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LESSON FOR DEC DECEMBER 13
THE GREAT COM COMMISSION.
{ LESSON TEXT Matt 28:16-20; Luke %:
LDEN TEXT—Lo; ‘I am with ‘you al-
Ways, even unto he end of the world.
i - This lesson consists of two para-
hs Ww. copstitute what might be
| ed two commissions or two parts
thé Gréat Commission. There are
distinct accounts of the final com:
ds of our Lord to his disciples,
each presenting a différent phase of
the work he committed to his follow-
ers. In this lesson we have for our
consideration two of these aspects
Which ought not to be confused.
“1. The Appearance in Jerusalem,
Thomas Being Absent.
(1) The Resurrected Lord, vv. 3643,
The Emmaus disciples reported to the
disciples, and those gathered with
them in Jerusalem, the things th
d experienced,
breaking of bread. This occurred late
in the evening (see Luke 24:29, 83).
é they, and the others, were re-
ing the many things that had ta-
Hae place on that first eventful day,
Jésus himself suddenly appears. in
their midst without the opening of a
door and asks them of their thoughts.
Once before he had thus searched
them (Luke 9:46, 47), but now the oc-
casion is quite different. Fear of the
Jéws had crowded them into this room
but no closed door except that of the
an heart can keep out the risen
Lora, Simon's report (ch. 24:34) and
visible evidence of the supernat-
al 18 true of us all, but when Jesus
y is present there is peace no
itter what may be the turmoil with-
out, or the fear within.
' Man of Flesh and Bone.
This appearance was a demonstra-
tion that it was he himself, and to add
proof upon proof he first showed them
his pierced hands and feet, and then
called for fish and ate it before, and
doubtless with, them. Jesus is today
a man of flesh and bone as much as
when he walked Galilee’s hills. His
blood he poured out upon Calvary.
The evidence of the literal, physical
resurrection of Christ is so overwhelm-
ing that the unbeliever does violence
to his reason not to accept it.
(2) The Ascended Lord, vv. 4449,
This coming of Jesus and his message
of peace and assurance brought also
a commission that this great fact be
told to others. The event recorded in
these verses did not occur in Jeru-
salem but upon Mount Olivet and con-
stitutes the final appearance of Jesus.
As he had done often before, so now.
he sets his seal upon the Old Testa-
ment, expressly speaking of its books
under their accepted three-fold Aivi-
sion (v. 44). In these there are be-
tween three and four hundred direct,
not to speak of the indirect, prophe-
cies concerning him. What we need
is to have the Holy Spirit that we may
“understand” (v. 45), the purpose of
his life and death. Jesus taught his
disciples what that purpose is (v. 47),
viz., the “remission of sins,” based on
the sure ground of his finished work.
This, and this alone, is the gospel and
it is to be preached in his name unto
all nations—a missionary suggestion—
but beginning at home, in Jerusalem.
Verse 49 tells us of that other needed
preparation to make us effective wit-
nesses, the enduement of the Holy
Spirit. .
Some Disciples Doubted.
Il. The Appearance to the Eleven
in Galilee, Matt. 28:16-20. This event
took place much later than that men-
tioned in the first part of the previous
section. As we carefully read this
section it suggests that Jesus was
somewhat removed ‘from the dis-
ciples, yet their vision was so clear
that they worshiped him, though some
doubted. Drawing near to the dis-
ciples he first of all emphasizes his
supreme authority, “all power is given
unto me,” and on that authority he
commissioned them to their work of
discipling “all nations.” Mark's ren-
dering of this commission (16:15, 16)
is more inclusive, “to the whole crea-
tion,” including all of man’s welfare,
social as well as spiritual. For Jesus
thus to claim authority and to send
forth his ambassadors and still not be
“the very God of ‘the very God” is to
stamp him either as an impostor or a
lunatic. Because all power is his,
therefore ‘the obligation and the ac-
companying Holy Spirit who will en-
able us to teach the things he has com-
manded. There is back of the com-
mission’ “all’ power” and accompany-
ing it a blessed fellowship, “Lo, I am
with you all the days.”
