44. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

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45. Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, 1Inasmuch as ye did it not t did it not me. 46. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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eternal life.

I Prov. 14: 31; Acts 9: 5.

2 Dan. 12: 2; John 5: 29; Rom. 2: 7.

III. The Unrighteous and Their Fate. — Vs. 41-46. THE GOATS OF THE FLOCK, REPRESENTING THE WICKED. 33. But the goats on the left. The goat is especially a repulsive animal, and so a fit image for wicked men. The wicked are termed goats from their stubbornness (Lange); from their wantonness and stench (Grotius); because they are wild and intractable (Schaff); because they are comparatively worthless (Meyer).

THE DOOM OF THE WICKED. 41. Unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, in place because you are far from me in character. Ye cursed, because you have chosen the conduct and character the natural fruit of which is cursed. Into everlasting fire, not literal fire, for that cannot burn the spirit, or consume the conscience; but the sorrows which only fire can symbolize. It is everlasting, because it cannot be quenched or escaped so long as the sin continues. There is no escape either in this life or the next except through the door of repentance that leads to forsaking the sin. Prepared for the devil and his angels, his spiritual followers and aids. The punishment is the natural and necessary result of such characters.

THE CAUSE OF THE DOOM was the refusal to do the deeds that belong to the heavenly kingdom, and to be ruled by its motives. They refused to be fit for heaven. They decided to live selfish lives. The plan of their lives was such that all the evils of society,-graft, child-labor, poverty, degradation, crime, oppression, drunkenness, disease, could go on without any effort on their part to put an end to them.

The punishment is like the sin: it omits heaven and joy and God and the companionship of the good from our lives, and adds the everlasting fire.

This is a warning of love. It is a statement of the fact that by the very nature of things sin leads to ruin, and righteousness to heaven. No evil can enter heaven, for if it did heaven would not be heaven any longer.

President Eliot of Harvard, in an address to medical men said that however people might refuse to believe in a future hell, it was the doctors' business to show young men that if they persisted in certain vices they would find a hell in this life.

There are only two ways to go.

It is for each of us to make the choice, and start on the way which leads where we wish to go and live forever.

THE LAW OF THE HARVEST is "to reap more than you sow."

"Sow a thought, and you reap an act,
Sow an act, and you reap a Habit,

Sow a habit, and you reap a Character,

Sow a character, and you reap a Destiny."

Rev. C. D. Boardman.

Some one says: "Boys will be boys; "he forgot to add, "Boys will be men."

"We shape ourselves the joy or fear

Of which the coming life is made,

And fill our future atmosphere

With sunshine or with shade.

The tissue of the life to be

We weave in colors all our own,

And in the field of destiny

We reap what we have sown."

LESSON IV. - October 23.

REVIEW.

From Lesson III. of Third Quarter to Lesson III. of Fourth Quarter.

GOLDEN TEXT. --And it came to pass, when the days were well nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before his face. - LUKE 9:51.

THE FIRST element of a good review is to make it a real review, a general view of the whole period which has been studied. In this case our review covers thirteen lessons, from Lesson III. of the Third Quarter, to Lesson III. of this Quarter.

THE SECOND element is that the review be made attractive and interesting. And it can be so conducted both in the class and for the whole school as to become one of the most attractive and helpful sessions of the year.

THE PERIOD covered by this Review extends from the summer of A.D. 29 to April 4, A.D. 30; about nine months.

THE PLACE IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST is the last part of the Great Galilean Ministry; the whole of the Perean Ministry in the country east of the Jordan; and the last four days of Christ's Public Ministry, in Jerusalem and vicinity.

THE MAP. Trace on the map the movements of Jesus, Capernaum, Cesarea Philippi, Galilee, Capernaum, Jerusalem, Galilee, Perea, Jericho, Bethany, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.

MATTHEW chapters XVI. to XXV.

