The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-05
THE cJNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson In the international series for
Jassary z, IOoo-The nirth 81
Christ-Luke 2s4-lt.

l. And Joseph also went up from Galnee.
out OF the city OF Nazareth. into Juoaes,
| INTO the city OF David. which Is called
Bethlehem because he was OF the house
| and lineage OF Davic)
s. To be taxed with Mary. his espoused
wife. being great with child
| G. And so II was. that. while they were
there. the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered.
1 4 And she brought forth her hrs;born
son, and she wrapped HIM In swadaihs
/ clothes and laid him IN a manger; because
| there was no room for them IL the Inn
8 Ard there were In the same country
shepherds abiding in the field. keeping
watch over their mock by night
O. And 10, the angel or the Loro cams
| unon them and the glory OF the Lord shone
round about them: and they were sore
| afraid - -
! not. for. behold. l bring you good udihss
| of great 10y which shall be 10 all people.
IL For unto you is born this day In the
city OF David a Saviour. which Is CHRIST
the Lord. ,.o,. v.
shall find the babe wrapped In swadaiihs
clothes. lying In manger- .,.h IN.
ls And suddenly there was win tne
angel a multitude OF the hea'ehis hos'
praising God and saying:
IA Glory be TO God in the highest anu
nm earth. peace good will toward men.
NOTES AND SUGG ESTlONs.
While the lesson topic is The Birth
of Jesus" the study should inciude
the Gospcl narrative Of all prior TO
that event. The Scriptures TO be stud
led will include the following: Cos
pel introductions-Mark III; Luke
i:l-4; John l:l-ls; genealogies OF
Christ-Matt. 1:l-17; Luke S:23-3s;
annunciation to Zacharias-Luke l:3-
25: annunciation TO Mary-Luke l:2o-
IS: visit of Mary 10 Elizabeth-Luke
!. 1886: annunciaton to Joseph-Matt.
l.ls-25: birth of John the Baptist
Luke 1880; birth of Jesus-Luke
2:1-20.
II viii be noted that the facts given
with their references are In direct
chronological order, and ii will be
great help in studying the life OF
Christ to follow il in that way. In
fact that is the manner in which the
lessons are mapped out by the inter-
national committee for the next 10
months.
Gospel Introductions.--Concerning
the introductions to the Gospels, note
, the terse brevity of Mark, the careful
preface Of Luke, and the sublime set
ting forth by John of the divinity OF
:, Christ.
! The enealogies.-Relative to the
genealoges, observe that both aim 10
show that Jesus came of the royal line
! of David. as the prophets had declared
that the Messiah should do, but Mat
thew traces the descent down from
Abraham, through David, to Joseph
= while Luke runs the line back from
Mary, through David, to Adam. In
Luke, however, Mary's name is not
mentioned. But the enumeration In
= Luke begins with the statement that
q Jesus was 1.-The son las was supposed
of Joseph, (the SOM (descendanp Of
- He'll" the intention evidently being
!. TO remove the false impression tina
!, Joseph was his father. And this cor
= responds with the statement in thu
=. Talmud that Mary, the mother o
Jesus. was the daughter OF Hell.
The Annunciations.-Zacn thu
priest to whom the annunciation o
Johns birth was made, belonged t.
IL the eighth in order OF the "a courses
into which The priests were divided
Each course served only twice durini
the year, and no one was permitted Z
as offer incense the second time unit
Is. each one in his course had had hi
Id turn. 1t was probably. then. the frs
la time that Zacharias had fulfilled TIL
ut holy service.
lct The object in relating the annuncia
on tons is to show, as the Apostles
Greed has il, that Jesus Christ, God
if only Son, was conceived by the Hol
he Ghost. born of the Virgin Mary" III
rs annunciation to Zacharias declare
Of the mission OF John the BAPTIST, tina
m to Mary announced the nature, til
Ter name and the mission OF Jesus. that
be- Joseph declared the divine conceptio
mt of Christ. His name and His mission
uf- The Thanksgiving. the IL
on spired Thanksgiving of Mary CLuL
no l:46-55) and of Zacharias duke l:6
DO TOY, the first known as the Magnfica
ne and the other the Benedictus. fro
is the first words of each in the o.
hat Latin version.
ur. The Incarnation.-The great tel
scopes Of our day are so made that Il
va observer does not look through Il
old tube directly at star, but studies Il
rts. reflection of the star in small mi
re. ror This device has made possib
up the great enlargement Of the tel
10 scope. and thus revealed a wealth
'ur- information inaccessible TO feebler
OBJ struments. The ancient philosophe
to and sages sought for God much as 4
,ral old astronomers scanned the heave
with their little tubes. They disco
,us- cred much that was valuable, but
ev- the best their results were dim N
sn't uncertain. But in the incarnation
In have "thc express image" OF the /
ef- tier reflected in human life. lie
we may discern and study all His I
udi- tributes. No man can look directly
the the sun: none could gaze upon the u
ded yelled glory of God. But though :
ind, man hath seen God ut any time" '
the "the only berotten Son. who is in (
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