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FACT AND COMMENT.
BY PROF. G. M. HARMON.

Our lessons for this quarter deal for
the most part with Jesus conflicts with
his enemies 10 the Jewish state; and
they cover field that may fairly be re-
viewed in general way under the topic
of the Influences Which Led to His
Death.
L. The Parties that we see to be
active are the common people, the
Pharisees, and the Sadducees.
l. With the first Jesus had sort of
popularity, drawing great crowds after
him, who held him in favor on account
of his miracles of healing, his boldness
in denouncing the evils of the rich and
influential, and the charm of his manner
and teaching. But they were tickle,
having no genuine faith in either his
life or his teaching; and moreover we're
keenly alive to the distress caused by
bad government and the hard times, and
burned to resent their injuries and to
seek revenge for them in armed revolt
against their oppressors.
9 The Pharisees formed a small
party so far as numbers went, in COM
parison with the entire Jewish popula-
ton Of Judea and Galilee. but they we're
the dominant faction and had great in
fluence over the common people, claim
ing superior excellence of life, and hav-
ing the claim generally allowed in pub
lie sentiment. They made it their bust
ness to act as censors in religious instruc-
ton. and kept sharp lookout over all
attempts to teach or lead the people. II
any teacher or leader appeared who was
not of their party or who did not gain his
place and influence in the regular way
through them. they at once declared war
upon him and by their influence and
management usually secured his ruin
and death. So John the Baptist fell
under their disfavor, and, although his
popularity was too great for them to
openly oppose him, they secretly hated
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SCHOLARS STUDY.

GOLDEN neutrality-suspicious.
and remission of sins should be
preached in has name among all ma
tio1es."-Luke "a: AZ.
ERSALIST CATE
CHISM.-XXVI. What other titles are
given to Jesus? The Christ. Mediator,
Teacher, Lord, King and SaUioar.-I.
Tim. 2: 5; John 81 2; Rom IA: 8; John
Is: sc, 81; l. John A: IA.
GENERAL SURVEY. = While
we would take backward glance
over the half year of lessons in Luke's
Gospel our review is nevertheless espec
tally of the lessons of the past three
months. We began the quarter on East
or Sunday, and our lesson was appro-
pirate to the day. the subject being
the Resurrection of Christ. In the
second lesson we returned to the
study of Jesus teaching during his
Perean ministry; in the Parable of the
Great Supper we found world wide in
vitation to the Gospel feast. In the
third lesson we had the parable OF the
Prodigal Son, which we found to be
section of long address of Jesus in an
swer to the Pharisees and scribes who
charged him with being the friend of
publicans and sinners, this parable
picturing the fathers bereavement, the
younger sons folly and repentance, the
fathers forgiveness, the elder sons I'M
willingness that his brother should be
received again into his old home. In
the fourth lesson. the parable of the Rich
Man and Lazarus, we had another Sec
ton of the same discourse of Jesus; in
the character of the rich man Jesus pic
tured the scribes and Pharisees and in
the character of Lazarus he pictured the
publicans and sinners, and showed that
the latter were regarded with more IA
vor than were the former. In the fifth
lesson we had the subject Of Faith, in
the answer Jesus gave to the request OF
the disciples, Lord. increase our faith.
In the sixth lesson we had some teach
ings of Jesus on Prayer; we considered
the Pharisee's prayer, the publican's
prayer, the mothers prayer. In the
seventh lesson we studied the parable
of the Pounds, which we found to be
drawn from the political history of Jesus
time, and illustrative of the law of Gain
and Loss. In the eighth lesson We
studied the teaching of Jesus in the
temple court, in reply to the chief priests
and scribes; teaching wherein by the
parable of the Wicked Husbandmen,
Jesus showed the murderous disposition
Of the chief priests a scribes toward
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Professor William Matthews, in
1.-THE Golden Rule" says that Ralph
Waldo Emerson was once greatly
amused with the following anecdote: A
lady, deeply yelled and dressed in mourn
ing. was riding in stage coach in Yer
mont, opposite to whom sat small,
sharp-featured black eyed woman, who
began catechising her thus: Have you
lost friends?" Eyes, l have" "Was
they near friends?' "Yes, they was"
How near?" "a husband and broth
err" Where did they die?" Down to
Mobile" what did they die WITH"
yellow fever" WAS they long sick?"
mot very" WAS they teafarin' men?"
Eyes, they was.' ibid you get their
chists?' Eyes, did," "Was they hope
fully pious?" II hope and trust they
was" "Well, if you got their chists,
and they was hopefully pious. you have
great reason to be thankful" The
stress laid on the "chists" and the plac-
ing of their rescue before the piety of
the lost husband and brother as reasons
for thankfulness struck Emerson as ex.
ceedingly characteristic of certain
class of Yankees, and infinitely mirth.
provoking.
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him and finally managed to secure his
imprisonment and death.

