Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-12
JESUS MADE KNOWN.
LESSON XII, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, DEC. IA.

rext of the Lesson, Luke xiv, 2s, AZ.
| Commit Verses 80, 4O-Golden Text,
Luke xiv, 31-Commentary by Rev. ID.
NJ. Stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
| mission of II. s. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel-
phia
2S "And they drew nigh unto the village,
whittier they went; and He made as
though He would have gone further" The
threescore furlongs had been passed over
and probably the two disciples were sur
prised that they had reached the end of
their walk so quickly, for with pleasant
company and such instructive CONVERSE
ton as they had enjoyed long walk
would seem very short one. And now
they have reached the end of their walk,
and He will not further thrust Himself
upon them unless they desire it. He has
enlightened them, and instructed them,
and made them glad; and now it is for
them to say if He shall continue with them
or pass on. How often has He by His
Spirit given us light upon His word both
| in public and in private, but have we
always felt grateful and desired to detain
Him, or have we willingly allowed Him to
pass on. He will not tarry where He is
not wanted,
90 But they constrained Him, saying,
Abide with us; for it is toward evening,
and the day is far spent. And He went in
to tarry with them" Foolish and slow to
believe though they WERE yet He is easily
constrained and goes in to abide with
them. How much they would have missed
if they had allowed Him to pass on.
80 "And it came to pass, MS He sat at
meat with them He took bread and
blessed it, and brake, and gave to them"
1t may not be necessary to see here that
which He instituted on the night of His
betrayal as memorial of His death till He
come again; but the action and the words
are so similar luke xxi, l9) that we can
not help thinking of it, and as they after
ward rehearsed the matter that same night
to the disciples at Jerusalem they told
how He was known to them in breaking of
bread Verse 35).
81. "And their eyes were opened and
they knew Him. and He vanished out of
their sight" In moment they under
stood why they had been so interested;
they knew whose company they had en-
joyed; the report of the women was in
deed true; their own eyes had seen Him.
But He was gone; as mysteriously as He
had joined them (Which perhaps they had
not thought of so He left them; gone in a
moment. So shall it be with us when in
bodies made like unto His phil. iii,
20, 2D we shall reign with Him over the
earth (Rev. V, 8, 10. We shall go here and
there as He may send us, appearing and
disappearing at pleasure, manifest to and
companions of those on the earth, in His
service, but no longer of the earth.
80. "And they said one to another, Did
Il in, tt-hi Ia 10
talked with us by the way, and while He
opened to us the Scriptures" 1t was a
precious heart burn which they enjoyed by
the way: the burning of holy peace and
JOY and delight. because of His presence;
that blessed presence which burns out self
and in, and the world, and self righteous
ness and self pleasing and lays and keeps
us low ut His feet for His service and pleas
ure,
33. "And they rose up the same hour,
and returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and them that
b. were with them" What "A contrast be
5 tween the sad hearts of a few hours before
when they left the city and the joyful
| hearts which they now possess as. unmind
full of threescore weary furlongs, they
speedily retrace their steps.
I 81. Saying, The Lord is risen indeed
= and hath appeared to Simon" Paul also
! mentions this appearance to Peter Il Cor
. XIV, 81. How like our Lord Jesus to ap
t pear specially to that poor, self confident
! disciple whom Satan so severely sifted, bu
/ for whom Jesus prayed. So Godlike, bu
. so unlike what man would do.
3d. "And they told what things wer
done in the way, and how He was know
of them in breaking of bread They tolC
of their sad hearts as they left the city, o
the stranger who joined them, of His ques
tons as if He knew not anything of tn
q events which had happened, how they il
= their simplicity told Him everything
and how He then took up the many refer
% ences to Himself in Moses and tn
10 prophets and made them see and under
=, stand them as they never did before; how
" having arrived at Emmaus, He made a
though He would have gone farther, bu
!, they constrained Him and He went in t
u tarry with them; how He then took brea
= and blessed it and brake it and gave it t
% them and all at once they recognized Him
q but instantly He was gone they knew no
where. They probably also told how
# seemed that they could not get back t
II Jerusalem quickly enough to tell thes
5, glad tidings.
IS SO. "And as they thus spake Jesus Hin
unto them, Peace be unto you" AS the
Up again talk of Him again He is in thei
n midst. This is His fifth appearance on tina
day on which He arose from the dead.
81. "But they were terrified and affrigh
70 ed, and supposed that they had seen
d spirit" How strange a receptionl II
brings peace and proclaims peace, but the
1t are filled with agitation, fear, doubt, III
4. belief. Is it not so still?
IS, "And He said unto them, Why are y
troubledy and why do thoughts arise i
your heartsS' Much of our trouble arise
from thoughts, or, as in the r. ". treason
ings"
2, 80. Behold My hands and My feet ths
it is Myself; handle Me and see; for a spir
hath not flesh and bones as ye see Me have.
If in the things which make us afraid "
n would only see Jesus Himself, that woul
surely dispel our fears.
40. "And when He had thus spoken II
showed them His hands and His feet.
There were the wounds; they could dout
GO no longer.
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