Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-09-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. 2, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of tho Lesson, Matt. XIV, lis.
Memory Verses, TO- 12-Golden Text,
Luke xii, 40-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.

We have no lesson assigned from
chapter xiii. but let us not fail t.
note the summing up of the religion
of the Ph@riSees as seen aud judged
by the Judge of all the earth All
their works they do for TO bc srcn OF
man." Our lives are lived. from our
standpoint. either before people for
their approval or before God for His
approval only The latter is the only
true way to live. according to III Tim.
ii. 10. but it IS to be feared that many |
n preacher has more regard for the
approval of his congregation than for
the approval of God. Let such con |
slider the eight woes of this chapter, |
and the time to which the It'll" or
until" of verse 80 points, along with |
Luke xxi. 81, and Rom. ri. %.
We shall have one study some weeks
later In the latter part of chapter
XIV, but nothing in the first thirty
one verses of this farreaching and
all important Ollvet discourse. Yet we
cannot understand the lesson of today
except in the light of the great event
Of verses 30. 81. the coming of the Son
Of man in glory ut the close of the
great tribulation. for it is then that
affairs on earth shall be as in the days
of Noah IniQuity cannot come TO
head while the church is on earth Oh
Thess. ii. I. s.. but the Holy Spirit in
His official capacity of gathering out
the church. having been taken with
the church at her rapture to meet her
Lord. then the evil trinity Of devil.
beast and false prophet do their ut
most to overthrow the Lamb of God
and to destroy His people Israel dan.
xii, l. 3; Rev. xvii. Ia. who shall
never cease from the earth Matt.
xiv. 81: Jer. XXI. 30. 81, but at
the coming Of Christ in glory shall
receive Him as their Messiah and he
come thus righteous nation 10 bless
all nations Elsa TX, 1-3, 1872.
II the then" of the first verse OF
our lesson could refer to the coming
Of Christ with His saints, the ten vir
gins could be interpreted only of Israel
and there is something in favor of
this in the Vulgate and Syriac MSS
which give the last clause Of verses !.
as event forth to meet the bride
groom and the bride" But without
attempting to settle the Interpretation
Of it, there is an abundance of truth
which all may profit by There are.
and there will be till He comes. some
wise and some foolish. all Of them pro
fessors, but only some possessors. The
wheat and tares will grow together
till the harvest. which Is the end of the
age. Compare the wise and foolish of
~ - hpf II
will have to say TO some very loud
professors. ~ never knew YOU; depart
from me-" II is written. ~ that win
meth souls is wise" and again. They
that be wise shall shine as the bright
ness Of the armament" prov. xi. 30
Dan. xii. -. BY contrast we car
imagine who the foolish are. See als'
I'm Luke xii. 20. 81. that all are fOolisl
who lay up treasure on earth and ar
not rich toward God. When we con
slider that there is none other name TN
der heaven given among men where
by we must be saved (Acts ", 12l. ant
that 1t is the blood that maketh a
atonement for the soul Q.ev. xvii. IL
how foolish and blinded by the dew
must all those be who, turning thei
backs upon the only way of righteous
y ness as Cain did, think to obtain Ell
trance to the kingdom by their ow
good works. by character. by comes
- ton with a so called church or eve
by baptism OF the Lords suppe
Only those are wise who can trul
say. Thou vast slain and hast r
deemed us to God by Thy blood" an
who overcome by the blood of II
Lamb and the word Of their testimon
not loving their lives unto the deaf
& Rev. V, o; xii. III. a lamp is |
manner Of use. except perhaps to
admired, without oil. Oil is a symb
of the Holy Spirit. and In Rom. viii.
we read that IF any man have II
X the Spirit of Christ he is none of His
That would seem to settle the re
standing of the foolish virgins &C.. l.
That all. both wise and foolish, slul
bered and slept. would seem to I'M
cate that the wise as well as the 70
ish were Indifferent to the great evel
the coming Of the Lord II we jud
by the few preachers who seem
know or caro- anything about His co
ing and therefore the conseque
blindness Of believers generally in q
49, matter. 1t is evident that with few
ceptions comparatively all are aisle
But there Is a sleep that is lawf
and If we are right with God 1t
not matter If as to our bodies we
awake or asleep when Jesus com
for we can say, 81 sleep, but my he
waketh" Song V, p. The wise virg