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| for moro faith and ends with result OF
faith, but Il might as we'll BE- entitled
"GiorifyirR Cod In everything give
thanks. " Serve the Lord with gladncss. v
Enter into His gntcs with Thanksgiving
and into His courts With praise. Be thank.
ful unto Him md bless His name" II
Tbcss. v, IS; Ps. o, 2, ~. Such words rs
these nfe always appropriate.
LESSON Vl.--Lessons on Prayer duke
xviii, 9.17) Golden Text. Luke xviii, Is.
Tho publican standing afar of would
not lift up so much ms his eyes unto hcav.
on, hut smote upon his breast, snying,
God be merciful to me, n sinner" Willis
this lesson certainly teaches us the spirit
Of true prayer, 1t also teaches us concern
ing those who will enter the kingdom
and thpsc who will not.
LESSON VlI.-Parnble Of the Pounds
(Luko xix, ll.27). Golden Text, Luke xvi,
10, He that is faithful In that which Is
least Is faithful also in much. ind he that
Is unjust in tho least Is unjust also In
much." The kingdom OF heaven, which
will ultimately DO set up on this earth,
and which was ut hand whom our Lord
WAS here, but was postponed till His re.
turn, because Of His rejection by tho Jews,
Is the great topic of Scripture.
LESSON VIlI.-Jesus Teaching In tho
Temple duke xx, 9-l9l. Golden Text,
Luke Xxx, IL, "Thc stone which the build
ers rejected, the same Is become the head
Of the corner The previous lesson taught
US our responsibilities during His absence.
This shows us the cause OF His absence and
should incite tho protesting body called
tho church to become part OF tho true
church and rcndor fruit to Him who died
for her lest she also be cast of, spewed out
of His mouth (Rev. Iii, 1s). True believ-
crs cannot perish, but professors who ore
not possessors shall.
LESSON IN.-Destruction Of Jerusalem
Foretcld duke xxi, 20S6). Golden Text,
Luke xxi, 33. Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but my words shall not pass
away" Whatever is written will stand
forever. whether men will hear or forhear
(of course we mean that which is written
In tho Scriptures). "All things which nre
written must be fulfilled VERSE go and
chapter xiv. 44) He will come again.
Israel shall be saved, the earth shall be
filled with His glory, and Jerusalem shall
be the center. Great tribulation will i'm
mediately precede His return In glory, but
His saints will be with Him.
LESSON X.--Whrning to tho Disciples
duke xii, 24-37). Golden Text, Phil
ii, 5, LET this mind be in you which was
also In Christ Jesus" 1t Is now the night
before the cruciflxion, and He, knowing
what awaits Him, Is not thoughtful for
Himself. but for Them and encourages
them by those beautiful words Of John xiv
to xviii and by promises concerning the
kingdom. But sec their thoughts. Simon
Peter boasts of what no will do or will not
do, and others have strife as to who shall
DO the greatest. How awfully lonely His
heart must have beepl No one understood
Him but God.
LESSON XI.-Jesus CruciHed duke
xiii, 33-46). Golden Text, Cor. XIV 8,
Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures. At last the end has come.
Kings and rulers, Herod and Pontius Pr
late, and the gentiles and the people Of
Israel all mite against the Lord ard
against His Christ (Acts w, 26, s7) But
God will yet set His king, this same Jesus,
on His holy hill OF Zion, as King of the
Jews ops. Ii, g.. Every purpose of the
Lord shall be performed" The counsel
of tho Lord standeth forever, the thoughts
Of His heart to all generations" (.Jer. Ii,
20; Ps. xxxiii, III. Sue also lisa. xiv, "a.
LESSON XII-Ths Risen Lord duke
xiv, 36-53). Golden Text, Luke xiv,
3D. Tho Lord Is risen indeed" AS We
began, so we end with the resurrection of
our Lord, and that includes the rosurrec-
ton of all His saints Christ the first
fruits; afterward they arc Christs at His
coming" Il Cor. XIV, a3). Until then lot
us be filled with the Spirit and 1.-Two to
mako Him known throughout the world,
preaching repentance and remission Of sins
everywhere in His Ms.ine, that so His body
may DO completed and His kingdom come.
AmenI The God Of truth hasten It,