The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-05-03
THE NEWs-HERALD HlLLsBoRo, THURSDAY MAY 8 1900
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
May o, 10OO-Je~us wnrningt
and Inviting.
Prepared by H. G. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

Prepared by H. G. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.
Matthew u:20-30.)
TO- Then began He to upbraid the cities
wherein most of His mighty works were
done, because they repented not
2l Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
tnee, Bethsaida! for II the mighty works,
which were done in you, had been done In
Tyre and Sidon, they would have re-
pented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
%. But l say unto you, 1t shall be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of
Judgment. than for you
3. And thou Capernaum, which are ex-
alted unto Heaven shalt be brought down
to hell: for II the mighty works, which
have been done In thee, had been done In
Sodom, II would have remained unui this
day.
"a But say unto you, That 1t shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom In
the day of Judgment, than for thee
25 At that time Jesus answered and
said 1 thank Thee, o Father, Lord OF
Heaven and earth. because Thou hast hid
these things from the wise and prudent.
and hast revealed them unto babes.
26. Even SO, Father: for SO 1t seemed
good in Thy sight.
"a. All things are delivered unto me OF
my Father; and no man knoweth the Son.
but the Father; neither knoweth any man
the Father, save the Son, and He to
whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.
2S Come unto me, all ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
20. Take my yoke upon you, and learn OF
me; for am meek and lowly In heart;
and ye shall find rest unto your souls
30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden
is light
GOLDEN TEXT.-Come unto me, ell ye
that labor and are heavy laden, and will
give you rest.-Matt. n:S.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This lesson follows closely upon the
last lesson, and indeed the passage is
in relation to the same incident. Mat
thew's record of the conversation OF
the disciples of John with Jesus closes
with Matthew 11:14, but Jesus adds,
and very appropriately: lie that hath
ears to hear, let him hear" 1t is with
this verse that the present lesson really
begins. But the Master speaks now
not SO much of the work of John as of
His own.
In reading the passage, note:
Arrangement of Generation......vs l5-ls
Araignment OF Galilean Gities;.''..vs @ VS. @Sa 55a
Jssus expresses Great truth. VS. Ss-s Ss-so
Arrangement of Generation.-"He
that hath ears to hear, let him heart"
One might think that such simple
thing need not be said, but many times
throughout the Gospels the same thing
is reiterated. John had done notable
work; but few were affected. Johnhad
preached great sermons; many heard,
and applauded OF criticised, but few
needed. John was the messenger OF
the Compromised Messiah, voice"
in the wilderness and sent to prepare
the way of the Lord and to make His
paths straight; and yet the people had
but little prepared their hearts for the
Redeemer. The people Jesus likens to
children. Their attention is fixed
upon trifles, and the things of God are
neglected. Johns warning and Jesus
invitations are unheeded, and they go
on piping and fussing.
Arrangement of Galilean Cities.-But
Jesus was not content with this gen
eral warning. He makes it specific, and
applies it to the cities, towns and VII
lages near which He is at this time.
He mentions Chorazin, Bethsaida and
Capernaum. These three towns are a
little group at the head of the lake OF
Galilee. They are not probably picked
out because of their special wicked
ness, but more likely because his hear
ers had their homes in them. 1t
brought the application of His truth
very close to them. What was the fail
ing, the sin, of these people? 1t was
the refusal to repent. If" Jesus
says, "the mighty works, which were
done in you, had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have repented long
ago in sackcloth and ashes" IF the
mighty works, which have been done
in thee, had been done in Sodom, II
would have remained unto this day.
Verse "a clearly teaches that our re
sponsibility for right-doing increases
with our greater light. We are moi
told that our responsibility is less i
we refuse to see the great light. Rather
we are to seek to the utmost to find ou
what God wills, and then to act ac
cordingly. We may say that is not 81
much the light that actually gets into
our hearts, as the light we may hav'
that gauges our responsibility.
Jesus Expresses a Great Truth
Verses 25 to 27 do not seem, on littl
reflection, to be SO much of prayel
as the form of expression would indi
cate, but statement of fact. 1t il
true that in the prayers of Jesus man.
great truth has been uttered. Blu
here we have no indication that HI
changed His attitude, or turned from
addressing the people to speaking will
God. 1t was simply an appropriated
and impressive manner of stating |
great principle. That principle is tha
II is not to the wprldy-wise that Co
reveals His truth. God gives according
to the capacity of the receiver If tn
things of this world crowd out al
thoughts of eternal matters, the
there is no room for greater blessings
The things of God are revealed "unt
babes" This is not the same word
"children" in verse 16. There th
thought is of the needless. In the pres
ent connection it is the thought of tn
dependence and trustfulness of tn
child nature. Paul says he puts ava
"childish things" but he does not mea
that he puts away those characteri
tics of the young heart which the MAJ
ter has SO much praised.
The Invitation of Jesus.--What r.