El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON v. APRIL 3O-JOHN,
CHAP IA: 1927.
Principal Text VIII Pray the Father
and He Shall GIVE You Another
Comforter''-John IA: I6-The Holy
Ghost.

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| guarding and watching against all enc
mics that would take it away. 1t implies
! not only watching, but successful watch
| ing The Comma ndmentS are kept by
| obeying them. Love is the source of
! obedience. fountain is the source of
| the river. If there is love in the heart
! it will manifest itself in this way as
| naturally as fruit tree will show its
| nature by it's fruit, rose-bush by its
! flowers. No kind or degree of emotion
| can be a substitute for obedience.
| 16. And 1 will pray the Father, that
| he may abide with you for ever. Not
| leave them, as Jesus, their present CoI1-
| forter, was aboSlt to do.
IL. Even the spirit of truth. The Holy
| Spirit is SO called because his nature is
| true and sincere Whom the world can
not receive. Because they have been I'M
willing to undergo the spiritual training
which is absolutely necessary to receiv-
ing him. They shut their hearts to him;
they refused to do his will. Only by his
qualities. by faith, love, humility, spirit
ual life, can he be known. Because it
seeth him not. Shuts its eyes, does not
really believe he exists. But We know
him; for he dwelleth with you. He has
been working in your hearts all these
years And shall be in you, indicating
the progressive development of the
Christian life"
u.s. l will not leave you comfoTtless,
orphans, bereft of father, or of a teach
er. uosolate uncared for. l will come. L
come L am coming; present tense, as in
v ), last lesson.
10. The world seeth me no more. Not
with their bodily eyes after the reSSur
rection not with their spiritual eyes, for
they were too dull. too sinful to recog-
nize him. But We see me. They saw him
after the resurrection occasions for
forty days. He was real to them, as
actually present, as if they could see him
in his bodily presence. Because L live, We
shall live also. Jesus is the fountain and
source of life, and from his life gives life
to his followers. If Jesus persisted when
he was crucified. then there was no hope
of resurrection eternal life for his fol-
lowers. The power that coSld give them
was no more.
20. At that day. The day when he
comes, by his resurrection by his spirit,
by his presence in their hearts. Ye shall
know. They had very little knowledge of
Jesus, While with him in his bodily pres
ence. compared with their understanding
of his nature and work after the resur
rection and PentecoSt, and their lifelong
experience of his presence in their work
for his kingdom. They seemed suddenly
to come out of a dark room into the sun
light That L aIn in my Father. One
with him in essence, in power, in purpose,
and in glory. Ye in me, and l in you.
Ye sharing my purposes. and seeking my
honor, and l sympathizing with your in
trinity. and strengthening your hope
DR.. Hovey.
Il. He that hath. etc. Again this condi-
ton is insisted upon, in VS.. II. 49, "a,
showing how absolute, how fixed in the
eternal laws of being is the connection
between love and obedience, and between
these and the presence and power of the
Holy Spirit. Shall be loved of my Father.
Not only with the love of compassion
which ne feels toward all men John 8:
16), but the love of friendship and delight,
the closest union that can exist between
souls; a communion full of the highest
most uplifting, most heavenly joy that
can be conceived. No one can give a
more precious gift to another than his
personal friendship and love. 1 will love
him, and will manifest myself him. 1
will make myself as clearly present as
if l were to continue in my bodily pres
ence as if they could see him in his
kingdom on the earth. The death of
Jesus would take nothing from them.
%. Judas. Jude the writer of the epis-
tie, probably the same Lebbeus of
Matt 10: g. How is it? r. W What has
come to pass that? What change has
been made that you, who have been man
ifesting yourself to the world, should now
reveal yourself to the disciples alone?
if Jesus were going to take them apart
from the world into a desert.
23 If a man. Jesus again repeats the
condition and then shows how it can be
accomplished. We will make our
abode with him. Thus manifesting him
self to them, but in a way not possible
to those who refuse to obey and love him.
in verse a. The word . . . is not
mine tsee Z: 49,, of my own devising or
commanding. in which case it might have
been rejected with impunity. but the
Fathers which sent az: :9). so that
in rejecting my word We practically re-
ject his.-Whitelaw.
%. These things have I spoken unto
you. being yet present with you. That
is. far this l am able to carry my
instructions. but no farther; the spirit
shall complete them-Abbott.
&c. But the Comforter which is the
Holy Ghost. Ghost is old English for
spirit The spirit, who is holy, and whose
work is to make others holy. BY what
follows, see that Comforter includes
teach you all things. etc. The whole
Christian system was embodied in the
words of Christ. the tree with its
fruits lies within the tender shoot. The
Holy Spirit guided its unfolding. and di-
rected its growth. And bring all things
they did not remember because at the
time they could not understand them
Thus after his resurrection they recalled
and understood what he had foretold con-
corning it,. The difficult questions that
arose in the early church settled
by the application of principles Jesus had
taught. as in the cases noted above
81 Peace | leave with you. Not merely
the customary salutation, but n real gift
of peace Ny peace 1 give The same
kind of peace Jesus himself had Not
as the world giveth. Neither in kind nor
degree. not method. % Not in promise
merely. but in reality. (2) Not extern n
in outward comfort and ease and plenty
but inward. 80 Not depending on cir
cumstances. but enduring under all cir
cumstances. G) Not for a brief time but
for ever. 90 Not the best at first but
growing better. 90 Not in meager meas
ures, but in overlooking abundance. CD
Not by yielding tc sin, but by victory
over it. Let not your heart be troubled
(See on IA: l, the last lesson.)