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' Lesson T
iby UEV. P. B .KITZWATEK, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moodj
r.ible Institute of Chicago.)
vopyrlght. 1922, Western Newspaper Union.
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 18
JESUS AND ZACCHAEUS
LESSON TEXT? L*lke 19:1-10.
GOLDEN TEXT? For the Son of Man
18 come to seek and to save that which
nus lost? Luke 19:10.
REFERENCE MATERIAL? Prov. 3:13
Matt. 9:9-13; Luke 16:1-13.
I'lllMARY TOPIC? Having Jesuo for a
v lsltur.
Jl'NIOR TOPIC? Jesus in the Home of
Zacchaeus. i
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
How Jesus Saved an Extortioner.
young people and adult topic
^'Inistian Standards in Business.
J. Jesus Passing Through Jericho
(V. 1).
J.ericho is noted as the stronghold
i>f the Canaanites, which was iniracu
i oil sly delivered into the hands of
-Israel in response to their faith (Josh.
\jj, and also for the faith of Iialiab,
which saved her from destruction
w ih the city (Het). 11:30, 31).
II. Zacchaeus Seeking Jesus (vv.
1-4).
1. His Object (v. 3). He sought to
see who Jesus was. Though perhaps
prompted by curiosity he ' eagerly
sought Jesus. He doubtless had heard
of Jesus' kind treatment of publicans,
so was prompted to see what kind of
u man He was.
2. liis Difficulties (vv. 2, 3). (1)
His infamous business (v. 2). He was
a tux collector of the ltoman govern
ment. The very fact that a Jew held
such an office under the hated Romans
would make him extremely unpopular.
Then since he was rich it was evident
that he had practiced extortion in col
lecting the taxes. (2) His shortness
of stature (v. 3). He was too small to
crowd his way through to Jesus, and
being hated by? the people they thrust
him aside, no doubt with taunts and
jeers. (3.) His persistence (v. 4). lie
ran before the multitude and climbed
up into a tree. What he lacked in
stature he was determined should be
made up by the height of the tree. Ob
stacles placed before him he brushed
aside and those he could not brush
a*ide he climbed over, because he had
set his heart upon the goal. Though
Zacchaeus' legs were too short to eri
1 1 1 e him to see Jesus they were long
enough to run past the crowd and en- I
aMe him to climb the tree. It was
somewhat undignified for this rich j
man t<? climb the tree, but his soul J
was sm desirous to see Jesus that he |
< ast his pride to the winds.
III. Jesus Finding Zacchaeus (vv.
r?. 0).
While Zaechaevs was trying to see
Jesus. Jesus was looking for him. This
is always the ease. When Jesus saw
him he commanded him to come down
from the tree and declared his inten
tion to go home with him. Zaechaeus
rot more than he expected. Jesus did
not utter a word which would humili
ate Zaechaeus. Jesus knew his heart's
desire and dealt accordingly with him.
All souls who earnestly seek Jesus
shall be found of Him. How wonder
ful His grace, that regardless of one's
past life, that Jesus will receive him
as a friend and enter Into fellowship
with him. Zacchneus quickly respond
ed. He came down and with joy re
ceived Jesus.
IV. Zacchaeus* Conversion (w.
710).
His conversion was sudden and
thorough. He was converted before
he had reached *he ground. It does
not take Jesus long to save a soul.
1. What the Crowd Said (v. 7).
They said just what they say today
when sinners come to Christ. They
called to mind the man's former sins.
They also reproached Christ, saying
that he had come to be a guest of this
notorious extortioner, the tax collec
tor. His supreme mission was to save
sinners (v. 10). Jesus came not to
condemn us, but to save us; not to
shame -and destroy us, but to save
from sin and reconcile us to God our
Father.
L\ What Zacchaeus Said (v. 8). His
conversion was thorough. It took hold
upon his heart. His new life was be
Kun with resolution and restitution.
