Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-25
THE LOST AND FOUND.
LESSON ", THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 27.

Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per.
mission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel.
phia.l
/. Then drew near unto Him all the
pnblicans and sinners for to hear Him. y
Whatever else these might have to forsake in
order TO be His disciples, they would not have
TO renounce that whlchis perhaps the hardest
OF all to lay aside-religious 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.
And the Pharisees and scribes muir
INJURED, saying, This man receiveth sinners,
and eateth with them.n They said grand
true thing when they said "This man receiv.
eth Sinners He said Himself, ~ came not
TO call the righteous, but sinners to repent
ancen luke v, 32). Aud Paul, by the Spirit,
rings it out as "a faithful saying and worthy
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into tho world to save sinners" Il Tim. !, 49,
.. And lie 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
the parable, the third part being reserved for
next week. Both in creation and in redemp
ton the Father, Son and Spirit are seen work
ing for the welfare of the creature I'm the
beginning God created" "In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God
All things were made by Him."
''By the Word of the Lord were the heavens
made and oil the host of them by the breath
(spirt) Of His MOUTH "And God said, Let
us make man in our image" Gen, i, / (; John
1, l, 3; Ps. xxxii, +; Gen. /, 26 So also in
redemption. "God SO loved that He gave
His only beeotten Som tine Son Of God
loved mo and gave Himself for me-"
Through the Eternal Spirit He offered Him
self without spot to God" John iii, 10; Gal
ii, 20; Heb. tx, ID And, stranger still, both
Father, Son and Spirit como to make their
abode in the heart of tho true ponitent who
has turned to God John xiv, H. PSI.
p 4 go after that which is lost until He
find it, First we have the Son us the Good
Shepherd seeking the sheep which is lost,
Tho same illustration is found in Matt xviii,
1l-l4, in connection with His saying, "The
Son of Man Is come to save that which was
lost" The sinner is brought before us as a
lost and helpless soul, unable to do anything
to restore HIMSELF not knowing tho way
back, and even if he knew it he is without
strength to get there
g. "And when He hath found it, He lay
eth it on His shoulders rejoicing" Out In
the desert He heard its cry; sick and help
less, and ready to die; and the cry Of the
helpless reached his heart. He said to Moses,
II havo surely seen the affection of my peo-
pie which are in Egypt, and have heard their
cry y for | know their sorrows
lex. iii, \, I'm all their ailliction He was
afflicted, and the angel Of His presence saved
them; in His love and in His pity He re-
deemed them; and He bare them and carried
them all tho days cf old,n And of Benjamin
He said, " - he shall dwell between
His shouders'b Isa. l},ii, 0; Dout. xxxii ~
9. "And when lie cometh Home" Thank
God for this, that, having found the sheep
which was lost, He bringeth it homo. He
does not lose any by the way OF those whom
the Father gives to Him He loses none. He
says, 81 give unto them eternal life, and they
shall never perish neither shall any pluck
them out of my hand' John x, 2S.
"Rejoico with ne; for | havo found my
sheep which was LOST Not only is his own
heart glad, but he will have his friends and
neighbors to rejoice with him because the
lost is found Jesus would have His people
to rejoice with Him, for ho says, "These
things have spoken unto you, that my joy
might be full"
T. II say unto you, that likewise joy shall
be in heaven over ono sinner that repenteth y
II shepherd is so glad over the recovery of
a lost sheep that he causes his neighbors to
rejoice with him, How much is man better
than n shoep' Matt xii, ~. And how much
is the finding and bringing home of lost
soul better than tho finding and bringing
home of a lost sheep But here is n revelation
of the unseen by ono who has been there and
knows all about it, joy in heaven, and why
Because n sinner has repented.
s. EITHER what woman having ten pieces
of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light
n candle, and sweep the house, and seek dill
igently till sho find it.n In the sheep there
might be consciousness of its being lost but
piece of metal has no feeling and is not con
scious of anything. 1t may be that we are
thus reminded of the soul that is dead in
sinsn (Eph. ii, %, and requires the convictinG
power Of the Spirit John xvi, S). The wo
man with her light is the active agent in this
case and, as in the former, she seeks till she
finds Israel, rs n nation, Is compared to Il
woman lisa. liy, !, .; Xii, II, etc.
Q. "Rcjoicc with me; for have found the
piece which had lost" Again. ms in the
former case, are ftinnt,s and neghbors called
upon to rejoice Az who have tho Spirit of
God ought to rejoice in the work of the Spirit
wherever that work Is manifest; and II we
were filled with the Spirit what going forth
there would bo after lost ones and back
sliders If friends aud nelghbors rejoice
in the restoration of n piece of silver to
its owner, the piece of money being the pecu
liar property of its owner how much moro
should Christians rejoice in the conversion of
every soul wherever on the face of tho whole |
earth that soul may be saved, because every
redeemed ono becomesa member of that body
of which all the redeemed form a part, and |
Of which Christ is the head Eph. iv, Is, 49,
And every member added to the body tai
though in His book all the members were
written, when Us yet there was none of
them, rs. cxxxix, iA just hnstens so much
the manifest completion of the body, the
marriage OF the Lamb, and the coming of the !
Kingdom. Then shall be the true home
bringing ana the fullneSS or JOY OF all the
redeemed.
10. likewise, | say unto You, there Is Joy |
in the presence OF the angels of God over |
one sinner that repeuteth' Not only there |
shall be tas in verse y, but there is joy i'll
Heaven over one penitent sinner. II we saw !
only one soul saved as the result of days |
teaching or preaching, we might not feel |
very much encouraged; but When We remem-
Der that every repentant soul, young or old, |
small or great, causes Joy in Heaven, it ought /
to make us rejoice, too, with great joy. Think |
of Jesus patiently and diligently seeking the
soul of Kicodemus, aud just AS patiently and
diligently the soul of the poor sinful woman
of Samaria, and let us be encouraged tomoro
dilgent personal effort. When praying once |
with repentant one, upon whose mind the |
memory of mothers prayers was doing |
effective work, | said to him rs we rose from |
prayer: "Now 1t may be that the angels have
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