The sad thing is that after nearly
two thousand years we have carried
out so poorly the great commission.
And lastly the disciple is not to go
in his own strength or wisdom. ‘His
parables describe fully the age upon
which the disciples were entering. As
they went forward and as we “follow
in their train to’ devote ourselves to
the enterprises of his kingdom, he de-
clared that he would be with them and
with us until the time of the consum-
of. it, at
Luke 24:3649,
especially in the >
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THE WAR OF ROSES |
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By CATHERINE M. PATTERSON.
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Theodora stood idly in front of the
open window of her room at the inn.
She looked direct-
ly at the moun-
tains that loomed
up in the light of
t splendid moon
that would be at
its height about
{1 o'clock. Just
the right time,
she thought. The
right time, for
what? for whom?
The double
thought brought
an impatient toss
of the head.
“l do wish I
had common
sense,” muttered
Theodora. “Just
the smallest atom
least
enough to get me
through tonight.
Here I am, a
grown woman with a brand new A. B.
dangling at my scalp belt and to save
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‘my soul I don’t know whether I care’
more for Jimmy Welting or Don Cun-
ningham. They have both proposed,
and auntie knows it, moreover, she
says it is perfectly disgraceful the way
I've kept both those ‘adorable boys,’
auntie’s own words, mind you"—Theo-
dora was addressing herself to the
mountains.
“lI know Jimmy sent these red
roses; they make me think of him.
But at the same time, these Killarneys
are beauties, too, and I do love pink
roses.” Into the center of the exquis-
ite flowers went Theodora’s face.'
“Botheration,” she exclaimed an-
grily, “why must my night be pes
tered with these two who have been
with me the whole blessed day? Now,
1 have ‘their pesky flowers ‘to choose
between.”” No" cards had come with
the two corsages, but intuitively Theo
dora had attributed each to the prope:
sender.
“I£'T wear the red roses Jimmy will
be camping on my trail the entire
blessed evening, and if I wear the
Killarneys Don will come to me the
very first thing with that almost pos
sessive smile he wears when I've been
unusuglly nice to him before Jimmy's
very eyes. 1 know what I'll do. Tl}
wear part of each corsage. That will
keep the boys guessing.”
She pinned the roses to her girdle.
“Mercy!” she exclaimed, “what a
combination! But I'll wear it any
way. I do hope auntie and the rest
of the chaperon brigade won't think
I'm quite out of my mind.”
And catching up a bespangled scart
that Jimmy had once compared to a
diamend-studded cloud, Theodora, to
use her own expression, collected aun-
tie, and the two made their way to
the veranda outside the large living
room, where the orchestra was play-
ing the first waltz. A masculine form,
evidently on the lookout, approached
at once.
“May I have the first dance, Ted-
dy?” asked Donald Cunningham.
“Surely,” 'said Teddy, looking up at
him with her sweetest smile. “Why
not?” she asked herself. “I'm wear
ing his roses as well as Jim's.”
“I do hope it will be Donald Cun:
ningham. His mother was a Van
Courtney,” auntie said to herself as
she watched her niece. Of medium
height, slender and the possessor of
heavy black hair above gray eyes
veiled with long black lashes, and a
complexion that was the despair of
the girls her ‘own age and the envy
of those who had passed farther on
life’s pathway, Theodora was worthy
of any one’s attention. Suddenly
auntie spled Teddy's corsage, in sharp
contrast to the white chiffon frock.
“Good gracious,”
aghast, “what ever possessed the
child?” Quite overcome, she sank
into the nearest rocking chair.
