The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-06-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

II SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AND
ABLY CONsIDERED.
A Scholarly Exposition Of the Lesson
Thoughts Worthy Of Calm Refec-
tion-Half an Hours Study Of tho Scrip
~tures-Time wen spent
Tho lesson for Sunday. June 8. may be
found in Luke IL: lis.
INTRODUCTORY.
Lords Prayer" though that designation
might more properly apply. to our Lord.s
servants prayer. as taught by his Lord.
First, we may treat 1t according to the
name that has been rightly applied to it as
The Pearl Of Praye g." As such we ac-
cept it as a gem Of Heavens granting. and
use 1t just as 1t stands. a perfect and fin
ished word OF supplication. So. indeed, we
have been taught to use 1t from our earliest
childhood and, though often unintolligently.
We can never say amiss. Second. 1t NAV be
looked upon in accordance with Its desig-
nation as The Model Prayer" that is. the
P'eSoiA ~ VI oA RVSAbh0Aos IA
such. especially. we study it to-day. as
long ago in its first application we learned
1t by heart. Now may Goo enable us to
take 1t moro fully to heart th;t all our
praying may h%cncefortn be more reverent.
moro %fervent. In Christ's name more effect
ual!
THAT H LESSON AVS
It anne to pass. The ordin airy transition
al Introductory (cf 10: 49,. This particular
INCIDENT seems to be thrust in here along
with other events narrated in this connec-
ton as not belonging to the journey
through Perea. OF which We have been
studying. but to some other time. Luke is
not %studiously~ chronological in any Of his
accounts, though more 30 than John.-As
he was praying. As often. q. Luke s: Is;
6: IL: 8: %. We do not know 10 often.
See Luke %: s2.-In q certain place. Not
known. Bible Unions: In u certain place
praying. when he ceased. They seem
to have been watching him in a sort of
And yet they had doubtless prayed in their
" way before.-As John also taught.
A lost rubric.
Daily. Literally. for the coming days.
or the recurring days.
When We pray. Implying q habit
a " express speech Qego).~,our
Father which art in heaven; kather
found in Matt. 5: 9 So. along with the Ser
mon on the Mount.-Hallowed. Firs
meaning. set apart. hence. counted holy.
Name. Gods character as ~apprehended
by man--Thy kingdom come. Let thy
kingdom come: subjunctive mood, the
mood Of petition:--1hy will be done
Not in Tischendorf's text. See Revision.
Forgive. First meaning to put away
second. pass by.--sins. Literally. t.
miss the mark.-For. In Matthew 6: -
-As"-lnLebted to us. More closely. de,
linquent. SO to speak. nsolvent.--Leat
| us not. In the SanGa 0f hainO hY0uphf II
to be left. Emphatic Diaglot. Abandon.
Into temptation. or trial (peirasmos.)
Deliver US from evil. Omitted b,
Tischendorf. See Revision.
To them. Evidently his answer to tn
"one Of his disciples who asked was ad
OF you. Or as we should say. perhaps. sup
posing one OF you.-Lend me. This an
the word needeth In v. 8 below appear tt
have the same root.
A friend. The third use of this word
friend" here. 1t is the test Of friendship
way. or more closely still. off the road
Nothing to set before him. It was a day o
meager accommodation for travellers. ant
he would naturally come from his lont
Journey hungry rs we'll as tired. There Ii
a him OF Oriental hospitality also.
Trouble me not Or. put to trouble
night. Probably open all the day.-With
mo in bed. More accurately. my children
along with me las we'll as y are in bed
l cannot. And yet he afterward did. So do
we at times.
VIA THE LESSON EAcHE
Lord. teach us to pray. Men had well
nigh forgotten how. Christ came. and one
great lesson he taught humanity was the
lesson of efrectual prayer. When Ulysses
returned no found the long bow unbent
Grasping it he proved his masterfu! Identity
by the arrow he let fly. So came the Lore
OF the Skies The bow OF supplication h
drew to its full tension. The arrow o
petition sped clean over the battlements O
heaven. 1t was not strange that as h
turned from the sacred ordeal his disciple
should say to him. with subdued and rever
ent mean: Lord. teach US to pray" Amer
So. come we. Lord. to whom shall we go
thou hast the words Of eternal liie.- Biesse
Master. teach us eternjty's words-heaven'
everyday thoughts. Teach us to pay"
Hallowed be thy NAME. Reverence /
itself a grace. a fruitful gilt To halo,
Gods name and worship 1nstinctively be
fore him is not simply for %Jehovah's sake
but for our own. 1t builds us up: it make
churches of all Jndea. Galilee and Samari
had rest tpeace) and were edited; an,
walking in the fear Of the Lord. and in tn,
comfort of the Holy Ghost. we're multi
piled. In what way were they edited
how multiplied? From two especial cause
intimated here. They were walking ~ IL
the fear of God and C) in the comfort ant
encouragement. the cheering influence o
the Holy Ghost Thai was no slavish feal
or paralyzing alright. else they would no
have been walking making progress. I
was a fear that gave growth to faith ant
hope to love. a spirit in which all the Chris.
tian virtues flourished. All. We realize lit.
tie how gracious a thing we ask for wher
for the church at large and for ourselves
In particular. We pray. "Hallowed be thy
name"
Thy kingdom come. 1t has been tho hope
OF the Christian church and the Christian
heart in all centuries. Prophets loo kec
forward to 1T; priests typitled It There on
the banks OF the Jordan John announced
1t: Repent ye: for the kingdom Of HEAVIER
is at handl" This new nearness OF God tc
mar and man to God here tokened. the
rule Of heaven and the kingshio OF Jeho-
vah," was. as Edersheim has discrimina.
tingly characterized II. the whole Old
Testament subIimated. and tho whole New
Testament realized That kingdom we
realize to-day In new power every time we
come into closer Intimacy with God. 1t is
this prayer that Is answered every time the
church Is newly awakened. every time g
human sou Is converted to God-yea
every time q new grace is realized in Chris.
tian experience. roc kingdom. 1t Is no
mans. Open to Psalm 20 and re-read the
fifth verse: We will triumph in thy VIC
tory (See R. v. and margin). and in the
name of our God we will set up our ban.
ners." No. not our banners. just ban.
ners;' Gods ensigns. not ours"
Where he leads we will follow,
We will follow all the war.
Knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Holy boldness is WHAT it means. a righteous
insistance and zeal. When one knocks q,
the door. it is a plain and pointed indica,
ton that he wants to come in. No place