The Carlisle independent., 1910-08-18
JESUS NEARING
 JERUSALEM Sunday School Lesson for Aug. 2I, 1910 Specially Arranged for This Paper

LESSON TEXT. = Matthew 2o:l7-s4. | Memory verses 25-27.
 GOLDEN TEXT.-'"The Son of Man came not to be rninistered unto, but to minister. and to give his life a ransom for many. Matt. 20.2S
 TIME.-March A. D. 30. In the last month of Jesus ministry. After the | raising of Lazarus (John 2.) PLACE.-Perea, beyond Jordan. Suggestion and Practical Thought.
 An Example. The Splendid Hero pany of disciples led by the Master were 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 ne more than twelve legions of angels?p (Matt. 26:53) They guarded his spirit from falling, but he chose to go to his death
 Therefore doth my father love me, because I lay down my life, that I. might take it again. No man taketh 1t from me, but I lay it down of my self. l have power to lay it down, and I fn folx Inh 10:17, 1S).
 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 CT men and greater heroes in Christ's way, than their highest dreams at this time
 20. The mother of Zebedee's chil- dren. Not little children, but sons From comparing Matt 27:55, 56, with Mark 15:40; 16:1, it appears that her name was Salome The sons were James and John (Mark 10:35). 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. What wilt thou?" It was best for them to spread out in the clear light their secret thoughts and hopes. Such 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 ye ask They 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 ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink off" 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 fu- ture. They fled 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. True Greatness. How to Make the Most of Life.-Vs 24-28. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation" This shows that they had the same feelings as the two brothers
 It 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," i e., this is the plan in the worldly kingdoms, in distinc- tion from his spiritual kingdom 'Ex- ercise dominion over them" Lord it 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, voicing the old idea of kingship, .1 am the state"
 The Need of Opened Eyes.-Vs 2934 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.