The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-04-24
SUNDAY SCHOOI.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY APR1r. 81.
"The Parable OF the sower." Luke viii,
4'l5-Golden Tex, Luke Wills
Notes and Comments.

According to the first thrNo verse, NJ thi,
'hap'"'. after bringing Joy and peace to tho
poor women IN ~imOn'S house Hr went
through AL the citic, and village, showing
the 2 lat tidings vt the kingdom " God thb
kingtum ioretOd uV all the prophets when
the Lord ,hsll again rhoosr Jerusalem. com.
Tort Zion aud restore Israel never ~ bs
pluck"d up or scattered again lIeCh. l.. II:
u l'-l. Jsr vri, a. . that through thcm
n" may establish I'll, N"ssanir kingdom IN
al, the world Hn va, accompanied by the
twelve and certain women whom lIr had
E"a'"t Sud WHO now mnister"l unto HIM.
l'Wutt,us probably, tp Caperuaupl, lie
hrtlri "u' In..,,,pd W,th blind amt dumb
demon. Fhi- lr"w forth from the Pharl,eos
tE' a.'H'uti'u that II" "ar possessed 10y tho
t'Hl, ami 'au- dill the-e mighty works.
J'-n~. lN reply warned them 't the sin that
can never N" forgiven whothrr committed
III I'M. 1S' .r 'u' ~" tn come. Hr al,ptor
told Ill death ami resurrection aud pointed
them 90 coming Judgment. They receive
Mt III. teaching, but determine to kill llm
Matt xii.
And when much rcrp,n wcrc gathered
t"E"iHHr ant ""r" conn" tp Him rut oC n>rrv
ritNlle pax" by parable" Matthew saws:
u" sam" daV went J"su, rut pi the hlu,'
ami >a' hN the seaside. aud great multitul"i
wore gathered together unto Him 80 that ITO
went luto u ship aud ,it. AMI the whole irul.
u'ud" ,t.ud uu the shore II the rulers
would not lt~toU to Hun tho common pc1pl,
heard HIM Ilndly Mark xii Sc :aud it'i, ,tll
tiu" 'u1t mot many WJ-'m men after the flesh
not m'uF mighty. not many noble nrs
'aiied / Cor. T.. !G. In Matthew this bar
ahl" I- IN" of a ,pri", Of seven spoken n ON,
time ~ Mark u Is ono IT three whils here N
stand tt'ur II Is th" only parabls spoken
AZ this time which i, rerpried hy each Of tha
three. Tn" others had. no doubt. a partl'u.
Jar reference tu the rc,p'ctiv" objects which
Matthew and Mark hnd IN view IN wiltlns
their gospels, while this one alone = ut,lnicnt
Tor Iuk"S purpose. II j. A foundation para
bl'. ami ir,crih, tho treatment which the
glad iiIussut m" kingdom viii receive dur.
my ~" "hnI" nt thi, dI,icu>atiun. IN" period
~ Christ, rejection. until n. come again -
bring the kingdom
. ~ spw"r wont out ~ SOW hi, ,oni '
etc. He that hnth ears to hear let him hear
II Is simple story NJ what may have hrau
taking place before tn" Sayiuur's ryr- AZ that
moment On the hillside A farmer may have
been actually sowing M, seed some falling
On ~" h"dt"u path. ~umnou thin soil beneath
which was great rock -rm' Whrr. tho
thorn, had already prnrcuuu'"t 'hn ground.
aud some On good giuuul Tia" saviour an.
tici?atr, M" harvest. aud speak, ot that
which fell pu The good ground ~ th. only
portion accomplishing anything lie VI M
tho habit N, Using the most familiar THINGS
with WINCH to illustrate Hi, teaching \
candle. a woman l0lsuE 4 woman -c"kus y
lost pi''"ni silver shepherd seeking a lost
N'''"l' -Ih'l ~ itll lh' ION Tor N..I-C,
Chllir"u PLAYING, 4 h "a AMI chickens. 4 lNur.
Il N'u". zach aud all aIprici HIM topic
from which lie taught 'pnc"rnins things
eternal
a And III, disciple. a,kol Him SAYING.
