Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-03-26
NUMBER 80
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xl Z, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 2e.

"A Comprehensive Review Of the Quar-
ter's Lessans-CoIden Text, Luke xn.
g. Commentary BY the Rev. ID. VI.
stearns.
Lesson 1.-The Forerunner of Christ
Guke !, 5-l7). Golden Text. Luke 4, 70,
'Thou shalt gO before THE face of the Lord
to prepare Hi says The standing of
Zacharias and Elizabeth Il given IN the
phrase Righteous before God" How
precious when man and wife are thus one
in Christ forever. Their daily life il sum
married in walking in all the command
lnenrs and ordinances of the Lord blame
less" Verse 81. The grandest thing about
their child John was that be would be
"Great in the sight Of the Lord and filed
with the Holy Spirit from his birth"
(verse 15). Observe the phrases Before
God, N Before Him. in verses 3. H.
LESSON 1.-THE Boy Jesus (Luka Il,
40-52). Golden Text, Luke ii, 50, "Jesus
increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favor with God and man." Observe the
Fear Nots" Of the angels 10 Zacharias,
Mary and the shepherds a, 13, 80; II, l0)
and let III be Gods word to you. Notice
their "Glad Tidings'' Ii, 10; ii, 10) and be-
a bearer Of the same (Rom- x, I5) Let uE
magnify the Lord as did Mary and Zacha-
rias, and the angels, and the shepherds q.
46, So; II, Il, 20l Let the first recorded
utterance Of Him who always pleased the
Father, about my Fathers business" Iii,
49) be one Of our daily notices
LESSON III-The Ministry of John the
Baptist luke iii, 15-22l. Golden Text,
John /, %, 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 a voice. heard
and not seen. Content to decrease III 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, l5l. The Spirit abides upon Him, and
the Father testihes, "Thou art NV Beloved
Son, IN Thee am well pleased "
LESSON IV.-The Early Ministry OF
Jesus duke iv, 1920. Golden Text,
Luke iv, 32, 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 filed with the Spirit, but or
ten forget that it involves trial He con
quered by the sword Of the Spirit; let US
become mighty in the use Of the same.
LESSON V.-The Power Of Jesus luke
v, 1920. Golden Text, Luke ", "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
/ Q.uke vi, 41-49). Golden Text. Luke vi,
46 ''Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which l say See in v,
3d. and vi, IL, the increasing opposition
and hatred of the self righteous against
the meek and lowly one. While this ser-
mon Is the same in substance a. the enc
on the mount tBIath. V, to viD it is evident
from verse Il 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.
il, 1O).
LESSON VIL-The Great Helper Luke
vii, 2-16) Golden Text, Luke vii. 16.
''Thev glorified God, saying, That a great
prophet l. risen I'D among u.s. They
boasted of the worthiness of the centurion
who had shown his love to their nation BY
building them a synagogue, but they did
not know the worthiness Of Him whom
they were addressing, nor His love to their
nation in giving Himself to die for them.
They did well to judge Of the centurion's
love by hi conduct-oUr Lord judges Of
our love To Him BY our deeds rather than
by our words IL John iii, 16-Is).
Lesson NIII.-Faitl Encouraged luke
viii, 1855 Golden Text, Luke viii, IS:
Thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in
I peace He il ever going aboHt doing good
u (Acts x, 3S) healing the sick, casting out
demons, raising the dead to life and
preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom
Of God. Here is a case Of life ebbing away
/ for u years, and another of life steadily
Y developing for the same period, but until
Y each touches Him there IL nothing endur-
N ing to either He only can give real life
that will endure forever, but He can and
\ will if we are willing. Hear His Fear
1 not; believe only, and say, Il viii trust
and not be afraid.
y LESSON IX.-Jesus the Messiah luke
I tx, IS-20 Golden Text, Luke TX, SIS,
t4This * my beloved SON; hear Him. r
Y Observe in verse III how He continues
\ preaching and healing, then see Him feed
I the >, 600 men, the only miracle recorded
/ in each of the four gospels, and if you
Z would be used by Him To feed the multi
tudes learn from this lesson THE secret "
\ losing your life, denying elf, bearing the
cross daily. II ~ either Christ OF /, Spirit
or flesh, the Father or the world. Let the
I glories Of the Kingdom as seen in the trans
I figuration take such hold Of you that you
I will gladly die to self
NJ Lesson X.-True Love to Ones Neigh
v Dor luke 4, 25-37D. Golden Text, Luke
K, IN, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
4 with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy strength, and with all
T thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself "
\ A good lesson, if you include verses 81 to
Y 3D. 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 XII 1-I3l Golden Text, Luke xi.
4 2, n Ask and il shall he given you. seek
and ye shall find, knock and il shall be
opened unto you.H Iho great thing in
prayer a. well H. III life and service IL 70
I 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, 32) il
Y the secret uf all quietness- To live only
and wholly for Him l. The secre+ of all
I asking and receiving The Holy Spirit is
7 the sum and substance uf an good things.
LEssO-. XII-Faithful and Unfaithful
4 Servants luke XII. 37 49, Golden Text
/ Eph. n, IL, BE not drunk with wine
wherein H. excess, but be filled with the
\ Spirit There could hardly be better
text with which to close the quarter, for
4 If filled with the Holy Spirit we will
/ be watchful, wise and faithful, trust
4 ful as to all our own affairs and diligent
Y in His business who carcth for u, seek
\ ing iii All things to please Him and never
tu please people ttial- !, lu. 1 Th0ss. ii, 4D,
ready to serve Ut to wait, 40 live Or To die,
to 60 or 20 stay, as He may appoint III
Sam. xv, 10; Chron. xviii 2D.
/ The Abyssinian is wearing smile, ont
cuff and paper collar Minneapolis
journal.
There seems to have been large sizcc
I African IN the Italian wood pile kansas
City Journal.
Some reports have it that the Italians
have lost 100 miles Of territory in Abys
sinia. They made century rum, 50 tc
speak Buffalo Express
Emperor Menelek has 4 warlike wife
/ Perhaps it is his scheme to involve her In
foreign wars for the sake of domestic peace
st Louis Post Dispatch.
The ItaIian monarchy appears TO be- L.
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