The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-06-25

our third lesson, manifests his glory, in
three ways: j. His personal appearance,
with shining face and apparel on the
mountain top, in the presence of three
overpowored disciples, showed that lie
did not belong to this world, that Ills
ordinary appearance was one of tcrnpo-
rary abasemcnt. >. The coming of Moses
and Elias, the representatives. of the
Levitcal and Prophetic periods, after
centuries had elapsed since their death,
was an honor to Christ, while the con-
VcrsatiOn concerning His dcCcaso at
Jerusalem proved that the preceding dis
pensation regarded Him and the atone
meht through Him as the goal of pre-
Christian centuries. g. The voice from
heaven, declaring His sonshp and an
nouncing Him as the teacher to he heard
above others, declared His superiority,
while the sudden departure of the cClcs-
tial visitors, leaving Jesus alone visible,
Signifed that all coming generations
must fix their gaze upon Him ClIeb. ill., u
TEACHING.-I.css four, SIX seven
and eight, contain teachings of Jesus,
and display His wisdom. The lesson on
Forgiveness shows how one disciple must
treat another who has injured him, and
makes that treatment the basis or Condi-
tion of the pardon, which God grants.
1T opens up the law Of the spiritual uni
verse. in force on earth aud ia heaven,
designed to be the one regulation for all
spiritual intercourse. The marriage feast
portrays the honor that will be accorded
to Jesus, as the Son of the Infinite. and
the preparation which must be made by
those who are admitted at last into His
presence to enjoy His glory. The lesson
on Watchfulness calls the believer to the
faithful discharge of duty in the absence
of his Lord to whom he must give an
account at His appearing Rom. xiv, 12).
The Day of Judgment is the final eXami-
nation to be made by Jesus, who shall
come to separate His people from the
great mass and call them to their eternal
reward. 1t will be seen that all these
four lessons are designed principally for
the followers of Christ. They are all in
the concrete containing very few alb
stract statements. This was the favorite
method with Jesus causing His words TO
lingcr forever in tho minds of men, to be
studied with increasing interest.
INSTITUTE.-AIl mon who have any
thought of pCrpctuating themselves or
their work in the world, establish some
organization. or institution or society,
the maintenance of which. after their
| death. shall preserve and transmit from
generation to generation, the ideas and
principles which are deemed to be of per-
| manent value. lie who does not do this
| soon passes out of thought and is for
| gotten psalm Nc ~. Now what dill
| Jesus establish with the hope that it
would survive Him? Lesson nine an
swers a memorial feast. The Lords sup
per, so simple, substituted for the Pass
over of the Jews, was that one institution
| by which Jesus expected to publish to
| men and to keep alive in the hearts of
| His followers the central fact and doc
I trine of the Gospel Rom. V, @. He asked
| not that His birth should be commemor-
ated, that a manument should be erected
| that any high and imposing ceremonial
| should be observed, but that an ineNpen-
| sve feast should he spread, the occasion
| to be one of solcnmty and THANKSGIVING
| RECEPTION.-Iow was Jesus received
| by His contemporaries" What did they
| think of Him? How did they feel toward
| Him? What was the influence upon the
public mind of the displays of His power
| wisdom. prcsCierCc and glory? Three les
sons of the quarter answer, the fifth