The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-08-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson in the International Sc.
for August IL, 1900-The
Forgtving Spirit.
Prepared by H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

(Matthew B;2l-35)
q. Then came Peter to Him, and said.
Lord. how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and ] forgive him? till seven
times?
p. Jesus said unto him, say not unto
thee, Until seven times: but, Until seven
ty times seven.
q. Therefore is the kingdom Of Heav-
en- ukened unto a certain king, whicn
would take account of his servants.
"a. And when he had begun TO reckon.
one was brought unto him, which owed
him ten thousand talents.
o. But forasmuch as he had not to pay.
his lord commanded him to be sold, ana
his wife. and children. and all that he
had. and payment to be made.
2e. The servant therefore fell down,
and worshipped him, saying. Lord nave
patience with me, and will pay tnee all
27 Then the lord of that servant was
moved with compassion, and loosed hlih'
and forgave him the debt .
% But the same servant went out
and found one of his fellow servants,
which owed him an hundred pence; ana
he laid hands on him. and took him py
the throat. saying. Pay me that thou
owest. 49,, ao,,r
at his feet and besought hln' saS"e,
Have patience with me, and L VIII pay
10 And he would not: but went ana
cast him into prison, TIL he snouio pay
the debt. .. sow
n So when his fellow servants saw
what was done, they were very sV'iy,,
and came and told unto ther io'o al
that was done. -
80. Then his lord, after tnat ne naS s
colIad him. said unto him, thou wlckeu
servant. forgave thee All 'hd' us''
cause thou desredst me:
"a Shouldst not thou also nave hau
comnassion on thy fellow servant. even
as | had pity on theeE
"A And his lord was wroth, ana denV,
cred him to the tormentors. till he shouio
nav all that was due unto him.
., So likewise shall My Heavenly IA
thor do also unto you, II ye from your
hearts forgive not every one MS pro'ne'
their trespasses.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Forgive us our
,,'.- as xxe forgive our debtors'-
Matt. 6i12.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Tho lesson may well include not only
the lesson text. but also the verses pre-
ceding. beginning with the 18th. Ihese
few verses indicate common sense
way of making up differences between
two people who have had perhaps a
misunderstanding, perhaps a more
serious cause of trouble, an actuai
Grievance. II may seem strange at
first thought that Jesus addresses ms
advice TO the one sinned against rather
than against the sinner: III 'n@
brother sin against thee, go show MN
his fault between thee and him alone.
This takesinto consideration the oft-at-
tested fact that the one committing the
hlunder or sin is the one who feels him
self the most aggrieyed. Go to hiu
alone. That will show your readiness ''
come 10 anv terms that may be honor
sAale. But if he persists, then take one o'
two more witnesses. Often for ther
sakes he will make peace. one othei
remedy awaits you il this fails, The
court of the church. He may dlshh'
nublicitv. or he may have respect fol
' an impartial tribunal. The last re
sort cone. do not revile him, treat hin
: as a respectful stranger, as the Jew
t treated the gentiles or Roman tax col
Q lectors. Then comes that famlla
4 text For when two or three are gath
d cred together in My name, there am
d in the midst Of them" We may not
{ here that these are disconnected eA
4 bortations. and the "for" of the verse
better given in the revised version a
/. "Again say unto you, that il two
}. vou." etc. Secret prayer is one OF ID
/. means of grace insisted upon, but 10
{. occasions that affect not only the II
a dividual heart there is strength ]
v union.
d How often to Forgiye.7Jesus ha
ID changed the subject, but His firi
le words fingered in the mind OF Pete
rs How often should he forgive II OF
ID persisted in a wrong course again
rs him. The old law suggested seve
ne times. Jesus said that was not enoug
I'd Seventy times seven might do, for OF
could hardly count that number OF
~ fenses against even the worst enem
o. II was symbolcal expression j
ue never-ending forgiveness. AS scha
at saws. love is not TO be limited by u
he multiplication table.
he The King and the Debtor.-Jesus
is. forces this truth by a parable. i
,st linodom of Heaven in which Jes
er numbered His disciples was like
by earthly king who had a servant -"
at owed him 10000 talents, large su
en- THE servant couldn't pay. The ki
to was about TO enforce payment by So
ed. ing the mans property and even
ice nerson and wife and children TO prl
10 in the sum owed. But the serV'
ry- sought the kings compassion and
la forgiven his debt and given a d
, in start. What did this servant DO?
had been forgiven much, but MS c
etous heart could not find forgiven
or compassion for those who owed
on very small sums. God is like that.
ess, has forgiven His children much
18th unmindful Of His great bounty u
ors, have gone on unforgiving and unsl
9TH ing of their fellows. -.
e Of Then follows the deserved retriou'l
in Because the servant who had been
had given much would not forgive his
the or debtors. therefore he was deiive
and TO his tormentors until he should
trio Ue had been forgiven his deDt'
and for his own hardness OF heart the
a was finally allowed to take Its cou