The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-05-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the International Series
for Mny IL, 10O1-The Great
Commission.

Lesson In the International Series
for Mny IL, 1001-The Great
Commission.
prepared by IL. c. Leningtonl
THE LESSON TEAT.
tMatthew 2S:l6-.0)
l6. Then the eleven disciples went away
into Gsiilee into mountain where Jesus
had appointed them.
Il. And when they saw Him, they wor-
SHIPPED Him; but some doubted.
is. And Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying, All power is given unto Me in
Heaven and In earth.
~. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.
bapuzing them In the name OF the Father,
and OF the Son. and Of the Holy Ghost.
~ reaching them to obselfe all things
whatsoever l have commanded you: and,
10. l an. with you alway. even unto the
end OF the world Amen.
GOLDEN TENT,-Lo, I nm with xou
AWAY, even unto the end of the
world.-Matt. Is, 40.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The occasion OF this lesson is the
next to last recorded appearance of
Jesus on earth after His resurrection.
The lesson text assigned is brief,
but it contains in it the life germ of
Christianity, for Christianity is moth
ing il 1t is not missionary in spirit.
The following is an analysis along
which lines the lesson may he stud
led:
The Meeting in Galilee. ee...........,.....,N lG
Some Worship, Some Doubt II
The Source OF Power. Is
Ire commission ......................V 49, %
.
The Meeting in Galilec.-This was
the designated meeting referred in
the seventh verse of this same chap
ter. 1t was n formal meeting. Then
were there gathered together the
eleven apostles. But there is reason
to believe that these were not all.
Paul says q Cor. 1850 that ale was
seen OF above 500 brethren at once"
This was probably that occasion. Be-
sides the apostles there were many
there OF Jesus disciples. This ex-
planation would account for the for
mality OF appointing a meeting in so
retired place as mountain and at
so great distance from the scene
of the trial and crucifixion.
Some Worship, Some Doubt.-Whcn
the company had all gathered Jesus
made His appearance, and "they wor-
SHIPPED Him." that is, the great ma
1ority did. "But some doubted"
This is not some of the eleven as the
reading of the text might lead one to
think. We have seen in previous les
sons that they all believed. Twice
Jesus had met with them, once with
out Thomas, and once with that dis
ciple who would not believe until ne
saw the print of the nails. But even
Thomas believed. So it must have
been some Of the other disciples.
| The Source Of Power.-Undoubted
ly we have here recorded only a part
of all Jesus said to this company Of
followers, but we have the gist of
the discourse. In the first place He
pointed out that into His hands had
been put all power, both in Heaven
and in earth. This is equivalent to
saying He was God, or one with God,
which Of course IL was one great OBJ
ject Of the cruciflxion and resurrec-
tion to show. II then all power is
His, He has become the source Of all
power. This gives authority to all
His previous teachings and to His
present commission to preach and
bnptize.
The Commission.-The commission
was twofold. First, it was to teach.
Second, II was to baptize. The bap-
tism was to be Sin the name of the
Father, and Of the Son, and OF the
Holy Ghost" The Father the jews
had long worshiped. The Son had
come the more perfectly to reveal
the Father. The Holy Spirit was He
who should testify to the hearts and
minds of His followers after He had
assembled to the Father.
The disciples were to teach "all
nations" The Jewish religion had
been exclusive. Church and state
were one in a more absolute way
than ever they were under Christian
sway. To be a recognized Jehoval
worship the Gentle had to become
q Jew. The new religion, faith in
Jesus Christ, was to know no nation
ality and no race. God loved human
kind and Christ came to redeem the
whole world from the sway of sin.
All the commandments Of Jesus to
His disciples were to be binding upon
every subsequent follower.
Tho Promise.-With the great
commission was coupled very COM
forting promise: "ARd, 10, am with
you alway, even unto the end of the
world" The Divine assurance of Di-
vine help under all circumstances is
ours II we are doing the will of God.