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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 29.

A Comprehensive Review Of the Quar-
ter's Lessons-Golden Text, Luke xii.
g. Commentary by the Rev. d. M.
stearns.
LESSON 1.-The Forerunner Of Christ
nuke 1, 5-17). Golden Text, Luke I, 76,
"Thou shalt go before the face of the Lord
to prepare His ways" The standing OF
Zaoharias and Elizabeth is given IN the
phrase "Righteous before God" How
precious when man and wife are thus one
In Christ forever. Their daily life is sum-
married. In "walking In all the command
ments and ordinances Of the Lord blame
less' (yerse g.. The grandest thing about
their child John was that he would be
"Great in the sight Of the Lord apd filled
with the holy Spirit from his birth"
(verse 15). Observe the phrases Before
God, Before Him." In verses 8, II.
LESSON 1.-THE Boy Jesus (Luke IL,
4o-52). Golden Text, Luke II, SO, "Jesus
increased in wisdom and STATURE and In
favor with God and man." Observe the
"Fear Nots" Of the angels to Zaoharias,
Mary and the shepherds u, 1s, 30; II, 1o)
their ".Glad Tidings'' Il, 19; ii, 10Y and be
bearer of the same Rom. Z, 15). Let us
magnify the Lord as did Mary and Zacha-
rias, and the angels, and the shepherds a.,
46, SO; Ii, IA, 20). Let the first recorded
utterance Of Him who always pleased the
Father, "about my Fathers business" III,
49) be one of our daily mottoes.
LESSON III.-The Ministry Of John the
Baptist duke Ill, 15-22). Golden Text,
John l, 80, "Behold the Lamb Of God,
which taketh away the sin Of the world. "
John, like his Master, sought no honor
for himself, content to be voice, heard
and not seen. Content to decrease II only
he might increase; content to have all his
disciples leave him to follow Jesus. His
greatest cry was that Of the Golden Text,
"Behold the Lamb Of God" Jesus hum
bles Himself to be baptized Of John that
He might fulfill all righteousness (Math.
iii, 15) The Spirit abides upon Him, and
the Father testifles, "Thou art My Beloved
Son, in Thee I ain we'll pleased"
LESSON IV.-The Early Ministry Of
Jesus (Luke iv, 14-22). Golden Text,
Luke iv, 80, "His word was with power. "
Being full Of the Spirit He was led by the
Spirit into the wilderness to be tried. We
desire to be filled with the Spirit, but Of
ten forget that it involves trial. He con-
uuered by the sword Of the Spirit; let us
become mighty in the use Of the same.
LESSON V.-The Power of Jesus (Luke
v, 1880. Golden Text, Luke v, "a, "The
Son of Man hath power upon earth to for
give SINS" Between last lesson and this
we see demons and fevers and diseases OF
all kinds fleeing at His word; even the
leper is made clean. The fishes of the sea
also obey Him and fill PETERS net. Peter
and James and John follow Him more
fully.
LESSON VI.-The Sermon on the Plain
UIuke vi, 41-49). Golden Text, Luke vi,
46, "Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which I sayp" Sec in v,
30, and vi, II, the increasing opposition
and hatred of the self righteous against
the meek and lowly one. While this SER
mon is the same in substance as the one
on the mount (Math. v, to yii) it is evident
from verse ~ that it was another sermon
on another occasion. Jesus teaches us to
be and do what He Himself was and did,
and that every disciple must be perfected
as His Master was (verse 40, margin; Heb.
II, 10).
LESSON VII.-The Great Helper Nuke
vii, 2-16). Golden Text, Luke vii, 16,
"They glorifed God, saying That great
prophet Is risen up among u.s." They
boasted of the worthiness Of the centurion
who had shown his love to their nation by
building them q synagogue. but they did
not know the worthiness OF Aim whom
they were addressing, nor His love to their
nation in giving Himself to die for them.
They did we'll to judge Of the centurion's
love by his conduct-our Lord judges OF
our love to Him by our deeds rather than
by our words Il John lii, 1919.
LESSON VII.-Faith Encouraged (Luke
viii, 1866. Golden Text, Luke viii, 48:
"Thy faith hath made thee whole. Go In
peace" he is ever going about doing good
(Aots Z, SS), healing the sick, casting out
demons, raising the dead to life and
preaching the glad tidings Of the kingdom
of God. Here Is case Of life ebbing away
for 10 years, and another Of life steadily
developing for the same period, but until
each touches Him there is nothing endur-
ing to either. He only can give real life
that will endure forever, but he can and
will II we are willing. Hear His Fear
not; believe only" and say, II will trust
and not be afraid"
LESSON K.-Jesus, the Messiah (Luke
IL, 1S-27). Golden Text, Luke X, 85,
"This is my beloved Son; hear Him. "
Observe in verse II how He continues
preaching and healing, then see Him feed
the 5000 men, the only miracle recorded
In each Of the four gospels, and II you
would be used by Him to feed the multi
tudes learn from this lesson the secret OF
losing your life, denying self, bearing the
Cross daily. 1t Is either Christ or I, Spirit
or flesh, the Father or the world. Let the
glories Of the kingdom as seen in the trans
fguration take such hold Of you that you
will gladly die to self.
| LESSON X.-True Love to Ones Neigh
Dor duke <, a5-37). Golden Text, Luke
<, 81, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy strength, and with all
thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself. ="
A good lesson, If you include verses SO to
40, on the difference between the wise and
prudent who get nothing and the babes
who know His mind by receiving His
words.
LESSON XI.-Teaching About Prayer
(Luke xi, 1-lS). Golden Text, Luke xi,
8, "Ask and it shall be given you, seek
and ye shall find, knock and it shall be
opened unto you." The great thing in
prayer as we'll as in life and service Is to
know God as our Father. Confidence in
our Father, who so loved us as to give His
only begotten Son for US and therefore can
withhold no good thing (Rom. viii, Ss), is
the secret Of all quietness. To live only
and wholly for Him is the secret of all
asking and receiving. The Holy Spirit is
the sum and substance Of all good things
LESSON Xu.-Faithful and Unfaithful
Servants (Luke xii, 374S). Golden Text,
i Ix.k L. isL