The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-12-20
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
i.sesen In the International Series for
December -, l0O0-Parable
of the Pounds.
Prepared by H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

The LESSON TEAL.
Luke lS:il.z7)
II. And - they heard these things. He
added and spake q parable. because lie
was nigh to Jerusalem. and because they
thought that the kingdom Of God should
Immediately appear.
u. He said therefore: A certain noble
man went into far country to receive for
himself Kingdom. and to return.
-. Ana he called his ten servants. and
delivered them ten pounds. and said unto
them: Occupy till l come.
II. But his citisens hated him. and sent
2 message after him. saying: We will
aot have this man to reign over US.
Is. And II came TO pass. that when he
vas returned. having received the king
dom. then he commanded these servants
to b called unto him, to whom he had
given the money. that he might know how
much every man had gained by trading.
". Then came the first. saying: Lord.
thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
II. And he said unto him: Well. thou
good servant. because thou hast been faith
over ten cities.
u. And the second came. saying: Lord.
thy pound hath gained hve pounds.
10. And he said likewise to him: Be thou
also over five cities.
aO And another came. saying: Lord, be-
hold. here IL thy pound. which have kept
laid Up in . napkin:
an a. anstsrs msn. u ,hnu taSess essu "n that @ thou
iayest not down, and reapsst that thou
didst not sow. ,.,..
own mouth will Judge thee. thou wicked
servant. Thou knewest that ! was an
austere man. taking up that laid not
wn whs hnr feap1S ,S.n Una. s,o mo mS' ,So" % NV
money into the bank, that at my coming
l might have required mine own with
u:aryI "a b. ..u r,,, ,,sr ,,,, stood nv
Take from him the pound. and give it 10
him that hath ten pounds.
% tAnc .ney sa'd unto h'm' Aoro' ne
Is. For say unto ysu: That unto every
one which hath shall be given; and from
MN Tina. ihat hatn not. even that ne ha'h shai'
n Rut those min. snem,.. which would
not that should reign over them. bring
hither. and slay them before me.
.s,, .TDEN D, Isa... rSa.nvesy one a. OF Gu %
-Rom. l4,12.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Tb;. .e.son In circumstance and .ur.
roundiros as we'll as IN our Cosnel rec.
ord ;mmad;ate,v follows the last
Jesus was sneakinp 20 the same neople
as Al the house Of Zaccheus murmured
that n. had oona IN ha a guest with a
sinner, but He was also speaking to q
great multitude who had accepted Him
% '"e Mcss'au a"u WIZ eAPee'ihs
that the kingdom of God should imme-
diately appear" He was travelling to-
ward Jerusalem, was only IS or 20 miles
from that city, and the multitude eX-
pected Jesus was there, and there 10
establish His earthly reign. The para
BILE was q warning to them. Jesus, like
the nob.eman, was to receive His king
dom, indeed, but. also like the noble
man. He would have to go away to re-
ceive 1t; that Is. He was to die. The
nobleman, we are to understand, was
not to receive some distant kingdom,
bu: was to go to some distant place
where the chief authority resided in or
der to be made king over his home prov
ince, where he would reign. The object
OF the parable was to 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 Nobleman and His Kingdom. VS.. 1l-l2
The The Ten Pounds ds L
The Rebellio,s Citizens ...Vs i4-2S
The Nobleman and His Kingdom
As explained in the Introductory para.
graph, the nobleman was to be king not
over a distant kingdom. but over the
province which he was leaving for a
time. The length OF his absence was
for an indefinite period,
TIL. Ten pounds-C.rta,n NJ his
care. had to be shou,dered bv others
during this absence like a w;sa man
he did not entrust the whole IN anv ons
servant hut divided IN. work share n nd
share al;ke among ten servants Tbere
/. one interesting noint about this nara.
ble that ;s not brought ont IN tba sim.
liar narab.e where on. servant was
piyen five pounds. another two and a
third only one pound. Here everv man
had only one pound. Different men az
different abilities used this nound NJ