Newark post., 1910-07-06
Sunday School Lesson
Lesson IL.
REVIEW.
By r. S. Holmes
July 10, 1910

speak unto you, they are spirit, and
they are life" John 3: %.
The notes for this Review are used
by permission OF the George II. Dor
an Company OF New York, agents for
Holder & Stoughton, New \ ork and
London The notes are from the pen
OF Rev. G.. Campbell Morgan. OF Lon
don These notes are from little
book fitted ior the vest pocket. Its
title is The Teaching of the Lesson.
LESSON.
/. In the lesson on The Power OF
Faith His words recorded are those
to the woman who touched the hem OF
His garment; to the crowd i'll Jairus'
house, and to the blind men. To the
woman He spoke words OF encourage
ment; to the crowds words of rebuke
which breathed the spirit OF hope to
the afflicted father. In the case OF the
blind men He challenged their faith
and spoke words OF power. which re-
suited immediately in their reception
OF sight.
2. In the story OF the Mission oi
the Twelve" we have first the words
in which he described the need OF la
borers, and indicated the method of
cooperation in finding such to be that
of prayer. The rest of the lesson was
occupied with his instructions to his
disciples in view OF his sending them
forth; and they are characterized by
such evident wisdom as to inspire the
hearts OF those to whom they were
spoken with confidence and courage,
in spite OF all the difficulties awaiting
them.
3. In his dealing with "rhe Ques-
tion of John the Baptist we have his
words to Johns messengers in which
he claimed his work as evidences of
his mission, and those to the multi
tudes about John and the Kingdom In
these he recognized the blindness OF
men, and infercntially insisted on the
necessity for spiritual illumination
i. 4. The lesson dealing with Warn
ing and Invitation consists almost
exclusively OF the words OF Jesus. They
are characterized by severity as he de-
nounced the cities that had Jailed to
respond to his teaching; by gladness
as he offered thank sgiving to his Fa-
ther, and by authority, tenderness,
and strength as he called the multi
tudes to himself.
s In The Two Sabbath Incidents
- we have his words to the Pharisees i'll
the corniields. to the rulers in the syn
agoguo, and to the man with with
cred hand Those spoken to the
Pharisecs were words of denunciatiOn,
as he revealed their hypocrisv' while
those spoken to the man in the syna-
gogue were those OF power, lmmed-
Z lately followed by healing.
O. In the lesson on Growing Hat
red to Jesus" we have again words
spoken to the Pharisees OF solemn
warning and severe condemnation or
account oi their dishonesty i'll Judg.
ment. and their persistent blindness II
the presence of his work.
7. 1t is remarkable fact that Ill The
lesson on The Death OF John tht
Baptist" which has to do wholly witt
Herod, no words OF Jesus are record
ed. This is OF solemn interest IN view
OF the TACT that Jesus never spoke tc
Herod He is the one man Tor whom
il appears that Christ had no word o
spirit or of life.
b s. In the lesson dealing with til,
two occasions OF The Multitude Fed
we have only the simple words il
which he sought the cooperation o
his disciples. They were words calcu
lated TO reveal to them their responSl
bility in the presence OF human need
On account OF their reiation to thel
Lord.
Q. liz considering the story 81 hoy
"Tesus walks on the Sea- we find agai1
words spoken to the disciples only, ain
they are the words OF comfort, OF com
mand and OF criticism; all serving t
give them a new revelation OF himself
10. In the story OF The Canaanits
Woman" we have words to the dlsci
pies in which he indicated the hrs
limitation OF his ministry: and the
words to the woman, in which he re
yealed the value OF faith as 1t triupmh
ed over that limitation. In the nids
OF this lesson, in the paragraph omit
ted we again have words OF the stern
est denuncation addressed to tn
Pharisees.
IL. In the last three lessons deaiin
respectively with The Parable OF tn
Tares' and the other FIVE parable
under the general title OF Pictures {
the Kingdom" we have our Lord
words uttered to his disciples for thel
instruction concerning the nature an
processes OF the Kingdom i'll the pres
ent age These parallels are remark
able in that they deal entirely wit
the spiritual aspects of the Kingdom
All those material things upon whic
men set value are ignored. and ever
figure OF speech suggests spritu;
facts and moral values.
This rapid survey at once vndicate
the claim of Jesus concerning h
teaching. expressed i'll the Golde
Text. His words, whether OF bic:
sing or of cursing, OF comfort or {
rebuke. always dealt with the essenti;
spiritual life. and produced sprtu;
effects in one form or another
cases OF need his words were neve
void or empty, but vehicles OF powe
in the utterng of which need was me
In cases of wickedness and "erversit
they passed like the wind of God upo
those to whom they were addresse
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