Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X't, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATlNHAL SERIES, SEPT. 80.


LESSON 1.-The Birth of Jesus duke ii,
1-16) Golden Text, Luke ii, II, Unto
you is born this day in the city of David
Saviour which is Christ the Lord
The greatest event that ever occurred in
this world up to that time-the incarna-
ton of God, the Creator of all things
came to pass when the fullness of the time
had come (Gal iv, y. There is an APP
pointed time for every event, and God in
all things is never too soon nor too late.
The great things of God are nothing to
the world lying in the wicked one, and SO
the great event is made known not to the
mighty ones of earth either in church or
state, but to the humble shepherds on the
plains of Bethlehem Il Cor /, 5000
LESSON II.-Thc Presentation In the
Temple duke ii, 25-3S). Golden Text,
Luke ii, 32, "A light to Tighten the gen
tiles and the glory of thy people, Israel "
1t is to the Simcons and Annas that the
Lord reveals Himself, while He passes by
the great and wise of this world. He looks
to the poor and contrito spirits who trem-
Bile at His word, who love and wait for
His salvation and arc separate from this
present evil world. Not to the righteous
Lots who live in Sodom, but to the Abra-
hams who live at Hebron in fellowship
with God, does He reveal Himself and His
ways.
LESSON III.-Thc Visit of the Wise
Men (Math. ii, 1-12). Golden Text, Math.
ii, II, They saw the young child with
Mary, His mother, and fell down and
worshipCd Him" These wise men are
another illustration of the unknown on
earth, but we'll known in heaven, to whom
the Lord reveals His secrets. They were
wise in the things eternal.
LESSON IV.-Thc Flight Into Egypt
(Math ii, 1929 Golden Text, Ps. cxxi,
s, The Lord shall preserve thy going out
and thy coming in The three dreams of
this lesson, in which God revealed His
will to Joseph, along with the fourth in
verse 20, suggest the many dreams of
Scripture in connection with job XXXiii,
14-17 The command, "Be thou there till
l bring thee word (vcrse l3), makes us
think of the wilderness life, when every
movement of Israel was directed by the
pillar of cloud (Num tx, 1929. The
wondrous fulfilling of Hos. xi, (scc verse
15) shows how literally and fully we may
expect all prophecy to be fulfilled.
Lesson N.-Thc Youth of Jesus Ouko
ii, 40-52.) Golden Text Luke ii, 80, And
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature
and in favor with God and man" Tho
leading thoughts in this lesson seem to be
His knowledge Of who He was and what
He came for, even at the age of II years,
when He said, Il must be about my Fa-
theirs business. "
Lesson NL-The Baptism of Jesus
(Mark i, LID. Golden Text, Mark /, H.,
Thou are my beloved Son, in whom l
IL -. I.
aid foretold by Isaiah and Malachi, who
was content to be heard and not seen, only
voice crying in the wildcrncss-glad to
cry, t. Behold the Lamb of God, and to
see his own followers forsalle him to fol.
low Jesus. Then we have the opened hcav-
en- and the Spirit descending upon Jesus
as a dove and abiding ON Him.
LESSON NII.-The Temptation of Jesus
/ (Math iv, LID. Golden Text, Heb. iv,
10, in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin" While absolutely per
feet in Himself, yet as our High Priest
and Saviour He is made perfect through
suffering (llcb. ii, 10) l have often been
glad that in this conflict with the devil
Jesus did not conquer him in any miracu-
lous way, but simply by the use of the
same sword (Eph. vi, 10 which He has
left to MS and taught us how to use. Let
us cling to it like the man in II Sam
xiii, TO-
LESSON VIII.-The First Disciples OF
Jesus (John i, 35-49). Golden Text, John
i, Al, I'VE have found the Messiah, which
is, being interpreted, the Christ" The
way to make disciples of Jesus is to point
Him out as the Lamb of God who takcth
away sin, for He said Himself that when
lifted up He would draw men unto Him.
LESSON IX.-Thc First Miracle of Jesus
(John ii, 1-11) Golden Text, John ii, IL,
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in
Cana of Galilee and manifested forth His
glory" That the Bible should begin with
the marriage of Adam and Eve and end
with the marriage of the Lamb, the last
Adam and Eve, and that Jesus, the Laml
of God, the last Adam, should perform
His first miracle at marriage feast is,
to say the least, very interesting And
that He should show forth His glory by
turning water into wine makes us think
of His words in Luke xxi, Is, concerning
the kingdom.
LESSON X.-Jesus Cleansing the Temple
(John ii, 1920. Golden Text John ii,
10, MAKE not my Fathers house a houst
of merchandise. 1t is mans way, insti
gated by the devil, to deflle holy things
and places. Since Adam defled Eden by
his disobedienco it has been the story all
the way down. Thank God for the New
Jerusalem into which no deillement can
enter (Rev. xxi, 27).
LESSON XI.-Jesus and Nicodemus (John
iii, 1-16). Golden Text, John iii, 10, God
so loved the world that He gave His only
begottcn Son" Reading the hearts of all
men and knowing what was in man, Je-
sus tells this good moral man, a ruler OF
the Jews, that his great need is to be born
from above, and that unless he is born
from above he can never see nor enter the
kingdom of God. five miss the kingdom OF
God we must be shut out into the kindon
of darkness, where are weeping and gnash-
ing of teeth. How all important therefore,
is this birth from above, which l tried to
make plain. in the notes on this lesson
LESSON AII.-Jesus at Jacobs Well
(John iv, 9-26) Golden Text, John iv,
IA, whatsoever drinketh of the water that
l shall give him shall never thirst The
seeking Saviour the Good Shepherd, finds
this lost one by the well and tells her of a
well which she might have within her and
ever carry with her From the water with
which she was familiar He leads her to
the water of which she knew not by con-
vincing her of sin and then revealing Him