The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-06
rhE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for July =. 1901
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tiles ana the glory ~ Thy people Israel i uke
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TINE Fairly ia February. Is & 4. forty days
after The last lesson
PLACE In the temple at Jerusalem, whore
Joseph and Mary had gone for one day, from
bethlehem, 10 present the child Jesus 10 tho
Lord
joins THE BAPTIST was young bnbe seven
or eight months old. AT Hebron
JESUS Born the last VI December u G 3.
was circumciSed on the eighth day. and named
Jesus. the Greek form OF the iehrN name
Joshua g saviour" or Jehovah. the Sa-
vlour" The family wero s.ill living AZ Hcthle-
hem. The next event was the presentation OF
the temple. when Jesus was forty days old
THE SECTION or HISTORY Luke : .)3
The OUTLINE -,n Tho birth OF Jesus ~
The angels song 49, The presentation IN tho
temple 10 Simeon's hymn Of praise. the <unc
Dimtts 80 The wise men from III. east
LESSON NOTES.
The Presentation In the Temple
vs. .i-a4 When Jesus was forty DAYS
old the Holy Family went up from
Bet hlchcm To perform two ceremonies
required by the Jewish law. The first
was that of the ceremonial puriiica-
ton Of Mary, described in Lcviticus
IL. For this, two offerings were re-
auircd-a lamb for burnt Offering,
and turtle dove or young pigeon for
a sin Offering. But any poor person
might substitute another turtle dove
or young pigeon for the lamb, a. we
see that Mary did Luke .:.2tl. This
was distinctly called ''the poors offer
..,l IL. h., ,p.,1ar-
I ate circumstances of the family.
\ lamb was worth seventy-five cents Tor
the WAGES of five ordinary days work.,
while n turtle dove was worth about
eight cents, and sometimes was as low
as two cents.
The other ceremony was the Re-
lcmption Of the First-born. commonly
in the ease If Jesus called the Presenta-
ton in the Temple. because in his case
the ceremony was performed in the
temple. though this was not necessary.
Every Erst-born male child, Ike the
first fruits of the farm was consccrated
TO God. belonged to Him. because the
first-born of the children of Israel had
been preserved from the destroyer who
slew the first-horn of all the Egyptians
zen. 1872. l3-l5) The oldest sons
would naturally become the priests
and religious teachers Of the people
But God afterwards chose the whole
tribe of Levi for these services instead
of the fir>t-born Mum. 1912. lal. In
recognition Of this. the iirst-born son
was consecrated to God. and redeemed
to the family by the payment Of i've
. ~.
Conservation of Children. Parents
should in their hearts and purpose
consccratc their children To God from
their birth For they are the gift OF
Gods love In them are vast possibli.
ties for good or for evil for themselves
and for others. for time and for cter'
nity. child is too precious 1ewel
for us 10 be careless about. lest. as the
man returning from Africa with hi
whole fortune In one diamond. tossed
| it up in sport till at last it fell into tho
. sea. so we too lose the soul of the child
? We shall best care for the child If We
. devote him TO Christ and His churcl
: (as the Puritans dedicated their collcg'
e Christie ct Ecclesin). This will hell
us in training him. it will save hin
from many dangers. it will help him t
devote his own life TO God and man.
Jesus is the Light Of the World
! Light is mysterious in nature. ineffa
; bly, bright and glorious. everywhere
: present. swift-winged. undetilable
: Light is the source of life, OF beauty
q 81 manifested realty. Of warmth. com
Z. fort, and Joy. of health and Of power
~ nnifAS ii
n itself purity and clearness. Withou
h It the world would be but a mass Q
. GOODNESS and death. Now what ligh
does for the natural world, Jesus doe
for the world of man, for mind. sou
and spirit. "And the glory OF thy pee
pie Israeli" The light that shines thu
!. fartheA Is brightest at its source
j Christ, who enlightens the distant ma
!. ton. must shine with the most glor
Gus light on his own nation. That tn
Messiah, the worlds Redeemer. was
! jew. glorified that nation. II they ha
= only received Him, lie would have mad
;, them the center of the worlds civiliz;
!, ton and religion, the greatest and mos
!. influential nation that ever existed.
= The pupil Of Moses may ask himsel
:. whether all the princes OF the house
j. David have done so much for the Jew
as that Prince who was crucified Q
Calvary. Had it not been for Him. u
Jews would have been comparative
= unknown. or known only as a hip
oriental caste which had lost its cou
z try. Has not lie made their history u
= !: most famous history in the world? III
= not lie hung up their laws in eve
temple? Has not lie avenged the VI
tins of Titus, and conquered u
- CAESARS? What successes did they a
ticipate from their Messiah? The vii
20 est dreams of their rabbits have bee
n for exceeded. -Disraeli.
oi PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
g v. 25. A truly good man Is alwa
'n both Just and devout. just u
rs without spirituality is q beautii
&c house without windows, body vii
ont soul.
nd On the other hand. devoutness VII
he out righteousness Is but the suns
NY light on the Clouds passing glo
he not a burning and shining light
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