The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-01-06

DRY verses, S5-o 1-GoIden Text Jonn u
SO Commentary Prepared by the Rev.
d. M. stearns.
copyright. 1895 by D. M. Stearns.l
80, S6 Again, the next day after John
stood, and two of his disciples, and look
ing upon Jesus as He walked, he saith,
Behold the Lamb Of God. I" John was
preaching and baptizing in Bethabara, be-
yond Jordan, and spoke of Jesus as one
standing among them whom they knew
not. The next day he seeth Jesus coming
unto him and saith, behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin Of the
world" (verse 29). The next day of this
verse therefore was third day in the
story. He does not now speak of taking
away sin, but only OF Him who takes it
away He Himself must occupy our at
tention, not as mortal man. but as He
who, having purged our sins, is at God s
right hand, risen immortal man, who
was and Is and is to come. The phrase
las He walked" makes us think Of Him
as He walked in the garden of Eden in the
cool of the day. for He is the same Lord
God who said to Adam, where art thou2'
and who has ever been seeking the fellow
ship of man since first He created him in
His own image.
81 "And the two disciples heard him
speak and they followed Jesus" When
We as His witnesses, so speak that those
who hear will follow Him, it is WELL but
If they follow us it is not we'll, for there Is
no man worth following except in SO far
as he follows Christ When He is by us
lifted up, He will draw unto Himself, and
He was lifted up on the cross that all who
look unto Him might be saved.
49, rabbi, where dwellest thou?" AS
Jesus turned and said, What seek yer"
this was their reply. / think He is al
ways saying that to us every day that we
live. What seek ye in the house of God
on His holy day? What seek ye in His
book when ye read it, or when ye read any
other bookp What seek ye in your daily &C.
cupation in home or store or office on land
or sea, at home or abroad? Is your an
swer like that of the Greeks "We would
see Jesusp" If SO, He is always ready to
reveal Himself to SUCH but it is in the old
way of Sam. iii, 21-..The Lord revealed
Himself to Samuel by the word of the
Lord " Where dwellest thouP might be
answered by lisa Xvi, 2, and lyii, Is, " He
dwells in the lowly heart where there is
broken and contrite spirit. .
&c. 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 1t was about the sixth
hour when before the crucidxion on that
same morning PLATE said, Behold your
King" (John xix, 14), and as He was
crllcifed at o a. M as we reckon time it
must have been a. M when Pllate SAID
those words. Az the same nour OF une oay ne
talked with the woman AZ tne wen (lohn
~, %. Supposlng that 'Iohn uses the same
reckoning In all MS gospel, IL must nave
been 10 a. M, when the TWO dlscipies Went
with Jesus
40. lone OF the Two wnlch nearu .lonn
speak and followed HIM was Andrew
Simon Peter $ brother. II Is probable
that the other OF the Two was 'ohn' Inc
author OF this gospel Ihere Is an incident
In each OF the other gospels IN wnlcn tne
writer probably refers TO himselr as tne
unnamed party we are sure tna5 IL was SO
in the case OF Matthew; See MANI TX 10
and compare Luke Y, ~. Inc others are
Marx XIV, OIL; Luxe XIV 10 buG IL Is
Jesus whom we must see, not John or
<Aiie.i w - - s". ~
Al HE 1irst hndeth MS own brother
simon and saith unto MN, we nave round
the Messlas, which IS pelng interpreted,
the Christ ~ the testimony OF John
and the teacheng OF Jesus Andrew was
convinced that Jesus was indeed lsrael's
long promised Messiah, and ne hastens to
tell the glad tidlngs to his own brother
AZ And he brought him to Jesus, and
when Jesus beheld him He said, Thou are
the son OF iona lie Herewith
gave him new name Cephas, which
means stone He did not need to be in
troduced to him to be told who he was,
for He knew all men, and He knew what
was in man t.lohn II, "a, 25) There IS
much pretty talk about Jesus which does
not bring Him to the heart as the one al
together lovely, nor does 1t bring people to
Him as the only one who can meet the
souls need by taking away our sins,
45 The day following Jesus would go
forth into Galilee, and hndeth Philip, and
saith unto him, Follow Me. " We seem to
have set before us the events OF consecu-
tive days, and If so this would be the
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