The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-03-03

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in the temple profane the Sabbath and are
blameless9 But say unto you, That in |
this place is one greater than the temple.
Thus He directs them to their king and
priests as both doing that which by the
strict letter of the law Was forbidden, and
yet they are haameless. an verses II and
~ OF this chapter He says He is greater
than Jonah and Solomon. He now says
He is greater than tbetemple, and implies,
what is elsewhere taught, that He Is
grsater than David CT Aaron. In Hebrews
we read that He is greater than angels OF
Moses, or tabernacle, tT sacrifice. he IS
otr great Priest HING. !
E t'Bnt if We had tknown what tha )
srneanett., will hnMe mercy and not saeri.
fee, We would mot have condemned tie
0uiltless. Whist a ,eemfort that we are
ITO haverighteous Judgment, and our J ns4ge
will not decide by sMkat He sees or hears
lisa. Xxi, 3, ~ and will never without
cause4condenn eitheraa person or work
Let us have morenf dis Spirit, remeAn.ber-
ing L Cor. iv, s.
s.. For the Som IF AMan is Lord even Of
the-Sabbath day As Son of Man He lis
Lore Of all earthlsy,institutions and the
direct object of all earthly allegiance. All
thirgs were cneate assoy Him and for Him,
49, He shall yet sEbdue all things unto
Himself, even all ldrgs shall fall down be-
fore Him and all ,Eations serve Him N
Ger XIV, %; Rs lCIi, III. We feel like
Saying, ooh, shat these people had known
Him, that they might cheerfully receive
I Him and snimlits to Him instead of judg-
/ ing Hint r..
g. Ard when iHeywas departed thence
i He went into their synagogue" If He
b,could net getgood. lie would be where He
might de good. The:Scriptures were read
ain the syuagqgues, anil there is nothing on
earth like the Word of God. Whether
sthose who read see mach or little of God
Mn His Word He is :inevery page of it and
.opened eyes and ,ears.win see and hear
Him.
To- And, behold, there was q man
which had his hand whthered And they
asked Him, Saying, Is ut lawful to heal on
the Sabbath daysY that they might accuse
Him The ianpotenoe of the man was
very Suggestive of the spiritual condition,
of the nztion, but he knew his condition
and they did not. They were blind, and
deaf, and lame, and palxied, and leprous,
and thought that nothing allied them, but
that, on the contrary. they were the only
righteous people on earth.
IL And He said unto them, What
man shall there be among you that shall
have one sheep, and if it tall into pit on
the Sabbath day. will he DOT lay hold on it
and lift it outl' One has well suggested
that He did not say see sheep, but have
sheep: the point is that of ownership 4
BE is the lord of the Sabbath day The
law commanded to help creatures not your
own If you saw them in trouble (Deut. xii
A.
10 How much, then, is a man better
than a sheepY Wherefore it is lawful to
do well on the Sabbath days" Better
than many sparrows. better than all beasts,
Gods own property every day, and, though
oft in rebellion against Him, yet loved by
Him and watched longingly to see if he will
turn to His good and loving God God is
good to the unthankful and to the evil
but how little they think that His good
ness is intended to lead them to Him.
Ii Then saith He to the man. Stretch
forth thine hand And he stretched it |
forth and it was restored whole, like as
the other" The man could not help him.
self and he knew it, but Jesus healed him
Instantly The Pharisees were as helpless
to help themselves as this man, but they
did not know it ard would not believe
when they were told, so continued help
less, and worse. they gave place to the |
devil
This lesson must include verse IA, for it |
sets forth their determination because of |
Christ's conduct on this occasion, and also |
gives the reason for some changes in His
teaching, or. rather. His manner of teach
ing He will not yet break these bruised |
reeds, but the time will come (yerse 20)
Let verses "a to % give some light upon
verses 81, 80 Let verses 81 to 36 urge US
On to Let the Word of Christ dwell in us
richly (l,0l iii, l6) and may verse so give
lis constant Halleluiahp'