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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-05-24, Page 7Thursda', • Ma' 2.4th,'tg2a WING AM ADVANCE I D �III�IIIII(�III�IIIINIUI�I�IIIIIIII�IIIMMIII�1111M111�IH�III�QIAIIU�IIlI�111111111�111'�III1111011�III�IIII�IIIpIIIYNl11 LIve Hens.Wanted s Call us and get ow pries. Bring us your Cream and Eggs HIGHEST MARKET PRICES ..roum.00woarow.moi Wellington Produce Co., Ltd; Wingham, Ont. ■ rr it M a a W. B. THOMPSON, Branch Manager. Phone 166 Wingham iii- Wingham, Tara, Wiarton, Grand Valley Head Office, Harriston, Ontario 11111111®IA®u114111p111B11110l4111NI111511 :I115111hllli5gl U IitN111101 uningtosi minimt stiuuu1 Don' unless : tIn line th e �1. Highw„'°y Safety C The HON. GEO. S. HENRY, Chairman. 27 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON ..omromn.._. :., ...... LESSON IX.—MAY 27 'The Wicked Husbandmen” Markle: 1;i2; 13: 1-37. Golden Text.—Jehovah knoweth tthe way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.—Ps. z 6. _THE LESSON, IN ITS SETTING._ Time.—Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 30, Christ's last day of public teaching. Place.—The temple in Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. meanings tarnished food for thought to the most profound minds, "A man ,planted a vineyard," The vineyard re- presents God's purpose for His peo- ple, It is what Christ ,ealled the king- dom of heaven, The "man" of course is God Himself, the Infinite Planter, the Maker and Owner of all, "And set a hedge about it," This hedge . repro- sents in the parable the many restric- tions of the Jewish religion, the re- rluiremetit of circumcision, of many sacrifices, of ceremonial abl ttions, of tithes, of the strict observanceof the: Sabbgth and of the feast days, "And digged a pit for the winepress. And built a tower," Here the workmen were•' sheltered from the storms, and here they might even live, This fea- ture of the parable indicates. that God expected the Jews themselves to do their part in keeping the nation pure and strong, while he provided the 'with every advantage for driving away the foes of the true religion, "And let it out to husbandmen, and Went into another country." The hus- bandmen were tenants who rented the vineyard on condition that they should pay the owner each year a certain proportion of the products. "And at the season." Let our youth be such that "at the season" in our years of maturity, we; may have -a• rich harvest to' bring to the Owner of our lives. "He sent to the hus- bandmen a servant." The "servant" or slave represents one of God's spe- cial messengers sent to the Jewish people to summon them to righteous- ness and to the 'service of their hea- venly King, some great leader like Samuel or Elijah or. Isaiah, "That He might receive from the husbandmen the fruits of the vineyard.". Christ's teaching contained many pleas for fruits, God is not satisfied with feel- ings or words or ceremonial obser- vances, but He wants deeds' of kind- ness, acts of courage, persevering eff- orts, souls won for eternity. "And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty." The Jew- ish people were not content to ig- nore the prophets, to send them away empty, but their uneasy consciences aroused them to hate God's servants and persecute them bitterly. "And again He sent unto them an- other servant: and him they wound- ed in the head, and handled shame- fully." In Matthew's version of the parable, Matt, 21: 33-46, we are told of two groups of servants who were sent, the second company larger than the first, "And He sent another; and him they killed." Wickedness becomes worse as it is allowed to go unpun- ished. "And many others; beating some, and killing some." ,As, after Pharaoh had harde,ned his heart a - THE STORY OF THE UNFAITH-. FUL HUSBANDMEN. "And He began to speak unto them in parables." "Parables" is in the plural, though Mark gives only one; two others are. given, "the Two Sons" and "the Marriage of the King's Son." The stories are different, but the main point of all three -is the same. It is, a comparison of one thing with another, usually of some material thing or , secular happening with a spiritual truth. These little stories were not to be forgotten. Much of their point could be grasped by the poorest intellect, while their deeper 'Establishing a New Standard )r ✓t4 civ n .utosraobiles" 21".r ea ' }y t►aUILT to maintain the high reputation gained by all Durant products . the Durant "55" is large . its appearance is enhanced by its exclusively Durant radiator .. its Red Seal Continental Motor is more power- ful .. • and it has Bendix 4 -wheel brakes. 