Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-04-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


From ~ ChisAgp Saandasd.1
The lesson for Tie shove daAs may b found
N The twenty-third chapter Of Matthew, from
Ne twsnty-ssventh 70 ~ thirty-sixth vsrsea
DAux nxADra0A
A-Ths Lesson. Matt rs: 27-80
IA parallel. Lake II: 44-51.
M.-1he truths reception. l ThesA 2: 1877.
T-Castinx ont evil Dsut Is: Gil.
E-eeephen's accusation Acts Z: 5l-6l
6%ernsalenis destruction. Eech. IL.
H-Comfort for diSciplea John l0: 1-l6
INTRODUCTORY.
y z me time q the passover, carly spring
with the custom. have been newly swept The
consPicnous sepulchres freshly whitened and
garnlsh0d IL was good preparation for the
pas.over.outwardly good But says Christ,
Q within. Are Won remembering in your
Asarts the ceremony OF the Intel stain, And
e 2 Lord looks upon the proud, cruel and
hypocritical pharisees, no cannot but COM
psars them with the decorated tombs that
stand ont prominently in the background.
Beauty with0ut-ashes within. The lesson
begfne with words Of woe; 1t ends with weep
w. ,e. nas g are tsrrors f. the opening. there
through the very tears, shines for those that
Mstch and wait. . rainbow OF promise.
blessed !. he that cometh." aAmen, even 90
come, Lord Jesus!"
WHAT n LESSON TKAuHEs.
WOe nsto goa Cut II ont Tho Bible will
Pc much more largely read with these words
omitted. Put il in the apocrypha. Let us make
IN expur8ated edition Of the scriptures with
we .ss.sss left ont. Il will be very popular,
ny Worlds Edition" Of the life and sayings
q ChIist Bat hold Pit up thy knife, %
shall take Away from the words OF the book Of
thiD prophecy. God ehAll take aykav hia mart
ont Of the book Of life.s It must stand And
u y standA let 1t be preached. IL Il not pos
s.oie snat We stay too long st the fore part of
sne Alpns1st IN our teaching and preaching Of
u y = long way from b to ". But il IL tbera,
and 6od Assuredly meant rs to utter his
whole counsal' rom Alpha TO Omega. The
sunday schools and pulpits OF the land are
gwen good opportunity to-day.
.n se ~ and HsGrisees, hgpeerites That i
may be sure, It b Dangerous business. Il IL
much eeeies u stop with tho first or second
part without going into the character title In
tine third member. The most Of the martyrs
iost Their lives for doing NO more than that
n nasy MED ont the name They sold kings,
IN uods rufe elght imagine US doing it to-
day Ny lord. the duke. robber! Father
b, wolf In sleeps clothing! Hon Co.,,
trucker and time-server! Messrs. y and T.,
murderers! veFY i~rptndsnt it would be-
osllcd to-day, now that Huss and Knox and
right nam,, and halls will 30 closed and even
Christians will hold mp hands Of holy horror.
And yet will tho prophet Of righteousness
ever lead the church TO ito own, under God,
until he has walked, even here; In the foo.-
. gossei preached in utter truihfulness!
Whasd sepulchres. Outwarily fair, inwArdly
foul. h electric light Of Gods perfect truth
WAS thrown with Merciless ~irradian-e Upon
the false Jew. 70 shines tire tight to-day, nn
coverln& exptsifg, discomfiting. The legend
: liquid solution BY means Of which he could
bring ont the reaI faces Of DE persons who
Sal for picture& He took the natural likeness
and then. dipping the plate intu his .~yn.sters
ious preparation and cypdeirH II to Lie stin-
iishs hs ~ss abs 70 print the character linea-
features would turn beautiful, sometimes Z
race fair to look upon would change TO ugli-
ness: and once the comely countepance Of agay
young man was transformed i1to the horril
features OF 4 wolf, II VI Remember Alright.
IL wss ne VIZ destroyed the solution.
that Caring so much for the mixing and lay
ing on OF Whitening for the outside, they had
forgotten 10 put away the uncleanness within.
II y . common mistake, aud net simply in
nseters o. DEMONSTRATING: W 4 bort df peri
SNtu.s ..oeItuB HpC tns n'es In ANhben TINES,
Tor instance ~rD-meaning people get no
farther NAN the whitewash part That WAS =
good strong word . few weeks ago in these
columns from our Hartford friend: @What
good thing shall I do that I may have eternal
LIFE IheIel be had put The holy water
besdA gone around the church bp Ga. Rnees
taken hnit conmHnion, bought ! pew. and
sAid hi: prAyer-fhe good thing ras done, and
No could now 30 on servinG the world, the
fesh and tho devil" That will pass with
Master. What was the meaning of his mission
TO the world but . new look swithinsS
fe bathethe tonabs. II il poor atonement
for murder. The state Offers to take the
money gotten from tadit pArticipatioh Ia the
Ennaa annnt slaughter Md build the people
Ate .sylHms for the not quite dead Modern
t~omb-bnildersl Take IN illustration Of an-
othef sort: Yonder, We will say, goes q costly
funeral II ~ paid for, in half hearted con-
siderateness, BY sons who have worn a fond
mothsr's life ont with their evil courses. Or,
IN that church there, You zee . memorial win
dow. telling Of = pastor deceased. 1t was
placed there By .perishionere unmindful
while Gods prophet lived Of his prayers and
sss s,s aad pss 81 gs,t tp-d I. hslf~sir y. ere r
tombs! Honor the truth ct once with loyal
lives. There il little expiation in posthu-
mOus charity.
II We Aad been. Tho. wor Dis ase Very COM
men. ~ It had seen !, We cay. the iniquity
Noa'd not have been Committed we mur-
OF Achan, or Of Ananias, or Peter in denial,
or the jew In Pilates court Stop and think.
You are making the ordinary mistake OF sup.
poaing that 10 @pnt yourseif In his place yot
have cnly. TO tfansfer your lattet-das sef IL
shSee elder day cifbhltstAnSss That 4
yourself With such real OF imaginary ~associa-
sions - will bring 10 bear upon you, 1t your
larger vantage, the same degree of trial or
temptation Look about You now. How are
you meeting tho ~unrighteous allurements Of
the risktsoas calls that Gomez Christliness
makes its v special appeal to every success
i've generation. We show how We would have
met the truth eighteen hundred yea RI ago by
the way We give il audience to-day. Nines
teenth- century seosn Of Carist is drst-century
fs bs W~ita.s.es unto yon,seires. Uondact ID
confession. Deeds tell the doctrine. Il is
the sSule - saying, BY their fruits ye ohali
know them. They have just given Z three
fold testimony against themselves Frs,
they have spoken Of their @istners' q. so.
cessively. gsrnished ". ~ the tombs OF the
slain or dsspised prophets. This act, in itself
6iial, counts against them in its connection.
for, third, they are q heart 3fuL Of hypocri-
~ and iniquity.s II is cumulative testimony
and morally sthe children IL them which
killed the ~prophetas II 10 the Pies Ut 1 life,
the Witness OF wofkA Consider your ways.
Whose children DO they prove you to be.
o Je,unote,ns Jesus and the city. He
cared for it He wspt over il. Do you wish 1
here II anwthtn@ .horiH stir kha rhArch a.