Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Half an Hours study OF tho Scriptures
Time Well spent
The Risen Christ and His Disciples
The lesson for Sunday, Dec. 20, may be-
found In John q! liza.
INTRODUCTORY.
A lesson from the sforty days. days or
matchless Significance in the redemptiye
| story. During this time Christ showed HIM
sell repeatedly TO his disciples There
are seven prominent epiphanies. viz i.
| Christ's appearance 10 Mary Magdalene
| mark 16i q, John 20: 11-1s). 2. To the
! women on their way from the tomb Matt
| $3.50, 10). 3. At Emmaus duke %: 1881
4 To the apostles at Jerusalem John 20; 10.
| SOL. 5. On the seat John 81; 1-13). o. On
| the mountain In Galilee Matt 26: 1929.
2. At his ascension luke "a: so. 81, Acts
| /: 6-12). There we're four other minor or
connected appearances. l. To Simon Peter
| duke "a; 34). .. To Thomas along with the
others John 20: 26-29), 3. To the FIVE hun
| dred brethren q Cor. IS: 16). 4. To James
| a Cor. is; y. Thus arranged the epiph-
anies may DO readily learned by heart.
| they make!
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
After these things. The twenty first
chapter seems like an addendum or an az
terTthought 1t would almost look as IL
| John meant, at first, to close his book with
the last verse OF the preceding chapter.
Happy for us that he did not-Showed
| himself. Or. manifested. To make plain.
visible and palpably real The same word
| used at John 9: g. (9For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested. " So also v. 2,
"When he shall appear
Sons of Zetedee. Greek: they OF Zebe-
dee. Like Mary OF Cleopas. John 10: %.
Two others OF his disciples. Greek
| form: others OF his disciples, two.
go fishing. Literally aud naturally,
am going TO fish We also go with thee.
Graphically, And we are going with thee.
| Entered into. Or, embarked, a nautic-
/ al term. Ship. Better. boat Greek,
/ Caught nothing. Revision, took nothing.
See Variations
When the morning was come. More &C
curately, was coming, l. O., dawning. See
| Variations.--Jesus stood. The stronger
| order of the Greek Is stood Jesus. Shore.
or beach. Both Bible Union, and Revision
prefer the latter.--Knew not. Or per-
ceived not. 1t was still twilight. THAT
IL was Jesus. Greek: That 1t Is Jesus.
Graphic idiom.
Children. A familiar term like the nau-
| tical lads, The Greek Is paidia, literally.
boys.-Have ye any meat? The negative
ne Is used The fuller translation being ye
have no meat, have We? similar express
sion occurs at John 4: IL. Art thou greater
than our father Jacob? Thou art not
greater, art thouY--Any meat Anything
TO eat is nearer the Greek.
On the right side. Greek. Into the right
side, pictorial.--They cast Or, made a
cast. Now. Not in Tischendorf. Multi
! tude. Or, swarm.
1t is the Lord. Greek order: The Lord
IL is-Fisher's coat. The outer tunic.
| Naked. Not precisely; rather, bare,
half-clad. The word is gumnos, from which
our gymnast DIR. Plummer of the Cam
bridge Bible, suggests stripped.
Came to land. Another nautical term,
to disembark modification OF the verb
rendered entered (embarked), V. 3.-Fish.
Better, a fish. Bread, or a loaf CMar-
gin.)
Unto them. Giving them part In the
preparation Of the meaL-Ye have now
caught. Recognizing their part in the
draught, silent as to his own mighty work.
ing.
Went up. Or went on board. Another
form of the same nautical term found in
VS.. 3 and o: embaino, apobaino, anabaino.
Drew the net. Peter still the same In
energetic eadership.-Broken. Or torn,
rent From this word our schism.
Come. A mere exclamation denoting d.
rection, hither or here. CT. Matt. IL rs.
"Come (hither) unto me. Dime. More
accurately, breakfast. The word is usually
applied TO the first meal OF the day,
(arlstos) Ask. A strong word. To make
searching inquiry. See Variations.--It
was the Lord. Greek: ait is the Lordn
Bread. Literally and more LUMINOSITY.
the bread. Fish, or the fish, 1. g., the fish
that was on tho Goals.
Now. Or already, as In Bible Union. See
Variations. Third time. N. b. "to see
his Disciples Third time as respects the
apostles, but not as to individual divulgen-
ces See Introductory. Showed himself.
Or manifested. The Revisers prefer was
manifested. The Greek allows either trans
lation q. e., as middle or passive volce).'
After that he was risen from the dead.
Greek: Jesus showed himself to his dis
ciples, raised from the dead, 1. O., the risen
| Jesus showed himself.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
/ go fishing. Simon Peter spoke better
than ne knew. Fisher OF men he was APP
pointed TO be, and on the day of Pentecost
behold the net fairly breaking with the
great multitude OF fishes. There are differ
ent sorts of fishing IL Peter fshed for
souls with the net, Paul, as IL were piled
hook and line "All things to all men," he
said, "that 1 might by all means savo
S1S AHa so snse The eT oa hs t
he was patiently fishing for souls. Patient
ly. DIR. Wayland Hoyt goes fishing on the
platform for his bass or blue fish OFF the
Jersey shore, and he never fails to capture
his whole audience. There Is something
about this occupation that is OF wonderful
interest TO the rank and file OF men, and its
illustrative power in the gospels behalf Is
unsurpassed. How many teachers are this
day, patiently, diligently fishing for souls?
Is not one reason why so few fish are caught
this. that so few OF us go a-fishing.
Jesus stood on the shore. He Is never far
away from the fishermen. There he is,
close at hand, within hailing distance, aye.
scarce an arms reach away. for does not
he lend a hand, and n mighty hand of help,
in the catch? Jesus standing at the shore
line of our fishing pools think we would
have more heart and hope IL we could but
look up and see him oftener. He is stand
ing there not indifferently, but sympa-.
thizingly and comparatively. He Is there
to make the labor In his name successful
@They knew not that IL was Jesus" Well.
. so IL happens to us at times Some word OF
cheer or counsel comes to us. possibly out
of the Book, and we knew not its heavenly
origin. But afterward i'm the gracious re-
suit we know. IL was Jesus that spake.
He was standing all the while on the shore.
Children, aave We any meat? The con-
siderateness OF Christ. He thinks of our
lower physical wants. he remembers that
we are dust Jesus was in many respects
like mother to those early disciples He
knew what they needed better than they
did themselves. and he gave TO them out OF
his large knowledge and large love. Here,
he does not speak to them first of SPIRITUAL
things, but OF the food that their poor worn
bodies needed. i would learn lesson here.
Sometimes we offer heart-bread before the.
time. The people are hungry and they
need bread for the body. "Gve ye them to
eatn says Christ. Lord teach us the
broadness OF thy sympathy with the sons
of men.
Cast the net on the right side of the ship
and ye shall find Some of us are engaged
IN revival effort. We think we are deeply
Interested In the result We toll, and pray.
and agoniZe. We preach, and plead. and
cast the net again and again But there Isl
some one yet more interested. One who