Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-03

LESSON !, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TsRNATloAAL SERIES, OCT. 8.
TEXT of the Lesson. Luke Xxx, e-I0-com

|;ompiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission Of II S Hoffman, plblisher Philadel
phia
0. Then began He to speak to the peo
pie this parable: A certain man planted &
Vineyard, and let II forth to husbandmen
and went into far country for long
.ime.' He is now about TO tell them OF
heir history as nation and of their treat
nent Of their God and His servants from
he days Of thercomng out Of Egypt even
lnto His death at their hands Weare not
eft in any doubt MS to who or what is sig
Allied by the vineyard, for it is written,
| The vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the
house of Israel, and the men of Judah his
pleasant plant" lisa. Y, y. That also ex-
plains who it was that planted the vine
| yard--the Lord of Hosts The husbandmen
would mean the kings, prophets aud priests
who ruled over the people as God's repre-
sentatives. His going away probably sig
nifles the withdrawal Of his manifested
presence in the days of Samuel, when they
desired king, like other nations, thus, as
He said to Samuel, rejecting Him and not
Samuel q Sam. viii, y. Or it may refer to
earlier days, when they relied on the ark
rather than on God, who dwelt between the
cherubim; or yet earlier, to the days of the
judges when they forsook Him and He al
lowed their enemies to Cypress them. The
contrast to all this is the vineyard of which
He is the True Vine and His Father the
husbandman, and all thefaithful are living
branches,
10. And at the season He sent n servant
to the husbandmen, that they should give
him OF the fruit of the vineyard; but the
husbandmen beat him and sent him away
empty" We are very plainly told what
fruit He expected 'IIe looked for judy
ment, but behold, oppression; for righteous
ness, but behold, a cry"
II. "And again He sent another servant:
and they beat him also, and entreated him
shamefully, and sent him away empty.
AS to beating and shameful treatment
read Jer. XIX, .: ''Then Pashur smote Jere-
miah, the prophet, and put him in the
stocks" Also XXXviii, 9; Then took they
jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon,
= and in the dungeon there was no
water but mire; SO Jeremiah sunk in the
nirc." Read also in II Chron. xviii, 90, 81,
now Micaiah, the son of Imla, was smittea
md imprisoned and fed upon the bread Of
tfiliction and the water of affection Just
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H. And again he sent third: and
hey wounded him also and cast him out"
these three sendings probably cover all
he prophets from Samuel to John the
BAPTIST. They might be divided into these
efore the captivity, those after the cap
ivity nnd John, the immediate forerunner
Christ.
49, "Thcn said the Lord Of the vineyard,
L. 4 4 /. 4. u. n !
punish these guilty rebels, how shall
most quickly sweep them from the earth2
That would need no planning a mo-
ncnt's withdrawal of His mercy and they
arc gone But He is considering what
isc He may do that He may win them to
linn
81 will send My beloved Son. 1t may be
hey will reverence Him when they see
Him." Here is u glimpse of the love of
God us seen in the councils of past eter
nifty
IA. But when the husbanlmen saw him
hey reasoned among themselves, saying,
This is the heir: come let us kill him, that
he inheritance may be ours" Like JIG
;eph's brethren, who hated him and said,
Come now and let us Stay him, and let
us see what will become Of his dreams"
Gen. xXXvii, s, 2O) If we did not know it
to be a.true story that is contained in this
parable, we could hardly believe such in
gratitude possible Such unheard of love
to be thus rejected and abused. | believe
that the greatest fact in the Bible, and in
all history, and the ono least understood,
is the love of God. Who among us begins
to appreciate the greatness of that which
is contained in John iii, 10? Who can
fathom the height and depth or measure
the length and breadth of the love of God,
which passcth Knowledge.
Is. go they cast him out of the vineyard
and killed him. What therefore shall the
lord of the vineyard do unto them"
Again He foretells His death. 1t is ever
before Him. But the glory beyond light
ems it up CIIeb. xii, .. He is thinking
more of these poor blinded, self destroying
people than Of Himself He shall rise
again from the dead. lie shall live for
ever. The kingdom shall yet be Ills But
those who die liz rebellion against Him
must perish
49, Gle shall come and destroy these hus
and shall give the vineyard TO
others, and when they heard it they said
God forbid" Matthew says that it was
the people who gave the verdict Matt. xxi,
AZ; it may have bcsn the disciples who
said God forbid; or the disciples may have
given the verdict and the people have said
God forbid" These husbandmen are the
enemies of chap Ky, q, who refuse to
submit to Him ana must perish. The vine
yard given to others He explains in Matt.
xxi 43, by saying: 1.-THE Kingdom of God
shall be taken from you and given 10 ma
ton bringing forth the fruits thereof"
II. And He beheld them and said, What
is this then that is written, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is
become the head of the corner" This is
from Ps lis, the latter part of which like
lisa. xii refers TO the Day of the Lord when
He shall have become Israe's salvation.
His rejection and ap-
preaching death lie constantly points for
ward to His ultimate triumph.
rs. "Whosuever shall fall upon that stone |
shall be broken; but on whomsoeyer it |
shall fall, it will grind him to powder" |
This is from lisa. viii, 1t, Is, and Dan ii, /
Is, referring to the present and future re- /
suit of refusing to receive Him. Jesus |
,rucifcd and risen from the dead is the |
and the only foundation on /
which to build for eternity (Acts iv. 1919; /
md He tells Us that the way to build is to /
hear and do His words Matt. VII, II, 9j). /
10. "And the chief priests and the scribcs .
The same hour sought to lay hands on Him, /
lnd they feared the people: for they per .
,eived that He had spoken this parable I
against them What blinded fools they /
were, for in the next verse we see them .
sending out men who were to fcign them /
selves righteous SO as to catch Him in His /
words. After all His reading their hearts .
md telling their thoughts they still think
20 deceive Him, and this parable, which
hey see is spoken against them, instead of .
working repentance in them only makes
thcm moro hitter How fully given over