The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
LESSON VIII. THIRD QUARTER, IN
TERNATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 10.
Text of the Lesson, John /, 35-49-
Memory Verses, 4O-42-GOlden Text,
John i, 4I-COmmentary by the Rev.
ID. VI. Stcarns.

35 Sc. Again the next day after John
stood and two Of disciples, and, looking
upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Be
hold the lamb of Cod" During the time
of fasting and temptation of our Lord
John had gone on preaching and bap,iZ-
ing and preparing the way of the Lord
Then on a certain day he saw Jesus COM
ing unto him and. said. Behold the lamb
of God. which taketh away the sin of
the world" verse 29). The opening verses
Of our lesson tell us of the day follow
ing. This cry of John is the answer 70
Isaacs question asked so long ago.
Where is the lamb for a burnt offer
ing?" Gen. xxi, a.
81 And the two disciples heard him
speak and they followed Jesus" John
was not seeking to draw people TO him
self. but to prepare them for and point
them to the Lamb Of God. When he
heard later in mis- ministry that all were
following Jesus, he said. This my JOY is
fulfilled. He must increase, but I must
decrease" John iii. 20, 800. We do well
when our testimony leads men to follow
Jesus. Let us live TO point Him out.
49, Then Jesus turned and saw them
following and saith unto them, What
seek We? They say unto Him, Rabbi.
where dwellest thou?" We may mag
inc Him saying to US every time we go
to church. prayer meeting. or bible
class. What seek ye?" Let Us acquire
the habit of asking ourselves, What am
I going for? And may our hearts ever
say, Il would see Jesus" I would know
Him" John xii p; Phil. iii, l0.
80. He saith unto them, Come and
see. They came and saw where He
dwelt and abode with Him that day, for
it was about the tenth hour" If the
reckoning is the same as in chapter
xix, IA, then il was about 10 a. m, and
they had several hours with Him. We
wonder what home is so fortunate as to
have Him for a guest, and where He en-
tertained those two that day. but il was
more important for US TO open our
hearts to Him and have Him abide with
us continually.
40 "One of the two which heard John
speak and followed him was Andrew.
Simon Peters brother" The other was
probably John himself, as he would not
likely to mention his own name. From
Math. iv, IS; Luke V. 10. we gather that
these four, Simon. Andrew. James and
John. were partners as fishermen. and
all left their boats finally to follow
Jesus and became fishers of men. about
the same time.
Al He first flndeth his own brother
Simon and saith unto him. We have
"
preted, the Christ" The result of that
call upon Jesus was that Andrew (which
signifies manly) became a true mana
manly man indeed, for he henceforth
lives to bring men to Jesus and make
Jesus known to men and begins with his
own brother.
A. land he brought him to Jesus"
That is the one thing to sdo-not bring
him to a church or prayer meeting
merely, or to a truth or doctrine, but to
Jesus as a living person. Andrew
brought him to Jesus. who was 70 die
as a sacrifice, but we bring people to
Jesus, who has died and is alive forever
more and has all power CRev. j, Is;
Math. xiii, 80. Jesus. who knows all
men and what is in man Chapter ii, "a,
25) told him who He was and gave him
new name. Compare Gen. xvii, .;
xxi, 2S
AZ. 1.-The day following Jesus would go
forth into Galilee and flndeth Philip and
saith unto him, Follow me-" Either di-
rectly by the Spirit. by the Spirit
through the word or some person, God
is ever seeking to draw people to Himself
He began in the garden Of Eden and has
been at it ever since.
"a. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the
city of Andrew and Peter See how Je-
Sus recognizes earthly friendships and
continues as friends in Himself those who
had been friends before. If they are only
willing to have IL So Special mention is
made Of Philip in John vi, 5, Z; xii, q, p,
and xiv, s, 9. He seems to have grown
in the knowledge of Jesus very slowly
and to have been Of a reasoning, cslculat-
ing turn of mind
As Phillip findeth Nathaniel and saith
unto him, We have found Him of whom
Moses in the law and the prophets did
write, Jesus Of Nazareth, the son of Jo-
seph." Philip certainly did well in at
once seeking another. If, from that day
| on, every believer had promptly brought
| another soul to Jesus, think Of the result,