Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-28
THE SUNDAY SCHoo7
THOUGHTS WORTHY Or 49,
REFLEcrloNo VI CALM

lesson ana Where 1t May n. octivs
Learned and Concise 81 ne found
Same. ~>eview Of ~.
~, The The, lesson for Sunday, Aug. %
be found in John z: BID mug ~, may
INTRODUCTORY.
Inc 1east OF tabcrnacies. in IL,
OF which the words of this lo .se course
spoken, was great feast. II SOU We're
haps the most festive and tho ~ IVA was per.
tacular OF all the Jewish rad .,a ,tos1 Spec.
In came in the autumn. WIZ" er days.
and wine Of the field were he o;, .ne oil
cred in, and was so largely lilo as g gath
cost, "harvest homeS fes ,ie re te-
spent, as it was, a week in dnro..' and
booths and under boughs If a -. a.lon, N
opportunity for such disconrssa.e large
spoken Of in to-day's lesson. ~ su as is
nres OF the observance Of Tie fes "a leat
to be referred to here, namely ~ SEEN
ION of pouring forth water nv dug .,,e Gus
the custom Of Illuminating tho toy ICY and
night The "rivers of living ma.t at
may have been suggested h S W., "a'er,'
and 81 am the light of tho u,o one one
John 8: IL, by the other II ISL 'a'" Of
that teaches distinctly the bless q l.ssoa
pensation OF tho Holy Shirt au, dis
such is, indeed, timely. "no as
WHAT TIE LESSON SAWS
Many OF the people. Greek: Multitua.
The common people, Miracles. Bettas
Signs, as in the Revision and 1 Ps,,
on'on. Sec Variations Hath don WY
Or, is doing. Present tense. o'ae
That the people murmured. A nocr
larly unhappy rendition Of the pass su.
before us The simple Greek is mnsS
more expressive; !. O., heard the pe suIa
murmuring (present participle) g The
verb refers to low undertone. -rb. ns
lsees and chief priests Transposnd 1' !,
Iischendorf: Chief priests and pha,i
sees To take him. The verb mean.
to lay hands upon. Bible Union: sei,a
Then. Rather, therefore.
then. Quite as expressive and more AZ.
curate with the then omitted. w. w.
More fully rendered, 20 away, dena ~
1t was their day Of opportunity. pA'
Ye shall seek. The better E,o,i.h
idiom and more clearly giving thu
thought is, Ye will seek, simple futnre .A0
Ye cannot come. Full Greek express;on
are not able to come.
Will he 20? Literally, is he abont "a
go? The word for che" is this in the GreeI,
j. e., this man. With shade of derlson
Will he go? A negative question ~:
PRODUCED by the particle ma, implying !
negative answer. Thus: He viii mi
will he?-The dispersed. The ,ow.
scattered abroad.-Among the Can.
tiles. Literally, Greeks (Hellenesl
What manner of saying. Litera)lv
what word. Uogos?)- shall sesk
me, etc. Repeating it as If in rumina.
ion.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
When Christ cometh, will he do mora
"When Christ cometh," we are all q,
us saying. The expectation of human.
ty is for the good time coming, and VA
are continually looking forward to
blessed advent of our Christ. Listen
"unto you therefore which believe hcb
precious. That is, he is already coma
como with hands full of benefits AID
blessings sWhen Christ cometh wHlh
do more?" No, but you and l will
moro. Here is the inner import d IT.
When we begin to do in Christ's NM
then Christ is come. Those disciplesN
old took him at his word, believed; aM
then they straightway said, as perforcs
"When Christ cometh will he do more
miracles than those which this man hath
DONE" Tho greatest miracle is faith
engendered. When that miracle speaks
in heart and life, naught else is needed
Brother, are you waiting for the |
triumphant 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 not
Christ who came to seek and to save
Thorn that are lost, to be found OF them
that are In want, very present help 10 .
time of trouble. His word here Is 10
the Pharisees and the proud enemies Of
the cross. They shall seek him. Seek
him like Herod, to do him hurt, and
they shall not find him. Oh, there Is
sweet comfort and assurance in the
thought. The enemy, the keeper Of the
wolves, cannot find the Shepherd of the
sheep. He can look Herod, PLATE
a Caesar even in the face, and right out
from the arms of the cross, and +
with clear composure, aWhere l am,
thither ye cannot come" Be stayed 70
waves OF animosity. Thus far, and no
further! Be at peace, my soul.
Will he go unto the dispersed among
the Gentiles? A tell-tale query. They
have just been asking, sWhither will he
go, that we shall not find him?" And
then they answer in part their own
question by the second interrogatory
"Wfll he go to the dispersed among tile
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 bis
work? Go we about among the Cen
tiles doing good, and we shall find
again. Was it not so in the da:k y
Small missionary work, Christ dlmly
deserted. Has it not been so in the MS
tory of our own churches? We have III
our incidence for time lost si2ht OF tac
Master. Now we hear the command,
"Go ye into all the world" And TO- We
are with him again.
For the Holy Ghost was not yet given
because that Jesus was not yet gorlh!eu.,
Master, may learn the lesson, for ltls D.. -
personal and pertinent one. desn, !,
the gift of the Holy Spirit. When IS ~ "
mine? 1t is mine, O, Christ, when t .eod
art glorifie1 in me. Thou vast glorlh ~
on Garth when thou vast crucifit d. A rI
am not crucified with Christ? L !ssd
thy cross is mine. Thou vast gloFln uIa
on earth when thou didst rise from Nv ~
tomb. And is not this risen -, o.
Lord, thy riven tomb is mine aa Nv
Christ of the suffered cross and eua
Ouored tomb plOrifv thySelf IN nv