Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-22
CIIRIST'S MISSION CLOSED.
LESSON XIII, eECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATiONAL SERIES, JUNE "a.
Golden Text, Matt. xviii, 1s-His Final
Teachings, Lessons I-v--His Final Suffer-
ings, Lessons vI-Ix-His Resurrection
and Final Commands, Lessons X-XII.

CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly. by |
permission of H. s. Hoffman. Philadelphia, pub |
Usher.
The second quarter of the year is devoted
to the closing scenes, final lessons and com
mands death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ-events and teachings transcending in |
importance all other earthly events what
ever In the first quarter the calling Of his
disciples and the preliminary work were I'M
folded; we now come to the distinctive doc
trines, the warnings and judgments, and
after them the shameful and painful death
which sealed the divine testimony, followed
by the visible proofs Of life and immortality
brought to light, and the command to carry
the Gospel into the world
The first lesson is the parable of the mar
rage feast, how those first hidden rejected
the message. how a multitude Of all sorts of
people were then called and accepted, and
how even one of them was found without a
wedding garment and rejected The teach
ing is plain The Jews first received a reve
lation and neglected it; Christ came and sent
his servants, the apostles, to tell them all was
ready, and again they refused, covetousness
being the prevailing cause, then the apostles
went to the gentle world, and all sorts and
conditions of people accepted the call. And
of these some failed on the final test No
great learning is required to understand this
last: we see the formal professor daily,
showing that the true work of grace Ia not
in his heart
The second lesson lesson XIV, April s. pre-
sents an abrupt, startling break in Christ's
general tone He is no longer the gentle
friend he Is the great and terrible Judge,
pronouncing woe upon the blind guides, the
''Ceneratiou of vipers." IL is a terrific In
dictment; but 80 far as It was history it was
known to the indicted themselves to
be true, and so far as 1t was proph
ecy It was soon to be fulfilled The
Jews were soon to fill up the measure of their
iniquities by fierce prosecutions, and within
the lives of many who heard Christ Jerusa-
lem was destroyed 90 A d., after the most
frightful suffering by its people, and the
Jewish nation was utterly blotted out The
essential point OF the lesson is that God is
Just Judge. as well as a Saviour and Friend.
Lesson XVI continues the warning with
an exhortatiop to watch, and then comes
the remarkable parable of the ten virgins,
with the same lesson, and to a considerable
extent the same figures and similitudes as in
Lesson XIV The parable of the ten talents
continues the teaching as to our Lords
second coming, again emphasizing the ter
rible fact that even of the chosen servants
one did and many may prove slothful or
faithless- Indeed, this fact appears in al
most every teaching, and is at the last most
painfully confirmed by the treachery of
ouuas. One toiiU III .nio pdiooie 10 quioe
oenciVeiy pun Inc .iooniul oelvao'' when
calieo 10 aceouno' a' once oeean " nno iauiO
WILD 'ne conoil'ons vi inc 0rusO' aiio 10
exaggeraoe one eAac'ing uisposi'ion Oh LIS
ioro' even charging uiin Wild cruelty anu
aVaficioushess 10" very uh'uiaii 10"
CLOSELY ooes u correspond WIN wna we 30
oipen near from nen WHO complain OF the
rigor Oh Dioie ooc.rine' anu 'ne iorus to
ply Is sui1cNn' ans"er 70 an 'nose VINO com
pam Oh cnis ol Ina, % nnu uoo.fine ne
says IN elIec' oha' one oohlpiain' Is taise, put
even II one serVah' oeneVeu i" 'rue' inou
ougnCest 50 lhucn 'Ie more nave gwen 'ny'
sen ~ " .'is oue' a ap'u ~, .nee "
~, ue Jug o, "a .as " - =.
Maot Ky, 1-.as PUoaoly De.h lnoie
tnoroughiy anu nes, otI ~ uiScusstu 'hah any
ooner seI'fou VI one view Ie1.tih'nH Is
es'in'a'eo 'i1c soi'e uui'oi Gus VI VoduiiieS
nnve on N,''.n upou VI. '.nee uieeA
worn aoiiios eoeIna' anu 'uh' 'ne one
ques'ion hS !" "neone' oie Juusiteh's ai
c"n'eii,fo'u1y =, uo''s'i'e iaS oti''eh ioi III
| l.. a.
iisheo sermons IN urea' nritain aione ana
u ~ inoeeo rel,lArhaole 1las WIN al TINS .ne
ooe'rine nsio oy 'ne Oiii 's,nin cnurcheS uas
not greatly varied iro'n ierouiiiah' IN tne
oecoha century WI no" on one Po'n'
only does tnere appear unarReo cnahge,
ana that not OF practica', importance IL
was long neio 'na' Ine judgment WIS 10 oe
one great event, ~neh al human beings
would appear oerore ene urea1 "hite
lhrone; OUT now many learned ana pious
men hoio that onere are separate resurrec
ions ana successive Judgements peiei ID
eitner Is not oest OF iaitn' tne reahty is
a"tul enough ne IL one event OF many Inc
scriptures are open 70 al oehevers 70 STUDY
ana decide LOT themselves, 80 tne reader Is
referred 70 Ihess ~: 1915 II lhess l.
7-io; Cor XIV go rev Xxx, o. and XIX
entire: II Cor " III, and parallel passages
with the close OF tine prophecy on the Judg-
ment, change appears; that lesson most ap-
propriately ends the comprehensive lessons;
thereafter IT would seem that Christ consid.
ers His mission as teacher at an end. and
sets the example OF making hnai arrange
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