The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-04-26
SABBATH school.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FoR
APRIL 20.

a. As have recently rad and proAtsd by
sermon by Rev. A. q. Brown, Of London,
upon portion Of this lesson entitled 'tFfnd-
OF the Spiritls suggesttons to siim may here
be found. 1t ts the last night before the
exucihxlon. The city Jepuaelern, thSr holy
CITY, - fau OF people, for only In the chosen
city can the psssover lambs be slain and the
where Wit TSouS' Thinr Il s.afs auss.
ton, What wilt Thou have me to DOR and
Let our hearts b ever saying, .sWhere.
Lordf' "What, Lcrdf'' and never lean 60 our
own understanding.
IS. "He Immediately sends two with def
great faith on their part. He lovesgto be
trusted and win surely guide AL who are
willing TO be- guided ops. xyxii, 81; Isa- xxx,
II; Xviii, ~. But see how It is only q
step at time, and consider the foretold
events OF one day N Sam. X, I'D, They
knew the way to the city. All was plain thus
far. Then OF all who should pass them or
meet them they were to look for man COM
Ing toward them bearing q pitcher Of water,
him.
IL. They were not told TO speak to the man
with the pitcher but simply follow him into
the house aud speak to the good man OF the
house concerning the room In which to eat
the passover. The fact that they were to say
to him, The Master SAITH" shows that the
owner OF the house was q disciple. Jesus
would not use the property OF one who was
not. sc
1e We would like 10 know more of this
man and this room, between whom and the
Master there seemed to be such q perfect un-
derstanding and harmony OF spirit
16. With uDquesaIonIng obedience they
went forth from Him to do His bidding and
they found everything just as He had said
they would. II always has been and always
viii be 80, for whatever else msy fail or
ehanUA nSa ha NJ the n <-I L.
sure, and IL standeth forever.
H. And IN the evening He cometh with
tne twelve. Never was such q passover kept
before, for this Immediately preceded the full
hilment OF all passovers. as on the morrow
"ChrIst, our passover, would be sacrificed
Tor us. Have we, like the good man OF this
house. room for Jesus? And are all our pos
sessions al His disposal? Are sfe like the
two disciples looking for His guidance? And
90 we recognize His hand in all the events OF
hfei IL 30. II is well.
IL. Before Jesus announced that one OF
them should betray Him it would seem from
John xiii. that He had washed their feet and
had taught them thus to do for each other
Think OF His washing the feet OF Judas!
How near one may be to Jesus, how much
He may do for one, how many privileges one
may enjoy and yet be lost! II win surely be
fearful thing to have been numbered with
the followers OF Christ and yet not be truly
His.
~. ~ Wub Cuouku ~ uakS IOSm SOrTOWtul
that one who had companied with them and
had been apparently truly one Of them
should turn out to be only traitor and hypo-
erite. 30 clever had the traitor been that IL
would seem that zone OF the others had gus
pected him. for no one said. 1T must be Ju
das, just az we thought" but each said, as
it IT, So kind had Jesus been that never by
word or look or act had He even limited that
Judas wAS not sincere. &ts st--
20. One ofthe twslvs .hRs ,tfgeth with
me- In tho dish Sitting nssiStsJesas, eat
ing with Him, called one Of His, acting "a
treasurer for His people, preaching in His
name, perhaps permitted to work miracles In
HE name, and yet all the while liar. n hypo-
critic. one possessed by the devil! Is II any
wonder that the Spirit by Peter exhorts us to
l., 10). Let us be sure that we have forever
ceased to look to or In any way trust In the
Mesh, but only and wholly in the merits Of
the Jesus Christ.
81. Scripture will be fulflled. The con-
duct of Judas was all clearly written out be-
forehaDd, as In Ps- xii, 9, but thar did not
compel Judas to act as he did. While God
knows beforehand all that will come to pass
and whether men will hear or forbear (Ezek
H., -, and while the spirit OF God strives
with ali, ut least all who know Of God and His
love, yet all are left free to accept or refuse
that love.
~. The passover feast heing concluded
Jesus now institutes the Lords supper by
first taking bread, aud having given thanks
or blessed il He gives them TO eat saying:
This Is My body which is given for you.
This do in remembrance of Me.
20. As He had done with the bread. so He
does also with the wine, representing His
blood shed for us, and when we partake OF
the wine We are TO remember the precious
blood Of Christ, the price OF our redemption
q Peter l., IL, 19). We are 10 remember that
We are not our own, but that spirit. soul and
body are all His, to be given wholly up to
Him that He may at His pleasure use us to
minister the great salvation 10 others, even
TO the shedding Of our blood in His service
II He requires 1t q Cor. vi, 10, 20; Thess.
", 2Sj II Cor. ", is; Rev. xii, III.
"A. Without shedding Of blood there Is no
remission OF sins, and il In the blood that
maketh atonement for the soul (Heb. tx, "a;
Lev. xvii. I'D. All the blood Of sacrifices
from the day when the Lord God made unto
Adam and Eve coats of skins and clothed
them was typical OF the precious blood of
Christ, which was sufficient for the sins Of
the whole world q John H., ~, but becomes
efficient only for such as accept Him.
rs. From beginning TO end OF the public
ministry Of the Lord Jesus He was ever
speaking OF q xInguom, the hnsdom Of
God or Of heaven, which will yet be set up
on this earth and include the whole earth
under the whole heaven (Dan. vii, 20.
Then shall the meek inherit the earth, and
war and strife shall bc no more Cps. x1xvii-,
IL: Math. w.. B; Isa. H. 4: MIC. w.. a A.