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April ~. lO<b0-Jesss and John
the Bapatst.
Prepared by ii. c. Leningion.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

H. And John Gaining unto Lim Two "
| tis disciples sent them 70 Jesus. saying:
Art Thou He that should come? or look we
| .or another?
10. When the men were come unto him.
they said: John Baptist hath sent us unto
| Thee saying: Art Thou He that should
| .ome! or look we for another?
| q. And In that same hour He cured many
| OF their infirmties and plaques. ard OF
| evil spirits: and unto many that were
blind He gave sight.
e. Then Jesus answering said unto them:
Go your way. and tell John wha; things We
have seen and heard; how that the blind
Gee. the lame walk. the lepers are cleansed.
the deaf hear. the dead are raised. TO the
poor the Gospel Is preached.
23. And blessed Is he. whosoever shall
cot be offended In Me.
a. And when the messengers o. Joha
were departed. He began 10 speak unto
tae people concernirg John. What went
sc out into the wilderness for 10 see?
reed shaken with the wind?
% But what went We out for 10 stc'
man clothed In soft raimeni? Behold. they
which are gorgeous,y apparelied. and i've
deilcately. are In kings courts.
&c. But what went ye out for 10 seeg
prophet? Yea. / say unto you. and much
more than a prophet.
"a This Is he OF whom IL Is written. Be-
hold send my messenger before thy face.
which shall prepare thy way before thee.
% For say unto you: Among those that
are born OF women there is not greater
prophet than John the Baptist: but he that
i loas, In the Kingdom OF God is greater
than he.
GOLDEN TEXT. He hath done all
things well.-Mark 7:s7.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The lesson should include all the
Gospel narrative concerning the ines
sage of John and what Jesus said oil
receiving it. This is told in substan-
tally the same language in both Ma
thew 1l:2-19And Luke 1888. The story
OF the raising of the widows son (benv
the connection with last Sundays ie--
son) should also be read. The follow
ing analysis of the Scripture section
can then be made. all from the seventh
chapter of Luke:
Raising OF the Widows Son. ........vs. Ill.
. Johns Message to jesus. $3.50
! The Answer OF Jesus. 2i-23
: Jesus breaches to the People........vs- :s-55
: Raising the Widows Son.--This is
Z. The first one Of the three instances
/ which we have Jesus recorded as rails
) ing one from the dead. The other two
eases are the raising of the daughter
' of Jairus. and the bringing forth of
Lazarus. 1t emphasizes anew the power
e Of Jesus over the forces of nature. and
I the promise dear to the Christian
D heart) of a life after death.
Johns Message TO Jesus.-The ac-
9 count of the miracles of Jesus and pos
4 sibly OF the sermon on the mount
: reached John the Baptist in his prison
Il He had been imprisoned at Macherus
since the March before. 1t was now
: midsummer in the year A. ID. 2s. III,
had pointed Jesus out as 1.-The Lamb o.
r God" but sitting idly in the prison wai
Z a discouraging occupation. He became
u gloomy and wondered. perhaps. If aftel
all he had not missed his calling wheI
$ be had gone out TO preach that "th'
Z kingdom of Heaven is at hand" IL
n ] had seen, and with his own hand bap
: TIED. the one he expected was TO b.
: the head of this kingdom. yet thi,
= king was only going about and preach
q ing. SO he sent two of bis disciples
/. 70 Jesus 10 ask: Art thou lie tina
= should come? or look we for an
other?'
! The Answer of Jesus. - How lill'
= Jesus il was TO make the answer ii
= did, 1t was after Gods own method
!, Out of all the countless cons of siienc
God has spoken TO mortal man bu
few times. But He has not been idle
/. BY the wonders of nature. and in IN
n world around and about men He ha
been trying TO reveal His purpose. MAJ
thinks he can learn by precept. bu
history shows that experience is IN
only instructor man viii follow. :
God has been silently working. Now
when the disciples of John came {
Jesus. lie said nothing directly. hu
we are told that "in that same hour ii
cured many of their infirmitics an
plaques. and of evil spirits; and unit
\, many that were blind lie gave sight.
This was the answer Of Jesus. The
y, Jesus said: go your way, and &c
i John what things We have seen an
\. heard"
(, Following the translation of the ri
J vised version. the twenty-ihird yers
4. may be paraphrased: Happy Is h
who shall. not find in Me an occasio
of stumbling"
:. Jesus breaches 10 the People.-Thi
:, sermon of Jesus is C) tribute TO .Iohi
and (2) an nrraignment Of the phar
- secs. lie calls the peoples attentio
= 10 the fact that il was the simpl
preaching of John which attrncfc
multitudes TO the wilderness 10 hca
him. lie speaks of John as a prophe
y and the greatest of prophets He
I, more than q prophet; he is the or
!. who. ms IL had been forctold. was I
!, prepare the way of the Lord. Thos
\, who had been baptized by John agree
- 20 this. or as the text says. "Justifie
God" But the pharisecs and lawyer
!, scoffcd. Jesus turns upon them. M,
shows them their Inconsistency. The
: had evidently said: "John hath
devil" because he neither ate brea
!. nor drank wine. But Jesus conformc
more TO the customs Of the day. an
i, they said: Behold gluttonous mai
and a wincbbber. a friend Of publican
n Il