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Christ MANNING Lazaru..
The lesson for sunday, oct. 4, may DO
found In John IL; 21-44.

Christ Raising Lazarus.
The lesson for sunday. Oct. 4. may DO
found In John IL; ELIZA.
INTRODUCTORY.
This lesson on the resurrcctionfs ospe-
eially reasonable to-day. Now that the
leaf Is whitening and the flower and fruit
are departing We need the hope OF spring.
time 20 sustain our joy. For such times as
these Is the doctrine OF the resurrection
sent. The fact OF the resurrection we shall
know by and by. But even to-day faith
fastens hold upon It's true substance In the
very person OF Jesus Christ, who Is himself
the resurrection and the life. sCome
Forth! ~ Is the name OF a story by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps, one OF the most stirring I'm
the library OF recent Biblical fiction. May
that word spoken with divine eficacy 10
Lazarus awake other dead ears to hearing
In our Sunday schools to-day.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Then. Rather as In Revision, therefore.
Since she had hurried out TO meet Jesus. -
Unto Jesus. Proposition pros In the Greek.
graphically representing her as confront
Ing him and abruptly appealing 10 him.
That even now. Even now / know Is
nearer the form OF the original; see Varia-
tions.--Whatsoever thou wilt ask, As IL
TO say. @with thee. asking Is getting. -
regards the first part, the asking Thus;
"WLatsoever thou mayst ask, God will
give.n
Shall rise. Better as In Bible Union YER
SION, will rise again. Simple future.
Resurrection. Same word as the verb
Just before. thus: He shall rise again In
the rising again (Anastasis).
l. The personal prOnoun Is here mark
eddy emphatic, being apart from the verb
which follows and opens, as 1t does, the
sentence.-In me. Greek, into mo- Per-
sonal entrustment Though he were
dead. Or. as in Revision, though he die, or
should die, general statement.
Liveth. The In (eis) Is to be connected
with this verb as we'll as with believeth.
which follows, 1. e., liveth In me.--Never
die.-Two negations lou. mel. an en-
however, 1t would be, not die into the
eternities.
/ believe Literally, have believed. Per-
feet tense, the sense being that she had for
some time so believed, or had come to be-
lieve. 1t was not wholly new apprehen-
sion. The yea. Lord. may, however, imply
a new application OF this accepted truth.
which should come. Greek, Is coming
Present participle.
Called Mary secretly. But the word called
here signifies usually 10 call aloud (phoneD,
the same word occurring twice in this SEN
tence. We incline to the reading of the
Margin, which connects the adverb with
the second verb, along with which indeed
1t stands In the Greek, l. G., saying Sc
cretly.
AS soon as she heard, or as she heard.
l. e., rising with the hearing.
Literally and more graphically, rises. the
tense changing here to the present. See
Bible Union.
Town, or village. country town.
Where Martha met him. Or II we adopt
the fuller translation of this same verb as
IL occurs in " 20. we should read, Where
Martha had gone to meet him.
ComfOrted her. Or, were comforting her.
The word means TO speak to, hence, to
soothe. or quickly. Same word
as In v. 20 above. Saying Literally,
supposing (See Variations) The direct
quotation, however which follows, the
word being put subjectively, makes the
King James rendition more luminous
To weep there, or wall Hence their services
would, according to the custom OF the time.
be all the more needful The same word is
applied to Rachel weeping for her children.
Matt 2: 1S
And saw him. Or, seeing him bible
Unionl. The Greek. all through here. is
thou hadst been here. Repeating what
Martha had said Perhaps the sisters had
been saying it to each other ever since the
sad decease.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
/ am thu resurrection and the life. Why
then wait any longer for resurrection JOY
or for the assurance OF life eternal? We
have Jesus. Is not that enough-till the.end
come? Martha had just been saying: GLord,
IL thou hadst been here.n So often 1t Is on
our own lips. In temptation, in loss In
bereavement-sLord. II thou hadst been
here.n Dear soul, dost thou not know he Is
here. Speak not with Martha of a @last
day." as IL hope alone were here to-day and
faith and love had no portion in this life.
Visit ye not? gNow abideth faith, hope, and
love, and the chlefest of these is love
Christ taken in faith is a present day res
direction; Christ taken in love Is eternal
life here and now.
@Peace, perfect peace! with loved ones fas
away;
In Jesus keeping we are safe, and they"
Believest thou this? And now know
what faith is. 1t is a personal matter, In
tensely personal Hear Jesus: aHe that
believeth in me. though he we're dead, yet
shall he live.v This is faith enunciated,
but not yet faith. Hear him again: sand
shall never die. Believeth thou this?"
Here is "faith delivered personally de-
livered; but IL Is not yet personal faith
But now listen: "Yea, Lord, 1 believe
that thou art the Christ q" This. this is
faithl Faith is not doctrine stated. nor
even doctrine accepted and in a sense APP
piled. Faith is Christ believed, the per-
sonal Christ personally espoused. Before
there can be faith there must come some
trembling soul saying. humbly, trustingly,
"Yea, Lord.n And here, at last, Is faith
and JOY among the angels.
1t is latter day message to every child OF
God. 1.-THE Master Is come;r yes, you know
that. Long ago you received him into your
heart by faith, and you know that his SAL
walton is yours. But listen now; that Is
not all there is another messages; 1He
calleth for thee.n Then he must have
something more for you. Yes, more and
more, and always more to follow. II am
Gomez Christ says, sithat they might have
life.n Most of us have been satisfied with
that But go on; @and that they might
have IL more abundantly.n Have you
that? o brother, friend. whatever Christ
has brought in the past he still calls you,
he has more TO bestow. What shall we do7
See Mary. aAs soon as she heard that she
arose quickly, and came unto him.
GGod calling yet
Shall not hear2n
Jesus wept. Two little words. but what
burden they carry! Two words; two
worlds. indeed, OF sympathy and tender
ness. What did It mean when Christ weptl
What does IL mean when weep? IL con-
fesses brokenness of spirit. IL signifies UNI
doneness of soul. 1t means that my yearn-
ings have outstripped my abilities, and
cannot do all that l would. And did it
mean less I'm our Lord? The sisters grief
was to him a personal grief. so near and
intimate as to be his very own. And the
consciousness of the limitations thrown
about him by unfaith and the disabilities
of the fiesh-how could that but have been
crushingl How much he would do for
them how little they would let him dol
Nay. those tears were not borrowed tears.
1t was true burst OF sorrow, 1t was real
weeping Our Lord was vertically touched
with a feellng OF our inhrmities That Is
the reason why so many of us come with
perfect confidence, 9unto the throne OF
grace, that we may obtain mercy. and ind
grace to help in time OF needr A weeping
Savior is our throne OF grace.
Loose him and let him GO But Jesus did