The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-05
Jesus on the WAY
to Jerusalem
Sunday School Lesson for Aug. 7, 1910
Specially Arranged for This Paper

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| TlME.-March A. d. 30.
| PLACE.-Perea beyond Jordan. during
Jesus last journey to Jerusalem.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
| He did for men those deeds which
revealed the loving kindness of our
| father; the blessings to be found In
his kingdom. and the spirit that must
| fill every one who enters and dwslls
! therein, vs.. l-2 when Jesus has
finished these sayings" His private in
| structtors to HIS disciples during the
/ pase few weeks" I'll depdfTed frCfu
Galilee and came into the coasts,
borders" Jesus by his words and
| deeds expressed the loving Kindness
and tender mercies of our Heavenly
Father. They were the incarnation,
the visible expressions of the heart of
our invisible God.
Jesus through his treatment of chill
dren taught us some of the most eff
fective ways of bringing the world
into the kingdom of heaven:
BY training the children to follow
| him
By ourselves having the childlike
spirit
| After Jesus had built around the
| family wall of defense against the
| lusts and dragons Of the slime" that
would ruin it Tvs. 2-12) there We're
| ". 49, brought unto him little chill
dren.'
Should put his hands on Them"
those hands that had been used in
| many miracle of healing, and even
of raising the dead The touching
would make more real TO them the
fact of his blessing conveyed in this
way, and would be an influential mem
DRY to the children all their lives long.
And pray" Invoke Gods blessing
upon them; pray that all good should
| come to them for this life and the life
to come. that they might grow up in
the kingdom of heaven.
But when his disciples" saw 1t.
they "rebuked them" the mothers.
They probably thought that Jesus
ought not to stop his important teach
ings merely to bless a few children.
But Jesus moved with indigna-
ton Mark 1910 because they so
misunderstood his character and his
work as to hinder any who wished to
come to him, especially children. the
hope of the church, and the mothers,
the best workers for his kingdomI
called them unto him Uuke), taking
the children In his arms, and blessing
them (Mark). Suffer (permit, let
them aIone) little children for
bid them not" emphasizing his COM
mand by the repetition. putting it In
both the positive and the negative
form. ITO come unto me-"
Twelve men were debating great
questions about the expected kingdom.
The Master set a little child in their
midst and said. Think of him. In the
midst of our twentieth century life,
with its selfimportance, It's enlarged
sense Of its responsibility, God sets
the little child, and says, Think OF
him: there is at once your greatest
problem. and the solution OF them all
Find what to do with the little child,
and you may leave the rest serenely
to God The world still keeps as
most joyous of days the anniversary
of the birth of a little babe, but do we
not treat the child too often as his
world treated him? No room for him
in the inn; little made of him; little
note of his growth; few to heed his
eager questions"
The highest good the "summum
bonum" of man is eternal life In the
kingdom of God.-Vs. 1926. Parallels.
Mark 1O:1722; Luke 1888. AS
Jesus was leaving the house where
he had blessed the children Mark
l0:131O. one came running MARK >,
showing his earnestness, and kneeled
before him and said. Good Master"
(teacher), what good thing shall
do?" What act of sacrifice or heroism,
what generous action, what penance
or sufferings? He has the idea of pur-
chasing. of deserving, of inheriting
eternal life. THAT | may have" MARK,
'inherit'D eternal life,' have 1t as a
permanent possession, in the home of
his father.
"Why callest thou me good ?" The
reading adopted by the revisers Is,
why askest thou me concerning that
which is good?" What Is the real
good" you are seeking for?
But II thou wilt enter into life"
(the true life, eternal life). keep the
commandments" The young man
asks which. and Jesus names several
of the commandments that relate to
his conduct toward his fellowmen, and
adds love thy neighbor as myself"
the sum and soul of them all Sell
that thou hast" Not for himself. but
to give to the poor. To use his wealth
for God and humanity.
And thou shalt have treasure In
heaven" You will have the char
acter which belongs to heaven, and
have noble and glorious part In the
redemption of the world.
And then Jesus made him the great
est possible offer. greater than the
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