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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
DECEMBER Il. 80
Le son Text: "Jesus Made Knd
Luke xiv, 2S-43-Golden
Text: Luke xiv, 81 u
Commentary.

prlsed that they had reached the end OF
their walk so quickly, for with pleasant
company and such instructive converse.
tion as they had enjoyed long walk
they have reached the end of their walk, and
He will not further thrust Himself upon
them unless they desire it. He has enIight-
ened them, and instructed them, and made
them glad; and now it is for them to say IL
He shall continue with them or pass on
How often has He by His Spirit given us
light upon His word, both in public and In
private, but have we always felt grateful
and desired to detain Him, or have we will
ingly allowed Him to pass on. He will not
tarry where He is not wanted. 81
go. "But they constrained Him, saying,
Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and.
the day is far spent. And He went In to
tarry with them" Foolish and slow to be-
lieve though they were. yet He is easily com.
strained and goes in to abide with them
How much they would have missed If they
allowed Him to pass on. 5z
80. "And it came to pass, as He sat at
meat with them He took bread and blessed
it, and brake and gave to them" 1t may
not be necessary to see here that which He.
instituted on the night Of His betrayal as q
memorial Of His death till he come again;
but the action and the words are so similar
LUKE 34u., lol bnaI we cannon nelp LhlukinH
Of it. and as they afterward rehearsed the
matter that same night to the disciples at
Jerusalem they told how He was known to
them in breaking of bread tverse 35). he IS
the living bread, and what BE did then, and
at the institution of the supper, and In an
other sense when He fed the 1000 and ths,
5000, He is ever doing: giving Himself to US
to be our daily food, life, satisfaction al, till
he come again. 81
81. "And their eyes were opened and
they knew Him: and he vanished out Of
their sight" In moment they understood
why they had been so interested; they knew.
whose company they had enjoyed; the report
Of the women was indeed true; their own eyes
had seen Him. But He was gone; as mys-
teriously as he had joined thenf (which per-
them; gone in a moment. So shall it be with,
us when in bodies made like unto His phil.
i'll, 20, 2D we shall reign with Him over the
earth REV. ", 8. 10. We shall go here and
there as he may send us, appearing and dis,
appearing at pleasure. manifest to and eem-
panions Of those on earth, In His service, but
no longer Of the earth.
80. "And they said one to another, Did not
our heart burn within us while He talked
with us by the way, and while He opened to
us the Scriptures" It was precious heart
burn which they enjoyed by the way; the
burning of holy peace and joy and delight,
because of His presence; that blessed pres
ence which burns out self and sin, and the
world, and self righteousness and self pleas.
ing, and lays and keeps us low at His feet for
His service and pleasure.
33. "And they rose up the same hour, and
returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven
gathered together. and them that were with
them" What a contrast between the sad
hearts Of q few heurs before when they left
the city and the joyful hearts which they now
possess az, unmindful Of three score weary.
furlongs, they speedily retracs their steps.
The discouraged are now the JOYFUL bearers
of glad tidings; the backsiders are restored;
and the cause Of the change was the manifes-
tation of risen Christ unto them person.
ally and in His word.
"a. "Saying, the Lord Is risen, indeed, and
hath appeared to Simon" Paul also mentions
this appearance to Peter Il Cor. xv., 81. How
like our Lord Jesus to appear specially to that
poor, self-confdent disciple whom Satan so
severely sifted, but for whom Jesus prayed.
So Godlike, but so unlike what man would
do.
35. Sand they told what things were done
in the way, and how He was known of them
in breaking of bread" They told OF their sad
hearts as they left the city, Of the stranger
who Joined them, Of His questions as IL He
knew not anything Of the events which had
happened, how they in their simplicity told
Him everything, and how He then took up
the many references TO Himself in Moses and
the prophets and made them see and under
stand them as they never did before; how,
having arrived at Emmaus, He made as
though he would have gone farther, but they
constrained Him and He went in to tarry
ko,. fnn hrooA and
blessed it and brake it and gave it to them,
and all at once they recognize Him; but in
stantly He was gone they knew not where.
36. sand as they thus spake, Jesus Him
self stood in the midst Of them, and saith unto
them, Peace be unto you" As they again
talk Of Him again He is in their midst. This
is His fifth appearance on that day en- which
He arose from the dead, having appeared to
Mary, to the other women, to the TWO on the
way to Emmsus. to Peter and now to the
eleven, or more literally, TO ten OF them, for
Thomas was not present tJohn Xxx, ~:
81. Butt were terrified and afr1ghted.
and supposed that they had seen spirit"
How strange reception! He brings peace
and proclairis peace, but they are hied Wltn
agitation, fear, doubt, unbelief. Is it not so
still? He would have us abide in Him and
in His love- in perfect quietness and conf
dence lisa. XXX, 10y; but let the least un-
looked for thing happen and We are apt to
be filed with fear and trembling and d1smay,
as if He had forSaken us or forgotten 20
care for US.
IS. "And He said unto them, Why are ye
troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your
hearts" Much Of our trouble arises from
thoughts, or, as in the R. ", "reasonlngs."
Now if Gods thoughts are as far above ours
as bea is above the earth, and If all His
thoughts to His redeemed are thou !hts<of
peace, as he says lisa. w., s, Q; Jer. XIX;
III, then let us, with the shield OF 1aitn ana
sword of the spirit dispel all doubts and
reasonings, bringing every thought into
captiyity to the obedience Of Christ (Eph.
vi. 16, Il; II Cor. K, s..
&c. !'Behold My hands and Ny feet that it
is Myself; handle Lie and see; for spirit
hath not flesh and bones as ye seq Me have"
If in the things which make us afraid we
would only see Jesus Himself, that would
surely dispel our fears.
40. "And when He had thus spoken He
showed them His hands and His feet" There
were the wounds; they could doubt no
longer.
Al. And while they yet believed not for
iov. and wondered, He said unto them,
Have We here any neat:" John xx., 90, says:
Then were the disciples glad when they
saw the Lcrd." They would have been more
blessed had they believed the report of Mary
and the other women in the morning. When
Israel saw victory then they sang; but when
they saw difficulties then they murmured
lex xiv, 81 XIV, l. %: xv.. y.
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