Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-27
for the Aon1e Circle.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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LESSON X, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 7.
Text OF the Lesson, Luke xii, 24-37-Men-
ory yerses, aA-ae-Golden Text, Phil.
H. S-Commentary by the Rev. d. M.
stearns.
"a. "And there was also strife among
them, which Of them should be accounted
the greatest" It was the last night before
Goleotha. It was the night Of Gethsemane
and only few hours before that conflict.
He had eaten the passover with them and
had instituted the Lords supper. he had
washed their feet and taught them how to
humble themselves. He was about to
humble Himself unto death for them, and
they were taking Of who should have the
highest place. How alone he was! How
little they knew Himl
e6,. s6. "Hs that Is greatest among you
let him be as the younger, and he that Is
chief as he that doth serve" Let gentiles
who think much Of earthly power, and to
whom 1t is for the present given, let them
talk of Lordship and ruling, but let the
redeemed Of the Lord, who with Him walt
for the kingdom, not think Of reigning
without Hin, but rather let US think OF
renounoing self and Of how we can best
make 1t manifest that we arc His. 1t is
we'll enough for the gentiles, who live
only for this world, to give special atten-
tion to what they shall eat and drink and
wear, but those who are heirs OF the king
dom are to sock first the kingdom In all
its interests, sure that our Heavenly Fa-
ther, who knoweth our need, will see to
all these things for us (Math. Vi, S1-S8).
81. ~ am among you as He that serv-
eth." The Son Of Man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give His life ransom for many Math.
X, 2s). He lived not to please Himself
nor to seek His own will or glory (Rom.
xv, 8; John vi, 8S; viii, SOY. He did not
stand up for His rights, as We say, but
ever did we'll, and oft suffered for 1t, and
always took 1t patiently, leaving us an ex-
ample that we should follow His steps Il
Pet. II, 90, 21).
80. "Ye are they which have continued
with me in my temptations" How kind
It was Of Him to say so. He must have
taken the wifi for the deed. He has way
of magnifyirg what we would like to do
for Him and Of giving US credit beyond
what we might think we deserve. He
cannot possibly say or do wrong or over
state matter, but He reads the heart and
Judges according to motive and desire. Let
us have more kindly Judgment for others.
80. "And I appoint unto you q king
dom, as My Father hath appointed unto
Me-" Hear Him. in His prayer little
later on that same evening, "The glory
which thou gavest Me I have given them"
John xvii, 22). Hear Him in His last
message to the church on earth, ITO him
that overcometh will grant to sit with
Me on My throne, even as I also overcame
and am set down with My Father on His
throne (Rev. Ill, 2D.
30. "That ye may eat and drink at My
table In My kingdom and sit on thrones
judging the twelve tribes Of Israel" Com
pare Math. xix, 90. We may therefore
expect to see the twelve apostles (the right
one taking Judas place. In the kingdom
ruling over the twelve tribes Of Israel.
Some day we shall see clearly and under
stand, as we cannot now, the relationship
OF the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes
of Israel to the New Jerusalem, the Lambs
wife, Of Rev. xxi.
81. "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon,
behold satan hath desired you, that he
may sift you as wheat" The r. V. says
that satan asked for Him. If He had been
satan's property, like Judas, He would
not have needed to ask for Him. It Ia q
comfort that satan cannot touch child Of
God without first obtaining permission.
He had to confess that God had made q
fence about Job, and He could not lay q
finger upon Him until God permitted Him.
SO. "But I have prayed for Thee that
thy faith fail not and when thou art con-
verted (or turned again) strengthen thy
brethren" Peter was one OF those OF
whom He said, "Ye are oloan," and "He
that Is washed is clean every whit" John
xiii. 1O); therefore we have tho Lords own
testimony that Simon Peter was q saved
man, and truly saved man can never be
On unsaved man John <, 81, 28), but he
may wander and stumble as Simon was
about to do. Then he must turn again to
the Lord and be forgiven these wanderings
and walk more humbly with God. How
very thankful we should be that our High
Priest ever liveth to make interoession for
Us.
8S. "And he said unto Him, Lord, am
ready to 60 with thee, both into prison
and to death" Poor, self confident
Simon How little he knew himself. We
are to have no confidence In ourselves, but
rely wholly upon the Lord. The only safe
place is, "Not I, but Christ" Mot l, but
the grace Of God" (Gal. H. 20; Cor. 1v,
10; Phil. iii, 81. Self confidence led to
following afar off, and that to denial Of
his Lord. Rather let us "Do justly, love
mercy and walk humbly with our God"
(Mio. vi, 81.
81. "I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall
not crow this day before that thou shalt
thrice deny that thou knowest me-" He
knew what was in Peter John II, 25);
knew 1t from the beginning, yet loved
him all the way through. have often
been glad that He has never found out
anything new about me; that He knew
me thoroughly from tho start and loved
me when I was dead In sin.
86. "When sent you, without purse or
scrip or shoes, lacked ye anythingY And
they said, Nothing" That was because
He sent them. When we go on His busi-
ness, sont by Him, He will see to all the
supply.
88. "But now, he that hath a purse let
him take it and likewise his scrip, and he
that hath no sword let him sell his gar
ment and buy one." This at first sight
looks difficult but in the light Of verse
88 think 1t Is easy. Had He actually in
tended each to have sword He could not
have said that two swords were enough for
II men. What, then, did He meanf
When He sent them, He took care Of
them, and they lacked nothing, but now,
although He still sends them, He will not
be with them as formerly. Can they trust
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