him and finally managed to secure his
Imprisonment and death.
3. The Sadducees were the aristocracy
of the nation. constituting the conserva-
tive and wealthy party, having control
of the temple, its revenues, and the con-
duct Of the temple services. They we're
also in favor with the Roman authorities
in Jesus day, and 80 had influence in the
administration of government affairs.
They cared very little for the petty dis
putes of teachers in the synagogue,
standing on their ancient dignities, and
being contented with the substantial
matter connected with the great public
services in Jerusalem. They paid small
heed to Jesus while he was recognized
only as public teacher. But when the
Pharisees had secured widespread be-
cal power, they thereby secured the hos
tile interest of the Sadducees. who
Joined in the movement to get rid of 30
dangerous character. His popular fol-
lowing had become threat of political
revolt, and so must be broken up.
II. The Questions on which the in.
fuences that led to Jesus death were
aroused and developed can be divided
into two classes; those which concern
obedience to the Law. and those which
concern the spirit of Religion.
l. We of today can hardly compre-
bend the intense feeling that existed
over the keeping of the Law, and it is
| difficult to account for and describe it.
But all the passions of which the human
heart is capable had been aroused in its
behalf in the stormy days of the Macca-
bees, and sentiment bad sprung up
which created great party committed
to separation from all foreign influences
and which at last produced another
party, the Zealots, who declared in favor
of unrelenting warfare on all foreign
publication of the Holy Land from their
presence.
In Jesus day this sentiment was ex
pressed in a minute dissection of all
parts of the Mosaic Law and an extreme
attempt to follow this dissection out to
its finest details in conduct, and also
that these matters we're not only import
ant, but matter of life and death. Who
ever has studied the Sermon on the
Mount has seen that Jesus not only had
no sympathy with this minute subdivi-
sion of the Law. but that he did moi
scruple to brush all their fine tracery
aside and leave only the substantial
foundation principles of the Law in its
| place.
His attitude regarding the observance
of the Sabbath won for himself the
deadliest hatred of the Pharisees, and
and his attack upon both the party and
the teaching of the Phariseees only
served to convince the leaders of this
party that he was an enemy Of the Law
and meant to destroy it.
q These considerations reveal the
radical difference between the syna-
gogue teachers and Jesus. They would
observe the Law in it's external forms;
he in it's spirit and fundamental princi-
Piles. They laid stress upon external
conduct and that divorced from morals,
and he upon the inner life of the soul,
where the motives lived and had their
play On the one hand we see a hard,
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SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
FOR THE REVIEW.

