The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-02

Lesson X.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. 4, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL. SERIES.

Text at the Lesson, Matt. xxi, 1916.
Memory Verses, 45, 46--Golcen Text,
Matt. xxi, 4s--Commentary Pre-
pared BY Rev. q. N. stsarns.
These parallels Of tho last week OF
His ministry must have been, in His
estimation, very important. closing, as
they did, His final appeals to the ma
ton. How much do they mean to us?
That of the two sons Is recorded only
by Matthew. These OF our lesson are
found in Matthew, Mark and Luke.
In the vineyard parable of the last
chapter the topic was the laborers and
their wages, but here it Is the i'll treat
ment OF the servants and of the son
himself by those who ought to have
rendered the fruits to the house
holder. How often the words come to
us as we write these notes: HE was
in the world, and the world was made
bv Him, and the world knew Him not.
He came unto Els own and His own
received Him not. But as many as re-
ceived Him to them gave He the
right to become the sons Of God" (John
4, 1912. The world by its wisdom
knows not God Il Cor. 1, 21l. Israel.
chosen and dealt with as no other ma
ton, Knocked the messengers Of God
and despised Ills words and misused
His prophets until the wrath of the
Lord arose against His people till
there was no remedy QI Sam. vii, %;
II Chron. xxxvi. 16). How much
worse will be the doom OF those who
at the end OF this age know not God
and obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ QT Thess. |. T-9).
If you think of Israel as the vine
yard of the Lord Qsa V, 10 consider
how He could have done more for her
than He did and endeavor to answer
the question. Wherefore brought 1t
forth wild grapes2 If you think Of the
church of today or of this age and Of
our Lords saying. Herein is my Fa-
Their glorified, that We bear much fruit
John XIV, s., where Is the much fruit
the fruit unto God, the fruit unto holl-
ness. the fruit unto life eternal? Rom.
vi, %; vii, 4; John Nv. 3G) Might He
not say of us. as he did Of Israel. "An
empty vine bringing forth fruit unto
Himself?" (HOS. x, - Last of all He
sent unto them His Son Verse 80.
God. who at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in time post
unto the fathers by the prophets. b
in these last days spoken unto us by
His Son" (Heb. i, 49,. The house Of
Judah cast Him out and killed Him.
Today many who profess to be His
friends are saying He was born like
other men. He did not know as much
as some who are now alive, He did
not suffer for our sins, He never rose
from the dead. He wrought no mira
Giles, He will never come again, there
| is no devil and no hell. Which are the
l worst-those to whom He addressed
1 this parable or those who in our day
take Him away from us, and His word
and His salvation, and leave us nothing
but the reason and wisdom of men?
| We shall learn from the lessons fol-
lowing some of the things He will do
when He comes again, but here He
tells us how He was about to deal with
Israel as a nation. AS before the cap
tivity In Babylon He gave them forty
| years, during which He pleaded with
them by jeremiah the prophet, so at
| the time OF our lesson there were
scarce forty years before them until
Jerusalem should be destroyed and the
| nation scattered. never to be a nation
again during this age. But as we
have watched the Zionist movement
of the past ten years and this very
year Q910l see the possibility OF
Mesopotamia being occupied by the
Jews and Babylon being restored as q
commercial center and remember such
words as these-"He that scattered
Israel will gather him and keep him
as a shepherd doth his dock;" They
shall call Jerusalem the throne OF the
Lord. and all the nations shall be
gathered unto 1t, to the name OF the
Lord to Jerusalem" DER. XXI. 10; iii
live cannot but ask. Where are
we in the working out. OF His purpose
and how near may we possibly be tc
the end of this evil age? His cues
ton to them ought to be heart ques
ton for us, did We never read in the
Scriptures2'' Verse AZ And 1t should
set us searching in this connection thu
wonderful story Of 'The Stone. o.
Israel" from Gen. xix. a. on through
Ps. cxviii, %, with its other N. L
) references besides the one in our les
; son, such as Acts iv. IL; Eph. IL, 20
) / Pet. ii, 4, Z. Then lisa viii, ID; xviii
> lie, and on to the stone Of Dan. Ii, 81
! IS, IA, As. when He will come in HI
! glory, break in pieces the nations AM
set up His kingdom, which will fill a.
the earth with His glory.
\ For the benefit of those who hav
not a Scofield Bible / will quote hi
! note on verse A of our lesson: "Chris
: as the Stone is revealed in three
3 fold way-frst, to Israel Christ. con
$ ing not as splendid monarch, but ]
a the form of servant, is stumblin
stone and rock of offense Qsa viii. l.
Is; Rom. liz, 80. 33; Cor. !, %; Pc
ii. 81; second, to the church Christ
the foundation stone and the head 9
! the corner Il Cor. iii. Ii; Eph. Il. 2o-2.
: / Pet. Ii. 4, 81; third. to the gentil
:, world powers He is to be the smith
: stone OF destruction Dan. u, "a
: Israel stumbled over Christ; th
s church is built upon Christ: genti
. world dominion will be broken b
Christ There was some phase of tt
&.~k~n~~ 8,.esx,1 Tcrsnn ami give