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ZACCHEUST THE PUBLICAN
LESSON K, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 7.
Text of the Lesson, Luke xix, 10.
Commit Verses, :, 10 Golden Text
Luke xix, 10 Commentary by
the Rev, ID. NJ. Stearns.

mission of II. S Hoffman publisher Phiadel.
phia
I. And Jesus entered and passed
| through Jcricho" The last verses of the
previous chapter tell of His healing a blind
man as lie came nigh to Jericho; while
Matt Xxx, 1884 tells Of His healing two
| blind men as He departed from Jericho
9. "And, bohold, there lcus man named
| X0cchptts, iphjch lUdS the chief among the
| publiC1nS, ami he 1C0S ricb" We ere not
| told whether the other publican was rich
! or poor, but we are sure that he was poor
| in spirit. Instead of n rich ruler, esteemed
! by the people as in the last lesson, here is
! n rich publican, one Of the class whom the
| Pharisee thanked God that he did not be-
| long to but presently we shall find this
rich chief among the publicans, in the com
! pany of the healed blind men, follower of
the meek and lowly Jesus
3. "And nc sought 10 sac Jesus, 1ChO He
traS; and cOuld not for the press. because
| he 1Cds littlc Of stdtUre." His motives are
not given, but we infer from the rest of
the story that he too, would be a follower
of Jesus if He would have him Perhaps
up TO this moment he was merely curious
! to see this great Teacher and worker of
miracles, as when people go to church to
! hear "A new preacher But how many have
| thus gone just to see and hear something
new, or even to scot. and there they were
found Of Him whom they sought not
T. AND he ran bcfOre, amt Ciimbcd an
into II Sycamore tree to sec linn: for he
ic0S to pass mat irdY' lie was in earnest
to see Him, he came out from the crowd,
and unconsciou4ly hid himself In listen
| ing to the preaching Of the gospel or the
teaching of the Sunday school lesson, all
are too apt to lose themselves in the crowd
] iu1tnnI q l. inc he tri1tb bnuoa ts
selves If we are to profit our own souls it
! must be by separating ourselves from
| others and by believing that lie means me
}. "IHd lrheU Jesus came TO the place.
he Ioobcd up ard S0r hbH' lie who
knows our down sitting and uprising
and understands our thoughts afar off ops
cXNXiX, y; who saw Nathaniel under the
fig tree John i, As. saw also this man
when he left the crowd and climbed up
into this tree The leaves of the sycamore
could not hide him anymore than the trees
Of the garden could hide Adam and Eve
He saw also the desires Of his heart for lie
knows the things that come into our mind,
every one of them tz'I;. NJ. 81. Here is "A
seeking sinner and a seeking Saviour face
to face What a glorious meeting Tho
Holy Spirit brought it about lie does ali
these things.
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