Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-25
TIE LOST AND FOUND.
LESSON ", THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 27.


NIT Verses, 4-7-Golden Text, Luke
Nv, 1O-Commentary by Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
mission Of H. s. Hoffman, publisher Phlladel.
phial
i. Then drew near unto Him all the
publicans and sinners for to hear Him."
Whatever else these might have to forsake in
order to be His disciples, they would not have
to renounce that which is perhaps the hardest
OF all to lay acknowledgements, or self right
eousness-for they did not profess to have
any. They were despised by the holy people
of the day. The Kingdom was not for them.
2. And the Pharisees and scribes MUIR
INJURED, saying, This man receiveth sinners,
and eateth with them" They said grand
true thing when they said This man receiv-
eth sinners" He said Himself, II came not
to call the righteous, but sinners to repent
ance" luke v, 32). And Paul, by the Spirit,
rings it out as "a faithful saying and worthy
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners" Il Tim. i, 15).
3. And He spake this parable unto them"
The whole chapter is one parable in three
parts, showing the love of the Good Shepherd,
the Spirit and the Father, in searching for
and welcoming back the lost one. The lesson
today brings before us the first two parts of
'ne par pie' 'ne Iniiu phi. oeine ,eser ven LOT
.ieA' ~e1A. oo.n III ciea,ion anu III leoenlP
,,on .ne a.ne, oon anu opn i. are seen worA
,ne ioi one "eia'e Vi '.e I,ea'uie' III .ne
oeei,ihlng uou cieaVeu IN Tue oesinning
"s '.e w, unu 'ne "oiu was ~I'n uou i,
M Vn,ns Teie iiaue oS hiln.
'no " u u ~ 'ne LU,u "eie 'ue ems
- ~ I II: ns' - III ,n
Wp.'iy Vi LIS iiouon ni Va oou 'aid, Lev
'iioNT man ~ ou, ,inase 0oen ooiin
y % . AAH ,,6 ~ zen l. @o,; 90 aiso III
p'IUu' "ou 80 ,oNe .,,r 'neU nc su'e
,i's OH! oeHo''en oon' -, me "oh Vi "ou u
,vreu 'i,o az he ii.iI - III me
.if .ie oPiit ne tc nun i
:. oo sPo' " ~ !ooui IA, ~ "a,'
90 'N1' ~ - svl an SUI uotn
'o,' piiu 'p,' ~ I'M " iiiaAe ~
49, - ,.e C, u vno u uv p on WIZ
'i's 'ui neu - o'ou 'oonh XIV - -''.
Uo aiUel 'n'tU witch Is io9' un''i ne
li,iu H. rnsO we nave tne son as the Uoou
r, hepneiu seeNine 'ne sneeP wn,,h Is los.'
ne same iliuStra.ion Is iouIu IN Mato' Xviii
la III cohiecVion WIN MS saying, Inc
son vi Nan Is come 70 save 'nat Wnich was
ios.' me sinner Is Drought before US as
W restore niilseil' noI showing 'ne way
I'm . '.tiu e' ~. - NC Aie" ~ Ae "i'nouU
.h ~ se' UneIT
o. anu wnen ne lia'n iounu H. ne iay-
e.n /. Oh ms snouiieis' reJoicin9 Cuo III
'o ue'e iiS heoi" i'S II siOA anu neiP
,eSs' anu reauy " uie' ana .he cry Oh the
l NE reached us near' ne sa'u 10 NOSES
nave surely seen Tue ainic'ion oi my peo-
PIC WHICH aie III LSyP' anu nave neaiu 'neii
cry -, ior l Aho" Ueir sorrows
'GX' III, D. Al aii 'neir aiiliction he was
.,iiiic'eu anu 'iie uhsei vi ms presence saNeo
.neni' III LIS io'e anu Ill iiis Pity ne re-.
ueeA'eu 'neiii am nc oaie 'nei,i anu cariieu
.uell an Tue Gays q oiu ana vi benjamin
nc SAUL ne enaii u"eh pet"eeh
lis snouiueis lisa; iAiii' ., Lieut. AAAili, ~
u anu Wnen ne coiiie.n hole' 1nahk
'oo LOT thls' that' having iouhu the sheep
which was ios'' ne orihse'n !. noiiie' ne
uoeS not lose any ny one way vi tnose "noin
Ihe rather gives 10 hin ne roses none. ne
say, give un.o 'iieiii e'ei iiai ~ anu ,iey
siiaii never per,sh' neitner snail any piuch
'neili out Vi my manu- toonh A. ~0|'
heJoice Win Inc; ior nave Iound my
sneep which was ios1 NoI only Is MS own
neart giau, out ne VIII nave MS iriends ana
neignDors 10 rejoice WIN MN because the
iosU Is iounu' Jesus "oulu nave Ills people
10 rejoice Win hih' lor ne says lhese
'hines nave spoAeh uh'o you 'nao my Joy
misn. reniain Ill sou' anu 'ha' your JOY
might NC luli' :,
say uhUo Sou' .na' hke"ise JOY siiaii
p te III heaven over one sinner .iia' relentetn'
IL d shepherd Is SO elad over the recovery OF
d ios' sneeP .iaV ne CAUSES us nel9uoors u
ieJoioe WIN nm, no" liuch Is iiah oe'tci
.urli snep' N-ua',' A. ~ anu no" iiucn
Is Vne iIuiie anu oiilHiis hoiiie Vi ios'
soul oe.'e, .han Inc lhuihs ana bringing
hume vi ios' sneep' Du' mere Is reVeiatiol,
vi Tue unseen oy one VINO mas oeeh 'hcre anu
hno"s aii aoou' ~ JOY III heaven anu why
Decause a sinner mas repeh'eu'
O. Ei'ner "nal woman having Ten pieces
Vi silNer, IL sue LOSE one piece ooVn not ilgn'
oaiiuie' anu sweep .ne iouse' anu seen u'i'
isehliy VII sue iipu H. III .he sneeP .here
might oe ii consciousness oi us o%hs iose' Out
piece oi iietai mas no ieeiins ana Is not con
sclous Oh any thins. IL may De tnat we are
thus reminded OF the soul that Is dead IN
sins (Eph. II, 81, and requires the convicting
power of the Spirit John xvi, s.. The wo-