The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 10.


by the Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
copyright, 1900, by American Press Asso-
ciationl
1-3. The incidents of this day are quite
DULY described in each of the four Cos
pels, but Matthew, Mark and Luke give
more details than John. Whether His
so called triumphal entry took place on
the first day of the week or the second
| day Is a matter of minor Importance.
| The great thing is to see Jesus fulfilling
Scripture and be fully occupied with
Him. All days and feasts are shadows,
but He is the substance (Col. ii, 16, 10.
| He who sees and knows all things knew
! just where to find the ass and colt re-
quired to fulfill prophecy, and the dis
ciples had only to obey. 1t is very profit
able to consider His knowledge of things
and people in Mark xiv, 1916; Sam. x,
II, and learn to trust and obey Him i'm
plicitly. Worms, fishes, ravens, lions,
winds and waves, demons and angels all
obey Him, but when He tells us He has
need Of us we are not always ready as
the owner of these animals was. We
have nothing but what He has given us,
and if He asks us for our bodies as liv-
ing sacrifice, our time or our money, all
are His own.
4, g. "All this was done that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet" All He did, is doing now or
shall do when He returns is or will be a
fulfilling of that which is written by the
Spirit in the Scriptures. 1t was a very
unlikely thing that the Messiah, the King
Of Israel, should ever literally enter Je-
rusalem, lowly, riding upon the foal of
an ass Czech. TX, 81. That was, no doubt,
to many a learned Jew, simply highly fig
urative language, as was also the far
more unlikely event that He should be
born of virgin, but both prophecies
were literally fulfilled. Therefore we go
on believing that all things which are
written of Him in the Scriptures shall
yet be fulfilled, for every purpose Of the
Lord shall be performed"
6, T. "And the disciples went and did
as Jesus commanded them" Luke says,
'They found even as He had said unto
them" xix, 32), and it was just SO when
He sent them to prepare the Passover
duke xxi, 49,. 1t always was and al
ways will be just as He says, and the
only way for us is willing and obedient"
Elsa. /, 19). l have long found 1t very
quieting and comforting to have as a
motto, 81 believe God that it shall be
even as it was told me" ACTS xvii, 25).
This is the only time in all His public
ministry that we find Him riding. When
He shall come In glory upon the white
horse, the armies In heaven will follow
Him upon white horses also Rev. xix,
IL, 10. 1--WE shall appear with Him in
glory" (Col. Iii, a..
s, 8. BLESSED is He that cometh in the
Name of the Lord; hosanna in the high
est" Thus cried the multitude. nni The
disciples rejoiced and praised God With
loud voice, saying, Blessed be the
king that cometh in the name of the
Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the
highest" The Pharisees asked Him to
rebuke the disciples, but He answered,
'If these should hold their peace, the
stones would Immediately cry out" duke
xix, 37-40). While He allowed them
thus to cry the praises of their King His
heart was occupied with thoughts of the
fearful doom soon to fall upon that be-
loved city, because they knew not the
time of their visitation. So as He be-
held the city He wept over it luke xix,
4144). If we believed the Scriptures
concerning the doom of the impenitent,
would we not plead with them more ear
nestly?
10, H. This is Jesus the prophet of
Nazareth of Galilee." Thus the multi
tudes responded to the city's cry, "Who
is thisY' If they had known who Jesus
really was, they would have been moved
to some purpose. How much are we
moved by Him? The word moved" is
elsewhere "shake" or quake" chapters
xvii, 81; xviii, 4; Heb. xii go. Have
you ever been so grateful to Him for de-
livering you from the wrath to come that
you have coveted to be what the ass colt
was that day, a Christ bearer, hidden
that He might he exalted, willing to be
any kind of a pole if only you might
eXalt Him to be seen?
H. Is. "My house shall be called the
house of prayer, but ye have made it a
den of thieves" Finding the temple still
desecrated as He had found it at the be-
ginning of His ministry, He did again
as He had done then and rcbuked the de-
filers and cleansed the temple John ii,
13-1O. That first cleansing was also in
connection with the Passover, which pro
claims deliverance from death by the
blood of the Lamb, while both tabernacle
and temple teach the great truth of the
Lord God dwelling in the midst of His
people. The Jews, just like the church
of today. were dishonoring these truths.
Their sacrifices and feasts were a mere
form, and God was not honored.
IA. "And the blind and the lame came
to Him in the temple, and He healed
them" He was always ready to heal
those who had need of healing and knew
it and sought it. The self righteous
priests and scribes and Pharisees were
blind and lame on both feet, but knew it
not. Therefore, although the power of
the Lord was often present to heal them,
they went unhealed, because they fancied
they were well (Rom 4, 81. Better far
to be the blind and halt and MANNED who
Were healed by Him than the self right
eous, fault finding, murmuring Pharisees
continuing in their sins.
10, is. And Jesus saith unto them,
Yea, have ye never read, Out of the
mouth of babes and stockings thou hast
perfected praise" He would not silence
the voices of the little children who pro-
claimed His praises, for of such is the
kingdom of God, but He who patiently
waits to have all things put under His
feet will in due time still all His enc
mics Ops. viii. l, 2, 81. To me it is beau
tiful that the city of Truth, where He is
ret to have His throne, shall have it's
streets full of boys and girls playing
therein Czech. viii, 3, -.
II. And He left them and went out
Of the city into Bethany, and He lodged
there" To leave some people to them
selves is the wisest and ofttmes the only
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