The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-10-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN lMTEREeTlNGAND 1NSTRuc-
TIVE LESSON.


Reflections Of nm Elevating Character
Wholesome Food for Thought ~ Study.
Ing the scriptural Lesson Intsliigenfly
ana Probably.
The lesson for Sunday, October 10. may
be found In Like %: 24-31.
INTRODUCTORY.
Christ teaches his disciples here an inn
portants lesson. 1t is really a comparison of
the two Kingdoms. Thereis a kingdom of
this world with. its petty rivalries and am
billions. With that the disciple Is to have
little, IL any, j art. But. says Christ, there
Is another Kingdom where you, too. may
reign. and SO he adds: al appoint unto you
a %kingdom.n That spiritual kingdom Is
even now, as our Lord speaks. approaching
its fulflment. Its price is being paid in the
several incidents that follow. Its bright
dawning is with the day of Pentccost. lis
meridian is not yet.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
There was. Probably the translation u
gested by Albert and Scott: There had
been, IS not far from correct here. This in
cident IS probably thrown In, just a little
out It its place. The conversation re-
ferred to had probably taken place in con-
nectlon with the act Of seating Themselves
at the table....A strife. A strange word.
(Philo-neikta: love OF battle.) Contention.
and rivalry are also given as renditions of
the term....Or, should seem (dokei). The
greatest. Properly, greater.
Gentilcs, or nations. In general for the
world. Exercise lordship. One word in
the Greek, to be master oyer:...Exercis
authority. Also one word in the Greek, TO
be possessed OF power... .Bencfactors.
Rightly printed with Il capital in the re-
vision, the name euergetes being frequently
applied as a compliment to kings. DR..
Bliss is doubtless correct here in saying that
this means nothing more, as compared with
the preceding clause, than a statement of
the same truth, the terms being merely in
verified.
But ye shall not be so. Literally, but We,
not so, the implication referring TO the
present as much at least as to the future
THE younger. who usually served in the
Oriental household lie that is chief.
One Greek word meaning a chief officer, or
goyernor....He that serves. Likewise one
word In the original, meaning an attendant.
the same word in ecclesiastical relations
translated deacon (%diaknon).
Whether. Better, which,. He that sit
teth at meat. One Greek word, the re-
elmer or reclining one, referring to the
Oriental posture at meais....He thai
serveth. Sane word as in preceding verse.
the present participle OF to serve, or
attend. Or. in the midst Zen mesol.
This more accurate translation seems to
bring out the relation Of attendant to the
f~easters, who, sitting about the rectangular
tables, were served from within, !. e., In the
midst. This attitude Christ had just been
Taking III tne Washing OF tHelr leet.
Continued, Or remained constant. My
temptations, or trials. The Affections and
prosecutions Christ was called upt n to suffer
as an earth-pilgrim.
Appoint unto you. Properly, bequeath
or covenant to you....Even as my Father
See Psalm 2:S, 81 will give thee the
heather for thine Inheritance
That he may eat. Descriptive of the
privileges of the "kingdom," which WORD
ought, as in the Revision, to directly pre-
cede these words. being modified by them
My table. The my seems TO be en-
phatic in contrast with the table by i'm
plication In v. 21....And sit. Future tense
And We shall sit on thrones. (Rev. 3: 2l.)
Simon, Simon. Spoken perhaps quietly
to Peter. 1t Is interesting to note that this
particular dfvulgence Is told alone by Luke,
....Hath desired, or asked for. Jesus seems
to imply that satan's special aim was Al
Peter.....sift. In the sense of trial or test.
Satan here unwittingly wrought for God,
shaking the chatf from the wheat. His the
chaff, God the wheat,
have prayed. Literally, Iprayed, as OF
a distinct That their faith fail not.
this same word Is used. His faith faltered
but did not perish. When Satan had rudely
sifted there was still some faith left. ..
Converted. Literally, when having turned
back. Strengthen. Angels. never having
experienced redemption, could not do it sc
we'll. See Peters epistles.
WHAT H LESSON TEACHES.
But ye shall not be- so. Rather, we are
not so. The spirit of the kingdom OF ligh
is wholly different from the spirit of TIN
Kingdom of darkness. Would that we ccul,
. read this text Alright, putting into it no
I simply the thought of eXpediency or propri
| ETY., but Of a divine necessity. We get t
patterning after the world; it is natura,
Then we look at our Master, and we thin
he is saying to us in a sort of commiseratin
. and indulgent way, .You ought not to d
so,n or In a kind or wistful manner, 9Wil
you not try to be diffcrent?n and so W
, stumble along half in one kingdom, half i
the other; the language of Canaan onl
partly learned, the milk and honey of tn
: new land only tasted. Oh, that the churc
could hear the firm, clear, imperative, ny
are not So" In so tar as we are sso,n W
, are not Christ's. Thi~'-"s that awhile.
! am among you az