El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

IHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, FIRST QUARTER,-lNTER:-
NATIONAL SERIES. MARCH 27. !. :
Comprehensive. i Review of TIM Quar-;
ter's decentralization Text. Math. xvi.
16-Conimentary by the Rev. d. M:
Stearns. -
copyright, 1897. by D. NJ. Stearns.]
LESSON I.-Jesus and John Math. ill,
ITO Golden Text, Math. iii, II, "This is
My beloved Son, in whom 1 am well
pleased The first and last lessons of the
quarter concern Jesus and John. In this
first lesson John points Him out as the
One who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost
and will one day thoroughly separate be-
tween the chaff and the wheat. AS He is
baptized by John in Jordan, the heavens
are opened, the Spirit as dove abides up
ON Him, and the Father testifies from
heaven in the words of the golden text
LESSON II.-Jesus Tempted (Math iv
LID Golden Text, Heb. ii, 10, "For in
that He Himself hath suffered being
tempted, He is able to succor them that
are tempted" From the third chapter at
the beginning of the Bible to the third
chapter from the end of it there is the rec
ord of great enemy of God and man, that
old serpent, the devil, who like roaring
lion walketh about seeking whom he may
devour If he can conquer the Captain of
our Salvation, then our cause is lost, but II
our David can vanquish this Goliath, vic
tory is sure AS our blessed Lord by the
sword of the Spirit defeated the enemy, so
may we, and there is no other way. Sa-
tans first attack in Ed IN was upon the
word of God. We must receive it meekly
and hold it FAST
LESSON II.-Beginning of the Ministry
of Jesus (Math. w. 1925. Golden Text,
Math. iv, 16, 1.-The people which sat in
darkness saw great light AS He dwelt
at Capernaum they saw the light OF His
life, and wherever His people dwell the
light of His life of love and compassion, Of
meekness and lowliness, should be made
manifest He called Peter and Andrew
and James and John that He might make
them fishers of men by having them fol-
low Him. One of His last words to Peter
was Follow thou Me" (.John xxi, 22).
LESSON IV.-The Beatitudes (Math. V,
| 1-12). Golden Text, Math. v, a. aye are
the light of the world" AS He begins His
discourse, His first word is 'blessed," for
He came to bless and save and restore, not,
like the great enemy, to curse and to de-
| stroy. And who are the blessed in His
sight? Not the proud, the mighty, the
wise and the rich but the poor in spirit.
| This is the key to all true blessedness, and
| without it there is none 1t is at the foun-
dation of all blessing He became poor for
| our sakeS
LESSON V.-How to Pray (Math. vi, B.
| 15) Golden Text, Math vi, 6, pray to
| thy Father, which is in secret. . All life
/ is lived either before God or men, either to
| please God or man, unto God or unto self.
| How very few live the former, how very
many the latter. Even Christians are
tempted to do good, pray, fast, etc., with
reference to the opinion of their fellows
| rather than as in the sight of God. Our
Lord Jesus had but one aim-to glorify the
| Father.
| LESSON VI.-Cur Fathers Care (Math.
vi, 24-34). Golden Text, Pet. v, z, g He
| careth for you Three times in this les
son we are told to "take no thought, or
'be not anxious" and the reason given
for this precept is, For your Heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of these
things" Children of an earthly father
would only grieve their father by anxiety
| about their food and raiment. 1t is his
| affair to see to those things. 1t is theirs
to be good and obedient children, a credit
and a comfort to him.
| LESSON VII.-The Call Of Matthew
(Math. tx, 9-17). Golden Text, Math. tx,
8, Follow Me-" In chapters viii and tx
|
| going about doing good. Matthew had
been a receiver for those who kept for
| themselves and cared not how much they
| oppressed the poor, but now he is to re-
ceive in order to give to the poor. He is to
be channel of blessing between the Great
Fountain and the perishing all about him
He begins by making a feast for our Lord,
and that in the presence Of His enemies.
Are we ready and glad to honor our Lord
before His enemies? Do we not care what
| men think say of us If only we can
| glorify Him? If SO, it is we'll
| LESSON VIII.-The Twelve Sent Forth
(Math. K, 2-15). Golden Text, Math. x, 8,
Freely We have received, freely give. :"
Let us not forget the three great prayers
which we should ever pray-that He would
| send forth laborers; that He would make
Jerusalem a praise in the EARTH and that
He would come quickly (Math. TX, 50; lisa
xii, 6, z; Rev. xii 2O)
| LESSON IX.-Warning and Invitation
| (Math. xi, 2O-3O). Golden Text, Math. XII,
90, Come unto Me all We that labor and
are heavy laden and will give you rest. ="
1t is well to remember that privilege in
creases responsibility, to whom much Is
given Of him shall much be required. If
He has led US to know Him, it is that 9th
ers may through us know Him too. If He
has caused us to be specially taught in His
word, it is that through us He may teach
| others also.
LESSON X.-Jesus and the Sabbath
(Math. xii, 1-13). Golden Text, Math.
xii, 8, ''The Son of Man is Lord even of
the Sabbath day" Not days, however
| holy, nor ordinances nor institutions, how
| ever ancient and honorable, must be exalt-
ed above Him. These Pharisees would
honor the Sabbath above the Lord of the
| Sabbath because they knew Him not If
we honor anything above Him, it is be,
cause we know Him not. Our motto
must be, 1.-THE Lord alone shall be exalt-
| ed'' lisa. ii, IL, ~
| LESSON XI.-The Wheat and the Tares
| (Math xiii, s4-3O, 36-43) Golden Text,
Math. xiii, 81, HE that soweth the good
| seed is the Son of MAN. He sows nothing
but good seed, the incorruptible seed of
the word, which, when received into our
| hearts, makes us the good seed of this par
able, to be planted in the soil of constant
death to self that the seed may multiply.
for except corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die it abideth alone, but if it
die it bringeth forth much fruit (.Tohn xii,
Hx,S g IL. I