He dedicated the balf of his goods to
The poor. His conversion got hold of
his pocketbook. His determination to
'?'take restitution wherein he had
wrongly exacted taxes shows the
genuineness of his conversion. While
jiod forgets the past of a sinner when
he comes to Christ, the sinner who Is
converted will seek to make right all
wrongs, be they unkind words or un
righteous deeds.
'? What Jesus Said (vv. 9, 10). "To
day is salvation come to thy house."
J he publican was now a child of God,
a son of Abraham. Salvation is a
present reality when one receives
Oirlst.
Few Good Lies.
As universal a practice as lying is,
ami as easy a one as It seems, I do
?<ot remember to have heard three
*'Ood lies in all ray conversation. ?
Swift.
Withdrawing Friendship.
They seem to take away the sun
'nun the world who withdraw friend
- ^hlp from life. ? Cicero. *
He Who Rules.
He who rules must humor full as
much as he commands. ? George Eliot
Daddy's
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JRjiiy Tale
GRAHAM BONNER
corniom rr vtmtN niwmi t
WEASEL AND RABBIT
I can't say that I am very fond of
Mr. Weasel," said Daddy.
There are some animals who may
do some bad things and yet who do
j many kind things too. They are like
I people and boys and girls, too, with a
goodly mixture of both bad and good
in them.
But Mr. Weasel loves to hunt and
kill for the sake of killing. He is very
bloodthirsty. He goes for Mr. Red
Squirrel.
"But worse than that, he goes for
my dear little Rabbit friends, and I do
believe I love a rabbit as much as any
other animal."
"Oh, I think I do too," said Nancy.
"They do make you mighty fond of
*? hem," said Nick.
"The Rabbit can run faster than the
W easel but the Weasel can very, very
often, if not usually, get the better of
the Rabbit.
"The Rabbit may run ? and oh, what
a runner he is ? but Mr. Weasel hurries
through the snow and gets him.
"Now n grandchild of Bonnie Ronnie
had known how Ifts dear mother had
e*nded her life.
"He knew only too well.
"lie remembered tlfe horrible look
ing weasel and how his mother hful
pushed him away to safety and how
he had later heard a pitiful, miserable,
heart rending little cry and had been
almost sure it was his mother's voice.
"And yet he had never before heard
her voice sound like that.
"He had never heard her voice sound
so sad and so pleading.
"But old Mr. Weasel had had no
heart. Mother Rabbit had begged for
life and Mr. Weasel had laughed a
cruel, cruel, laugh and had said :
" 'No, Mrs. Rabbit, I cannot do as
you ask.'
"Since then little Runnie Ronnie
had gone about alone. He tried to re
member the lessons his mother had
taught him. He (ffd all that he was
supposed tc do.
"I *ut oh, how his little heart would
ache at times when he thought of his
mother's sad cry.
"He cheered up by thinking that his
mother had said:
'* 'I don't care what happens as long
as I save my Runnie Bonnie baby.'
"And she had saved him ! Yes, his
dear, brave little white-tailed mother
had saved his life and had not thought
of the danger to tycrself then. If only
she could save him ! That had been
her one thought an (J desire.
"And she had saved him ! How won
derful his mother had been.
"What a lucky Runnie Ronnie he was
to have had such a mother. He would
tell other rabbits about her and her
name would bepome known and re
spected and looked up to.
"At least he could do that for his
dear mother.
"And then, one day, as he was think
ing of his mother, and trying (to re
member the lessons she had taught
him, in the distance he saw Mr. Wea
sel.
"Til get you too/ Mr. Weasel said,
and his eyes looked red and mad and
angry.
"But Bunnie Bonnie ran this way
and that, and he got away to safety
and away from <*!d Mr. Weasel.
"Then with his little heart going
pitter-patter he thought to himself:
" 'Mother would have been happy to
have felt that Mr. Weasel didn't get
her Bunnie Bonnie though he tried
again.'
