The Herald, 1904-01-15, Page 3Swwday School.
[NTERNATeONAL LESSON NO. 1111
JANUARY 1.7, 1904,
The Baptism and Temptation of , esura
Co'men!ta,ryl.-I. The bapttem (vis.
Q,8-17). 18. .lonnerele Je€ni -,So far as
we know this was his first publi4
act, since lee was twelve years of
age. To Jordan,-Pryo'babig ata :Aemont
!near to Salim, (JoLln iii. 2, 3), dayl'st
}Gurney from Nazareth. -Cain. Bab.
Unto *Iota -Although ,John was Sims
=ellen' we a,re told, Trim, i. 318, thatt_,
7,ie 'knew- hint 'not;" which mag
Mean' that John did not know Jes+urs
to be the el ecgsia,b. To be baptized
,Any; confession of sin was of course
out of the question. T,h+ere was only)
a Profession on t'1:1e piart of Jesus,
.tkrat as a;n ]israelite E -le .became sub-
ject to the law, and that He was
commected with b'umanityl by the ties
cit blood, of ,eiv1Iering and of love
.-:Laaege.
Forbid- Elaz".neistt:Lyl and prerss-
.1i gJlyl appeseid hMln.--Clarke. I have
leered, etc. -Although john was filled
With' r cit tdHis birth
ekkei.15),H'needed the bap-
tilem orf the (Molly; Ghost and fire. '15.
Sniffer it to be so now. Tillese were
Attie firts+t woods of Christ's pn>,blie ntin-
letry. In this Jesus humbled Him-
teeiif at the s ery enttiset. Fulfil 'all.
Sigh eormeniess --To leave northing un-
done wh,dch would be honoring to the
requirementlts orf God. -Morison. He
tsnlffered T3'im Thee .same modesty'
which ted him at first to decline the
honor Christ offered bine now caused
slim to perform the service Christ en,
Vinod upon Lim.=H'enrvl. ,•
,16. 'Mho heavens were opened -
Lake sags ttliat Jesus prayed as soon
as He -teats baptized, Luke, iii.
"(here is the first recorded prayer
'Of Chalet and its alnswee. His saw-:
Christ saw it (Mork 1. 101 and John
raaw it (Jolee 1. 33, 34), and it is
,prababLo that all who were present
!saw it, for inedls was intended to be
public inauguration.-Honry'.Like 1
a dove-Thlere has been a difference
Of o'plinion as to whether this was a
real, literal dote . Luke ,^rayls it was
tir a bodily' 'salve like, a dove (Luke
22). 17. My behaved Ston' -Jesus Christ
Is the Som of God from. eternity; .He
never bean to be His Son.
II. !ripe first temptation (vs. 1-4). 1.
Then -Immediately after His bap-
tism. Such are the, violent alterna-
tions of human experience ; baptized
and tempted ; approved of God and
handed over to the devil." -Parker.
Led up -"Our 'lives are so ordered
that we are carried into places where
the metal of bur religion is tried."
Of the spirit -Luke says He was "full
•or the Spirit" ; Hark says, ` Tale Spirit
drivetn Hine." A divine influence led
Him on. Into the wilderness -Tradi-
tion (las fixed upon aHigh ridge call-
ed neua,rautania, near Jericho. Mark
says Ile was witty the, wild beasts.
Zia be tempted -Christ begins His
wo.r.it with a personal encounter with
Satan. To tempt is, literally, to
stretc,h out, to try the strength of.
Temptation is tee testing of a, per-
son.' Tiaere are two kinds ; 1. God
tests men to see what they are fit
1o'le vett a desire that they stand the
strain. See Gen. xxa. 1. SO God often
tests our faith. 2. Satan deceptively
solicits men to evil. In this sense the
word means to entice, solicit, or pro-
voke to sin. God does not "tempt"
men (James i. 13-17) ; but He often
changes the temptations of Satan
and wicked men into trials for our
good.
2. Forty -days-elo.ses, Elijah and
our Lord could fast forty clays be-
cause tney were in oommuniou with
God and living a ]heavenly life. --
Clarke. Luke says Its was tempted
during the whole forty days. "The
struggle w,as powerful, feersonal and
intensely real. Christ for our sakes
met a,na conquered the tempter's ut-
most strong -ea -Farrar. Afterwarus
an hungered -After the forty days
were ended. 3. Tempter came -How
Se,ta,n appeared to Christ we do not
know, but if he came in bodily form it
must leave beon as an angel of light.
