The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-09-25
PARABLE or THE VINEYARD.

PAHAoIe Of Jhe viNEYAhD.
International sunday-school Lesson for
October 8, 1890.
LHssoF TExr-Luke 20:o.Io
GOLDEN TExT-He Is despised and rejectedof
men.-Isa. 53:a
TME-Tuesday, April 4, A. d. 90.
PLACE-In the Temple at Jerusalem.
PARALLEL AccoUNTs-Matt. 9i:Ss46; Mark
l9:t.1a.
LESSON HINTS AND HELPS.
0. "Then began He to speak to the peo-
ple." Because the scribes and elders
rejected Him. He had silenced but rot
convinced them. See vers. 1-S. "A Ger
tain man." Called in Matthew house
holder, a landed proprietor, owner of an
estate. "And let it forth to husband
men," 1t is customary in the East, as
in Ireland and in other parts of Europe,
for the owner to let out his estate to
husbandmen; i.e., to tenants, who pay
him an annual rent, either in money, or,
as apparently in this case, in kind
Abbott. "And went into far country"
rather, as in the Rev. Ver., another
country. #-h
| 10. '.And at the season he sent" At
the time when the fruit was ripe.
"Give him Of the fruit" The house,
holders share, as his stipulated rent
for the use of the vineyard. "But the
husbandmen beat him." A verb which
strictly means to fay or skin, but is
secondarily applied to the severest kind
Of scourging. g.-Alexander Sand sent
him away empty" that is, without tho
fruits for which he was sent.
II. "And again he sent another" The
gradual growth of the outrage is clearly
traced. ~ The first servant they
''caught, beat and sent away empty;"
(2) at the second they ''cast stones,
and wounded him in the head, and sent
him away shamefully handled;" (S) the
third "they killed. d."-Cambridge Bible
10. Sand again with marvellous
patience and unconquerable love) he
sent third" Mark adds, "and many
others" The prophets sent to the Jews
were many. The messengers Of God to
us are many. "And they wounded him
also and cast him out" Mark adds that
they killed some. sit
IS. "What shall I do?" All that the
wisdom and love Of God could conceive
was brought to answer this question. The
answer was: "Jesus Christ the wisdom
and power of God" 81 will send my
beloved Son." God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have eternal life John
8: 1877 SIT may be they will reverence
him." This is what he naturally had
right to expect
IA. "They reasoned among themselves,
saying: This is the heir" Christ is the
heir of all things Heb. l: ~. J. .Come,
let US kill him that the inheritance may
be ours" If Jesus was the Messiah,
and He was introducing the Kingdom Of
God, the whole spirit Of which was 80
different from theirs, then they would
lose their places as rulers, as teachers,
ss men Of influence, their authority
over the people, and their chief busi-
ness. NJ 'ei'fl =
| Is. $50 they cast him out ofuthe vine
yard" The aot Of casting out denotes
the whole rejection of our Lord, but per-
haps with an allusion to the literal fact
OF His suffering without the holy city.
| (Heb. 18: 11-18). - Alexander. "And
killed him:" q the Jews did Jesus. They
killed Him that they might possess: and
because they killed they lost--Augus-
tine. bs,
IL. "He shall come and destroy these
husbandmen." There was nothing else
to do. "And shall give the vineyard 10
Others" ''Tho others" were tho Chris
tisn church, the new Kingdom Of Hesv-
on, which took the place OF the Jewish
Nation after the destruction Of Jerusa-
lem. See Acts 18:48. "And whom they
heard 1t, they said: God forbid" No
other English phrase could we'll be sub
sNtuted for this, butit is worth remem-
bering that the name of God does NOT
appear In the original and that the ejac-
ulation is simply, q il were, = negative
Amen. $50 be It not" 8..s,,
II. Sand He behsld them" Looked
earnestly and intently. "What u this
then that Is writtsn?s v Referring them
to Ps. 11s: ~ ss-A psalm which the
Jews applied to the Messiah. s'The
stone. Tho stone b the whole king
dom and power Of the Messiah summed
up In Himself.-Alfofd. (which the
builders rejected."e The builders answer
to the husbandmen: they were appointed
Of God 70 carry up the spiritual build
Ing, as these to cultivate the spiritual
| vineyard. The rejection Of the chief
cornerstone answers exactly to the do.
nying and numbering the heir. Trench'
''The same is become the heed Of the
corner" Christ u DECLARED elsewhere
In the New Testament to be the corner
stone Of His church. See Acts 4: III
1 Cor. 8: II; Pet .: 9, 7.-Abbott.
10. "Whosoever shall fall upon that
stone" Whososver Ntumbles ct Jesus
in His humiliaaion, Snd rejects Hia
olaims, failing 10 ses I'm Him theil
Messiah aud Ssviour. t0hsll DO broken
Shall suffer great injury, and yet It may
not be utter destruction, for it is still
possible to repent and be saved. "Bui
on whomsoever 1t shall fall" When
Jesus was exalted to tho right hand oi
God, and the people still rejected Him
resisting the latest and greatest indu'
enoes of Pentecost, and the time had
come when the destruction could nc