Who are represented by those who came early into the vineyard?

Ans. The Jews.

Who are represented by those who came late into the vineyard?

Ans. The Gentiles.

THE GREAT SUPPER.

What was the conduct of those who were first invited to the great supper?

Ans. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it I pray thee have me excused.. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. LUKE xiv. 18-20.

Who were then invited?

Ans. Then the master of the house said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. LUKE xiv. 21, 23.

LESSON XIII.

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.

Whom does the rich man represent ?
Ans. The Jews.

As a Jew, whom does he have for religious teachers and guides?

Ans. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets : let them hear them. LUKE xvi. 29.

Who was the father of the Jewish people?
Ans. Abraham.

Whom does Lazarus represent?

Ans. The heathen world.

Where does the rich man behold Lazarus? Ans. And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. LUKE XVI. 23.

What did this signify?

Ans.

That the heathen are included in the

promise to Abraham.

Repeat the promise to Abraham?

Ans. In thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. GEN. xii. 3.

LESSON XIV.

THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD.

Who were first called to serve God?
Ans. The Israelites.

Were other nations to be called into the service of God?

Ans. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel. ISA. lv. 5.

How many nations should come into the service of the Lord?

Ans. Then thou shalt see and flow together, and thine heart shall fear and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. ISA. lx. 5.

Were any laborers left unemployed?

Ans. Not one.