The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-05-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX. SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 20.
Text of the Lesson, Matt. XVI, 1870.
Memory Verses. 26-2S-Golden Text,
Cor. v, documentary Prepared
by Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.


and this passover lesson we have omit
ted nearly all the events OF the last
week of His life and have come right
up to the very last evening before His
to get SO little where there is SO much,
but this is true of even the smallest
portion of Scripture, and we must rely
upon the Spirit TO give us all that He
sees we can receive. In a sentence, let
us glance at some of the things we
have passed over-the healing Of the
blind as he entered and left Jericho,
the visit to the house of Zaccheus, the
supper and amounting at Bethany, the
public entry into Jerusalem, the temple
cleansed the fig tree cursed, the poor
widows Offering commanded and many
parallels and discourses.
Happy are the believers who can
find time TO mediate much upon these
and upon all Scripture. The events Of
our lesson are recorded by Mark and
Luke as well as by Matthew, and Luke
xxi, s, says that He sent Peter and
John, saying, go and prepare us the
passover that we may eat" Then they
asked Him, Where wilt Thou that we
prepare for Thee TO eat the passover
He sent them into the city, telling them
that a man bearing a pitcher of water
would meet them and by following him
they would find the house. Then they
We're to ask the goodman of the house,
nd ho oh la
room, furnished and prepared, and
there they were to make ready. They
found as He had said and did as He
had appointed them Mark xiv, 1916.
There is word in Prov. iii, 3, 6, which
has been a blessing TO me for full forty
years, having taken hold Of me when |
was a young man, clerk in store.
Do not fail TO look ii up and eat il, and
may the where wilt thou" OF this
lesson and the what wilt thou of
Acts tx, g. be our continual attitude to
Him whose we are and whom we serve
(Acts xvii, 23), who has all our good
works prepared for us to walk in and
who will guide us as surely and def
nitely as He guided the apostles on
this occasion and when He sent them
for the ass colt duke xix. 30-32). See
for your comfort and assurance in the
matter of guidance Eph. ii, 10; Phil. iv,
g, Z; Ps. xxi. s; lisa. xxx, p; XII, IS;
but be sure you never lean TO your own
understanding nor want your own way
in anything; be good clay in the potters
hand Qsa. Xiv, s; Jer. xviii, o..
Now let us visit the upper room and
see our Lord and the twelve at the
passover. This also had been foreseen
and arranged before the world was.
OF all the passovers, from the first in
Egypt (Ex. Kid, this was the greatest,
for it was the last, the contamination
and fulfillment Of all the others. Con-
corning this one He said, with desire
i have desired TO eat this passover with
you before l suffer; for | say unto you.
/ will not any more eat thereof until
IL be fulfilled in the kingdom of God"
duke xxi, 10, 80. Thus He points
us on to a greater deliverance for Is
rael than ever Egypt had witnessed
Ger. xvi, a. Is; xiii, Z, 81. All the
steps in the great atOnement whereby
Israel should be redeemed. the church
gathered and the kingdom of God es.
taDlished on this earth had been ar
ranged in the eternity past. in due time
unfolded, foretold, foreshadowed to
man, and as the appointed time comes
all is fulfilled, for the Scripture can
not he broken" and every purpose Of
the Lord shall be performed John
Y. 30; Jer. Ii. 90.
The institution Of the passover CEX
xiii should be carefully studied, and
the lessons Of the lamb, the blood, the
bitter herbs, the unleavened bread, etc,
be prayerfully enforced. The feet wash
ing and the teaching connected there
with (John xiii, 1-17) should be consid-
cred before Judas Iscariot is pointed
out as the betrayer. How awful the
words, Zone of you shall betray me-"
1T had been good for that man if he
had not been born" oversees 81, 24)
Jesus knew from the beginning who
they were that believed not and who
should betray Him Gohn vi, Ga, but
that did not in the least excuse Judas,
for he had every opportunity to believe
If he had only been willing. In John
xiii, 30, we read that Judas. having re-
ceived the sop, went Immediately out
and it was night. 1t is still night with
him who betrayed his Master, the
blackness of darkness forever, and
there is no escape Job xxxvi, Is; Luke
xvi, 26; Rev. xxi, s..
The passover being fulfilled. or about
TO be, but not for the national benefit
or Israel at that time. because they
knew not the time of their visitation
and would not have their Messiah. He
instituted a new ordinance to continue
till He shall come again. as il is writ
ten in / Cor Xi, 26, "As often as We eat
this bread and drink this cup We do
shew the Lords death till He come"
Then shall begin that phase Of the
kingdom when Christ shall reign till
He hath put all enemies under His feet.
after which He shall deliver up the
kingdom to God the Father. that God
may be all in all q Cor. XIV, 242S).
During the time Of His absence we are
to be wise and faithful stewards occu-
pying till He come luke xix, 49,.
We are to be His faithful witnesses,
preaching repentance and forgiveness