The true northerner., 1891-11-11

INTRODUCTORY.
Christ is abou. to leave the world.
Behind him are disciples who have de-
pended upon him. wi he leave them,
uncared for?. Listen to this shepherd
prayer, itself crook to guide and rod
to defend. "Keep" is its Plea, and as
the Master kept his disciples-all who
were his-while here so shall his words
avail to keep now that he is absent from
the eye of sense. Only mind the way,
"sanctify them through thy TRUTH thy
word Is truth.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
These words. He had just given them
a promise of peace and good cheer
Spake OF ordinary converse, intimate,
friendly intercourse Lifted up. Or,
having lifted up, he said. .-Glorify.
Meaning to manifest, |. O., gloriously
Power. Or, authority, eXous.a -
All flesh More than Jew. Give.
Power to give was new thing in the
world
Only true God. The only does not
modify "true" but "God," as If, God,
only and true Whom thou hast sent.
The Greek form is, whom thou hast sent,
Jesus Christ.
i have glorified Aorist, l glorified
-Finished. To bring to completion.
--Gavest Better, hast given.
o Father Or, thou Father, tender
and intimate, yet reverent.--I had. Or
was having Imperfect tense).
Manifested, /. e., made plain, brought
to their senses oS---Gaves me. Better,
hast given.
OF thee Greek para, from thee or
with thee.
For have given. Placed last in the
Greek. The word which thou hast given
me l have given unto them. .-Gavest.
Better, hast given Have received.
The word have should be omitted in all
these cases: thus, received, knew, and
believed. See Variations.
Pray. Or ask. Not the most fire.
quent or explicit word for prayer In
classic Greek il means to ask question.
For the world Or make request
concerning the world.
All mine. The expressive Greek re-
verses this, mine, all
No more. Or, no longer To thee.
The proposition of nearness, PROS
" HON thou hast given ne. The more
literal Greek would seem to connect this
clause with the word name. Thy
name, which thou hast given me-
Are. Better omitted,
My Joy. The poSsessive pronoun here
Is strong word Christ's own joy. -
Fulfilled Or made full, filled up.
Hath hated. Omit the word "hath. :"
(Aorist of the world. Or from the
world. AS source and center
Out Of the world. Or from the world
Prom the evil Balancing the
phrase, out of from the world.
Sanctify. Our word, consecrate, would
more nearly represent the moaning
Through thy truth. Or, in thy truth.
Hast sent Better, didst send. (Aor-
ist Have l also sent? Better, Did I
also send? (Aorist)
They are not of the world. Repeated
for emphasis
They also A strong expression, they
also themselves Through the truth.
Or, in truth, l. @ , truly sanctitied
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
These words spake Jesus and lifted up
his eyes to heaven. What words? Ali
his words. 7 he words of Jesus have
this pledge for their fulfillment, as they
have token of sincerity, In that Jesus
proved them by prayer. He had just
been saying, particularly, "Be OF good
cheer, have overcome the world" hen
that look heavenward. Father, thou
knowest, and thou willest! Surely it
shall be done. So many words are spok-
en- for earth's ears only. Here were
words In the hearing OF heaven; but for
our hel ping, "Be of good cheer!"
Thou hast given him power over all
resh. And now shall all flesh tremble?
1t might well do so before his majesty
and in the knowledge of ones own i'll
desert. Caesar had power, but it was
power to subdue. Nero had power, but
it was power to slay. Christ has power.
What power? Power to save. "That
he should give eternal life" o, poor
child, have you been fearing him AL this
time as il he were tyrant TO over
whelm, or even Judge to punish?
Judge he may be, but not now. To-day
his name is Savior. "Thou shalt call his
name Jesus, for he shall save his people
from their SINS" Go to him.
And this is life eternal. / used to
think it was up there in heaven.
should begin to live the life eternal
| when the days Of earth were ended. Not
so This is life eternal, that they might
know thee, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ whom thou hast sent" II ever /
am TO have eternal life | must have 1t
now. Now or never. If eternal life is
anywhere to be realized and displayed
IL is to be here on Garth. Here is the
place where Jesus is ''sent," and here
we may know him and through him the
Father God forgive us that we have so
sighted and scorned the life that now is.
have finished the work. Take heart,
then, my soul; mine is finished saliva
ton. | need have no fear lest the issue
will go wrong or the work in any wise
fail. IL cannot fad; indeed, IL is already
accomplished. 81 have finished tho
work" Trust Christ's completed work
That which | do is but Gods work in
me. His work for me, done; his work in
me, doing. Yea, rather, also done, and
but to work II out 1t is sweet to be-
| lieve IL so, and to believe that as we fol-
low the leadings of the Spirit we may
also at the last say of our lesser tasks,
81 have finished the work which thou
| gavest me to do"
/ pray for them. That prayer is voic-
| ing itself still, is still being fulfilled
| The work is finished but not the prayer.
The blessed petition of Christ goes on
and on in it's urgency and persuasion,
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