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How then could they be regarded as fit leaders of the nation? "The stone which the build- ers rejected, The same was made the head of the cornea," Some have thought that the psalm took its rise from an actual occtirrence in the building .of Solomon's Temple, namely that among the piles of cut stone laid out and numbered for the great edi- fice the builders failed to find the one designed for the 'corner -stone, the Most important position of all, the en tire building seating upon it, and that finally it was found in a disused cor- ner of the temple area, covered with refuse, having been thrown away as worthless, The comparison serves for all who, though scorned by inen, are exalted by Jehovah, and best of all for the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, who, despised and 'rejected of ,then, was finally raised far above all princi palities and powers, and placed beside His Father on the throne of the uni- verse. ":1 his was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?" From the Lord because only He could so re- verse the judgment of the world. Marvellous in men's eyes, because running counter to all worldly ex- pectations, the greater coming from the less, the lowly. being preferred to the proud, the loftiest honor of history being assigned to a crucified convict. "And they sought to lay hold on Him." In their blind wrath they would fulfil Christ's prophecy on the spot. They had Murder in their hearts. "And they feared the multi- tude; ultitude; for they perceived that He spoke the parable against them." Christ's parable was clearly direct- ed against the leaders of the Jews, but He was so popular with the com- mon people that these leaders did not dare seize Him. They must wait still further, and seek ,to incense against Him the Roman` authorities, who alone could condemn Christ to death. "And they left Him, and went away." They gave up their immedi- ate attack, but continued their plott- ing. It was this same set of cruel and selfish schemers who finally brought about Christ's death. gainst the pleas of Moses, at last Je- hovah hardened His "heart and fixed him in his iniquity; so the Jewish peo- ple, after exercising their violent pas- sions' against the prophets : of right- eousness for generations, became es- tabliizhed in their cruelty and wicked- Iiess. "He had yet one, a beloved, Son." Christ was constantly upheld by the knowledge that His Father loved Him (John 3:35; 5:2o) and was watch- ing over Him with tender solicitude, whilebat the same time, for the good of the world, He allowed Him to suf- fer and would allow Him to die. This sante blessed consciousness may be cherished by all Christians. "He sent Him last unto them, saying, They will reverence My Son." He had hith- erto sent only slaves; now He sent 'one far dearer than all His salves. Who can doubt that these words re- port for us the mind of God, the plan- ning and consultation that took place in heaven before the incarnation of Jesus Christ? "But these husbandmen said among themselves, This is the Heir, come let us kill Him and the inheritance shall be ours." It is not easy to see how the wicked husbandmen expected 'to get possession of the vineyard after the death of the heir; but the applica- tion to the case of worldlings is clear, fox they thing: that, if they can only stifle. their conscience and silence the claims of Christ, they can enjoy the world and the present life without molestation. How little they realize the miseries inherited, in wickedness. "And they took Him, and killed Him, and cast Him forth out of the vineyard." They did not even grant the body a decent burial, but threw it out of the vineyard where the Son had been killed, for the dogs ° and carrion birds to feast upon. Thus was Naboth crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem. The Saviour had for weeks been prophesying to His dis- ciples that the hatred of His enemies ' would result in His death, now He does not hesitate to announce it pub- licly, though ub-licly,'though hidden in a parable. '"What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard, do?" Christ saw that the iniquity of the Jews was fiilled full; He did not speak this parable in order to turn them from their evil ways, but to proclaims the penalty that a- waited them, "He will come and des- troy the husbandmen,, and will give the vineyard onto others." In the time of the exile most of the lntsbaudnien had been destroyed and the vineyard had been given for a time to the As- syrians: Later the land was seized by the Greeks and,. then by the Romans. (3(ounerer a Z preach.. read If you are planning to spend $1350 to $1.600 for a six -cylinder motor car be certain you are buy- ing all that your money should purchase. 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