The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the International Series for
December 23, 10OO-Pnr rabIe
Of the Pounds.
Prepared by ii. c. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TENT.


THE LESSON TENT.
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II. And as they heard these things, He
added and spake a parable, because He
was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they
! thought that the kingdom of God should
| imme diately appear.
IL He said therefore: A certain noble
man went into a far country to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return
1S. And he called his ten servants, and
delivered them ten pounds and said unto
| them: Occupy till l come.
! a. But his citizens hated him, and sent
| message after him, saying: We will
| not have this man to reign over us
Is And it came to pass, that when he
was returned, having received the king
| dom, then he commanded these servants
to be called unto him, to whom he had
| given the money, that he might know how
| much every man had gained by trading.
16 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
| full in very little, have thou authority
! over ten cities.
Is. And the second came, saying: Lord.
/ thy pound hath gained five pounds.
| 10. And he said likewise to him: Be thou
also over five cities.
20. And another came, saying: Lord, be-
hold here is thy pound which have kept
! laid up in napkin
Il. fOr L feared tnee, because tHOu ART
an austere man; thou takest up that thou
layest not down, and reapest that thou
| didst not sow.
%. And he said unto him: Out of thine
own mouth will l judge thee. thou wicked
| servant. Thou knewest that ] was an
austere man. taking up that l laid not
down. and reaping that / did not sow:
| %. Wherefore then gavest not thou my
money into the bank, that at my coming
/ might have required mine own with
| usury?
"a. And he said unto them that stood by
Take from him the pound, and give 1t to
| him that hath ten pounds.
25. (And they said unto him. Lord he
| hath ten pounds)
one which hath shall be given; and from
him that hath not, even that he hath shall
be taken away from him.
q. But those mine enemies, which would
not that l should reign over them, bring
hither, and slay them before me.
GOLDEN TENT.-ENery one of US
shall give account of himself to God
Rom. 14:12.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
This lesson in circumstance and sur
roundings as well as in our Gospel rec
ord Immediately follows the last
Jesus was speaking to the same people
as at the house of Zaccheus murmuret
sinner, but He was also speaking to {
great multitude who had accepted Hin
as the Messiah and were expecting
that the kingdom of God should imme
diately appear" He was travelling to
ward Jerusalem, was only Is or go miles
from that city, and the multitude ex
pected Jesus was there, and there tt
establish His earthly reign. The para
BILE was warning to them. Jesus. lik,
the nobleman, was to receive His king
dom, indeed, but, also like the noble
man, He would have to go away to re
ceive it; that is, He was to die. Tn,
nobleman, we are to understand. wa
not to receive some distant kingdom
but 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 objec
of the parable was to show those wht
expected Jesus to Immediately foun,
an earthly kingdom how to wait il
faithful, patient service for the coming
Of the kingdom.