The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-01-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson lV.-First Quarter, For
Ian. %, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

This so called Sermon on the
Mount" in which we are to have six
consecutive lessons. might be entitled
THE Laws of the Kingdom" and is
followed in chapters viii and iX by
some features of the kingdom in the
way of various healingS. for when the
kingdom comes the inha bitant shall
not say, am sick" lisa. XXXiii. pa.
'The first four chapters of this gospel
might be entitled the genPalogy of
the King, the birth of the King. the
herald of the King and the victory of
the King over the god of this world.
| The preceptS of these chapters shall
be fully lived out in the kingdom
when it is set up on this earth and
should he manifest now in those who
by His precious blood have become
joint heirs with the King. Although
the multitudes were near Him. it is
evident from verses l and that He
spoke these words to His disciples
and not TO the multitude. Compare
Luke vi 20. but do not confuse these
two sermons. In the one He went up
into mountain and sat down and
taught. but in the other He came down
from a mountain and stood in the
plain. The two diScourses are in many
respects the same as to the teaching.
but they were spoken a different times.
under different circumstances. and vet
in both cases to His disciples. What
folly for an unsaved person TO say.
THE Sermon on the Mount is my re-
| ligion: the Golden Rule is my motto"
If the Ten Commandments written on
| tables of stone with the finger of God
are a miniStration of death III Cor
| iii. I. 81. what about these same com.
mands as explained by our Lord in
| this discourse. in which He says that
a sinful look is as much the breaking
Of the command as a sinful act? The
law was not given till the people were
redeemed by blood from the land of
! bondage. and God never sets His law
before an unsaved person but to con-
| denim him. that as a lost one he may
/ receive Jesus Christ. who is the end
/ of the law for righteousness to every
one that believeth from. X. A.. Such
/ only are the truly blessed" according
/ to Ps. xxi, /, 2: Rom. iv. 6-S. Then
/ we have seven cha racteristicS of these
/ blessed or happy people which CORE
/ spond with the seven petitions in the
/ prayer of chapter vi. 9-13 The PRAYER
/ begins Our Father" and only redeem
/ ed people can say truly these words
/ All others come under the head of John
/ viii, Al. Only the poor in spirit can
/ say from the heart. "Hallowed be Thy
/ name" for others prefer to exat their
/ own name. We pray. Thy kingdom
/ come" but we mourn because of the
/ curse which rests on all the earth till
the kingdom comes. The meek who
| desire in no sense their own will can
! truly long for the time when His will
! shall be done on earth as in heaven
/ Then shall the mOurners be comfOrted
| as they inherit the earth. which shall
then have become the kingdom of
heaven. Daily bread is made sure to
/ all who hunger and thirst after right
eOusness Matt. vi 33l. and they shall
| be satisfied with the fairness of His
house in all things. both temporal and
/ spiritual. Having been forgiven much,
/ they freely forgive others and have be
come merciful indeed. Having seen
something of God and desiring to see
more of Him and 10 know Him better.
they fear all temptation to evil and
earnestly desire to be kept pure in
heart Knowing that the evil one is
the great peace breaker they pray 10
! be delivered from him that they may
| enjoy the peace of God and carry His
/ peace everywhere they go. Rejoicing
in the kingdom and power and glory
which are His. and theirs. TOO. as the
children of God. they expect TO be
| treated as He waS-perSecuted. reviIed
spoken against falsely. things laid to
their charge that they know not. but
| by His grace they count themselves
happy to be privileged to suffer for His
sake and rejoice that when His glory
Shall be revealed they shall be glad
with exceeding joy q Pet iv, 49,.
The church as the salt of the earth
preserves it from the judgments which
will surely come upon it (when the
church has been taken away to pre-
| pare il for the kingdom. but the pro-
| Tossing church has we'll nigh lost its
SAVIOR and seems like Rev. iii, l6
! Who can tell how many cities. towns
and families are preserved from calam-
/ itV for tho Cal-n Of no hO NO