News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-04
THE |. S. S. LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
APRIL z.
Lesson Text: The TriumphaI Eu-
try" Mark XII, 1-11-Golden
] ext Zech iX., 9-Com-
mentary on the Lesson.

l. "And when they came nigh to ,Jerusa
lem, unto Bethpage and Bethany, at the
| Mount of Olives" After healing the blind
men, as He passed through Jericho, He tar
Fleo at the house of Zaccheus, and spoke the
| parable OF the noblaman and his servants in
which He taught them that the kingdom of
1od would be postponed till He should re
TURN from the far country Arriving at
Bethany we find Him at supper in the house
OF SIMON the Leper, Martha, Mary and
lazarus all being present, and Mary anoints
Hlm beforehand for His burial. luke xix,
John XIII Then follows this lesson, in which
we see Him fulfilling the prophecy written
IN Lech tx, 9, for He came to fulfill the la
and the prophets, to fulfill all Righteousness.
Matt v, 4: iii. l5.l He is now in the last
week of His earthly ministry, generally
called Passion Week, and is about TO
present Himself to His people, the Jews,
as Ghelr King, for the last time. As we see
hml, Amounted with the Holy Spirit, going
ABOUT doing good, we are apt to think Of
HIM on asJesus our Saviour on His way to
Ile cross, showing forth i'll His life the love
anu power OF God; but if we would under
| stand the Scriptures We must not lose
Slgft OF this great fact that He is Israers
Mess an and as such is ever fulfilling before
| tnelr eyes the Scriptures of their prophets
that they may be without excuse for reject.
HIis AAill dhu tnaG since their rejection of
| Him as their King, and His conseouent set
tlng them aside as His people for a time. He
Is no" III the interim between Daniels sixty.
nlnth and SEVENTEEN week gathering out
from Jew and Gentle that new company,
the one body, His church-s mystsry kent
secret from the foundation of the world but
! revealed unto the apostles
-. no yonr way into tine village over
against you" Very often our work is inst
a. Iao' o"t naLlu IN our own house or town viii
laSe, or among those nearest to MS and If we
are unwilling to do the next thing or reject
I Tue opportunity nearest to us, because Der-
! maps It IS small one, He NAV see fit to Give
us nothing else to do, and we stand idle or
nai.liy Seekng work agreeable to us, because
we VIII not do that which He has appointed
/ men the workmen under Nehemiah rebuilt
the "aiis OF Jerusalem it is written again and
( again that certain ones repaired 'sbv his
mouse mouse OF oyer against his house or cham
per. 'Nen: ILL.,, 10, p, $500 las soon as We
( soon as We start forth in His Name ready TO
90 whatever our hands find to do, we find the
Mork all ready for us and nearer to hand
/ than We thought ''0'
snail find colt tied, wherein never
man sat; loose him and bring him. While
Mark and Luke mention only tine colt MAI
NEW mentions the two animals can ass and
a colt with her" Just as SamueI conId Nv
the SPIRIT OF God. tell Saul whom he would
.ueeV CuaS DAY, and what each one would
]
me same Spirit in Jesus Christ knew inst
where tnese animals would be found tied for
t4e spirit OF God Is perfect in knowledge
,Joo 1xxvL, A and He is in every true be-
"ssef 20 teach us al things John xiv, II, 2jl.
.. say We that the Lord hath need of
hlt!l. IN one sense He needs not ANYTHING,
seeing tfat He giveth to all life, and breath,
ana an Things tActs xvii, PSI but He is
pleased TO use weak and foolish things in
% sS Ills purposes if He only finds
I cr and
Hot Ihe readiness of the owner of these ami
!uals IN surrendering them to the Lord so
Giheeriuiiy, and the readiness of Simon to let
oeSuS nave the use of his boat and to wait
Upon nlm luke v, 1-10) rather rebuke us
Ior our OFT unwillingnesS to place ourselves
and all that we are and have at His disposal?
Il 11ey went their way, and found the
colt tied by the door without, in a place
t mmere TWO ways met; Luke says: They
i9u .,Il even as He had said unto them"
lLuhe XXX We will always find it. both in
G6lS world and in the world to come inst as
~ says; and there is no way we can honor
nun IKE believing and obaying His word
wlVnout Questioning. Il believe GOD, that it
s sH oe even as it was told me- (Acts xvii,
:5), is grand life motto for every Chris
. .Iah, remembering also the blessings upon
tnose VINO believe Luke i, IS; John Xxx, 29.
o. hey said unto them even as Jesus
Ead commanded Where the word of a
hing is there is power (Eccl viii. A.. and
When we 90 in His name bearing His mes
s SAGE, we nave only 10 speak His word faith!
