The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON w. JAN. -. MATTHEW
81 liza.
soIdsn Tets Ts Are the Light OF the
worid.-MAtt. sIIA-Ths Bsatifadss
Some Explanatory Remarks ca the
LonAon-

The section includes the BeatItudeS.
which are practically the text, and such
applications and Illustrations as are Civ
en- ir the rest OF the chapter. Commit 70
memory verses 3 to 10.
Suggestions to Teachers.-Although this
lesson follows In Matthew close upon the
general view OF Jesus Galilean ministry
In our last lesson. yet we know from the
other gospels that quite a number OF
events took place IN the meantime sew
eral OF which are recorded In Matt. SiA
They are particular examples OF the
work described I'm last weeks lesson
Now we come TO a new and marked epoch
In the ministry OF Jesus. and we should
note its place in his life and work Take
also the wider view OF the lesson. that
includes In some degree the whole chap
ter. The Beautitudes are. as II were. the
text OF the Sermon on the Mount As
we study each one. we can turn TO the
applications and examples given In the
other verses. DR.. Shedd tells preachers
ito study daily. nightly. and everlasting
y the best authors" The advice Is good
IL is good for teachers. There Is nothing
better to ~tudy In this way than the Ser
mon OF tie Mount. The application OF
Its trushs TO modern life. our own and
that OF our scholars. viii both impress 10
On the memory and make its truths shine
with new and heavenly light. Place IN
the Life OF Christ-Toward the middle
OF his ministry: after he had gained con-
siderable following. and proved by word
and deed his rightfui authority as
teacher. IL was the middle OF the second
year. the Year OF Development. and
marked a New Epoch. Historical Set
ting.-Time.-Summer OF A. ID. -.
Explanatory-A Night OF Prayer
From Luke s: u, we learn that the new
epoch In the development OF Christs
Kingdom was preceded and ushered In by
F.frN 1F n
Jesus prayer was daily bread. vital air.
the gate OF heaven. yet there were times
when battles were TO be fought great
questions to be settled. guidance given.
power to be received. when eternal issues
depended on the decisions OF the hour:
at these times Jesus would be n long time
alone with his Father. In deepest com
munion and earnest prayer. luke >:
q. -: Mark I: ~. The Selection OF
Twelve Apostles. for instruction and
training for the great work OF building
up his kingdom.-Luke s: Els For the
names OF the apostles. and their charae-
teristics. see Lesson VIII. on Matt 10.
/ Fundamental Principles OF the Kingdom
OF Heaven.-The inhabitants Of heaven
live according TO these principles as nat
urally as they breathe: and when all the
people OF earth do the same. heaven viii
I be on earth. and the city OF God VIII
have come down from God. prepared a-
a bride adorned for her husband" Nots
! that this sermon does not comprise the
whole teaching OF Christ. nor present the
way by which this glorious state can be
| attained. But much OF what follows IN
the gospels OF practical morals is an un-
folding. exempnfyinE and illustrating the
principles unfolded In this Inaugural ad-
dress. A chart OF life. as charts show
sailors where TO go and what TO avoid
The keynote of this discourse r. found In
Matt s: IS BE We therefore perfect. cv-
mNs-K4 - L. 49, Il
perfect ChrisCs Biography - This
Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mour'
are Christ's biography. Every syllahs
he had already written down In deeds
lie has only TO translate his life into
Language. WIN. Burnet Wright. D. ID
The Revolutlon.-"The social. Industrial
political and religious conditions OF th'
Jewish people were fast becoming In
toIerable" I'D The revolution cams
sOon- The destruction OF Jerusalem wa
I'm A. ID. 20. IL failed utterly and hope
lessly. II caused a ruin worse than tn
cancer Il tried 20 cure. 10 effaced the ma
tIonal life. C9 This revolution which
failed-failed utterly and hopelessiy-fol
lowed a course accurately the opposite
In every respect TO the course preScribe'
by Jesus Christ."-w. r. Wright. Th'
| ReatItudeS.-NE. 10. First. The Beati
tudes are the text OF the Sermon on IN
Mount Illustration. They are TO tn
whole sermon what the Salon Carre Il q
the whole Louvre OF Paris: n small room
containing the choicest pictures. the gem
OF art. Second. Here r. found the onli
true method by which the needed mora
revolution can be realized What me-
needed first was change. not In thef
| circumstances. but In themselves Bles
sedness. Jesus affirmed. comes not from
outward conditions. but from inWar'
states. II consists not In positions. hu
In dispositions" Rcformers try In val
Ito construct a stable and happy com
mrnity from persons who are selfish
weak and miserable. Their first cry Is
Get your circumstances changed
Christ's first call was: Get yourselve
changed. and the things that stan
around you will he changed When -
torch is lighted. every dark crystal ]
the cavern will sparkle y. wrighi