Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-17
SPIRIT OF TRUE SERVICE.
LESSON III, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, OCT. 10.


stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per.
mission of II $. Hoffman, publisher. Philadel
phial
o. "And there was also strife among
them, which of them Should be accounted
the greatest" He haS kept His last pass
over with them, again typically foreshad-
owing His suifcrinss md death; lie had
instituted the supper which would keep
constantly before them His humiliation
unto dcath; He had just said that one Of
them, one Of the twelve, should prove false
TO Him and betray Him. and yet all these
things 50 little affect them that even Mt
such time, instead Of being in sympathy
with Him, and feeling for Him in view Of
Ills approaching sufferings, they are sell
flshly and apparently unfeelingiy talking
OF their own personal advantage and su-
periOrity Of position in His Kingdom He
had the cross ever before Him, and by
plain statement us wen as by parable and
type was ever referring to It, They could
see no cross, but only the restoration of
lsraels supremacy us in the days Of David
and Solomon, and position and honor for
themselves with Him. Their thoughts
were not His, they understood Him not
lie was alone among men, His company
with whom lie found fellowship was I'M
seen by mortals
%. "And He said unto them, The kings
OF the Gentiles exercise lordship over them
and they that exercise authority upon
them are called benefactors" The Jews
were chosen from among all nations to
show unto all the reality of the only liv-
ipfr sl, in
ways would guide, protect and care for His
people who put their trust in Him; pity
ing and providing for them rs father,
comforting and uoarshing them as
mother. They were TO glorify Him by an
implicit and constant reliance upon Him
and by being meeltly subject to Him in all
things They were not to be anxious even
about food and rnilnent for their Heavenly
Father knew that they needed snch things
and would surely provide them Matt. vi,
32). Let the GcntiIes who knew no Heav-
emily Father have such anxiety, but let Is
rlel not so dishonor their God And so
with position and honor among men,
leave all that to those who knew no better.
20, But We shall not be so; but he that
is greatest among you, let him be as the
younger; and he that is chief, as he that
doth serve" This was II lesson That lie
was ever teaching them Matt. xviii, 3, 4;
Xxx, 3d. %; xiii, ~, but one so hard for
poor human nature to learn.
~. "For whether is greater, he that sit
teth Mt meat or lac that serveth? Is not he
that stitch Mt meat2 q, am among you
us He that seryeth" Or as lie said on an
other occasion: "Fhc Son Of Man came not
to be ministCrcd unto but to minister, and
TO give His life n r1usom for many" Matt
Xxx, 2S) The incident of the feet washing
recorded in John xiii, Al, occurred at this
time, for it is written that lie rose from
supper, laid aside His garments, took
towel and girled Himself" etc; then
when He had finished lie said: 81 have
given you IN example that sc should do rs
| have done unto you"
28. "Yc arc they which have continued
with Me in my temptations" How kind
Of Him il was to say SO. Outwardly they
were with Him; they had left all for Him;
they followed Him wherever He went and
mnistered unto lEim but rs we have seen
they did not feel for Him in His trials and
would not believe that the cross awaited
Him,
30 And | appoint unto you a Kingdom,
as My Father hath appointed unto Me-"
IIn will ,vpou thnu, from, desire for nrneent
l tI,ois
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'utuTe Gi"Iy'
no. That ye may eat ana drink at MY
table in My Kingdom, and sit on thrones
Judging the twelve tribes of Israel" Com
pare Matt. xix, %, where the same promise
In 10 moro CrII rho,o He cows n viii
tl
10 III 'liG ttN'"l, "'lon, WIN Tie pun u
Man stlali SUI on the lhroIe OF Ills glory
w. And the Lord SAID, simon, simon,
Behold Satan hath desired to have you
that he may sift YOU as wheat" Satan
socr,e ia have a s,oci,I hntred or those
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