The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VIII, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY "a.

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o. "a certain man planted vineyard
and let IL forth TO husbandmen and went
into far country for long time" Our
last lesson seemed TO have a special refer
ence to the present age or the time be-
tween Israel's rejection of their King and
His return TO take the kingdom. This
parable seems rather to cover the whole
history of Israel, including their treatment
of the prophets and their rejection Of the
King.
1919. This account of the treatment Of
His servants will cover the whole period
of the prophets. The fruit He desired was
righteousness, and that Israel should make
Him q name among the nations Of the
earth, that all nations might know Him
| for their good But read the story in lisa.
v, 7-25, and In Eek Kill, and see what they
| gave Him instead Of righteousness AS
TO their beating and shamefully treating
| the servants, just listen to few testi-
monies ASA was wroth with the seer
| and put him In a prison house." "Zede-
kiah came near and smote Micaiah upon
| the cheek" And they conspired against
| him (Zechariah) and stoned him with
stones at the commandment of the king
| in the court OF the house of the Lord. "
| "Then Pashur smote Jeremiah, the
| prophet, and put him in the stocks. "
"Then took they Jeremiah and cast him
into the dungeon" I'll Chron. xvi, 10;
| xviii, 90; xiv, 81; Jer. Xxx, 2: xxxviii, 81.
| No wonder that James by the Spirit writes,
"Take my brethren, the prophets who
| have spoken In the name OF the Lord, for
an example Of suffering affliction and OF
patience (Jas. V, 10). The Lord Is now
looking for tho fruit of the Spirit In those
| who have become branches in Him who
is the True Vine, and through whom He
desires to bear much fruit to the glory Of
God. Does He find itY Ifnot, whyY Let
each answer for himself unto the Lord.
10. "Then said the lord of the vine
yard: What shall do? / will send my be-
loved son. 1t may be they will reverence
him when they see him." In lisa. v, 4,
He asks, What could have been done more
to My vineyard that / have not done in
1t? And here at much farther stage He
asks, What shall dor Then determines
to send His Beloved Son. not to punish,
as well He might, but to save and bless
even such rebellious ones. God who once
spoke by the prophets, hath at last spoken
by His Beloved Son, to whom He gave
this title both at His baptism and at His
TRANSPORTATION. Behold what manner Of
love, what long suffering what forbear-
ance, what yearning over the erring and
rebellious ones. Hear Him, even through
the prophets: "How shall give thee up,
Epbraim? How shall deliver thee, Israeli
(Hos H, 81
IA. "This is the heir; come let us kill
him, that the inheritance may be ours. :"
Joseph's brethren said: "This dreamer
cometh. Come now, therefore, and let Us
slay him and east him into some pit"
(Gen. xxxvii, 49, 20) 1t seems impossible
that human nature could be guilty OF the
baseness of Joseph's brethren, and OF the
brethren of our Lord, the Jews, who treat
cd Him as He here describes. Think of
men enjoying property that cost them
nothing then of their refusing to thank
the owner by rendering him some fruit,
then of their actually conspiring to kill
the owner and take the property into their
own hands.
15. $50 they cast him out Of the vine
yard and killed. him. What, therefore,
shall the lord of tho vineyard do unto
themp' Our Lord describes what He
knew they would actually do, for He had
often foretold it. What an illustration OF
the fact that the carnal mind Is enmity
| against God. But believer, let us apply
| It; let us see ourselves in this awful pic
| ture The Lord Jesus has bought us fol
His peculiar property that He may bt
i glorifled in us Now, Is He enthroned In
the heart that He has bought for Himself
or Is He as good as cast out? Lost we bt
az guilty or more guilty than the Jews
let us give Him cheerfully the whole being
for His pleasure (Rom.. xii, /, %.
IS. "He shall come and destroy these
husbandmen and shall give the vineyard
| to others" In Math. XXI 43, the words
are "Thc Kingdom of God shall be taken
| from you and given to nation bringing
forth the fruits thereof" Israel, having
failed to receive her King, has been for the
present set aside as a nation, while God II
| gathering out of all nations people fol-
| His name who shall be Joined to Christ
| and return with III ,-hen He shall come
| In glory for the restoration of Israel ant
Of all things spoken by the prophets. The
great question for the church and for every
Individual be lover is, Am bearing fruit
unto GodS
II. what is this, then, that Is written,
the stone which the builders rejected, the
same is become the head of the cornerg
This is from Ps. cxviii, 90, and points &c
the time when the nation shall say
blessed be He that cometh in the name
of the Lord (Nath. xiii, 80; Ps. cxviii
26). ut shall be said in that day. Lo, this
Is our God We have waited for Him, and
He will save us. This is the Lord. WI
have waited for Him. We will be glat
and rejoice in His salvation" lisa. XIV, 81
Our Lord was always calling attention Il
what was written. He had implicit con
fldence in the Scriptures. He always ap
pealcd to them. He made people answer
their own questions by lis. What Il
written? How roadest thoa!'
49, whatsoever shall fall upon tina
| stone shall be broken, but on whomsoeve
.. 1t shall fall it will grind him to powder
! This takes us hack to Isa will, Ia, 10
where we read that He shall = To some
sanctuary, but TO others a stoilo OF STUN
bling and rock of offense. In ~. xviii
| 10, we read that He is sure and tries
! foundation stone rs we'll as q precious cor
ner The whole Is summed IN in i Pet
ii, As. The grinding to powder probabl
refers to Dan. ii, 30, and the timo OF Hi
coming TO judge the nations He Is nov
q place Of refuge and n sure Foundation 3
all who receive Him. He is rock OF OF
Tense to all who will not have Him, bu
when He comes in glory He will surel
, crush all His enemies.
10. "And the chief priests and the scribe
the same hour sought to lay .nds o.
Him." They had long before del smine
.. to kill Him, but now their hour l. draw
! ing nigh, and yet they cai 4 lay "a iinge
on Him until God appointed time. The
He will lot them take Him, that thci
wicked hands may accomplish that W. k
the counsel of God determined before {
ha dona A ota ~ OF 2Sl Not even satu