The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-11-25
The Sunday Schools.
LESSON FOR NEXT SUNDAY.
Fourth Quarter. ....Nov 2s' 1886.
LESSON IX.... Johns Vision OF Christ.
Fourth Quarter
Johns Vision OF Christ.
LESSON IX..
Nov. 2S, 1856.
Rev, l, 4-lS.


John to the seven churches which are in
Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him
which is and which was, and which is to come;
and from the seven Spirits which are before his
throne;
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the first-begotten of the dead, and
the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him
that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
his own blood
And hath made us kings and priests unto
God and his Father; to him be glory and do
minion for ever and ever. Amen.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every
eye shall see him, and they also which pierced
him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wall
because of him. Even so, Amen.
ST am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
The ending, saith the Lord, which is and which
was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
81 IJohn, who also am your brother, and COM
panion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ, as in the isle that is
called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 was in the Spirit the Lords day, and
heard behind me a great voice, of a trumpet,
IL Saying I am Alpha and Omega, the first
and the last: and, What thou seest write in
book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia; unto Ephesus. and unto
Smyrna, and unto Pei gamos, and unto Thyati-
IA, and unto SardiS, and unto Philadelphia, and
unto Laodicea.
u And I turned to see the voice that spaEe
with me- And being turned, 1 saw sew II gold
en- candlesticks;
Is And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
one like unto the Son of man. clothed with
garment down to the foot, and gtrt about the
paps with a golden girdle.
IA His head and his hairs were white like
wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as
flame of fire;
10 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound
of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars
aud out of his mouth went a two-edged sword:
and his countenance was as the sun shineth in
his strength.
II And when 1 saw him 1 fell at his feet
dead. And he laid his right hand upon me-
saying unto me, Fear not; am the first and
the last.
Is I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, be-
hold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have
the keys of hell and of death.
GOLDEN TENT am he that Iiveth, and was
dead; and, behold, am alive for evermore.
Rev. l. Is.
The time Intervening between sixty
eight and ninety-eight, was time of
prosecutions, of Christians, by Roman
authority. Jerusalem is destroyed, the
temple burned, and John is the sole sur
vivor of all the Apostles. Amid all the
prosecutions and discouragements, the
Church still grew, and the grand book of
Revelation was the result of persecution
by Domitian, which sent John an exile to
Patmos. The teaching of the Apostle,
who is left alone IN his old age, bears
upon the glorious trinity-the complete
ness of love and power as shown by the
eternal character of the Supreme Being.
He was in the beginning, is now, and
shall be foreyermore-the first and the
last. This great and wonderful truth
John taught earnestly, prayerfully, con-
Stantly. This wonderful vision of almost
incomprehensible power, God gave to
John during his imprisonment on the
Island of Patmos. The Apostle himself,
faithful and earnest as he was, was en-
tirely' overcome by the wonderful vision.
Thus it is with the Sabbath School
scholar; thus it is with us all. We can
understand many of the mercies and
blessings that we receive, but the Won
derful power Of the Creator is above and
beyond our feeble powers of conception.
Like John we can trust and serve the
Master, faithfully, and thus insure his
presence in time Of need, even in the last
sad scene Of this life, and through his
mercy emerge from the shadow Of that
scene into the glory of Immortality.