1. The Resurrection of Christ.
Luke "a: 1-12 Why did the women
come to the sepulchre? Did the women
have their spiritual eyes opened to dis
Germ spirits? What is the present proof
of the resurrection of Jesus? Golden
Text?
=. Parable of the Great Sup
per.-Luke IA: 1874. What is symbol
lied by the Great Supper? How did the
Pharisees excuse themselves from the
Gospel feastP What is the present ap-
plication of the parable? Golden Text?
3. The Lost Found. = Luke 10:
11-24. What story of human experience
is here told? How is the result of re-
pentance described? What is taught by
the character of the elder brother?
Golden Text?
4. Rich Man and Lazarus. -
LUKE 16: 1881. What is the imagined
fault of the rich man and the imagined
merit of the other? Is it unreasonable
that beggars and rich men may in some
cases exchange conditions in the invisi-
BILE world? Was not Dives being i'm
proved by his suffering? Golden Text?
3. Faith LUKE II: 10, Why is
a mercenary motive wrong in religion?
What can we understand of the healing
power of faith? Is Christian gratitude
now as prevalent as it should be? Gold
en- Text?
6. Lessons on Prayer.-LUKE
Is: 9-17. Why was the Pharisee's pray
or really not prayer? Why is sense
of need essential to prayer? Why is
realization of childhood to God essen
tial to true spiritual life? Golden Text?
z. Parable of the Pounds. -
LUKE 10: 11-27. How far may this para
BILE be understood as history? Why is it
right to give more to those who have
already much? What is the law of gain
and loss? Golden Text?
8. Jesus Teaching in the Tenn
ple.-LUKE 20: 9-19. Why is absentee
landlordism peculiarly aggravating
How were the Pharisees and elders like
these husbandmen? Why did Jesus
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QUARTERLY REVIEW.
Lesson XIII.-June 2s. 1896.
INTRODUCTION.

"The Third Gospel" says Van
Oosterzee in Lange's Bible Work, "bears
the plainest traces of the individuality
of it's composer. so far as we know him
through the few hints of the Acts and
of the Epistles of Paul. AS Luke was a
Christian of the Gentiles. his work bears
a decidedly universal character. 1t is
he who traces the genealogy of our Lord
not to Abraham only. like Matthew, but
to Adam, and cares less to represent the
Messiah of God in his relation to Israel
than in his relation to all mankind.
Luke raised sacred history from the
standpoint of the Israelitish nationality
to the higher and holier ground OF uni
versal humanity" This characterization
of Luke's Gospel is not. be it observed.
gloss put upon it by heretical Univer-
salists; it is the conclusion reached by
a painstaking conservative scholar, after
an exhaustive study of the Gospel itself.
Our half-year in Luke's Gospel
must have confirmed this general inter
probation. We see, on taking general
look over our lessons, that Luke rejoiced
in the Gospel of Jesus as the Gospel for
the whole world, carrying in it the
prophecy of unlimited salvation. We
recall as an instance Luke's record of
Jesus first sermon at Nazareth, in which
Jesus aroused the Jewish prejudices Of
his old friends and neighbors by declar-
ing that his mission was to be fulfilled
to Gentiles as we'll as to jews. We re-
call again Jesus Sermon on the Mount,
which, as Luke shows US, was the In
augural Sermon of the Twelve; we weigh
the fact that Jesus sent his apostles
forth to preach an entirely ethical Cos
pei; Gospel as narrow as Gods right
eousness, as broad as Gods charity, as
natural as the open sky: Gospel from
which all statements or implications of
of substitutionary scheme are signifi.
cantly absent. We recall again the
Perean Parallels, which are reported in
large part exclusively by Luke. and in
which the spirit of universal humanity
Is COQSplCuOuSly OOuiudAt' NO hho
that even the parable of the Rich Man
and the Beggar, when fairly interpreted
by it's connections, instead of being las
often supposedly prophetic picture of
the final division of the human race, is
an impressive teaching that the beggars
and outcasts of this world, with their
moral sores upon them, shall have an
equitable immortal allotment, which
may mean even that the selfishly right
eous of this world will then in turn be-
come beggars. These are instances of
the Universalism of the third Gospel
Universalism is thread of gold running
through it ALIVE recall the char
acterization of the Four Gospels by dis
corning critics Matthew exhibits Jesus
chiefly as the Hebrew Messiah. Mark
exhibits him as the Wonder Worker.
John interprets to us the heart of Christ.
Luke exhibits the world wide humanity
and unlimited prophecy of the mission
of Jesus.
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CHAP

CHAP 8.
a Dan. ., ~
Lu "a.
. Ki. 40
IsA. n, 10
c La. 2. n
q Nun. "a. u
lisa. 90. 3
{ Ps 2,
Chr. 81. q
% Mai. al
4 Mic S, 2
John 7, ~
1 Rev. 2, q
! Or.lsed.
6A. 10, II
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CHAPTER l.

