of ■pending lavishly upon themselves Full of Kmpllnrw. Prom TU-B1U, "Noises la my head keep me awake" “That's impossible “ "How * thsl." "You can l transmit sound t'.tough a vacuum.'* ■■■■ ' ' +#'" — w—— Q When was ths first electric tight put into use? K A. A In ltd sn are lamp was In stalled in a lighthouse et Dunge new England, and supplied with • utrent from a cumbrous magneto etertrtr machine This was the first regular electric light In servie or of using the things that God has given them for unimportant or tri vial ends. They have achieved in their lives a central consecration of will and purpose to God, and even though they may attain great professional or business success, this is incident al to the supreme privilege of living to the glory of God. It is in these, rather than in those whose religion is casual and simply a part of their lives, that we should find our great example of the high est Christian way and practice. It is in such souls who have achieved this crucial and central surrender to Christ that we find the highest example of discipleship; but in them it is not so much the cost of discipleship that we think of as its glory. The more we look into this story of the rich young man who came to Jesus and who, when Jesus invited him to join the inner circle, turned away sorrowful, thinking of his great possessions, the more we re alize that his failure was not so much because of his love of riches as because of a more crucial inner weakness in his character. He had not come to the point where he was able to face a tre mendous issue in a tremendous way. The trouble with him was not sim ply that he loved money, for the like lihood is that he had no more love of money than others. The real trouble was that he l.Q_plrpri prkiiratrp onH the nnwor Af decision, that his religion was large ly formal and superficial, a matter of propriety and conformity to rules rather than the dominance of his life by some profound sense of righteousness and truth and a mas terful power of love nnd loyalty, Probably we shoulu not condemn him too readily, for these are great things in which most men are lack ing. But when one thinks of such su preme opportunity that came to this young man. surely he might well pray that if such opportunity ever came his own way. he might not fail In the hour of Invitation and testing. Chance for All As a matter of fact such oppor tunity does come to us all. It may not be to Join the inner circle of disctpleship. for we should remain - The Kerr W«<» Over Prom Tlt-T. la, Helen: I fear I have made a mis take. Ruth Why? Helen Jack proposed in a tael cab The minute I accepted he paid the fart and we gut out and walked. Q Was Will Rogeir r ally the mayor of Beverly Hill*? J. V H A Will Rogers was made the good will' mayor of Beverly Mills. Cal by the Chamber of Commerce, December SI. ikM. TREES By Joyce Kilmer. I think mat 1 shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sw't flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day. And lifts her leafy arms to pra>; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain Who intimately lives with rain Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. I I—" o THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN (April 17, 1790) Thus, some tail tree that long hath stood The glory of its native wood, By storms destroyed, or length of years, Demands the tribute of our tears. The pile, that took long time to raise, To dust returns by slow decays; But, when its destined years are o'er We must regret the loss the more. So long accustomed to your air. The world laments your exit made; So long befriended bv your are, Philosopher, Vis hard to part! When monarchs tumble to the ground Successors easily are found; But, matchless Franklin! what a few Can hope to rival suen as you, Who seized from kings their sceptered pride. And turned the lightning's durta aside! --— National Origins. From Christian Science Monitor. Congress has definitely shelved the national origins provision ot the immigration act for at least an other year. This postponement—the second which this intricate piece ot legislation has experienced—prob ably points to an eventual repeal ot that particular section of the law. Originally it was to have gone in to eftect on April 1, 1927. Just prior to that time the House Immigra tion committee reported that "too much uncertainty exists as to the requirements of the law; tire uncer tainty will continue from year to year, it seems far belter to nave im migration quotas for the purpose of restriction tixed in such a manner as to be easily explained and under stood by all,” and, finally, “there is little to be gained by changing the method." The Senate concurred in this, and President Coolidge issued a proclamation postponing the go ing into force of the national origins section of the law. inis year much the same thing happened. The Senate committee voted unanimously for postpone ment of the provision, while half the committee members favored its definite repeal. Opposition to the plan centers on the difficulty of ascertaining exact ly what was the origin of the popu lation of the United States in 1920. To trace the original or native stock of the United States it was decided to go back to 1790, when a census was taken. However, the records of the states of New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee were lost in the Washington con flagration of 1814. Another census was taken in 1800, but the re.urns from Georgia, Kentucky, Mississip pi, New Jersey. Tennessee, Virginia, the Indian Territory, and the Northwest Territory are again missing. Moreover, there Is no means of checking the source of immigration from Europe during the first 70 years of American national life. Up until 1850 the master of each ves sel simply informed the pert au thorities that he carried a certain number of immigrants, and if his vessel was British, the Immigrants were classed as English, although they might actually have originated In any part of Europe. Q. Hew were the funds raised tc build the Moffat Tunnel? T. W. A. The Commercial and National Chronicle says that a score of years ago Mr. Moffat and associate built the road from Denver over the Di vide into Routt county, but the mountain curves and steep grades made it different of profitable op 1 eration. Since then the people of Colorado, and especially Denver have wanted to tunnel the Rockies and lower the grade to make pos I sible the successful operation of this road, and connection to Salt Lake To accomplish this, a tunnel district w'as formed in 1922 composed of the counties Denver. Grand. Routt. Mof fat, and parts of Eagle, Gilpin, Boulder. Adams, and Jefferson, and Issued $15,4701000 in bonds. The tunnel was completed and operation began February 25. 1928. ♦ ♦ Q When was modern short, i hand invented? Short-hand dates back to 1588 when Dr. Timothy i Bright produced a system in Lrn i don. The system of John WHlis, | however, published in 1602. was the i foundation of all subseauenr oner. bcr that where Jesus called some to follow him he sent others back | home to bear witness In the r own environment to the new experience that they had found. The latter tiling is often harder, than the former, but this is sure, that to every man and women God gives, through Christ, a call to a true life and ministry. The wav of discipieship is open to us all. It is ! still, as of old, a way of glory. Perhaps If we thought more of the glory and the privilege, we would not be so much concerned I about the cost, or we would pay the cost without being conscious of any sacrifice. As a matter of fact we can never do anything for the Master in comparison with what he has done for us. 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