The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


3d.
Especially Arranged from :. > ouar'eriyI
cuRIsTNAs LESSON
GOLDEN ~Trxr-Dchold, I bring you gooo
ulings OF great joy. sio
CENTRAL. TgUTH Tho coming 81 jesus 'nrtss
= the proof AMI promise Of Gods love 70 men
TIME The last Of December u CO -four
Years before The era from which we date our
years BY mIstl'se thc wrong date was nrss
nrornulgaied The sSth Of December Is the %
ginning Of longer days and more light. afteS Sns
shortesf and darkest days OF the year.
PLACE bethlehem Of Judea hve OF ~
miles south 81 Jerusalem, Davtds carly nomeI
II now contains about i've thousand innao'-
san.s The place where jesus was porn wns
probably a cave In the sousncass par. !. ~
town Hcpworth Dixon thinks that tho nm IN
Inc stable Of which Jesus was born, may nave
80, the very house where Doaz and Ruth and
David lived
R-rfEus-Augustus cTsar vas emperor %
Rome. Herod the Great king o'~"o'"'
iect 70 Rome.
CONTEMPORARY HLsTcRY. --srou prosiucn'o
had prepared the world for the coming oI
Christ, and Tits was the utiest time IN All ~
history. a. Al the woric "as sup]ces v ~,
royernment. - that the apostles could trasei
everywhere the door " every Ian" was open lot
the gospel - The world was ~ peace 20
that the gospel could have free course. 'D
The Grccl: language was spoken everyv nere
Vii, ,hcir othev languages. a. Tho Jews
vcrr scattered everywhere With syna&0gues
and Bibles.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACES = In the sems
country In the fields near Bethlehem "Apiu-
,,~ ,n Tho field" which could easily be doue IN
pecember. as often very pleasant weather 40
GOOD pasturage are found all through mai
month -
~h,lc ,hev were performing their regular du-
tses A pavid's Psalms. that have been max
ing music down the ages. came TO Nun IN aMs
through tho daily cares and experiences OF Nc,
40 20 these shepherds feeding their socep ceIo
n - t--f.,.a r,vrfafipu and heavenly
music. Had they been anywherc else exceps
= attending TO their humble duties they WcuAS
not have heard that song OF the angels or Sen
the glory Of TIE Lord round about theu. Ano
hest place in all the world 10 be Is az the poss
. az au,y Nowhere else can such blessings, umr
i, poral Or spiritual. be fairly looked Tor
o Sore" exceedingly III CITY OF Daslu-"
> bethlehem. SO called because DAVID was por'
, ana s,ant his carly life there so foreooiu "a
Micah So Mary and Joseph were descendants
~ David. ard In the royal line Jesus wrs the
, king who fulfilled the premises rnadc 10 Dasau
: Christ" the Messiah, the Arointed' l. o. onS
n set apart hv God for a special work.
~orc t-,t Jo-ua lived in heaven. the eternal
Son OF the Father. before this tsce John !;
, IL. IL. Heb L. I'd
= ~ "a sign" by which TO know when tney
Q had found Tie right bate. "Nangcr', ? s.ohe
e trough in which The cattle were led Inc INNS
a wore unfinished lodginy places, not IKE our
!, hotels. IA ..In the highest in the highest
places, in tho highest strains. In the hi2nestue-
gree. Good will Inward ncn' Chris' INC
Son or God. coming 10 earth 70 die Tor men, ~
= tho highest proof 81 Coda love, good WILL To-
= ward men. ~ .i,e;uracd:" TO their work with
their foeks
LESSON NOTES.
:. We call this nChris;mas lesson, INIT
the shepherds knew nothing about
= Christmas. To them that day was X
~ any other day. till certain events TOOK
:. place which forever made it unlike any
!. day they rae ever lived through Let
- u look at'the events which befcll them'
which set this day apart in their mcm'
cries for all time. The first OF these
al events we will call:
4. The angelic message. Can you I'M
n. avinc their surprise when suddenly
they saw before them an angel OF tn
"A Lord? They knew about angels, bu'
- they had never themselves seen one. bu'
~, now there was no doubt in their minds
n. ms To the nature Of their visitor. III
III came in great glory, for we read tina
~ ..thc glory of the Lord shone roun'
"a about them Not unnaturally the
were alarmed at his visit; but sool
,rv their fears was dispclled. for the ange
NJ began his message with the r~cassurin
-. words: Fear not. for behold J brin
to you good tidings Of great joy" The
he told them that that which ever
p,sns Israelitc longed for had at los
taken place. and that n Saviour wa
born 10 them. This alone must hav
been enough to fill their hearts wit
10Y. for these were godly men, and tho
knew well that some day God woul
visit his people and give them gre;
blessings.
= Now came another wonderful expcI
cncc. This consisted in their visit
the infant Saviour. SO far as we kno
these men were the very first outsi'
OF Mary and Joseph. who kne
who this babe really was.
the privilege granted to them was We
I. yreat. and il any Of them lived wh'
! JeSus bcran Ia work his miracles
do,,ht not that they remembered tn
- nirbt with great gratitude, and ia
their friends what bcfcll them on tn
memorable evening. Then they we
off tnthcir work. with hearts so full
gratitude that they could not he
nraisinr God on their own account
mas any Of them were musical, ! should q
he surprised at all II they caught {
melody that they had heard the ang'
tiful sing. and repeated it through the VIII
~, of that night
~ That was q glad night for the shl
my herds. but they did not know how q
a night it was for this poor sin
world. How could they? Nearly NJ
-. teen hundred years have passed 81
~ then. and we are in a much better
xit;on 10 know how great wcrc tn
-" tidings Of joy thu; the angel announc
II YOU want Mt Ill to realize this,
~. to count up how many Of the blsssi
. ~ that we now enjoy come from
Pay work Of tina infant babe. fou '
- fimi that the list is SO long that
cannot complete 1t in this session OF
-, school In fact, the very best thi'
!" that this world to-day enjoys co
from Him. and most OF the sorrt
- that mon endure come because they
fuse to take the peace and joy which
came to give them. For beginning Y
this very Sunday school,, which ne
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