The Nevada County picayune., 1910-07-01
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 Kingdom Sunday School Lesson for July 3, 1910 Specially Arranged for This Paper

and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."- Rom l4.l7
 TIM ME=The autumn of A n 2S
 PLACE.-In house in Gapernaum on the shore of the Sea Of Galllee
 Suggestion and Practical Thought.
 The Parable or Story of the Mus tard Seed.-Vs. 3l, 32. Another par able" showing another aspect of the kingdom of heaven, which the Great Sower had sown in the field of the world.
 The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed. which man" representing the Son of man as in the previous parables, ''sowed in his field" It was therefore good seed living seed that could produce the harvest
 Which indeed is the least of all seeds" Not the least Of all seeds which botanists know, but the small est of the seeds the people daily used; and the smallest of these in contrast with the plant which grows from it. "Greatest among herbs. and becometh tree. Not massive like a fir tree of Lebanon. or oak. but an herb so large that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches therSof."
 The Teaching of this Parable CD The growth and success in Gods field of this world of the kingdom he has planted. l heard a statesman mission ary from India say within week that the religions of India looked upon the present as the iron age, with their golden age in the past But with Christianity the golden age is In the future, the kingdom is growing toward It's ideal and goal. and growing more and more rapidly
 The Parable of the Leayen.-V. B. Showing the Method by Which the Kingdom Grows. The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven." Some of the later writers argue from the fact that leaven Is usually the symbol of evil, corrupting thing, species of putrefaction. that therefore this par able represents the fellowship of God in service seen to be marred dur ing the present age by the introduc- tion of corrupting influence. ."-G. Campbell Morgan.
 Which a woman took" The Son of man who puts this leaven into the meal is here represented by woman because breadmaking usually devolved upon women.
 This Parable Teaches that besides all the visible manifestations of the Gospel represented by the growth of the mustard seed. there is te deeper underlying progress of the Gospel which operates silently, without Ob- servation. but with constantly increas- ing pervasiyeness till the whole mass of mankind. all hearts, all nations, all commerce and business, social life, and political institutions. shall be transformed. The leaven works by personal contact with those who are to be leaYened. from individual to in- dividual It is personal work, personal soul in touch with other souls. The leavon that does the work is a living organism.
 Two Stories of Finding Treasures- Vs 44-46. These two parabes were told to the disciples in the house to which they returned from the sea shore
 The Hid Treasure. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field The hiding of treasure is necessary where there are no banks. where the country is frequently over run by marauders and robbers. where no one can trust another to hold his treasures or to use them in business, and where the rulers are rapacious to obtain the wealth of their subjects. In the unsettled state of the country oft. on the owners neSer returned, and all knowledge of the treasure was lost.
 The Spiritual Treasures in These Two Parables There are two quite different interpretations of these par. ables. both of which are natural. both of which may be true. and each one may imply the other. The movement of the parables depends on what is represented by the Treasure and the Pearl, and who by the one who gave all he had to obtain them
 Ht tbiiAiibll lHltI pI ttdtiOH IS lHdt we are the seekers for the treasure, and the Treasure and Pearl are the blessings which are found in the king dom of heaven and only there. They are the treasures of character, useful ness, happiness, and peace; treasures of eternal life, growing more and more in every good quality of the soul till we become angels excelling in strength with all the glories, ex- ternal and internal that are portrayed In the description of heaven.
 The Parable of the Draw Net.-Vs. 47-52 contain explanation of the mys- tery that good and bad are found in the visible kingdom of God, instead of only the good. and a warning that merely being a member of the visible kingdom will not save him. There will be a separation of the good from the bad. and Aach will go of necessity to his own place, and the fate which Is the fruit of his faith and character,
 Another interpretation of the hid treasure, skiliully advocated by Dr