The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-04-18
THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS.


international sunday school Lesson for
April n. 1859.
Especially arranged from y. 9. ouartorly.l
Lesson TExr-Mark IL 1884.
GOLDEN TExT-Love u the fulfilling Of
the law.-kom. 1910.
CENTRAL TRura--~And now abideth Faith,
Hope, Love; but the greatest Of these is
love. tF
TIMs-A d. 80, Tuesday. April 4. The
same day ss the last lesson.
PLAcE--The temple court, at Jerusalem.
PARALLEL ACcouSr--Matt. 22:3440
INTERVENING SToRY--After Jesus had
spoken the three parallels, one Of which
we studied last Sunday, there were three
attempts to entrap Jesus, 80 as to have oc-
casion for arresting Him and bringing Him
before the Roman court. First came the
Pharisees and Herod,sns, with . difficult
question about tribute. Then came the
skeptical Sadducees with q puzzlng ques-
ton about the resurrection. And now
comes q scribe, one learned in the law, with
hard question.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs--2S. One Of the
scrtbcs. those who wrote out the Scriptures,
and were learned In them. Witch ts the first
commandment first in importance and bind
ing force. This question was constant
bone Of contention among the scribes. 20.
Hear, O Israel, etc. from Deut. $40. Tho
Lord our God 70 one Lord. One OF the best
services science has done for religion Is the
completeness Of the proof that there is but
one God, by proving the unity Of material,
Of force, Of government throughout the
known universe. The unity Of moral law Is
another unsssailable proof. We believe in
one God and only one 30. All thy heart. af-
n<~kt xs-1 ~~..lt o.. ~RA a A.
sires, disposition, character. The mind: re-
Elective and reasoning powers. These in
clude the whole being. All thy strength: the
full and entire devotion of all these powers.
81. Thy neighbor. any one whom you can
help A. MvscJ: not as one does, but as
one ought, to love himself. Nopc :. . greater:
they include all others. 80. .Hore than
burnt offerings: love is the highest act of
which we are capable. a. Not far from the
Kingdom: he only needed repentance and
faith to be within.
REASONS FOR LOVING GoD suPREMELY--
Q) He is supremely good; He IS the sum Of
all good. He that loves God loves all that is
good and hates all that Ia evil. (2) Ho is
not only good, but lovable His goodness is
attractive; it Is worthy Of love. (3) All we
have and are we owe to Him; and the only
way in which we can make my return il TO
love Him and obey Him in love-
That is all that Is ours to give;
to withhold 1t Is unutterably mean.
| (4) "rhe best thing in man is love, and God
wants the best" (T Such love not only
honors God, but elevates man. Love is the
most ennobling act of the soul; and the
nobler and higher the object and the more
intense the love, 80 much the more is the
one who thus loves ennobled, purified, en-
larged, exalted in nature (6) God draws
specially near those who thus love Him.
His infinite power, His loving care, protect
and enfold them. They shall be safe. They
shall be useful. They shall be blessed.
LOVE FULFILLING THE LAw-Love fulflls
| the law in two ways. ~ It makes the
keeping Of the law completely full. Unlov-
ing obedience satisfies no parent, much less
our Heavenly Father. (2) Love leads to the
fulfilling Of the law. He that loves God
will obey God.
| ALMOST IN THE KINGDoM-Those are moi
I far from the Kingdom who, like this man
are ~ Of q sincere and open mind. The
soil of their hearts Is not so numbered with
thorns Of worldliness and formality that the
seed can not enter. (2) Those who, like
him, realize in their minds the true nature
Of the Kingdom, and see plainly what they
must do and be. (8) Those who with these
things are Of blameless morals, and have
not to break of deep-rooted and tirm.growr
habits. (4) Those are not far OF who art
| yet young, and have been trained undel
Christian influence and In BiSle truths
knowledge Of the Bible In its spiritua
meaning brings US near to the Kingdom.
| NoTE-D That those who are merely
near to the Kingdom are not saved. e.
That they will not remain near. They mus
either enter, or drift farther away. (8)
will be sad thing to be lost after havin(
been brought SO near. The contrast viii
greatly enhance the misery. ~ When on,
Is near Is the best time to enter.
COMMENTS During the life Of our Lort
men came to Him with all manner Of quee
questions. Among these men was one VIII,
had asked Him, saying: (which 10 tn,
first commandment Of allr' To this tn,
Master gave the immortal answer which w,
have In our lebson for to-day. In the plac,
Of the ten commandments given from
Mount Sinai, he placed two; and they se
forth to Us the fact that in lovs 10 the full
fllment Of all that God requires Of US. In
stead Of saying: "Don't do this, and dom
do that" 1t merely tells us to love Coz
with all our hearts, and our fellow-men al
ourselves, and oil else will take care Of It
self. Jesus Christ seeks to elevate men b,
| AONos AAO obOS AOoE ouu uOoAIO AOT I0WbEu
each In its proper place, but He never ex
ats them above love. Fear may arouse tn
sinner to anxiety, and the assurance Of re
ward may gladden. the heart of the striving
saint, and Tor these purposes they are oftei
used In the Bible. But they are never for
moment placed above love. The great com
mand on which hang all the law and all tn
prophets remains ever the same. This 4
the great and unique popularity of tn
Bible, that it alone Of all religious book
places the foundation Of religion where
ought TO be. It alone points out the patl
that leads to true religion or reunion Of tn
soul with God.-Rev. A. F. Schauffler.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. When one does any thing we'll, 1t bring
more Of the same kind TO do
O. Tho basis Of all the commandments i
in tone God, infinite, eternal, and unchange
able in His being, wisdom, power, justice
goodness, truth and love-"
g. We must always hold with the utmos
tenacity to the unity Of God. We believe Il
the trinity,--in three "persons" (not thre
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