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November II. IOoO-The Rich
MnE and Lazarus.
Prepared by II. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.
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Lazarus, wHlcn Was laiu az his bat'' Aui
II sores.
p. And deciding to he fed with the crumbs
Rhich fen from the rich mans table. more
over the dogs came and licked his sores.
~ And II came 10 pass. that the beggar
lied, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died.
and was buried
23 And I'm hell he lift up his eyes. being
IN torments. and seeth Abraham aiar on.
and Lazarus In his bosom.
a. And he cried and said: Father Abra-
ham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus.
mat he may dip the tip OF his finger IN
water, and cool my tongue. for am tor
ncnted In this flame.
a5 But Abraham said: Son. RENE mber
that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil
things: but now he Is comforted. and thou
art tormented
2G And beside all this. between us and
you there Is a great gulf fixed; so that
they which would pass from hence to you
cannot. neither can they pass us, that
would come from thence.
a. Then he said. 1 pray thee therefore,
father, that you wouldest send him to my
fathers house,
Is For have five brethren; that he may
testify unto them. lest they also come into
this place OF torment
20 Abraham saith unto him: They have
Moses and the prophets; let them hear
them.
80 And he said: Nay. father Abraham
but II one went unto them from the dead,
they would repent.
81 And he said unto him: If they hear
not Moses and the prophets. neither Will
they be persuaded though one rose from
the dead.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The teaching of Jesus regarding the
nammon Tor money! worshipers
touch the pharisees in a tender spot,
for, as Luke 1G:14 tells us. they were
lovers of money" They scoffed at
Jesus and His teaching. and this
brought out the charge Of Jesus that
"ye are they which justify yourselves
in the sight of men," but He adds:
God knoweth your hearts" II is to
reinforce His previous teaching re-
garding money and the perils that lie
therein that He gives us the story OF
the rich man and Lazarus. The lesson
may be outlined as follows:
The Rich Man and Lazarus........vs 1921
The Fate OF Each. ga
Some OF the lessons:
,a) Awards Here and Hereafter....vs. 5
lb) The impossible Gulf. 70
go Truth Apparent in This Life..vs. z.-ai.
The Rich Man and Lazarus.-A
sharp contrast is presented. We have
the worldly man at his earthly best,
and the Cody man at his earthly
worst. The one is a self-seeking, SELF
gratifying, sordid man, whose whole
thought is for the coarser things OF
life. He is the man who has made
mammon his god. and money the
whole end Of existence. The other 10
q Cody man with clean, clear con-
science, but who has met with mis-
fortune such as seldom falls to the
lot of honest men.
The Fate of Each.-In the course
OF time both died, as IN the course OF
time all must. But existence does
not end with what we call death
There is that within us that continues
to live, and il continues on the same
course in which it has started here
on earth. In the spiritual world
the man who had been rich here found
there was nothing that could satisfy
the wants and wishes of his nature.
lie had pandered to the body. and
dwarfed the finer qualities which
could have been brought to perfec-
ton in the life beyond the grave. The
desires Of earth had not left him, but
only grown the more intense, so that
he would have even the despised Lag
arus bring him but drop OF water
on the .p Of the finger.
Some OF the Lessons.-(a) Jesus
has before laid down the rule illus
tratcd in verse %. In the sermon on
the mount, He had said of the hypo-
cries: Verify | say unto you. they
have received their reward
(b). The Impossible Gulf.-There is
never greater or more impossible
gulf than that between character
rightly builded and one built upon
weak foundations and flimsily con-
strrcted. After a lifetime of training
and habit Of thought and action. .
good man can commit no great wrong
nor can bad man do righteous act.
We have reason to believe that these
traits are only confirmed in the fu-
ture life. The gulf then becomes
truly impossible. This would be a
harsh teaching. we're it not for that
which follows.
(c). That other teaching is that the
truth. sufficient truth is apparent in
this life. God has given us an inward
monitor to guide us in the right way.
II that were always followed, IL we
only would do that which we abso-
lutely know we ought to do, there Is
reason to believe that we could
emerge eventually into the light. But
besides this inward monitor God has
given MS prophets who have pointed
us to the right way. and His own Son
who is Himself the Way, the Truth
and the Life" II we neglect such
great, apparent opportunities. surely
we would not be persuaded, though
one rose from the dead.