Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERAArioNAL SERIES. JUNE 10.


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leadership OF Peter, gone aiishing. But al
though they toiled all night they took.
nothing. Perhaps Peter thought Of an
other night when they had labored in vain,
but in the morning the Master filed two
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s. In the morning one stood on the shore
whom they knew not and asked them II
they had any meat. They were compelled
n confess their en,ntiness and helnlessness
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with tnem- but 'ney were hNe ourselves,
very slow to learn and null OF doubts and
fears and unbelief.
6. At His word they cast the net once
more. and as ON n former occasion when He
/ futfa1 fhAul fnrSs<ER all they catch n
multitude Of fisbes He changes not. His
povrer ~ ever the same. If we would only
trpst Him we might always he filled with
iov and neace (Rom Nv. 1sD and know
somewhat ~ .ssatistie5 with tho favor and
| full with the blessing of the Lord fDeut.
rxr;;; oN
= .John. whom Jesus loved. was the first
To recognize the Lord. There must have
ness else he might have known Him sooner.
II was pnbelief on the mart Of Mary that
caused her not to know Him (chapter Xxx.
1A for had she believed His words she
vor,ld never have looked for the body Of a
dead Christ The two who walked with Him
| to Eumaus and knew Him not were also
full ~ nnbel;ef U,uke xxiv a1. And SO
always unbel;ef blind he eyes (Iieb HI. ln
q As soan as Peter heard John saw at Is
| the Lord y he at once cast himself into the
sea to get TO Jesus. while the other disciples
came dragging the net with fishes. AS Pc
4 ter had led Off In this going fishing. per-
hans he wanted a word with the Lord
alone. that he might take the blame upon
himself and clear the Others. As he had
led ont he would be the first to lead hack.
n thing not always SO easily done. as is seen
| in the case of Mapasseb I'll Chron. xxxiii,
ia. IN
| o Without any efforts of theirs and with
out any of the fish that they had caught.
! their breakfast was ready for them. They
might as we'll have trusted the Lord to care
| for them. for they had testified that when
| He sent them without purse or scrip or
shoes thew had lacked nothing luke xii,
| $50. He will surely provide for all who truly
serve and follow Him. accordingto Phil. iv.
10. We wonder il the fire of Goals made
Peter think of another fire of Goals when
be got into trouble (chapter xviii, lsl.
| 10. Jesus saith unto them. Bring Of the
fish which you have now caught AS II
they had done It. He wrought through
them and then gave them the credit of do
| ing il. That is the way lie does still. He
works in us, when we are willing both to
will and to do OF His good pleasure tPhil.
| ii, l3), and then promises to reward us for
the works which we allow Him to do
through us trey. xxi, I2). Is not His name
truly "Wonderfuls'
! H. On the former occasion the net broke
(Isike v, 81, but not SO now, although il
contained 1853 great fishes In IL Chron. II,
4 IL, we read that there were l53. 900 strangers
! in the land in the DAYS Of Solomon. whom
he employed to get materials for the tenn
Die. we know that the sea represents peo-
pies and nations (Rev. xvii. l5). and that
| from the nations the Lord il gathering out
| d people for His name. to form great spir-
| itual temple as dwelling place for God
| (Eph. ii, 81, 22), and that Peter was the
| first to open the door to the nations (Acts
XIV, 14l.
l2. Jesus saith unto them, Come and
break your FAST Or. VI. See now why
they Lad gone fishing They were evidently
hungry. had been fasting for some tima.
and no one seemed to care. so 1t looked as
| IL they must do something, but their some
what WAS all in vain till He commanded.
Without Him all our efforts will amount
to nothing John XIV, 81. He was visibly
before them now, and they saw His pro-
vision for their need. Their lack Of conf.
dcnce in Him when invisible kept them
| from saving much.
IS. Jesus then cometh. and taketh
bread. and giveth them, aud fish likewise. ~
He is always serving and supplying and
caring for His people. The Son of Man,
who came not to be minstered unto, but
to minister (Math. Xxx. PSI. is still our High
Priest with girded breast (Ilev. /, 49, whose
| love and power combine for the best inter-
ests of all who are His. "He who spared
not His own Son, but delivered Him up FOR
us all, how shall He not with Him also
freely give us all things7" (Rom. viii, 3o)
a. This is the third appearance to the
disciples recorded by John; see chapter Xxx.
! 10, rs. While it Is probably the seventh ap-
peerance since the resurrection, 1t is the
third to any number OF the disciples, the
other four being TO Mary, who first saw
Him; then to the other women, and after
ward to Peter. then to the two who walked
| to Emmaus. or possibly to the two before
He appeared to Peter.
l5 Lowest thou me more than these,p
Did He ask Peter whether he loved Him
more than the other disciples loved Him,
because Peter had made the strongest pro.
LESSONS of love before the crucifxio Math.
XVI, IS, IS; John xiii, 80. or did He ask
Peter whether he loved the service Of
Christ, even though it should involve some
hunger and fasting, more than food for the