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TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INsrRUo-
TIVE LESSON.
Reflections OF am EIevating Charactcr--
Wholesome Food for Thought = study
ing tho scriptural Lesson Intelllsently
and Probably.


The lesson for Sunday, Dec. IA, may Eo
found In Luke "a: 28-43.
INTRODUCTORY.
This lesson Is m re than a page of history
Il is chapter out OF our common Christian
experience, and it viii be well for tho
teacher TO impress IL as such. Our Lord
came to us In various guises to-day. He Is
with us often when our eyes are holden.
But IL the heart is made right with him, he
gives the sure consciousness that we have
been with him and have learned OF him.
We know IL oftenest by the glow OF tho
heart as VIC percse his Word. II the teach
Ing of this lesson will but lead some hearts
to an apprehension OF this risen Christ. IL
Will accomplish the purpose for which IL
wcs, we may say, intended.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
And. Following Immediately upon the
last lesson.-Village. A country town. In
Luke S: @City and villagen are spoken of
together, as apparently comprehensive of
the Inhabited parts OF the country
Whittier. The end of their journey. EN-
maus.--They went Better. they are go-
Ing; imperfect tense.-Made as though or
seemed about to- See Christ on the sea,
Mark 6: As.
They Constrained. To press or urge effect
ually. So Lydia, Acts is: 15.--Abide with
US, or remain. From this Lytis' well-lxnown
hymn.-Far spent Rather closed. The
day was already closed.-Tarry. Rather
Yet believed not. Or, ia,her, disbelieved
(apisteo). ).-For joy. Luke, be it remem-
bered, was physician accustomed TO no.
tice and diagnose symptoms.--Wonderc
The apparent manifestation of their disbe-
lief Probably they were holding alcof as
IL content with the joy Of seeing his face.
Broiled fish. An article of human diet.
Eat Proof indisputable of his living en-
iity. They brought spices for the dead; he
asked meat for the living.
WHAT THE + ssON TEACHES
lney constrained him. 1t Is the way
we speak. Christ rather constrained them.
He drew their hearts out toward him, and
when at last they were wholly yielded TO
him, then he himself was @constrained;n he
goes in @t0 tarry with them.n Blessed Mas
ter, thou wilt be constrained of us when we
are constrained of thee. Thou wilt swectly
@abide with us" when we abide in thee In full
surrender of soul. Rev. ii. Q. G. Moule. In
his recent suggestive work on the Holy
Spirit ("Veni Creator"), defines the secret,
using Bishop O'Brien's term, as "personal
intrustment" We find Christ revealed Ia
the Word. "Our part is,n he says, "to
take the promise as It stands, TO take the
thing In the envelope of the promise, and
to act upon its holy presence and reality.
Well has it been said that weak faith may
indeed do but weak work, but that IL can
open a door"
30 Son OF God, who lowest me.
will be thine alone;
And all have, and all / am
Shall henceforth be thine own
Did not our heart burn within us. How
much of that hoart-burning is there IN the
church of Christ to-d day? An old Purltap,-
---tat--e5 A. Ai- rsfsfsutO ~ tnc EpneSlanSs Sdld
that "Christ might bc present in the Temple,
In the church of the believers being. and
yet he might not be sitting enthroned In its
choir.n o for heartier and more frcqueDt
TIE Deums. o for more of Gods people. Do
you glow on the reading of the word? Does
your soul exult as you review the provi.
dences OF the day? When was tho last
time that you warmed at the preaching OF
the gospel, as in the course of the public
prayer? 1t is the sensitive soul that sees
the Savior, it is the re ccptive heart that re-
ceives him.
@Come Holy Spirit. Heavenly Dovc,
With all thy Quickening powers,
Kindle flame OF sacred love,
In these cold hearts of ours.n
They rose up the same hour. 1t was too
good to keep to themselves. They must &C
at once and tell the good news. Alas that
we should lie so reticent of the blessings
that arc ours. 1t must be a very weak
hope that will lie silent about IL. Tho
visitation must have been very indistinct
one, IL IL bring no tribute to the top. The
first inclination of the newborn soul Is to
bring another into the same gracious light
Andrew girst findeth his own brother. n--
@Philip fndeth Nathaniel" What OF fnd-
to-day! here Is n tcNJ lOf us all, tnc WOfu
spoken by the enriched outcasts of the gate
In Kings z: o. 9And they said one to an
other, we do not we'll; this day is n day OF
good tidings, and we hold our peace; II We
tarry till morning light, some mischief VIII
come upon us; now, therefore, come, that
we may go and tell the kings household"
And as they thus spake, Jesus.--Yes, wo
understand. They were speaking about him.
lovingly, trustingly, and there he was In
their midst. Their tender remembrance
brought him TO them, their faith and ycarn-
ing efectually drew him. Aye, their COM
munications, born of the Spirit, were his
avant couriers I'm word and, as little
while before on the Emmaus road, the glow
OF heart experienced was but the heat OF
that very flame of love that was so near
So then let us often speak of him. Talk OF
his love, pray for his large presence and
power. aLet the redeemed of the Lord say
sou OF old, when they had not the per-
sonal presence OF the Lord, Malachi tells
us that they athought upon his name;n and
IL was while "they that feared the LORD
spoke often one TO another" that "the Lord
hearkened and heard" Surely, he was not
far away. Nor is he absent far from the two
or three gathered in his name to-day. @L0.
here am in the midst"
He showed them his hands and his feet
John says yet more significantly; "Ht
showed them his hands and his sides.r
Blessed intimation; may we put 1t In verse
Their trust and their Joy had declined,
And they knew not what Ill did betide.
But sweet peace i'm dark trouble thoy find
When he showed them his hands and his
side.
Doubt, dread and discomfort arose,
Unfaith lid with sorrow abide,
All these were but timorous foes
When he showed them his hands and his
side.
They knew not the mystery deep,
Dark vapors their faith did o'erride,
But from dungeons and pit did they leap
When he showed them his hands and his
side,
Poor weakllngs, their strength wholly gone.
swooned their hope with the Christ cruel
fed;
But new power from God they put on
When he showed them his hands and his
side.
Faith, peace and bright hope and swift Joy,
Cleans OF ecstasies not yet deserted,
Throng, like angels from heavens employ
When he shows us his hands and his side
Next week-aJcsus' Parting Words" Luke
"a; l4-53.
BORROWED BRIGHTNESS.
NIP and tuck--a cocktail and ham
sandwich.
sCprAr cry and little wool. was what