Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON /, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. 7.

10. AIttf Ills meeting WIFI lilt Nuiildll
of Samaria and His tarrying there for two
days He went on to Cana, where He had
wrought His first miracle and from thence
healed the nobleman's son at Capcrnaup
without going near him. After that He
went to Nazareth, where He had been
brought up, and there we find Him in to-
days lesson We notice that it was His
custom to attend the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and it could not be because
of the spirituality of the service or of the
worshipcrs, as is evident from verse 2S;
but, whatever they were, He could worship
in spirit aHd in truth
II. In the synagogue worship .! today
there are always several who take part in
connection with the reading of TIE Scrip
lures, and He on that occasion was asked
to take part in the reading. He either
selected what we call the sixty first chap
ter of Isaiah, or else that was the portion
for the day
Is Apart from the Spirit who wrote
the book, there is no possibility Of under
standing it or Of proclaiming it with pow
er Consider John xvi, ID; Acts l. 8;
Luke xiv, -, and lay it to heart. If we
are filed with the Spirit and the word we
will have good tidings for the poor, health
for the broken hearted, deliverance and
/ liberty for the oppressed, and the wounded
/ by satan, and sight for the blind.
10. We will when controlled by the
Spirit show forth or be telling God 5 sal
walton from day to day ops. Xcvi, p and
make manifest that it is still the accepta-
bic year of the Lord the day of salvation,
the hour when the dead hear the voice of
the Son of God and they that hear live Oh
Cor. vi, 2; John V, 25).
90 Having closed the book, He gave it
to the minister and sat down, and all in
the synagogue fastened their eyes upon
Him. This may have been the first time
they had ever heard Him read the Scrip
lures. Think Of God, manifest in the flesh,
reading to men His own word. He would
surely read distinctly and give the sense
and cause them to understand the reading
(Nch. viii, s.. If you turn to Isa. Xxi, you
will see that He stopped in the middle Of
a sentence He did not read and the day
Of vengeance Of our God, " for that day
has not vet come There is already an
interval of over IT, 500 years between the
two clauses Of that sentence. He knew
how to divide the word of truth.
p. He began to talk to them by saying
This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your
ears or in other words He meant: II who
speak to you am the person to whom the
spirit through Isaiah had reference. l am
the friend of the poor, the healer of bro
ken hearts, the opener of blind eyes. l am
life for all who will.
%. They wondered as they heard His
gracious words and for moment seemed
to doubt their eyes rs they li&ened To
Him, but recovering themselves they said.
Is not this Jo,oph's SOM" The inference
would be- How can the carpenters son
whom we all know dare to appropriate
such words to Himself? Is He beside Him
sell?
%. They had probably heard of the mir
acle Of the wine at Cana and of the heal
ing Of the nobieman SON at CapcrnauM
and thought, Why does He not heal sOmC
of the sick ones here in His own town anC
make some OF our blind to see, then VT
might believe Him? When Moses was sem
To deliver Israel, he was commissioned anC
empowered to work miracles as evidences
that he was sent Of God, and they Nigh
on that ground ask for a sign, but tn,
Lord knows all men and does not cas-
pearls before swine.
-. The Words Of this verse may no
seem to some as very important state
ment. but surely every word Of God is i'm
.. portant and special attention is demand
:: ed by the sayings which are prctiXcd by Hi
4 "Ncrily say unto you, - which is equiv
alent to the Thus saith the Lord of tn
! Old Testament. He came unto His own
j and His own received Him not, even Iii
own brethren did not for time believe il
Him.
20. See how the Lord indOrsos the stor
I Of the famine in the days of Elijah, AM
the no rain for three years and six months
4 He never discounted word of Scriptur
smoke q "a Cinulp incident