The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
International Sllig School Lesson!
NAY "a, 1905. Maahew XIV, al:4o.


a ~ The Day Of nj G,nsnt.
When Michael Angelo would picture
the Judgment no took the whole end ol
the sistine chapel and y1eoplet II with
great throng. In which the contrasts
OF bliss and niseryt appear. u Is an &C.
kroxledged masterpiece. Its coiors are
still radiant Ii, splteiof candle. smoke
and centuries. 10 moyt, however. II ID
disappointing. II 90 grandlose. AZ
Hawthorne turned away from It no
called It o .sprawlof nakedhess... /.
Jesus description presents d marked
contrast TO the, vatican ifresco. He dis.
dams scenic effects. and treats this In
comparable event with marked simple.
ity. What could be more artless than
his descriptlongof himself under the "a.
miliar figure OF q shtpherd3B .Divislon''
Is the key5to the whole Judgement scene,
as Jesus describes II. The shepherd
separates one kind from another
sheep from goats. So In the great as
size the King shall part the goodlfrom
the bad. Fort the nrst time In the his
tory OF the world a complete and irre-
lyocable. separation will, be made asl pre-
Swallowed In his parallels: wheat from
tares, good fish from bad. wise virgins
from foolish. profitable servants from
Improbable. Character Is the
crux of the Judgment, The sheep
stands for innocence gentleness, teach
%ableness; the goat for iN-spvoured OBJ.
stinacy. And deeds ,are5the vocabulary
OF character No 'conp!ete% inventory. Of
good deeds, however,tl Is attempted. Only
O few are given by wayasfo X example.
And these are nnmed not as III them
selves sehtitllng those who have per-
formcdtthsm to be the heirs OF eternal
life, but ofIy as' the evidence ola title.
They are the natural sexpressionfof the
hidden principle, OF life. The al
ternate protest OF the righteous and the
wicked give a thorough natural and hu-
man coloring itoI this otherwise dread
scene. The. King shows. how complete
" he has Identified himself with his
loynl subjeetstwhen he taf1lrms deeds Of
kindness doas tb,,or Withheld from them
as done to or Withheld from himself.
The protestation On tthe part OF the
righteous OF the ipadequacy. Sof their
desert for such an; inconceivably glori-
Gus, reward offsets In a natural way the
aacSsotAliCk Va " ApUlk ASAtalllEE NlShCu Va
all knowledge that athelr ungenerosity
toward Christ. V. X. Though, slmplic-
ityj characterlzes this description, there
are not wanting touches OF subllmity.
THE throne Of his !glory,'&.''All angels,
all nations" Finally. nothing a sur
pass the unaffected dignity OF the
Kings address 'atternatelyato the right
eous and the wicked.
MosIac From Commentaries.
Son OF. man: Lord assumes this title
In order to Identify himself with the Son
Of man OF NDaniel.-Whedon. A.
Before him gathered: Apersonal, public,
final judgment on. men according to the
treatment they have given Christi. F.,
B. !. All angels, all men: How.
great publicityt-Bengel. He
shall separates: The separation previous
to the judgment.-Whedon. ~.
Then shall the King: Magnificent title
here for the first and only time given
to the Lord by himself,7J. T. B. I.
T title full of majesty, and Joyful only
to the godly.-Bengel. l was an
hungered: No complete enumeration,
only a few deeds OF 'physicai benevo-i
lence.-Whedon. i. Is. Ye?gave: Vast
recompense! an eternal Kingdom for
such tri1lng kindness.-Bengel. Eternal,
glory Is the thankslhe returns for per-
sonal gfavors.-Whedon. Lord,
when SAW Righteous not conscious
they had done such acts of kindness to
him. Their humble reply no empty
phrase of modesty.-Stier. The
surprise expressed is that Christ him
self was the .personai object Of all their
deeds.-J. F. E. . Did 1t not to me:
BY the dignity OF HIS person does he
measure the Infinite demerit OF their
sin.-Whedo1. When saw we
thee? The faithful do. not estimate their
good deeds, the wicked their bad, as
the Judge does.--Whedon.
Tho Teachers Culver.
There is reasonable ground for belief
in a general Judgment. The Justice OF
Gods dealings Is not manifest in the
present course Of events. The lots Of
the righteous and the wicked are un-
equal. The former are unrewarded, the
latter UNPUBLISHED A fearful looking
for of judgment"tdwells In human CON
seriousness. . S%criptural proof Of
the judgment Is abundant. Enoch, Da-5
vid, PAU, Peter Jude, John, and Jesus,
all affirm it in terms too literal to be
set aside MS ,poetical or parabolical.
... The Scriptural order Is the second
appearing. of Jesus, the resurrection,
the cali to Judgment The entire hui