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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
r,,.raa,,onni Lesson for August 90, iSoA
slrst Miracle of Jesus John ;;;t-i..

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,S,c~lnlly Arranged from peloubcts NctcS.
t.n,prs TEXT This beginning of mirac''a
al, ,..us "a Cana ~ Galilee. and manicS1ci
sorth ills glory.-Jci4n Eli.
uisroulcAL SErTl sc--rhc nrst wear ~ To-
.ns' hubble ministry. The Year of Iieginr.nss
ana the second Event
TtNr-rhc latter part Of February Cor early
4, Nnrgh). A. ID. a. -Four days after the last
lesson.
northeast Of Nazareth perhaps the modern
Lanct-cl-Jclil Orods). about sixty miles ~ ma
mir line north Of jc;habara. IL was the nome
of Nathaniel bartholomew,
JEsrs-At the very beginning Of His active
ministry with five or six followers
CIRCUMSTANCES. In our last lesson we left
Jesus on the way from Ilcthlb.ra 70 6alllce,
having added Philip rnd Nathaniel 20 the
three or four disciples lie had already made
on arriving nj Nazareth. two or three days
later He seems TO have found Ills mother gone
70 a wedding in Cana. few miles further on,
and lie with His disciples went on 70 cana,
where they would naturally find entertainment
al the house OF Nathaniel whose ho.ic WAS
there.
LESSON NOTES
Jesus Wedding Gucst-V. .. And
both Jesus was called (invitcdl, and
Ills disciples, to the marriage This
was natural especially II his mother
was q relative; Nathaniel also lived
there. II was according to custom
that a strange Jewish rabbi visiting
there should be invited. The disciples
'.wcrc probably the five or six men,
toned in chapter i. viz. Andrew
Simon. Peter, Philip. Nathaniel. and
John himself, and probably james. -
Schaf.
An Unexpected Need. VS. 3. L.
"When they wanted wine: Better,
when the wine failed. Perhaps the arriv-
al of these six or seven guests caused the
want: certainly it would make il more
overwhelmingly Bible. Probably
the family of Cana was in humble cir
cumsianccs, and hence their supply
WAS limited. None but those wha
know how sacred in the east is the duty
Of lavish hospitality. and how passion
ately the obligation to exercise il 10
the utmost is felt, can realize the
gloom which this incident would have
thrown over the occasion. or the mis-.
erv and modification which it would
have caused to the welded pair. DIR.
L. W. Farrar "Thc mother Of Jesus
saith unto Him. They have no wine
This was probably said secretly. 50 that
the guests would not know the want.
or the family feel dsgraced. The
meaning simply is: They have no
wine: what il to bc done. < am.
Bible
Why Mary Applied To Jesus. ID The
family in which she was guest was
in serious difficulty. GU Perhaps she
felt in measure responsible. since her
Son and Ills disciples may have been in
part the occasion If the failure. 81
Mary had learned during the thirty
wears Jesus was with her in Nazareth
10 have perfect confidence in Him that
in some way lie would be able To re-
leve the difficulty. az She may have
believed even at this time that Jesus
was the Messiah. and could work q
miracle If necessary.
4. Jesus sci it'll unto her: Woman,
what have To do with thce?" The
English words convey an impression OF
disrcspcct and hardness which is alb
sent from the original. The use Of the
Greek word for woman" is consistent
with the utmost respect. In Homer
for example uliad "a: 3oo) Priam thus
addresses Hccuba. his quecn.-Schaff
The Greek might more fairly be rem
dered ''lady."-Cam. Bible. Augustus
says to Cleopatra, queen of Egypt
Take courage. o woman. "-Langc
milne hour is not yet come" III,
hour for me to begin my public minis
try. accompanied as il is to he with thu
working of miracles. the hour for IN,
manifestation. The expires
sion implies that though lie meant 4
work miracle. lie would not do 81
until the proper time. Of which lie wa
the best judgc.-G. Cowlcy-lsrown No
till the wine is wholly exhausted vii
His time arrive: as yet il was only fail
ing: then will be the time to act. when
by its complete failure. manifest To all
the miracle will he above suspicion.
Jesus Works Miracle of iIclpfulncss
VS.. $40. 3. Whatsoever lie salt
unto you. do it," This implies that Iii
mother did not take Jesus answer as
refusal. but as a consent.
g. And there were set there ST
watcr-pots Of stone. after the mannc
Of the purifying of the Jews Tn
w.atcr-pots were near at hand. in tn
court. or at the entrance to the hous,
not in the house itself: ''Containin
two or three firlsins apiece "Firkin
is an almost cxac. equivalent of tn
Greek metretcs, which was about min
gallons The six pitchers Tor jars
therefore, holding from eighteen I
twenty-sevcn gallons each, would Il
gethcr hold from ono hundred an
eight to one hundred and sixtytw
gallons. Bible.
Z. And they filed them up to tn
brim:' This serves 10 bring out tn
eagcrncss with which the work wa
done. Why such an amount? On /
Palestine, a winc-growing and win,
consuming country, where it is ne
merely beverage but the boy
eragc Of the common people. fou
or five barrels Of wine would No
seem SO extraordinary supply q
II would 70 us, nor would IL produc
any such effect in the consumption q
an equal amount Of the ordinary wine
OF to-day. - Abbott. Co This larr
quantity Of wine would provide bu