The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-12-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international series fes
December ~. i.soo-rarnble
of the posnd..
Prepared by III, q. LeninRton-l
THE LESSON TEXT.

thought that the Kingdom OF Cod should
Immediately appear
IA \. lie said therefore: A certain noble
man went into a far country to receive Tor
himself a kingdom. and to return.
49, And he called his ten servants, and
delivered them ten pounds. and said unto
them; occupy TIL ! come
N But his citizens hated him. and sent
a message after him, saying: We Will
not have this man TO reign over us.
ID And II came TO pass. that when he
was returned. having received the king
dom. then he commanded these seryaNs
TO be called unto him. 10 whom be had
given the money. that he might know how
much every man had gained by trading.
H. Then came the first. saying. Lord,
thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
III And he said unto him Well, thou
good servant, because thou hast been faith
ful In a very little, have thou authority
over ten cities
Is. And the second came. saying: Lord.
thy pound hath gained five pounds
10 And he said likewise to him: BE thou
also over five cities.
20. And another came. saying: Lord. be-
hold. here is thy pound, which have kept
lalc up in a napkin.
NJ For | feared thee, because thou art
an austere man. thou takest up that thou
layest not down. and reapest that thou
ddst not sow.
servant. Thou knewest that ] was an
aus,ere man. taking up that / laid not
Gown. and reaping that | did not sow.
%. Wherefore then gavest not thou my
money into the bank. that at my coming
! might have required mine own with
"a And he said unto them that stood by:
Take from him the pound. and give 1t 10
him that hath ten pounds.
Is. (And they said unto him: Lord. he
hath ten pounds.)
s5 For say unto you: That unto every
one which hath shall be given: and from
HIM that hath not. even that he hath shall
he taken away from him.
e. But those mine enemies, which would
not that | should reign over them. bring
hither. and Stay them before me.
GOLDEN TENT.-ESery one Of us
shall give account of himself tn 4 cd.
Rom. tt:I2.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This lesson in circumstance and sur
roundings as well as in our Gospel rec
ord Immediately follows the last
Jesus was speaking 70 the samc people
as al the house OF Zacchcus murmured
that lie had gone 70 be- a guest with a
sinner. but lie was also speaking 10 a
great multitude who had accepted Him
as the Messiah and wore expecting
"that the Kingdom OF God should i'm me
di4fely appear" lie Was travelling to-
ward Jerusalem. MAS only ] > on 20 miles
fsom that city. aud the multitude eN-
pec,od Jesus was there. and there to
establish His earthly reign. The para
ble was a warning to them. Jesus. Ike
the nob.cman. was TO receive His king
dom. in@eed. but. also Ike the noble
man. lie would have to 20 away TO re-
ceive it; that is, lie was 10 die. The
nobeman. we are to understand. was
not 10 receive some distant Kingdom.
but was 10 20 to some distant place
where the chief authority resided in or
der to be made king over his home prov
ince. WI here he would reign. The object
of the parable was 10 show those who
expected Jesus TO Immediately found
an earthly Kingdom how to wait in
faithful. patient service for the coming
OF the kingdom.
LESSON ANALYSIS.
The Noblcman and His Kingdom. VS.. 1i-l2
The Ten Pounds Observation-Disclosures. u
The Accounting +-...---............As rs 1917
The kebellious Citizens .............Ns- 1877
The Noble man and His Kingdom
As explained in the Introductory para
graph. the nobleman was TO be king not
over distant kingGom, but over the
province which he was leaving for a
time. The length Of his absence was
for an indefinite period.
The Ten Pounds. OF his
cares had 10 be shouldered by others
during this absence. Like wise man.
he did not entrusi the whole TO any one
servant. but divided the work share and
share alike among ten servants. There
is one interesting point about this para
Bile that is not brought out in the sim
liar parable where one servant was
given five pounds. another two, and q
third only one pound. Here every man
had only one pound. Different men Of
different abilities used this pound. No
complaint was made that the pound
was not enough for the abilities of the
servant. but the greater ability was 90
used TO make more OF the pound v hich
was entrusted TO his care.
One man did not put his pound to any
use at all. lie Kept 1t and returned il.
As far as mere honesty was concerned
10 fault could be found. But he had
not done that which he had been left
70 do. The noblcman had said: ''Oc-
cupy till ! come" lie meant that ii
should be used and invested The no.
Oieman had not said anything about
now much should be returned. lie was
merely TO make the best possible use
Of il. Had he lost il in legitimate way
no fault could have been found, but he
bad not obeyed his master. lie had
made no use whatever of his talent.
The Rebellious Citizen.-The refer
ence to the citizens who did not want
the nobleman TO be king and Who had
protested against his authority was
meant as warning to the enemies Of
the kingdom Jesus come to establish
Jesus kingdom was surely to come OF
'arih. Some time right will ultimatel,
triumph. The entire destruction OF th,
.orccs of evil is the only logical out