The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-10

IN the Lord. and my spirit hath rejoiccd 4
q God my Sayiour.-Lnke l:s6. a.
n TiNE-Eariy in April. H. c. g ii.
"a months after the last lesson.
10 PfAcE-At tho Home Of Zacharia
a and Elizabeth. the parents Of John III,
: Baptist in the hill country Of Judea
). probably a. Hebron; about twenty mile,
% south Of Jerusalem.
SfKcrn>TANcEs-An Another beam from
the new Era that Is about 70 dawn nov
lights az the horizon. Six months after
the announcement 70 Zzcharizs that he
. should have son who should be the
}. forerunner Of the Messiah. the angel
. Gabriel announced 70 Mary that she
' should Dc the mother Of the Messiah
; himself. The beautiful hymn OF our
lesson to-day expresses her feelings In
view Of this blessing.
MARY THE MOTHER or JEsrs-(f) Her
I name Mary. or Miriam. being the
name OF the great sister Of Moses. was
one 81 the most common Of Jewish fc-
male names--SadIer. CD Lineage.
Very little is told OF Mary's parentare.
but II IS continually implied that she
was OF the royal line OF DAVID. Tradi-
ton calls her mothers name Anna. n
tne genealogy given in Luke is really
that OF Mary land Of Joseph only by
marriage and adoption. as is almost Ger
tain. then her fathers name was He'll.
she was kinswoman OF Elizabeth. the
mother OF John the Baptist tl:ss). and
she had sister. Mary. the wife Of Clo-
pas tJohn ls:@5l. 81 Her home was in I
Nazareth Of Galilce. 81 circumstances
IL is implied in the Gospels that she was I
IN humblc circumstances. perhapS An
orphan. as nothing Is said of her family
she was doubtless quite young. as girls
were betrothed At an early age. Sho
was oetrothed 70 Joseph. carpenter OF
Nazareth Some think he was 4 widow
er, and that the brethren II the Lord
were his children BY a former MARRIAGE
90 Appearance. Tradition. not vcrv
ven founded, says that Mary was OF
middle height fair complexion. blonde
hair light hazel eyes She was beauti-
fui' without pride. simple, serious and
earnest She delighted to sing the
fsa ms OF David and all loved her for
ner kindness and modesty. 90 The An
nunciation- While Mary was betrothed.
out before her marriage. IL was An
nounced TO her that she should be The
mother OF the Saviour OF tho world. the l,
promised virgin whose son should Ia ,
Emmanuel God with u.s. II Is well "a q
'rmember how sublime her faith muss :;
lave oeen- how perfect her conservation S
low heroic her character. that she should y
e willing 70 accept this Divine trnst
IS 0odet remarks. she Thereby becomes Il
re-eminently tho heroine. the IDEAL %
augn'er q Zion, the perfect type %
uman reccptivity in regard 70 the Di- "a
Inc work For ''she does this with "
ae knowledge that il must subject her fr
the suspicion of her husband and To
ossioie enlargement from him. 70 scan n,
~ among her neighbors. to the impair iol
q o. that fair fame which is dearcr "a
ie maiden than life itself. In tact. her a.
nsoand did suspect her and would have nc
vorced her but for Divine revelation Co
iatt- l:l9. gu Tho latter rabbinical
'oks accuse Mary or : violation or ber !,
Arriage vows, and il would appear from prs
e innuendoes Of Christ-s accusers fhat
- charge was secretly whispered ~ i
= own lifetime (John 7:27: SEM vi
'DotL She could not then know that
y innocence was TO be v:ndicated ~ ~
angelic messenger, but she left All ~ aas
O. relying on the promise. .Commit n
way unto the Lord and put N = trr.t Cur
nm, ana lie shall bring it to pass; !,
snail make thy righteousness a. SON
~ a the light and thy just dealing as M
; MONDAY WI
'Insr STASzA-Praise for Personal 4
essings- Vers. 46-4s. 20. Nv souy dofh Int
ynyy me Lord. sam. I'll: Pa ss-o -
Inc soul Is the natural life with ali
anections and emotions: the shirt a.
diyiner and loftier region OF our be-
a Ihess- 5:23; Cor. 210l.-Cam- q
ige Bible But the words soul ana =
az are generally employed in the
iptures in an indiscriminate way.
as denoting the whole mind or in
man--Prof. ID. r. Goodwin. d. d. 4
rn.fg ne Lard. Not make God great
n reality. but in the feelings and n
Of herself and the people. To 2
Sc 70 cxtol.-P
EcoSD STASzA-Praise for Gods
dness and Mercy.-vers. ~. 80. 20. -
Hs that u mighty. the Omnipotent
AS the angel had said to her Ever. -
with God nothing shall be impos-
n VI - tnc resl>OrS translate. mo
Of God shall be void OF power b,
teachings Of these words goes far Gv,
md the conception BY virgin. or anJ
other miracle in the world OF time -
sense" ~
IRD SrASzA-Praise for Gods Deeds iS
iight--Vers. 81, 50. The verbs ~ Sem
. verses are all in the aorist tense ach'
ek), "and represent the Hebrew con-
ct - expressive OF general truths ONLY
future events. regarded in the due,
hecy - having already taken cent
;, because what God says Is a Ger. =.
- II i had already taken place. .G.s
rRTH STANzA-Praise for Gods ~
ent O. His Promises. 81. 81 neal
ik hath holpen fhelpcd) Hi serranf ~
a. fsrad The whole history OF - men
from the beginning was one contin- the l
record Of what God had made then s
What God had done for them n and
1traneS II HI mercy, or thar Ia o;sts
remember. God does this to man n.v
His faithfulness to His prom:ses.