The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson W.-First Quarter, For
Feb. 4, 1912.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Mate. u, f-12.
Menory Verses, I, 2-Golden Text,
lisa. XIV, 22-commsntary Prepared
by Rev. D. N. sssarns.
Although IL is but a few weeks since
we had this portion as a Christmas
lesson, we ON to It again with great
desire to know more intimately Him
Of whom it speaks, Jesus, King of the
Jews, that we may worship Him as
He says we should and as the Father
desires, lin spirit and in truth" John
Nv, %. d; v, 23). Remember His own
words in the wilderness, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and Him
only shalt thou serve (ehapter iv, 10)
also the words OF the heavenly mes.
senger to John In Patnnos when he fell
down to worship at his feet, "See thoL
do it not; worship God" (Rev.
xix, 10; xii, 81. Mere mouth and lip
worship He hates and all that is
taught by commandments Of men
chapter XIV, TO; lisa. i, Is, IA; xxx. 13).
1t is the heart that He has regard to.
he searcheth the heart and tries the
reins and desires truth In the inward
parts Il Sam. xvi, Z; Jer. xvii, 10l.
In these days the Lord Jesus Chris.
is very little spoken of or thought of
as King OF the Jews, and the church
as a whole has no use for Israel, sees
no future for Israel as a nation and
does not want to hear of the return OF
Christ, seemingly having no place In
her faith for the words Of the prophet
who predicted His birth at BethIe-
hem and spoke Of Him as "a governor
that shall rule my people Israel" Qes-
son verse s; Mi ", q. Nathaniel
spoke Of Him as 'the Son OF God, the
King OF Israel" and Zephaniah In pro-
phetic vision saw Him as "the King
OF Israel, ven Jehovah, in the midst
Of jerusalem John /, 40; Zeph. iii, Il
ID. Oh, for such vision now and the
zeal and devotion Of these wise men
from the eastl The same city, Jeru-
salem, to which they came seeking
Him In order to worship Him shall yet
be His throne, and all the nations shah
be gathered unto It to the name OF the
Lord, to Jerusalem DER. iii, I'D. Then
shall the Lord stain the pride Of all
glory and bring into contempt all the
honorable OF the earth. He shall star
tie many nations as their kings shall
see and consider that which they had
not heard, and thereafter they will be
glad to bring their wealth to Israel and
show forth the praises of the Lord
Qsa. xiii, 8; Iii, Is, r. ", margin; TX,
5, 81. Then shall all such as Herod
have some cause to be troubled, for all
kings and mighty mel as well as peo-
pie in ordinary life shall call to noun
tains and rocks to fall on them and
hide them from the face OF Him on the
throne and from the wrath Of the
Lamb Rev. vi, 1910. 1t is in refer
ence to that time that we have the Il.
hOrtation, BE wise now, therefore, o
We kings; = > . kiss the Sen lest : = :
ye perish" CPS. II. 10-12l. What a long
conflict u has been since 1t started in
Eden; how much the saints have suf-
fered and still suffer, and children, too
because Of the hatred OF the great ad
vergary, the murderer, the father Of
lies, the devil Who would not pray
that the kingdom of peace and right
eousness might come and the adverse.
~ be banished from the air and the
earth? Can we wonder that the great
King has said that He will not rest
until it come to pass and that we are
not to rest nor give Him rest until it
come Qsa. xxxii /, II; xii, 10. II all
believers were right with God, seeking
first His kingdom, worshiping Him
with their treasures as these wise men
did, would there not be an abundance
OF men and money to carry the COS.
pei everywhere? The vast majority
of so called believers seem to be asleep,
/ utterly Indifferent to the worldwide
opportunities. Neither the gospel mol
He Of whom 1t tells can fail Elsa. xiii.
A: w, 11l. The church win be com
pleted, but who can tell how much we
may be hindering? 1t is high time t.
awake, to arise from the dead things
and people all about US and become
Spirit filed to buy up the opportuni
ties. Like aged Simeon, these men
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whom they had come to worship.
What a contrast between them and
the ma who sold the Lord Jesus
Christ to His enemies for thirty pieces
OF siIverI What Is your estimate OF
Him? Is a bit of this worlds pleas.
ure or treasure more to you than he
Is. or is He to you the altogether love
" one? Do you spend little on your
self compared with what you give to
Him? How far would you gIady Jour
ney to make Him known to others7
At least twelve times in this gospel 1t
is written s'that 1t might be fulfilled
or then was fulnIled'' Il, %; ii, ID, II.
%; ". IA: viii. IL; XII. IL; xiii, 35; xxi.
4; XVI, SO; xvii. 9, 35), reminding MS Of
His W words after His resurrection,
"An things must be fulfilled which
were written = 2 : concerning Me-
duke XIV, ~. I believe that our de-
vOtion to Him viii be In proportion to
eur confidence In Him as the fulhller
and the fulHllment Of all Scripture. If
He is to us not only our Saviour from
the wrath to conne and our deliverer
from the power OF present sin. but
also a real King. King Of kings and
Lord OF lords, as well al King Of Is
rael, assuring MS that we may sft with