The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-02-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson in the international Series for
February 1S. 19OO-Jesus mt
Jacobs Well.

Prepared by Hector c. Leningtonl
THE LESSON TEXT.
John i:5-14)
s. Then cometh he TO city of Samaria,
which Is called Sychar, near 10 the parcel
Of ground that Jacob gave to his son Jo-
seph.
6. Now Jacobs well was there. Jesus
therefore, being wearied with His journey,
sat thus on the well: and It was about the
sixth hour
draw water: Jesus saith unto her: Give
me to drink.
s. (For His disciples were gone away unto
the city to buy meat)
8 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto
Him: How is 1t that Thou, being Jew,
askest drink of me, which am woman of
Samaria7 for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her If
thou knewest the gift of God, and who IL is
that saith to thee: Give me to drink: thou
wouldest have asked of Him. and He would
have given thee living water.
IL. The woman saith unto Hin: Sir, thou
hast nothing to draw with, and the well
is deep; from whence then hast thou that
living water?
II Art Thou greater than our father ia
cob. which gave us the we'll, and drank
thereof himself and his children. and his
cattle?
l3 Jesus answered and said unto her:
whosoever drinketh of this water shall
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Introductory ALI through the early
ministry OF Jesus thus far John the
Baptist had been preaching and baptiz-
ing in Judea. Jesus preaching attract
ed large crowds. John observed this,
and said: He must increase. but must
decrease" 1t was a noble self-renunc-
alton on the part of John that he could
see that it was his measure of success
that he could have helped attract the
people to Jesus, while his own follow
ing was falling off. But it opened up
situation of which the pharisees (al-
ways bitter) were not slow in taking
advantage. They tried to awaken ieal-
ousy and conflict between the disciples
of John and those of Jesus. Johns
work, however, was not yet done. so
Jesus, with a practical wisdom disciples
of our later day would do well to study
and initiate departs from Judea and
turns toward Galilee.
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman.-
Travelir G through Samaria Jesus came
to Jacobs well just without the city of
Sychar. Here He stopped to rest, send
ing His disciples on into the city to buy
food. While they were gone there came
a woman to draw water from the well.
The request of Jesus for a drink sur
prsed the woman. A strict jew would
not have asked any favor of Samari-
tan. Much less would strict Jew have
made such a request the way for open
ing conversation. Undoubtedly Jesus
was tired and thirsty, yet we may i'm
agine that He used just this opportun-
ity in just this way for winning the
woman's heart. "How is it," she said,
that thou, being Jew, askest drink
Of me, which am woman of Samaria?"
The Water of Life.-The question not
only showed the woman's surprise, but
indicated willingness to talk with the
stranger. So Jesus followed up His ad-
and said: ''If thou knewest
the gift OF God, and who it is that saith
to thee, Give me to drink; thou would
est have asked Of Him, and He would
have given thee living water" That ex-
preston, Gift of God" is very signifi-
can't, meaning the Messiah or Christ and
His salvation. But the Samaritan wom-
an did not realize this hidden signifi-
canoe any more than she did the double
meaning Jesus put into those words
'1iving water" She only thought of
the water that is necessary 10 sustain
life.
"Sir," she exclaimed, "thou hast moth
ing to draw with, and the well is deep"
Jesus had to open to her mind His real
ana hioden meaning. The water that
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Jesus Reads the Woman's Heart
Jesus would not have completed His
mission to this woman had He stopped
with this truth. He must convince her