The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-05-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson VIIl.-Second Quarter,
For May %, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Memory Verses, 1O-72-Golden text,
Prov. xvi, 32-commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. N. Stearns.
For the present we are asked by the
committee to pass by the wonderful
thirteenth chapter-why, l know not
but we will return to it in few
weeks and have three lessons in it.
Although this lesson today gives an
account of the beheading of John the
Baptist, the sad event evidently took
place some time previous. But now.
Herod hearing Of the fame of Jesus,
his guilty conscience tells him that 1t
is John whom he had murdered. He
was perplexed because some said that
John was risen from the dead. some
said that Elijah had appeared and
others that one of the old prophets
was risen again. Herod said, 'Who is
this of whom hear such things:" And
he desired to see Him luke tx. 30.
Herod's question, "Who is this?" is
an all important one. See also Luke
v, q; vii, 40; Matt xxi. 10; lisa. xiii.
1; Jer. XXX, q, where the question is
in connection with the forgiveness of
sins, the son of David. the Messiah
and the One who is to judge the ma
tons AS our Lord put it to Simon
Peter, "Whom say We that am"
Matt. xvi, 49, 1t should take hold
of each one of us, and unless we can
from the heart reply as Peter did it
will be bad for us. what is Jesus
Christ to me?" is the great question.
In a previous lesson we saw mes
sengers coming to Jesus from John i'll
the prison, but now we have the ac-
count of his Imprisonment and eNecu-
ton. Herod feared John. knowing
him to be just and holy man. and
he heard him gladly and did many
things. But Herod had taken his
brother Philips wife and was living
with her, and John had told him that
| it was not lawful. Therefore Herodias
had a quarrel (margin. inward grudge,
against John and would have killed
him, but she could not. But Uerod
had imprisoned John for Herodias'
sake N1ark vi, 1920. For some idea
of what wicked, INSCRIPTIONS wo-
man can do see Kings xxi, 7-15, and
II Kings ri, 1, and consider that Baby
Ion, which is said to be guilty of the
blood of all that were slain upon the
earth, is compared to woman ar.
rayed in purple and scarlet and decked
with gold and precious stones and
pearls Rev. xvii. 4; xviii. 24). The
life of John in prison must have been
a sad and lonely one indeed were it
| not that he had access to God. with
whom he had spent SO many years in
the wilderness No prison walls can
shut out God or the angels. and an
, eternity Of glory will more than COM
pensate for the greatest sufferings of
the saints on earth (Rom. viii, 1S,.
Birthday parties should be happy &C.
casions and innocent affairs, but this
one Of our lesson was one of the worst
on record. 1t was great affair. be-
ing supper made by Herod for his
lords, high captains and chief estates
Of Galilee. On this occasion the
| daughter of the wicked Herodias
danced so acceptably to Herod and
them that sat with him that IIerod
promised with an oath to give her
whatsoever she would ask. Accord
| ing to Mark Verse 23), "He Sware
unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask
Of me l will give it thee. unto the
half Of my kingdom" What an out
come of a drunken revel and dance!
10 rnc,l1t nf In,
SO often accompanied by drink if not
by drunkenness, has never been fully
| written, but enough has been written
to lead thoughtful people to renounce
the whole thing aud especially the
| fashionable dancing school. If you
care to know, write DR.. Syivanus Stall
| Of Philadelphia for further informa-
ton. II the church had 1.-THE of
the zeal of the devil to lead souls
astray, how many might by the church
be pointed to Him who is able to save
from going down to the pit! But
where is the zeal referred to in the
| words. "The zeal of thine house hath
eaten me up" John ii. II; Ps. Xix, 81.
The girl went forth and said to her
| mother. What shall l ask?' And, be-
ing instructed by her mother, she ask
ed for the head Of John the Baptist.
Quickly it is brought to her, and she
carried it to her mother. Did ever a
daughter carry or mother receive
so grewsome a gift? Yet this is in
our day made into a play to entertain
thoughtless people The murder of
John meant in due time the murder of
Jesus, and the world lying in the
F! wicked one seeks and applauds this
| kind Of entertainment 1t is written
that the king was sorry. but the sor-
row that does not lead to doing right
amounts to nothing. and l fear that
Iahe has been sorry ever since and will
be forever According to Phil. i, q,
! %, it was gain to John, very far
! better. for he has been well and hap
py ever since. His disciples took up
the body and buried it. but they did
not bury John. We never bury peo-
pie. but only the bodies in which they
lived awhile. There shall be resur-
rection of all dead bodies. those Of
| the just and the unjust. but there
shall be an interval of 1000 years be-
tween duke xiv. IA: Xxx, 35; Acts xiv,
Is; Rev. Xxx. 81. The disciples Of John
| went and told Jesus. That is the
thing to do always and about every
| thing, and then we shall know the
peace Of God which passeth all UNDER
standing phil. iv, G. n. Then also
shall we know what it means to be
guided IN all things by Him prov.
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