The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-03-16
AS A LITTLE CHILD.
LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, MARCH II.
Text OF the Lesson, Mark Z, i3-32-Com-
NIT Verses FL. 22-Golden Text, Mark
Z. "a - Commentary by Rev. ID. nj.

Text OF the Lesson. Mark Z. i3-sa-Com-
init Verses Ell. 22-GoIden Text. Mark
Z. IA Commentary by Rev. ID, M.
Stearns.
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80 "And He came to Canernoun, Ua
lad shown them His power and glory on the
mount Of TRANSPORTATION, thus assuring the
three who were with Him that. though now
eespised and rejected, He was not merely the
.owly man lie appeared to be, but also the
| true.oon or God as well as Son of Man, lsrael's
Messiah; and if they would be content to
bear the cross with Him now, they would in
due time share His glory When they de-
scended from the mount, they found the man
with the demon possessed son whom the other
disciples had tried in vain to heal and as
Jesus cast out the demon He told the dsci-
pies that their failure was due to unbe-
lief, but at The same time added that this
kind goeth not out but by prayer ana fast
ing" Matt. xvii, eli He then passod
through Galilee teaching the disciples
by the way and for the second time
plainly foretold His suiferiugs, death
and resurrection verses 1892. but they m
their minds and looked for a different re-
suit, How many Christians are even now in
the dark concerning things that are coming.
because they have other thoughts than Gods
in their minds, and are not simply and be-
lovingly subject to His word One result of
their unbelef was that instead of being in
fellowship and sympathy with Him as He
journeyed to the cross, they were thinking
and talking Of their own individual inter
ests and reasoning among themselves as to
who should be the greatest in the kingdom
which they thought was then close at hand
luke tx, 46l
"a. ''By the way they had disputed among
/ themselves who should be the greatest"
They had not talked SO He could hear, but He
/ had perceived the thought of their hearts
duke TX, 40 as we journey on in our church
end Sunday school work, and ordinary daily
life de is always perceving the thoughts Of
our hearts, aud it is not true that instead of
seeing there a whole hearted sympathy with
Him in His great aim to have the Gospel
preached to every creature, He often sees our
ain TO be that we may have the finest church
building, or largest congregation, most sue
cessful Sunday school, or in some way the
praise of men rather than His approval
/ Why cannot our aim be that of Paul that
Christ may be magnificd in our bodies
whether by life or by death !" making our
selves all -hings to all men that we may by
all means Save somen PhlI 20, | Cor tx
22l To this end let us seek Him with th,
whole heart, remembering that He searcheth
all hearts and UNDERSTANDABLE all the magma
tions OF the thoughts. Il Chron. xvii, 81
% "lf any man desire to be first. the
same shall be last of all and servant Of
| all" So again in Chap. x, 1916 where
! He repeats tho same teaching adding
that He Himself as Son of Man came
not to be niniStered unto but to minister
and to give His life ransom for many. Tho
word of the Lord to Baruch through Jere-
miah was 'Seekcst thou great things for thy
sclfi Seek them not" tier. xiv, So And
the word Of the Lord to US today does not
vary from that, for if the Lord Jesus sought
not His own glory while here in his humilia-
ton, surely no true follower of His should
seek honor or glory for its own sake in
world that is at enmity with God One
reason why the disciples were disputing as to
who should be the greatest, was their not I'M
/ Outstanding the object OF Christ's first coming
to suffer, the just for the I'M just to be cut off
and have nothing lisa. Iii, 5, Dan, tx, 90; and
one reason why there is so much emula-
ton and strife among churches and Chris
tianS now is because they do not see clearly
their position i'll this world and their relation
to it and TO Christ, and have not enough Of
Ills spirit wEo was meek and lowly i'll heart
and BUNDLED Himself even unto death.
So. "IIc took a child and set him in the
midst of them" In our last lesson which
was much later than this in point of time,
He took infants in His arms and taught that
the kingdom must be received as little
child, for otherwise it could not be entered;
and that to come to Him VIC must come in
entire hclplessness and dependence, simply
believing His word, bringing nothing Of our
own, but receiving all from Him as an I'M
merited gift.
81 "Whosoever shall receive one Of such
children i'll My name receiveth Nc, and
whosoever shall receive NE, receiveth not
Ne, but Him that sent Me-" Not many
| workers for Christ think it so great or mpor-
tant to work among the child en- and gather
| them il as to reach the older ones, and not
many think it as great work to reach the
poor of this world who cannot do much to
| support the church and have apparently
nothing but souls to be saved, as to reach the
more well to do people who can he of some
} service to tie church and help in so many
ways; nice families "a with whom we can
| associate, you know, AMI who a-e really in
luential q people.
| So 1--WE forbade him, because lie followeth
! not u.s. What a wretched God dishonoriug
firm this I'VE, Us g. Co." certainly is
/ and because this one who cast out devils in
| Jesus name was not OF the company of the
! apostles he must therefore stop his good
! work if John knows anything about it; and
| le thinks he does.
50. Jesus said, Forbid him not" Blessed
Master, Great Head of the church, we thank
/ Thee that in reference to the little children
! Thou ddst say, Forbid them not" and in
reference TO this worker outside the apostolic
/ company Thou didst say, FORBID him not"
/ 40. HE that is not against Us is on our
Dart" This word looked at in the light of
4 that previous word, lie that is not with Ne
! Is against Me, and he that gathereth not with
! Me scattereth abroad" Matt. xii, 30, GER
! tain!y cannot be held to teach that if a man
! is not openly against Christ therefore he is
! for film. The case in question that of a
nan actually working and doing good in the
! Name of Christ, and Jesus says Of him, lie is
! net against us, even if he is not in our COM
| pany, therefore, forbid him not
| Ill. Nv 'osoever shall give you cup of
| water to drl k in NV name because We be-
! shall not lose his reward" Eternal life is the
| Gift of God, and must be received as a help
| less child receives what iSsgiven TO 1t; saliva
/ ton is in every case ''to him that worketn
not, but believeth" Rom. iv, -; then being
! saved, we are patiently, meekly and lovingly
| to work out in our daily life the salvation
which we have thus freely received, not re-
| living upon, nor seeking the favor of men,
! but seeking with the whole heart the saliva
! ton of souls, valuing the soul OF little Child,
| or the poorest of earth's children, as much as
! the soul of the wealthiest of earths great
| ones, and to this end ready to work with any
/ who love the Lord Jesus, or at least put no
! hindrance before them, even though their
! methods be different from ours.
A. NV hosoever shall offend one of these
little ones =" Three times in tie rest
! of this chapter He speaks of the fire Of hell IA
/ the awful alternative If any are found who
| persist in going against HIM or His little
/ oleI, who represent Him