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he T fnsn lesson So o for 5 Sunday July Il,
INTRODUCTORY,
We have come back to the mira.
our Lord. May God bring us hao at'es O
real and true sense! There is s's An n
abroad that the miracle has lived Si %?
as convincing power Have ~ " 1al
All that Christ did as well Az ~ . care a.
Christ said is life, and it lives and a'l SAa
in all ages We have new lah xefs4
writer believes, yet to break fes.S 'h
nineteenth century paths from a ,nn %
tions OF Gods work. "This begin po']
miracles did Jesus in Cana Of ,s'' 7, hs
and manifested forth his glow ma''ed
divinity" The miracles begun then pd n!
gone right on with this purposo 'aS
manifest his glory
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS
Third day. After thu ca ling n: :.
five, see last lesson.--Masriasn IN
marriage supper, Matt. %: 10 T..
-Four or five miles distant from y aaa
reth, Christ's boyhool homo - ,y1 az
mother of Jesus. ttu ry, was his ea.Ss1
already dead? ny
Both Jesus, Rather, Jesus also ),
emphasis being here. And his ~ ~
ciplcs. The five above men'io. u Us
namely, John. Andrew, Peter l6 'V
Nathaniel.
When they wanted wine T;scho,
dorf. They had not wine, because n
wine of the feast had come t. an o,i1
They have no wine. Greek rS1
wine is not
Tasted. H. Official duty.-Eror
l. G., 1.-The servants which drew m,
dience leads to knowledge ro .n1
know.-Called the bridegroom. TTiaJ
word for called" signifies a loud yoca1
1t was a sort of public appeal.
Saith unto him. Spoken thus oponv|
it was clever kind of compliment: ev|
IDENTIFY sincere.--Well drunk. Or. as n
Revision and Bible Union version. drgn1
freely. wine. Whatever Go1
does is "good."
This beginning of miracles Greek
This did Jesus, a beginning of miracleJ
Manifested forth. To make r,ea1
distinct His glory, i. e., his divini,yI
believed on. Greek, into. TAs|
espoused him.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Mine hour is not yet come. Here wa
life with a purpose. Jesus was liyipI
according to the divine direction, anil
every step he took was ordered Of God
At a later time he could allow thOs
about him to go up to the feast but 10
himself there was no open gatewa7
that direction 1t was caprice yc.s
haractar COILS viii was his will. a,
he went forward as one not his own. \
went Paul to Jerusalem. So went I.uth1
to Worms. So goes every devoted
to duty, watching narrowly the SHADE
on the dial, looking for Gods hm
Heaven has in this sense, too, its on
minute-men.
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do
Better counsel, though in part WE
ting, was never given to church OIL
lever Is it privilege we dcsire9 "M
soever he saith," to do it is privilege \
it duty? whatsoever he saith" than
duty. Is it devotion? "Whatsocyer
saith"-look there for orthodoxy, Isl
charity? whatsoever h. saith"-he1
in is love. Would we make progress
Christian apprehension, Christian exmd
ence, Christian joy, peace, victorJ
whatsoever he SAITH" Whatsoever
saith" God help us to put it on all o.
! banners. If he says it, it is true for
is truth. If he says it, it shall be: ID
he is the alpha and omega Only "do ID
Do it, Why? Because he saith. How
He saith.
Fill the water-pots with water. How
| we have just been asking. BY takl
| him at his word. But how? we aa
again. BY doing just what he sayI
| Christ never bids us do what we cannd
| do. He does not ask us to turn watd
into wine. He simply bids US to MAD
the necessary preparation and fulfill t3
antecedent conditions. He does tA
rest. There were the empty waterproof
To fill them with wine were impossb4
there; but to fill them with water-tha
they could easily do. In this besse|
| partnership they furnished the watd
and he furnished the wine. What psd
have we in our own salvation? We prd
wide crude human nature, giving ou4
selves just as we are And now VIVA
does God do? He gives of himself, b
imakes US sons. salvation belonged
unto the Lord. +"
| Draw out now. just where that va
tier turned to wine we do not know, BY
I'VE doubt whether the undrawn wata|
WAS wine. AS faiths hand drew itforsI
ut sparkled red where the suns ra1
struck across its surface. We SPEAK
buried talents, treasures hid in earthe|
| vessels. But there is no rea treasl]
lost. 1t is not gold till it finds faitn]
hand and is brought forth. 1t is wa'e9
till trust, by Gods grace, transmutes
into wine. The drawing forth gives
value, God working in us to will and
do OF his good pleasure. Too man!
JUS are waiting for new power, new ~
partation. The power has ALREADY pei
given, the Spirit already poured i'f'D
| Rise in faith and "draw out now"
| And disciples believed on him. Yes
lis so still. The disciples believe u
learner, the follower. The skeptlc' ~
:doubter, remains the same. ne l a
hath ears to hear let him hear vi
would have supposed that all thal to.
pany would have believed in the di'!h!j
of Jesus, for this was the intent Oh "
miracle. But no, only those tlla' "a. "a,
heed to him and made his NE IN. ]
study were effectually convinced. = 10 .,o
sometimes seen Gods power man!lt s,i
i'm wondrous measure, and l ha,G To-, :"
now all will see 1t and believe Ami
Us the few, the few only. The 'fui nin
still truth: Gas many as receNeu M III
TO them gave he power to oeco hrlts a.
sons of God, even to them tllat ven M
bn his name" 1t is disciples 1na'
pieve.