If thou be -Beware of temptation
that comes with, an if in its mouth. -
Parker. The Son 4Of God -The con-
solousness of Ilis divine Sonship may
now in a measure have been with-
held Alone in the wilderness and
'weak and worn from fasting, Satan
saw ;his chance. Stones bread -You
a,re hungry ; now„ if you are the Son
of ,God, use the power you have to
supply your necessities, and ,thus
prove your divinity. "In this first
temptation Satan tempts our Lord,
as he did Eve, by the bodily appetite.
He appeals to the animal nature
first. By this avenue he approaches
and conquers tine great nueeer1ly of
mankind. Beneath this temptation of
bedlily appetites all g:uttons, drunk-
ards and debaue'-ees have fallen,
and become the devil's prey.-Whe-
den. 4. It is written -Deet. viii. 3.
Jesus answered the devil by using the
sword of the Sp:rlt. Not live by bread
alote-Unman support depends not
on bread, but upon 'God'sunfailing
word of promiee and pledge of all
needful providential care"
III. The eeeond temptation (vs.
5-7). 5. leinna,c",e• of the temple-
The scene changes from the w,iLdell-
ness toJ,erusal,em, "Some well
known pinnacle must have been in-
tended, probably the royal porch on
the southern side of the temple," 5.
Cast thyself down -In his first reply
time the devil, Jesus had shown his
unbounded confidence in God. Now
Statin takes him at 'that very point.
• If thou be the ,ion of God cast thy -
Self from this pinnacle: All the
•wiorld will wonder at iso ,grand an
exploit. This was a temptation. to
'presumption, or as Farrar says, to
'spiritual pride. For it is written-'
'Tile devil has a lllible, but he ante -
:quotes and misapplies. Give his
angels cia95p -A mutilated quieta-
Mon el I'sa. xci. 11, 7. 'Tempt -Dent.
vi. 16. "To tempt God is to put hila
to the proof -to demand evidence of
his power and of Ms will to fulfil
hi,s promisee, instead of waiting pa
tieently and trusting."
IY. The third temptation (vs. 811)
8. Exceeding high mountain-, Some
high mountain in Judea where a
general view; could be had of the
ooun try. Silenvieth . . king -
deems of the woad -The root of the
third temptation lay in the suppo-
sition that the kingdoms of , the
world were the devil * kingdoms and,
that he Wald dispose of them. 9,
Worship me -Here the devil appears
in his true character. Christ was
probably asked to worship "not by
an external' act of homage, but by
using force and establishing a tema
poral kingdom."
10. Get thee hence -Jesus piarleye
With him no! longer, but with author-
ity conllmiands him to go to his
owhh place, "Tho third temptation
S.ppea.led to the ambition. By this
temptation the great men or this
hviorld have fallen in myriads." 11.
Devil leaveth him -Satan had made
the strongest effort of which he
W as capable and had been baffled
at every point. Angels minister-
ed -Brought that food that was
teceseary to support nature., ,
PRACTICAL SURVEY.,
The chapter closes with an ac-
eount of the baptismal scene at the
river Jordan. Before entering upon
his Own public miniistryi Jesus gave
the seal of His approval to the
work of John, His forerunner, The
blap'tism of John •was a sign of sub-
mission and devotion tof God and
}Bis service., Jesus "fulfils all right-
eousness," Ory thus publicly and sol-
emnly declaring His submission and
devotion to the God of Israel. The
Fattier honored this act by pouring
out His Spirit and visibly manifest-
ing His presence in the "form of s
dove." and by proclaimingin the
hearing of all, "This is my beloved
Son." The temptations 1olloivvi im-
mediately. Three distinct assaults
of the arch fiend are recorded, but
four things seem. to be involved,
The Father's go-dness ass tilled.The
insinuation is subtle as it was in the
case of the temptation in Eden..-
Gen.
den—Gen. iii. ,-51 "He endeavored to be-
get in our first parents a notion that
God forbade them the tree of knowl-
edge because he grudged them the
benefit of it ; and so here he insinu-
ates to our Saviour that his Father
had east him off and left him to
shift,. for himself." "Did God acknowl-
edge Thee as His Son, and has He.i,
now left Thee to famish with hun-
ger? How inconetertsnt, how inconsid-
erate. I would endure it no longer,
but 'command that these stones be
made bread.' The Fattier hath for-
gottton and forsaken thee. Assert
thine own power." .
