The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER g.
Subject The Good Samaritan, Luke K.
1881 - Golden Text: Lev. xix, is
Memory Verses, 1885 - Commentary
on the Day'r Lesson.

SupJccti lne tood shinnritau, Luke X.
25-37 - Golden Text; Lev. xix, ts-
Memory Verses, 1895 - Commentary
ON the Days Lesson.
%. "a certain lawyer" 4 teacher of the
law a modern theologian stood up."
Jesus must have been in some building,
discoursing on some subject that suggested
the question asked by the LAWYER.
Tempted Him. Or tested Him. The
question was not asked from any desire to
know his own duty, but for the purpose of
testing the knowledge OF Jesus Master"
Or teacher, the same as rabbi What
shall ! do to inherit eternal lifey" The
question IS highly important. Eternal life
Is the true spiritual life of the soul-that
which is natural TO it in its highest state,
and of all things in this world is most wor.
thy the seeking. His question was. How
can ] become a child Of God and a pos.
SCISSOR OF that true spiritual life that will
endure forever
90. What is written As a teacher of
the law He should be able TO tell, and lie
was, able. as His answer shows. How
readest Thou What We gain from the
Bible depends upon how we read it.
~ lie answering said" He replied
10y quoting the great summary of mans
duty toward God in Deuteronomy 6: 5,
and a statement OF the law OF love from
Levitlcus 10: Is. Thou shalt love" The
religion of the Bible does not consist in
good external acts, in prayers, in our zeal
Tor Christ, in performing the deeds of the
law, or in being made happy, but in love
TO- Tod and man. With all thy heart"
Ihis IS supreme affection to God. The
heart Is the. scat OF the affections, desires.
motiNes and Will. IL is the centre of all
physical and spiritual life, the central TO-
Gus from which all the rays of the moral
life 60 forth. with all thy soul" He
loves God with all his soul, or rather.
with all his life, who is ready TO give up
ME Tor His sake - to endure and suffer
rather than dishOnor God. with all thy
strength To the extent of giving all OF
our physical powers in His service. with
all thy mind" The intellect belongs to
God. This embraces the whole man A
persons who thus loves God will be wholly
and unreserycdlv given to God and will be
satisfied with Him. He will admire and
obey God. There will be no looking to
l TINS Va yam world Tor delight and happinees;s,
ior all our JOY will be IN Him. "Thy
ncighbor rs thyself" This is nothing
short OF the golden rule Matt. 7. - /.
We viii have no III viii for our neighbor.
,. We viii recognize his rights 3. Pro.
tect his interests. 4. Actually love him.
We are even required to love our enemies.
2s This do, and thou shalt live" Shalt
have already eternal life. the lie OF heaven;
for this heart of love is eternal life 1t is
the life of saints and angels in paradise.
1t makes heaven what it is.
" Desiring to justify himself Or.
W The conscience of this learned law
yer was touched and he saw that he was
destitute of the love he had Just declared
TO be necessary in order to inherit eternal
life. Who is my neighbour" The degree
in which he had kept the law Of love would
depend on the answer to this question.
How wide Il circle does "neighbor' en-.
brace? Unwind that word ncighbor and
It measures off the whole of our earthly
life, 1T covers all our practical, everyday
duties. But 20 the jewish mind neigh.
bor' was simply jew" The Samartans
and Gentiles were, OF course, excluded.
30. Jesus answering said Here it was
that Christ could, IN parable, show how
Tar Judaism was from even a true under
standing, much more from such perfect OBJ
servance OF the law as would gain heaven.
From Jerusalem to Jericho 1t was a
very dangerous road, lying much of the
way in deep rayine through soft rocks in
which caves abound, affording shelter to
mlscreants who sailed forth to prey upon
travellers.
81. Certain priest A large number
oil priests and Levites dwelt at Jericho.
This priest might have been passing to or
from the temple service at Jerusalem.
He saw him" And knew that a fellow
man was suffering and in need "On the
other side" He no doubt could frame
many excuses for not stopping.
32 Likewise a Levite." a l.evite was
one of the tribe of Levi; a pricst was of
the family OF Aaron in that tribe. The
Lcvites performed the humble services OF
the temple, as cleaning, carrying fuel and
acting az choristers. The scribes and law
yers were frequently of this tribe, which,
in fact, was set apart by Moses as the in
tellectual body in the nation. Passed by"
His conduct was the same as the priests
4 ,t,.v ll.s
he eXDected to beiriend the man. Being in
the line OF religious work does not ncces-
sarly make man religious.
49, "A certain Samaritan The Sama-
ritans were a half.heathen people, greatly
despised and hated by the Jews. Had
compassion" Although they had no
right to expect any help from a Samaritan
yet he fastened to assist the suffering man
"a. Bound up his wounds" He did the
very best he could for the man with the
remedies he had at hand, "On his own
beast" This all took time and effort, but
he did not hesitate and make excuses.
Real love does not ask how little, but how
much il may do ITO an inn This was
a public house where all comers were re-
ceived,
80. "On the morrow" lie evidently re-
NAMED with him that night. 1.-TWO
pence" A pence or Roman denarius is
worth about sixteen cents, but it would
be equivalent TO eight or ten times as much
III our day
36. (Which -thnkest thou" This ques
ton almost compelled the lawyer to speak
highly of the Samaritan. Was neighbor
unto him" The parable implies not
mere enlargement OF Jewish ideas, but a
complete change OF them. II is truly gos
pel-parable, for the whole old relationship
OF mere duty is changed into one of love
The question now is not, Who ls my neigh
Dor, but, Whose neighbor am ]? The gos-
pel answer the question of duty by point
ing us to love Wouldst thou know who is
thy neghbory Become a neighbor to all
by the utmost service thou canst do them
in their need. The parable points up to
Him who, in our great need, became neigh
Dor to us, even at the cost of all He had.
81. "Do thou likewise" He to whom
YOU ought thus to show mercy in order to
become his neighbor is your neghbor. |
should be ready TO help every person who
needs my assistance. The command is inn
peratve, GO and do thou likewise" |
should ego" wherever a human soul is TO
be found and with heart filed with love-
carry the gospel OF Christ, There are bur
dened and sorrowiul hearts who need
word of cheer; hearts crushed under the
load OF sin who need to be pointed to the
Saviour, and it is my duty 20 use my best
endeavor to do this even though they may
live on the other side OF the globe. To the
extent of my ability | am responsible for
the salvation of the world.
To Wed Partisan.
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