The Washington herald., 1914-04-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
BY g CAMPBELL MORGAN. u. d.
The Greatest Living Evangelist.
April 20, 1914.
THE LOST SHEEP AND THE
LOST COIN.
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Even -. aav unto you there is ~ in the Trrs
encp 0f the angss Cf God over one sinner that re
psnteth.'
~ Now all the p plicans and sinners
were drawing near unto Him for to hear
| Him.
C2p And both the Pharisees and the
| scribes murmured, saying. This man re-
ceiveth sinners. and eateth with them.
~ And He spake unto them this par
able, saying:
a. What man Of you. having a hundred
sheep, and havins. lost one of them. doth
not leave the ninety and nine in the will
derness. and o aft that which is lost,
until he find il?
,,A And when he hath found il. he lay
eth it on his shoulders. rejoicing.
90 And when he Com"th home, he call
eth together his friends and his neigh
bors. saying unto them. Rejoice with me.
for | have foun, my sheep which was
lost.
a. I say unto you. that even so there
shall he joy in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth. more than over ninety
and nine righteous persons, which need
no repentance.
CS Or what woman having ten pieces
of silver. If she lose one piece. doth not
light a lamp. and sweep the house. and
seek diligently until she find it?
C9) And when she hath found it. she
caIleth together her friends and neigh
bors saying. Rejoice with me. for I have
found the piece which had lost.
Om Even so. l say unto you. there is joy
in the presence of the angels of God over
one sinner that repenteth.
The Narrative.
Our last lesson had to do with the Sc
we're terms Of discinleship which Jesus
uttered to the multitudes as they followed
Him when He left the house of the Phar-
isee Chapter fourteen, with its account
OF the uttering of those terms, is close
ly linked with chapter fifteen in way
which we are apt to overlook. The final
words of Jesus were. He that hath ears
to hear. let him hear" and Luke imme-
diately records the fact, Now all the
publicans and sinners were drawing near
unto Him for to hear Him." He had sift-
ed the crowds with some Of the severest
words that ever fell from His lips but
His last words had left the door OF ac-
cess to Himself open. Whereas He
sought disciples who would be prepared
to share His enterprises of building and
Of conflict. II there were those who could
That suggestion was Immediately re-
sponded TO by the publicans and sinners.
A profound need is ever the qualification
for hearing the profoundest teaching
These men having no satisfaction in their
own righteousness, and no spiritual hope
Centered in themselves, turned eagerly to
One Who was thus unsparingly honest in
His dealing with them. Notwithstanding
that He set up conditions so searching.
In all that followed. our Lord presented
to these people, in teaching of matChless
strength and tenderness. the attitude Of
God toward all such things. 1t is to be
observed that the teaching was given for
the rebuke OF Pharisees and scribes. and
for the comfort OF putlicans and sinners.
When the former saw Him consorting
with the latter, they murmured. and His
answer to the criticism of their murmur-
ing was that found in the fifteenth chap
ter. As a matter of fact this is one para
BILE, having three phases of revelation.
The three stories are unified by the fact
that they deal with lost things: the lost
sheep. the lost silver. and the lost son: |
that they tell the story OF the seeking
and finding of these lost things. In their |
they constitute, as we have said, !
a revelation OF the attitude OF God to- |
ward men in their deepest need. 1t is |
conceded that the first phase is |
specially illustrative of the work Of the |
Son; while the last reveals the Father: |
the central one sets forth the work of the !
spirit through the church.
The lesson of today deals with the first
two movements in this parable. Our
Lords method in these movements was
that Of appeal to the natural instincts.