The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-08
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MARCH 10.
Lesson Text: 1.-The Child Like
Spirit" Mark tx, 3342-
Golden Text: Mark x,
15ACommentary.

H. And they brought young children To
him, that He should touch themn Matthew
says that de should put His hands on them
heed to the children, and many 1ere tbeir
instructions to teach them conforming the
wonders which God had wrought for tbei,
fathers and the laws which He had given
Josh. .iv., 81, %; Ps. xviii, 4s). and now
that the fulfillment OF the law and the very
wonder working Coz. of Israel was I'm their
midst ano W was Sit it not beautiful to bring the chill
"His disciples rebuked those that brought
them" The generation who speak thus have
not died out: they are selfish and cannot DO
bothered DOT with the children; they are blind
protesting to be His people. Where the
spirit of Christ is there will be not only love
Tor the children, but they will be brought to
Jesus. W.
IA "When Jesus saw it He w,s much die
pleased" think this is the only time that
1t is written that He was displeased with the
disciples, though they did often grieve Him
ny their unbelief and hardness of heart.
s9her the little children to come urto Me,
and forbid them not, for of such is the
Kingdom of God." What a word this is for
those who teach the little ones. and for
mothers Mt home; remember Jesus never
changes; he is ever the same; therefore
bring the little ones to Him, dedicate them to
Him, train them up for Him and count them
His from their very childhood.
ID. w hosoever shall not receive the king
e dom OF God as little child he shall not enter
calls them infants) has nothing, needs every
thing, is entirely helpless and dependent, and
believes what it is told and when we come
In this spirit OF utter helplessness, empti-
ness and simple faith, protesting not to
bring any ything with us, but ready to receive
the salvation which God is ready to give as
free and unmerited favor, then shall we be
torn again, foretaste Of the kingdom come
the kingdom.
IT, He took them up in His arms, put His
hands upon them and blessed them.n oh,
happy children and happy parents! they
would never forget that day. We do not
after life of those children, but surely we
shall meet in the kingdom the children whom
Jesus took In His arms and blessed It is not
possible that this interchangeable Jesus can be
multitudes of infants which are constantly
passing out from this earth. Let every
mother who has lost a babe find comfort
here aud ,G also read Carefully Duet. l., 80.
may inherit eternal life" Here is a youue
man, a ruler among the people. and very rich
iMaCt. XIX, 22; Luke xviii, Is, 2;A; and ac-
cording to this verse in our lesson, he comes
running and kneels right down in the street
before Jesus, and in the presence of the peo-
pie, and utters these words. He does Ger
tainiy seem in earnest. and he does not seem
10 care what people may think or say
OF him; he wants eternal life and is ready to
do any good thing that he may get it. He has
wealth and influence end NOT many;'churches
barrier 10 hie1lssy SnsiSsss' saveut s'--'--;,:
they wenla tc;Sssssstisto get HIM in; he would
be such power, Yoc know, and such a nice
who seeks his soul and not bis money or in
fluence.
1s "None good but one, that is God" As
If to say, God is the only one who is good,
do you acknowledge Me as Godm "He thnt
cometh to God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder Of them that diligently
seek Him" Heb. XII, o.
l9. "Thou knowest the commandments.
Matthew says: "If thou wilt enter into life
keep the commandments" So also in reply
to the lawyer who asked similar question
to that OF this young ruler, Jesus referred
him to the law, saying: 'This do and thou
shall live" luke xj. Now we know that by
justified in His sight. and that the law can
not give life, but can only make us out sim
ners and shut our mouths (Rom. ill.,, 10, 90;
Gal iii, 81, 2N; why, then, did Jesus direct
this man to the law! Surely that he might
be convinced of sin and thus led to receive
eternal life as free gift from God.
20. master all these have observed from
my youth" lie was no nner in his own
eyes, but righteous man, having always
kept the law as he thought, and was now
ready to do something more if he could thus
obtain eternal life. He was ignorant of
Gods Righteousness and going about to es-
tablish his own, Rom. K, 1-4l
II. "One thing thou lackest." But that
one thing was everything He was no help-
less, dependent, empty handed little child;
he was full Of wisdom and riches and right.
eousness and to receive eternal life he must
first be emptied of these, and led to see him
self as only q sinner in the sight of God
justly deserving His wrath.
%. He was sad at that saying and went
away grieved." He made his choice, and
preferred present things to things unseen, his
than the cross How unlike Moses, who
esteemed the repoach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had
respect unto the recompense OF the reward /;
or Paul, who suffered the loss Of all things
| that he might win Christ and be found in
| Him. Heb. XII, %; Phil. ill.,, S.) Tho practi-
cal question for us is: what is our choice,
| and where is our treasure. and is Jesus more
to us than all else" For if any thing OF any
| one occupies a superior place to Christ in our
| hearts and lives His own testimony is that
we cannot be His disciples luke xiv, 26-3:0.
| G}.2o. How hard is it for them that trust
i'm riches to enter into the kingdom of God"
Inc heart can only have one supreme ruler,
ana II that one is wealth, or pleasure, or
learning. or anything i'm this world. then the
| only rightful ruler-the Lord Jesus Christ
Us dethroned and usurper has His place.
| Mother OF these are in themselves sinful, but
| 26 -. "They were astonished out of meas
ure." Gods thoughts and ways so differ
ent from ours that until we are wiling to lay
aside oil our thoughts and opinions and sim
| ply believe what He says, we will often be
sorely perplexed; and il any one prefers
their own thoughts and ways to those OF
| God, they will continue in darkness and not
have felt that fellowship with the Father and
the Son which is their privil ge. Let all
reasonngs be cast down. and every thought
brought into captivity to the obedience OF
| Christ III Cor X. s.. with God all things
are possible" AMI all things are possible to
him that bcleveth CHAP. tx, 23 whether he
| be rich or poor.
2S-3i. "An hundred fold now, u i with
prosecutions, and in the world to come eter-
nal life" We have seen the manner of en-
! tering the kingdom, and the bindrances to
entering it, from these two object lessons Of
tho children and the rich young ruler. and
now, in answer to Peters question, we have q
simple statement concerning the pres.
ent and future prospects of the follower OF
| Christ. All true believers become blood re-
lations Of each other redeemed by His
| precious blood: all are to Him as mother and
sister and brother, and should be the same to
each other, one household of faith, members
! Of one family Prosecutions must follow il