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INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
By KEITH L. BROOKS
(Managing Editor “The King’s Business,” Secretary Correspondence Courses
of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles)
The teacher should be able to work
oat an interesting character study
by assigning to different members of
a class one of the lessons on Peter,
and requiring the student to bring
out good or weak points of character
discovered in the study. Portions of
Scripture, not covered by the Inter-
June 26, 1927.
Review: Lif« and Letters of Peter.
with himself and all the others. Noth
ing was going as he thought it might
go, should his advice be followed.
The Master reproved him in the
Upper Roomj he hated himself for
falling asleep in Gethsemane after
all his boasted devotion; the Lord had
replaced the ear he had slashed off
with his sword He was in a bad
To assist in the preparation of
such a lesson, we submit some out
standing points
In every way Peter seems to be the
most prominent of our Lord's disci
ples. Even the beloved John makes
a vague impression upon us in com
parison with Peter. He seems to be
about the only man we know until
Paul appears on the scene. Behind
that peculiar make-up of Peter, our
Lord must have seen the great pos
sibilities of a noble life and service.
Dr. Tuck says: “To one who is
skillful in reading human character,
Peter’s weaknesses are the sugges
tion of his strength. A man must
have something in him to be impul
sive; there are energy and enter
prise in the man who speaks at once,
and he may leam, by and by, wisdom
and self restraint.”
From the first introduction to Je
sus, he became passionately attached
to Him, wholly devoted, almost jeal
ous, unable to bear anything that
seemed a slight to Him o reven to
hear Him speak of Himself and His
/nission in a way that suggested de
feat.
Being a natural leader, Peter
seemed to be always expecting Je
sus to say and do what he would do.
This enthusiasti-c i admiration ex
plains many of Peter’s impulsive
acts and statements. He little knew
the weakness of his own nature and
the pressure that would be brought
to bear.
\ Thi5 glorious thing about him is
that he recovered himself after he
had reached the depths, showing that
he was indeed the “rock-man” our
Lord had seen in him. Restored by
his divine Lord, he started on a new
career, and though his faults more
than once cropped out, he took the
leadership of the apostolic company
and carried the Gospel banner on to
a glorious victory.
Dr. Plumptree says: “Through all
the scenes of his life we see the na
tural character of ihe man breaking
out ever and anon, showing its weak
ness and its good. He is foremost in
his confession, and the first to re
tract; he alone throws himself into
the waves to join his Lord, and then,
his faith failing, he begins to sink;
prominent in all questionings and
murm'urings, impetuous, zealous, but
also wavering and inconstant; in
years a man, but in character a way
ward boy, needing the education of
the Divine Guide.”
Impulsiveness is his outstanding
characteristic That may signify eith-
national Lessons, may be assigned. i„ood. Instead of going off to sulk,
he followed the arresting party, got
into the high priest's palace, and
then, caught unawares, he denied
with oaths.
He struck bottom, but he did not
stay there. Only a strong man could
fall so terribly as he did, and only a
sincere man could have recovered
himself so quickly. “Blessed is the
man who can use his stumbling
stones as paving* stones in the way
of success.”
Peter, study man that he was, was
not above shedding tears. He ac
knowledged the utter failure fo his
own ways, and threw himself upon
the mercy of Christ. “More disas
trous than any drouth in the physi
cal world,” some one has said, “is
that in the religious world caused by
a dearth of penitential tears.”
Peter stepped at once into the
foremost place of service. No one
ever thought of disputing his right
to it, in spite of his disgrace. Neith
er John nor Paul ever presumed to
take first place. Peter was the man
eminently fitted for it. He preached
the Pentecostal sermon and opened
the door of the Gospel to GJentile be
lievers.
Let us not forget that this was the
Peter who had been run through the
mill of humiliating and disciplinary
experiences. It was a man taught in
the school of Christ, a school where
one learns the worthlessness of hu
man nature. It was a man filled with
the Holy Ghost, a man to whom
Christ was now ALL.
These are the secrets of power for
God. May it not be necessary for us
to have such a self-revealing fall as
Peter had before we may leam to
surrender all to Christ! May we
truly say at once: “Lord, Thou know-
est thao I love Thee.” It was this
that made Peter what he afterward
became. As Chrysostom says: “If
John is the disciple Jesus loved, Pe
ter is the disciple who loved Jesus.”
CAMERON
This week will about close the dew
berry season
If the newspapers do not want to
give Lindberg a rest they might have
some pity on others.
Rev. Mr. Little filled his appoint
ment! )at the Presbyterian Church
Sunday night and preached from the
subject, “Love to Christ.”
Rev. O. A. Keller who was con
ducting a meeting last week at East
Sanford Baptist Churcch, invited the
er a weak and'restie7s nature ora '
strong and enterprising one. Peter
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a day of last week in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blue Smith and
children, of New Bern, Mrs. R. A.
Smith, ofNiagara called an afternoon
of last week on the Correspondent.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cole, Miss Mary
McNeill, of Lee-line, spent the after
noon of Sunday with Henry and
Horace Morrison and their sister.
Miss Lizzie, on Lee county border.
Mrs. J. W. Thornton and chidlren,
of EKinn, were recent visitors of
Prof. and Mrs. J. Clyde Kelly. Re
turning home Mrs Thornton was ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and
children, and enjoyed a delightful
visit. Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Thornton
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Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, of Green
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Mrs. J. E. Collins on Breezy Sum
mit.
Miss Pauline Snipes, who is in
training at the Wesley Long Hospi
tal in Greensboro, spent Sunday at
home.
