Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LEcocN v, FOUErH QUARTER, INTER-
NhTiCNaL C-GiES, NOV q.

and His disciples began, rs they went, to |
pluck the cars of corn" In Math. xii l, it
is written that His disciples were hungry,
so that we must bear in mind that there
was an actual bodily need to be supplied.
He himself was ofttimes hungry and weary
(Muth iv, 2; xxi, Is; John iv, 81, and the
disciple must be content to be us His mas
ter (John XIV, 20) If we suffer, we shall
also reign with Him Oh Tim. ii, 1877. In
our abundance we are apt to forget Him.
and He ofttimcs proves us to see if we are
relying on Him or on our circumstances
(Dcut. viii, ?; Gen xii, u.
"a. And the Pharsccs said unto Him.
Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day
that which is not lawful?" The Pharisces
were II class Of religious pcople not yet ex
tinct, who w,rc full of talk, but lacking in
deeds, except when their deeds would
bring them praise of men. They were
hypocritcs and whited sepulchcrs, fair out
wardly, but all unclcan within (lath.
xiii, 3, b, 81, PSI. We may be sure that
He who said, Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy" would in no sense
transgress His own commandment nor lead
others to do it, These hypocrtcs make me
think of a captain on fcrryboat whom |
saw collecting fares one Lords day and
at the same time finding fault with Il man
for VIII. tling the air of a sacred song.
25. "And He said unto them, Have yo
never read what David did when he had
need and was an hungered, he and they
that were with himY 1 believe there is
an analogy i'm Scripture for about every
event in life that can come to any one
Jesus, being fun of the word knew just
how and when to apply it; hence we so
often hear Him saying, 1t is written, "
Inv Tntv oh
members would hang their heads in shame
if He should ask them, Have ye never
read"
20. How he went into the house of God
in the days of Abahar, the high priest,
and did eat the showbrcad, which is not
lawful to eat, but for the priests, and gave
also to them, which were with them. "
In Math. xii, ,, :, He cites also the con
duct OF the priests in the temple on the
Sabbath day and quotes from Hos. vi, 6,
Il will have mercy and not sacrifice. -
An outward apparent disobcdiencc does
not always spring from a spirit of dis
obedience, and the Lord always lookcth
upon the heart He reads our motives
and recllons with us accordingly. He
wcigheth actions and spirits Il sam. ii,
3; Prov. xvi, -. Behind an outward con
formity He often sees "A spirit of rebellion.
E LOU us DC dlllDlNlOuS To 10 IlBIU III HIS
sight who rcadcth hearts.
p. And He said unto them, The Sab
bath was made for man, and not man for
the Sabbath. - This sentence is found
only in Mark in this incident. 1t is the
gospel of service, and every servant of
God is to serve God every day. but one
day in seven is specially set apart for man
that ON that day he may wholly and pc
culiarly delight himself in the Lord and
thus be refreshed for the work of the 9th
er days. Man is not slave of the Sab
bath, but the Sabbath is for his special
benefit and joy, not to enjoy himself lisa.
lviii -, ID, but that he may delight
himself in the Lord and thus learn to ride
upon the high places of the earth.
rs. Therefore the Son of man is Lord
also of the sabbath" This statement is
also found both in Matthew and Luke.
All things were made by Him and for
Him. 1t is His day He is the maker of
it and the proprietor of it, He gave it to
us that we might the better glorify Him
and enjoy Him He certainly has n right
/ to tell us what He would like done with
His own property. When we, too by faith
/ in Him become His property and truly
call Him Lord, then the day and the PEG
pie being all His ana for His pleasure He
cret Of rest and victory is found in being
able to say from the heart, Thou art wor-
thy, O Lord, and l am for Thy pleasure
(Rev. iv, ID.
iii, l. And He entered again into the
synagogue, and there was a man there
which had Il Withorcd hand" In Luke vi,
6, it is written that this was on another
sabbath, ana that He was teaching in the
synagogue. Ii would seem, then, that
He was always found in the synagogue on
the Sabbath day and ready to read and
teach as opportunity offered. These syn
agogues We're not the most spiritual places
in the world for the service was very
formal, yet it was His custom to be there
,. And they watched Him whether He
would heal him ON the Sabbath day, that
they might accuse Him." What odd kind
If people did 90 to church on Sabbath
days long ago, and He knew just what
kind of people they We're Yet He went
too. Well, He must have had more grace
than many Of His followers nowadays
/ Yet it is written that If any man have
not the spirit of Christ he is none of
His" (Rom viii, 81. Why should they
want to accuse Him when He never did
any harm to any, but always went about
doing good? They must have been related
to one who is called the accuser of the
brethren" (Rev xii, 100.
3. And lie saith unto the man which
had the withered hand, Stand forth. 8"
Luke says, He knew their thoughts"
(Luke vi, 81. 1t will greatly help us if we
remember that there is always one with
us who is reading our thoughts and
searching our inmost hearts. But how can
we help our thoughts? Only by being
filled with His thoughts. We are not re-
sponsible for the thoughts that are pre-
sented to us, but we are responsible for re
ceiving and pondcring them.
T. And He saith unto them, Is it law
full to do good on the Sabbath days or
to do evil, to save life or to Kill? But
they held their peace" In Math xii, H.
~, it is written that He used the illustra-
ton of the lawfulness of taking sheep
put of "A pit ON the Sabbath day, adding,
"How much better is a man than q
sheepy" and then said, 1T is lawful to do
well on the Sabbath day" We are GER
tainly safe in doing on the holy day what
ever will glorify God and tend to magnify
Him through any work of necessity or
mercy.
3. And when He had looked round