The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-07-26
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JULY 30.
Lesson Text: "Thc Youth OF Jesus"
Luke H., 4O-52 - Golden
Text: Luke H., 81
Commentary.

w. and the child grew and waved strong
In spirit. filed with wisdom, and the grace
says that after all things written In the law
had been performed for the child they re-
turned 20 Nazareth This first verse may he
said 10 contain all we know o'the first twelve
years ot His life. Since John the Baptist
was filled with the Holy Spirit from his birth
duke t., ij) we cannot think otherwise OF
jesus, and that would explain His being
"s,ronr In spirit and filled with wisdom"
IL. "Now, His parents went 10 Jerusalem
every year at the feast OF the passover"
Three times year oil men IN Israel were
commanded 10 appear he,ore the Lord in
Jerusalem (ES. Nxxiii.. II Dcut. xvi. l6),
NJ the feast OF the passover, the feast OF
weeks and the feast OF tahernacles ana none
were To appear empty. The time Is coming
when all the nations OF the earth shall bo
represented In Jerusalem once year to wor-
shipthc Lord Czech XIV, iG).
~. "And when lIa was twelve years old
they went up To Jerusalem, after the custom
OF the feast II would be journey oftwo
or three days as they travelled then from
Nazareth 10 Jerusalem. hut nothing Is said
OF the incidents OF the journey.
AZ "And when they had fulfilled tho days,
ns they returned, the child Jesus tarried be-
hind In Jerusalem, and Joseph and HIS
mother knew not OF II. IL" docs tot np-
pear TO have been tho prodigy which the
Apocryphn would make Him ont To be, hut
probably quiet. thoughtful hoy whose mind
was more In Heaven than on earth. ye; not
30 nbsentminded as TO be- 1T amy timN or in
the least degree disresp"cttul or disoh" iient,
for lie never sinn"d In thought, word or
deed (It Cor V. 2D.
a.. "But they. supposins Him go havo
been In the company, went days journey.
and they sought Itiw among their kins'olk
md acquaintance. Hal li"hren the wonder
working boy o' tho Apnrryphn. they would
hardly have loft Him ont of their sight. and
hs, a. tim u
Jerusalem conrcrninr Him. As It Is. they
actually lose sight ot Him ior Who'll" dnY.
-. "And when thoy founi Him rot they
turned back again To Jrrus ll'm se"ktng
Him." Will" they hal -Hcr'dy - 'ludei
all lrnycn from their food Tor dnys pa-', they
would now think that tney hnl not "NHu1ei
I all evil from their hearts uni lives. ".sh they
might hnva been sp1r"l this r,t~aciug OF
their steps. Satan would he very buy at
surH time sugsr-tiu; all nnnnrr % dou'ts
and fcaT-, and we may imHginr Mary Iull OF
up5rnidugs. His presence is prlc' and iu'l-
hess Of JOY. Let us never lose II.
a.. "Aud Il cimr to pass thn', a'tor threA
dnvs. they found HIM IN the temple sitting
In the midst OF the doctors. both hearing
/ thcm and asking thrm questions. No. one
. nor two but thrrc days of sorrow had they
/ experienced becaus" oi Him aud their neglect
/ OF Him. hut over twenty years after this
. Mary had thrps DAYS deeper sorrow through
. no fault Of hers. Whorc nal Hn spent "a"
days? VINO had feed and lodged Him!
These and other questions we must wait To
have answered. But We soc tho bent OF His
mind In the place and company AMI occup1-
tion in which lie was ioun'.
Al "Aud all thar heard Hin w"rH aston
ishel nj His UNDERSTANDING ami answers.
He could say then In NJ least some measure,
as He did later. "fhe Word, that ! speak
unto YOU speak not OF Mys"ll' (John XIV,
10). We may also suppose that His ques-
tions would be in the line OF pressing Scrip
turo hard upon the precepts ot man, such as
.'what is written In the law How read
! est thou2n Quko x, 2G). His own answers
u n 2uid doubtless be in tho v" i:.7t
Drop Tables r.rr l'&"
fM.!tllorm Rd His .Ao,her saii unte nnA.
Son, why hast Thou thus tcalt with us2
Behold, Thy father and have sought Thee
sorrowing." They had learned that careless
ness-goiug from the sanctuary -'ousos loss
of Jesus-that is communion ono
days neglect hal caused thrse days anxiety
How often 1t Is 80 In the spiritual liie-a for
GetIulness OF Him for an hour or not re-
spending the moment He calls may lead to
much anxious seeking for Him. See ). OF
Sol. ill.,. IA v. Il. Z.
40. "And Hc said unto thcm How is it
that yo sought Me- Wist ye not that must
be about NV Fathers husinessf' People to-
day seck Him everywhere but in the ono
place whore lie Is 20 be found. lie will a.
ways bo found in the sanctuary; not neces-
snrily in a so-cGl,ei place OF worship. though
He should be found there, hut always IN His
word. Contrast His "My Father with her
"Thy Father" This Is the first "NIy Father
OF human lips us9l in reference 20 God, and
the words OF this verso arD the first recorded
words of Jesus.
80. "And they understood not III" sJvinC
which He spnSs onto them" II oven Mary
understood not, what wonder that the apos-
l.
" helpless we all are. apart rom tho iIolv
Spirit. TO understand tho things OF God?
. Tho things OF Go know"ih no man but tho
Spirit Of Col Il Cor. H., ~. All the wisdom
of Egypt and OF Babylon could not tntcpret
the dreams OF their rcspcctit,CIings. None
but Joseph ami Il Daniel nllc,i with tho
wisdom and the Spirit Of Col co,ild 10 IL.
81. "And IEo went dowr with thcm and
came TO Nazareth ard was sIbjecS unto them.
but His mother kept all thessr- ner
heart. Verso 40 covors( ., ,welve
years OF His lifn, and this verso covers the
next eighteen years. one has said that SUBJ
7 mission Il the highest mission on earth. aud
we certainly SEQ It in Jesus ii" know who
Hr was. whence lie came and what Tie cam1
10 30, yet for eighteen years nftor II" said
He must ho about His Fathers business He
quietly submitted TO Nazareth, and the car
pentcrs shop, and the humble home
Thirty years, unknoVn, llo t,nt
Galilee sequestei sod,
But His lifo WAS known 10 COL
Daily work NJ Josrph's cal
Daily duties howe cr smnIl,
Yet IT, was the Lori OF nl..
90. "And Jesus increased IN wisdom ard
I'm statue and In favor with God lud nan.
Physically, He grew rs othcr Toys -piriNls-
Is lie became filed with WI, lon # r. above
like Joseph and Daniel but In gre. 'Nr meas
ure. All who admired goodness Hlti no.
holp looking favorably upon Him while lie
did always thosr things which plrtf'I the
Father (John Will, 23l. Tho Script were
His special and probsD!y His only S iy ana
tho Holy Spirit His great teacher. Soc oNf
commands and privilege IN Josh . ' =.
Col. ill.,, IL; John xiv, 20 III Cor. lrl H.
Lesson Helper.
Mira TbnmaS Ellison