The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-01-12
The Wise Men
Find Jesus
Sunday School Lesson Tor Jan IL. 1900
Specially Prepared for This Paper

TIME Probably February B G. 4 when
Jesus was six OF eight weeks Ola.
ILACE.-Beth'chom o. Judea.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Tho in-
fancy 90 Jesus. I His birth. ttc shep-
herds ana the angels song duke 2.t-zn
o Ills naming and HIS conservation iu the
temple nt Jerusalem duke 2.2l-->l. O. ST.
moons hymn. The Nunc pmutis duke
2.22-10: & sImeon's prophecy ana Anna s
thanksgiving duke 22-gD. The wise
men from The east Matt 2l-l9. 1hc
h.ehi into Egypt Matt 2l5-i1. e. Tho
massacre of the innocents Matt 2lcl9.
Return Co Nazareth (Mltt 1898. Luke
l.s9-fD.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
v. L. There came" arrived tn Pa'es-
tine II must have been been after
/ Che presentation in the Temple for ~,
family left Bethlehem Immediately
after the VISIT Of the wise men. and
before April. for Hor0d died April
10 was probably IN February "Wise
men from the east" Mag, saees
" O. Saying Where IS He that IS
born King of the Jews?' "Whore f.
Tho newlyb0u King?" For we have
seen His star IN the east" Seen hy
. Them in the eastern countries. or seen
in the eastern sky. or both And arc
come 20 worship Him" To acknowl
edge His worship. to do homage to
/ Him.
" g "When Herod the king had
/ heard these things" Eager 20 find
the object of their search. they would
go through the streets asking:
Where is He?' at the same time tell
ing the story Of the star at is a sim
pie question. but the quiet voice gath
ers velocity and volume until #
sweeps over Jerusalem like a cyclone
or a rushing wind OF Pentecost He
was troubled" agitated And all Je
rusalem with him" a new king
might involve the nation in a conflict
with Rome. It might interfere with
their luxuries, their tyrannies. their
schemes Of greedy gain.
V. 4. Gathered all the chief priests
and scribes" The authoritative
teachers and students Of the law
He demanded (rather inqulred) Of
them where Christ" in the original |
the Christ" not the proper name but
the Messiah. the official title of the |
promised Deliyerer should be born" |
What do your Scriptures say? What |
is your belief?
V. 8. 1T is written" (Mic. 5:2).
V. 6. "And thou Bethlehem" This |
is quoted freely from the Septuaglnt
(the Greek version Of the Old Tes.
tamenD. just as such quotations were
popularity made at that time, for there
were no Bibles in circulation. and
quotations must be made chiefly as
remembered from hearing them read.
Bethlehem, in the land Of Judea."
Distinguishing It from Bethlehem in
Zebulon.
V. z. "Then Herod privily
privately called the wise men"
Privately, for he was already hatch.
ing, still more privately. his malicious
plot to destroy Jesus. "Enquired
diligently" Greek. accurate
", to the finest point, referring to the
information, rather than diligence Of
inquiry. what time the star ap-
peared." How long ago. within what
time. was the birth Of the king made
known by the appearing Of the star
V. 8. He sent Cor directed) them
to Bethlehem" a short six miles from
Jerusalem. Search diligently"
Better, as before. accurately. carefully.
Bring me word worship
Him." He lied, because If he had told
his real object, they would. OF course
not report to him. Ns
V. o. And 10, the star, which they
saw in the east. the same distin-
guished star. but now in the south.
V. 10. when they saw the star"
guiding them, and pointing out the
place. "They rejOiced" Because their
journey was now ended. their search a
was successful
V. H. "They saw the young |
child" The wonder is that in a little J
child. in a small village, in humble
they could see the
King. And fell down." in the orien.
al manner Of showing homage. and
Him." Three acts are here
falling down. worshiping and offer.
ne; the first, the worship Of the body:
he second, Of the soul; the third. Of
,ur goods With these three our q
,odies. our souls, our goods, we are
o worship Him. Without them all. o.
Worship is but a lame and manned
acrifce. neither fit for wise men to
i've nor Christ to receive."-Dr. Mark
frank. Opened their treasures"
he baskets or chests in which the
lifts were brought. They presented
INTO Him gifts" According to the
rental custom IN paying visits to
Oyalty"
V. H. Being warned Of Cod" In /
dream. in the same manner as God p
lay have spoken to them before
The verb means, TO give a response Q
, one who asks OF consults. The r
ord therefore implies that the wise
len had sought counsel of God.
Religious Thought. e
The best way TO drive your children {
, sin is TO keep your religion for com. =
lny-Rams Horn.
God IS willing TO do for any man V
+ woman all that He ever did for
lyone. II there is not mighty
ork of God in us, It IS our own fault q
ind out what these hindrances are L
I'd put them away.-R. a. Torrey. h
A ray Of light is not all the light =.
ere is in the universe, but It leads u
unerringly TO the source Of all light o
If It were Let each child Of the
;ht De as true as each beam Of light
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