The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-05-02
THE COMMAND 70 wArcH.
international sunday school Lesson 70
May 8, 1880.

International Sunday School Lesson for
May 8, 1880.
Especially arranged from n 8. Quartcrlyl
Lesson TExr-Mark 3:24S7.
GOLDEN TEXT Take ye heed, watch and
pray; for ye know not when the time is.-
Mark 10 1873.
CENTRAL TRuTn--To watch and pray is
our privilege, our duty, our safety.
TiME--Tuesday afternoon, April 8, A. d.
80.
PLACE-Mount of Olives.
CoRREspoNDrNa ScRIPTUREs-Matt.M "a 30
81; Luke 81 :25-36.
CrpcUMsTANcEs-Thi lesson Is contin-
uation of the last lesson. Jesus, in full
view of Jerusalem, two days before the
crucifxion, is giving comfort and instruc-
| ton to His disciples.
| HELPS OVER HARD PLACES pa. Sun shd'tbe
tdrltened. to be taken either C) fguratively,
representing great civil and social commo-
tions, or (2) literally. 1t applies figurative-
| ly to the first two comngs, and probably
| literally to the third. 25. Po,rc,x IN Heaven:
| IL taken figuratively, "the Invisible influ-
ences which rule human society,"" ii liter
ally, "the solar system" 20. In clouds: as
He went to Heaven. (See Acts 1:9.11)
With spiritual and heavenly powers. Great
po,rcr aud glory: manifested in the estab-
| lshment Of His Kingdom on the earth.-
| Schaff. 81. Send His angels: heavenly angels,
the ministers, "angels Of the churches"
(Rev. 2:1), or any messenger and agencies
Of God FPS. 1O4:4; Heb. 1:7-14). Gather His
elect. His chosen ones, His disciples; the es-
tablishment Of one church; the heart-unity
of the church. From the four Winds: denot-
ing the four quarters of the world; !. O.,
from every part 30. This 0cncrdtfon to be
taken 0) literally, and referring to the de-
struction of Jerusalem (see Mark 9:D, (2)
in the sense Of race or nation, meaning
that tho Jews should not cease US distinct
nation till the fulfillment of these things
and Christ's Kingdom have come.
FULFrLLMENTs-n) All these things were
fulfilled in the first era Of Christ's coming
(see last lesson), which began on the day
of Pentecost and ended with the destruction
Of Jerusalem. The Kingdom was then es-
tablished The new graft of the Gospel dis
pensation was united with the old olive
tree Of tho Jewish dlspensation, and by the
fall Of Jerusalem the old branches were cut
away, leaving the graft to grow alone into
the perfect tree (see Rom. IL: 1926. The
living, personal Christ was in the church,
guiding and ruling it. 1t had become one
great, true church. 1t took place within the
generation then living, amid all the signs
foretold. Note that almost every earnest
longing for Christ's coming in the New
Testament Except that in Revelation) was
written before the destruction of Jerusalem,
and the era of the Gospel Kingdom. Note,
also, that the Christians, needing these
warnings, left the city of Jerusalem before
it's destruction and went to Pella. in the
mountains, 80 that not one of them per-
ished. (2) 1t will be more completely full
filed in the full coming Of the Kingdom Of
God on the earth There is O growing unity
of the church. Christ is becoming more
and moro vsibly present. The connections
and troubles foretold always precede the
establishment Of Christianity in any nation.
False Christs are arising. The Gospel is
being rapidly preached to all nations.
Jerusalem is still trodden down Of the Gen.
tiles, and the Jews are still scattered, but
there are signs of their return, of their
being again grated into the magnificent
tree of Gods Kingdom. 3) The fulfllment
at the day of judgment is in the unknown
future, but is the certain completion of the
Kingdom Of God on earth.
CoMMENTs-Things against which we are
to watch. The dangers which beset the
Christian did not all pass away when perse
cution died out. Times Of persecution have
their great dangers, but times Of prosperity
ore not safe. One Of the dangers to which
the apostles were to be exposed, and against
which they were to watch, arose from the
liability to be deceived in religious matters
New teachers of religion were to arise, wht
would try to draw them away from Jesu.
of Nazareth These deceivers would bt
very clever and plausible men, who, il i
were possible, would deceive the very elect
just SO in our day there are men who ART
getting new revelations Of one sort or an
other, by which they try to supersede the old
Things for which we are to watch. Chris
taught His apostles that it was their dut.
: to watch for His second coming. He tolt
them that He was going ION far journey
w. 34), but none the less bade them watch
In verse 81 He broadened out the comman,
so that it includes you. Jesus Christ ma,
not come during your lifetime, but 70,
are to be in the attitude of watchfulnes
none the less. That He viii
come again is sure That He vii
come suddenly is sure. That His comm
will be like snare to many, catching ther
unawares, is sure. That His coming wi
find many unprepared, like the five FOOLS
virgins, is sure. "Watch, therefore, lest
!, coming suddenly, He find you sleeping.
The true mariner not only watches agains
storms, but he also watches for favorin
winds, that he may take advantage of then
and be the more surely waited to his d.
| Slrcu maven. CareleSSneSS lies at the roc
Of much GOODNESS. 80, too, the young Chril
tian may proftably watch for opportunitie
Of usefulness Many wounded man ha
I been left to perish, not because those wh
passed were priests or Levites, but becaus
they were careless laymen, who never sa'
, the man ut all. No day will 20 by, unde
: ordinary circumstances, in which the watcl
full disciple will not see instances when b
can be Of use to his fellow-men. We are r,
sponsible for not doing, as much as for d.
ing; and most probably our sins Of oml
sion far outnumber our sins Of commission
The Saviour's accusation against those Q
His left will be, because they did not mil
t ister to Him, and their excuse will pass Il
n nothing. A. f. Schauf1er.
= PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
/. Dark and troublous times are sure
= come before the kingdom Of God can be Q
!. tablished. ,H
2. These should not discourage us, b,
bring comfort and faith, as signs of the COZ
ing. PgtH
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