The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
SABBATH SCHOOL.
N,T. 9NATIoNAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR NOVEMBER q.
Subject Tive Unjust steward, Luke xvi
I-13 - Golden Text; Luke xvi, 10 -
Memory Verses, 1919 - CUmncntuN
on the Days Lesson.

!. "Unto Ills disciples" This parable
was spoken primarily TO His disciples
but the Pharlsges were present listening
carefully and when He was through they
derided Him. V. II. The disciples To
whom this parable was addressed were not
merely the apostles but those pu5hcans
and sinners whom Jesus had received, to
the great dDplcgsure ol the ihUrisccs.
~ certain rich man This rich man can
only represent Cod who is uossc-sor OF
all things. "A steward All the clul.
drcu OF men arc stewards oi what
they have IN th.s world. WAS ace
| cuscd ~ The rich man lad put confidence
| m hs steward before this, and had MI.
| lowed him gveut liberty la managing his
| affairs. Had wasted. Was wasting. II.
| v lie was either dishoncs, or careless
| and suffered ms master goods t. he lost.
y. Give an account Bring your ac-
| counts tor inspection. Produce books and
! vouchers NO longer steward. The
! steward did not deny the charges against
him, aud was told plainly thlt hc could
| not retain his position, The time Is COM
| ing when we will bc required to give an
account oi our stewardship, and ii we
have wasted thHt which has been com
| mittcd to or trust wc will receive no
| more favor than did this steward.
>. What shall | doy' The steward
began to consider the course he had bet
| ter pursue 50 that when hc was dismissed
from the stewardship he could still main
tain livelihood. If cannot dig He
could not work az manual labor Tor lack
| OF strength. See Il, V.
4. II am resolved what to do An
| idea comes To him 10y which he viii make
many friends, ~ that when lie is put out
oi the stewardship they viii invite HIM
idto their houses.
D. Of his lords debtors" His plan
was, duuiug thc remaining time that he
at ltFrta.,pI f,, chow la tl IL, lt.
owed bis master, so that when hc was
dismissed they would show i1vor 10 him.
Il nto the ,irst' Two specimen cases
are -iren here, but so lac went through
tbc whole Hist. making reductions to ALL
| a. -'N hundred measures %. oil. 4 hun.
drcd baths Each bath was equivalent
10 snvou 'cy eight gallons. sit down
! quickly. evidently secret and hurried
| arrangement; the debtors. too. seem to
have been dealt with separately and pr
ateiV And write htty.' The steward
n;rS" tins debtor present oi about 400
| gallons u. opil.
| J. "A 'hundrcd measures OF wheat" \
| hundreds ,cor. On homcrs. lhc cor con
tdIn9d teI baths. The original debt wac
SU9 To- dUO bushels. Write four score
Making rim a present OF about 200 bush
| C.s
> Aud his lord commended R. W
| --dhc rNh m7n commented the shrCWd.
ness oi .bisNw.clcd steward. What he had
done Nyas dishonest in the extreme.
Done wisely" He had acted sldllully.
| The children OF this world Those who
seek earthly things as their chief good,
are lor their own generation tR. Vi
| lhnt IL IN looking after their worldly in
tcrcsts Wiser More skilful in the
application OF means to obtain temporal
good, than christians are to obtain cter.
nal good
9. u say unto YOU The truths to be
learned from this parable are focused in
the teachings of thus verse. Jesus draws
lesson ior AS from the course pursued
by this dishonest steward. make to
yourselves friends Not merely acquaiut-
ances IN This world but make friends
~ that deeper sense referred to by Jesus
IN John l5: Il, Is. That is, do all you
can 60 luod people To Christ and thus
make true friends or Christians. BY
means oi the mammou OF unrghtcous-
ness, OK N)-Ihc word "mammoa" is
Chaldee word siguiiyiug riches. II is
here called the mammon Of uurghtcous-
ness, as beng with unrightcou~ men the
great object ,ot pursuit and too commonly
sought. mCr0ver, hy unrlchteous means
In wider sense the mammon OF unright
eousness h0s reference to whatever of
earthly poude we may possess. "bC they. -
! as EdcrshCn Mys, "oi money, OF lnowl.
edge. Oi strength OF .uf opportunities"
We are. then to SO use whatever God
|
possessions viii be the means of making
friends or a hIining people TO Christ
and heaVcU- '"l1at when We fail That
! when it shall iail R N); when your
\ stewardship IN this world shall end.
\ They may reoele YOU That ~. the
lirirnds you have made, by bestowing your
l,enrthly goods IN deeds OF love and mercy,
viii welcome sou. Matt. 2j: SAG. Into
tire eternal tabenacles." Or. W - Into
heaven. . Cor. 3: l.
10. Faithful" As Gods steward. ''hi
thut which is least" Our Saviour teach-,
, thHt 1t Is not the quantity committed &c
us lGnlt God will regard, but our fidelity
IN using it: we are as thoroughly tried by
a smaR as by a large amount of property
| or intiUence. Character j. as renliv tested
by little things as by great thingz He
| that Is unjust in the last" Little acts
OF wrong show that we have snhoy
| hearts. 10 Intentionally cheat another
out Of fse ccpts would as really prove a
man dishonest as though 1t were thou
| sand dollar, We need not think to excuse
our sins because they are small or few
Poison enough can be put or the point Gf
q needle TO kll man. II is the little
foxes that spon the vines
| II. Have not been faithful" ii we
| have not carefully and properly used the
| things OF this world with which God has
| entrusted us, we need not expect that lie
| will give us the true riches of grace and
| glory and hofYenly treasures.
u. (which is another mans" Our
| earthly possessions are called "another's'
| (R W because, !. They belong to God
2. They are continually changing their
possessors and going from one to an
other. That which is your own" Spir
itual and eternal riches are our own. They
enter into the soul that becomes pos
sossed of them. If we make Christ and
the promises and heaven ours, we have
that which we may truly call our own
l3. Two masters The heart win be
either wholly taken up with God or wholly
ennossed with the world man cannot
be in perfect indifference between two OBJ.
iccts which are incompatible; he will be
inclined to despise and hate whatever he
does not love supremely, when the neces.
sity of a choice presents itself. "Ye can.
not serve God and mammon." So divided
are their interests that their services can
never be joined. II we decide to serve
the Lord we must forsake the service Of
the world, There is no concord between
Christ and Belial. When the Christian
undertakes to live the life of the world
ling he sinks to the level of the worldlnp
and thus ceases TO be Christian.