The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-12-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.
A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive
Lesson and Where 1T May He found-A
Learned and Concise Revicw Of tho
Same.

Learned and Concise Review Of tho
Same.
The Risen Christ and His Disciples.
he lesson for Sunday, Dec. 30, may be
found In John 21: LA
INTRODUCTORY
A lesson from the "forty days. days OF
matchless significance I'm the redemptive
story. During this time Christ showed him.
sell repeatedly to his disciples. There
arc seven prominent epiphanies. viz 1.
Christs appearance To Mary Magdalene
Mark 10: 0. John 20: 1913. 2. To the
women on their way from the tomb Matt.
90: 0, 10). g. At Emmaus duke 90: IS -31).
4. To the apostles at Jerusalem John 20; 10,
So. 8. On the sea John 81: LIB. O. On
the mountain in Galileo Matt %; 10 -2s).
7. AT his ascension duke "a: so. 81. Acts
/: 6-12). There we're four other minor or
connected appearances. /. To Simon Peter
duke "a: 34). 2. To Thomas along W TIL the
others John 20: 5000. 3. To the five hun
dred brethren q Cor. Is: 16). 4. To James
Il Coz. 49, y. Thus arranged. the epiph-
anies may be readily learned by heart.
What twisted cable Of infallible proofs
they makel
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
After these things. The twenty first
chapter seems like an addendum or an at
ter-thought 1t would almost look as II
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 3: 8. ("For this purpose the
Son OF God was manifested " So also Y. 2.
"When he shall appear
Sons OF Zel edee. Greek: they OF Zebe-
dee. Like Mary Of Cleopas. John 10: 25.
Two others OF his disciples. Greek
form: others OF his disciples two.
Il HOh fnn liz I'D 1lu
am going to fish We also go with thee.
Graphically, And we are going with thee.
Entered into. Or, embarked, nautic-
al term. Ship Better. boat. Greek.
Caught nothing. Revision. took nothing.
See Variations
When the morning was come. More ac-
curately. was coming, /. e., dawning. See
Variations. Jesus stood The stronger
order OF the Greek Isl stood Jesus. Shore,
or beach. Both Bible Union, and Revision
prefer the latter. KNEW not Or per-
ceived not. 1t was still twilight. THAT
1t was Jesus. Greek: That it is Jesus.
Graphic idiom.
Children. A familiar term, like the nau-,
tical lads. The Greek is paidla, literally.
boys.--Have ye any meat? The negative
ne Is used. The fuller translation being ye
have no meat, have we? A similar express
sion occurs at John 4: IL. Art thou greater
than our father Jacob? (Thou art not
greater, art thouO--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
1t is.-Fisher's coat. The outer tunic.
Naked Not precisely; rather. bare,
half-clad. The word Is gumnos, from which
our gymnast DR.. Plummer OF the Cam
bridge Bible, suggests stripped.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
1 go a 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. If Peter fshed for
souls with the net, Paul. as it were, piled
hook and line. @All things to all men," he
said, "that L might by all means save
some.n And so unto the Jews as Jew,
unto the weak as weak-do you not seer
he was patiently fishing for souls. PATIENT
ly. DIR. Wayland Hoyt goes fishing on the
platform for his bass or blue fish of 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 halling distance, aye.
! scarce an arms reach away, for does not
he lend hand, and a mighty hand OF help,
/ In the catch? Jesus standing at the shore
! line of our fishing pools. l think we would
| have more heart and hope IL we could but
| look up and see him oftener. He Is stand
ing there not indferently, but sympa-
! thizingly and comparatively. He Is there
] 70 lxa n In I'm SnccQSSful.
"They knew not that 1t was Jesus" Well.
! so IL happens to VS. 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 1t was Jesus that spake
! He was standing all the while on the shore.
Children, have ye 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. / would learn a 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
eat" 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 we 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 Is
some one yet more interested. One who
has done far beyond what any of us can do
for these souls about us. He looks on
yearningly, tenderly, expectantly; and 1t
Is his voice that speaks to Us when in our
feeble faith we are about to give up. "Cast
the net, cast the net on the right side. "
All, he cares. He cares more than we.
Shall we not, for the sake Of that One
standing on the shore, cast the net once
more?
It is the Lord. Surely. Who else can IL
be? There is the breaking net; there pres
emily are the fish baking on the Goals. He
was always doing so-going about doing
good-it Is IL Is the Lord! But IL took John
to see him first. John with the eyes that
looked right out OF a loving heart. John
saw him last on the tree. why not here first
In the busy outdoor life among the boats.
But II John saw him first Peter Is the first
to greet him. See, he has cast himself into
the sea and left. as once before, his boat