"So Bunnie Bonnie grew up into a
fine rabbit and had many interesting
adventures, but he never forgot the
lessons his dear mother had taught
him and he never forgot the sacrifice
she ha.l made for him.
r "What a wonderful Rabbit she had
been. He must grow up so that if gfee
were alive, she would never be
nshamed of him. He always ke$ that
in mind. 4 s
"Sometimes he was too curious,
gometiines he was full of pranks but
he never did anything mean or un
kind or anything she would really have
been ashamed of.
"And many other rabbits heard the
sfory of Bunnie Bonnie's mother and
they all said:
" 4 We Rabbits must never do any
thing mean f#r it would be a disgrace
to the name of Rabbits.'
"J^it between Nancy and Nick and
me," said Daddy, "while the Rabbits
are always working hard to live up to
their fine family name, I don't believe
a dear little rabbit couid be mean If
be or she tried to be."
STARVING WAIF
TELLS ODD TALE
Lived in Roof Tank With Dog as
Companion, Says Eight
Year-Oid Boy. '
IN PITIABLE CONDITION
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, Feet Blistered, Torn and Swollen So
He Could Not Stand ? Tells of
i
His Adventures After Death j
of Parents.
New York. ? John Miller, eight years
old, may be a runaway with a movie
Imagination, as some persons think,
or he may the homeless orphan he
said lie is. There can he no doubt,
however, that he was starving when
found.
It was rifter ten o'clock at night
when Mrs. Lena Lehrman climbed
four flights of stairs at 120 Delancey
! street to the roof, for the family wash.
J .As she pushed open the roof door
against the stiff, nipping wind, she
? saw a boy stretched out on the roof,
j She gathered the limp little figure in
j her arms and hurried down to h#r
? home.
Food was warmed up, water heated
and spare clean clothes found. Final
! ly, hot soup restored the hoy in a
measure, but lie was too weak to say
j much more than lie was tired and
i sleepy.
Boy Couldn't Stand.
The boy was so ill tliat Patrolman
John Flick of the Clinton street sta
j tion, on post, was told about it. He
! looked the boy over and found his feet
| were blistered, torn and swollen so
he could not stand on them. Flick
carried him to the station house and 1
Doctor Stein of Gouveiieur hospital
was called.
"The boy Is suffering from starva- \
ti<JH," said the physician, "but after
tliis medicine he'll come around all
right and be as hungry as a .bear."
Doctor Stein was right and when John
Miller came around he ate ravenously.
The desk lieutenant asked the tow
She Saw a Boy Stretche i Out on ths
Roof.
headed, blue-eyed "prig ner" to tell
his story.
"I was born in Pola.'id," he said.
"My father's name was f rank and my
mother's name was Mary. We came
over here three years ago and we
lived for a while at ^9 Houston
street. A year and a half ago my
mother died. I think shi caught cold.
Six months ago my fatler died. He
worked In an ice factory over in
Brooklyn. A big hunk Of Ice fell on
him and broke all his bones.
Lost His Hon e.
"After my father died, I don't know
how long, but I think about three
weeks ago, I lost my 1 orae. I had
$5 and I spent it for pir*s and mostly
for crullers. Then I met Nathan
Farlak of 13 Essex street and John
Polichell, and both boys said they
ought to quit sleeping in hallways, j
and that they knew of a tank on the ;
top of a house where I could sleep ;
fine.
"So they took me up to the tank on
the roof where the woman found me ;
and Nattie swiped a mattress. A j
woman give me a pair of pants and a |
sweater and John and Nattie swipe' ,
food for me. I got along all right.
One night I dreamed I was drowning, j
but it was only the rain leaking In i
through the roof of the tank. I had a ;
dog with me for some of the time,
but I guess It got lost.
"I kept getting hungrier and hun
grier all the time and I guess I was
asleep when jthe woman found me."
Smothered by Flour as Car Upsets. |
Eagle Center, la. ? When his auto- j
mobile, loaded with flour, overturned, j
Alfred Bedard, thirty-five years old, I
was smothered to death.
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started.
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