Passaic City record., 1892-12-24
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
DECEMBER IS.
Lesson Text: "The Birth of Christ, !"
Luke H., S-2O-Goiden Text: Luke
H., 1O-Commentary.

8. sand there were in the same country
shepherds. abiding in the field keeping watch
! over their flock by night" The fulness Of
time had come and God sent forth His Son
| made of a woman, made under the law {Gal.
iv., A.. In the quiet town of Bethleh am the
| greatest event in the history of the world
had just transpired, not on some cold win-
ter's night, as many a child has been taught,
but at such season as that in which shep-
herds abide all night in the field.
9. eAnd loi the angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone
round about them, and they were sore
afraid" Possibly these men, whose occupa-
tion is suggestive of Abel and the patri-
archs, Moses, David. Amos and Others were
of the number of those who, like Simeon
and Anna, were looking for Redeemer for
Israel.
10. "And the angel said unto them, Fear
not. for behold bring you good tidings of
great Joy which shall be to all people,"
How comforting that the word Of God and
of angels should SO often be 'sFear notP
Note them from Gen. xv., /, to Rev. l., IL,
but remember that there is none for you un-
less you have received Him Of whom the
angel brought gooi tidings. Though Christ
in Bethlehem a thousand times be born, if
He's not born in thee thy soul is still for
lorn.
II. ssFor unto you is born this day in the
city of David Saviour, which is Christ, tho
Lord" Unto each of those shepherds, unto
the nation of Israel, unto you who read this,
unto all people-and there is none other
(Acts iv., IL; Isa. Kill, III. Angels. proph-
cts. God the Father and the Holy Spirit.
His own words and works all testify that
Jesus the Son of Mary, is both Lord and
Christ.
12. '.And this shall be sign unto you; ye
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes lying in manger." There was no
int Ha inn a
tverse n, the cattle are about Him; how low
He humbled Himself and how poor He be-
came Phil. IL, z, 8; II Cor. viii, 81 And
all to save me- Others tell how to save our
selves, but He saves. You will know Him
by His poverty and humility and lowliness.
IS. 'tAnG. suddenly there was with the
angel multitude of the heavenly host,
praising God and saying" First one angel
and soon multitude, all of one mind, all do
ing one thing, glorifying God. Compare
lisa. vi, 8, and Rev. iv, 8, the songs of Ser
aphim and Cherubim. and may we have
that church above some other, or this or that
man instead of Jesus Let US unite to mag
nifty the Lord.
IA. "Glory to Goo in the highest, and on
earth peace good win toward mon." Well
might they SO sing, for He of whom they
sang pleased not himself, did not His own
will, sought not His own glory, and His
testimony when speaking to His Father in
His last great PRAYER was, II have glori6ed
Thee on the earth" Rom. xw., iii. John vi,
90; vhi. oU, XVII, ~. -
40. Let uE now go ana see tnis tning
wnicn mas come 10 pass, wnicn tne Lord
hatn made known unto us. 10 come TO
eartn ana return 10 heaven as tne angels did
will be our privilege in the next age when
we shall with Jesus subdue all things unto
Him. Note the faith of these shepherds;
they did not say. LET us see if this is really
90, Dut they believed tnat IL was inst as
the angels said. Like Faui they could say,
believe God that It shall De even as it
was told me" tActs XVII, @o|. see also
John w.. 80.
10. And tney came with haste. ana found
mary ana Joseph, and the babe lying In
manger. IL always mas Deen SO, ana al
ways WIN De 50; tney found IL just as tne
Lord mad told them by the angel. Search
the Scriptures through and observe where
anything mas come TO pass tnat the Lord
said should come to pass, and notice how
literally and exactly all was fuihlied just as
nao Deen Ioretolo. See Zen. Ky, 40; FIX.
15-17 and "e evaru n,sdict,on n, concarr;no 1A the
hun,;ii;a t;on of Josns 81 nc ca,,..i,,dee +hat
ever vord of CO wb;ch ;s os rat ,,nfuis
fiied shall in duo time ha fnIfil,sd to tho
letter
~ s.And xuho,, +hay had so.,, = +ha,,
re.,a known ahroad tba Sav;ny ,rh;ob Yvos
told thau, concarnlng tbis Child That
whicb We have sean g and ',s hsard % declare us ws
INTO Won. We Cannot but sneak the things
which we have seen and heard u Tobn
Acts iv' 2m such are the testimonies of
those who baus sean and Lnoyn the ona
who is called wonderful Counsaior tna
M;rhtv God the EvarIast;no Farhar the
Prince of Paaca. tha Child Rorn tho Con
riven of tb = incrras 80 Of yrnoso gnyarn,, o,,t
there is to be no end upon the throne of
David (Isa. tx. en-. We have not tc preach
ourselves hnt .TesuMs ~ Christ the Iord We
have onlv to nasa Him Known and tbe
things concerning Him and the HoIv
Snjrit will honor ss,ch testimony
Isl sand ali tbev that heard ,r wondera3
at those things which were told them hv tba
shepherdsn Comnare the wondering na,-
nle Of chanters iv 30. ir "a ri; Il and
notice that merely wnnder;nr doc. not az.
comnl;sn anvth;yo The word ,,rsachsd
does not nrofit if it is not MIXED with faith
in these that hear il tHeb' iv. 81 But If ;s
to be feared that the majority or gosnel