L ~ ana le VIII not return to Him void
vIen; XxilL, y; lisa. w., H. The results
mnlcn he intends 10 accomplish are sure to
to1-e; tne responsibility of the messenger is
TO get the message correctly and deliver il
plainly and faithfully in His name. As
Cnese TWO men sought something for Jesus
anu Lor his use, SO We are to seek souls and
We serve
q They brought the colt to Jesus, and
L L 1ne,r garments on him; and He sat upon
hltn. Ihere were two animals and two
men; why did the men not bring the asses
IIulnS upon them? That would have been
appTopr!atlng to their own use that which
tney mad obtained for their Lord No. they
onDtaihed them for Jesus, and they brought
on the colt, He sat thereon. This ass's colt
seeIhs 10 me such a suggestive type of a
sinner unsaved that l cannot refrain from
some allu ION to it; and although not fiattsr-
liz hs 70 Ine sinner, it is very scriptural; let
Sn Ia use 1t who find profit in it. In Job XII,
Il, man Is said to be born wild ASS colt,
ana IN Exodus xiii, 13; xxxiv 20 the first
ing OF an ass and the first born of man are
put on level as regards redemption; this
colt IS found where two ways meet, and may
n o the narrow way of life be said to lead
on from the broad way of ruin, Just by
where every sinner is found. As the colt
nad TO be loosed, so every sinner has
70 Ce ioosei from his bonds with which
''eo~Nh Ids DOunu MIN, as the untamed
COT Is meekly submissive to Jesus,
SO Jesus can subdus and make meek
anu Io"iy the most naughty spirit: as Jesus
IS exalted and the colt hidden, so the business
% Ine sinner brought to Christ is to be
ChIlst bearer. hiding self and exaiting Jesus;
and as Jesus had need of this colt, so it may
De SAID that God wants the sinner to become
ms enid, Jesus wants him to become His
JoihI heir. and the Spirit wants him to be-
come His temple.
the way. These tokens of submission and
adoration on the part of the people, which
was SO short lived, point us to the time when
al Things shall he subdued unto Him Il Cor.
If., ~, and they also seem to ask us: What
uces your submission and alteration amount
TO: Is it sincere, permanent and increasing.
:? 'HoSanna; Blessed is He that cometh in
the name of the Lord" These words are
found in Ps. cxviii., p, &c, the first word
being made up of two Hebrew words sgni-
lying; Save now | beseech thee" In the
same psalm we find iU written: The stone
winch the builders refused is become the
heaostone of the corner" and when the head
stone snail be brought forth with shoutingS,
crying: Grace, grace unto it (Zech. iv., ~,
Then shall this song of praise be sung not as
IL was that Gay, but sincerely. His own words
TO tnem little later in the week were: BE
hod your house is left unto you deSoiate, for
say unto you, He shall not see me hence
orth, till ye say, Blessed is He that cometh
in the name Of the Lord Matt. xxi, IS, 3d.
10. Blessed be the kingdom of our father
David. that cometh in the name of the Lord;
fosanna in the highest" An everlasting
Kin gdon rad been promised to David Ill
sam vii. Chron. xviii, and the promised
dsssiah was to set upon His throne lisa. tx,
y, Z: Luke l., 31-33). The kingdom had been
for three years just at hand, the King walk
},ng their midst, but they knew not the things
which belonged to their peace. they knew
mot the time of their visitation, as He
sees the judgments which shall come upon
them He weeps over them luke xix, Al
~. Even the disciples understood not these
things now being enacte | befors their eyes
unit they received the Spirit of Pentecost
John xii, TO-; showing US how necessary it
is TO be filed with the Spirit and simply be-
hevs what is written.
II. "And Jesus entered into Jerusalem,
and into this temple" Matt. xxi, 14-16, tells
us that the blind and lame came to Him and
were healed. that the children sang His
praise, and that the Scribes and Pharisees
found fault The little children and the
poor and needy ara those who receive bless
ing from Him, while the proud, self-satis-
fed, fault finding religious ones get nothing.
Let us come to Him realizing our need and
our utter helplssSness, and coming thus as
little children we shall know of His fullneSs
and exceeding grace Lesson Helper.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: with
in the past few weeks large number
of irish apoi orrooto bova coi1aI for tho