The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-12-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson KIIl.-Foufth Quarter, 70
Dec. rs, 1909.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERlE,

Memory Verses, n. f2-Goi5en Ts1
Matt. !, 21-Comnentary Prepared J
Rev. D. N. Stesrns.
There is one great truth cmphasiz
in this gospel and in the New Tesss
fnent which is not made much Of
preachers and teachers. as rule, d,
chat is that Jesus is the son Of Davi
the promised heir to Davids thron
See in Matt /, /; Rev. xxi, is, no
the New Testament begins and en-,
with this and note how Paul uses it
Rom. i, ,; II Tim ii, S. See Gabriel
use of it in his message to Mary
Luke j, -, 81 and Peters referen,
70 it in his great Tcntccostal discouri
in Acts ii. 30. Then take the qucstit
Of the wise men in our lesson. "Whe.
IS He that is born King of the jews
Remember that that title I'm tho iai
guagos Of Jews and geuJiIes was place
over His cross and that when He sha
come again in His glory and Isra
shall say, This is our God, we hal
waited for Him, and He Will save Us
it viii be to make Jerusalem E
throne of the Lord. that all the uatiq
may be gathered unto it. 60 the nat
of the Lord. to Jerusalem Then.
Lord being King Of Israel in the mil
Of them they shall not see evil d
more and lie VIII make them a ma.
and q praise among all the poopler
tile earth Then shall all the natio
bring their wealth to Israel, even
these wise men did, and Israel shi
blossom and bud and I'll the face
the earth with fruit lisa XIV, .; Je
ill., Il; Zeph. iii -, -, 20; lisa. TX.
margin xvii, O.. 7 sincerely trust tina
every teacher may verify what | haT
said by these and other texts and thu
have the best possible kind Of Chris
mas lesson concerning Him Of whom
the prophet said 'Out of thee Bethle
hem EphrHtahi shall lie cor
unto me to be ruler i'm ISrael }
goiugs forth have been from
from the days of eternity" (Mic
or as it is in our lesson, out o.
-
my people Israel" Verse 81, Su,
king as Hcrod might well be troul
by the mention Of a King of the Je
for the time will come when the kin
of the earth ana the great and ri
and mighty men shall call on mOu
tanS and rocks to fall on them a
hide them from His face and II
wrath Ucy Vi 1J-II. The chi
priests and scribcs knew prophecy W,
enough to be able to tell where t
Messiah should he born, but the
knowledge did them no good. for who
He came publicly and in every W;
proved Himself the Messiah about thl
ty years later they rejected Him AL
killed Him. It is not a knowledge
Him nor Of what the Scriptures sd
about Him that saves any one, bt
only the heart reception Of Him,
cording to John i, Il Some day y
shall know more than we can no
| about these wise men who they Wer
| how many there were. just where the
| came from, what they knew about Hi
! or His star and how they came
| know what they did If the star Il
! them all the way TO His land we wo
der why they turned from it TO c;
| upon Herod and inquire of him Y
note that when they left Herod
| star seemed to he waiting for the
for it went before them till it car
| and stood over where the young ch
| was. leading them TO the very hou
This was therefore no ordinary st
but supernatural light. a beaver
| messenger. and it makes us more tn
ever interested in these men wh
GOO SO 1 hFrriI494Ir2ayd WlhttHq tho the So
star again after leaving Herod tbI
rejoiced with exceeding great il
Verse 10l, and we do not wonder, f
it must have been like passing FRI
hell to heaven to come from such
presence into the presence of Gods
own messenger. When the ange
brought the shepherds word the glory
Of the Lord shone round about them
and the message was, Behold | brinl
you good tidings of great joy. which
shall be to all people" Peter says Of
Him, Whom. having not seen, We
love; in whom. though now ye see
Him not. yet believing, We rejoice with
Joy unspeakable and full of glory
Il Pet i. s..
In the presence of this child and His
mother these men fell down and wor-
SHIPPED Him. opened their treasures
and presented unto Him gifts. gold
and frankincense and myrrh Verse
~. This is no loose change or pocket
book story. but a record of treasures
brought to Him. 1t makes us think OF
the woman who gave all her living
and received from Him such com
mendation and by contrast of another
woman who spent all her living on
physicians in n vain search for health
and then received it one day in a mo-
ment from Him freely Mary of Beth
any brought Him treasure when she
anointed Him with very costly oint
mept duke xxi SAB; John xii, 81
Are we bringing Him anything that
can be compared to treasure. a really
sweet SAVIOR to Him. a willingness to
suffer with Him? When there is NO
plain guidance given US in His word
He will not fail to guide us in some
way by His providence or by dream
or voice ii it is necessary. Ps. xxi
g. lisa Xxx 81 are sure words | have