The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-11-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
International Lesson for November fS,
1s94-Thc Sermon on the Mount-Luks


GOLDEN TExT.-Asye would that men should
6.3i.
THE NEW EPocB.--Naturally, there would
follow the selection Of the twelve Apostles
some statement OF the principles of the King
dom of God. so far as they could then receive
them, that the Apostles might have clearer
IDEA OF what they we're to teach, and clearer
ideal OF what men we're to become through the
gospel
TIME-Summer OF A. d. %. Immediately
after the last lesson.
PLACE.-According to tradition, the Sermon
on the Mount was spoken on the Horns OF Hat
tin, or Mount Of Beatitudes, square-shaped
hill, about sixty feet in height, with two tops,
near tho center Of the west coast of tho Sea of
Galiloe, two or three miles from the sea, and
seven southwest from Capernaum. On July 5,
lls7 the celebrated battle OF Hattin took place,
In which the last remnant OF the Crusaders
was destroyed on the height Of Tel Hattin after
the army had been beaten by Sultan Saladin
in the valley
JEsUs,-Between thirty-ono and thirty-two
years OF age.
JOHN THE BAPTIST -Thirty-two years old,
imprisoned In Castle Macherus.
LESSON NOTES.
The scene was on the twin mountain
called the Horns of Hattin, overlook
ing the Sea of Galilee. 1t was in the
morning, and Jesus face doubtless bore
the marks of His long night vigil on
the heights, as Moses face shonc when
he came from the heights of Sinai after
communing with God. Jesus was on
slight elevation. Around Him were
gathered His chosen twelve. The level
space and hill sides were covered with
the multitudes of people who had come
to hear Him.
The Sermon. Luke's account is brief,
thirty verses, compared with the fuller
report of Matthew in one hundred and
seven verses. Well might Daniel Web
ster say, in the inscription he left for
his tomb: my heart has always assured
and reassured me that the Gospel OF
Jesus Christ must be Divine reality.
The Sermon on the Mount cannot be
merely human production. American
Com. 1t may be called the inaugural
address. Regarded as ad-
dressed especially to the twelve, 1t be-
comes the great opening lecture in
course of instruction. American Com.
It is in Matthew carefully organized
didactic discourse.
Thcme.-The Righteousness of the
Kingdom of Heaven. Q) The right
eousncss described and its rewards an
nounced Matt. 5:2-9). (2) The right
eousness as exhibited in life (5:lO-16).
(3 Relations of the righteousness to the
righteousness of the Old Testament
revealed first in ethics; secondly, in
religion (5:17 to G:1S). az Relations of
the righteousness to secular life (G:io-34).
(5) The teaching of the righteousness.
Precepts and warnings to disciples as
teachers (7:4-23). (6) Conclusion (7:24-27).
The beatitudcs Tvs. 1929, i. e., the
benedictions, the happinesses. Only a
portion are given in Luke, but it is well
first to glance at them in their com
plete form.
We shall understand the beatitudes
as n whole by arranging them some
thing after the manner of Lange.
The inner life Hs 0W,cdrd NANTES
t0Udrd God tdttO1 t0tCdrd man.
l. The poor in spirit
2. They that mourn. 8. The meek.
4. They that hunger after 5. The merciful.
righteousness.
Q. The pure in heart z. The peacemakers
Thus shall ye be
The salt OF the earth. The light Of the world.
To be poor in spirit" is the founda-
tion of all, The first column, then,
will express the inner life, in its nat
ural progressive order, from mourning
for sin to hungering for righteousness,
to the complete result of pure heart.
The second column will express the
manifestations of this life,
also in natural progressive order,
from bearing injuries, to doing positive
good, to leading men to the peace
which only Christ can give. Note,
also, that each characteristic in the
second column is the natural express
sion of its corresponding inner life,
given in the first column. They that |
mourn for sin will be meek to sinners.
They who hunger to do good will do
good in mercy. Those who are pure in
heart will seek most, and be most sue
cessful in the bringing men to peace in
Christ.
(a) BY the sevenfold character thus /
set forth, a complete character is meant
to be depicted, and, by the sevenfold |
blessedness attached to it, perfect |
is intended.
(b) The things here promised, far |
from being mere arbitrary rewards,
will be found in each case to grow out |
Of the characters to which they are at
tached, and in their completed form
are but the appropriate coronation of
them. & !
icy '"They do not describe so many |
distinct characters, but essentially the |
same character under so many different
aspects; the reward is, in like manner,
the same in essence, but adapted in
in form to the respective virtues."-
Prof. A. G. Kendrick.
(0 The Ten Commandments are neg
ative, the Beatitudes positive. The
one forbids, the other enjoins. The
one was delivered on Mount Sinai,
cold, bleak, barren, inaccessible-a
type of merely law morality; the other
on Mount Hattin, built of solid rock,
but covered with fertile soil, beautiful
with shrubs and trees, a picture of the
of the gospel of love.
Woes.-Vs. 24-26. The four blesseds
in the previous verses are now con-