The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-17

July 10 1901.
Especially Arranged from 5. s oua-tcriy.1
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oolpES TExr-This D.sinniny Of miracles
dfd Sesns in Cans a. Oalilcs. and manifested
forth His gIoy.--Johu s:li
CES7RAL TKU5h-Jss1s ssncsines and b,ess
e our daily life
THE the latter pan % Hsbr1sry. o. cary
March. A D. =. -Four dnys sesg o. Lass -
son
PrAcE-cans o. Caiilss. s@ghs % nins mzlss
northeast Of Nazareth
CxncUMsTAncES LIN our last eSson 10 Nm
Jesus just starting from Bethany Bethabura),
on His way TO His home n Caller He had nvo
o. six disciples and On III third 6Ay reached
Cana the home % Nath Snnel (3essholomew1.
where doubtless He stopped TIL he W. IN
vised % the wedding. vhsro 70 nnd Him %
day.
HRLps ovKR Ham PLAcn-i. The third
day" after leaving Bethabars a: - The
mother OF Jesus Vas there:" from her familiar
actions II Il supposed she vas relative 3
Jesus vas called (orinvited); since His MOTH
% was there and He Himself would be . promi
nent euest In village. Jesus went 20 the we'd
ding feast and thus sanctifed the home. the
wedding. and innocent social Joys And His dis
elples:~ Andrew. Peter. John. Philip. Nathan-
aeh and probably James tsee last iseson).
failed perhaps on account OF this increase IL
the numbcr Of gucstx Woman" Greek.
lady. term Of respect what have 70 DO
with ihecy' 1 O. I'm no longer subject % your
centred - heretofore. but 20 Ny Heavenly "a
shcr who henceforth tells Ne uhat % do
Hls Divine nature. or the hour Of His public
manifestation . the Messiah His mother
saith: :" implying that she had confidence that
He would come 70 their help In some way. He
did NOT refuse her request but put Il on the
right basis of Divine and not human commend
meut '-stx waterpotss- stone Jars. In. The
cours or outer room. .Purifying:~ Is the J6ws
then ate nos with spoons and kniv e and forkR
but with their nngerA these frequent wash
ings we're very necessary -Firksns:" the He
brew bath-sbout nine gallons 4 Governor
Of the FEAST" the friend who had general
charge. 10 when men have we'll drunk" o.
drunk freely and their taste Il dulled IL does
not imply that any OF this company werc fnfox-
cased. but - . provcrbial statement Good
wine Of the best flavor; Of peculiarly delicious
aroma and taste IL beginning Of Miracles
the nrst that Jesus ever did "airaclcs:~ here
signs wonders done ~ . sign Of Christ's NJ
ture and truth His glory" His true nature =
His goodness and power. His disciples b.
lieved:" their faith. begun few days beforev
vas now con1-med and settled
LxssoS coxarExrs.
The last verse Of the lesson contains
the truth upon which stress should b
laid: This beginning Of miracles did
Jesus in Cana of Galilee. and man.
tested forth His glory: and His disciples
believed on Him" The question now
arises, how did Jesus BY this miracle
manifest forth His glory? To this we'
reply:
He manifested His glory by the cxer-
else Of creative powers No miracle
had been wrought by the hand Of man.
that we know Of. for over four centuries-
John worked no miracle. IfJesus were
greater than John the Baptist, il was
but natural 20 expect greater works
from His hand A Messiah without :
miracle would hnvo been An anomaly.
The Messiah was 20 be prophet like
unto Moses. Hut Moses was : great
miracls-worlrer. and = prophet devoid
Of this power would Be very unlike his
great predecennng. Any other miracle
would avo.sh0Wn forth the powers u
Christ - fully = this one did The
glory lay not IN making wine ont Of
water. but in The proof that with Him
was the mAr1cie-worklng power.
There was another way, however, in
which this particular wedding miracle
manifested forth the glory Of Christ
We mnst never forget that John the
Baptist was : strict ascetic- His gar
ments were q rough camers hair. his
food the plainest Of the plain, even To-
Gusts and wild honey. The type Of
piety hs displayed was. like that Of
Elijah. stern uncompromising. and.
withal.. unsociaL Il breathed Of tho
Old Testament, and not Of the New.
II WINS well enough in is way, but
there was . more excellent way than
that To withdraw from human so
ciety for the sake Of religion may BE-
good, but 70 mingle with society for the
sake Of religion Is better. Had tho
type q religion excmpliied BY John
the baptist prevailed and become the
final form Of Christianity, great evil
would have resulted Not BY an un-
sPoeted seciuslon rom the world. but
~ an unspotted mingiing with inc
World = me largest usefulness % %
gained From the time o. simon
Styntes down almost unmixed evil has
resulted rom . mistaken espousai o.
the J0|In-Ine- i0D[1Hf 1Vno Of rEIlVInn-