In the meantime the wearer of the
red and pink roses was blissfully un. |
conscious of her relative’s consterna-
tion. Teddy was having the time of
her life—with only one thing to mar
the pleasure of being the belle of
the hop. Jimmy had taken only one
dance to Don’s eight. Not that Teddy
was lacking in partners,
wndered not a little at the unusual:
ness of it all and down in her |
of hearts were the coals of re
lion. :
“Wish I hadn't worn his roses,” |
she was thinking, and at this” june
ture the ever self-possessed “Jimmy
put in an appearance.
“My dance, I think, Teddy. . But
suppose we git or’ rather walk it
out. The stars are glorious. So is
the moon.”
Out under that same moon, down a
path that was sufficiently outlined
with trees to afford some privacy, a
man took a girl's hand between his
own, and in‘ a voice that trembled
just a little, said:
“Teddy, dear, you are wearing my
flowers tonight ' and “doesn’t that
mean that you care a little and that
there is some hope for me?”
Was it the moon? Or was it Jimmy!
Teddy’s resolve went glimmering anc
Jim “had won.
One night, on their honeymoon
Teddy asked, apropos of wvariou:
things:
“Jimmy, worn the
pink rose
“Wouldn't
td
she exclaimed
but she:
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PF mer Ys . WI YE
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Government by Commission.
Government by commission, first car-
ried out in the United States, has been
hailed as an almost revolutionary step
in the science of city administration,
but a step even in advance of this
has been conceived by the city of
Leeds, England. This city, with a
population of 500.000, has a low death
rate. clean streets, an excellent street
railway system and gas works, the lat-
ter two municipally owned. Now the
city has delegated its administrative
power to an executive committee of
seven aldermen, which committee has
former
manager of the street railway depart-
ment, as city manager. To date the
chenge in city management has effect-
ed a saving of $30,000, and “Mana-
ger” Hamilton proposes by effecting the
same methods that he would in the ad-
ministration of a large business to
make a still further saving.—Milwau-
Some Long Dramas.
Berial drama has been popular in
China for centuries. Their most fa
mous play, “P1-Pa-Ki—The Story of
the Lute,” written in the fourteenth
century, is divided into twenty-fou
sections and innumerable acts and
scenes, and takes several days to per
form. And Chinese plays of forty long
acts, lasting a week or two, are quite
common In England the longest play
ever written. but not performed, was
an unnamed ‘drama. in twenty-five
acts, by Mad Nat Lee.—Argonaut.
ihe Smuggled Box.
A joker had some fun with the eus-
toms officials at New York some years
ago. A servant had gone ashore from
8 German liner with a basket and was
about to leave the pier when a passen-
ger whispered to a customs oficer that
he had better see what the basket con-
tained. Following the tip, the basket
bearer was detained, and a wooden
box was found among a lot of soiled
linen. The box contained another and
this still another box, the third secure
ly fastened with screws. When these
were removed a card was discovered
on which was written in three lan
guages. “This is the Ist of April. Mau)
bappy returns of the day.”
No Fresh Air For Him.
No doctor would ever have made
Lord Brampton—best remembered asx
Bir Henry Hawkins—subscribe to the
new theory that it is beneficial to sit |
in a draft. ‘‘Few people had a greater
objection to fresh air than Hawkins,”
writes J. A. Foote, K. C. *“At one time
constructed for his use in court in or-
der to prevent any possibility of a
draft. He once expressed his prefer-
ence for suffocation ratber than chill
on the ground that it was a slower
death:-~London Standard.
“+... The Adjutant Bird. =
It is stated that the adjutant. oF:
_marahou. a tall bird of India. of the]
stork species. will swallow a hare ori l
a cat whole. ~ It stands five feet high |
and the expanse of the wings is nearly
fifteen feet.
Goethe.
Besides his five or six consummate
works, which by universal consent are
practically above criticism, it may be
said that Goethe’s songs are the best
in the world. He is the greatest of
all literary critics, and in subtle and
abundant observation of human life
and in the number and value of his
wise remarks and pregnant sentences
he is one of the greatest writers of all
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