Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-08-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII. THIRD QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 10.

Text Of the Lesson. John l, 1919 Memory
verses. zo-4a- Golden Text. John !. Il.
Commentary by the Rev. ID. ~ stearns-
s5, SO. Again the next day after John
stood and two Of disciples, and, looking
upon Jesus MS hr walked, he saith, Behold
the lamb Of COD During the time of
fasting and temptation Of our Lord John
had gone on preaching and haptizing and
preparing the way Of the Lord Then on a
certain day he saw Jesus coming unto him
and said, Behold the lamb Of God. which
taketh away the sin of the world (vesse
29l The opening verses of our lesson tell
us of the day following This cry of JOHN
is the answer TO 1saac's question asked SC
long ago. Where is the lamb for a burnt
offeringy'' (Gen. xxi, ID
81. And the two disciples heard him
speak, and they followed jesus, John
was not seeking to draw people to himself,
but to prepare them for and point them tc
the Lamb Of God. When he heard later in
his ministry that all were following Jesus,
he said, This my joy is fulfilled He
must increase, but must decrease tJoha
iii, 20, 30). We do we'll when our testi-
mony leads men TO follow Jesus. Let us
live 70 point Him out
IS. ssThen Jesus turned and saw them
following and saith unto them, What SICK
yes ThcT say unto Him, Rabbi, wllcre
dwellcst thouSn We may Imagine Him
saying to us every time we GO to church,
or prayer meeting, or Biblo class, what
seek yes' Let US acquire the habit cf
asking ourselves. What am / going fors
And may our hearts ever say, :" would
see Jesus, ~ would know Him. John
xii, 81; Phil. Iii, lol
30. s'Hc saith unto them, Come and sec.
They canlo and saw where He dwcit and
abode with Him that day, for II was about
the tenth hour" II the reckoning Is tho
same as in chapter xix, IA, then il was
about 10 a. m, and they had several hours
with Him. We wonder what homo was so
fortunate as to have Him for Il guest, and
where He entertained those two that day,
but it is more important for Us 90 open
our hearts to Him and have Him abide
with us continually.
40. 'Onc of the two which heard John
speak and followed linn was Andrew, ST
mon Peters brother. Tho ether Was
probably John himself, as he would rot 10
likely to mention his own name. From
Math. ", IS; Luke V, TO- We gather that
these four, Simon, Andrew, James and
John, were partners Is fishermen, and all
left their boats finally 70 follow JESUS ard
become fishers Of men, about the same
time.
A. He first ilndeth his own brother 81
mon and saith unto him, We have found
tho Mcssias, which is, being interpreted,
the Christ. Tho result OF that call upon
Jesus was that Andrew (Which signifies
manly became a true man--a manly man
indeed, for he hcnceforth lives TO bring
men to Jesus and make jesus known to
men and begins with his own brother.
AZ. And lie brought him TO Jesus.
That Is the one thing todo-not bring him
! to n church or prayer meeting merely, or
to truth or doctrine, but to Jesus rs u
living person. Andrew brought him to
| Jesus, who was to die as Il eaerilee, bat we
bring people 10 Jesus, who has died and is
alive foroverlnoro and has all power Rev,
| i, Is; Math. xviii, 1S). Jesus, who knows
all mon and what is in man (ellapter ii,
"a, 25), told him who he was and gave him
a new name. Comparn Gen, xvii, b xxxili
2S.
43. 1.-The day following Jesus would go
forth into Galilee and findeth Philip and
saith unto him, Follow me-" Either di-
rcctly by the Spiiit, or By the Spirit through
the word or some person, God Is ever seek
ing to draw people TO Himself. He began
in the garden Of Edcn and has been at it
ever since.
Al. Now Philip was cf Bcthsaida, the
city of Andrew and Peter" Sec how Je.
sus recognizes earthly friendships and
continues as friends in Himself those who
had been friends before, " they arr only
willing to have it So Special mention is
made Of Philip in John vi, D. Z; xii, q,
e2, and xiv, s, o. He seems to have grown
In tho knowledge Of Jesus very slowly
and to have been OF reasoning, calculat-
ing turn Of mind.
As. "Philip findcth Nathaniel and saith
unto him, We have found Him of whom
Moses IN the law and the prophets aid
write, Jesus OF Nazareth, tho son Of ,Io-
seph." Philip certainly did well in ut
once seeking another. If, from that day
on, every believer he'd promptly brought
another soul to jesus, think Of the result.
as. And Nathaniel said unto him, Can
there any good thing come out of Naza-
rcthS Philip saith unto him, Como and
Sec 1t is not question Of place or cir
cunstanees, but il is person with whQm
we have to do, about whom we have TO
speak and whom we must show unto the
people. 1t would seem from this that MAJ.
arcth was not place that il was an honor
70 hail from, another proof that Jesus
made Himself of no reputation Phil. Ii, %.
AZ. Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to Him
and saith of him, Behold, an Israclitc In
deed, in whom Is no guile. Whit u teA.
timony from the searchcr OF hcarts M.
thanael must have been q true warshiper
up to the light he had, one who walked
uprightly wrought righteousness and
spoke the truth in his heart FPS. XIV, p,
one who walked with perfect heart in q
perfect way FPS. 81, y. Jesus win surely
make Himself known TO those who thus
sincerely seek 10 know God. Consider tho
gentle Cornelius (Acts X, p and spc how
God enlightened him (Acts x, AZ, As; XII,
14.
As. 'Nathanacl saith unto Him, Whence
knowest Thou mef Jesus answered and
said unto him, Before that Philip called
thee, when thou vast under the fix tree. i
saw thee" The eyes Of the Lord are IN
every place, they run TO and fro through
the whole earth, to show Himself strong
ON behalf Of those whose hearts arc perfect
toward Him (Prov. XIV, 3; III Chron. xvi,
%. We might safely infer that Nathaniel
under that fig tree was engaged in study
ing the prophets and IN prayer.
40. Nathaniel answered and saith unto
aim Rabbi, thou art the Sono Of God; thou
sre the king Of Israel. Philip might hays
srgued with him for hours nbout the p.s
sibility Of good thing coming even out
OF Nazareth without convincing him, hut
q moment with Jesus md word from
Him settle it all Jesus Himself, and
none but He, Is the solver Of all doubts
the dispeller Of all fears, the rest ana peace
and joy of every soul who comes TO Hr
Nathaniel at once proclains Him diyins
tsee John x, 3s, $50, and Israel $ Messiah,
the long expected king, wicrupon jesus
ASSURES him that he shall yet see heaven
opened and the conplate fulailmcnt OF ia
sob's vision. It shall DO when .Jcr4isuleni
from above and old Jerusalcm restore 4
shaii be in perfect accord