Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-03-19
NUMBER 80
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 22.


watching. Faithful service II the topic
for today, and there is nothing more puri-
flying, or more conducive to faithfulness
than watching for the coming Of the Lord.
/ testify from personal experience of 20
years. II the heart is fun Of fears or cares,
both Of which are fully dealt with in the
preceding part Of this chapter, we shall
neither be watchful nor faithful, but II We
live in and for our Fathers good pleasure
(verse 32) all fears banished by His perfect
love and all cares cast upon Him I John
Nv, 18; I Pet ", I'D, then our treasure be-
ing in heaven we will be watching for the
Son from heaven. From the first assur-
ance OF Deliverer (Gen- iii, I'D to the end
Of the book we are ever reading of the
Coming One To suffer and To reign IL
Pet. i IL He came once, at Gods ap-
pointed time, to suffer, and the Simeons
and Annas watched FOR Him. He III com
ing again. Blessed are the watchers.
3S. Blessed are those servants Those
who will not be taken by surprise should
He come at any moment Of the night or
day. While these lessons are very prac-
tical and must be applied to the heart OF
every believer glance at verse s6 will
show that the watchers hero specially re-
come in His glory shall, in the words OF
lisa. ky, 8, acknowledge Him as their
Messiah ] certainly do not wait and
watch for Him to return from the we'd
ding, for as part Of Himself, His body.
the church, expect to be at the wedding.
80. " If the goodman of the house had
known what hour the thief would come,
he would have watched I" His coming AZ
fof 4- ,.l ~. 7
Pet. iii, 10; Rev. iii, q; xvi, Is. but only
in reference to His enemies and the day or
the Lord. Listen to l Thess. v, 4, 8:
but ye brethren are not In darkness,
that that day should overtake you as a
thief. Ye are all the children Of light and
the children Of the day. We are not Of the
night nor Of darkness"
40. BE ye therefore ready also, for the
Son Of Man cometh at an hour when We
think not" The title, 'Son Of Man."
takes Us back TO Ps. viii, 40, and to Dan
vii, Is, IA, 27, and shows the coming ruler
Of Israel and Of the world, in which OH
cial capacity the head and body, Christ
and His church, shall be manifest as one
Il John iii, 2; Col iii, 4; Thess iii, 49,
Neither death. which l. All enemy nor the
Spirit at Pentecost, who came as another
Comforter, nor the destruction OF Jeru-
salem, which is contrary to Ps. eli, 16, can
in any Scriptural sense be said To be a
coming Of the son of Man. Let H. not
omit the lesson that is in this and similar
verses for our own souls. Be ready for
service OK glory any moment.
Al, 42. "And the Lord said, Who, then,
is that faithful and wise stewards" This
in answer to Peter question as to whether
the Lord had been speaking specially to
them or to all He seems to answer,
''Whosoever will may be a faithful and wise
steward" F" In / Cor. iv, 1-5, Paul speaks of
himself and fellow laborers a. stewards Of
the mysteries Of God and says that the one
thing required Of a steward Is to be found
faithful. and that in view of the coming Of
the Lord. Meat in due season Is also re-
ferred To in l Cor. iii. ,; Heb. W, 1914,
and the difficulty Of giving meat when one
can only take milk.
43. Blessed is that servant, whom his
Lord when He cometh, shall find 50 do
ing" 1t will be sad indeed for the serv-
ants who are giving stones for bread and
the poison Of unbelief instead Of the milk
and meat and honey Of The word of the
Master The Bible Is p complete equip
ment for every man Of God, sufficient to
furnish him thoroughly for every good
work iii Tim. iii, IL, i7l. and the preach-
er who steps outside VI the word OF God
for topic for his people is dishonoring the
Word Of God and grieving the Spirit Of
God. The one business Of every teacher
and preacher il to be, like Haggai the
Lord 5 messenger with the Lord message
(Hag. i, 13).
a. "Of a truth 7 say unto you that he
will make him ruler over all that he hath Y
It is said Of a braham 5 eldest servant that
'He ruled over all that he had tGen.
xiv, 81. for fam the goods of his master
were Id his hand CYersu IOD. 1T H. said of
Joseph that POtiphar made him overseer
over all that he had and that Pharaoh
"set him over an the land Of Egypt (Gcn.
xxx, d; xii, 41). Jesus said of the
Spirit, He shall receive Of mine and shall
show it unto you All things that the Fa-
ther hath are mine John xvi. l+ I5D.
Consider wen, D child vi God, our present.
privileges and future glories and be faith-
full.
45, 46. "His portion with the unbeliey-
ers. Therefore this servant was never "a
true servant; but, like Judas only num-
bered with them. There is no Scripture
that contradicts or really conflicts with
the statement of our Lord that His sheep
can never perish (John x, 27-2g). The
professed servant who lends his tongue TO
the evil one To lash other servants and at
the same time gives himself up I'd the I'm
toxicati0ns Of this worlds attractions had
better consider ere it be too late these sol
enn words of Him who shall be our Judge
Not every one that saith Lord, Lord. but
be that dOeth the will Uf my Father
(Math. vii, 21). "Whosoever will be a
friend Of the world Ii the enemy Of Cod
(Ias iv, Al. IKE cannot serve God and
mammonf (Luke xvi l3). III one chooses
to be an unbeiiever, be cannot expect other
than the unbeiievers portion.
Az, 4S. If / understand the teaching or
these two verses, 1T II That while ALI unbe-
levers, whether professedly servants *
God OF not, shall 80 to the place Of tor
ment. there shall be degrees uf torment iI
proportion tO thuir guilt | ain III the
habit in my preaching Of putting it this
way: Those who receive Jesus Christ are
saved freely hy Hi grace. and all are
equally saved CRum- iii, 4+)- but each
saved soul viii DC rewarded or given his
wages according to his works Rev. xxi,
~, Luke xiv I4, | Cor iii. 1850 ~
that while there aru nn degrees in salva-
tion there are III glory III Cor Ky, 4O- 4a}.
Those who reject Christ will be lost be-
cause of their rejection of Him. wha Der
professgdly IiS ur nDt, hHt their torn ent
viii be in l,rOpOrtinn To their guilt. The
servants Of these two verses cannot be true
servants Of God, for SHch are not beaten or
punished, be1aGse the chAsti~rrnent of our
peace was upon Him who ,yas made sin
for NJ 1 la Iii K. II Csnr 4 OH Miner
ever weeping 0r wailing and rtshiDE Of
teeth u mentioned it iS always vith lvier-
ence to those who profess whst they are
lot (Math. viii, l2; xiii, ~, SO; xxi, l3;
xiv, 81; Luke xiii. 2S- etrl
survival of = French word In Scotland
While speaking 70 a respectable house
wife near Danfermline, some 80 years
ago, Id u the merits of a clergyman in
the neighborhood. she informed me that
he was said TO be the best preacher n
q the room. A CAUTIONS cross exani-
nation elected the fact that the room
csr MY did not include the Lothians.
and did not extend so far as Sterling
came I'd the conclusion that the word
room" was corrupt form OF the
French "royaume, = the kingdom Of
Fife. Edinburgh Scotsman.
A fossil dragon tiy ~ inches long,
armed with big jaws and teeth, hai
been found in the coal measures of Com
mentry, ID thc department. cf the Allierl
France.