PICTURE REVIEW. — Reproductions from photographs of great paintings, and of Biblical and historical places and events (both in color and in black and white), are now so reasonable in price as to make them available for regular use in the class or Sunday school. It is a great help to the memory, if each class or each scholar makes a picture book of this part of the Life of Christ. The best book for this purpose is one made for this object, of 70 leaves (140 pages), with a peculiar but simple back, which enables one to fill the book with pictures without at all distorting the covers, which are of heavy board covered with tasty paper, and can be had of W. A. Wilde Company for 10 cents each (5 cents additional if sent through post office). The text of Matthew's Gospel can be pasted in from some cheap edition of the Gospels (as low as 2 cents each) or, better, written in the words of the scholar.

Great interest can be added to the making of these volumes in various ways. They are ornamented with pen drawings. "For instance, the fact of Jesus working as a carpenter during his young manhood is happily illustrated by sketching a hammer, a jack-knife, saw, or other carpenter's tools." Maps and charts and small pictures can be cut out of disused Quarterlies; illustrations can be preserved from magazines and newspapers; small cards can be obtained with beautifully arranged pressed flowers in various natural colors, from different parts of Palestine which Jesus has made sacred (2 cents each in packages of twenty-five). Frequently these pressed flowers can be obtained from Mr. Wm. H. Hartshorn, 85 Broad St., Boston.

ANOTHER FORM OF PICTURE REVIEW. Mrs. Estelle M. Hurll, author of a capital volume on The Life of Our Lord in Art, advocating the greater use of pictures in the Sunday school, says: "A successful teacher of a large Bible class in one of our churches, wishing to provide something unusually instructive for Review Sunday, chose this plan: she procured a large number of photographs descriptive of the life of our Lord, placed them upon the walls and upon easels in the class room, until she had the whole story told in pictures. During the session no word from her was necessary, except a few simple explanations, while the pupils passed in silence from one picture to another, taking in its beauty and its lesson at the same time. It was the most impressive service I ever attended,' said one who was there, and the whole class echoed the same sentiment as they slowly left the church."

TRAVELING BY STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES. These are growing more popular, being used in day schools as well as in Sunday schools, because the pictures are incomparably better than those of a few years ago. They are such life-like representations of the places

where our Lord lived and walked and taught, the figures and the scenes are brought out so clearly, that it is almost the same as if we were actually traveling in the Holy Land. People are more and more waking up to the likeness of the experiences that may be gained in the stereoscope to those gained by viewing them on the spot.

There are one hundred pictures of Palestine, in a leather case, with a book enclosing a map and a description of the tour through the Holy Land. Of course a selection can be made of the pictures. This can be made most useful for an evening meeting with the class. It would be well for each Sunday school to own a set of these pictures with several stereoscopes. Apply to Underwood & Underwood, Fifth Avenue and 19th Street, New

York.

THE TOPICAL REVIEW. Let the scholars go through the lessons during the previous week, some taking one class of subjects, and others another, if they are unable to examine all thoroughly.

I. Find all the statements that were applied to the life of the apostles, such as building the Church on the rock, the vision of Jesus transfigured, forgiveness, talents, etc.

II. Find those two which contain references to children.

III. Find those which refer to marriage feasts.

IV. Find those which are based on vineyards.

V. Tell the story of each of the parables.

VI. Tell the story of the Triumphal entry. VII. What do we learn about Watching?

VIII. Note the references to Christ's suffering and death.

COMPARE the anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany, with that described in Luke 7: 36-50; noting the differences in time, in place, in persons, in results, and in the lessons they taught.

MAKE A STUDY of the relation of Jesus to the Bethany Home, from the three recorded instances of Jesus' presence there,- Matt. 26: 1-13; Luke 10: 38-42; John 11; noting especially the characteristics of Mary, and showing how natural was her action in anointing him.

COMPARE the costly gift of Mary with the burning of the books of magic (Acts 19: 18-20); with Barnabas and the early Christians (Acts 2: 44, 45; 4: 34-37).

THE TEACHER AND HIS CLASS.

