Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-08-28
CHRIST AT THE FEAST.
LESSON TX, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG 30.

John vii, 37-Commentary by the Rev.
ID. NJ. stearns.
compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of ii. S. Hoffman, publisher, Phil
adelphia.l
81. "And many of the people believed on
Him, and said, When Christ cometh, will
He do more miracles than these which this
man hath doner"
The lessons of the fifth chapter were
based upon the incidents connected with
one of the feasts of the Jews; those in the
sixth chapter were associated with the
mama and the passover feast; these are in
connection with the feast of tabernacles
Verse y. which points us forward to the
coming kingdom of Israel and the time of
blessing upon all nations Czech xiv, l6, ~.
32. "The Pharisees heard that the people
murmured such things concerning Him;
and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent
officers to take Him."
Always hating Him, and always seeking
to kill Him, but unable to touch Him till
His work was done (chapter viii, 90; xiii, y.
Protesting to he children of God and the
true seed of Abraham, they made it manifest
by their conduct that they were not truly
of God nor of Abraham, but rather of their
father, the devil (chapter viii, 42-i4)
3D. "Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a
little while am with you, and then go
unto Him that sent me-"
Over thirty times in this gospel He
speaks of the Father sending Him.
a. "Ye shall seek me and shall not find
me. And where | am, thither we cannot
come"
Now, He had before said that ale that
seeketh fndeth" (N1ath. vi, 81, but there is
no contradiction. We must only take His
sayings in the light of all his other say
ings, aye shall seek me, and find me,
when we shall search for me with all your
heart" DER. xxx, 49,, This kind of seek
ing never fails.
35. Then said the Jews among them
selves, Whittier will He 90 that we shall
not find Him? Will He go unto the dis
persed among the Gentiles, and teach the
Gentiles?"
OF the earth earthly, they understood not
heavenly things. That He came down
from heaven they did not believe, and
therefore His going to Him that sent Him
they could not understand. That many
Jews were scattered abroad among the ma
tions is evident from the Acts of the Apos-
ties.
36. "What manner of saying is this that
He said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not
find inc. And where am, thither We can
not Gomez
If He could find His way to any part of
the earth, why could not they follow Him
if they saw ftp Such seems to have been
their thoughts. Anything beyond the
earth they neither knew nor thought much
about. Talk of heavenly things, even now,
to many church members and they have
nothing to say, they know not the Ian
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