Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-31
CHRIST AT THE WE'LL
LESSON v, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 2.

M. stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of ii. S. Hoffman, publisher, Phil
adelphial
5. "Then cometh lie to city Of Samaria,
which is called Sychar, near to she parcel
of ground that Jacob gave to his son 10
seph."
After the passover Jesus and His dsci.
Piles tarried in Judea, aud many came ia
Him and were by His disciples baptized
(chapter Ill, 20; iv, 1,2). John hearing thiI
rejoiced greatly and was in no way jeal-
Gus, for his joy was to have people follow
Jesus (iii, 20, 30). Jesus, leaving Judaa
for Galilee, and passing through Samaria,
stops ut Sychar. Here was Abrams first
resting place and altar in the promised
land, and here the Lord appeared to him
(Gen. xii, g. y. Here also the bones of Jo-
seph were buried Josh. xiv, 32). 1t is
about thirty-four miles north of Jerusa-
lem.
Q. "Now Jacobs we'll was there. Jesus
therefore, being weared with His journey,
sat thus on the well. 1t was about the
sixth hour"
See the true humanity of Jesus. He was
a real man; long walk made Him tired.
His body, although sinless, needed food
and drink and rest, just as ours do. He
was touched with the feeling of our in
flrmities and can have compassion on us
Q1eb Nv, 10; V, q. When you are weary
just tell Him. for He has not forgotten how
it feels, and He feels for you.
Z. "There cometh woman of Samaria
to draw water; Jesus saith unto her, Give
me to drink"
Jesus knowing all people and all peo-
pies hearts, knew just how to approach
each Of them He asks this woman to do
Him favor by giving Him drink of
water, while in His heart lie thought of
the living water which she needed.
8. "For His disciples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat"
Although he had fed millions Of people
for forty years with bread from Heaven,
and could have commanded birds or an
angel to bring food, as in the case of Elijah,
yet we never find Him working miracle
for His own benefit
8. "rhe Jews have no dealings with the
Samaritans.'
The woman is surprised at His request
and gives this as her reason.
TO- "lf thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to
drink, thou wouldest have asked of Him.
and He would have given thee living
water"
Thus replied Jesus, not needing her qucs-
ton and statement, but, as in the case of
Nicodemus, regarding only her soul and its
welfare.
II. "Sir, thou hast nothing to draw WITH
and the we'll is deep-from whence then
hast thou that living water?"
u a 4 10 al 1,
manifest in Nicodemus, proving that the
natural man cannot understand the things
of God.
IL. art thou greater than our father
Jacob which gave us the well"
10. Jesus answered and said unto her,
whatsoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again"
Needless of her foolish questions He keeps
to His subject, contrasting the natural wa
ter, of which she knew, with the spiritual
or living water, Of which she knew moth
ang.
IA. "But whosoever drinketh of the water
that shall give him shall never thirst"
Or, rs He said in chapter vi, 49, Gle that
cometh to Me shall never hunger and he
that believeth on Me shall never thirst"
"But the water that | shall give him
shall be in him well of water springing
up into everlasting life"
1t is Himself, the fountain, that lie gives
to all who receive Him.
10. "Sir, give me this water, that thirst
mot, neither come hither to draw"
She is becoming interested, she forgets
the barrier between jew and Samaritan;
she asks of Him, but she knows not what
she asks, for she still thinks only of this
water and this well.
10. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy
husband. and come hither."
Having asked for the water which He
had TO give, He will now prepare her to re
ceive it, and the first step must be convic-
tion of sin In order to the acceptance of
Himself rs Gods righteousness.
II. 81 have no husband. Jesus saith unto
her, Thou hast well said, have no hus-
band"
She thought to deceive him, she knew
Him not, nor for moment imagined that
He could read her inmost thought.
10. For thou hast had five husbands;
and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband; in that saidst thou truly"
All things are naked and opened unto
the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
''Sir, perceive that thou art prophet"
1lsr conscience has been aroused, her
eyes are being opened; she finds that she is
talking with no ordinary man.
20. "Our fathers worshiped in this noun
tain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the
place where men ought to worship
She would fain turn away from the sub
ject of her own sin and lead the converse
ton into another channel.
81 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, be
lieve me, the hour cometh when We shall
neither in this mountain nor yet mt Jeru-
salem, worship the Father"
He does not insist that Jerusalem is tho
place. He directs her away from places of
worship to the great and only object of
worship, even God the Father Neither
place nor sect are the all important points,
but an honest, humble heart
p Eye worship We know not what. We
know what we worship, for salvation is of
the Jews"
God was pleased to reveal Himself in Is
rael and through Israel to other nations.
% But the hour cometh, and now is.
when the true worshipers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth, for the
Father seeketh such to worship Him"
Notice the words land now isl in verses
81, %.
"a. God is Spirit, and they that wor-
ship Him must worship Him in spirit and
in truth"
What word is here for us, with our
fine church buildings, and splendid music,
and attractive ritual which we call Worship
IS ~ know that Messias cometh, which