The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-20

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LESSON TExT-Lukc ie :2:3f
CoLpEs~ TExT-Your Father knorcth that -
have need Of these thinrs.-Lukc 1870.
CESTnAL TnrTH-God will take care 81 those
who seek ,rst Ills Kingdom and liz righteous
ness.
TrnE-Noyember or December. A. d. 20. i'm
medIately following the last lesson
PL~AcE-Perca- beyond Jordan.
PARALLEL Matt. c:ej-3t- To-
days lesson Is . repetition Of similar instruc-
tion given IN the Sermon on the Mount moee
than . year before.
HELPS OWN HARD pLAcEs-@ Tux 10
Hou7tt; be not oyer.carcful or oycr-anxioue.
II means the care which distracts Us; 20 used
IN Shakespeare and other writer's when the
bible was Transmitted %. Neat; food. The
idea Il. do right. care for your soul and Goo
will see that the body does not want. ~
Ear<ns; a bird Of the crow kind. very plentifu1
in Palestine. z1y neuh<r son nor rap; Ho
does not tell Us not 20 SOW. but 20 DO our part
as the birds do theirs. and we shall be cared for.
And COL h<d>fh M9u: not IN idlencss, but ~
providing the food they need. and then with tho
means n obtaining II. hut they must search
for Il themselves or they will starve. This Is
not m illustration which encourages idiencss.
What, then, are we 20 take Thought aDoutS
Why. about our work What are we not 20 tako
thought abouts Why. about our life. The one
is our busincss; the other Is Gods. But you
turn II the other way. You take no Thought OF
earnestness about the doing Of your duty, but
you take thought Of care lest God should NOS
fulfil His part in the goings on q the word.
A mans business Is just TO DO his duty.
God takes upon Himself tho feeding and tho
clothing. Is. stature: may mean length OF life
or height Of body. probably the latter. Ct5tf'
a measure. IS 20 ~ inches long. y. Liza tho
gorgeous Huleh lily, wonderfully beautiful; or
Il may include all wild flowers. This Huleh
lily Is very large; and the three inner petals
meet above. and form q gorgeous canopy, such
as art never approached. and king never sat
under. even in his utmost glory" 'Ihc hill
sides OF Galilee nrc clothed In spring with tho
crown imperial and the golden nmaryllis and
crimson tulips and anemones OF oil shades
from scarlet 10 white. TO say nothing OF the
commoner buttercups and dandelicns and
daisies; and all these are probably classed
roughly together under the generic nnmc or
1~nies.'" solomon: David's son; the richest
and most magnificent King the Jewscverk knew.
q. Crdss: all kinds Of herbs, including Nhe wild
flowers. Cast iatof the or>n: used for fuel. for
wood was very rare. Hon much more sriH Hs
cioth< you. who are infinitely better than the
lilies IT Is not possible that God should take
better care Of the lilies than OF His children. II
Is implied oil through that God children ara
seeking frst the Kingdom Of Heaven, % ioings
they may trust the care Of their temporal
wants 70 HIM. 80. Tn nGfions Of no uorids
unbelievers. Those who do not know Cod, or
who do not love and trust Him as their Heaven
" Father. 81. kinis .foek; . few dcfenceiess
disciples amid multitudcs OF enemies. like .
few sheep surrounded ~ wolves. 10 give you
a. Kingdom: 70 make you kings and princes
unto God. and successful in founding the new
Kingdom. 81. sell that ~ hare: not sell oil -
have necessarily, but put all into Gods hands
to do as He would have you. and lay up your
treasure In Heaven. Some Of the apostles, -
John, still had homes IN which 10 live, but their
treasure was in the Kingdom Of God. D.
Where ponr fredsurs o.: this Is a. q test, CD .
means Of putting your heart In the right place.
CoMMESTs-In the Sermon IN tho
Mount the Lord tells His disciples that
they can not serve two masters at tho
same time. Else they will either neg
lcct and disobey the commands OF the
one or the other. just so they can not
servo God and mammon- by 'mammon"
the Master means riches" Therefore
His whole meaning is that men o not
serve God and al the same time give
their thoughts and efforts all to the
gathering OF any earthly treasure. He
then goes on TO say In our lesson that
Gods children are not to take thought
for what they shall a or drink or
wear. Does this mean that we arc never
to think Of these things? No. The
expression take thought" ''bo
worried about or fret about" The
Saviour means that His disciples are not
70 borrow trouble and fret about their
earthly necessities. They are not to do
this because God knows their wants,
and they may DO sure he will supply
them. It is Ilc who feeds the birds and
clothes the lilies OF the field in more
beautiful garments than even King
solomon had. And will He not much
more care for His living children? In
verse 81 the Master says: But rather
seek We tho Kingdom Of God, and All
these earthly things shall be given q
you"
why do Christians worry and fret
about their earthly lot? There are
many reasons for this. But one great
reason is because they arc not content
with the mere necessities Of lifc. Thcy
want to be surrounded with luxuries'
and to be able to indulge every appetite
and fancy. They are not satisfied with
enough to eat and wear and o comforta'
bic home; they want to mako . shoW
among their ncighbors, and 70 own lands
and houses and carriages, and be filled
with every luxury. Very few Christian
men have the spirit Of which St. Pau
speaks, whom he says: And having food
and raimcnt, lot us be Herewith con
tent" Il Tim. 6:s). They long to b
wealthy and arc not content unless the.
can be. So they worry and fret II the.
find that they can not have all that the
think necessary for themselves and thei
children. This leads many q Christian
: man and woman into sin. But the,
that will be rich fall into temptation
and a snare. For tho lovc Of money !
the root Of all evil; which while som
coveted after they have erred from tn
faith. and pierced themselves thrcug
! with many sorrows a Tim. 0:o-10). ]
, It wrong, then, q be rich? Oh, no. Bu
! 1t Is wrong to grumblc and fret bccaus
. God hasnot given you all you think 70
need. Is 1t dangerous to be rich? les
. for thor our temptations will multipl,
st. Paul says "Chargc them that o.
: rich in this world that they be not higi
> minded, nor trust in uncertain riches
! but in tho living God, who givoth U
! richly all things to enjoy" Il Tim. 0:17
1 Can q poor man ''serve mammon?' Ol