The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-08-09

L. LOOK 10 christ; look NJ or on CnrlSt.
SO. Look inteutly. Keep your eye fixed
on him. Be not diverted by other guides.
2. Anticipate the wishes of any to follow
Christ. 81, 80. Our Savior discerned at
once an anxiety on the part of Andrew and
John to become acquainted with him.
3. Follow the Savior. Follow his ex-
amples and instructions and commands.
He is our School-Master.
4. Be courteous 80. Andrew and John
gave an honorable title to Christ. They did
not speak out rudely, curtly. They used
the language of respect and courtesy.
5. Be solicitOus to find out where Christ
is. 80. Knowing you can seek his COM
pany and advice and comfort and help.
6. Strive so TO live that you will not be
afraid to have persons come and see your
acts and ways and hear your words, at home.
80. T. Having learned of Christ, look up
others and tell them about the Messiah.
V. al.
8. Be firm Christians. " az. Let the
rock symbolic your adherence to the Savior.
Be steady in character. How can you be
thus staid? Peter was not worthy the
name (stone or rock until the Holy Spirit
descended upon him in the Pentecostal
shower. Seek baptism from on high, and
you will be bold for Christ
9. Come and see" says Christ. ". 80. J
Everyone should investigate Christianity.
10. Prepare the way for Christ as st. John
Baptist got persons and things ready for BIN.
IL. Jesus is the Lamb of God. He takes
away our sins. Go to him, then, if you be
sinners.
IL. Let us always direct attention from
ourselves to Christ. vs.. 50, IS. Behold the
Lamb!" says st. John the Baptist; "not
me, but Christ" Here is grand abnegation.
No minister succeeds when people so admire
him as to forget the Savior. The clergy are
servants, and their duty is to introduce
Christ
10. Rejoice if you can say, eve have
found the Messiah" Blessed discovery.
III. ST. PHILIP.
the call of Philip to become follower of
Christ. He is conspicuous as having been
the first person whom Christ called 1t is
to be noticed SITS. John, Andrew, and Peter
went to Jesus at the suggestion of others
than Christ. We must distinguish the
Apostle Philip from the deacon mentioned
in Acts, 6:5 The APOSTLE Philip was
born in Bethsaida. Eusebus tells us the
Apostle was married and had several
daughters. Clemens Alexandrinus claims
this Philip was the person who, when the
Lord ordered him TO follow him, replied
" Let me first go and bury my father" s..
Mt, 1921, %. Tbeodoret states he preached
in the two Phrygias. Eusebius says he was
buried in PhrygIa Pacatiana. DR.. Johnson
preaching some sermons on the Apostles in
the old Cambridge meeting house Mass,
referring to ST. Philip, spoke of his one
peculiar characteristic as patience; calm
man, one to be depended upon in emergencies,
one of the meek and quiet ones of earth who
accomplish so much and of whom so little
is heard, one TO whom confidence is q holy
trust, and whose friendships to man better
than the fine gold of Ophir, and finally as
man whose light shineth brighter and
brighter even unto the perfect day. He
labored successfully as far north as Scythia.
When 81 years old he was martyred at HER
apolis, Phrygia, scourged, stoned, crucifed.
He and his sister were all through life
mutually helpful. She aided st. Bartholo-
NEW in burying her brother
w. NATHANIEL.
l. Data
1851.
g. Facts.
The Apostle Nathaniel was also named
Bartholomew. Lu., IA. He was of
Cana in Galilee. John, 21:2. Andrew,
Peter, James and John were probably of
Bethsaida or Capernaum.
Nazareth was our Saviors home from
two years of age up to 80. Mt, 2:23; Lu.,
"a. 1t was a place of no repute. No
prominent character had ever hailed from
that city. V. AS. Compare TAI, az, SO.
The fact of having lived in Nazareth was not
against Christ. National or local prejudices
are as silly as erroneous. Every place has
chance. Merit, not the source, is the real
question. Mistakes have ofen been made
in this manner. Job came from the Idu-
means. Abram resided in Ur of Chaldea.
God can raise up children even from stones.
The great philosopher Anacharsis was of the
barbarous Scythi nation. Pindar sprung
from the Beotians, whom the Greeks judged
to be a dull people. A similar slur is some
times heard at certain trades, and yet many
of our most eminent men came from shoe
benches, towpaths, tanneries, etc.
The following Old Testament Prophets
". 45) foretell Christ: Moses, David, Isaiah,
EzekiaI, Zechariah, Haggai, Malachi. Egg,
read 1sa., 80. The writings of these were
the secret of the general expectation of the
coming Of the Messiah.
3. Suggestions.
/. Personally examine all the claims and
proofs of Christianity. "Come and see,"
says Nathaniel. V. 46. Do not take my
word alone. Examine the evidences of Christ
ianity, and test its power in experience.
Come and see for yourselves. Above all, do
not pronounce against it till you have thus
proved it. Be not prejudiced; that is being
small. Do not PREJUDICE; that is being large.
Little minds are governed by whims.
Egotists can pronounce opinion without the
trouble of framing syllogisms. Some men
are so smart that they need not belabor
themselves with any research into the proofs
of Christianity, but condemn it on sight;
yea, in some cases, even on hearing, or by
mere report. 1t is surely at least fair to
come and see.
2. We have preparatory work to do in our
day and places. Each should be John
Baptist, and so lay foundations for Christian
prosperity. Good work can be done in the
Sundayschool The Church looks to the
parish schools for its best workers. Christ
went back to St. John, after brief interval
from his baptism, on purpose to secure some
disciples who had been trained and were
quite on the way religionsly. Indeed, the
special mission of that Elijah-lke man was
to prepare men for the reception of the Mes
siah. To-day when the Church wants Min
listers of the Gospel it enters, in tine large
majority of cases, our Sunday-schools to
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