What might thu, parable b";' The Holy
spirit lnterprrtS spiritual thing, To- spiritual
men Il Cor. H., lb, Il. Y , mlrglm, AMI These
lnru had not yet received the Holy Spirit IN
III, iul'nr-s. therefore they understood not
thi, pnrnhl"
~ And H. ,aii. Unto YOU IL i, givcn
10 know the my>t"rlc, Of the Kingdom of
God: hht tp others IN parable, BN CONF
pairing Matt. xiii. 81; Mark iy 10, We sea
that Jesus sent the muititudes away and
went into the house. and that then Hr gave
IN" explanation Of TIM, parable That he wa1
IN th" house VIXEN lie interpreted th" parable
aprcar' also from verses 10 and - OF thtI
chapter
II. "Nuv the parable j. TIM, Tho sod u
th" ord If God. Mark ,ty,. "Iur s,wrr
-pH"th the wpri' rho hu,,u.,, 1t nvrry
Christian IN thl, wnoi" aga /, to ho vessel
IN the hnnd Of IA. grrat Sowor with which
III" may scatter tu" ,".'i Of IA" word.
t.. 'Iho," hy the way ,ii" ar" iH"y that
hear; then romctl the i"yIl WrhayruYw
four kini> IT soil on which the wort falls aud
viii tall till tho kingdom comes There D,
the hnrd beaten heart pf 'h' -u.oollaI ,p.prl
hardened. II" Ina, gnn" to church all hl, Into,
perhaps /, ,"uon absent on SUNDAY nuruug,
profit %, II not, ih' business pt IN" woo, SD
crowd, m upon hIm that while apparently
hr BE- listening O. the sermon b." b. lu uI, utuI ,
gulug guy". yesterdays business transactions
co anticipating 'L'>n OF tomorrow. Or.,- |
hpnnIly .pm"thu. that is said pr sung ur u,. !
srr"l m prayer seem, 20 take hu.d ~ hum but
tnst hp should believe and be- ,avei the devil |
qulcNy takes ~ away. II h' l. called sppu ,
fora subscription for tlr Norn prrhtp, us |
glF"s rnr"rtullY lud literally Thus he tli,'I |
rr lit e." himself Tor his Righteousness, winch !
consist, pI bean Ta-UlurI' IN his pln" IN 4
cuurrh as o. IN, h1iN and giving literally ,
"t nI- means, but rii tine WAit" ur /, "a u !
man, and a Sep Ium limo INTO eternity |
would place hin, w.td the i,st rlch mtu Il f.
whom Jesus told Md Nhp cares whore his F.
soul goes II the church only gets hi, money!
Do ypu care and how much,
l3. They on the rock Nre they which, 4
when they hear receive the word with 10Y. ,
and these have no root Here /, another /
class of rhur"h.Hrr for observe that each I
KIND ot soil represents tuH,n who hear, So /
that thi, parnhl" does not touch tho," VINO /
have never h"art the gospel L. shall I
be- far more tolrIable tp. them Luke f.
XII, H. T. IN that lay. This j, nearer |
who pays attention, and actually enjoy, !
the public worship on 10 talk If tha |
things ~ 6od, whom II does not cost much [,
that is when the weather is fine and there ,
are no difficulties IN the way. mono opposing /
faith in Christ, and iur i time give joyful |
testimony. but a, soon a. there is auy'hins |
- be- endured for the words slkr Mark /
iy., ~ Immediately they are offended and !
fall away. These. ike the other. give u, no /
solid cncOura cement.
H. And that which fell among thgrns ara |
they which, when they havn heard 20 forth !
and ar" chnked Th-S" hearers may pos |
,lbly be saved the ,r- ha, taken root veil, /
ami there 80 quito a growth, but the thing |
lacking hero Is Irult ripe fruit that Which |
gloriies God. But can any une hr saved who !
does not bear lruit and who allow cares,
riches, pleasures and lusts Of other thing, Ia
choke tine word? We must stand on the word
of God even though it may seem 10 some
dangerous place.
-. But that on the good ground are they,
which IN an honest and good heart, having
heard the word, keep It, and bring forth
fruit with patience Matthew ani Mark
add some thirty, some sixty, and some an
hundred fold.n Thank God for such hearers.
Even few like these are an Inspiration 10
any pastor, and what comfort they
must be 10 the Lord Jesus and 10
the Holy Spirit. The difference between
those and the others is that these have
truly accepted Jesus mot simply the truth
about Him and have firmly believed the
truths concerning the kingdom and tho glory
70 be revealed at His appearing. They are,
therefore, weaned from present things, are
not seeking 10 convert this world in this dis.
Ill. l.. "A.