Tempted to doubt his Sonship. "If
thou be the Som of God." Satan cov-
ertly insinuates that he may be
mistaken in believing himself the
Son of God. Those internal assur-
ances may, have been but the imag-
inations of an overwrought mind ;
that voice at the river's brink a de-
ception. "I would bring this mat-
ter to the test and know for my-
self. Test your power and see whe-
ther indeed you are the. Sion of God."
Tempted to presnmptiom. "If...east
thyself down." "No harm can come
to thee if thou are the Son of God."
In his humanity Jesus could only
use his divine power to protect Him
from evil when in the path of duty.
Duty did not require Him to cast
Himself down. It would have been
presumption. Many would have been
tempted to presumption and many
have fallen` 'thereby. A man who
had been saved from drink went with
some old companions into a bar-
room while they drank, thinking
thus .to show to them his power
over drink, but he fell and was never
restored again.
Tempted to idolatry (vs. 8-10). •"I
am the god of this world. You want
to win it. The way you have chosen
ler a hard one. You need not go that
way. By one act of worship acknow-
ledge my right to it and all is
yours." Christ repudiated him and
hie claim. Satan in the acknowledged
god of this world ,(2 Cor. 4, 4), but he
is a base ursurper ,and ultimately the
rightful Lord will be recognized ({Phil.
941). Often the saints are tempt-
ed to try to find an easier way, to
bow down at some mandate of the
world or worship at some shrine of
self or mammon. At all such times
only one answer should be given ;
"et is written,' etc., (Ve 10).
Some lessons. 1. Several tests fre-
quently follow an unusual outpering
of the Spirit upon us; Elijah' upon
Mt. Carmel faced Ahab, the priests
of Baal and backslidden Israel with
triumph and exultation, but only a
few days later ho sat under the
juniper tree and prayed for death
el Kings 18,19). 2. Temptation does
not always involve solicitation to do
that which is directly evil. Under
other circumstances Jesus did not
create bread (ilSatt. 15, 82-39 ; John
6, 14). The wrong here would have
been in the circumstances under
which he acted. An 'act right in itself
performed under improper conditions
may 'become sin.. 3; The enemy know
our weak points. He knew the Lord
was physically weak through his
long fast and assailed him at that
point fillet. If thone is a weak point
in one's experience or character lie
may expect repeated assaults at
that point. 4. The only place of abso-
litte security is in the pathway of
duty (Prov. 8,5, 6 ;4„ 14-18). ix. A
sure weapon with which to resist
temptation is the word of God "right-
ly handled" (2 Tim. •2,5s 3,16, 17; )+:ph.
6, 1.7). 6; Satan is subtle (Gen. 8, 1).
He .will attack at the time when and
the place where we least expect itsii,
Therefore let tis watch and be sober
a ;Pet. 5, 8, 9),. oJ'hn 5. 1Sceleary.
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Toronto eauec,eria alarkea
Theofferiegs of grain on the street
togley,•.wwer+e moderate, with little
change "in prices. Wheat a she ler
easier, with sales of 100 bushels of
}White at 801=20, 300 bushels of red
winter at 801-2c, 100 bushels of
spring at 82 to 83 1-2e, and 400
bushels of goose at 7ir. to 751-24,
'earies. quiet, 100 bushels selling a:'b
44 to 46c. Oats are steady, with,
sales of 400 bushels at 32o.
lriay in fair' receipt, with prices nn -
changed'; $0 loads sold at $10 to $i't
a, torr for timothy, and at $6 to $a
foie mixed. Straw linch•anged, three
llling at $ ton
Dressedsebrags ase10 unedia,d
$6.7oads5 'to $7 5, 'he laatter . for lightat,
Following are the quotations;
!Wheat, white, heath=l, 801-2 ; ewes,
bushel, 75 to 75 1-2c; rod, bushel
80 1-2c ; spring, 'bushel, 82 to 8810;
peas, bushel, 65 to 66c; oats, bushel,
etc; barley, buebe1, 48 tea 463; hay,
timothy, per ton, $10 to $11; !lay,
clover, $6 to $8; straw, per ton $10;
seeds, als:ke, per iuushel, $4 to 0.00;
seeds, red clover, per bushel, 85.50
to $6.20; timothy, 100 lbs., $2.25
to 83; apples, per bushel, $1 to $2;
dressed hogs, $6.7.5 to $7.25; eggs,
new, per dozen, 40 to 50e; butter,
dairy, 16 to 21c; creamery, 22 to
250; chickens, per ib., 10c; geese,
per lb., 12c; ducks, per lb., 10 to
12c; turkeys, per 1'b., 14 to 16c ; po-
tatoes, per bag, 85 to 95c; cabbage,
per dozen, 40 to 50c; cauliflower,
per dozen, $1.50 to $1.75; celery..
