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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1928-04-26, Page 7Thursday, A'pri'l z6th, eee8 ' IIIIIAIilmlllllMl!IIIIII IIIM11111iIIIIoII11ponoIIIIIII!IIIIIiMllll!IllllllolllrlitooIIII!!IMIII!IrIIIocusinwip • THE SUNDAY SCHOOL . LESSON Announcem t 1111 LESSON. V—APRIL 2g "The Cost of Discipleship" —Mark Io: 17-27; r2: 4144 GOLDEN —Where thy ,tre- asure is there will thy heart be also. --Matt, 6; 2x, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time.— The rich young ruler, Mar- ch, A. D..30,. in the last year of Chr- ist's earthly life,. The widow's mites, Tuesday, April 4, on, Christ's last day of public teaching. Place.— The rich young ruler, in I'eraea. The widow, in the temple at Jerusalem. THE POOR RICH YOUNG RULER "And as he was going forth into the way." Our Lord was in' Peraea, tAnd seems 119 have been starting out on His last journey to Jerusalem, His immediate objective being Beth- , I Commencing April 28th our plant will be open ev- w ery Saturday Night. 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The Durant Four is being demonstrated not* by your local Durant Dealer ..' . go and see h . try it out yourself .. examine the work- manship ... and then see if you taut find' any other four cylinder automobile that can duplicate the Duratit Four at anything like It, price! )silt by Du i:ANr MOTORS 05 CANADA. LIMITED TORONTO CANADA ,: ... , ,.. , ,..... f1t02S Rugby Trucks), Four and Six Cylinders; C apacity 1 ton and I toot B. J. Beninger, DealerWingharn, Ontario any. Some of Christ's most impor- tant 'conversations and miracles were wayside ministries. "There ran one to him," The Master was leaving the town, and the young man felt that his great opportunity was slipping away. He came up panting; proving ;his zeal for knowledge by his eager ness, and making it manifest that Jesus had gained a hold upon hint by His deeds and words so-- that he set a high value on His wisdom. "$o' run that ye may obtain.' "And kneeled to him," This' did not mean that the young roan recognized Christ as 'divine, but. it was, Oerely the usual way of sli3tt'in f l respect for a distinguished rabbi, :LAnd' ask- ed him, Goon eacher." Certainly thus €a•1- ,tli4t ,roung .than till well, fo; Jesus was assuredly the best Man "and the'wisets 'reacher the world has ever seen, Even infidels will acknow- ledge tltlii, and to revere Jesus in these two. particulars forirrs an ad- mirable foundation for faith; but it is only a foundation, and there is. no salvation to it. "What shall I do that I mayinherit eternal life?" This great phrase, "eternal life," occurs in Daniel (12: 2), and there as a contrast to "eternal" or "everlasting" "con- tempt." It was familiar to the Jews, especially to the scribes and Phar- isees, "And Jesus said unto, him, Why callest thou me good?" Matt. 1.9:16 gives the full form of the young man's question, "What Food thing shall I d0 with the' corresponding answer. from, Christ, "Why asketh thou Me concerning that :which is good?" The replygiven in both Mark and Luke hinges on the young man's calling Christ "Good Teacher." Probably both allusions 'were included in the conversation, which is reported here: very briefly. Christ's answer empha- sizes the "why" "With what idea of goodness do you call Me good? None is good save . one, even God." This is not to deny goodness on Christ's part, still less to deny union with God. Our. Lord was. trying to lift the young man's mind above the doing of good deeds on the spiritual plane, and to show him that only by the reception of the Spirit of God can any one be- come really good and thereby receive from God eternal life, the life of God. "Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Dol not bear false wit- ness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father. • and mother. Christ quotes only the sefond table of the law the Commandments stating our duty to men as the young man ,had asked what he should do in order to obtain eternal life. "If doing is all," Christ virtually says, "why ask Me about it, when God has suinmed up a correct human life in the Decalogue?" "And he said unto hire, Teacher, alI these things have I observed from my youth." These Commandments having to do mainly with exterior Matters, he kept literally and per- fectly. It would have -been different if Christ ha,d led him into the deeper meaning of these Commandments, and especially if He had, introduced the Commandments relating to our duty to God, and the Tenth Commandment which enters so searchingly into the .hearts of men. But the young man added (Matthew), "What lack I yet?" showing that in spite of the outward correctness of his life, he was still dissatisfied, and felt that he fell far short of the eternal life for which he longed.. "And Jesus looking upon him loved )limn," Jesus loved hien beause of his nobility of character and his earnest- ness in the search for what is best in life, A young man in earnest, and in earnest with respect to spiritual' things! "And said unto him, One thing thou lackest." it was only one thing, but it was the essential thing. The Lord knew that he would probably get wounded and slain out in the bat - ties of the world just through that one weakness. "Go sell whatsoever thou bast, and give to the poor. This command it is to be; noted, was add- ressed to the young ruler personally, and, was intended to meet his special need, It is not to be taken as a uni- versal requirement of poverty. Indeed, if all Christians should, distribute their possessions among the poor they would simply pauperize the world, and would 'deprive Christianity of its chief material means of advancing the kingdom of God. "And thou shalt have treasure in heaven." 