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WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
HONORING PARENTS
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vember 6.
Scripture: Exodus 20:12; Luke
2:46-52; John 1926, 27;oEphesiarfs
6:1-4. jcr q. =.
The Fifth Commandment which
requires! the honering of our par
ents was obeyed perfectly by
Jesus during his boyhood at Naz-
areth and while he was dying on
Calvary, and it was strictly en-
joined by Paul in his masterful
letter to the Ephesians. 49,,
THE COMMANDMENT FROM
SINAI Exodus 20:l2)
IN THE CAMP at Sinai the
Fifth Commandment was. given
through Moses. The right of par
enthood is. recognized. Plain is the
duty of parental respect. Binding.
is the obligation to be. filial and
dutiful. "Thy father and thy.
mother: Think of their love. and
watchcare, their devotion and sac
rifce, their anticipation Of need
and their unwearying guidance.
upward, their overlooking of our
faults and their fervent hopes for
US all through our infantile and
formative years, Honor them, by
the word of love, by obeying their
commands, by, adding to our usual
tasks and extras of kindness and
thoughtfulness toward them, and
best of all, by bringing our lives
if we can up to the standard of
their ideals and hopes for us. Long
life with great prosperity, is the
sure promise to a parent-honoring
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THE COMMANDMENT AT -.
NAZARETH (Luke. 2:46-52) .r
IN THE HOME at Nazareth the
Fifth Commandment was .obeyed
by the boy Jesus. AT twelve he
went to Jerusalem to attend the
Passover, The historic scenes
along the way, the fnultitudes of
pilgrims from every quarter, and
the first glimpse of the Holy City
as they neared its walls must
have thrilled the youthful travel
els Intense must have been his in
teiest in. everything he saw and
heard. And when Joseph and
Mary Joined a Galilean caravan
on the way home, men and wo'
men and children. travelling in
separate groups, Jesus was left
behind. Retracing their steps, Jo-
seph and Mary, on the third day
found Jesus in the Temple in the
midst of the, doctors, an attentive
hearer and diligent student. His
spiritual insight and mental grasp
of truth astounded all observers.
To, the mild interrogatory rebuke
'of his mother, Jesus responded in
his first recorded words, Glow is
it that We sought me-. wist We. not
that l must be about. my Fathers
business?" Thus early dawned up
on him the consciousness of his
mission as the Son of God. Never
theless, he abandoned the congen-
ial circle of the Temple rabbis in
order. to go home with humble
Mary and Joseph; the courts of
the sanctuary with it's. capable.
teachers and unpumbered worship
ers he left to retrace, the dusty
way northward; he, returned from
the glorious capital to abide again
in insignificant Nazareth; and
Notwithstanding the conception Of
his mission as the Son of the Most
High, he was willingly subject to
Joseph and Mary. d, .,...
THE COMMANDMENT ON
CALVARY (John 19:26-27)
ON THE CROSS at Calvery,
the Fifth Commandment was
needed by the dying Christ. Stand
ing by her Son in that awful hour,
Mary accepted the provision he
made for her future maintenance.
For years she had looked to him,
her. frst-born, as her mainstay and
support. Joseph her husband had
disappeared, doubtless had died,
during the period from the time
when Jesus was twelve until he
was thirty. No mothers heart had
rejoiced so much as that Of Mary
over, the power and popularity Of
her Son. She had seen him rise on
steady wing to the summit of his.
fame. She had felt that he was
truly and speedily coming into his
own. Alas, she saw the opposition
begin forming against him! Her
heart began aching as the clouds
of enmity and hate rose upon the
horizon and ascended the sky. And
now that the storm of fury had
here at Calvary burst upon his
sacred head, her own heart was
pierced through with the sword of
sorrow. Yet though Roman and
Jew, disciple and kinsnan, might
turn against him, there she stood
by the cross, her own heart still
true to her Son. He, on the other
hand, with the weight of the
world upon him, looked and saw
his mother with John the disciple
standing by her side. To Mary.
he said, "Woman, behold thy som
referring to John. To John, ne
said, Behold thy mother"-refer-
ring to Mary. They understood
what he meant, and from that
hour John the beloved disciple
took Mary, the mother of Jesus,
Boone. superintendent.