4 The denediooy of Jesus Christ: IS Mdry's
n.iraeii0us Conception; Jesus is born 81 %
his names
rTHE book of the ogeneration of Jesus
i Christ, bthe son of David, the eson
of A 'bra-ham.
2A'bra-ham begat isaac; and isaac be-
gat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and
81 And Judas Begat Pha'res and cara of
Tha' mar and dPha'res begat Es'rom {;
and Es'rom begat A'ram;
4 And A'ram begat Amin a-dab and
Amin a-dab begat MAIDS son and Ma
as'son begat Salmon,
5 And al'm6n begat Bo OF of Ra chab;
and 30 OF begat Obed of Ruth and
O'bed begat Jesse,
6 And SJes'se begat David the king ;
and David the king begat Sol o-mon of
her that had been the aoife of U-ri as;
Z And Solomon begat Ro-bo' am and
R6-bo am begat A-bI'a, and Abb a begat
Asa,
5 And Asa begat Jos'a-phst; and JOS
a-phat begat J0'ram, and Jo'ram begat
O-zI'as,
Q And 0-zras begat Joa-tham; and
Joa.tham begat A'chaz, and Achaz be-
gat Ez-e-ki as;
10 And jEz-e-kias begat Ma-nas'ses
and Manassas begat Anon; and Anon
begat Jo-si as;
II And iJo-si'as begat Jech-o-ni'as and
his brethren, about the time they were
carried kaway to Babylon
10 And after they were brought to
Babylon, Jech-o-ni'as begat Sa-la 'thf eel ,
and Sa-lathi-el begat lZo-rob' abel;
10 And Zo-r0b' bel begat Abb nd and
A-bi'ud begat E-li'a-kim I; and E-li'a-kim
begat A'zor;
II And Az6r begat Sa 'd6c and sa'd6c
begat Achim and A'chim begat Eli I'D /;
IS And E-li'ud begat Flea Ear; and
E-le-a'zar begat Nathan; and Nathan
begat jacob;
I6 And Jacob begat Joseph the hus-
band of Mary, of whom was born Je' sus,
mwho Is called Christ.
IL So all the generations from Abra-
ham I'd David are fourteen genera
tons and from David until the carry
ing away into Babylon are fourteen
generations; and from the carrying
away into Bah y-lon unto Christ are four
teen generations.
IS 4 Now the birth of Jesus Christ
was on this wise; When as his mother
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The Sunday School Lesson.
SERIES FOR 1885, SECOND QUARTER.
Studies in the Gospel According to Luke

him. In the ninth lesson we had for our
subject, The Destruction of Jerusalem
Foretold; we saw the real meaning Of the
New Testament prophecies of the end
of the world. In the terth lesson we
learned how Jesus even at the Last Sup
per needed to warn his disciples against
selfish ambition. In the eleventh lesson
we studied the great tragedy and mar
tyrdom of the ages, the crucifixion. In
the twelfth lesson, the logical completion
of the series, we considered the testi-
mony OF the Risen Lord.
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Here is Something Worthy of Your Attention!
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
SAINT M ATTHEW.

MARY was espoused to Joseph, before
-lthey came together, she was found with
child of the Holy Ghost
10 Then Joseph her husband, being a.
lust man, and not willing to make her q
Ipublick example, was minded to put her
AWAY privily.
20 But while he thought on these things,
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared
sIunto him in a dream, saying, 10 Seph,
Thou son of David, fear not to take unto
thee Mary thy wife: for p that which is
9conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
!, 81 And she shall bring forth a son, and
'Ithou shalt call his name SJE'SUS; for he
shall save his people from their sins.
% Now all this was done, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken of the
, Lord by the prophet, saying,
% Behold, "a virgin shall be with child,
land shall bring forth a son, and 4they
being interpreted is, Sod with US.
"a Then Joseph being raised from
lsleop did as the angel Of the Lord had
hidden him, and took unto him his wife
IS And knew her not till she had
brought forth her firstborn son and he
called his name JESUS.
CHAPTER Q.
leeih isto ,Eggpt; i6' lHerOd Slageth Me ckiI-
uJeH. ~ CHFtSt OTOUyHt Out U EgVpE
lN0W when ale sus was born in Beth
LIN le-hem of Ju-de'a in the days of
Her cd the king, behold, there came wise
men from the east to Je-ru' salem,
Saying, oWhere is he that is born
King of the Jews2 for we have seen his
dstar in the east, and are come to wor-
Iship him
}. When Herr cd the king had heard these
things, he was troubled, and all Je-ru' sa-
lem with him.
5 And when he had gathered all the
Ie chief priests and Jscribes of the people
: together, o he demanded of them where
Christ should be born.
And they said unto him, In Betk'le-hem
of Jl-de'a: for thus it is written by the
prophet,
6 And hthou Beth le-hem, iR the land of
! jul a, art not the least among the princes
Iof J1'da: for out of thee shall come a
a Governor, that tshall rule my people
Is ra-el
7 Then Her'od, when he had privily
called the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
] 3 And he sent them to Beth 'le-hem, and
.713
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A DlsgruntIed Galvanized Senator.