'Permanent trea- sure, as against the fleeting Possess- ions of this life.. Indeed, wise giving, is one of the most certain ways of transferring our possessions ,to the next-; world. "And come and follow me." , This was the essence of the command, Christ WAS a poor 1000, He had nowhere to lay His head, and; a t'icll man who held' tightly to his gold would, make a strange addition to Christ's little band of followers, ":But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrow- ful," He went away, sorrowful be- cause he had made, what )Dante calks, 'the Great Refusal," He had chosen vcalth before whole -hearted devotion to Christ. This man went away .sore I rawful, but you may go away joyful. "For he was one that had great poss- essions." Great wealth or 'little wealth what a difference does it make compared, with the gain of Christ! Having r-iin7. , we have indeed "great possessions:' THE PERIL, OF RICIII:,S, "And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples," The Save iopr• gazed earnestly at His disciples; to see how they were affected; by this moving incident. Were they not- ing it, or were they careless? There was at least one among them, Judas Iscariot, who sorely needed the lesson which Christ was about to emphasize. "Hew Hardly shall they that .have riches entet. dhf( the Iingdom of God!" "How '`hardly" !Beans "with what difficulty," The kingdom of God is a spiritual realm; the reign of .God over human hearts, "And the disciples were amazed at his Words:" They looked around them, and saw ri6Ie people honored in church and state,—honored because of their wealth and not in spite of it. ;f aF3ut Jesus answereth again, and saith unto' them." He answered their astonished looks, for they had not ventured to put their dismay into words. "Child- ren," Jesus -was laying down a hard 'doctrine, but he prefaced it with a loving term of address. "How hard is it for them that trust in riches to entre into the kingdom of God!" Not wealth, but reliance on wealth for one's happiness, is the peril: to the spiritual life, A rich man. who really trusts in- Christ for his well being is; in the kingdom of God in spite of his riches. "It is easier for a camel to go thru a needle's eye, than for a rich man 'to enter into the kingdom of God." The narrow gate for pedestrians alongside the broad . and high gate in a city wall was called "the needle's eye" and some hold that our Lord alluded' to such an entrane, which a camel would have much difliculty in entering. "And they were astonished exceed- ingly, saying unto him, Then who can be saved?" On the face of it, a rich man has the best chance at good- ness. He can give generously. He has ample leisure for prayer and Bible reading and the doing of good deeds, If entrance into the kingdpm is so hard for a rich man, it must be absol- utely impossible for a poor man; so they would argue. "Jesus looking upon them saith." Wliat a look the saviour must have bent upon his perplexed disciples! All the grace and joy and blessed- ness of the atonement shone out of his eyes. "With ,nen it is impossible, but nut with God." Man cannot earn sal- vation but God can give it. "For all things are possible with God." All things, that is, which are in accord with God's nature. God cannot be un- true to Himself. ' THE RICH POOR WIDOW. "And he sat down against the• trea- sury." In the temple "Court of the Women" stood thirteen brass chests with trumpet -shaped, openings, four of them for free-will offerings, and nine for the regular temple offerings, mon- ey being given in lieu of sacrifices. "And beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury." They would, drop in, for the most part, the com- mon copper coins, the rattle of which drew the Saviour's attention as he sat where He could see what was going an. "And many that were rich cast in much." The temple treasury was enormously wealthy, though. from it was taken money for the lavish up- keep of the sacred building, "And there cam a poor widow." A single, sorrowful, poverty-stricken figure, lost in the passing crowds, but filling the Master's eye, "And she cast in two mites, which make a far- thing," (mite) is a shortened form of minute, the, most minute coin, Being so very poor the widow might have at least kept one mite, but she chose to give all she had. "And he called unto his cl,isriples, and said ut'ito them, Verily I say unto you." This earnest introduction shows the value our Lord sets on liberal giving and self-sacrifice, "This poor. widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury" Christ does not say that the gifts of the others were valueless in God's eyes, but hers greatly exceeded thein all be- cause of the beautiful spirit in which it was offered, "For they did east in their super- fluity." Their gifts meant no sacri- fice. "But she of her want did cast 7n all that she had, even all her living." We talk of "the widow's mite," where- as we should speak of "the widow's mites." No one really gives "his mite" unless he gives .away every ceitt he has, stripping himself of his possess- ions entirely, MORRIS Minutes of council meeting held in the Township Hall, on Monday, April gth, 1928, Members all present, the ryr Never before has such care been used in preparing teas for the public, Never before has such a Mend of high duality teas been made, as in "S °ALADA".. This flavour„ this wifailig deliciousness is bring - frig pleasure to millions, IMOVt. AMIN; NOV t;'11111111 Made in Sizes 3to7/and 8to10% 11 to 2 and 2;s to 7 Growing feet can't help but grow naturally in these roomy Hurlbut Shoes. They cost a few more cents than ordinary shoes, but give longer wear, per dollar, per dayand greater satisfaction. We are proud to sell Sold and Recommended by W. J. GREER The Good Shoe Store Wingham, Reeve presiding. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The assessor's roll was returned and accepted, and the Court of Revision on the roll will be held at the next council meeting, May list, 1928. The following accounts were paid:. Walt. McKibben, fumigators $4.00; John Mason, stationery St 7o; the [KingPrinter, statutes $15.00; H. Barnard, dog tags $2,38; patrolmen, 's W. Craig .$4.25, Ed, Johnston $.7t,, Jas. Noble $24,5o, Lew Jewitt $14.45, J. S. Procter $4.00, Chas .Workman $16.4x, Jas. Anderson $12,00, Thos. 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