The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XIV, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 80.


Jas. i, 22-COmmentary Prepared by
the Rev. ID. M. stearns.
copyright, 1900, by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
LESSON I.--Jesus walking on the sea
(Math. xiv, 22-33) Golden Text, Math.
XIV, SO, "Of a truth Thou art the Son of
God" He had just been feeding more
than 5000 people with the lads few
loaves and fishes and, having constrain-
ed His disciples to cross the lake without
Him, He sent the multitudes away and
then went alone into a mountain to pray.
The disciples found head wind and
rough sea, and their circumstances were
very suggestive Of the conditionwf the
church today toiling against many adj
verse circumstances; but the Lord Jesus
Is at the Fathers right hand for us, and
He win come In the morning, and we
shall be forever with Him.
LESSON II.--Jesus, the bread Of life
John VII 22-40). Golden Text, John vi,
35, "Jesus said unto them, l am the
Bread of Life" He who fed the thou
sands with bread for the body is Himself
the bread which alone can give life to
the perishing. To have life we must as
truly receive Him as we receive the
nourishment for our bodies. BY compar-
Ing verses Al and 81 we see that eating
His flesh and drinking His blood Is sy-
nonymous with believing on Him, and
chapter j, IL, says that believing on Him
is receiving Him.
LESSON III.-The gentle woman's
faith Mark vii, 24-30). Golden Text,
Math. XIV, 20, Lord, help me-" It was
evidently a great joy to our Lord to find
faith in any one, and it must have made
Him very glad to have occasion to say to
this woman, 20 woman, great is thy
faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt"
(Math XIV, 28). In His last prayer with
His disciples it was a joy to Him to be
able to say to His Father, Il have given
unto them the words which Thou gavest
Me, and they have received them" John
xvii, 3.
LESSON IV.-Peter's confession and
Christ's rebuke (Math xvi, 1929. Gold
en- Text, Math. XVII "a, III any man will
come after Me, let him deny himself and
take up his cross and follow Me-" As
the Lord Jesus spoke of the way Of the
cross and His sufferings for us, satan
took possession of Peter and through him
suggested that 1t should not be SO. 1t Is
satan's way to have us pity ourselves and
take what seems the easiest way, but
the only way for child of God is the
Masters way, the denial of self, life
unto God alone III Cor. Nv, III.
LESSON V.-The TRANSPORTATION (Luke
tx, 1886. Golden Text, Luke TX, IS,
'This is My Beloved Son--hear Hin"
This was doubtless the fulfllment of His
saying in verse 81, that some of them
should not taste death till they had seen
the kingdom Of God. See II Pet. l, 16,
II. 1t is the sight of the glory that
strengthens us to bear the cross (Rom.
viii, 10; Heb. XII, 10, 20; xii, q, and by
this vision of the glory Of His kingdom,
OF which the risen and translated saints
and righteous Israel shall be the center,
He would strengthen and encourage
them to follow Him.
LESSON VI.-Jesus and the children
(Math. xviii, 1-14). Golden Text, Mark
X, IA, Suffer the little children to come
unto Me and forbid them not, for Of such
Is the kingdom of God" The glory Of
the kingdom, instead of working in them
true humility, had led them to consider
who would be the greatest, and there
was strife among them concerning this
even on the night before His death Luke
xii, pa. There are still those who love
pre-eminence for themselves rather than
for Him QII John, 8; Col |, 49,.
AEHSON tl1.-1u@ AOTBlEluS SpAElt
(Math. xviii, 21-35). Golden Text, Math.
vi, II, Forgive US our debts as we for
give our debtors" The proud and self
ish, who seek their own rather than His,
are apt to be heard and unforgiving, but
the truly humble, who in any measure
appreciate the forgiveness which God,
for Christ's sake, has given them, are
kind, tender hearted and forgiving to
others Eph. iv. 32).
LESSON vIII.-The man born blind
John tx, lid. Golden Text, John tx,
%, Zone thing know, that, whereas l
was blind. now see" There are those
who are blind, but do not know 1t (Rev.
III, IT; John TX, 40, All; this is the worst
kind: but when people know they are
blind and seek earnestly to have opened
eyes, He Is always ready to relieve them
and manifest the work of God in them
to the glory Of God.
LESSON IX.--Jesus, the Good Shepherd
John K, 1-16). Golden Text. John K, IL,
''The good shepherd giveth his life for
the sheep" He who by the sacrifice of
Himself gives sight to the blind, health
to the sick and life to the perishing.
teaches us that, having received life from
Him rs His free gift and being assured
that we shall never perish, we are to let
Him possess us fully and reproduce His
life in us for the good of others.
LESSON X.-The seventy sent forth
luke x, Ill, 1920. Golden Text,
Luke, K, 2, 1.-THE harvest truly is great,
but the laborers are few" AS lambs
among wolves He sent them forth to pre-
pare the way before Him. authorizing
them to heal the sick and to preach the
kingdom of God: and when they returned
with joy, surprised at the power of the
Lord through them, He told them that
1t was a greater cause of joy to know
that their names were written in heaven.
LESSON XI.-The good Samaritan
u4uke x, 25-37). Golden Text, Lev. xix,
16, "Love thy neighbor as thyself." 1t Is
not Christlike to turn our eyes and ears
away from those who need our help just
because 1t is easier and more comfortable
not to know the condition of those who
are In distress. He came not only to
save, but to seek In order to save, and
our orders are to do likewise in all the
world. II we feel inclined to refuse, let
us read Prov. xiv, II, IL.
LESSON MI. The rich fool luke xii,
1929. Golden Text, Mark viii, 30,
''What shall II profit a man II he shall
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?" Here is the greatest possible con-
trast to the good Samaritan, a man who
lives wholly for himself and his own hap
piness, with no thought OF God or OF n
Judgment to come and not considering
the possibility OF his being called into the
presence of God at any time.
LESSON XIII.-The duty OF watchful-