Notes, Questions, and Answers on Our Lord's Parables

by Alexander Wilson

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1872 ... THE LOST PIECE OP MONEY. St. Luke Xt. 8-10. 8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the honse, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it. she calleth her friends and her neigh bours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, 1 say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 3STOTES. jT has already been stated that many of our Lord's parables, which at first sight appear to teach exactly the same lesson, exhibit, when more closely examined, important differences. Thus, 'The Mustard Seed ' and 'The Leaven,'--' The Hid Treasure' and 'The Precious Pearl,'--' The Tares ' and 'The Net,'--' The Talents' and ' The Pounds,' are examples of the same general truths taught; but they also contain many essential points of difference. It is the same with the present parable and that which precedes it, viz. 'The Lost Sheep.' In the parable of 'The Lost Sheep,' the restorer of the one that was lost is our Saviour Himself, the second person in the ever Blessed Trinity; in the present parable it is the Holy Spirit, the third person, acting in and through the Church, which, as well as the Divine Wisdom itself, is often personified as 'a woman' (Prov. i. 20, iii. 13, iv. 5; Rev. xix. 7, 8, xxii. 17: see also the parable of 'The Leaven,' St. Matt. xiii. 33). In the next parable, viz. that of 'The Prodigal Son,' God the Father, the jirst person, appears to welcome His repentant son; and thus, in these three parables, we have all the persons of the Blessed Trinity engaged in the work of man's redemption. The piece of money which is here mentioned--the Greek drachma--comes from a word which mean...

64 pages, Paperback

Published February 9, 2012

About the author

Alexander Wilson was an English writer, spy and MI6 officer.

Under his own name and the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Spencer, Gregory Wilson, and Michael Chesney, he penned 24 novels between 1928 and 1940. He wrote a further four unpublished novels and his last spy short story was published in a Faber & Faber collection My Best Spy Story in 1955.

Wilson was a bigamist; only after his death was it discovered that he had four wives, six sons, and one daughter. The 2018 miniseries Mrs Wilson tells the story from the point of view of his third wife, Alison (portrayed by Alexander and Alison's granddaughter: Ruth Wilson).

Librarian note: There are several authors with the name Alexander Wilson