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"V. Live in peace. 



(a) Do not clamor for your own way ; (1)) keep 

 a humble opinion of yourself; (c) accepl 

 criticism, if true ; ignore, if false. 

 VI. God of love and peace. 



(a) He will dwell in yon ; (b) love and peace 

 will win ; (c) these attributes of God arc 

 inexhaustible, eternal. 



Text — " Therefore let no man glory in men, for all 

 things are yours." — i Cor. 3:21. 

 Intro:— Salvation with its hopes and destiny is 



so grave that it is only safe to act upon 



authority. 



I. The greatest victory any one can attain 



is freedom from the bondage of people, 

 (a) " Glory in men'" is the great barrier to 

 religious advancement; (b) '"glory in 

 men" stultifies impressions of truth ; (c) 

 "glory in men" produces a weak compro- 

 mising spirit. 



II. The modes and methods of glorying in men 



are as follows, 

 (a) The assumption that the type of piety 

 around you is the Bible type ; (b) the 

 modification of the Holy Spirit's ideals of. 

 conduct to the usual and ordinary prac- 

 tice around you ; (c) when one's desire for 

 and estimate of the associations and attain- 

 ments of others is not based on holiness ; <d) 

 the use of policy rather than piety. 



Text — "And when the King came in to see the 

 ■guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wed- 

 ding garment; and he said to him, Friend, how earnest 

 thou in hither, not having a wedding garment ? And 

 he was speechless." — St". Matthew 22:1 1-12. 



