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THE TEN LEPERS.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. Y.
TEXT of the Lesson, Luke xvii, 1I-t9,
NIT Verses, ISL 7-Golden Text Luke e
xvii, documentary by tho Rev.
u. NJ. Stearns.

compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission Of II S. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel
phia
H. "And it came to pass, as lie went &c
Jerusalem The time draws nigh foI
Him to be offered up, and "to Jerusalem
is His daily thought for He Himself said
at cannot be that prophet perish out of
Jerusalem" (chep. xiii, 33); "When the
time was come that He should be received
up He steadfastly set His face to go to .Je
rusalem;" "He went through the cities
and villages teaching and iourneyng to-
ward Jerusalem;" Behold, we 20 up tc
Jerusalem and all things that are written
by the prophets concerning the Son of Man
shall be accomplished" CHAP. tx 81; xiii
%; xviii, 80. At Jerusalem He was tc
finish the work which the Father had
given him to do, and lie was pressing on &c
finish that work. His grand and faithful
follower, the apostle Paul had the same
| spirit when he said concerning bonds and
Affections "None of these thing, move me
neither count my life dear unto myself
so that ! might finish my course with Joy
| (ACts Xxx, pa. We do not know lust where
| our work shall end nor when it shall be
| finished, 50 that the only safe way is to be
always found doing unto Him, ami with
our might, what our hands find to do.
r. "And as lie entered into a certain
| village, there met Him ten mon that were
| lcpers, which stood afar of " Utterly
! unclean, dwelling alone, without the camp
| Tor village or clty), how sad was the condi-
tloh OF these poor men Q-ev Kill, 44-46l.
Alar on from human help and sympathy,
| and friendship; living and yet dead to all
| the ordinary relationships of life Con
slider the leprosy of Miriam, Naaman,
! GcLayi ZXiah and the four mon af he
| gate OF Snnaria ONum. XIII ii Kings VI
! = Nv, o. Perhaps there Is no more forci.
pie representation OF SIN amt the sinner in
the whole Blhlc than that OF the leper and
ms leproSE. Let the teacher VINO would,
with the greatest prolIl present tins lesson
study carefully Lev YIN ana xiv and read
! Mac hlntosi notes on the same.
IT, Az" thcy Hitcd up their voices ana
sad Jesus, Master, nave mercy on us!
lhcN maze no profession; they nade nc
/ promises, they knew they h2d not hing but
ieprosy ana rs poor 1ncieGh, cast out
Itpers they cou.d only be- Tor mercy, ana
, TINS th'y ana. W mai II happy cay 1t was
Tor thcH when Jesus came their way
hey had he1fd OF liih' they Aard OF the
h'aiInGot other loperS by Ills gracious pow
eFS. rms was their opportunity, and they
seize 1t. How wis" they were. Whit "A
! many today, EelleNvi ia Il larger h"pe-l
! possibility Oh salvation after drith-Hld 81
tlier he "ie" cIctl = dtntr Abraham, nave
mercy on me. no" vain Wa IL, cry.
- go HheW yourselves unto the FlicNt-.
Ahd 1t came to pass th"t ~ they went ,
tirN were ciranNed mus lie spaNc unto
thenl, not dl.r,@"rdinE nor sc'',AE aside
lhn law, Tor ne eame Il II to destroy out to
1ulhll the law, bat told ih"m 1" d1 as com
nanuei IN the law lev. Viii, : Aiy,". lh1J
mI5nl nave reasoned IA" argued and have
sad; Master, the priests cannot help us,
the law c3nNpi heal IL; We dn not need to
Ini ont whether we are lclerS or not; we
k"oW we are; II l. mc''i We ask for from
iHec, WHO aIoEc-cauot heal It's. But tneN
di'I not argue, they oG"Fri and went; His
Wui.! WIS H9l,icl'ut and as they went they
were cican-rd. reasoning and arguing
Wuu.u have only hndercd; obedience
hroaEA; the blessing.
l.. And one Of tarW, when he SAW that
he va, healed, turned back. and with a
lou" voice giarlicd God. A. oDcdicn'ly
he went at the Lords coumaud, he lind~
himself a new man as to hi, body; be i,
clean, no j., whole he is no longer a lnpcr.