per dozen, 40 to 45,c; beef, hind
quarters, $6 to $8; fore quarters,
quarters, $4 to $6; choice, carcase,
$6.50 to $7; medium, ewe ' e, $5.50
to $6.00; lamb, yearling, $7, to $8;
mutton, per cwt., $5.01.1 to $6.25;
veal, per cwt., $Z to $9. ,
Leading Wheat Markets.
Following are the closing quota-
tions at important wheat cenrtes to -
Cash. May.
New York
Chicago...... ,- 881-8913-8
Toledo
Duluth, No. 1 N... ... -911-4 8790 11-4,-4
Toronto Live Stock.
There was active trading in ex-
porters' and .butchers' cattle, at the
Western Cattle Market. 1pth class-
es were in keen demand, and all ,
offerirgts were readily sold.
There was an active inquiry for
shipping cattle, and the offerings
were not large enough to meet it.
1'or Some Lots $5, per cwt. was
asked, although the best price re-
ported for any sale was $4.73.. Deal-
ers axe again pacing orders in the
Chicago market, and it was stated
to -day that at least 40 loads would
be bought through this market on
the accounts of Toronto buyers.
Butchers' were strong, and the
price paid for the best stock avail-
able 'was reported to be $4.87;4 per
cwt., choice butchers' sold at $4 to
$4.50, and fair to good at $3.50 to $4.
cwt., and. fair to good at $8.50 to $4.
Everything on the market was sold
early and trading in this class show-
ed a great improvement over re -
cont market days.
The milcli cows on sale were of
poor quality, and only three in all
were offered. Prices ranged from
$30 to $45 'each.
W. J.'Neely bought a. load of but-
chers', 1,050 lbs., at $4.25 per cwt.;
10 butchers', 1,025. lbs., at $4.30, and
40 mixed cattle, 900 to 1,200 lbs.,
at $8 to $3,50.
Bradstreet's on Trade.
Wholesale busyness has quieted
down at elentrcal, as is urinal at the
cls of tiro year. Values of goods
of domestic manufacture are still
firmly held. One of the cotton millai
withdrew some prices this week and,
in other lines prices were advanced.
Orders calling for delivery of staple
cottons later than ? parch 1st are
being turned d,ow,i.
•Thorn is less a,otivity in trades
this week at Toronto. It is undee-
stood that stocks carried over aro
generally light and renewed active
ity in spring business, is Booked for.,
after the first of the year. Prices
of cotton and woollen staple goodie
are firmly held. ':Che general out-
look for bashness is .promising.
At Quebec the retail. trade has been!
active owing to the demand for holi-
day goods. Country remittances are
show, but an impro vomen t is expect-
ed after the New Year. The gen-
eral outlook amongst the diffeilent
branches of trade looks favorable«
Advices of trade at the Pacific/
Caaast are satisfactory. The, holiday,
trade has been largely increasing
the cash sales and improving pay-''
ments. There is great activity in
d •e'p-.sea fishing, and the American,
Company operating at Vancouver, IS
otng a large business at the halibut
,banks. 'fhe mining news is morexealssuring.
The jobbing trade at Winnipeg balm
been quite active. Mhich business
has been done in stocking nett
place's of ,bushiness in various linear
through the Province. The pacing
orders by the retailers so far have
been quite heavy.
Tho usual end of the year opera=
tions aro occupying the attention of
rho who:,asalo trade at Hamilton',
Business there, as reported to Brad -
street's, has been brisk the pasttwo;
months ad the present advancing
tendency in the dry geode Mara
kets is expected to stimulate the
buying early in the New Year,
Ldcdon wholesale trade has been
active up to the present week, and
renewed activity is Looked for again
in the nest tevp weeks *hen spring
business will be pushed ferWar4.
again. Pricers are firmly hold.
The conditions of wholesale trade
at Ottawa are sound after a year,
of successful !business in almost. +hill
derpa'rtment,s. ,; At present trade iitt
a little