The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.
n Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive
Lesson and Where II May he found-A
Learnod and Concise Review Of tho

The feast of tabernacles, in the urs O
of VIII ch the words OF this lesson were
spoken. was great feast. 1t was per-
haps the most festive and the most spec
tacular OF all the Jewish Ied-letter days
In cam in the autumn, when the oil
and wine Of the field were being gath
cred in, and was SO largely like Pentc-
cos, "harVest home" festival, and
spent, as it was, u week in duration. In
boo hs and under boughs, it gave largo
opportunity for such discourse as is
spoken of In to-day's Lesson. Two feat
ures of the observance of u o feast seem
TO be referred TO here, namely, the cts
tom OF pouring forth alter by day, AID
the custom Of Illuminating the tempe at
night The "rivors Of living water"
may have been uggested by tie enc,
and 81 am the light OF the world" OF
John s: II, by The other 1t is lesson
that teaches distinctly the blessed dis
pensation OF the Holy Spirit, and as
such is, indeed, timely.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Many of the people. Crock: Multitude.
The common people. Miracles. Better,
signs, as in the Revision and Bible
Union. See Variations Hath done.
Or, is doing. Present tense.
That the people murmured. A pecul-
iarly unhappy rendition of the passage
before us. The simple Greek is much
more expr, ssive; l. O., heard the people
murmuring present participle). The
verb refers to low undertone. y har-
isees and chief priests. Transposed in
Tischendorf: Chief priests and Phari-
sees. To take him. The verb means
to lay hands up n. Bible Union: seize.
Then. Rather therefore. -And
then. Quite as expressive and more &C.
curate with the then omitted II go
More fully rendered, go away, depart.
1t was their day Of opportunity.
70 shall seek. I he better English
!diow and more clearly giving the
thought is, Ye will seek, .imple future -
Ye cannot come. Full Greek expression,
are not able to come.
viii he go? Literally, is he about to
go? The word for she" is this in the Greek,
l. G., this man. With shade of derison.
will he go? A negative question in
PRODUCED by the particle ma, Implying q
negative answer. Thus: He will not,
will he?-The dispersed. The Jews
scattered abroad. the Gen
tiles. Literally, Greeks (Hellenes)
What manner OF saying. Literally,
what word. Uogos?) -Ye shall seek
me, etc. Repeating it as if in rumina-
ton.
WHAT TIE LESSON TEACHES.
When Ch-ist corncth, will he do more?
"When Christ cometh," we are all of
us saying The expectation of humani-
ty is for the good time coming, and we
are continually looking forward TO
Blessed advent of our Christ. Listen
"unto you therefore which believe he is
precious. That is he is already come,
come with hands full OF benefits and
blessings "When Christ cometh, will he
do more?" No, but you and l will do
more. Here is the inner import Of it:
When we begin TO do i'm ChriSt's name,
then Christ is come. Those disciples Of
old took him at his word, believed: and
then they ST. aightway said, as perforce,
"When Christ comet Twill he do more
miracles than those which this man hath
done" The greatest miracle is faith,
engendered. When that miracle speaks
in heart and life, naught else is needed.
Brother are you waiting for the
triuml liant Christ. Believe and obey
and behold, the Christ has come.
Ye shall seek me and shall not find
me. When? Not in time of weakness
and penitence and need That were rot
hrist who came to seek and to save
them that are lost, to be found Of them
that arc in want, very present help in
time of trouble. His word here is TO
the Pharsces and the proud enemies Of
the cross They shall seek him. Seek
him like llerod, TO do him hurt, and
they shall not find him. Oh, there is
eweet comfort aud assurance in the
thought The enemy, tho keeper of the
wolves, cannot find the Shepherd Of the
sheep. He can look Hcrod PLATE,
Cesar even in the face, and right out
from the arms Of the cross, and say,
with clear composure, "Where / am,
thither ye cannot come" BE stayed yo
waves of animoslty. Thus far, and no
turther BE at peace, my soul.
VIII he go unto the dispc SGD among
the Gentiles? A tcll-tale query. They
have just been asking, "Whither will he
20, that we shall rot End him?' And
then they answer in part their own
question by the second interrogatory,
"Will he GO to the dispersed among tho
Gentiles and teach the Gentiles?" In
such place, indeed, they might lose
sight Of him, for thither they would not
willingly GO. And we have been wan
dering. Has not Christ thus hid him
self from some Of us TO day, hid in his
work? Go we about among the Gen
tiles doing good, and we shall find him
again. Was it not so In the da k ages?
Small missIona y work, Christ dimly
deserted Has il not been so in the his.
tory of our own churches? We have in
our Incidence for time lost 81. Int of the
Master Now we hear the command,
$50 ye into all the world +" And 10, we
are with him again.
For the lioly G. ost was not yet given
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Master, may learn the lesson, for ii is q
personal and pertinent one. / desire
the gift of the Holy Spirit. When is 1t
mine? 1t IS mine, o. Christ, when thou
art glorife in me. Thou vast gorified
on earth when thou vast cruciG, d. And
am | not cruclfet with Christ? Lord,
thy cross is mine. Thou vast glorified
on earth whel thou didst rise from tho
tomb. And is not this risen life?
Lord, thy riven tomb is mine also.
Christ of the suffered cross and con-
quered tomb, glorify thyself in mo.
Amen Blessed Spirit, sought and longed
o. n