The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL .
Lesson VIlI.-Sec0nd Quarter
For May 22, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text CT the Lesson, Matt. xiv. liz.
Memory Verses, TO- l2-Coiden Text
Prov. xvi, 32-commcntary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
For the present we are asked by the
committee to pass by the wonderful
thirteenth chapter-why, | know not
but we will return TO it in Il 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 it
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 HeTod said. who is
this of whom hear such things And
he desired to see Him luke tx, 40.
Herod's question. "Who is this?" is
an all important one. See also Lake
V, 81; vii, -; Matt. xxi, 10; lisa. xiii,
/; Jer. XXX. 81. where the question is
in connection with tie 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 ye that l ann
CIatt. xvi. 10 it 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 III
| the prison, but now we have the ac-
count Of his imprisonment ana eXecu-
ton. Herod feared John. knowing
him to be a just and holy man. and
| he heard him gladly and did many
things But Hcrod had taken his
brother Philips wife and was living
with her, and John had told him that
it was not lawful. Therefore Herodias
had quarrel Umargin, inward grudge,
against John and would have killed
him. but she could not. But IIerod
had imprisoned John for Herodias'
sake Mark vi, 17-20. For some idea
OF Whit a wicked uhScrupuIouS "o-
man can 90 see NIilSS MI '-I'' ana
ii hlhSS NJ l. ana cohSlueF tHII LAD!
lon, which is said to be guilty Of the
biood OF an thaI were sam upon the
earlh' Is compared 10 "olIlah ar
rayed in purple and scarlet and decked
with gold and precious stones and
pearls u'eN' A'h' = A'Al' ~ ne
NE oil Johll III prison must nave beeh
Sau ana I"leIH one lhu'eu were 1t
not llat ne I''u "'eeSs TO 'ou' VIII"
NHoH ne H'u spent :" many yours /"
'ne "4'oe'"'S9' NO prison. WINS can
smut OUT "'u or tue aH2eiN, ana "u
| eternity OF glory VIII more imam COM
| pehSate lor the greatest SuHcFll-S OF
lhe SAINTS on earth 'i"Ih. VII ~
hlrthuaE p'rlIeS SA"uIu ne happy "c'
casIoiS ana innocent aHalTS' out TINS
one Oh our lesson WAS one "I tlle worst
on record. 1t was great aIalF' De
ing supper lhaue ny Herod lor MS
iorus' hIeh captains ana chleI estates
OF HaIIlee' oh thls occasion lne
u"uGHter Oh the wicked heroulaS
uahceu so acceptaDlE 10 leFou ana
thelh thal sat WIN MN that herou
PROMISED win an oath 10 give her
whatsoever sue "oulu aSh' Accord
lil@ 10 MaTh VERSE -o,' lie s"are
unto her' lIaiNoeNef IHou sn'lt ASH
OF me l VIII give II thee' unto the
haII OF my klhSuonn. WAT an out
come OF druhheI reFel ana ounce
Inc result Oh dancing III our tnes'
so olteh accompanied by urlhk II not
by drunkenness. mas never beeh tully
written out enough mas been written
70 Iead thouShIul people TO rehouhce
the Whole lhlhG ana especially the
IaShlohapIe dahcllS school. II you
care 10 KNOW, write Ut. SFlNahuS stan
OF Ihhadelphla LOT IurtAer informal
uoh' II the cAufch had uthe OF
the zeal OF the devil to lead souls
astraE, now many might by the church
be pointed to HIM who Is able to save
from gong down TO the PIT! but
where IS the zeal referred TO III the
words. The zeal of thine house hath
eaten me up John Ii, Il; rs. XIX, o.
The girl went forth and said to her
mother what shall | ask And, he
ing instructed by her mother. she ask