The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-03

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men isa Aia
p,As-.~ n. the Temple ~ Jerusalem.
ranAflri AccorSrS Matt n $40. Mari
isiis
.Thenbcgan lie 70 speak 10 tho pco
,lc.r Because the scribcs and elder.
rc,,c,cd Him. lie lad silcnccd but nd,
convinced them. See ycrs. is "A Ger
Ain man. Called in Matthew a house,
holder. landed proprietor. owner ~ an
estate. And let Il forth 10 husband.
m.n.~ Its customary in the East. a,
IN Ireland and in other parts ~ Eu rope,
for the owner 70 let out his estate ID
husbandmcn; i.e.. 10 tenants. who nav
MIN an annual rent. either in money. or.
AS apparently in this ease. in kind.
Abbott. ''And went intoa far country. y
rather. as in the Rev. Yer, another
country.s
10 ..And az the season he sent Al,
ne timc when the fruit was ripc.
give him Of the fruit Tho house.
holders share. as his stipulated rent
for the use OF the vineyard. 'Eut the
husbandmcn beat him" A verb which
strictly means 70 fay or skin, but il
secondarily applied 20 the seyerest kind
81 sco,.rging Alexander. .And sent
him away empty" that is. without the
fruits for which he was sent
ii. .And again he sent another" The
gradual growth OF the outrage Is clearly
traced % Tho first servant they
caught, beat and sent away cmpty;'
a., at the second they east stones,
and wounded him in the head. and sent
him away shamcfully handled" ca tho
third .thcy killed. Cambridge Rible
IL ''And again with marvellous
patience ard unconqucrablc love- he
scnta third" Mark adds. '-and many
others The prophets sent TO the Jews
were many. The messengers OF God TO
US arr many. And they wounded him
also ami cast him out" Mark adds that
they killed some.
u. What shall do?" All that the
wisdom and love OF God could conceive
Was brought TO answer this question. The
answer was: ''Jcsus Christ tho wisdom
and power o. God" II will send nv
beloved SON" God % loved the world
that lie gave His only bcgotfcn Son.
that whosocvcr bclicvcth in Him should
not perish. but have eternal life John
=. 10 ''lt may be they will reverence
him" This Is what he naturally had >
right 10 expect
a. They reasoned among themselves.
saving: This is the heir Chr st Is the
H. ..I ~ ~
let Us kill him that the uncertain may
~ ours" II Jesus was the Messiah,
and lc was introducing the kingdom OF
God. the whole spirit Of which was SO
different from theirs then they would
lose their places as rulers as teachers,
a. men Of influence their authority
over the people. and their chief bust
mes.
Is. $50 they cast him out OF the vine
ward" The act 81 casting out denotes
lhc whole rejection Of our Lord. but per
haps with an allusion TO tho literal fact
az Ills suffering without tho holy city.
Heb. -: li-l3f. Alexander. And
killed HIM" as the Jews did Jesus. They
killed Him that they might possess: and
because they killed they lost-Aug US
tinc
-. He shall come and destroy these
lmshandracn." There was nothing clsc
a. DO And shall give the vineyard to
Others" The others were the Chris
'ian church. the new Kingdom Of IIcav-
en-. which took the place Of the Jewish
Nation after the destruction OF Jcrusa-
st;a sec Acts l3:sc. And when they
d sarl H. they said: God forbid" No
. hcr ~ngllsh phrase could we'll be sub
shtatcd Tor this but il is worth rcmem-
hcring That the name OF God does not
appear IN the original- and that the jac-
Alalon - simply as IL were, a negative
Amen. 80 be- IL not
II. And lie beheld them Looked
earnestly and intently. What Is this
then that is wriffcn?~ Referring them
- " us: %. % psalm which tho
Jews applied TO the Messiah. The
stone Tho stone is tho whole king
Dom and power Of the Messiah summed
w ~ Himself Afford. (which tho
builders rejected The builders answer
g ihc husbandmcn: they were appointed
" God 70 carry up the spiritual build. /
Y ~ ~ These 70 cultivate the spiritual /
vineyard The rejection Of the chief
'"rner-stonc answers exactly to the de-
lying anu numbering the hcir-Trcnch. I
hc same 4 become the head OF tho
rorncr. Christ Is declared elsewhere
"a ne New Testament to be the corner
stone ~ Ills church. Sec Acts 4: III:
Cor. 2: II; Pet ?: q z.-Abbott
-. ~ hosocvcr shall fall upon that
Tone Nhosocvcr stumblcs at Jesus
a Ills humiliation. and rejects Ills
.laims, failing TO sec in lin their
messiah and Saviour. shall Le broken
>nail suffer great injury. and vet IL NAV
aoi be utter destruction. Tor IL is still 4
possible 70 repent and DC saved. But
n xhcnsocvcr II shall fall When
''~1s Wa exalted 10 the right hand or
90 and the people still rejected Him,
''sisiin- the latest and greatest inf a.
hces ~ fcntccost, and the time had
ONE when tho destruction could no
ohscr be delayed. then that falling
'vhe would grind him 70 powder"
1'ns complete and is-cmcdiable de-
truction
~ And fhcchicfpricsts the
-'"e hour sought to lay hands ON
Ill arrest Him. They could NOT