Sunday School Lesson
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the doctrines of men that the
Individual economic effort la
the sole key to the kingdom of
material well-being.
We worship a Father of all
races, and yet we teach the
commandments of men ? keep
other races In their place and
continue Inferior education,
housing, and Job opportunities
for them. And the tragedy is
that we are consciously sincere
on these matter*.
At Oxford John Wesley
Joined a small covenant group
of students. So sincere was
their religious practice of going
to church, praying, visiting the
sick and imprisoned, and tutor
' ing the young that. In derision,
they were nicknamed the "Holy
Club." John Wesley had the
cleanest outside of the cup you
could ask for. Later he went to
Georgia as a missionary to the
Indians.
Twenty years after student
days at Oxford Wesley preached
from the university pulpit. He
said that day that he had been
almost but not altogether a
Christian. He Insisted that he
had had the form without the
Inner power of godliness. Even
heathens live by moral rules,
he said, with some regard for
justice and truth.
Being Almost Christian
1 The almost Christian has the
form of godliness ? the outside
of a Christian in every respect,
i He does nothing the gospel for
bids. He keeps all the com
mandments. He does good at
I every opportunity. He is found
; in the house of God on every
' occasion not for show but with
the deepest sincerity.
He leads his family in daily
devotions and sets aside times
daily for private prayer to God.
In doing good, In abstaining
from evil, in attending to wor
ship, prayer, Scripture, and the
Holy Sacrament he seeks to
serve God, to do his will. But
with all this he is still not alto
gether a Christian.
Being Altogether Christian
What is implied in being al
together a Chrjstian? What
does it mean to have the in
ward substance as well as the
outward shell ? to have the
power as well as the form of
godliness?
Being altogether Christian
means that you love God with
your whole heart, mind, soul.
and strength ? that you find
your delight, your goal, your
loyalty in the Lord.
To be altogether a Christian
means that you love your
neighbor as yourself. Who is my
neighbor? Every man in tha
world. We are to love our
neighbor as Christ has loved ua
? with patience and Kindness,
without envy, never boastful,
nor conceited, nor rude; never
selfish, nor quick to take of
fense.
' Being altogether a Christian
Implies the basis of It all, even
faith. For In spite of our hypoe
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