Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-01-22
TRUE
BLESSEDNESS
Sunday School LsssSs fer Jan. %. 1910
Specially Arranged Tor This Paper

pure IN heart. for they shall see God
Matt. SIS
TnIE-The summer OF A. n. 3. near
the middle % Chrsrs ministry
PLACE.-Thc traditional site is the
Horns ~ Hatun. two or three miles west
OF the Sea Of Galilee. where SaladIu de-
feated the Crusaders and destroyed all
hope OF Christian rule en- Palestine.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
We now come 20 some OF the dis
tinguishing marks OF Matthews pre-
sentation OF the life of our Lord. and
20 distinct eras IN the work Of Jesus
The BeatiUdes. The Text of the
Sermon, with the Inspiration. the
Motor Power. 70 Living in Accordance
with Them
The Beattudes are the Gate Beau.
dful 60 the Temple of Holiness.
First Beautude-V. S.
I. Who are the poor in spirit7
Blessed are the poor In spirit" This
is not poverty OF mental faculties and
gifts. II is no mean. abject feeling:
no Uriah Heep humbleness. no want
OF selfrespect
.. How does the blessing grow out
% this spirit2 Because 70 is the same
spirit that IS required when we are
told that We must become as little
children II we would enter into the
kingdom.
3. What Is the blessing? "For theirs
Is the kingdom Of Heaven" They be-
long 90 that kingdom. they are ruled
by its laws and principles.
4. What part has this BeatiWde I'm
forming the perfect man. and hence
the perfect world? II is the spirit
and atmosphere I'm which all virtues
flourish.
Second Beatitude.-V. g.
J. Who are described by the term
they that mourn The mourners
whom Christ pronounces blessed
are those Who are poor in SPIRIT
Maclaren.
Q why are those that mourn
blessedf For they shall be com
forted"
God comforts those who are mourn
Ing on account Of sickness. sorrows,
troubles and losses. by causing them
20 work "for us more and more ex-
ceedingly an eternal weight of glory"
% Cor. 4:10.
g. How do these blessings grow out
Of the mourning Because Go sim
ful beings there seems TO Doe no other
way. There IS no way TO the bless
ings OF forgiven sin save by the
mourning that leads 20 repentance.
4. This is also the answer 20 the
question what part has this Bcau-
tude In making the perfect man and
the perfect world2 "a high ideal 90
life lies beneath all. No man Is beg
CARED who has a vision OF mans chief
end and chief good. Exp. Greek
Test
8. How IS this Beatiude illustrated
In the life OF Christi The consola-
ton that came 90 him after the prayer
in Gethsemane. His whole life Is ex-
pressed In Heb. 1872
Third Beauude-V g.
!. Who are the meek that shall In
herit the earth? Meekuess IS a dlspo-
sition OF the soul i'm reference to the
wrongs. OF seeming wrongs. which
come 20 US from others. It's basis IS
the control OF all earthly tempers by
the spirit
2. What IS the reward of the meek?
They shall inherit the earth" from
their king They do not earn Il. but
inherit II.
Fourth Beatitude-V. s.
4. Who are they who hunger and
thirst after righteousness? Hunger
and thirst express the most intense
OF all desires.
In this Beautude are included those
who have this intense desire to be
good, 10 be righteous: everything else
success, riches. pleasure, knowledge
must be as nothing in comparison
with righteousness.
. What Is their reward. They
shall be filed" with the righteousness
they desire.
Fifth Beatitude.-V. Z.
I. Who are described as the mercf-
full? Mercy is near Of kin 10 love. II
is love 10 the needy. the troubled, the
sinful. even those who have wronged
us. 1t relieves spiritual want and
darkness as well as temporal; would
give the Gospel to the heather as well
as food TO the hungry.
2. What is their reward? For they
shall obtain mercy" From man and
from God. Like begets like.
3. How was this illustrated by
Christ? Christ's coming TO save men,
his miracles of mercy. his beginning.
his death on the cross.
Sixth Beatitude-V. g.
1. What IS IL to be pure in hearth
Real purity lis in the heart. the seat
OF thought, desire. motive, not in the
Outward act"
2. What blessing comes to the pure
fn heart? For they shall see God"
Seventh Beatitude-V. 9.
4. Who are included ia the term
peacemakers? "Peacemakers are ere
ated By having passed through all the |
previous experiences which the pre-
ceding verses bring out"
The Work and Power Of Salty.
Is. Ye are the salt OF the earth Salt
seasons food. and preserves IL from
so that II can give life to T
men. Salt cleanses. and sweetens.
and gives wholesome flavor to human
existence. Their whole spirit teach