News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-14
THE |. S. s. LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MARCH II.
Young" Mark X, 13-32-Golden
Text: Mark Y, 14-COm-
mentar, on the Lesson.

Text: Mark Y, 14-Com-
mentar, on the Lesson.
So land He came to Capernaum." He
had shown them His power and glory on the
| mount of TRANSPORTATION, thus assuring the
/ three who were with Him that, though nov
/ despised and re- ected, He YVES not merely the
lowly man He appeared to be- but also the
! true son of God as vel as Son of Man, Israels
| Messiah; and If they would be content to
bear the cross with him now, they ould in
due time share His glory. When they de
scended from the mount, they found the man
with the demon assessed son whom the other
| disc ipeS had tried in vain to hea and as
Jesus cast out the demon He tod the disci-
I pies that their failure was due to unbelief,
but at the same time added that this kind
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting"
Matt. xvii, 2l.l He then passed through
Galee teaching the disciples by the way and
for the second time plainly foreto.d His suffer
erings, death and resurrection verses 3U-39,
! but they understood not, for they had other
thoughts in their minds and looked for
different result 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 sim
| ply and eiievingly sub ect to His word.
"a. by the way they had disputed among
themselves who Should e the greatest They
had rot talked so He could hear, but He had
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I tx, AZ; as we journey on il our church and
( Sunday school work and ordinary daily life
! BE is always perceiv ng the thoughts OF our
hearts and 1t is not true that instead of seeing
I there whole hearted sympathy with him IN
/ HIS great aim to have the Gospel preached
10 every creature, He tften our aim
to lie that we may have the finest church
building, or hrgtst congregation. most sue
Cessful Sunday school, or i'll S me way the
praise of men rather than His approval.
| Why cannot our aim lie that of II ul That
Christ may be magnfied in our bodies,
whether by life or by DEATH making orr
selves all things to all men that we may Icy
all means save some.n (PhIl. IL, .; Cor. tx,
22) To this end let us seek Him with the
who'e heart. remembering that He searcheth
all hearts and understandeth all the imag ina
tons of tie thoughts Il Chron. xviii. ~
-. Ii any man desire to be first, the SAM
shall be asst of | and servant of ALL So
again in Chap. Y, 1915 whore He repeats
the same teaching, adding that lie Himself
IS Son of Man me not to be minisered unto
but to minister, and to give His life a ranson
for many. lie ord OF the Lord to Baruch
through Jeremiah was ''Seekest thou great
things for thyself! Seek them rot" der.
XIV, 81 And the word of the ord to US to-
day does not vary from that. for If the ord
Jesus sought not His own glory while here in
HIS humiliation, surely no true fol over of
HIS should seek honor or glory for its own
sake in a world that is at enm ty with od
IS. He took child and set him in the
midst of them In our last lesson, which
was much later than this in point of time,
Re took infants in His arms and taught that
the kingdom must he received as a little
child for otherwise it could not be entered
and that to come to HIM We must COZ Q in
entire helpessness and dependence, simply
believing His word; Eringing nothing of our
own, but receiving all from Him as an I'M
merited gift.
Sn,lidren IN MY raIne. IsSelN eth Me- and
aMe.s.sl,ut Himaihat sent Me- Not many
workers for hrlst think it so great or impOr-
/ tant to work among the children and gather
them in as to eat h the older o. eS; and not
many think it as great wo k to reach the
IoCr of this world who cannot do much to
support tie chur II and have apparently
moth ng hut sous 10 be saved, as to reach the
more well to 10 people who can be of some
service to the church and help in so many
ways; nice families - with whom we can
associate, you know. aud who are really in
fiutntjal 4! pcop'c. 1t is not true that half
dozen such families are more in the eyes of
some Christians than fifty, or even five hun
dred, POOR people: Now, what can lite
child do TO hep the church. or what gain can
there he in receiving the children INTO the
fold of Christ; Surely this verse answers tire
cues ton; to receive a little child, or one of
the weakest or poorest of earths tile ones is
to receive Christ himself, and 10 receive
Christ is to receive the Father W no sent Him.
80. I'VE forbade him because he fclloweth
not u.s." W hat a " FETCHED, God-dishonoring
finn this Nv q, [ S q 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 he thinks he
does, Well if John, " HON Jesus loved one
/ of the favored three, and that one who lay
/ OH Jesus bosom, was in sympathy with this
sort of thing, we need not wonder if we find
the same spirit still existing in those who
clam to tie in the line OF apo stole succession
/ or our part we do not see anything desirable
/ in being related to or descended from men
1 who acted thus. or denied their Master or
forsook him in HIS hour of greatest trial
I 80. Jesus said, Forbid him not" Blessed
Master, Great Head of TIE church. we thank
Thee that III reference to the little children
( Thou diGst say: Forbid them not:n and in
refer cnce to this worker outside tire apostolic
/ company ] hou didst say: FORBID him not"
We would rather lie descended from Thee
than from any of the apostles; rather be
commissioned by Thee than by all the
apostles combined; rather he filled with Thy
Spr than hinder in any way the humblest
laborer in Thy vineyard.
30. "He that is not against us is on our
part" This word looked at in the light OF
hat previous word: He that is not with
Me is against Nc, AMI he that gathereth not
with Ne scattereth abroll" MAT. Xxx,
}B, certainly cannot be held to tsach that if
man is noS openly against Christ therefore
he is for Hin. The case in question was that
Of a man actually working and doing COOL
IN the Nans OF Christ. a1i jesus says of
him. b Is not agailsj uS, even if he is not in
or company, therefore, fol-bil him not. So
H. VI Ill nave Us b;I Col spoil to every
on who in any way WORKS in Fl name, AMI
sss that We pu5 NJ hin Iran e il their way
but rather help them.
Al. "Whosover shall give yoI a cup OF
water to drink in Ny name, because We be
long to Christ, verify say unto you. he shall
not lose his reward" Eternal life is the Eft
OF Col an l must BE- rece we'd as a he pless
child receives what is given to it: salvation is
IN every case Ito him that worketh not, but
believeth" Rom. w., 81; then Icing saved.
we are pat emily, meekly and lo,iHgly tc
work out in our daily life the salvation VIII c5
we have thus freely received, Lot
lying upon nor seeking the favor of men.
but seeain with the whole heart the saliva
ton OF sous valuny the soul of little
child, the poorest of earthS children, as
much as the soul of the wealthiest of earth's
great ones and to this enl ready to work
with any who love the Lord Jesus, or at least
put no hindrancs tefore them, even though
their methods be different from ours
40 whatsoever shall offend one of these
little ones " = " Three times in the rest
of this chapter He speaks of the fire of hell
as the awful alternative If any are found
who persist in going against Him or His
lit 10 ones who represent Him. He wants
all t. be saved is not willing that any shout
perish has made reconciliation for all III
Peter ill.,, .: | finn. H., 4; | John H.. 3, but
if any prefer the service of Satan to the love
and service of Jesus Christ, they will have
none to blame hut themselves if they spend
eternity in he everlasting fires prepared for
the devil and his angels Lesson Helper.
WE have all heard of buildings in
Europe which are epics in stone; but
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