The handsome new brick veneer
bungalow of G. S. Cole, on Breezy
Summit, is nearing completion, and
is equipped with all modem conven
iences.
Carlisle Gibson, of Hamlet, was a
Sunday evening guest of Miss Bonnie
Muse.
Pleased to report Mrs. Lula Muse
on the road to recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stuart, of
Aberdeen, spent Sunday afternoon
with Rev. and Mrs. M. D. MccNeill.
Misses Thurla Cole and Kate Har
rington spent Monday aftemoon in
Sanford.
Hugh Allen, of Portsmouth, Va., is
on a visit to his home folks on Rt. 2.
The B. Y. P. U. of Cameron Bap
tist Church gave a play at Jonesboro
Sunday night, the title being “Far
mer Brown's conversion to the doc
trine of stewartship.”
Mesdames Rufus Swett and Fred
Swett, of Hamlet, spent Friday with
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Swett, of Cam
eron vicinity.
Mrs. Lee G. Mclver, of Sanford,
spent a night of last week with her
mother, Mrs. Laura Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. McNeill and
Miss Ada McNeill spent Sunday with
relatives in Laurinburg and Laurel
Hill.
E. L. Ray, of Asheboro, is in the
McKeithen Drug Store this week,
filling the vacancy made by his sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Ray, who is away
on a vacation.
Miss Sallie Beatrice Coore, on Rt.
1, spent the week end with her sis
ter, Mrs. J. W. Cameron.
Misses Thurla Cole, Jacksie Muse
and W. A. Muse attended the sacred
concert at the Presbyterian Church
at Carthage Sunday night
Now that the dewberry season is
^over the Cameron reporter will have
a chance again at the Woman's Club,
John Charles McNeill Society, Mfer-
ry Makers, etc.
Miss Pauline Thompson, of Vass,
is a guest this week of Miss Lula
Gaddy.
The finest spring turnips and beets
I have sampled this season were
grown by J. A. Phillips.
Mrs. H. C. Hudson and children,
Mrs. Henry Hunter, of Turkey, were
visitors last week all the home of
Mrs. Hudson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Hunter.
Prof. Clyde Kelly and Rev. Mr.
Little attended the call meeting of
Presbytery at Fayetteville last week.
D. A. Cole and nephew, Herbert,
on Big Springs Route, were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Cole on Lee-line.
The Correspondent is greatful to
Mrs. W. C. Spivey for some very fine
harvest apples. I enjoyed a Sunday
dinner of delicious apple dumpling
like mother used to make.
Miss Ada McNeill has received re
cently a letter from a near relative,
Friday, June 24, j^2r
Miss Anna Buchannan, of Brandon
Miss., who was teaching at Leland'
which was one of the places hit hard
est by thfi flood. Miss Buchannan
writes a very interesting letter and
gives a graphic description of the
flood which must have been exceed
ingly terrible. The last train came
into Leland on the morning of the
21st and by evening there was 10 feet
of water in the town. She says she
thought of Lot and his family when
they were fleeing from the dreadful
danger. All she could take along, or
had time to gather, was her hand
bag. She says, “you can double and
re-double anything and every thing
you read in the papers and you can
not imagine it is as bad as the real
ity.”
Lindberg sails high, Coolidge keeps
cool, and the flood victims suffer.
seems impulsively strong, in danger
of becoming merely stubborn. Jesus
saw in Him a nature worth disciplin
ing, and so stood ready to overrule
all the bad mistakes Petter made.
Do you feel you can do nothing
for the Lord? The selection of Peter
has its lessons. The Master has in
sight of our characters and possibil
ities. We have wondered how some
men ever get into positions of high
trust. The master discemed some
thing that we did not. To Christ,
men are what they may become. He
sees the end from the beginning. If
We are ready, as was Peter, to fol
low Him, we may cause our light
to rise in obscurity (Isa. 58:10, 11).
Many things led up to a time of
sifting for Peter. Reading between
the lines, we see a tendenccy to want
to make Jesus go Peter’s way. To
a man of his disposition, it was no
easy thing to play second fiddle. He
would make up his mind what Jesus
ought to do, and would be greatly
disappointed, and perhaaps peevish,
if Jesus did not go that way.
When he saw Jesus taking a course
that to him spelled faihire, he no
doubt had a struggle to keep faith in
Christ. The last strain came when
he wae annoyed, disappointed, angry
church, to fill the pulpit Sunday at
Cameron Baptist Church, which he
did, and preached an excellent ser
mon
Rev. and Mrs. M. D. McNeill spent
a few days of last week in Tarboro,
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gabe
Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cole on Lee-
line, returned last week from a visit
to their children in Raleigh and
Wake Forest.
Mrs. Mary Agnes Hobbs and
daughter. Miss Margaret Hobbs, of
Fayetteville, spent the week end
with Misses Mamie and Kate Arnold.
Mr. and Mrs. W E. York and chil
dren, Mrs. W. P. Joyner and son, of
Fayetteville, came over for Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wooten.
Mrs. Joyner and son, Paul Wooten,
remained for a week's visit.
Rev. J. W. Hartsell, who recently
sent in a paid-up and renewal to Th^
Pilot, has had his porch remodeled
with brick pillows, his house recov
ered and repainted, which adds much
to the appearance. The work was
done by his two grandsons, Roy and
Hartsell Hendricks.
Miss Ruth Wooten renews her sub
scription to The Pilot this week,
given as a present on “Father's Day”
to her father, W. M. Wooten.
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