The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

Reverence of Jesus for His
Fathers House. st. John 1882.
(By NJ. J. McLean)
In our last lesson we found Jesus
making his first disciples. The mar
rative recording the event of the
marriage at Cana Of Galilee is
omitted, and demands but brief no
tice here. It was there Jesus per-
formed his first miracle by convert
ing the water into wine. His pres
ence, also his mother and disciples
showed his deep interest in this or
binary, but oldest institution OF
the race. Marriage had it's origin
with the creation Of man and wo-
man, their very nature rendering it
natural and essential for the pre-
servation of the race. The presence
Of Jesus and his hearty participa-
ton in the gladstone event in the
career of the man and the woman
who were celebrating the compile
ton of the wall they had been
building around their lives, and his
employment Of supernatural power
by making the water, wine, which
beautifully symbolized the imper-
ishable nature Of true love. He as
sumed no authority, gave no in
struction but was there as heartily
sympathizing fellow man.
We now leave hilarious wedding
party and enter the sacred courts of
the Temple at Jerusalem. Here we
see Jesus in the sternest mood of his
life. It was spring and the time of
the Jewish Passover. The Passover
was one of the oldest Divine Insti-
buttons, but it very likely originated
before the time of Moses and the
exodus, during the nomadic life of
the Hebrews. The record allows us
to believe the festival was celebra-
ted while the Israelites were in
bondage in Egypt.
The Passover, like most institu-
tons, was probably modified and
changed with the progress and
changes Of time, but its meaning
remained about the same. It pre-
scented the communion Of God and
man and may be likened to family
gathering at meal-time. A great
multitude Of people was always at
tracted by this festival and those
coming from long distance found
it more convenient to purchase their
sacrifice on the ground. So traders
in animals to. be sacrificed, and
material for various offerings, had
developed strong rivalry, land
they pushed their business nearer
and nearer the Temple until they
were trading on the sacred ground.
Likewise there were money chang
ers who made it their business to
supply every worshiper with the
scored. coin for the Temple tax
could not be paid with foreign cur.
rency. So Jesus on entering the
Temple found himself in the midst
Of forces withholding the attention
from things sacred and holy. It was
more like q modern street fair for
noise and lust for money.
With this in view, he arose to a /
degree Of audacity and authority
with few parallels in history. With
Of cords waving overhead,
he drove from the temple court the
cattle and cattle-dealers, the money
changers and overturned the latter's
tables, exclaiming, "Take these
Ehings hence; make not my Fathtr's
house. an house of merchandise.
His act and words were heartily
welcomed by many poor devout
FOULS who had been defrauded right
IN the sacred ground and to many
,thers desiring. to worship in holi-
hess and peace. It awakened no less
hose who had maintained q respec-
able reverence for the sacredness
# the Temple. But it required his
disciples to inter-
,ret the situation. One Of them des-
ribbed it with a quotation from 69th
,salm, "The zeal of mine house
lath eaten me up" "They might
ave added, Behold, the Lord
vhom 70 seek shall suddenly come
9 his Temple. Who may abide the
~ Of his coming. and who 3hall
hand when he appeareth." Zeal
alansed with humility i . good
hing" No virtue b safe that II not
nthusiastic." but, Zeal, like every