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LESSON QUARTERLY
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Senior Division
Fourth Quarter, 1907
OCTOBER 5, 1907.
Questions.
1. By what agency was the work of creation per-
formed? Ps. 33 : 6. Note 1.
2. How did the work proceed, and with what results?
Ps. 33: 9. Note 2.
3. Give examples in the narrative of Genesis. See
Gen. 1: 3, 6, etc.
4. What is said of the power and efficiency of the
Lord's word? Heb. 4: 12. Note 3.
We expend sixty per cent. of our efforts upon four per cent. of
our field.
SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY 3
" Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He will send
forth - laborers into His harvest."
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Note:
Our eyes may deceive us, and our ears may fail to correctly
understand, but the prophetic word is infallible and will surely
be fulfilled It is more certain than the seeing of the eyes, or
the hearing of the Oars, for it can not fail. Prophecy shines •
into a dark .place, throwing light upon the future.
NOVEMBER 9, 1907.
Questions.
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Questions.
Notes.
1. Jesus came "to make reconciliation for iniquity." Dan.
9:24. His mission was to save sinners. He became a servant
and gave His life to ransom many. Matt. 20:28. By sin man
had forfeited life. He took our place, and made Himself an'
offering for sin. The stroke that belonged on us, He voluntarily
took upon Himself.
2. " Three times has He uttered that prayer. Three times
has humanity shrunk from the last, crowning sacrifice. But now
the history of the human race comes up before the world's
Redeemer. He sees that the transgressors of the law, if left to
themselves, must perish. He sees the helplessness of man. He
sees the power of sin. The woes and lamentations of a doomed
world rise before Him. He beholds its impending fate, and His
decision is made. He will save man at any cost to Himself. He
accepts His baptism of blood, that through Him perishing mil-
lions may gain everlasting life. He has left .the courts of heaven,
where all is purity, happiness, and glory, to save the one lost
sheep, the one world that has fallen by transgression. And He
will not turn from His mission. He will become the propitiation
of a race that has willed to sin. His prayer now breathes only
submission: 'If this cup may not pass away from Me, except
I drink it, Thy will be done.' "—"Desire of Ages," pages
826, 827.
3. "All heaven was filled with wonder when the prayer of
Christ was offered in the midst of His terrible suffering—' Father,
forgive them; for they know not what they do.' Yet there stood
men formed in the image of God, joining to crush out the life
of His only-begotten Son. What a sight for the heavenly uni-
verse! "—"Desire of Ages," page 913.
4. "With amazement angels witnessed the Saviour 's despair-
ing agony. The hosts of heaven veiled their faces from the
fearful sight. Inanimate nature expressed sympathy with its
insulted and dying Author. The sun refused to look upon the
awful scene. Its full, bright rays were illuminating the earth at
`Lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are white
already to harvest."
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midday, when suddenly it seemed to be blotted out. Complete
darkness, like a funeral pall, enveloped the cross. There was dark-
ness over all the land until the ninth hour.' There was no eclipse
or other natural cause for this darkness, which was as deep as
midnight, without moon or stars. It was a miraculous testimony
given by God that the faith of after-generations might be con-
firmed."—" Desire of Ages," pages 904, 905.
5. To save the lost, Christ must die without the presence of
the Father to comfort Him. In this respect, He died as the lost
sinner will die. "He trod the winepress alone." But the - Father
was not far away. "In that thick darkness God's presence was
hidden. He makes darkness His pavilion, and conceals His glory
from human eyes. God and His holy angels were beside the cross.
The Father was with His Son. Yet His presence was not re-
vealed."—" Desire of Ages," page 905.
Notes.
1. Christ could not be holden by death because He was the
Prince of Life. Acts 3:15. Death could not retain dominion
because the eternal Spirit had power over Him. Rom. 8:11. Death
could not hold Him because His righteousness is life. Rom. 8:10.
And as surely as Christ arose from the dead, so certainly will all
the dead who belong to Him come forth from their graves.
2. "As Christ arose, He brought from the grave a multitude
of captives. The earthquake at His death had rent open their
graves, and when He arose, they came forth with him. They
were those who had been colaborers with God, and who at the cost
of their lives had borne testimony to the truth. Now they
were to be witnesses for Him who had raised them from the dead.
. . . These went into the city and appeared unto many, de-
claring, Christ has risen from the dead, and we be risen with
Him.' —"Desire of Ages," pages 943, 944.
3. The work of teaching the Gospel to the people of this
"There shall be delay no longer"—our confidence.
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world is still in progress, and the injunction to pray for the
Holy Spirit is yet an imperative need. "The outpouring of the
Spirit in' apostolic days was the 'former rain,' and glorious was
the result, but the 'latter rain' will be more abundant. All who
consecrate soul, body, and spirit, will be constantly receiving a
new endowment of physical and mental power. The inexhaustible
supplies of heaven are-at their command. Christ gives them the
breath of His own Spirit, the life of His own life. The Holy
Spirit puts forth its highest energies to work in heart and mind.
The grace of. God enlarges and multiplies their faculties, and
every perfection of the divine nature comes to their assistance
in the work of saving souls."—" Desire of Ages," page 993.
4. It was appropriate that the Redeemer should take some of
the trophies of His victory to heaven with Him when He
ascended. Those who came out of their graves when He arose
were representatives of His kingdom, who had lived in different
ages of the world. Rev. 5:9, 10. •
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