The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES. SEPT. 90.

Memory Verses, 43, 44-Golden Text,
Math. XVI, Al - Commentary Pre-
pared by the Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
copyright, 1900, by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
35. Let your loins be girded about
and your lights burning" Having been
redeemed by His precious blood and thus
made children Of God, we are to be, like
Israel in Egypt, eating the lamb, and
ready for the journey, whether 1t be the
call to leave this mortal body or take it
with us, changed in a moment, to meet
Him in the air. Our treasure being in
heaven, we are here as strangers and
pilgrims, with girded loi1S waiting for
the revelation of Jesus Christ Il Pet. ii,
IL; |, 13). We are also soldiers enduring
hardness and standing against the en-
envy, and as such need as part of our
armor our loins grit about with truth
I'll Tim. ii, 3; Eph. vi, IL, 14).
80. "Men that wait for their Lord open
unto Him Immediately" The true atti-
tude of the believer Is to be ever serv-
ing the living and true God and waiting
for His Son from heaven; looking for
that blessed hope, the glorious appearing
of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus
Some will see Him as He returns from
the wedding, when He shall come in
glory upon the white horse, and all the
armies of heaven with Him, and shall
say, "This is our God; we have waited
for Him, and He will save us" REV. xix,
IL; lisa. ky, 3D.; but we expect to be
with Him at the wedding (Rev. xix, ~.
81, 49, BLESSED are those servants
whom the Lord when He cometh shall find
watching" These two verses begin and
end with blessed are those servants,
and they are "blessed' because they are
watching for their Lord The last word
on record from our Lord in heaven Is
Surely / come quickly" and it becomes
us to say, Even so come, Lord Jesus
Grew. xxi, 20), and live every day as if
we expected Him. We will not be en-
tangled with anything He would not ap-
prove of if we are watching for Him.
80. 1t is said that the coming of the
Lord will be to some as a thief in the
night Il Thess. v, 2: Rev. iii, 3; xvi, 15),
but not so to those who are watching for
Him q Thess. v, A.. We will not under
stand the second coming of Christ and
the many references to it unless we see
the two stages of His coming; first to
the air where His saints meet Him, and
then to the earth, even to the Mount of
Olives, from which He assembled Il
Thess. iv, 1918; ill., 10; Zech. xiv, 3-5).
We are not to say, as some do, There is
one thing sure-we must all die. But we
are to believe / Cor. XIV, 81, SO, and ex
pect the possibility of being excused from
keeping the appointment of Heb. tx, 81.
40. BE We therefore ready also, for
the Son of Man cometh at an hour when
we think not" Compare Math. xiv, AZ,
A; XIV, Is. The coming Of the Son Of
Man is an expression that Is never used
in reference to the death of believer or
of any one, but always refers to the
event recorded in Dan. vii, 10, IA, when
He shall come in glory to establish on
earth a Kingdom of peace and righteous
ness, with Israel as a center. Death is
an enemy yet to be destroyed, and we
may safely say that God hates death
Il Cor. XIV, 26; Hos. xiii, IA, but when
Christ comes it will be for the resurrec
ton OF the bodies of His saints and for
the translation of the living believers.
The readiness for the presence of God is
the righteousness Of God which He has
provided in Christ and gives freely to all
who believe Rom. i'll, %; vi, %; lisa. Xxi,
1O).
Alb. BLESSED is that servant whom
his Lord when He cometh shall find so
doing" AS redeemed people we are
stewards of the manifold grace of God
which we have received In order that we
may minister to others as God enables
u.s. We have received the pounds and
the talents that we may with them "oc-
cupy till He come" q Pet. iy, 10, IL;
Luke xix, II, 10; Math. XIV, 1915. The
one thing God requires of US Is that we
act as faithful and wise servants (Math.
xiv, 44-40; He does not say success
full" but faithful and wise" He Is |
Himself "the Faithful Witness" and
''the Wisdom Of God" (Rev. |, 5; Cor.
1, 24), and If we win allow Him to live
in us and possess us fully, that the life
may be "not /, but Christ living In me"
(Gal. ii, 20), He will make manifest His
own life in our bodies Oh Cor. iv, III. |
There is a special word here for all who
are privileged to teach others, an admoni-
ton to give the household their portion of
meat in season. 1t may be that they can
not eat strong meat and can only bear
milk q Cor. iii, 10; Heb. v, 12-14); but
the faithful and wise servant will give
the milk or meat Of the word Of God as
they are able to bear it.
"A. "Of truth say unto you that He
viii make Him ruler over all that He
hath" 1t may be over five cities or ten
cities, or more; ruler over many things |
entering into the joy Of the Lord, in |
greater or less measure sharing the glory |
which God has given to His Son Q1uke |
xix. 1919; Math. XIV, 1923; John xvii,
90. While our preparation for the pres
ence OF God is wholly of grace through |
the merits of the Lord Jesus by virtue of |
His blood and is the same for all, there |
being no degrees in our safety or fitness
for heaven, the believers reward and po-
sition in the kingdom win depend upon |
here after being redeemed |
(Rev. xxi, II; Luke xiv, IA; III John. 81. |
The Lord Jesus and His redemption are
the only sure foundation; but it is posi-
BILE for the redeemed to build upon that |
foundation works comparable to wood, |
hay and stubble, or SO gold silver or pre-
cious stones, which may be burned up
and we suffer loss or be approved and re-
warded II Cor. iii, 11-15).
45, 46. His portion with the unbeliev-
ers." What a fearful thing that pro-
Tossing servant Of Christ should ever be
cast out with unbelieversl And yet see
Math. vii, p, %; XIV, 2430. While it |
Is gloriously true that none Of the truly |
can ever perish (John x, 27-29l, |
1t is also true that some who profess
Christ may not possess Him, but may
be deceived in thinking that they have
that which they have not, but only seem
to have duke viii, 49,. All who depend
upon anything but the precious blood of |
ceived Acts iv, -; Lev. xvii, IL; Heb.
Al.