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a&IDAY, FEBRUARY 21, '1947,
THE VgRQUIMANS WEKKL HERTFORD. K,
KAGE SEVEN
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slogy of tie Good Shepherd In an ef
fort to distinguish between such hypo
critical religion and true wfaith in
(,od which he wanted to Instill into
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true'nore' radiant life is" religious ;
whatever dwarfs, retards, or pollutes
life is irreligious."-
With him religion did not consist
in a few acts, such as prayer, wor-
In picturing an eastern sheepfold, I ship, and solemn ritual words, but in
s u THE GOOD SHEPHERD
International Sunday School Lesson
' i tat February 2S. 1947
. Memory Selection: "I am the good
shepherd: the good shepherd layeth
down his life for the sheep."
John 10:11.
ies8on Text: John 10:7-18.
I'The words of our lesson were
Spoken by Jesus in Jerusalem while
he was attending the Feast of the
Dedication. It was immediately fol
lowing the event of the healing of
the man born blind, who was shortly
Afterwards excommunicated by the
Jewish religious leaders because he
professed faith in Jesus.
$ It was probably with this exper
ience fresh in his mind that Jesus
used the simile which constitutes our
lesson. John's Gospel does not re
cord any of the thirty parables but
the present story of the Good Shep
herd and that of the Tru Vine in
chapter fifteen are somewhat the
same in form and purpose.
i, With the injustice of the action of
,xne rengious leaders, zaiseiy repres
enting the church, Jesus "used the an-
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Jesus used an illustration wliich could
be readily followed by those who
heardhim, although, jnany of them
were not able to make the application
.behind it
In these verses, Jesus contrasts
the care and devotion of the true
shepherd with the attitude of a rob
ber. One was actuated' by a sincere
desire to care for the sheep which
followed hinj while the other was on
ly acting a pretension in order to
lure the sheep into disaster.
The latter class represented re
ligious leaders who went through
the outward motions of religion with
out the inner feeling. These proud
and exclusive religious leaders op
pressed those who followed them and
were mainly solicitious for their own
position and comfort.
By way of contrast, Jesus pointed
out that the good shepherd cared pro
perly for the sheep in his flock and,
if necessary, would lay down his life
in their defense. Such a shepherd
recognized the intrinsic value of the
sheep and usually knew the name of
each. In event of danger from rob
bers or wolves, he would be their
natural protector. In eveVy way the
true shepherd sought the welfare of
the sheep.
This illustration was meant to pic
ture the solicitude of God for his
children. Ac- Charles Kingsley ask
ed, "Is it not wonderful news that
God should care for men; should lead
them, guide them, feed them condes
cend to call himself their shepherd?
But- what a wider, deeper, nobler,
more wonderful blessing that the
shepherd should give his life for his
people?"-
Later on in his talk, Jesus likened
himself to the door of the sheepfold.
As W. L. Watkinson points out, many
have been offended by Christianity's
ecclesiastical door, having come to
Jesus through some inconsistent or
hypocritical Christian or, through a
church lacking in Christian sympathy
and devotion.
Others have entered through the
dogmatic statements and doctrines of
church councils and theologians
Those have been discouraged and re
pelled at times but if any man enters
through the door of the character of
Jesus, -there is no danger of disap
pointment or offense.
"The purpose of Jesus coming was
to give life," says Joseph Fort New
ton, "and to give it abundantly. Jesus
never once used the word 'religion',
as far as we have record, but always
the word 'life' instead. With him
'whatever makes for 'a deeper, purer,
the spirit, the faith, the motive and
gesture with which we do everything;
and today we are rediscovering his
insight Religion is a power by which
to live the day through more deeply,
more bravely, more fruitfully. Re
ligion is no longer a thing apart from
life; it is life itself at its best the
life of God in the soul of man."
SCREW IN LUNG 17 YEARS
Baltimore, Md. X-rayed for tub
erculosis, after she had suffered with
occasional bleeding and deep cough
ing, Mrs. Myrtle Moneypenny, of
Camden, W. Va., was surprised to be
told that a half-inch rusty screw was
imbedded in her lower left lung, per
haps for the past 17 jears. It was
removed in a local hospital by the use
of tiny wire-operated forceps inserted
through a bronchoscope, guided into
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position through a biplane fluoros
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screw and the forceps from two an
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her lung.
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the past 51 years. 1 Recently, how
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