A Golden Rule Committee. - The teacher can well begin his lesson to-day, by reporting to his class, from The Sunday School Executive what one committee of this name has done.

"We know of but one school in which there is a Golden Rule Committee, but it does such good work and so exemplifies the serviceableness of such an organization, that we hope the plan may be taken up and used elsewhere. The Golden Rule Committee has in this instance as its special work, looking after needy children in the community.

It does this as secretly as possible. For instance, a Coal Social was held, the admission fee being 14 cents, the price of a bushel of coal. From the proceeds three tons of coal were bought and sent to homes where it was known to be needed, and without any intimation to the receivers as to the source of the gift.

"The element of self-denial is in all cases emphasized. Perhaps Sunday schools in general do not do enough of charitable work in their own communities. Such an organization as this Golden Rule Committee might prove a valuable addition." Calvin Dill Wilson.

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1. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

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I Mark 14: 1; Luke 22: 1; John 13: 1.

2 Psa. 2: 2; John 11: 47; Acts 4: 25.

The emphasis of this lesson falls upon one of the most beautiful, instructive, and delightful incidents in the Gospels, that is like a lovely picture framed between two criminal plottings. On the one hand (vs. 1-5) the chief priests are plotting to entrap Jesus by some foul play, and to kill him, but they are baffled for the time. Then occurs the selfsacrificing act of Mary of Bethany which made her name a blessing to all ages, but which led to the reproof and disappointment of Judas Iscariot, and spurred him on to the betrayal of his Master.

The Conspiracy of the Rulers.— Vs. 1-5. PARALLELS. Mark 14: 1, 2; Luke 22: Finished all these sayings, reported in Matthew 24, 25, and spoken toward evening on Mount Olivet overlooking Jerusalem.

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(our March-April) and was the same as our Easter Season. The Jewish religious year began at this time.

3. Then, Tuesday evening, after Jesus had left the temple, and had done all that he could to persuade the rulers to receive him as the Messiah. Jesus, in his love for his nation and for the world, had launched his thunderbolts of "woe unto you' " at the Pharisees and rulers who were standing in the way of the salvation of the nation and would not move. When some one reproved a Methodist minister for preaching in so loud a voice, he replied, "I am not singing lullabies, I am blasting rocks." Jesus had been blasting the rocky hearts that stood as obstructions to the hope of the nation and the world. He did it in love. It was the last resort to awaken the conscience and lead to repentance.

But since they were unwilling to repent, they naturally sought to put Jesus out of the way. "Poor fools! they thought that if they could wring the neck of the crowing cock, it never would be dawn." Sick unto death, they imagined that if they could kill the doctor the disease would go. As if destroying the fire-bell would save the blazing building.

The chief priests, the heads of the twenty-four courses. The scribes, the religious teachers. The elders, the leading laymen, chosen for their age and wisdom, and general prominence. These three classes formed the Sanhedrin, the great council or religious court of the Jews. Unto the palace, the court or hall which constituted the center of any large Oriental house or palace. This was probably an informal assembly, as the regular sessions of the Sanhedrin were held in their own hall Gazith. Of the high priest, the religious head of the nation.

4. Might take Jesus by subtilty, by stratagem, by guile, by some snare, accomplishing their end secretly, without any public arrest of this prophet. And kill him. This they had already determined

to do. They consulted to decide how it could most safely and surely be done.

5. Not on (during) the feast, which lasted seven days. They proposed to keep him out of the way, entirely quiet, so long as the feast lasted, and after that to kill him, when the great number of his Galilean friends and sympathizers had returned to their homes. Lest there be an uproar, a mob, which would cause the Roman authorities to interfere, and rescue Jesus.

Thus they waited to see what would happen.

Matthew now goes back a few days to report a story which supplied the occasion through which a bad man furnished them with the stratagem they sought; as a bee draws from the most fragrant blossom food which he can transform into the poison for his sting.

The Heroine of Bethany.- Vs. 6, 7. TIME.

Traditional House of Mary and Martha, Bethany.