The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON u, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 8.
Text of the Lesson, John 1, 35-4G-Mem-
ory Verses, 35-37-GoIdon Text, John 1,
36-Commentary Prepared by the Rev.
ID. NJ. stearns.

ory Verses, 35-37-- Golden Text, John I,
36-Commentary Prepared by the Rev
ID. NJ. stearns.
Copyright 1898. by d, NJ stearns.l
35, 3G. Again, the next day after John
stood, and two OF his disciples, and look.
Ing upon Jesus rs He walked, he saith,
Behold the Lamb Of God" John was
preaching and baptizing in Bethabara, be-
yond Jordan, and spoke OF Jesus as one
standing among them whom they knew
not. Tho next day he sccth Jesus coming
unto him and saith "Behold the Lamb of
God which taketh away the sin of the
world" (yerse 29). The next day of this
verse therefore was a third day In the
story. He does not now speak of taking
xway sin, but only Of Him who takes it
away. He Himself must occupy our at
tention, not as a mortal man, but as He
who, having purged our sins, is at Gods
right hand, risen immortal man, who
was and is and is to come The phrase
"as 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 thou?"
and who has ever been seeking the fellow
ship of man since first He created him in
His own image.
37 And the two disciples heard him
speak and they followed Jesus" When
we, as His witnesses, 80 speak that those
who hear will follow Him, 1t is we'll, but
If they follow us 1t is not well, for there Is
n n ma III
as he follows Christ When He is bv 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.
3s. Rabbi, where dwellest thouf" As
Jesus turned and said, what seek YEP
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 dayf What seek We in His /
book when We read 1t, or when We read any
other books What seek ye in your daily oc-
cupation in home or store or Office on land |
or sea, at home or abroads Is your an /
swer like that OF the Greeks, .We would !
see Jesusf" II SO, He Is always ready to /
reveal Himself TO such, but 1t is In the old |
way OF Sam. Ill. 21--"The Lord revealed 1
Himself TO Samuel by the word of tho
Lord. " Where dwcllest thous might be
answered by Isa. Xvi, 2, and lvii, 10, HE
dwells In the lowly heart where there is a
broken and contritc spirit.
80 "He saith unto them, Come and see
They came and saw where He dwelt and
abode with Him that day, for 1t was about
the tenth hour" II was about the sixth
hour when before the cruciilxion on that
same morning PLATE said, Behold your
King" (John xix, ii), and ns He was
crucified at a. m, MS We reckon time IL
must have been a. m. when PLATE said
those words. AT the same hour Of the day He
talked with the woman a. the we'll (John
", 81. Supposing that John uses the same
in all his gospel, it must have
been 10 a. m, when the two disciples went
With Jesus
40. "One OF the two which heard John
peak and followed Him was Andrew.
Simon Peters brother" 1t Is probable
hat the other of tho two was John, the
'uthor OF this gospel There is an incident
n each Of the other gospels In which the ,
writer probably refers to himself as the
party. We are sure that it was so |
n the case of Matthew. See Math. tx, 10, {
nd compare Luke V, co. The others are
lark xiv, 81; Luke xiv, 1s. But it is j
esus whom we must see, not John or |
andrew or Matthew, Mark or Luke.
Al. He first flndcth his own brother \
imon and saith unto him, We have found
he Messias, which is, being interpreted, y
be Christ " By the testimony OF John
nd the teaching Of Jesus Andrew was 4
onyinced that Jesus was indeed Israel's
,ng promised Messiah. and he hastens to Y
III the glad tidings to his own brother. S
40. And he brought him to Jesus, and !.
hen Jesus beheld him He said, Thou are n
imon, the son Of iona" He Herewith a
ave him a new name Cephas, which
leans stone. He did not need to be in
oduced to him to bc told who he was.
# He knew all men, and He knew what
as in man John II, "a, 25). There is o
uch pretty talk about Jesus which does e
ot bring Him to the heart as the one al |,
gether lovely, nor docs 1t bring people to u
I'm as the only one who can meet the a
ul's need by taking away our sins.
49, "Thcsda following Jesus would 70 @
rth into Galilee, and findeth Philip. and
ith unto him, Follow Me-" We seem to
we set before us the events Of consecu- Il
70 days, and II SO this would be the a
urth day Of this series. Why He should =
and seek Philip we do not know, but Ell
> knew, for He always knows Just what a,
, is doing and why He is doing 1t, and a. a.
me day VIC shall see that He has never L
ne without cause anything that He has a.
ne (John vi, 6; Exek. xiv, 2S). "
H. Nov Philip was Of Bethsaida, the M
y of Andrew and Peter" Perhaps the y,
rec, with James and John, were all, :.
Q Simeon and Anna, looking for the al
,mised Messiah. The eyes Of the Lord q ;
a to and fro throughout tho whole earth =
show Himself strong on behalf Of those te