Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-05-03

International sunday school L-ssop
for May =. ISDO-reNt. John i5E

the branches. john l5:l5.
COMPARE John 1916. Matt. 1860.
LIGHT FROM OTHER SCRIPTURES. -
The, Ulust-at lion OF the Vinc.-Isa. SILT:
Jer 2.2i: Eek 1910: Psa- GO:s-i0: Hos.
1871. Matt. 4 30 The Tree and Its Fruit
Matt .iG-9O. Luke 1869. Cal. 5:i9-ZJ
TINE-Thursday eve. April 8. n d 70.
the Night before the crucihxion
PLACE-An upper room In Jerusalem
EXPLANATORY.
The Suggestion.-lt is uncertain
where this chapter and i6 and Il were
spoken Chap. II closes with Christs
words: Arise. let Us go hence" and in
1871 il is said that they went forth. II
is probable that at the close of chap.
IA they arose from the table and pre- |
pared to leave, but before they actually |
went out of the room, and while stand |
ing. the remainder of the discourse was |
spoken. Others think that it was
| spolirn somewhere on the way TO Geth- |
| seuuuc. There was no need of any
thing outward 10 suggest the figure or
metaphor OF the vine and its branches
/ The True Vine Ia Christ VS.. -.
l. IL am the true vinc:" The genuine
! The ideal. the perfect vine. Is the vine
! supports the branches, and IT, life flows
! through them all and is their life, 80
/ Jesus is the sustaining power Of the
Christian kingdom, and the source of
| the life in all His disciples.
H. The Owner lis God. Y. /. My Fa-
| Their is the husbandman:" Not the
| hired laborcr. the vine-dresscr, but the
| owner Of the vineyard. the original
! planter. posscsSor. and cultivator OF the
| ,iuc.-G. w. Clark.
| Ill. The Branches Are True Chris
tians.-Ns. /. ). Every branch
We are the branches" \ beautiful
! theory has been established in vcgcta-
bic physiology which illustrates in a
! most striking manner the nature of the
union between Christ and believers. n :
symbolized by a vine and lis branches.
| This theory proceeds on the assumption
that all plants. without exception. are
strictly annual. \ tree, under which
class the vine. of course. is included. Is
generally supposed to bc a single plant.
like a primrose. or a lily. only that II
does not fade in autumn, and Is pos
scsSCd of perennial growth y tree Is
now found to he, not single individ-
ual. Il single plant. but, on the contrary
an aggregate of individuals, Il body cor
poratc The idea involved in gen
! ealogical tree Is exactly that which
/ | IS involved in a natural tree; the for
mer consisting Of living and dead per
sons. a. the latter consists of living
and dead plants. In its full wealth OF
, summer foliage and vigor, "A tree Is
literally "A vegetable colony, propagat
; ing its individual plants vertically il
= the air. instead of spreading them on
t horizontally over the carth's surface
= like herbaccous plants. Hugh Mac
T milan. Ii. d.. +. Il. :. T.
II " The Fruitlcss Branches 2
: g. The branches cut off are first with
| cred and then burned. 'Thorns viii
generally burn Immediately" but the
wire branch must first withcr and grow
dry before il is gathered into fagots
! and cast into the fire. II is interesting
70 note that, according TO a Jewish
! authority. the fruitless and withercd
| branches of the vine were not regarded
rs fl wood for the sacred altar fires
| either TO save fruit-bcarinG trees from
! wauton destruction, or because bear
ing no fruit, they were common and
unclcan affairs. which might be used
for any common fuel. but still might
form no part of the sacred contribu-
tion."-Sunday School Times.
V. Pruning the Fruit Bearing
Branches. ,, 3. Every branch