The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR APRIL e.


Kill. i.14-Goiden Text. Exod. Sx.,
g. Memory Verses, :, s. Topic.
The Lords Day.
I. An act of necessity performed on
The Sabbath Tvs. 1-S). !. AT that
! :ime' 1t must have been In early sum.
ner during the harvest season.
Through the corn" To an American
leader the word corn suggests the idea
" Indian corn or maize: but the word
N the text has reference TO grain,
such as wheat. rye or barley. Began
I lc pluck" They rubbed 1t in their
/ hands duke G:1l to separate the grain
/ from the chaff This was allowable ac.
| cordng TO the law tDeut. 2325l. ..
/ "pharisees saw It," The Pharlsees.
/ who were watching for an opportunity
| to catch him. object TO the disciples
doing this on the Sabbath day. They
| considered the pluckng and rubbing
in the hand sufficiently near to reaping
and thresting 10 constitute them sec.
Ondary violations of the fourth com.
mandment. "Not lawful" The Phari-
sees extended their Sabbath regula.
tions beyond what Moses commanded
in order 10 avoid the possibility of
transgresSion. The worthless childish.
ness of the Sabbath rules Christ on
posed may be Judged from its being
forbidden TO 20 ont with needle or
a pen when Friday was closing. as one
might forget TO lay them aside before
the Sabbath began. Thirty-nine classes
Of work were forbidden. and each of
these had endless subdivisions. These
regulations tended 10 make void the
law. and many of them were in direct
opposition to the real design OF the
sabbath. 3. Have We not read"
To vindicate His disciples Christ re-
ferred the Pharisees TO q similar case
recorded in their own Scriptures and
with which they should have been
familiar. See ! Sam. 2I:1-G. AN
hungered' Our Lord here is not ar
guIng for an excuse to break the law,
but for its true construction.
I. The house of God" The taber.
nacle. Did eat Ahimelech. the
priest Mt Mob, gave David and his
comraniors five loaveS of the shew-
bread. The law provided that twelve
loayes of bread should be put in two
piles upon the table in the sanctuary,
IN remain week and then to he eaten
by the priests only Nev. 24:5-0i. Now
David. fleeing from Saul. weary and
hungry. had eaten this bread contrary
to the letter of the law. ChristS argu.
ment was that If David could do this
without blame {. must be right for the
disciples to satisfy their hunger on the
sabbath day. "Shewbread." Liter
ally bread Of setting forth-that is.
bread that was set forth in the sane
tuary LEV. 24G-Sl. ,. "Profane the
sabbath Jesus continued Hls argu-
ment by showing that even the law
under certain circumstances provided
, for the doing of that which had been
expressly forbidden by the law. On
the Sabbath days as we'll as on the
other days the priests were engaged in
killing. preparing and burning the sac
ritices and in performing the whole
temple service. 1t was one of the say
ings Of the rabhns that there was no
Sabbath keeping in the temple
o. Greater tLan the temple" In
as much as the one who bullded the
house Is greater than the house. Christ
refers there to His own authority and
power. The law-glver is greater than
the law. Christ was greater than the
temple. Z. "If ye had known" a
knowledge of the true meaning of
Gods word will prevent rash iudg-
ment. Jesus here charges His critics
with Ignorance of their own prophets.
% A@Dlu CNtll VI illE dDDdll. Jesus
now atfirms Hirself gre ter than the
statute law OF Moses; nay, He is
greater than the Sabbath law estab.
lished by God at the creation. Thus
does He maintain Himself to be the
incarnSte Legislator of the world AT.
ter the resurrection of Christ the jew.
lsh Sabbath WIS abolished, and the
Lords day" CKev. 7:10), or Christian
sabbath, was given Is in its stead
ii. An act of mercy performed on
the Sabbath Tvs. 0-13J. 10. Hand
withered." A case of paralysis Such
diseases were considered incurable.
Luke say it vas his right hand.
They asked Him." From Luke we
learn that they had been watching Him
before they asked this question.
Might accuse" Might bring Hin to
trial for breaking +he Sabbath.
u. He said" Luke says He knew
their thought. Jesus proceeded to an.
swer them by drawing an argument
from their own conduct. If it fall"
etc. This was self-evident PROPOSE.
tion. Deeds of mercy and humanity
did not infringe on the Sabbath day.
Pit Cisterns dug in the earth for
the purpose CT holding water, into
which animals often fell. II. "A man
better than a sheep" Christ always
puts an enormous value on man. A
man Is of infinitely more consequence
and value than a brute II they would
show an act of kindness to a sheep
would they not show mercy to a man?
1T is lawful" This was universally
allowed by the Jews themselves.
l3. stretch forth" A remarkable
command. The man might have rea
soned that his hand was withered and
that he could not obey, but being COM
manded it was his duty TO make the
effort; he did so and was healed. Faith
dlsregards apparent responsibilities
where there is a command and prom.
Use Of God. Restored whole" A
little before this Christ had claimed
divine authority; He now proves that
He possesses II. these two cases de-
termlned what may be done on the
Sabbath. The one was case of neces.
sity, the other of mercy.
IA, Held a council" Mari, saws
they called in the ] erodians who were
in favor of the Roman dominion over
Judea. Thus did these stlcklers for
the law Of Moses unite with its bold,
political subyerters in order to accom-.
plish their designs against Jesus.