Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-20
JESUS NEARING
JERUSALEM
Sunday School Lesson fer Aug. FL, 1910
Specially Arranged for This Paper


month of Jesus ministry After the
raising OF Lazarus John -.
PLACE.-Perea. beyond Jordan.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
An Example. The Splendid Hero
Ism OF Christ.-Vs. 1919. The com
pany OF disciples led by the Master
We're now drawing near to Jerusalem.
Jesus with clear vision of all that
was before him. was moving steadily
on, with majesty and heroism," to the
terrible scenes of mockery. rejection,
and crucifixion, which were close at
hand.
The heroism of Christ was the
greater because
He was perfectly able to escape the
pain and death TO which he was go
ing.
Thinkest thou" he said to Peter,
that cannot now pray to my father,
and he shall presently give me more
than twelve legions of angels?" Matt.
26;6S) They guarded his spirit from
falling, but he chose to go to his death.
Therefore doth my father love me,
because | lay down my life, that l
might take 1t again. No man taketh
1t from me, but l lay 1t down of my.
self. have power to lay 1t down. and
/ have power to take II again" John
1917, 49,.
He gave himself for the greatest
and most worthy cause in all history.
A Warning. Two Ambitious Young
Men.-Vs. 20-23. Who wish to be
heroes, but set out in the wrong way.
However at length they became great
er men and greater heroes in Christ's
way, than their highest Dire ans at
this time.
20. The mother of Zebedee's chill
dren. Not little children, b. sons.
From comparing Matt 1855. 5. with
Mark 1870; 1871. 1t appears lat her
name was Salome. The soas were
James and John Mark 10:@.O. Ac-
cording to Mark, the sons came ma
king the request for themselves. This
agrees with Matthews. for she came
with her sons.
The Request and Its Motive. "Wh; t
wilt thou?" 1t was best for them to
secret thoughts and hopes. Such a
statement is often more than half a
cure. Grant that these my two sons
may sit, the one on thy right hand,
and the other on the left, in thy king
DOM" That is, in the two chief places
of honor. The first place of honor
was the right hand of the sovereign;
the second. the left hand.
"Ye know not what We ask" They
knew not the greatness OF the favor
they asked-how blessed beyond their
highest dreams It was to sit on the
right hand of the Son of God, how
radiant the glories of that kingdom
were to be-
Are We able to drink of the cup
that l shall drink-of?" Have you
counted the cost? Can you pay the
price?
They say unto him, We are able"
The language of assurance somewhat
overweening, for it was the assurance
not wholly of faith. but partly of ig-
norance of themselves and of the flu
ture. They fed with the other dis
ciples. in the night of the arrest.
Jesus showed them the only true
way. and turned them from the path
they thought led to the desired good,
but which led them away from the
goal They drank the Lords cup.
Judas alone took the wrong way,
and utterly failed of his hopes.
Trt,o IIox4 ~ MoIxo Tho
Most of Life.-Vs 24-2S. And when
the ten heard 1t, they were moved
with indignation" This shows that
they had the same feelings as the two
brothers.
1t is our own faults that we most
condemn when we see them mirrored
in others. The selfish think others are
selfish; the fretful think others are in
bad temper. They were all in one
boat. They all alike needed the in
struction which Jesus proceeds to
give.
But Jesus called them unto him"
Their controversy in the last verse
had been carried on aside and apart
from Jesus. "Ye know that the princes
of the Gentiles," l. e., this is the plan
in the worldly kingdoms, in distinc-
uon from his spiritual kingdom "Ex.
ercise dominion over them" Lord
1t over them. exercise tyranical and
arbitrary power. Not for the good of
the governed, but for the advantage OF
the rulers themselves, as the French
king said, yoicing the old idea OF
kingship, Il am the state"
The Need of Opened Eyes.-Vs
1884 There is not room to enter
upon this section of the lesson in de
tail; and TO do so, even if we could
would detract from the great lesson
we have been studying.
Jesus and his disciples have crossed
the Jordan and reached Jericho on
the way to Jerusalem
The True Greatness. 26. But IL
shall net be so among you" The
whole principle of Christ's kingdom is
the exact opposite of the usual world
" plan. Nearly all the evils that have
come to the church have come through
disregard of this commando desire
TO be honored and to rule, rather than
to serve and help. But whatsoever
will be great among you" Jesus does
not forbid the desire to be great. but
only the desire for selfish greatness
The wish 10 be greater than others is
/ a wrong ambition. The wish to be a
great, as good, as possible. is right