The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-11-12
THE sUNOAY-sCHoOL.
Christ's Prayer for Ilis Disciples : JON
I7:I-1o-- Memory Verses 17-1O.

Especially Arranged frop, g. s. Quarterly
LESSON ron NOVEMBER 10, 1891.
GOLDEN TEyr.-He ever l,veth to make fntcr-
cession for thcln.-Heb. 725
CENTRAL TfuTu.-Jesus' prayer en- earth .
type Of the prayer He Is ever making for us I'M
Heaven.
T1ME.-Thursday evening, very late, April q
A. Ds5O. Imne lately following the last lesson
PLACE.-An upper room in Jerusalem
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs.-1. The hour
is GOMEZ" tho hour OF orucifxion tho ccntrul
point Of Ills rcdeeming work. "Glorify Thy
SOM" manifest Ills glory by making His mis-
sion success. by raising Him from the dead
and placing Hin at Thy right hand in Heaven
'Thy Son . glorify Thee:" the atonement
and redemption in Christ manifested Gods
love and wisdom, which are His glory. Z
External life:" truo spiritual life, begun herey
but which cndures forever 8 This is lif0
eternal. that they might know Theo;' by ox-
| pcrionce, by paitaking CT Gods nature. Such
| knowledge implies that they have eternal life.
| s. (which had with Thco:" (Soe John 1:13s
| Heb. 1:1-3) G. Thy narlc:" the outward rep
| rcsentation of Coi's nature and character. 10.
| 'All Mine arc Thiro:' Cod aud Christ one
| II. THAT they may be ones" not uniformity,
! but unity; not oneness Of organization. but OF
| life and love; the unity of vine, with one life,
one root, but many branches; the unity OF an
army, with many departments and regiments.
! Christians have tho same spiritual life tho
same leader, the same law tho same purpose
mutual love. H. THAT tho Scripture might
| be fullloG:' Us. IL - (JDGn lJ:lb) lie ulu nos
fall because 1t was in tho Scripture; but
but when he fell Il was seen that he had vol
unfairly fulfilled tho prediction. IA. They aro
not of the worid' hut arc under o different mas
ter, living different life. Is. II pray not that
| Thou shouldcst take them cut Of the world:~
| He would not have thcrl with Him yet, nor
| would He have them escape from the active
tempting world; for-Q) They were to be Hi
representatives on GARTH they wero Ito be the
worlds Bible" () They wero needed in the
| IN n igt'a W tn on
| kingdom to success 90 They nee led to ro-
| main in the world for their own discipline and
growth Of character. Keep them from tho
evil:'' the evil is not Chiefly sorrow nor re-
proach nor poverty nor misfortune persc-
cution nor doatn, but sil, and the wretched-
ness it causes to pcrvGlo all these things.
LESSON COMMENT.
Next TO the prayer of Solomon at the.
dedication of the temple, this is the
longest prayer in the Bible. 1t brought
that tender interview in the upper
chamber to close. After the Offering
of the prayer, the Master went forth
with His disciples to the Garden Of
Gcthsemane. This prayer Except
verses 20, 31) applies first to the apostles.
and in a secondary manner to all be-
levers. In this prayer there are three
petitions offered by Jesus, which may
well claim our special attention.
() Jesus prays that His disciples
may be kept. "IIoly Father, Keep those
whom Thou hast given Ne" Verse 11).
Jesus knew full well the dangers, temp
tations and prosecutions to which they
, were to be exposed. He longed for
their spiritual safety, and hence His
! prayer for their continued preservation.
(2) Jesus prays that they may be
] sanctified. "Sanctify them through
Thy truth; Thy word is truth" (verso
~. To sanctify means to make holy.
The Master knew well that His apos-
ties were only frail disciples as yet,
who needed much grace, in order to full
] fill their duties as apostles. There was
still great deal of earthliness about
them, as was made manifest that very
night in the Garden of Gethsemane.
when they all forsool1 Him and fed.
3 (3) Jesus prays that they may be uni
fed. "That they may be one, as We
are" (verse 11). There was danger that
when He left them they would split up
into antagonistic parties. Remember
~ that that very evening at the table OF
the Lords Supper they had shown q
spirit of emulation and antagonism,
= which He Himself had hardly been able
to suppress. Imagine, then, what they
would do, were the same spirit to ami
mate them after He had left them.
They would simply break in pieces, in
their vehement advocacy Of their indi-
vidual claims In this way all the
work that Jesus came down from
! Heaven to do, and for which He gave
His life, would be frustrated. Now we
can see in measure how wisely Jesus
prayed for His disciples, and how i'm
7 portant for them and for the world II
! was that they should be KEPr-sANCTI
FIED-UNIFIED.
In verse 20, the prayer of the Master
broadens out and takes in all the world
"Neither pray 1 for these alone, but fol
! them also which shall believe on Ml
|. through their word" Among this mum
ber are we. Each believer in this day
= believes because of the "word" or testi
n. mony of these apostles. And SO eacl
"a believer may be comforted by the fac,
:. that even when on earth, Jesus prayei
: for him.
y Q) We need to be kept. Many per
1s son starts well, and gives good promis>
m of usefulness yet this promise is neyel
,ts fulfilled. Not he that starts, but h,
all that endures to the end, is the one VIII,
"a is to be saved. But if we put ourselves
in the hands of Jesus, and rest there, HI
'i will keep us safe; for He is able to keel
ie' that which we commit to His charg
ur against that day.
(2) We need to be sanctifed or mad
holy. How much we all need this vii
TN be apparent as soon as we compare our
go selves with Gods law and His hol,
be standard of living. 'Thou shalt Low
be thy ncighbor as thyself," says Chris,
Let anyone measure himself by thi
standard, and he will not long boast c
ed his excellence of character.
na (3) We need to be unified. The churc
90 has been much hindered, and muc
shame has been brought upon the caus
eh of Christ by the dissensions of churc