The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-05-05
THE suNoHv SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series for
May 8, observation-disclosures
Temperance Lesson.
THE LESSON TEXT

duke II :35-4s)
! 35 Let your loins be girded about, and
-FOUR lights burning;
36. And ye yourselves like unto men that
wait for their lord when he will return
from the wedding; that when he cometh
and knocketh, they may open unto him
Immediately.
3 Blessed are those servants who tho
lord when he cometh shall find watching:
verify 1 say unto you, that he shall grid
himself, and mako them to sit down to
meat, and Will come forth and serve them.
49, And If he shall come In the second
watch, or come in the third watch. and find
them so. blessed are those servants.
80. And this know, that II the good man
Of the house had known what hour
the thief would come, he would have
watched and not have suffered his house
to be broken through.
40. Be ye therefore also for the Son
Of Man cometh at an hour when ye think
not.
Il. Then Peter said unto Him: Lord,
speakest Thou this parable unto us, or even
to all?
AZ. And the Lord said who then is that
faithful and wise steward, whom his lord
shall max, ruler over his househ Old to give
them their portion of meat In due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his
lord when hc cometh shall find so doing.
a. or truth say unto you, that he will
make him ruler overall that he hath.
40. But and II that servant say in his
heart: My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall begin to beat the men servants and
maid servants and to eat and drink, and to
; be drunken;
( 48. The lord of that servant will come In a
day when he looketh not for hdm and at an
= hour when he is not aware, and VIII cut
/, him In sunder. and will appoint him his por-
ton with the unbellevers.
, a. And that servant, which knew his
pord' wdll and prepared not himself, ne-
: ther did according to his Will, shall be beat
. en- with many stripes
B But he that knew not, and did commit
n things worthy of stripes, shall be beat en-
u with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
. much Is given, of him shall be much re-
;. auired; and to whom men have committed
much of him they will ask the more.
r GOLDEN TEXT.-Biessed are those
=. servants. whom the lord when ne cometh
shall find watching. Luke 1881.
;. OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE LESSON.
II Woes Against the Pharisecs. Luke II 37-5'
r Warnings Against Pharisees.. Luke 12:1-l
a Parable of Rich Fool. Luke l2:l3-S
: Exhortations to Watch................l2: .l2:35-4
D. TIME.-November or December OF a. ID
20. About four months before the cruci
iixon.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
LET your loins be girded:" A Syrial
~ even to-day is not lin commission" s.
to speak, without his girdle. The loos
flowing robes make action Of any kin
awkward and difficult. Your lamp
Is burning:" The servants expected thei
'K Lord to return in the night Withou
is lamps they could not do their worl
and that was the one thing in tn
IN world for them to do at that tim
T! blessed are those servants. whom Ii
Ut Lord when He cometh shall find watcl
On ing" Not simply waiting, ready to
ur their duty, but doing 1t, and 1t WI
ou hard, too; let those who have dor
40 night watching testify. "He shall gin
Sn himself. and serve them b
an cause Of His qualification over the
lis faithfulness. What OF the satisfactiC
'e- God must feel in seeing such fine, ale
'ei faithfulness now? THE second watch
IT. The night was divided into fo'
watches.
ou "If the master Of the house hi
oi- known" But he did not know;
-er never does and never can. The on
III way is to be ready all the time.
wv Lord, speakest thou this parat
see unto u.s." There was no answer, b
er' another question, WHO them"
Ior swer for yourself Notice that I
u wise stewart was faithful to his wor
up the reward for duty well done W
o. more duty to do; more and high
ny work The steward who was unfait
ar' full because there was no one there
watch him made a great mistake.
.,e one can sin with impunity whether
ni' Is watched or not. Cut him asunder
A very strong expression; sometin
90 taken literally. but better fgurativ'
TN "cut him up" as we should say, wi
terrific scourging $50 Adeney a
e Bruce).
THAT servant, who knew .. ma
m. stripes; but he that knew not
' few stripes" The ethical princir
seen before in these lessons, that m
are judged. and rightly, according
their light. Nothing can be duty,
the the sense of morally binding upon
In at any time, which we have not at u
est time the means of knowing The it
any of unknown duty, as present oblil
tho ton, Is an impossible one. The max
that Ignorance of the law excuses
one is simply an expression of g
eral expediency in the administrat
of human law. Still, 1t is not rigi
applied in any civilized society. Sa
factory proof of entire ignorance
mitigate or set aside the penalty.
a principle of morals the maxim is
terly false. President Fairchild. {
Judges us according to our light.
are often to blame for not hav
,erv found more light but 1t is in t
the rather than In the act done as res
,ree of our ignorance that the sin lies.
mid messenger boy who takes a valua
and bundle to his own house instead
the to the purchaser, because under the
the fluence of liquor, is guilty In &c
sels sight of what? Simply Of putting h
tho self knowingly into condition
con- which he knew 1t was dangerous
,ced therefore wicked to come. That
TOM his sin; the rest was done as 1t
nal in his sleep. In the sight OF the
asls however, he is guilty both of drunk
with ness ana inert
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