Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
PARABLE OFTHE POUNDS
LESSON XII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. II.


AN' So-'oin'"eh'ary oy new H. W.
Stearns.
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II "An5 os tbc,, beor5 these tbsnoe tyo
added ana snake n noroblo bec1use JJe
arms N job IN Je,,,soIen on5 beco,,eo tbo,,
thou0bt man the Kjno,,on nj God sbonl4
in,ne,lintelu onncnrT Although He had
said again and AGAIN that He was GOING to
.Jeruselem to Inc crucifed and to rise agoin
from the dead (chan will IA. Matt wi.
81. xvii oO vet they understood NOT and
Thought that now tbev sbould 500 Him
nroclain, Uin,ealf k;ng of Jsroel and raetora
the throne of David or the throne of tho
Lord nj Jerusalem on which David and
solomon SAT nc tha renresantatives of Ia
bovab n Chron xxix oN That This was
tbe KINGDOM they exnected is clearly Of =
ed in LIKE xxiv. 81. Actsi g. and that thew
had n right to exnect this is seen in the
Davidic covenant UI sam vii 1o-16.
Chron xvii. 11-14. also in all the nronbets
(see lisa tx & 7. Ter iii IN and in the
words of Gabriel tn Mary IT .uke % al
That they had much ground for exnect.
ing tie Kingdom at that time is seen in the
fact that John the Rantist .Jesus himself
the twelve. and the seventy. all nreacbed
tbo+ tha E;nr,do,,, ms ~ hond ME- ~ o.
;y ~. ,. Z no q, WI. ,hon thiS
narohIo and WV. ,r.o. tho p;rcdo,,, no.,
then to ba as+ahiisbas, Tho Kinodn,, IN
tho ,,orso,, cf H. H. -, tbe e,,,, %
David-had been at hand and in their
midst, but they knew Him not. received
Him not. and were now about to kill Him.
Therefore He said; "The Kingdom of God
is taken from Won and given to n notion
bringing forth tho fr,,its tbereof,, rIta+t
wi IA Their reiaction If Him aa - natioT
noetnonao Tho rostoro+;o,, &c tho +hro,o 90
David until His return (Acts III oN and
they have lost car+ain biob nriviloc,os
which will ba oivan to onotber alact notion
even the church or bodv of Christ now
heiny gathered ont Of MI nations Acts w
IL. Pet II On
10 "JJc snjd therefore 4 certain no,,c-
man ,rcnt into n far co,nt,i In rrc,jrc
fo, bj,uscIf n kj,,rlom ANA IN return y
He refers to Himself and tha KINGDOM now
nostnoned Int 70 he estabIiched an +bis
earth at His return His annroochino
deotb he sneaks If as a iourneI into n far
country
"a al mi Tie co,1o,7 bjo tom oo,,,,,nte ,,o,,
7cIjrcrod tb,,n tom ,,o,,n,1s o,,,, e,,iJ ,,nto
th,,n. Occ,inu I'm r come" While He Is
absent He exnects His sarvants to mo buev
in His affairs and Ue ,,i,as +be,, so,,a.
tbino viii wbicb 70 ,rort or do h,,sirnss
for Him Tn This n.rahle eocb ono racai,.os
tho same Will in tba naraIIal naroIIa -
tho talents NI,tt Wv Is1 oocb raoai,.as or
cordinp to ability The Mound to each NAV
eignify. tho S,irit which l. ,,i,..r 70 a,.or,,
nan 70 nroft y.;thol ,rb;,a ~ +aIonts ,,,a,,
refer to tbe snecial Gifts of tba shirt 1,ivan
70 eacb ne He fthe SniritI rri1Ieth n Cor
xii : IN
II "J},t His cjtjzcns botod Him and
sent u ,ncSsooc ,,fte,. Him sa,,j,,n re lin
mot have tbts ,nnu r. rcjcn a,,cr ,,s - In
verse o. tbo.. c;tiya,,s ora oaltad ,,,o,',ias
TX "1nd II co,,a to ,,I,.v tbI,t arje, ITO
,ros rct,,rncd bu,,j,,o rcccj,,cd mo Ejnn1
,Ion, tbco NE co,n,,DnlIcI these sc,.,,,,,'3O
IN Lr coIIoJ ANITA Him m ,rho,, ne bo,I
,j,o, tbc,nonc,, tbot Ic ,oj,,htIna,r ham
much e,,c,a, ,,,o, b,,d onine,i t,, tr,,,1;n,,,,
"a "T6cn co,,,e Tho 6,st .,,,,i'o Ioy,,
tb,I ,o1,nd ham Coj,c,j tcn no,,n,is,,
y "1,,d JTc s,,jd ANITA I'M, ITeI, tbo,,
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