Senator Faulkner is out with an in
terview in which he says that the sill
verite Senators will not permit the
passage of tariff bill by the next
Congress. This will call to mind that
during the last session Senator Faux
ner was a sound money advocate. At
that time he would have supported
Satan for President rather than vote
for free silver, and the inconsistent
galvanized Senator evidently carries
his convictions in his feet.
The next Senate may initiate the
infamy of its predecessor and defeat
the passage of tariff bill. When the
country needed revenues to prevent a
bond sale last session the silver Sena-
tors conspired and prevented the en-
actment of revenue measure. Their
sole object in so doing was to humiliate
the administration in the eyes of the
public and bring our monetary sys-
tenn into greater contempt. They
were willing to sacrifice the welfare of
the country to promote the interests
of the silver trust, and Senator Faulk-
ner now belongs to that gang.
1t is better not to heed the croaks
of such politicians. Their chief aim
in lite is to obstruct progress. Moth
ing suits them so we'll as to be recog
nized as Observation-Disclosures, and their
inhammatory talk oftentimes betrays
the brain.wheel squeak of paresis.
The next Congress will be for sound
money and sound principles, and its
deliberations will be controlled by
sound minds. An effort will doubt
less be made by Senator Faulkner and
his silver conspirators to defeat an in
crease OF revenues. These statesmen
legislate on the theory that selfish
gain is more important than patriotic
advancement, and they propose to
force the United States to silver
basis, even at the expense of national
prosperity. But this time their game
will be checkmated. The country
will have more revenues in spite OF
their gloomy prophecies.-Washing-
ton Times.
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West Virginia is out of the Solid
South to stay, provided Republicans
do not act the fool. The Legislature
is SO largely Republican that great
care must be taken to prevent cranks
from frittering away the fruits of vic
tory. There are enough level-headed
men in the State to protect the party
and they must not fail to do so.
There is no occasion for any radical
legislation aud we trust none will be
undertaken. Better meet, pass the
appropriation bills and go home, than
to undertake any extensive overhaul
ing of the statutes.
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Popocrats refer sometimes to what
they are pleased to term extravagant
claims made by Republican and Sound
Money newspapers the day after the
election. On investigation we find
that only the States of Kansas, Ne
braska and Washington were claimed
which have since been ascertained to
have voted for Bryan. California was
classed as doubtful when it might
have been placed in the Mckinley
column where it rightfully belongs.
In comparison with the claims of the
Popocrats, friends of Major Mckinley
were exceedingly modest,
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Senator John Sherman says: II
hope that the present gold standard
will be maintained, with the largest
use of silver that can be maintained
at a parity with gold. This settled,
we ought promptly to make such
changes in our tariff and revenue laws
as will yield sufficient supply of
money to meet current expenses OF
the government and tocreate sufficient
surplus to pay outstanding bonds
within few years, and to sufficiently
and impartially protect American in
dustries.
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Catarrh Means Danger,

Because if unchecked it may lead di-
rectly to consumption. Catarrh is
caused by impure blood. This fact is
fully established. Therefore, it is
useless to try to cure catarrh by out
ward applications or inhalants. The
true way to cure catarrh is to purify
the blood. Hoods 'Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier, cures catarrh by
its power to drive out all impurities
from the blood. Thousands of peo-
pie testify that they have been per-
fectly and permanently cured OF ca
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