The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-04
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR OCTOBER 7.
Subjects Jesus Dluing with Pharisee
Luke xiv, 1-14-Goiden Text; Luke
XIV, 11-Menory Verses, 12-14-Con.
mentary on the Days Lesson.

prlnClpal events IN lne Lie oi tnflst uuf'
ing the last quarter, continued from Les
son |. of the third quarter: 40. Discourse
on the bread of life, AZ. At the borders
of Tyre and Sidon He restored the demo
MAC daughter of a Syrophoenician woman
4S. Journey through Decapolis. 49 Heal
ing a deaf stammerer. so. Feeding the
four thousand 81. Sailed to Dalmanu
tina. 50. Sailed to Bethsaida, where lie
healed a blind man. Mark S:22-26. SO
ter's confession. 55. The TRANSPORTATION
SO. Healing the demoniac boy. 81. Jour.
ney to Capernaum. So. Tribute money
taken from the mouth of fish. 80. A
lesson in humility from "the child in the
midst" 60. Discourse on the forgiving
spirit. 6l Rejected by the Samaritans.
Luke 9:52-56. 62 AT the feast of Taber.
pool of SLOAN. o.. Discourse on the good
shepherd. 65. Goes into Perea. GO. The
Seventy sent forth 81. Parable on the
rich fool and discourse on the duty of
watchfulness. 90. Healing a woman on
the Sabbath. 20. At the feast of Dedica.
ton. II. Retires to Bethabara, ~.
Dimes with a Pharisee.
|. Chief OF Pharisees." IL has been
suggested that this man may have been a
member of the Sanhedrin, with country
home in Perea. 'To eat bread Our
Lord had no home and, when He was in
vited to dine it was as proper for Him TO
go ON the Sabbath as on any other day.
Although there seems TO have been sew
eral persons invited to this dinner, vet
this affords no justification to visiting or
making dinner parties on the Sabbath.
They were watching Him" Or. VI
Were maliciously watching Him. The
Pharisee, while he professed friendship,
had invited Jesus to his table for the
purpose OF finding an opportunity to ac'
cuse Him and take away His life
3 "A certain man before Him" The
man had probably been brought there and
paceL in the company by the Pharisee in
order to test Christ.
g. And Jesus answering spake." He
knew they were deceptive and He was
ready for them. The lawyers" The
teachers of the law who were present.
rs it lawful, etc. They are in a dilem-
ma; as lawyers, they ought to know, but
If they answered in the affirmative they
would endorse Christ and His work, while
to answer in the negative would be to
show their lack of love and lay themselves
liable to a change similar to that given in
chapter 1918.
4. They held their peace The Phar.
sees taxed the conscience of the people
with puerile questions such as whether it
was lawful to eat an egg on the Sabbath,
or of what material the wick of the Sab
bath lamp should be made, but they did
not forbid this miracle, which they should
have done had it been wrong; they were,
therefore, forced to silence. Took him.
Laid His hands on him. Let him go.'
He sent him away.
5. Fallen into a pit" Jesus siences
them completely by calling attention to
the fact that they on the Sabbath day
would have mercy on beast in distress,
and shall not He on the Sabbath day de-
liver this suffering man Read Matt. l2
1913; Luke l3: l4.l7.
@. Gould not answer Him." Silent, but
not convinced; obstinacy and spiritual
pride sealed their minds against the force
7. "A parable" Showing the mpor.
tance of humility. When He marked" 4"
Nothing escapes the eye of the Lord.
How they chose out" To take the high.
est place when it is not our due h public
vanity; to obstinately refuse it when of
fered, is another instance of the same
vice, though private and concealed Hu.
mility takes as much care to avoid the os-
tentaton OF an affected refusal as the open
seeking OF superior place. THE chief
rooms. The chief seats. Or. W
s. "Bidden-to a wedding" He speaks
OF marriage feast" Or. W because the
rules of procedure would be more care.
fully insisted upon" ''Sit not down"
The pride that apes humility violates the
oplilt VI tlllH ltdNnlnB. mere SHOULD De
genuine establishment 1t ought to check
our high thoughts of ourselves to think
how many there are that are more honor
able than we.
0, "He that bade." The host who has
authority to decide the matter with
shame" Sooner or later pride will have
q fall. The man who humbes himself
the respect of both God and man.
10 In the lowest room" The lowest
place" (R. W Go up higher" The
way TO rise high is to begin low. No
shame attaches to the one who take n low
place. What Christ commanded others
He Himself did. He humbled Himself in
His birth, in His life and in His death
Then shalt thou have worship" Have
glory. Or. W This person will receive
honor in the presence Of the company.
II. For every one that exalteth him
self shall be humbled" Or. W The one
who is proud and seeks to be honored
above others, shall be abased, or humbed,
both by God and man, He that hum
bleth himself" 1t is better to humble
BILE us. shall be exalted" God will
honor and give glory to the truly humble
in heartg
r. "Call not thy friends" The second
parable is to the host. II is a sharp re.
buke on account of fault which Is al
most always committed IN the choice OF
guests, Our Lord certainly does not mean
that a man shall not entertain his friends,
but what lie ncucates here is charity to
the poor, and what He condemns is those
entertainments which are given to the
rich either to flatter them or to procure
similar return. "Nor thy rich neigh.
bors." He that giyeth to the rich shall
surely come to want" Prov. 22:l6. Give
to thy friends, but let it be to thy poor
friends, not TO those who need thee not"
49, Call the poor" Feasts TO the poor
are not forbidden. He that giveth to the
poor lendeth TO the Lord. What the
Saviour here commends to others lie has
Himself fulfilled in the most illustrious
manner. To the feast in the kingdom OF
God He E-s invited the poor, the blind,
etc, in the spiritual sense of the words"
Ia. Thou shalt be blessed" The poor
who have been fed will bless thee, and so
will the Lord. You will be conscious of
having acted unsefshly. They cannot
recompense thee" Therefore God will
consider Himself your debtor. Clarke.
The resurrection of the just" There is
to be a future state; we are all fastening
on toward the resurrection. At that time
God will reward those who have done
good, for His sake, without the hope Of
any earthly recompense.
Device to scaid Train Robbers.
On the new locomotives OF the Den
yer and Rio Grande railway uoz1isa