The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12
TIL SUNDAY-SCHOoL LESSON.
March 10, 1s0S-Matthevv xiii, 24-3o;
3O-43.

30-43.
1t Is true yet in a sense that without parable
Jesus does not speak to the world His whole
system is a dark saying to the human mind
naturally Open eye, attentive ear, understanding
heart alone apprehend His meaning. There is
need of moral earnestness which cries, Explain
TO us the parable"
The parable OF the wheat and tares is funda-
mental. 1t has been called a "brief and simple
moral history Of the world 1t contains 'the
ground question Of the philosophy Of all times
relating to the origin of evil
The parable asserts that there is no existence
OF good or evil in this world apart from per-
sonality. Moral qualities have human souls as
their only sphere. Virtue and sin root and bring
forth fruit in men. Thus Jesus says. 1.-The good
seed are the children of the kingdom but the
tares are the children of the wicked one''
Those who with the docty of children have
come to Jseus. to learn of Him and have His
Kingdom set up within. have become the wheat
with which the Lord has sown the earth. So
the tares are the children of the wicked one
Evil roots itself in human souls.
AS we look out and see thousand million
growing together wheat and tares in this
vast field this age-long antagonism this dread
and poisonous admixture. we exclaim in lanr,aee
OF the servants Of the householder 'Didst thou
not sow good seed? From whence hath IL tares2''
Jesus dismisses this purely Speculative question
with the declaration, IAN enemy hath done this
AFTER a thousand volumes have been written
on the origin of evil, shall just know as much
OF II as Christ has told us here Sin is here
Its deadly effects are apparent The question "a
not so much, How did sin get into the worId9
az, How may we get it out of the world? Jesus
ehanical and fercibe publication of the world
Let both grow:'' What rivers of blood would
have remained unshed had the church ALWAYS
been guided by the teaching of this PARALLEL
Inc present is a probationary period in which
tina OF character Is possible As St Angus
De wheat tomorrow" Again the opportunity is
s taoSss 70 prove one $ goodness genuine by
put into the wheat the tendency to become tares -
Only at the end of ones probation when full
maj separation be effected. This will be done
py the hand Of Omnipotence guided by unerring
The general judgment is the official announce
ment' in the court of heaven and to the intelli-
gences OF the universe of the destiny eac0 soul
has made for itself In its probationary state
Inen shall the righteous shine forth as If Up
t 20 tnat time they had been under cloud in
their present unavoidable association with tine
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES.
Kingdom of heaven: Gods method OF man.
aging the affairs of the world and concerns of
His church,--Clarke.
Slowed good seed: God planted man pure upon
the field of the world.-Whedon
While men slept: No intmation of negligence.
equivalent TO I'm the night."-Hurlbut Sleeping
Is added as living feature of the narrative not
to be used in expostion.-Bengel.
Sowed tares Not an unusual circumstances in
the East.-Hurlbut. Dalnel: The only poisonous
An enemy hath done this Plain answer to the
great question concerning the origin of evil
wesley An enemy with mans concurrence
ibid. Answer removes origin OF evil from God
Dut Iurtner 1t answers nothing, and we should
rest satisfied.-Stier.
Wilt thou that we gather them up? In such
zeai usually large mixture of carrial heat r
b. False notion that the wicked shouIS he do
mt 10 1-o
IInnateally into the mouths of the servants
Nay. lest while We gather tares We root wheat:
Inc evI OF attempting to uproot tares illustrated
He answered: Happily this exquisite narabIa
IS with like charming simplicity and clearness
eHp9unded by the great teacher himself-J
The. field the world: Those who substitute the
e ehureh Tor the world in Interpretation lose
tnereny very important ground feature of the
parabe.-Stier. We ought to build no garden
renee around the church IL it were inclosed
within certain countries.-Ibid.
The good seed: The seed OF the word having
been received into the heart makes the believer
the Son of man shall send: What man Is un
able to separate the All-knowing God discovers
The righteous shine: Heaven is armament in
winch every luminary is a sun.--Whedon.
THE TEACHERS CULVER
This world is Jesus field. He has never
relinQuished or alienated His claim. He holds it
by triple characterization. preservation redemp-
ton.
Twenty centuries have had reason to be CRATE
Iui for the earnestness OF the apostles which ex-
parable.
Tne demand for perfect church on earth is
unphilosophical. The effort to produce one nv
nasty and arbitrary means leads to persecution
a relative goodness only can be attained in the
present probationary state. M
Some are offended because of this unavoidable
mixture OF good and evil in the church The
5SrVants OF the householder were not affected.
They did not desert him because his field con-
talned both wheat and tares.
Inc sorting times comes later. But II comes,
After sinners have inveteratey resisted grace
when would have converted them from tares to
wheat they will be removed.
AFTER the Christian has resisted temptation
arising from the mixed condition OF the world
ana the proximity of the tares. ana proven the
intelligence and persistence of his choice he
shall be gathered as wheat into the barn.