The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22
rue SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Tr,xx-A sabbath " ~ IN October, A.
% crobahly soon after the feast OF taperhae'es .
re- ferred 20 In To Andrews places Ia" luss :,
before our last lesson u. oa :
Jxsrs Nearly thirty : three years on
,owars me close OF the third year OF his min 4
,s,rv. about six months before his crucinNion 4
CIRCUMSTANCES After the transngura.ion'
I'm the summer OF A. ID ~. Jesus rc,u.neu
~ 70 Galilee. teaching ais o's..p res
way We ind Him next ut Caperhaum -
III, In the autumn Jesus went TO Jerusa.em
aa,,ena the feast OF tabernacles. when ina.
Gear began October H. The discoarscs o.
Jesus at that time. a. ne WAKE ionn : and
ri,v ana temple. are recorded In Johh : a".s
I,yas ON one OF Ills walks that He mes Inc
blind man OF to-day's lesson.
LESSON NOTES.
is specially frequent IN the
cas-, While in northern Europe there
ia only one blind in q thousano' IA
Ecvnt there is one in every
irieed. very few persons have theH
eyes quite healthy. The causes arc "
the sudden changes in temperature anu
light; t2) the intense brightness OF u
SIM and ca the fine dust in the ar Oh
those sandy countries.
His Threefold AfNiction.-D lie was
blind Consider what a terrible e'ii
; blindness is; of how large a part an
5 ,ha, i bappy and blessed in lie ~ oe-
rr;ves one: how IL darkens ana mar
4 rows Tho life: how little OF beauty can
I come in: now many avenues OF learning
Q /, closes no. Mr.. Ruskin says that inc
-,rc,teSt thing a human soul ever does
e I, ,h;s world is TO see something, ana
,o tell what il sees in a plain way.
of people can talk for one
d ~ can think: bru thousands can
N ..lA enn see - Stt
n clearly is poetry, prophecy ana reiis'on
III IN one" t2l He was helpless.
,e There was almost nothing when
a blind person could 90 IN ma
a. u,,.rv This man could neither re-
a move his blindness nor support mn, ~.
er self. lie must be dependent On nus
wv friends. and little it was they couiu ~
of for him. 60 He was poor; u ohno
berrar ". s. by the gate OF Jerusalem
CHI The False Charge Against Ills mar
ad acter.-e. And His disciples a~Ke'
Ter him saving" This question grew on
in of the fact that IL was the common
opinion among the Jews that ever
No. trouble and misfortune was the direc
its result of some special SIN. VINO ui
ity sin. this man, or his parents! =,
.sh- The disciples question brings up III
md ,,d question discussed by h fricnds {
lob. They assumed that all sunerin
cry Is n punishment of sin. for now can
18th lust God send suffering upon the goo'
To do so would be rank inJustic
the What, punish the innocent? TOT ..
: IN - declare that he was innocent, viii
:, eror;pp 81 bitterly, was to chargeG U
con. ,..;,h Injustice. There is this truth
nor ,ha;r that sin always resu
~ suffering, and that some suffering
~ fr,;t 81 sin. But the belief u
.rory ariction is the direct punishme
,;rr- for some special sir. ana tna' w.
and Judge of the moral and spir'uai e
-o,d lion cf any person by the caianii'
D. that befall him. or by the outward :
90. ccss and blessings that crown ms oa
80. tends TO several great evils; w ,
]. "a complaccncy and spiritual priue' Y
n;ro ,ncharitable Judgment OF otners'
,o,d az 10 hopelessncss and despair on
49, nart az the afflicted. instead OF learn
~ lessons affection is intended
,avel- r-aci. -
! Jesus' Answer to the Chnrge.-'e
..wr.d. ..Neithcr hath this Z
- Anned. nor his parents!"i. e.. so asst
80. 80 cause of the blindness. Our 4
49, nat deny the existence OF
.;,her in this man or in his parent
ny he Godet- Nor docs ~ ryorld
muddy sin all evh came in.o no,
OF a only that his was nv.
ealsed punishment Tor any i'-s;.o 49,
tres either the man Wa
Christ the Light Of the World
light of the world IS the sum- anu
sun Is n perpetual illustration OF '
= ~. .z~ul world
,clude Jesus Is dong - three HI
!. II RAYS from the sun are OF tnreo =
different from one another prop
~" only ms to the length OF the wave
S,.:a which they are composed w :
p. ravs. Nearly all the light we re-
comes from the sun. Even the u
49,. l;cht is but reflected sunlight
: -"s whom we arc In the shade. or ~
@ house. where we cannot see the
49, ,he lipht we receive is sunlight,
ncrscd from the particles in the al
! ~. Elected from all things around u.s.
= ,,e LIGHT OF our lamps and gas
le ~ &c e. but sunlight which
: mem ,,eer stored up in the earth.
~ 4 that all our spiritual
- ;,~ar, whatever sources it seems TO
AA i really from God. Our white SUI
80. + really composed OF thousands Q
.athr. ors. shades and tints. which u
y ". world with beauty. Such varie',
the pure light from Christ rel
from u manifold natures, nee'
circumstances. The light drives
darLncss. shows the way. makes
?" asked Cob. the fut1
Gus =" Ais the world with beauty ana
tchmaA ~ Heat rays: Nearly all the =
~ the world comes directly or ind
lKer, from the sun. The fires that wa
.na' ~ and that are the source OF pov.
~ VIZ !. from the wood or coal In VIM
: OF % heat OF the sun has beer stored.
Is Gods owe to US In Jesus
ny, a h.,ar;rc cheer. warmth and bl
ndcr the -, r,c., rays. which act
49, ara cause tho movcms
! such . life. These rays arc In . scr
source OF life, the instruments
did not life. SO Christ is the source OF Q
itual life. Light, love and life 2