Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 10.

l. "At the Same time came the disciples
unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest
in the kingdom of heavenp' After tho
TRANSPORTATION Jesus cast demon out of
child, foretold again His death and resur-
rection and wrought miracle to pay tho
tribute money for Himself and Peter.
Then follow the incidents of today's les
son. This was not the only time that tho
IL or portion of them talked of greatness
in the kingdom.
9. "And Jesus called n little child unto
Him and sat him in the midst of them. "
The little child was not afraid to come to
a stranger There must have been some
thing winsome about Jesus that drew tho
children and the simple minded. How
could it be otherwise? Object lesson teach
ing is the very oldest kind, for God began
to teach this in the garden of Eden by tho
tree of life, the chcrubim, the sword and
the coats of skins.
g. And said, Verify l say unto you
except yo be converted and become as lit
tie children We shall not enter into tho
kingdom of heaven" The first thing is
not position in the kingdom, but the quail
flcation to enter the kingdom, and there
fore the Lord said to Nicodemus that even
he, good, moral, religious man. must DO
born from above, born of water and tho
Spirit, ere he could see or enter the kingdom
of God (John iii, 3, 81.
4. "Whosoever, therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same is
greatest in the kingdom of heaven. The
child came when called and yielded itself
to Jesus for His pleasure without saying,
l WON'T or, What fori or What Will you
give mcY 1t had 10 requests nor prefer
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hands and dealt with as He might please
Happy child Let us he like him-just to
let thy Father do what He VIII, just to
| know that lie Is true and be still.
). And whose shall receive one such
/ little child in My name receivcth me. -
! As soon as we come to Jesus and in sim
| plicity receive Him we become children OF
/ God (JOhn i, ~ and members of the body
/ of Christ (Eph. V, 3u). 1t is as if He said
! to the Father concerning each one, 81 Re
ceivo LiM as Myself, ana if he owcth augEt
put that TO my account (Phil. II, 49,.
t. "But whose ALI offend one of these
/ little ones which believe in Me it were
better for him thatu milestone were hanged
about his neck, and that he were drowned
/ in the depth of the sea- As truly rs Jesus
appreciates and will reward every g0Od
/ thing done to His redeemed, so surely VIII
He punish every evil thing done to them
/ (Math. XIV. 40 or every good left undone.
T. Woe unto the world because of Of
fenscs, for il must needs be that otfcnsI-
come, but woe to that man by whom tho
offense comcth" There are stumbling
blocks. many, both in the church and out
of it, and there are many temptations TO he
offended, but Jesus said elsewhere that
though VIC should be put out Of the syna-
goguc or even slain for His sake We mast
not be offended (John xvi, l, ~ 1t is a
| privilege TO suffer with Him and for His
sake.
8. ''Whcrcforc if thy hand or thy foot
offend thee, cut them off and cast them
from thee 1t is better fer thee to enter
into life halt or manned rather than hav
ing two hands or two feet to be cast into
everlasting fire. " There is fire, and it is u,
everlasting as life. 1t was prepared fol
the devil and his angels (Math. XIV, Al
but whatsoever does not have his name in
the book of life shall be cast therein (Rev
Xxx. 10; xxi, -.
9. And if thine eye offend thee pluck
it out and cast it from thee. 1t is better
for thee to enter into life with one eve
rather than, having two eyes, to be cast
into hell fire" The Lord Jesus who madt
these bodies and knows better than any
says plainly that, if the losing Of hant
or "a foot or an eye could be the means Of
causing us to escape hell fire, it would be
better far To lose that member than to keel
it and let it lead us into hell fire whcr,
the worm dicth not and the fire is not
qucnchcd Mark tx, 42-4o)
10. "Take heed that yc dcspisc not on'
of these little ones for | say unto you thai
in heaven their angels do always behole
the face Of my Father, which is in heaven. y
However poor and unlcamcd may be The
messenger who shall warn you to lee from
the wrath To come, despisc him not Iii.
guardian angels are in constant commu
Mon with heaven CIcb. i, 49,, and j.
we dcspiso the messenger we dcspsc tn,
Lord Jesus, whom he represents duke Y
100.
II. For the Son of Man IS come to say,
that which was lost The Lord Jcsu'
would not have come from heaven and sur
fered for our sins if we could have beer
saved without Him, but knowing the re-
alities of he'll and the awful torment await
ing the lost He endured all things which
He suffered to save the lost. The sailor
boy had more Of His spirit than many
have today when he would not be shut up
but kept at the people till they were com
PEELED by Gods spirit to listen.
Il. "How think YET If man have an
hundred sheep, and one of them be gon'
astray, doth he not leave the ninety anC
nine and goeth into the mountains ant
seeketh that which is gone astray2" Go
ing astray is moro serious business in tn,
Lord 5 eyes than i'm ours.
10. And, if SO he that he find it, verify
l say unto you he rciOiceth more of that
sheep than of the ninety and nine whicl
went not astray.' How can we who HAY,
been led to receive Jesus realize more fully
what we have been saved from and tho
cost of our salvation, that so we may be
more truly grateful to Him who has saved
us and devote ourselves more fully to Hin
that through us He may save othersy Let
us earnestly ask Him to be more filed Will
His spirit TO this end, and as we read al
the torrents of the finally impenitent be
lieye that God means what He says; then
surely we shall greatly rejoice over ON,
soul saved.
II. EVEN so it is not the will of youl
f Father which is in heaven that one Of
these little ones should perish" 1t j.